Fixing a 2k$ gaming laptop - MSI GS66 Stealth motherboard repair

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  • @uel202e0b
    @uel202e0b2 жыл бұрын

    4:17 You know the engineers did a great job when Sorin pauses for a second looking at the PCB and says: "This is nice."

  • @Electronics_Repair_NZ
    @Electronics_Repair_NZ2 жыл бұрын

    good to see you dont hide your mistakes, well done.

  • @randyr.parker2698
    @randyr.parker26982 жыл бұрын

    I caught your mistake and was yelling into the screen, but you couldn't hear me. 🤣

  • @melplishka5978
    @melplishka59782 жыл бұрын

    You can tell Sorin is a master at his craft. He can no longer test for heat with his finger tips lol. They’ve been burnt too many times now lol.

  • @onganingoma9306
    @onganingoma93062 жыл бұрын

    I love your interactions during repairs. You are just great

  • @paulodagraca3469
    @paulodagraca34692 жыл бұрын

    Again a great job Sorin. Thank you for the video.

  • @mcgama88
    @mcgama882 жыл бұрын

    What a great post. I liked the look inside the modern layout. Was waiting for meltdown at the 5 amp when it was going to ground. And loved the repair as de-solder to a toast cap. I think there is going to be a lot more of this (exact component) failure in this model. Thank you very much for the in depth view to the unit. M.

  • @prabhashgupta9582
    @prabhashgupta95822 жыл бұрын

    i knew you were pushing the current to the ground😫i waited for you to notice it🤣

  • @mm0077
    @mm00772 жыл бұрын

    The Prof does his magic again. Sorin Top notch.

  • @tinkmarshino
    @tinkmarshino2 жыл бұрын

    Just love these video's.. I learn a lot from them thanks Sorin..

  • @evertondixon1
    @evertondixon12 жыл бұрын

    You make repairs look easy, nice job 👍👍👍

  • @mansirrabiu7412
    @mansirrabiu74122 жыл бұрын

    You are one of a kind sir Sorin 👍

  • @airmailman1971
    @airmailman19712 жыл бұрын

    Hello from South Carolina. Another great video Sorin.

  • @kyinmaps9523
    @kyinmaps95232 жыл бұрын

    Love the videos, and just listening. Keep up the good work.

  • @erdaler1682
    @erdaler16822 жыл бұрын

    this is a good job and you are very friendly person , thank you very much Mr. Sorin :)

  • @nikosbiologytsiouplis1895
    @nikosbiologytsiouplis18952 жыл бұрын

    it is worth noticing that the shorted capacitor was out of the heatsink area and not a capacitor touching the heatsink which makes perfect sense since it overheats during games. good one Sorin!

  • @ThermalWorld_
    @ThermalWorld_2 жыл бұрын

    As always great repair in the simplest way possible 😄

  • @Dreyzie
    @Dreyzie2 жыл бұрын

    Even without a thermal camera, you were still able to execute 💪🏽💫

  • @knightwar3
    @knightwar32 жыл бұрын

    You make repairs look easy, nice job

  • @dl.electric
    @dl.electric2 жыл бұрын

    I wish I had to deal with problems as simple as this. Sometimes there is such a deep problem that I can't imagine how to solve! Great job!

  • @Martin-ot7xj
    @Martin-ot7xj2 жыл бұрын

    Hi there , finally , after 2 years , you have explained very simple & easy what's meaning of main power rail at 09:15 and 11:02 and 27:10 .it was one of your best video tutorial video .this video absolutely for beginners and practical . thankyou for simple explanation about how to find and diagnose main power rail . please upload more like this video . keep it up . thnx

  • @stefanlechner
    @stefanlechner2 жыл бұрын

    Such nice and good explainings. Amazing job. Thank you for that video. Greet

  • @MrRvdbeek
    @MrRvdbeek2 жыл бұрын

    Woh what a nice laptop 💻 and you are crazy with 5amps one mistake and you blowing things up with a lot off 💨smoke. And again a Sorin repair ripped something from the board and it’s working fine. Thanks 🙏

  • @ODRACLIVE
    @ODRACLIVE2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks you, master Sorin!!!

  • @frozerinosrepairs
    @frozerinosrepairs2 жыл бұрын

    Again perfect video 🙂🙂🙂

  • @erolnigdelioglu7195
    @erolnigdelioglu71957 ай бұрын

    Thanks King

  • @SiETechNotebookReparatur
    @SiETechNotebookReparatur2 жыл бұрын

    If you have such a laptop, be careful with the DC socket. MSI has installed the same socket that caused so much trouble with the Asus X555, R556 and co., they always break at the positive pin.

  • @firasabbis9682

    @firasabbis9682

    2 жыл бұрын

    The owner of the channel is good at his work and has full knowledge in repairing devices and I am sure he knows this problem well

  • @SiETechNotebookReparatur

    @SiETechNotebookReparatur

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@firasabbis9682 The owner of the channel is good at his work, but there are others too who read the comments and may find this information relevant.

  • @nicky9841

    @nicky9841

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@SiETechNotebookReparatur so the cause of the toasted capacitor was design flaw DC connector?

  • @SiETechNotebookReparatur

    @SiETechNotebookReparatur

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@nicky9841 Of course not, it was a different problem.

  • @churchwellduncanbett5823
    @churchwellduncanbett58232 жыл бұрын

    Awesome content surely learnt a lot. Maybe you could do a video on upgrading onboard RAM that would be interesting.

  • @bestsnowboarderuknow
    @bestsnowboarderuknow Жыл бұрын

    Great find! Idk why this is so interesting to watch, but it is. Maybe because I'm an electrician so I have a decent grasp on what's going on? This seems like it'd be fun to do for a living.

  • @Liferoad371
    @Liferoad3712 жыл бұрын

    I can not tell you how many times I watched Sorin remove parts and the laptop still works I am thinking that 40% of the parts are not needed :)

  • @falahati

    @falahati

    2 жыл бұрын

    they are needed under full pressure. especially something like an electrolytic capacitor is probably there to handle the required surge in power.

  • @goggo43

    @goggo43

    2 жыл бұрын

    After more than 60 years of fault finding on electrical, electronic and mechanical items I've proven that 'things work better with less bits'.

  • @makrisg21
    @makrisg212 жыл бұрын

    tanks sorin

  • @nazimmadani6695
    @nazimmadani66952 жыл бұрын

    you are the best friend!

  • @kamikaze1992
    @kamikaze19922 жыл бұрын

    nice job

  • @stephenhall3515
    @stephenhall3515 Жыл бұрын

    As ever, Sorin shows us everything and his experience based on sound physics is more useful and instructive than flashier sites mainly from the USA. About a year ago he demonstrated that the modern tendency to double up capacitors rather than using high quality ones at the design stage can lead to machines refusing to switch on. I believe he was working on several HP models from cheap to extortionate at the time. Board manufacturers need to watch capacitor quality and pledge a warranty of 15 years on boards and/or build in override redundancy.

  • @DilnuwanAmaraweera
    @DilnuwanAmaraweera2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you...!

  • @asgharmoradi7309
    @asgharmoradi73092 жыл бұрын

    very nice thankyou

  • @asusladt7805
    @asusladt78052 жыл бұрын

    Sorine... Uploadează mai multe videouri! Adormim de plictiseala. 😀

  • @tcirit
    @tcirit2 жыл бұрын

    Good job Sorin, thanks for this video.

  • @buddikat6625
    @buddikat6625 Жыл бұрын

    Nice man.

  • @carlosk8103
    @carlosk81032 жыл бұрын

    Nice job I always like the practical approach with simple tools instead of someone reading schematics and using 3-5 $k machines to fix problems... Also I notice that 1, this is a very new machine it shouldn't have this kinda issue... 2. the GS series sucks ( I used to own one I know) 3. those capacitors are right above the GPU heat sink... one wonders if the heat sink were a bit longer and they had been cooled would it still have blown?? 4. at 21:07 it appears the capacitor is also cracked... which would have been another way to find issue.....

  • @OnStageLighting
    @OnStageLighting2 жыл бұрын

    Wish this had been mine today. Asus Rog, same short on main power rail. Thermal camera showed nothing on either side of the board. Found odd reading on the gate of a dual MOSFET to CPU/GPU rails. Removed the MOSFET, short on the main rail gone. Replace MOSFET with new, short back again. Still nothing showing up on thermal cam (mind you the mosfets are rated at like 100A), decided that CPU shorted and called time on the repair. I really could have done with a 'flick off a cap and invoice' job today.

  • @kacpreusz9911
    @kacpreusz99112 жыл бұрын

    I think warranty seals would be OK if they put them on screws to access the motherboard or some other part you’re not likely to need access to before the warranty expires. You should be able to access the cooler, memory and hard drive easily.

  • @smokeskull

    @smokeskull

    2 жыл бұрын

    Without having to remove a ton of screws and fight to get the bottom cover off. I had an Asus that had a single screw to access user serviceable components

  • @Liferoad371
    @Liferoad3712 жыл бұрын

    I love my new MSI Tomahawk, did not know MSI makes laptops.

  • @maklogetrich2378

    @maklogetrich2378

    2 жыл бұрын

    yes, they make laptop for a long time now

  • @sharmisozammimba11
    @sharmisozammimba112 жыл бұрын

    Hi Sorin am a beginner and i like your lessons and I need your more help to get through of being a good level of fixing computers. Am a Malawian I have been trying for 4 years to reach at a good level of fixing computers but not, then I was happy to find your website. Am jobless it's only this I get surviving with I need your help to teach me. Thank you Sorin.

  • @softbread3891
    @softbread38915 ай бұрын

    I use exactly this laptop. Mine doesnt even show the light when turned on on battery but will come on with the adapter and off just before booting.

  • @PidotFelli
    @PidotFelli2 жыл бұрын

    I got my laptop died too sir, nice repair by the way it's just little tiny capasitor ;)

  • @firasabbis9682
    @firasabbis96822 жыл бұрын

    Hello sir. I hope the next video will be about repairing the charging cable that is connected to the motherboard and not the charging adapter. laptop DELL latitude e6410

  • @3mariusx
    @3mariusx2 жыл бұрын

    such weak thermal pads. or at least they look like that. Some thermal grizzly minus pad 8 will work in there and thermal grizzly kryonaut paste or even arctiv mx5. Salutari din Romania si mult succes in continuare !!!

  • @PanjiHitam100
    @PanjiHitam1002 жыл бұрын

    Mr Sorin, can you make a your shop tour video?

  • @zappy6782
    @zappy67822 жыл бұрын

    Awesome catch! What brand power screw driver is that?

  • @valinkakomputer
    @valinkakomputer2 жыл бұрын

    I notized since you first inject the voltage, it's on the ground sir .. sometimes it's happen. it's ok we need a vacation though hehe

  • @jaimecosta2966
    @jaimecosta2966 Жыл бұрын

    Brilliant.. Saying that where can I get a electric screwdriver what's the Ref and model of.. Wish you well

  • @maklogetrich2378
    @maklogetrich23782 жыл бұрын

    why don't they request for RMA? since it's still a brand new laptop

  • @Trustsimo07
    @Trustsimo0711 ай бұрын

    A tantalum capacitor is a polarised capd

  • @gianluca3086
    @gianluca30862 жыл бұрын

    fantastik !

  • @phrasheekwerk354
    @phrasheekwerk3542 жыл бұрын

    i'm wondering why did you not replace the bad capacitor. if it was present on the board. it must be there for some reason.

  • @rahmatech7034
    @rahmatech70342 жыл бұрын

    While didn't you replace the electrolytic cap ? Thought is important on the graphic power rail ?

  • @saviorvx1883
    @saviorvx1883Ай бұрын

    i got lucky and had the samee problem , power weeent in but no light ,i turned it around and put a pin on the little hole on the back, and felt the fan spun so i presseed for 30s and nothing , i got sad until i preessed again 2min later and boom :D

  • @djtongi
    @djtongi Жыл бұрын

    2022 and Sorin still has no thermal camera😄 I'd replace this cap... they didn't put it there for fun... i think this could cause problems or instabilty when the machine is pushed hard.

  • @WinrichNaujoks
    @WinrichNaujoks2 жыл бұрын

    The faulty cap had its value printed on it. Why not replace it? It would have been easy, and surely the cap is there for a reason.

  • @ochirvaanid3468
    @ochirvaanid3468 Жыл бұрын

    Hello Thanks, i liked your videos Not shorted, But 5V and 3.3V nothing, how to check step by step?

  • @CharlyDuesentrieb
    @CharlyDuesentrieb2 жыл бұрын

    After seeing some of your repair videos I am wondering why you don't seem to replace those capacitors you have found to be faulty and removed.

  • @suad7123
    @suad7123 Жыл бұрын

    Thx for the video. The Brown paste under the fan what is that. I need to open my laptop to. 23:01

  • @onegamer5235
    @onegamer52352 жыл бұрын

    what about the electrolytic capacitor is safe to not place a new one?

  • @ControlAllDa1337
    @ControlAllDa13372 жыл бұрын

    This is ASMR for nerds and I love it

  • @you166mhz
    @you166mhz2 жыл бұрын

    (13:20) -- you need an infrared heat screen / lamp ... once you place power on the board under the infrared screen -- it will denote the area / part - that is overheating ... sourcing would be easier this way ... just a suggestion for this type of application .... :)

  • @maklogetrich2378

    @maklogetrich2378

    2 жыл бұрын

    he said that in the video, thermal camera

  • @maklogetrich2378

    @maklogetrich2378

    2 жыл бұрын

    and that's not a cheap product

  • @carlosk8103

    @carlosk8103

    2 жыл бұрын

    It be nice but he don't really need it as he proved by fixing it without...

  • @mitchellcline3551
    @mitchellcline3551 Жыл бұрын

    do you think you coukd repair/replace a damaged MSI GE66 raider triode for the battery pack?

  • @afb9999
    @afb99992 жыл бұрын

    When you said lets push 5amps the song push it to the limit from the scarface movie started to play in my head. Nice job!

  • @Send1NStefan
    @Send1NStefan2 жыл бұрын

    Hi, what is this substance on memories and coils? what to replace it with?

  • @paulpilanger856
    @paulpilanger856 Жыл бұрын

    I have same laptop as on the video. Y, G, V keys and all brackets and enter key are not working. I pushed reset button on the bottom and it helped for 2 days. Now i have the same problem. What the problem could it be? Do i need to replace whole keyboard?

  • @_DanielPrieto
    @_DanielPrieto2 жыл бұрын

    I liked to see how you found the fault. Should the electrolytic capacitor be replaced? Or is it not necessary?

  • @mike-bj4dk

    @mike-bj4dk

    Жыл бұрын

    @Truth Never Lies me too. i took 3 out of my dell but ceramic ones i didnt know which one it was i shouldve used his trick to find the one the went dry first but anyhow i took them all out 3 in a roll still has two small ones and had to be on main power rail it was a dead short it sparked when inserting the charger but i used it an hour last night and never had an issue stayed cool

  • @bhok5228
    @bhok52282 жыл бұрын

    It is possible to get a replacement for this small thing?

  • @seakayaker20
    @seakayaker202 жыл бұрын

    Do you bother replacing the cap? Cheers.

  • @shiftctrlhack
    @shiftctrlhack2 жыл бұрын

    Sorin, The first component I thought was bad was also a mosfet. Great job !!! Finding the fault!

  • @RafalScrapper
    @RafalScrapper2 жыл бұрын

    that bugger was actually tantalum cap but that is small detail cheers sir well done 👍

  • @SiETechNotebookReparatur

    @SiETechNotebookReparatur

    2 жыл бұрын

    And a tantalum capacitor is an electrolytic capacitor :)

  • @graphicscardtech3167

    @graphicscardtech3167

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@SiETechNotebookReparatur I think he will not replace it with a new one or used one lol 😂

  • @RafalScrapper

    @RafalScrapper

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@SiETechNotebookReparatur ok then i didn´t know that sorry my bad

  • @RafalScrapper

    @RafalScrapper

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@graphicscardtech3167 i think is needed there so he need to put something there other one line of power will be gone and who knowd what that line is responcible for... or im wrong?

  • @Oak690

    @Oak690

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@SiETechNotebookReparatur They are not even close to the same thing.

  • @heathwirt8919
    @heathwirt8919 Жыл бұрын

    I have a three year old Overpowered OP-LP3 Laptop. Recently the glue holding the display on failed and the display tilted down applying pressure to the connector. Not wanting to work on it myself I brought it to a shop that reinserted the connector but the display would not light up. The repairman opened up the computer and found burnt components on the motherboard. Problem is we can't find a schematic for this machine in order to identify the failed parts. Do you have any idea with to find a schematic for this Overpowered OP-LP3 Laptop? Andy advise would be greatly appreciated. It's a beautiful machine and I really need to get it working. Thank you in advance.

  • @matmar4758
    @matmar47582 жыл бұрын

    buna, curentul pe care-l injectati la ce tensiune e ?

  • @deaddude628
    @deaddude6282 жыл бұрын

    Whoa im an amateur i just started a 3 months course basics of laptop repair .... but this msi monster looks alot diffrent it has alot of coils and alot of ics than notebooks ... the way the thermal pads are melted is weired and cpu themal past shows an imperfection in the heat sink at begining of the video you unpluged the battery and charger and you were cheking voltage wat were you doing ??

  • @ps3customgamer
    @ps3customgamer2 жыл бұрын

    is a tantalum electrolytic?

  • @grumpyjohntxredneckrc6346
    @grumpyjohntxredneckrc63462 жыл бұрын

    Wouldn't A Thermal Camera Be Extremely Helpful In Your Trouble Shooting Shorts, Etc? Thanks

  • @kpelectronics
    @kpelectronics2 жыл бұрын

    I sow that you put yo the ground but as you are the expert , current was going to the probes.

  • @watutalkenabeet5957
    @watutalkenabeet59572 жыл бұрын

    If this guy offers apprenticeships I would apply in a heartbeat lmao

  • @user-kz7pl4xc1y
    @user-kz7pl4xc1y2 жыл бұрын

    A think this is Tantal capacitor my friend

  • @rsinistic
    @rsinistic2 жыл бұрын

    Why no thermal cam? Much quicker, no?

  • @liquidus2172
    @liquidus21722 жыл бұрын

    That's a Tantalum capacitor.

  • @user-jb5yc2ec5w
    @user-jb5yc2ec5w Жыл бұрын

    YOU NEED THE UNI-T UTI320 !!! URGENT !!

  • @nova_giuse
    @nova_giuse Жыл бұрын

    What is the model of the chip

  • @boardfix9374
    @boardfix93742 жыл бұрын

    No power on laptop are mostely easy to repair,! anyway thank for your Vids

  • @davidatkinson6271
    @davidatkinson62712 жыл бұрын

    Hi Sorin what’s the name of your shop and where could I find you? I have a gaming lap top that needs repairing. I’ve tried looking on Google but can’t find anything.

  • @trilexfix
    @trilexfix2 жыл бұрын

    Is it always tuesday in your videos lol?

  • @PaulHigginbothamSr
    @PaulHigginbothamSr2 жыл бұрын

    Actually a big large capacity electrolytic capacitor.

  • @BugofDroneCom
    @BugofDroneCom2 жыл бұрын

    Mr Sorin where is your shop in the UK? Would like to send a laptop for repair to you

  • @Podi0620
    @Podi0620 Жыл бұрын

    why dont buy a thermal camera for finding shorts master ?

  • @shujaabro1611
    @shujaabro16116 ай бұрын

    I have msi g66 11ue its gpu has stop giving disply.. can u repair

  • @steinbauge4591
    @steinbauge45912 ай бұрын

    I ruined the el cheapo version of this (G76 i5 rtx1650 on sale for 4-500 £) by trying to replace SSD with battery/power in. Dropped a screw twice, after it already did not start dropped it again on the screen connector. Sparks, dead. Clumsy, was in a hurry. Found another outlet sale G66 i5 3050 at around 600£. Can I swap the G66 mb to the G76 which has 17' screen or is this unwise when the screen connector has been shorted? (The G66 was a demo pc, battery is shot and someone seems to have pushed hard on the trackpad but that is ok, I got back a cheap gaming pc)

  • @laboratorioassembler
    @laboratorioassembler2 жыл бұрын

    Are these caps electrolitics? ( I know these are build with tantalum )

  • @orange11squares

    @orange11squares

    2 жыл бұрын

    indeed, not electrolytic, just bipolar

  • @Dest_iny
    @Dest_iny4 ай бұрын

    Well I have a similar problem with my GS65, it worked the previous night the next morning at the office, I plugged in my charger and the laptop came on automatically. The fans and keyboard light came up for few seconds while the power light was blinking slowly like when it on sleep mode and the turns off. Till this very day it won't turn on again. Please help fix it 😭😭😭

  • @toonaanbalterian3945
    @toonaanbalterian39452 жыл бұрын

    Why didn't you replace the bad capacitor, surley just leaving a blank space isn't going to do the rest of the components any good?

  • @maxxpsteady2157

    @maxxpsteady2157

    2 жыл бұрын

    the laptop is not under stress, so just powering it up wont use full power of the power circuit, it's safe for the just power/boot check (ultra low consuption)

  • @toonaanbalterian3945

    @toonaanbalterian3945

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@maxxpsteady2157 ok but what about normal high power usage, thats my point of concern?

  • @tomxx81

    @tomxx81

    2 жыл бұрын

    There's plenty of caps on a same rail, just not that close to the coil and mosfet. When possible, I always replace failed caps

  • @lalitosgamingchannel3321
    @lalitosgamingchannel33212 жыл бұрын

    hey is there anyway i can send my laptop for repair with you

  • @jacekf
    @jacekf2 жыл бұрын

    deja vu all over again...