Okay. Story time. The second graphics card is mine. The burn resistor on the top is Arkansas' greatest repair shop. That card is liquid cooled and one day I made a mistake while putting on a water connector. Smacked that resistor and it broke off. I took it to a local repair shop and that's the repair he gave me. Cooked the damn thing. Worked fine until one day it just died. Assumed it was the mosfet (which I'm seeing now it was) and decided to shell out the money for the repair to NorthridgeFix. Honestly seeing this video was hilarious because I expected him to find it. Just didn't know how bad I would be roasted for it. Edit: Thank you for cleaning that piece too. I'm sure my bill will see it haha.

@NorthridgeFix

11 ай бұрын

That explains the Capacitor that was laying under the 12v coil...

@jeroenvtec

11 ай бұрын

Great videos but to much soldering station Ect to buy, really in each video?? For the 5 new viewers

@nooboftheyear7170

11 ай бұрын

​@@jeroenvtechey, man gotta hustle...😏 he's gotta house to pay for 😌

@nooboftheyear7170

11 ай бұрын

Alex since it is a known issue I suspect people should class act against a faulty product to get a free repair / recall? I tjink you'd prefer the former rather than the latter though

@brettake2907

11 ай бұрын

Why would you trust ANYONE in ARKANSAS with anything electronic. I lived there... LOL!!!!

"i just burned two fingers, thats why we have ten" Dude is killing me

"I just burned two fingers that's why we have ten", I can tell this man is a legend!!!

I love watching your repair videos. thanks for all the instruction you provide

I watched many repair videos but your videos are the most eazy to learn from the first time 👍 you are the best teacher ماشاء الله

Always a great and worthwhile video. Thank you!

Nice job, impressive how you are able to fix these. Thanks for sharing

This channel is great. Helps me avoid poorly made products on the market.

This is why I avoid Gigabyte products (they already had a reputation for being unreliable, so I wasn't shocked that their power supplies literally exploded at one point, not to mention I head their motherboard RMA's are a total nightmare). But yeah, I love just leaving these videos in the background. There's a certain zen about your calmness while tinkering with complex hardware I absolutely admire.

@prathmeshpatil6425

11 ай бұрын

What about MSI and ASRock ?

@MndCtrI

11 ай бұрын

@@prathmeshpatil6425 I've used MSI builds for years and haven't had issues (one of my favorite brands) and...Asrock, I never tried myself. To my knowledge, MSI just sucks with pre-builts and the odd motherboard issues I thankfully never had :P. But yeah, I'd like to hear the major issues MSI has, I always thought it was one of the better brands out there.

@QactisX

11 ай бұрын

​@@MndCtrII have an MSI MPG X570 motherboard and it works just fine for 3 years now. The audio ports on the back are all messed up but all of my headsets are wireless USB anyway. Everything else on the board is good and stable. I won't buy MSI anymore for how they try to pay reviewers to redact poor reviews of their products.

@MndCtrI

11 ай бұрын

@@QactisX Ah, interesting. Didn't know MSI went down that route...not surprised though, everyone seems to do the dirty these days :P.

@DaveNorthWest

11 ай бұрын

its because they have shitty fuses and theres a chip that also sucks and goes out all the time. Gigabyte was probably scammed on some of there stuff and but ran it anyways

Nice job, Alex! These cards are still worth a decent amount so im sure the customer is happy.

يعطيك الصحة و العافية خويا لعزيز و الله محترف من الدرجة الأولى الصراحة غرت منك لأني من نفس الميدان ربي يحفظك و يباركلك فعمرك و أهلك

The one in the middle is the one that has the most trouble dissipating heat so it would make sense that it is the same one. Needs a better way to get the heat out of there without saturating that one area.

I just ordered a Framework 16 laptop 2 days ago. Batch 9 won't ship until Q1... Thankfully I'm not in a hurry. Would love to see you work on that motherboard, especially since it's your first.

I admire you and your skills, I really do. Good work.

On the second card there seems to be a solder blob between two resistors next to the memory cap you cleaned because of liquid damage.

Good job mate 👍

Yoooo! Thats my card! I have to watch until the end now... No skipping lol.

Hey Alex! Did you notice the one desoldered 0402 cap below the 12V coil @13:50 ?

@naserali5211

11 ай бұрын

Alex that cap for mosfet NO 5 up replasment moset if U look in 5:54

@NorthridgeFix

11 ай бұрын

I haven't worked on that card yet. I'll check it out when i get to it.

@zynix27

11 ай бұрын

@@NorthridgeFix well damn, I think you said seconds after 13:50 "we're done" 😕.

@space4ace582

11 ай бұрын

@@NorthridgeFix We're talking about the first card, not the second one.

@mehrdadgholami5738

11 ай бұрын

13:58 SMD flying left of fuse 😅

Awesome Video!

Excellent repair video + the accent is a bonus

I hope you do a video on that Framework board - having one of their laptops, I'll be curious to see how easily the boards are repaired.

@graphicd00d75

11 ай бұрын

Agreed!

Another Giga-Bytes the dust xD Love the GPU repair videos. Very informative and keep up the great work man 👍

Your smile is priceless when you fix something 🙂 Nice, can you recommend a decent multimeter?

Why you don't use the automatic hot point search option of the flir camera ? Also flir has the MSX mode that's give you an hybrid view combining the digital and thermal sensors

Thank you love ya vids bud.

Date codes tell you a lot. Many years ago, I kept getting failed boards back from our customers on our product. After replacing the same failed chip constantly for weeks I noticed the same manufacturer and same date code was only failing. We went to the MFG and they started giving us replacement chips for our products.

awesome job!

Hey Alex, thanks for uploading, that was an awesome vid! Could you please work on the Framework board next? I know a third of it seems to be a BIG deal, especially because it's water damage related but still.. Anyway if that's possible, let's get to know the board and learn from your job. If not, that's fine (:

I'm glad I sold my Gigabyte 3090 Ti on ebay before it failed. Seems like it would have been just a matter of time.

@PileOfEmptyTapes

11 ай бұрын

3090TIs tend to have much beefier, more robust VRMs than plain 3090s. Buildzoid (@ActuallyHardcoreOverclocking) made a video on this a while back.

I would be curious to learn what PSU is in their computer. All the same. A few years ago my video card was streaking lines. Thinking the card was overheating, I redid the paste. Helped but no fix. Finally, I removed and tore down the PSU only to find two filter caps badly leaking and swollen. I replaced them and that fixed the issues.

Great job! Did y0ou fix the second card in a similar manner as well, Alex?

"And I just burned two fingers, but that's okay, thats why we have ten." 🤣🤣🤣 Dont let OSHA hear that.

could you use a thermal camera gadget that you can connect to your phone? Cuz a normal one is pretty expensive

Very nice sir ✌

I'm wondering about the value of 20 amp for a fuse. Where should this high current come from, ? what is the normal current there. A 20 amp fuse didn:t blow at 20 A it needs more.

nice work

Question When replacing the Mosfet "AL00" Why replace it with another one?Can you replace it with the "BL" will it matter.

Where can i get those mosfets? havent been able to find it online to try and fix my board

your a legend bro!

Yay! It works! Thanks alot! Now I gotta make a video about this video lol.

Came in for repair.

Can you start producing reports like Blackblaze does for hard drives for number of GPU failures per manufacturer you have received? That would be useful to read. ❤

@Tomy_Sakazaki

11 ай бұрын

The problem is that any repairman will only see defective items, you won't get a proper ratio of failures to sold inventory. You won't know if a maker have a higher percentage of failures or if the repair shop receive lots of them because it's a popular brand/item. The best that they could do is show how many of the brought items were fixable, but you would still be missing data on items that break again after the repair is done. Edit: obviously a report on common occurrences on products is helpful to reduce time diagnosing why the failure happened.

It still boggles my mind how these gaming laptop manufacturers get away with selling defective products at such a high price.

im struggling to find the AL00, can you point me on how to find replacements?

This shit your doing is badass and I think its cool! Your like a micro technician able to isolate issues on circuit boards and fix them where it cost $1,000+ to just get a new one when its like probably $2 worth of components and your skills to make them work again probably without the issue ever happening again and upgraded too!

@QactisX

11 ай бұрын

Dude got me wanting to solder and I bought one. Working on a project to put SK6812 LEDs under/above my kitchen cabinets wired to a ESP32 board with WLED installed on it.

i have the same card in a 3080 ti and same issue. where can i get the component from

How does a short circuit happen? Like what in the chip goes bad.

a Framework laptop, that could be an interesting vid

Hi man, may I know where you get that mic of yours?

noob question but what does this AL00 graphics mosfet do?

Gigabyte this company has become a real disaster

In the Video it looks as if you only connect the graphics card to the power supply for testing without plugging it into a Mainboard (PC).... How does that work???

If I wanted to edjucate myself and do this as a hobby/skill to have a decent attempt at repairing my stuff. Where should I start learning? Anyone out there teaching how to do this from scratch?

Awesome ✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻

Are these video cards not covered by a warranty?

cool 👌

I got a alienware r15 laptop with a great GPU, but only 16 gigs of RAM thats soldered to the motherboard. Its a real handicap. Also, my intel i7 isnt the most capable cpu out there. What would it cost to upgrade to 32 gigs? What would it cost to upgrade my chipset? Would it be smarter/cheaper to just fully replace the whole unit?

why you when you move the board, the temperature image fluctuates, so annoying. the board is cold, why even we should see red regions

That's what i'm waiting for

Glad I have an evga one, been good so far

@iv3r

11 ай бұрын

My evga 3080 FTW3 ultra died the other day, still have Warranty tho, so currently in the process of rma

@ironfist7789

11 ай бұрын

@@iv3r that sucks, but good that the warranty covers it

I just got a 4090 gigabyte, did I mess up? Should I get nai instead?

woow. nice to see people use Framework laptops

informative (y)

Alex instead of waiting for JayTwoCents to come up with an issue. Next time you have a cpu pin issue call him for collaboration with you over his shoulders.💡💡💡💡💡💡💡💡👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

thats crazy same issue with same brand card

Mashallah... Much Love from Pakistan

Next one you will make sure it is the sames DRMOS? That would be interesting.... Why that one specificlly? Heat creep on that part of the board? Electrical issue specific to that line.... Paterns are interesting :-)

O.k. you got the hardware in the bank. Do you do any software?

Should I stay away from Gigabyte Gaming OC 4090? Very close from getting it.

Was on a waiting list for 3090, 9 months, got it and it died in 2 weeks. Black screen and fans full speed (a reboot of pc it came back) . Thought maybe power supply so got a new Corsair HX 1200. It did ity 2 more times and 3rd time it was done.. Waited 3 months to get a replacement (warranty but cost $60 bucks to insure and ship back). The 4090 was out so got one of them ( no issues so far but did not get a Gigabyte again) and the 3090 is still in the box new from warranty. lost a boatload on that one.. Liked Gigabyte but after that, i am not sure I will buy again. Online there were many horror stories on these cards.

Please show us your new premises

Back in the early 00s i had many gigabyte mainboards returning to shop with decayed and busted caps. That experience will always remind me to stay away from gigabyte.

@NonLegitNation2

11 ай бұрын

I think it really just depends. I had a Gigabyte RTX 2070 Super for 4 years and I never had a single problem with it, and I ran it overclocked the entire time I had it. I just upgraded to a RTX 3080 a few months ago and sold the 2070 Super to a friend and he's been using it also with no issues.

I nominate you to be the tech guy voice for South Park (a new character)!

Great work once again, today I develop an SW pre-amplifier, only for the RX side. I make them myself for many years, it brings an extra of 22db, and it has no connectors, just to minimize lost. And then I have to repair a limiter/ compressor, 2 new pot meters. I tried to fix it with Caig, But that failed. So new ones.

since you are replacing with the same one won't the new one just short again???

@ThisIS_Insane

11 ай бұрын

That decision is on the customer. Technicians already know this.

Was that an English lady I heard there...? If so, waves from old blighty :D

Hey Alex? How can I reach out to you? I tried the contact us in your website, I have not received any reply

@Look_What_You_Did

11 ай бұрын

Take the hint.

What school do you have go to learn this type of work in South African

WHY would YT turn off my all notification bell on this channel 3xs this week and takes thumbs away after trying 5xs this week on 2 videos .... I always check after refresh to support awesome content creators .. Grrrr , at this point its almost impossible to watch content on without looking for content.. would be awesome if u had content on another platform :-)

And of course Gigabyte won't recall these due to a manufacturing defect. At the least they need to pay for the repairs that people like you are doing, this should not be something the customer has to pay for. Although I suppose these customers could have RMAed the cards and Gigabyte would have/should have fixed them.

@indask8

11 ай бұрын

Gigabyte : Best I can do is stick an arrow sticker and ship it back.

13:50 this capacitor shouldn't be there right?

@chireaionut8473

11 ай бұрын

it is from other place... there are no solder pads there... i guess it's working without a filter cap from somewhere

I dont think it's gigabyte 3090s only. It's the whole line of gigabyte products. Seems some of their mobos are prone to failures.

Curious as to what you Charged for that particular Video Card >>>

@igrewold

11 ай бұрын

Looking at prices of 4090s, fixing an old 3090 is much cheaper But the cost of his fix ain't just fixing; it be time, efforts, experience, shop rental cost ...etc.

Why are your probes bent, any reason or do you keep dropping them. If I buy them do they come bent, like yours... 😊

Did you experience the big Northridge quake, back in 1993?

Well if the Framework motherboard is unfixable at least one can get a new one from Framework... :/

@thebeeamberheardsdogsteppe6368

11 ай бұрын

yes but u still pay alot cash for it cause cpu and gpu (if dedicated) are stil soldered to it

@BushyBrowsHD

11 ай бұрын

Framework also provides schematic of the board layout for troubleshooting I'm pretty sure. I glanced through manual when I got my framework laptop 13

hey when are you planning to do the collab with JayzTwoCents ?

I had the same problem ... Gigabyte fixed it for me

Good old Gag-a-bite.

That's the reason why I alway pay a little bit extra for a graphics card like Asus Strix for example. Really sad to see how bad gigabyte had become, because they used to be good in the early 2000's.

Hi Alex, How can i get some of the tools in Pakistan. I don't know if i can get them from china from your suppliers directly because china is close to pakistan so the fastest delivery with less delivery charges than from USA. Voltage injection tool, flux, soldering machine, thermal camera, microscope. Off course i cannot but them all together because of my limited budget but to buy them one by one is my only option. I am interested in learning the repair because I loved the electronics but never had a chance because of money and tight job schedule.

Why are 2 MOSFETs removed at 10:48? Is this from a different repair?

@NorthridgeFix

11 ай бұрын

That was a donor board where i got the AL00 from.

@ChodaBoyUSA

11 ай бұрын

@@NorthridgeFix Ah., Thanks!

Which on is the best for gpus? MSI, GIGABYTE, ASUS ?

@dangibbs5390

11 ай бұрын

MSI

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ah yes gigglebyte at it again

Alex for the win... a twofer!

20 Amp over such small traces still boggles my mind...

its kinda like youtube if you comment and realise you misspelled and edit you get retuned error no picture

I have 3090 graphic card, graphic card is on but no display, can you help me

I got 1080 ti ROG strix offer for 100$ Problem is card drops frames and stutters. Card was already opened by someone stickers on bolts are damaged How could I make diagnostics what is wrong with card, past owner told me i you lover the memory clock in after burner card worked so what would be my solution I would like to try and fix it