You know someone is competent when he tries to mess up on purpose and fails lol

@Timo-Epis

Жыл бұрын

😂

@wingmannj

Жыл бұрын

haha so true

Alex is a very experienced professional. I have been soldering electronics for years and would not even attempt some of what he does. Unbelievable, how easy he makes it look.

@stuart207

7 ай бұрын

I work in a massed produced factory. I could teach you our secrets but you would not believe me 😂 This guys a salesman not a professional.

Alex - you rule! I'm 68 - been soldering since 10 or so and never seen a better tutor! Thanks and then your humor is priceless!

this guy is so good that even when hes trying to mess up he cant

@ligametis

Жыл бұрын

Seen better ones that go through many layers of burnt pcb.

@enzo1337ro

Жыл бұрын

that's what good tools do.

I visit the 9th dimension often and I can say a lot of tiny capacitors do come here.

Alex is right. I used to use an all in one station and struggled but invested in a JBC soldering iron and an Atten hot air station and it was a big game changer. It allowed me to work quicker and be more precise. The jobs are now much easier to do compared to when i had the all in one system.

@electronJarvs

Жыл бұрын

Same here love my jbc soldering station though my hotair station is a quick 861de I gather the attens are similar in quality.

@leeheggie7043

Жыл бұрын

@@electronJarvs yes their on equal grounds i believe.

@slickrx6908

Жыл бұрын

The good Atten ST-862D right? Cause there are junk hot air models of Atten.

@slickrx6908

Жыл бұрын

@@electronJarvs The similar Atten one does not have a replaceable coil nozzle. While the Quick Does.

@slickrx6908

Жыл бұрын

Is JBC better than Hakko?

I saw Jay’s video and thought he tried hard. This video was impressive. I didn’t know much about the tools, flux, and solder that is needed today. Thank you.

As someone learning to solder on PCBs (older GPUs currently), your channel has been infinitely more valuable than all of the other big tech youtubers combined. Subbing.. you've earned it. Thank you.

I can honestly say I`ve never soldered anything in my life but love to watch these videos. Thanks Alex

NorthridgeFix you demonstrated why you are one of the best and most respected repair channels ever. You make it look so easy. Well done Sir.

Very good video Alex. Every single person that watches this video will definitely learn something. It felt like I was taking a soldering course.

Great demo show today! I have to tell you that I made my own pin straightener by taking a very small hollow tube made of aluminum and then placing it over the bent pin and angling it back to the up right position which bends the pin back to straight. It is quick and easy to do. The hole or inside diameter of the tube fits perfectly over the pins with little play making it easy to bend them straight. I do heat the pins first but not to the point of melting the solder at the base so as get a more pliable result putting less stress on the metal.

@jeffhansman2829

10 ай бұрын

Or, *gently* use a mechanical pencil with the lead removed. Works like a charm.

Always impressed with your confident technique!

@Haywood-Jablomie

Жыл бұрын

Eating Shawarma weekly can give you super powers... extra garlic is mandatory

NorthridgeFix is the master micro soldering guy! Thank you again for making editing and posting your videos! I always buy my tools and equipment from NorthridgeFix!

A pro doin' pro stuff. Beautiful. Sharing his knowledge and wisdom, making the world a better place. Thank you.

Alex, you have to record more videos. It's very pleasant, to watch how you work! :)

Wow such amazing quality camera and lighting and tools, but most especially: *_knowledge/advice!_* The visuals are like ASMR for the eyes.

I’m so Glad you did this !!!

I did replaced a few days ago 2 broken pins from a Amd ryzen cpu,with hot air station and thanks to Alex by watching his videos , i had a successful process! Thank you Alex for all your shares! You and big boss are awesome!

I doubt I'll ever realistically need to do anything remotely like this (although I'd love to!) I've managed to brick my motherboard, so going to attempt to rewrite to the chip, searching for methods eventually led me to this channel, the rabbit hole began😂 I find these videos so informative and entertaining. Thank you for sharing the knowledge and education.

I’ve gained so much confidence from watching your videos, thank you for the free training!

It's no fun when CPU pins go to the 9th dimension. 😂

@milosstojanovic4623

Жыл бұрын

Some people are really the experts in destroying those pins properly :)

I've watched many of your videos Alex and I must admit you are master especially with the soldering iron, I have watched others do soldering and I'm no expert but some of them to my mind don't do a good job and a lot of them look messy when finished. Thank you again your explanation on this was spot on, you shown us the right and wrong way, you are a top man Alex.

I thank you for the tips and tweaks man, sharing your skills costs a fortune, lesson learnt and will be applied. Thanks once again

I have to agree your microscope is the best I've seen on KZread repair channels. High definition and great detail and colour. Dept of field is very good also

absolutely top class content. a masterclass in micro soldering.

It takes someone with extremely steady hands (and confidence) to be able to do this job perfectly, every time.

Thank you so much for the lesson on how to desolder and solder CPU pins. You are an excellent teacher.

I've learned so much from this video. I struggled a lot with my soldering iron because solder won't stick to it or just partially, and I had no idea why. Guess I have to invest into a better quality iron and tip. Thanks a lot for this video, very insightful.

@volvo09

Жыл бұрын

If your iron is that bad, you will be thrilled when you get a better iron. When solder doesn't want to stick, heat won't transfer to the workpiece well, so it makes heating up what you want to solder real hard... Sometimes impossible.

@xbmc79

Жыл бұрын

I have a very cheap china soldering station with a very cheap soldering tip. The tip was ok and the solder stuck to it very well until the wires fell off the temp sensor. The tip started to glow and the solder never stuck to it again. The coating of the soldering tips breaks down due to too much heat and the wrong type of solder. I really tried a lot, but nothing led to success. Since i didn't have no other soldering tip, i sanded the soldering tip down to the copper. That was 3 years ago and the tip still works very well to this day.

@therefix342

Жыл бұрын

Your tip could be oxidised, even more expensive tips will do this if you don't look after them. Try cleaning it with wire wool and flux.

@nerdstrangler4804

Жыл бұрын

@@sulcusulnaris Nah some of the chinesium tips are just trash. If his tip ever worked properly, I am pretty sure he would have realized there was something wrong with it. I bought a cheap chinese soldering station back in the day, the tips that came with it worked just fine. But I bought some replacement tips off aliexpress and they were like solder repellents. He probably needs better tips.

I can’t believe it’s already been over 18 months that I’ve been watching your channel. How time flies.

This videos was perfect for hobbies, how to solder better. Thank you so much!

Absolutely love your material! You've been quite an inspiration to me and my technicians, leading us to tinker and practice with more things to hone our skills. Keep the content coming!

I love your videos and this is one of the best! So many tips and information. Learning from other failures is helping so much. Thank you!

Actually, He has been doing this for years, as his procedures and practiced hand movements reveal. I am unsure of how much theory he has, but he does understand the underlying rules of how to handle and protect these tiny components, as he says can go "to the 9th Dimension". Love your channel and the methodologies you use. Congrats on building a business for the family to share in! Thank you, Alex! 😁🙂👍👍👍

The billiards table comment got me LOL. Awesome!

Great demonstration!

The more I watch your videos, and other technicians as well, more I get impressed with your skills, and more I think that I dont have the motion control required for this and I'll gladly play for a professional to do this for me if I need it one day. Altough I have a broken Xbox Series controller and I'm kinda tempted to open it and see if I can fix it, a stiff left analog and sticky A and B buttons.

Thanks for the education! Well spoken, and caring!

This is like Messi coaching someone who played football for only 2 weeks.

I learn so much every time i watch these!

I did mention your videos (as you are very very professional) and shared your website. When i saw Jay's video,you was the first who cameup in my mind.

Very practical, as always. Thanks!!

What a joy to watch you make it look so easy, thanks!

I’ve never seen a multi purpose billiard table before but your description is quite accurate 😂 you are right tools made for that kind of a job (micro soldering) should totally accurate otherwise you’ll be left out with a crapshoot job

I love your videos! You really out here teaching people. I want to start repairing stuff myself. Maybe not expensive stuff or super small things at first, just for fun. I bought a soldering iron a month ago and i started trying repairing old gpu fan cables and tried to solder back cables on to the fan hub, but i did not have flux and i believe that made it more difficult so definitely gonna buy that and see the difference.

It's a shame Jay and Linus don't take the time to view other great KZread content creators such as NorthbridgeFix. Computers and Electronics have a vast array of different avenues and applications than just hardware reviews. This channel is a Godsend to those who prefer to tinker and fix new or old items. What school would you attend or have the time in your busy career to learn just one aspect of electronic repair? Thank you for all the free lessons.

@fakeplayer9088

Жыл бұрын

@@POS-Website-User Nailed it

@keylock32

Жыл бұрын

If you were tech enthusiast, I don't think they are good for you, most tech channel right now sadly has just become advertising company. Once you see it you just can't unsee it.

@3agl33y369

Жыл бұрын

Linus manages 80 employees and is the face of his conpany and is the host the majority of the time. Jay manages a few employees but is also the face of his company. They're doing pretty good in the real world when they've been around for roughly 10 years.

@coburn_karma

Жыл бұрын

@@3agl33y369 Exactly my point, they've been around for 10 years like you say, they should be more aware of other Great KZreadrs.

@redpill2634

Жыл бұрын

Your mentioned creators are working in different aspect of entertainment, they promote consumerism.

that analogy about the pool table was spot on

Good explanation of how low-melt solder helps remove components.

Perfect explanation of how a pin is placed on a cpu. Good job and better explanation. Regards.

I like and wtch your videos all the time, Alex. I learned a lot from them and I am learning from them every time. I check every day if you posted any new videos or not. Even though without these videos, you would have more time to fix stuff brought into the shop. Your time wasted on these videos is much appreciated :)

Great watch. Glad this was recommended

thats why i am subscribed to this guy he fix electronics beautifully.he makes it look like its easy ♥️

Helping each other is sensational You’re a true gentleman ✊

Thank you Alex 👍🏾

One of your most informative videos I have seen full of useful tips and tricks thanks for this one Alex 👍

absolute master! thank you very much for the knowledge shared.

beautifully done!

يعطيك العافية اليكس، انا اقدر الفيديوات اللي تشرح اخطاء شائعة من المبتدئين. دائما تعطي نصائح مفيدة، حتى لو ما عندي اي فكرة عن الالكترونيات. نتعلم منك ال reversed engineering. Ur tips are always pricesless. الله يوفقك و يرزقك من رزقه الكريم

Great video as always thx for all the tips

Very nicely done. Enjoyed and learned.

Great tutorial. Thanks for posting.

I really love the way you talk!

You are good at your job and a pleasure to observe and learn from.

Alex. You are great teaching good lesson about repair stuff. You are awesome,..

You Are The MASTER in your job Hussain , I really enjoy your videos , Cheers from Damascus -Syria

Cool and educational video, thanks as always sir.

Great video, and I love your affect.

True a good soldering station makes work so much better. Had a cheap soldering iron and fixed my work just by upping my soldering iron to a good solder station with great tips.

Very professional job

I like that he isn't throwing hate towards jayztwocents. The fact Jay tried but like he said Jay isn't an expert. These experts have the tech and the patience to do these tasks

Lovely knowledgeable video explaining the practical difficulties

Love ya man! Great video and great knowledge sharing! ! 💯

I saw Jayz's video in my feed but i knew that it will be bad and didnt watch it. Cant do it either, iam just getting my tools together and iam just at the 286 pc motherboard kind of micro soldering. I have a good solderin station but its not good for varta battery damage so i bought a solder sucking station, not the best but works, tried manual pump and solder wick but that didnt work for battery damage. Needed flux and more solder and good suction to get parts off the board. Did do hirosima with my xbox360 because of no good vision of the board but later i will fix it. Tools are so important, heat and vision is the needed parts. Thanks i have learned a lot from these videos!

Your the best and I have purchased from your site and products are top notch with zero issues. Love the education.

Hi, your repair videos are inspiring. I am curious though, what is the success rate for repairing? Are there cases where you found where the product arrived irreparable?

Your videos are very entertaining, I don't do repairs, but I love tech and gadgets, and I find this very interesting.

I hope jay sees this so he keeps trying and succeeds

Exactly what I thought when I saw Jayz's video...😁

Alex you gotta be stacking that bread by now. You deserve 3 million followers or more.

Super expert you made it look easy!

I hope you and Jay can do a collaboration and you can show him how you would solider pins and tech him would make a crazy video.

jayzTwoCents first board repair attempt his soldering was so bad he attached a component to the board with glue and it worked and the whole internet cringed. So he has come leaps and bounds with acquiring decent tools etc. he learned what flux is etc. he has learned enough to have an appreciating for whats involved.

First electronic repair channel I seen is when LouisRossman had his colorful take on Linus' "gpu repair" by putting it in the oven. Nice to see more channels like this.

Jayztwocents is pronounced Jay's two cents LOL. love your channel

Big thanks 4 explain and demonstration 🖖😲 I hope JTC looks this video 🤣

Up until last week, I thought I had the best tweezers, a set of Bergeon's... then on a whim the week before after being given the nod I bought for £3.50 a pair of dental surgery tweezers, made by an English company called Medentra... the bigger locking ones have very grippy tips which for holding screws about the size of them cpu pins is a game changer, the other set in the kit are ultra ultra fine, extremely fine tips never seen 'em that thin before and both surgical stainless steel and has made such a difference to doing my watches. Sometimes you can spend absolute fortunes on the heartell of others and find instead a diamond in the rough like these Medentra's, many of my watch friends have now bought some and agreed they are absolutely awesome tweezers :)

@andygardiner6526

Жыл бұрын

which model - I can't see anything really fine in either their general surgery or dental catalogue

Thank you for the tutorial. You didn't have to make this but you did to inform us how to do it right. If I was American I would love to work for you

Delicate Work...

NorthbridgeFix Rocks very cool vid Alex!!!!

Jay literally said he's never done it and he was practicing. He didn't fail he did exactly as expected.

Learning so much yet I swear I always run into more questions! I do plan to order some flux and tweezers from yall because I did order cheap amazon ones and well... the flux is hard to apply and extremely sticky and the tweezers I keep having to reshape.. I was doing a test board and one of the semiconductors on 1 side 3 pins touch and the rest are floating and I for the life of me don't know the best way to level all the pins. I shelved it for now as I was getting frustrated trying to work them with these crappy tweezers.

Northridgefix micro soldering expert and shameless plug 😂😂💯💯 love the videos!!

A lot of elitism in these comments, but i think most of them are missing the point of Jay's video. Jay's perspective is that of a hobbyist, probably closer to what any of us would experience trying the repair with reasonably attainable equipment. You can't really compare his attempt to that of a professional with access to thousands of dollars of equipment doing the repair.

My favorite part about this whole video aside from the amazing content, is how Alex keeps calling him Jay-Z Two Cents 🤣🤣🤣

Enjoy your work and diligence too it, SAD NOTE, wish I had got into this part of hardware repair when younger as the hands I'm guessing need some training for such finer detail. Great Video as always! Peace

This is the video I dreamt of seeing when I saw jayz video. I didnt watch Jayz video. I am liking, commenting and would subscribe again if I could because of this. Thank you lol

Thanks for the great video. I love to watch and learn from both you and Jay. I also REALLY appreciate how respectful you were when pointing out what went wrong or he did incorrectly. That sir is a sign of a true, confident, professional and did not go unnoticed. Keep making these great videos and I'll keep watching and ordering.

Great explanation, that mini solder pen is great 😃😃👍👍

I always mention your channel in the comments when others attempt repairs.

You are a true master of your trade, good sir.