Trying to fix a donor board is the ultimate savageness

_I enjoy the No-Fix videos because it shows the struggle of chasing an unknown issue, while demonstrating great micro-soldering techniques._ 👍

Thank you for what you teach us. Your time is worth alot to us.

@Druid_Plow

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed. I love the hot tweezer and snip of desolder braid trick that he showed. I don't have a very steady hand and often get bridges, with that little kernel of knowledge i save myself a lot of headaches.

@mahmoodhawwa8029

2 жыл бұрын

اي والله

@petergriffin8084

2 жыл бұрын

Imposter detected. Brian go catch him.

it is not 'a waste of time' sir. you teach us, the viewer, an experience that is valuable. thanks you sir

You missed placing a resistor at 3:35. You needed to do 4 in that group

@64bittz93

2 жыл бұрын

17:10 he did point out what you said and it was a no fix anyway

It was my experience in the automotive field that when you developed a reputation of tenacity and effective results that you would be challenged more and more with others failed repair attempts.

You sir shoe so much dedication to your clients. If I ever have electronics to repair, they will go to you.

When I watch repair videos I'm always amazed at how well you cats get the solder to behave.

@jeffo881

Жыл бұрын

solder whisperer.

I really enjoy the way you try your best to troubleshoot the board and you have showed your greatest patient and talent in this trade. Thanks for the video.

Hindsight with these things is always 20/20. At least you gave it a decent try to get it back up and running. It’s nice to see people take on a challenge once in a while versus only posting things they know they can fix. Thanks for the video!👍👍👍

@me_bee_ste_1355

2 жыл бұрын

👊🏻🔥

Thanks Alex for that repair attempt. Much appreciated.

Thanks for the video. I cant imagine the amount of devices, orders and work gets put into this. But for each of those no fixes you get 5 that are a fix that makes someone happy.

I love watching these videos, I haven’t got a clue what you’re doing but it’s great watching an expert at work and the amazing tools and gadgets 👍🏽

@BlazenWinchester

Жыл бұрын

Even from my standpoint, he switches tools and parts so quick, its hard for the average viewer to tag along. The videos are edited, so some things are edited out for a clearer understanding of the fundamental repair. Alex is very capable with his tools.

Maybe someone bought a donor listed as "not working" and sent it to you in hope you could fix it. Next time fix your donor board. It would be easier 😂😂

@mrBDeye

2 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same. The donor board had more parts and more of a chance to be fixed than the customer's board.

@me_bee_ste_1355

2 жыл бұрын

Well no 💩 isn't that what he said while working on it 🤦‍♂️

@westsenkovec

2 жыл бұрын

I wrote it before watching the whole video.

@fcallum77

2 жыл бұрын

@@mrBDeye It may have had a bad CPU though which is a no fix for definite.

The effort is much appreciated! Learning lots here, love the brevity of the videos

Unbelievable how they send a parts board so you can put it back together and fix it.

@xlwirelesselectronicrepair

2 жыл бұрын

That's what it looks like a parts board 😄.

@ManicMender

2 жыл бұрын

@albert alvarez thats exactly my thought too. He sent it in so Northridge would repopulate his parts board.

@albertalvarez5901

2 жыл бұрын

I know Alex does an outstanding job but he's not a magician specially when the CPU is damaged, this board was very suspicious from the get-go.

@unnamedchannel1237

2 жыл бұрын

@@ManicMender maybe he wanted the parts for another repair and was willing to pay the no fix fee cause it was cheeper than getting the actual parts for sale

@pashko90

2 жыл бұрын

@@unnamedchannel1237 Alex might remove them afterwards.

Thanks for teaching me. I would have never gotten this knowledge myself.

Hello, I follow your video with great interest. It's amazing to see your knowledge and precision on every reparation you do. I hope that one day I'll be able to fix things like you! 👏👏👏

@BlazenWinchester

Жыл бұрын

lots of practice first

Great video! I have build my own computers since a baby... but never any experiences of fixing boards. You are great and also making my knowledge grow! Thx, and you have a new subscriber! :)

Toooo many missing componets, is an automatic "return to the customer" (at least for me)... That board looks more like a donor than a working one. You are very good and have a lot of patience

@HazeAnderson

2 жыл бұрын

That is the first thing I thought too ...

@fanfan-tz2tk

2 жыл бұрын

Me too !

BTW This person has done more for the environment than anybody I can think of.

I am impressed by the steadiness of your hands. Amazing!

that’s was amazing how fast he took the donor parts off and soldered them on the replacement switch

Fun to see a man who enjoys his work. The big grin after a fix or no is pretty kool.

It is a delight to check your videos out👍

Hi!im from Cyprus and watch all your videos!i start to do mobile repair at home and i learn from you!please share more videos mobile repair...Thanks!

You are the best engineering, From the beginning you already confirmed that device is unfixable. And honestly you spend time to prove that unfixable. Love to watch your video great.

Not all repairs would bring success,a technician must know this.Hats off to you 👍🙏🏻

Thank you for the video. Certainly not a waste of time and effort but sharing your skills and patience is most important. Your dedication and passion are well recognized. I wish to visit you and buy you a coffee one day.

Thanks for your time. I learned so much

Thanks for another wonderful video. Very good tutorial for soldering various packages. Definitely a donor board from another shop; the missing components too random. Perhaps owner let you keep in for donor board in lieu of repair attempt fee. Cheers.

I enjoy your videos and you show people the step by step trouble shooting.

and thats how you learn to choose not to work on messed up boards , thanks for taking time to teach us the important lesson

I only wish my hands could be close in steadiness as yours. Have never seen anything like this done by hand before. What a great video. Not a fix, but you get my Sub. Thank you for showing us what does not work at times. Refreshing to see the truth.

Magic!!!! Many thanks for this masterclass.

I could watch your videos all day. Keep um coming.

Thank u for ur valiable tips, u did amazing tracing

good job bro. I love any fixed videos from you on how to fix.

Superb & awesome step by step troubleshooting ! We learn from failures...

Always amazing to me how you do all this with just your instinct !!

I love this channel. Your repairs are a work of art. If I ever have an issue with an electronic im 100% sending it here. Also at the end you showed a component you missed, did the switch end up working?

Cool channel dude. You have shown lots of skill and I respect that.

You should sended it with that ambulance in the background keep the great work!

I have to wonder how many of these were put in this condition by the owner who watched a few videos and then tried the repair themselves and after making things worse they blamed "the shop they went to" for the damage.

I think it would be easier to repair the donor board :))

Thank you sir for the great work and care.

3:42 you missed a resistor on the left

@JustinAdie

2 жыл бұрын

Yup. Looks like the ground leg of a voltage divider. Perhaps salient for checking charge voltage?

@crazyworldoutthere4379

2 жыл бұрын

He pointed that out at 17:02

@joshuabest100

2 жыл бұрын

@@crazyworldoutthere4379 oh shit yeh didn't see that

You bring joy to other people’s life, may god bless you and your family

Your videos are good even when you are not able to fix the device. I just can’t believe the how bad the switch was.

Thanks for sharing this! Really helpful!

A nice soldering is so satisfying to watch

You always do great works...

Fair play for not only showing the successful repairs. I was actually expecting that "magic" part at the end where you suddenly get it working 🙄. 👍

120% maximum effort.. thumbs up for that

I hope to learn the art of electronics repair and become like you. Thank you so much

Thank you for taking on these projects even though you know it'll be a uphill battle.

the right tools make the work so much easier. wow

@hillie47

2 жыл бұрын

For this reason I overspent on a nice soldering station. Got myself a Pace ADS200 and I'm a hobbyist (with some disposable income, OK :)). I shake my head if I think how much I spent. I smile every time I fire it up and put solder on a PCB. Buy once, cry once.

Less work if you just gave him your donor board and take a few missing components from his board to yours, much easier and faster.

@pashko90

2 жыл бұрын

Donor board is a donor board for a reason.

If you look closely, isnt there still a missing Filter at 13:01 ? You replaced the 2 on the top, but you missed the Filter a little lower to the left. Maybe IT is Not waking up for that reason. The component is present on the donor Board at 0:27

@silent9pc

2 жыл бұрын

I saw the same thing

@th3R0b0t

2 жыл бұрын

yea, at 17:03 he noted that it was missed, he replaced it, still no fix.

@silent9pc

2 жыл бұрын

@@th3R0b0t yeah I saw that at the end lol

thank my brother for this lesson you are the best teacher

you are right. in your field of working, time is super precious

You are an amazing artist with soldering.

Has to be a donor bought off eBay or something in the hopes it could be salvaged. The balls to even attempt that lol. Unless they got it for a few dollars it doesn't even almost seem worth the risk. I've just started the video but I can't imagine that thing will live again. This really will be a miracle repair and a testament to skill if you get this thing going.

And you didn't said no because u have a great soul, Thank you for all those great videos it's very entertaining.

This isn´t repair... it´s a reconstruction... and better than factory. Great work.

having tried to work on micro components before im mesmerized by this guy working

Thank you for you time and knowledge

Thanks for sharing this Mission Impossible, I would state on your website only to accept boards that are not previously worked on and are complete.

Wonderful, i am sure you didn't miss it, but could it be the solder blob that was shorting that cap with another component?

That passing fire dept. at 2:05 so fits to the board's condition ...

Still a heck of a lot better than many of us could have done. Sometimes all you can do is try the simplest fixes, then go from there if it's worth more hasle or not. In this case it's a gonner.

The only thing I've seen that no one has mentioned is there looks to be some corrosion on some empty pads at 1:03 between two connectors. I doubt it would fix it but there u go.

@Muslim_011

2 жыл бұрын

Yes and probably two pads have discontinuity

@johny1220

2 жыл бұрын

@@Muslim_011 happened to me on an Xbox One S the other day, chip had a pad that wasn’t making a connection, ran a jumper wire and that fixed it 😄

@Muslim_011

2 жыл бұрын

@@johny1220 That's good. Glade you figure it out 👍

I am always curious when ever I watch ur content on how people end up with damaged boards and missing components? How does that happen. In 30 years of owning tech I have never had any issues. Like the series x damaged Hdmi port Connectors how the....... Great Channel btw I find it relaxing.

@xagnusdei

2 жыл бұрын

My Xbox One X died just outside of warranty likely due to the HDMI relay chip / possibly port. Another great product.

Excellent learning exp and revisits

Soldering the max BGA was next level!!

I understand that you waste time trying to fix a board that cannot be fixed and that time for your company is important but also every attempt when posted here on KZread does not become a waste of time but a learning experience for us. thanks. Brazil.

I've got a couple I'm working on that I still need to replace a component or two...but I'd never send that off to someone without them knowing the status beforehand. That's just silly to expect you to take the time to find every single thing blown off the board. At least not without you knowing what you're getting in to. Wow.

@starlight55971

2 жыл бұрын

Also, so glad to see you had to fight with the solder blob next to the M92, heh. Bad for you, but good for my self-worth. I have fought a couple of those in that area that were really frustrating and I'm a novice comparatively. Thanks for keeping it real.

Thank you so much 🙏

Your are the best!!! Thank you for your videos

Some you win, some you loose. Thank you for the education when doing this.

All i can say is youre a tech god!!!!! 👏👏👏👏

You are a true legend!

thanks for sharing!!!

Looks like this board is not for repair but surely looks like a donor board as so many components are missing from it. Looks like a deliberate repair attempt has been carried out on it else why would not one two or three but so many components missing. God help such people. Kudos to you dear Alex for knowing it is in a real mess but you still gave it a try. Good day mate. Love from India 💚

I have never seen anyone do better soldering work than you.

@HylianOverlord

2 жыл бұрын

Really?

@CreeplessOfficial

2 жыл бұрын

@@HylianOverlord who?

@HylianOverlord

2 жыл бұрын

@@CreeplessOfficial what?

Broken component at 10:46 . Keep up with the good vídeos .

Awesome stuff as always. Love the vids

Nice work. You missed a component. At 3:30 the capacitor/resistor next to the part you placed on the board to fix.

@OhioLiving

2 жыл бұрын

See 17:03

This is great, thanks!

Awesome video brother 👍

Your a good man for trying it anyway

A "No Fix" is always time well spent...............for us. I do wonder if there is a way to firstly test the CPU.

I need to see your setup!

You have a good hand 👌

Thanks for trying. Good informative video, I enjoyed watching this one more

I used to do soldering in Panasonic some years ago

You’re just such a nice guy you said yes :)

i know you didn't make any money however I do appreciate your video. Thanks JR

I had a cut resistor on the front board that joysticks go into on a Dreamcast with a unit I bought not working on ebay. Once I replaced the part powered it up the battery for RTC shot fire up around it ... Some of the masking on the back of the board burned off. There was plenty of damage to the board from someone else who tried to modify the battery before I got in there. I guess I got a donor machine now. But I bought it for slightly more than a replacement GD-rom drive goes for so no real big problem.

Man love your videos