Welcome everyone coming from Louis's channel. Thank you all for being here and also to Louis too for the awesome work he's doing for R2R 💯💥

@wesss9353

3 жыл бұрын

Here from the pinned comment Have a great day today

@DjRay1967

3 жыл бұрын

Louis sent me here. I love watching board repair. I learned a lot from watching his videos. Hopefully I also learn some techniques from you too.

@StormsparkPegasus

3 жыл бұрын

I'm the one that watched the stream earlier and asked if it was Louis. I instantly knew it was him when you first mentioned someone with a lot of subscribers would be giving you a shoutout. Great to see he followed through. I was already subscribed to you before this (I found your channel via Tronicsfix months ago).

@TheCod3r

3 жыл бұрын

@@StormsparkPegasus yeah I kinda didn't want to say anything too revealing, bug awesome what Louis has done here, even if a few hundred people learn that it's not just apple it's all worth it

@TheCod3r

3 жыл бұрын

@@DjRay1967 thanks dj, glad to have you hear bud and hopefully we all learn together

Louis Rossmann sends his regards!

@TheCod3r

3 жыл бұрын

Genuinely amazing what Louis is doing. Welcome to my little corner, thanks a bunch 😄

@TryMeFoolYT

3 жыл бұрын

im here cause of louis

@TechGaming45

3 жыл бұрын

Likewise

@3nertia

3 жыл бұрын

That sounds vaguely threatening; you're not Italian are ya? xD

Looks like Nintendo's authorised repair centre deliberately sabotaged the board because the customer declined to take them up on their quote. Pretty shitty if you ask me.

@jairiske

3 жыл бұрын

Is that even legal? How far could it be taken in court? I ask because that's extremely egregious

@harbinger6574

3 жыл бұрын

I expect it would be impossible to prove it was done on purpose. They would probably argue that it was removed during fault diagnosis and that their technician simply forgot to replace it when the customer declined to take them up on the repair.

@lawrivanbuel5221

3 жыл бұрын

@@jairiske no, under European laws this is illegal… it’s basically purposefully damaging other peoples property. (The hard thing is proving it in a legal sense, although the chip being missing makes it a strong piece of evidence…. Combined with the LCD working just fine. To see if you could win a case like that, go talk with a lawyer… (Note: I am not a lawyer, this is NOT legal advise!)

Hi everyone. I would really appreciate it if you could share this video. This is probably one of the more important videos I'm going to end up publishing and sharing would get the word out, and bring a bit more attention to this problem. Thanks in advance :)

Its so normal that official repair center dont know anything about repairing. They dont repair, they swap parts. . Afterall you are repairing at this case consoles. Really like what you are doing. Keep up the good work.

@DeshraD

3 жыл бұрын

I'm going to play devil's advocate here, with the mass volume of repairs that official repair centers get, it's easier and more cost effective for them to swap the parts necessary to fix it, and have those parts sent in for a more detailed repair, if it's cost effective to do so. In other cases sometimes the repair is nothing more than swapping a part since that part cannot be repaired. Example here is switch joycon joysticks/ switch light joysticks. You can try to repair them by replacing the PCB but the metal housing easily becomes deformed and thus replacing them is just easier.

Honestly to me it sounds less like they mistook the screen protector for a broken screen, and more like they intentionally yanked an important display chip in order to justify charging more for a screen replacement. Just look at that serrated solder, that's not something that was accidentally blown off with a heat gun. That chip was ripped off. =/

Yes, sent here by Louis. I loved the comment "this is absolutely out of order" where Louis would have said, "this is shit". Good video hope Nintendo get to see it.

@TheCod3r

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks bud, I sincerely hope they do. I would love to see their goons try and intimidate someone who has the balls to laugh at them to their face 😂

Stop pronouncing the L in solder. Don't make me come over there!!!

@TheCod3r

3 жыл бұрын

I'll put you in my board hodder... Whoops sorry, the ack of pronunciation of the L is rubbing off onto other words 😬😂

Me : Doctor, I have a knee pain Doctor : We need to replace your leg

@TheCod3r

3 жыл бұрын

Lol yep, definitely sounds like a Nintendo line to me 😂

@AlanJojy

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheCod3r 🤣🤣😂

Louis Rossman brought me here.

@TheCod3r

3 жыл бұрын

Welcome, thanks for being here :)

@chauntawashington289

3 жыл бұрын

Same

@NoizeeFreed

3 жыл бұрын

Same

@TheMemeXp1

3 жыл бұрын

Same

Lol, kudos to the excellent Nintendo technicians in the sweatshops that did the diagnosis. It says so much they didnt notice the tempered glass!

@TheCod3r

3 жыл бұрын

Lol indeed, bunch of muppets 😂

I may be in my mid 30s but I still giggle like an idiot whenever they shorten "assembly" to "ASSY" 😂 And it's very fitting here, because wanting to replace the entire case because of a cracked screen protector is quite assy indeed.

@TheCod3r

3 жыл бұрын

Haha yep they hit the nail on the head with this one. Bunch of assy holes to say the least 😂

@mjc0961

3 жыл бұрын

Wow, I remember when the Switch Lite was still pretty new, TronicsFix couldn't get a Switch Light port and had to modify a regular Switch port. Shame that this is still a thing that has to happen all these years later.

Came here from Louis Channel, good to learn how to repair more advanced stuff than just ye olden 16 bit consoles.

Visiting and staying - thank you, TheCod3r, thank you, Louis! :)

@TheCod3r

3 жыл бұрын

Welcome bud, thanks for subbing 😁

Here from louis, definitely dropping a sub, good work man. :)

@TheCod3r

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks buddy and welcome, glad to have you here 😀

A Louis fan. Great to see your work here in the UK.

26:38 Lol people always look at me like I'm stupid when I do something like that 😂😂

I'm from the UK and watch Louis Rossmann. He shouted you out so i came over to say hello and sub to your channel. All the best 👍

@TheCod3r

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you bud, much appreciated

I _have_ seen little bga chips like that come off with a light touch, but never leaving all the pads intact. That one looked to be heated poorly and forced off early, plus the conformal and a couple of the caps nearby appeared to have heat damage.

came over from Louis, good clean work

been here for a long time :D its dope AF they coming this way

Great video ..I just had to do a 9 trace repair on an original switch because some fng tech thought he could solder

@TheCod3r

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah trace repair can be a pain in the back side on the switch. Annoys the life out of me to see that kind of damage 😒

came over from Louis keep up the good fight

Wow. They stole a part off the board to make sure the customer would go back to them. The worse part is that you are powerless to prove that they did it. Because they are going to say you did it. That’s low.

tbh I really wish more people knew about technology at this level, but it's very clear corporations don't want you to...

@3nertia

3 жыл бұрын

All part of the plan ...

Pretinning the port makes this repair the easiest mate, I I’ve done like 4 of them now and the ports just solder bang on. Use 390 degrees at 70 air flow on the quick station. Better than factory and solidly soldered cheers Phill :)

Sending love from Louis! I wish more people knew about these types of shady business practices. (edited for spelling and grammar mistakes)

@TheCod3r

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks buddy, much appreciated. We need to get the word out and make people aware of just how bad the manufacturers are treating their customers

Good stuff 🙂

Awesome video! That driver chip was probably purposefully removed so the owner would think he needs to get a new Nintendo. I have a question if you don't mind answering. What temperature do you set your air solderer to. What temperature do you set your soldering iron to. Im always paranoid that I'm going to damage a chip because I have the temperature too high. I also subbed to your channel. 👍

@TheCod3r

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for subbing :) the iron I generally leave at 450⁰C for most jobs, or 380⁰C if I'm using the micro pencil. The hot air generally my go to temps are 480⁰C if I'm removing something and 440⁰C when I've replaced the solder with leaded solder :)

@DjRay1967

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheCod3r Thank you so very much for your reply. I pretty much used about the same temperatures so you confirmed that I wasn't doing any heat damage to the chip. Again Thanks.

That lcd driver has a diode above it that looks like 8 A ( thanks for the clear view) What part number or component might that be? My LCD driver blew and a diode is measuring open.

Is there somewhere to find the schemas with values? I have two that I want to repair but there are no schematics

Hi there, I came over from Louis , great channel! I'd like to know what board clamp you're using?

@TheCod3r

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much and welcome 😀 that board clamp is more designed for iphones but it was basically a freebie that banggood sent me. It's a mechanic MR6 high temperature universal holder. They're not bad but not the best around neither :)

@anomicxtreme

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheCod3r thanks, I thought it looked like an iPhone clamp but that actually looks like it's pretty versatile for almost any small size board which would make a great addition to my arsenal. Thanks for replying so quickly and good luck, I'm going to be recommending your channel as well.

@TheCod3r

3 жыл бұрын

@@anomicxtreme thanks bud, much appreciated. It is pretty nifty for smaller stuff, and it doesn't pull all the heat away from the board too which is perfect for working on charger ports and smaller jobs

Hello TheCod3r Louis sent me 👍

@TheCod3r

3 жыл бұрын

Hey, thanks for checking me out, I truly appreciate it

Keep up the work, it's true there's no such thing as repair with brands, they just replace things so earn the big bucks.

@TheCod3r

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. That is very true, the repair centers who have been "chosen" by the manufacturers know about as much as my 4 year old when it comes to repair

Where to buy the solution for the ultrasonic bath? Thanks

When I was in the military we would use a special type of soldiering paste for our ultra fine detailed jobs it is still amazing to me how the soldier would almost always only bond to the contacts and only the ones that were touching when you were using it. Sometimes it was so easy to use that we would get into trouble because we would use it for jobs that didn't need it and at that point in time it was almost 50.00 per tube and each tube was only about one ounce. Now you can get it for much less and it is better quality than when I was using it.

The top of the balls seemed to be flattened. Most probable the BGA has felled from the board without the application of heat. I have seen it in BGAs with oxidized pads. I would be cautious stating it was intentional.

@TheCod3r

3 жыл бұрын

I don't think it's intentional, this comes more down to incompetence to be honest. That said, if an independent tech did this, we'd be sued into oblivion

I would advise your customer to speak with Trading Standards or the CAB regarding the damage Nintendo's Authorised repair did to the board, ICs just don't fall off [you can clearly see shear lines in the solder].

@TheCod3r

3 жыл бұрын

I believe the customer does intend to take it further, but honestly it probably won't happen. It never usually does and that's the problem these days

This essentially happened to me when I sent my joycon to the official Nintendo repair company to fix the drift. They were charging me for the wireless not working even though I know that it was before I sent it in. Got the unit back with drift issues and wireless not working anymore. 100 % Scam artists at Repairtech Limited which were the authorised repair company that Nintendo uses.

@TheCod3r

3 жыл бұрын

This sounds like a common occurrence. It's the second switch I've had from Nintendo where the device came back with more faults than it went with. Something very fishy going on over at Nintendo 😞

Where'd that chip go? if it just "fell off" it should have been somewhere on your bench! Louis sent me here.. Subbed :)

@TheCod3r

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks bud, yep that chip definitely wasn't on my bench lol

@Rx7man

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheCod3r Do you do much for repairs on other types of products? Lets say industrial VFD's or whatever

There should be a show where experts "break" devices by constructing tiny flaws and send them to authorized repair centers. Every eposide should end with a conclusion like: Problem was -> they fixed -> real costs were -> they want -> they did a good / bad job

@TheCod3r

3 жыл бұрын

That actually sounds like a pretty good mini series right there. You could be on to something 😁

Louis send his regards 👍

What scope mount are you using?

Nice vid! But i wonder how is your esd protection working?

@TheCod3r

3 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure what you mean to be honest. ESD has never been an issue for me as of yet :)

@IngvardM

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheCod3r After my army service i've worked at electronics assembly warehouse (or what ever you call it) for a few years and seen many devices fail due to someone on the line had a bad esd strap and didnt test it for a month. It's very strange for me to see pcbs survive being handled without proper protection. Hell, i even set the whole thing up to swap memory sticks in a pc. Is it just my paranoia?

those little pads under all the tiny BGA chips are annoying to wick cus of all the small components around them

louis brought me here too!

How does someone damage the board like that, that is nuts great work btw. I really wish there was some way to prove that nintendo damaged it, there has to be some law against damaging someones stuff and lying about it to get more money, it's some kind of fraud surely.

@TheCod3r

3 жыл бұрын

The sad truth is it will probably never be proven. The customer will blame Nintendo, Nintendo will blame the customer and so on. It would come more under the lines of fraud by false representation. Sadly, the courts wouldn't want to know about one seemingly isolated case. Nintendo would likely just pay the customer off and move on

Nintendo: Providing “Entertainment”

I have the same issue on my switch where it doesn’t charge. Do you know a place that can do the repair in the US?

@TheCod3r

3 жыл бұрын

Check out a channel called Jason's Electronics Repair. He's a friend of mine in the US and would be happy to take on the repair for you :)

@victorbalta1402

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheCod3r Thanks for the info! Will follow up with him.

The push for R2R and independent repair for the common person is a great ideal, because it won't affect those that has deals with certain companies for say 50 iphones or whatever with free repairs or replacements, And it is also good for you guys, especially if you do a really good job of it, because you need the buisness, and apple and nintendo doesn't because they can survive

Hi TheCod3r, I am coming from Louis' channel :) . Question: What fluid do you use in your ultrasonic cleaner?

@TheCod3r

3 жыл бұрын

Hey bud, I just use isopropyl alcohol because we can't buy Branson EC here in the UK

@zeeebrenn

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheCod3r thx. Do you dilute it?

What wick u using? i have hard time finding good wick.

@TheCod3r

3 жыл бұрын

I use Gootwick, I believe it's the same stuff Louis uses too 😁

Louis Rossmann sent me here.

@TheCod3r

3 жыл бұрын

Welcome bud, thank you

@Acinica

3 жыл бұрын

Same.👍

Good

I can't help but wonder if they got the notification that the customer didn't want them to fix it, so they retaliated by deliberately damaging it more before sending it back.

@TheCod3r

3 жыл бұрын

Doubtful that's what happened, but I'd say more likely just an incompetent technician poking and prodding where they shouldn't be

The one thing the video did not explain was where the chip you put back came from. Did you have a replacement chip or was it inside the case? Beside that, awesome video! Will you contribute to Louis Wiki page?

@TheCod3r

3 жыл бұрын

Ah yeah I guess I should've cleared that up. The replacement chip came from a donor board and then reballed so it would be reusable:) I have contributed a few guides and will be posting more stuff too especially on the next gen consoles 😁

@eliotrulez

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheCod3r Ah I c :) I guess you could not order such chip?

@TheCod3r

3 жыл бұрын

@@eliotrulez yeah I just rarely have to replace that chip so I was out of stock and didn't realise lol

Louis sent me. 👍

I do see the crack screen at @18:42 though.

@TheCod3r

2 жыл бұрын

It was a screen protector mate

@KEVVIE37

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheCod3r Oh ok the protector was scratched. Coolbeans

One of the solder pads seems larger than the other one, maybe hot air rework by Nintendo

@TheCod3r

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah it definitely appears rework had been done at some point :(

@TooFarJohn

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheCod3r I've seen similar things with repair companies that start work after the diagnostic only to find out the customer doesn't want the repairs. So, tech is told to stop, slaps it all together and ships it back with incomplete work. I sure hope this was a case of shoddy workmanship rather than malice. Regardless, thanks for the video! Much love from a new sub.

Thank goodness for all you “bad guys”!

Louis said Hi

Here from Louis Rossmann, console repair is something I'm most definitely interested in, any guidance on how to get started?

@TheCod3r

3 жыл бұрын

Welcome my friend 😀 I'd say just find some dead boards and practice your soldering. QFN, QFP and surface mount are the main things you'll need to practice. Other than that just possibly find as many videos on different problems that you can and study the different faults they have :)

@darkgerry92

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheCod3r Well here's to hoping I can one day open a console repair shop of some sort. Thanks for the info!

Peeking in from Louis's channel.

@TheCod3r

3 жыл бұрын

Welcome 😁 thanks for checking me out, I appreciate it 🙏

@SimonJM

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheCod3r No worries, as a fellow Brit I thought it'd be rude not to say hello - even if I have never owned a games console!

I'm here on behalf of Louis Rossmann :)

Got a referral from Louis "TheRanter" Rossman. Even I could remove & replace a screen protector!

Came over from Louis…. lol this shit has to stop

Louis forcibly forced me here to say hi ⸮

@TheCod3r

3 жыл бұрын

Haha he does have a bit of a nack for getting people to follow orders 🤣

lous Rossmann sent me here

Louis sent me.

For Nintendo it creates a new sale. Maybe the employees also get a bonus for each removed chip. I wouldn't be surprised if they make repaired boards to break soon so it'll trigger new sale from the same customer. More sales for a highly overpriced tablet

@leonro

3 жыл бұрын

I don't think employees get a bonus for removing the chip, that'd be too on the nose and would put Nintendo at risk, but they may be rewarded based on the money made on the repair or something. This leads to employees who may want to make a quick profit and sabotage the console so they can "fix" more. And Nintendo won't do anything about it since they don't need to prove that they didn't damage a device that's out of warranty. As you said, this usually leads to a new sale, so it makes them happy for their repair employees to damage the products that were sent in while they avoid any liability.

Louis bus tour participant.

@TheCod3r

3 жыл бұрын

All aboard 🚌🚏🚍

How very Apple of Nintendo....

@TheCod3r

3 жыл бұрын

Haha yes indeed mate, seems to be a pattern emerging

@MicroMageRepair

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheCod3r yes... authorized repair=they suck at repair pattern.

The guy that repairs MacBooks sent me here 😏

@TheCod3r

3 жыл бұрын

Welcome 😁

Hie from Louis Rossmann

@TheCod3r

3 жыл бұрын

Hey, thanks for checking me out. Much appreciated 😁

Hi

@TheCod3r

3 жыл бұрын

Hi :)

hi there bro do you fix pc motherboards

@TheCod3r

3 жыл бұрын

Possibly depending on the issue, as a lot of boards aren't viable to repair so it would also depend on the board you have and how much it would cost to repair vs replace

@M44TFB

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheCod3r i pm you on insta

Nintendo sounds like Apple, oh there is a smudge on it.. replace it.

Why not just grind away the case instead of the port?

@TheCod3r

3 жыл бұрын

The port would stick out of the case, so that wouldn't work. The switch port is longer than the lite port so the only way to do it properly is grinding the port

Good work replacing that chip on your first try 😝. On a real note its a shame nintendo didnt fix this issue its nowhere near broken just missing a chip.

@TheCod3r

3 жыл бұрын

Haha thanks, I'm such a pro 😂 yeah typical manufacturers, this is exactly why we need right to repair

Nintendo should pay the customer for that chip, they probably knocked it off and they didn't tell the customer, i hate those nintendo technicians, or maybe it was just 1 person we don't know, but the person or people who did that should pay

@TheCod3r

3 жыл бұрын

I'm inclined to believe the customer to be honest. My policy is i don't charge for prior repair attempts so I don't think the customer would have any reason to lie about whether they had messed with it. I do know for certain it had been to Nintendo though, so I do believe it happened at their repair center

So the moral of this video don't sent your stuff to nintendo for fixing

I've got a Nintendo switch lite that needs fixing how much do you charge m8

@TheCod3r

3 жыл бұрын

Prices vary depending on the issue but typically most problems can be fixed for between £50-£75

@seanscaddan8608

3 жыл бұрын

That's sounds a reasonable price

# Mr Clinton sent me

If independent repair shops are allowed to continue Nintendo executes might not be able to buy yachts that are big enough to fit their inflated egos. Less trash may end up in landfills too. The horror!

Ahhh just like being at the dentist

So what are we saying here? I find it unlikely that Nintendo even opened the device, let alone removed that chip. And obviously this Switch was working at one point. Something doesn't quite add up.

@TheCod3r

3 жыл бұрын

I think accidental damage by Nintendo. Unless the customer is lying. The display driver had to have been there at some point. I'm inclined to believe the customer since there were no signs of flux, heat or anything else on the board at all

Meow

@TheCod3r

3 жыл бұрын

Clinton!

Well there's your issue, Nintendo stole a chip from your device.

Switch lite doesn't have a glass screen in the first place. Lol. Obvious screen protector.

@TheCod3r

Жыл бұрын

Lol you have a good point there. They're plastic! That didn't even cross my mind 😂

I love nintendo but I hate nintendo