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Trying to FIX a GAMING LAPTOP - ACER Aspire 7 -A717-71G-58U3

Hi, in this 'trying to fix' video I attempt to repair a gaming laptop sent over from Finland by Jari. It stopped working whilst gaming, and never worked since. It is a ACER Aspire 7 - A717-71G-58U3. It doesn't charge or power on.
It is a lovely looking laptop with NVIDIA GeForce GTX1060 with 6GB GDDR5 VRAM, so hopefully if it can be fixed it will still be a very capable machine.
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Remember that this is just for entertainment and I am not an expert in these repairs. The processes in the video may not be the best way, the correct way or the safest way to fix these things. I do love fault finding and trying to fix broken things, so I hope that comes across in this 'Trying to FIX' series. Many thanks, Vince.

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  • @Mymatevince
    @Mymatevince3 жыл бұрын

    Spoiler Saver + Riddle What always MURMURS but doesn't TALK, always RUNS but never WALKS, has a BED but never SLEEPS and has a MOUTH but never SPEAKS?????

  • @jawmedia7575

    @jawmedia7575

    3 жыл бұрын

    Chevy s10

  • @sundaybighouse

    @sundaybighouse

    3 жыл бұрын

    River?

  • @paulfox89

    @paulfox89

    3 жыл бұрын

    An active Volcano

  • @joshtaylor1986

    @joshtaylor1986

    3 жыл бұрын

    Rumors. I thought that my logic would be to say the first thing out of my mouth via those family or friend games where you just blurt things out!

  • @MB-bs3ji

    @MB-bs3ji

    3 жыл бұрын

    I'm gonna guess that it's a river.

  • @alancordwell9759
    @alancordwell97593 жыл бұрын

    "I don't know anything about laptops" ...proceeds to carry out competent component level repair to motherboard... Nice one Vince!

  • @charlie1234500

    @charlie1234500

    3 жыл бұрын

    He is a genius with his adaptability

  • @VampirusX

    @VampirusX

    2 жыл бұрын

    I like humble people 👌

  • @Random_4400

    @Random_4400

    Жыл бұрын

    😂😂

  • @simonupton-millard
    @simonupton-millard3 жыл бұрын

    Lewis would be proud of that fix, he always says look for anything that looks wrong

  • @strangelove1107
    @strangelove11073 жыл бұрын

    Your excitement is something I miss about fixing something. You're a great joy to watch work my friend. Keep it up.

  • @kasamikona
    @kasamikona3 жыл бұрын

    Finding a shorted cap by visual inspection alone, well done Vince!

  • @ellensburgamplifier
    @ellensburgamplifier3 жыл бұрын

    Great eye Vince on finding that cap. I think SMD capacitors are the biggest pain when it comes to board repair. No printed values and most times no visible signs of damage. I am always happy to support your videos!

  • @Mymatevince

    @Mymatevince

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Todd 👍 Yes they are hard to find, but at least when it comes to the soldering they are easy to replace. Cheers for the continued 'Massive' support 👍👍👍👍

  • @jeffwalker7185
    @jeffwalker71853 жыл бұрын

    I love your genuine excitement every time you fix an item. Even though you are extremely competent at what you do, you are still excited at a fix. It is as if you are surprised your efforts worked. I am never surprised that you fix something that can be fixed.

  • @BLEKSIDE
    @BLEKSIDE3 жыл бұрын

    the excitement is so damn relatable. love it

  • @hadesmcc
    @hadesmcc3 жыл бұрын

    That was genuine excitement when the charging light turned on. :)

  • @Mymatevince

    @Mymatevince

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Andre 👍👍

  • @retrotech11
    @retrotech113 жыл бұрын

    The apprentice has become the master! Great fix Vince! You have come a long way!

  • @SiETechNotebookReparatur
    @SiETechNotebookReparatur3 жыл бұрын

    If half the repair shops knew as much about repairs as you do, the manufacturers would be in serious trouble...

  • @mohsentabouna6401

    @mohsentabouna6401

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hello sir, please can you try and make your videos in english ? you do top repairs but I don't understand german

  • @typicalpctech6674

    @typicalpctech6674

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@mohsentabouna6401 Pity KZread can't translate by now...

  • @nathanmead140

    @nathanmead140

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@typicalpctech6674 it can but not very good

  • @mohsentabouna6401

    @mohsentabouna6401

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@typicalpctech6674 I think electronics language is easy I just hope he would talk a bit of english, I know he is already doing a lot by making videos alone but his work is so good I wish he could speak a lil even bad english would be perfect

  • @SiETechNotebookReparatur

    @SiETechNotebookReparatur

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@mohsentabouna6401 Hello, I will not produce English videos. I am in first line service, not KZreadr. But I'm working on English subtitles, It's going a bit slow as I have to translate all manually, with timing, but 1 video already translated: kzread.info/dash/bejne/qGqZ1bmLm6uzmcY.html

  • @yoshmarklund
    @yoshmarklund3 жыл бұрын

    Love how far you've come during these last few years, great fix :)

  • @gogogagetfingers
    @gogogagetfingers3 жыл бұрын

    Vince is either extremely lucky or getting very good at these repairs. Been watching for a few years now and his skills are getting top notch he also has the patience of a saint. For me it would of went in the bin after half hour of looking 😂

  • @themarkovian152

    @themarkovian152

    3 жыл бұрын

    Ditto !!

  • @marcosalvestomasini

    @marcosalvestomasini

    3 жыл бұрын

    @mister kluge I've been buying Alienware laptops and fixing them, usually motherboard problems, and its zero pacience to check whats wrong lol. I just go to Aliexpress and buy them from there

  • @Gatzul
    @Gatzul3 жыл бұрын

    I jumped from my chair like if my team make a goal! what a great fix, thanks for so many fun vids like this one Vince!

  • @watercreator
    @watercreator3 жыл бұрын

    You never let me down with the full blown excitement from fixes! Keep it up and keep them coming!

  • @express496
    @express4963 жыл бұрын

    The second i saw that cap i knew that was it ... the discoloration was a clear giveaway. Fixed a ThinkPad L570 in the same manner a few months ago. Bravo.

  • @MikeB_UK
    @MikeB_UK3 жыл бұрын

    Excellent work! Could hear you starting to get despondent, then when you spotted that cap (amazing work there Sherlock) it was all suspense until the magic moment. Love the excitement from you when it worled! And you are right, when you watch someone like Sorrin fix one, it seems so easy. Well done.

  • @TheSkaldenmettrunk
    @TheSkaldenmettrunk3 жыл бұрын

    Amazing how this tiny little thing broke the whole system. And you found the actual fault at first time. Brilliant!

  • @VVerVVurm
    @VVerVVurm3 жыл бұрын

    @28:20 that's the feeling I am here for .. feels so good :) well earned fix

  • @jaxuk6964
    @jaxuk69643 жыл бұрын

    micro part like that took it down, lost for words but not suprised. well done again. love vids. you keep saying not an expert but do better than fix shops i been too .

  • @jgriff3004
    @jgriff30043 жыл бұрын

    these are quickly becoming my favorite repairs

  • @Hairy_Lee
    @Hairy_Lee3 жыл бұрын

    The quality of the casing appears to be a million times better than when I worked at an Acer repair centre

  • @pds8475
    @pds84753 жыл бұрын

    Nice laptop for the price and good fault finding. It's amazing how far you have come.

  • @Mymatevince

    @Mymatevince

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks PDS, I still massively struggle, but all the comments from yourself, and the others, teach me and lots of other viewers. Great little fix it community we have here 👍👍👍👍

  • @MadManMcGirt
    @MadManMcGirt3 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic, Well done Vicne. It is a pleasure to hear you squeal with excitement when you realized you found the problem...and quite quickly may i add You have definatly come a long way over the past several years that i have been following you. well done

  • @oblivionghost28
    @oblivionghost283 жыл бұрын

    Love it, you can practically fix almost anything. I know computer repair services that won't do what you do Vince, they just send them off to the manufacturer. Well done..

  • @Torbjorn.Lindgren
    @Torbjorn.Lindgren3 жыл бұрын

    Nice work! If you've not done so yet, add a second identical memory stick for a noticeable performance boost (you only showed one but that might have been only during testing).

  • @Mymatevince

    @Mymatevince

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks. It still only has the one at the moment. I need to buy another 👍👍

  • @Pablus96
    @Pablus963 жыл бұрын

    I loved so much the part of the video when the laptop turns on and he claps of joy :D

  • @Leonvolt28
    @Leonvolt283 жыл бұрын

    You should definitely accept more stuff from viewers. It's quite nice to see something expensive that's not a scam from ebay like the MSI laptop😃

  • @danielsaturnino5715
    @danielsaturnino57153 жыл бұрын

    I believe that lump of solder allows you by removing it to isolate the previous power stage for troubleshooting. Thanks for the video.

  • @LaurentiusTriarius
    @LaurentiusTriarius2 жыл бұрын

    The wifi card right next to power and fans is a staple of great engineering. Ace

  • @countzero1136
    @countzero11363 жыл бұрын

    Awesome fix Vince! Always satisfying to get a good result, especially on complex hardware like this. Most of the laptops I get in for repair have blown ICs or water damage - nice to see a relatively easy one for a change :)

  • @Mymatevince

    @Mymatevince

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Count, I was very lucky with this one 👍

  • @lamborgini340
    @lamborgini3403 жыл бұрын

    I love this repair videos, specially this laptop ones. Im amazed how far you have come

  • @OntologicalQuandry
    @OntologicalQuandry3 жыл бұрын

    Not that it affects you too much with this fix but be careful with the voltage ratings of ceramic capacitors (the brown boxes you were measuring and replacing). The capacitance drops hugely with applied voltage on certain types. When repairing old computers and consoles, I will selectively replace some electrolytic caps with ceramic and have to be very careful about voltage ratings especially on outputs of audio circuits. The most egregious design I saw was in the Sega Game Gear with electrolytic used in series with the LCD having tens of volts DC bias and almost as high signal swing. Additional fun fact: those two MOS-FETs you were probing in the board were the twin external switching FETs of a synchronous buck (reducing) voltage regulator. Typically, these are used where very high currents are being delivered and reasonably high efficiencies are required. There's no risk with a short on the output of those as the regulating chip will detect the output short and put the part in a failsafe mode to stop excessive current causing damage (which will be why the shorting capacitor didn't burn out).

  • @gwenmichigander277
    @gwenmichigander2773 жыл бұрын

    Great fix! I will definitely keep this information in mind should my laptop randomly stop working!

  • @1wirewool
    @1wirewool Жыл бұрын

    Hi Vince, just suscribed. I am Paul from the North, Littleborough near Rochdale. Well done for all you do, you have got me started again.

  • @Rizko505
    @Rizko5053 жыл бұрын

    Wow great eyes noticing that capacitor, very nice job mate 👍

  • @mtbjonny9502
    @mtbjonny95023 жыл бұрын

    Very good repair !! I recommend a power meter that you can connect to your electrical outlet for measure the current that a device draws. A boot able USB stick with LINUX to start a PC / Laptop would certainly also be useful and in such a case I would always change both capacitors if they are so close together

  • @branman3336
    @branman33363 жыл бұрын

    Man Ide be so happy to fix something so nice this easily. This is better computer than I’m working with right now and you paid next to nothing in comparison with its actual value.

  • @r4dius
    @r4dius3 жыл бұрын

    Acer is specializing in easy to die electronics, nice job as always :)

  • @H0lyman01
    @H0lyman0110 ай бұрын

    Dude, when you plugged in that power cord, I leaned right in to see if the light was on. Your jump and clap scared the sh*t out of me!

  • @TheCod3r
    @TheCod3r3 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic fix Vince, nice to see you hone in on that cap and find the fault. Personally I'd have been lazy and just injected voltage lol

  • @StromboliKicks

    @StromboliKicks

    3 жыл бұрын

    is voltage injection to see if there's any short?

  • @jamescollins6085

    @jamescollins6085

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@StromboliKicks Yes. It should result in the component getting very hot, which aids in identifying it.

  • @TheCod3r

    @TheCod3r

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@StromboliKicks yeah as James says, if you inject voltage the shorted component would draw an excessive amount of current and get very hot, then you could either scan around with your finger or use a thermal camera to find the hot components :)

  • @Mymatevince

    @Mymatevince

    3 жыл бұрын

    Cheers Coder, can't beat a fix like that. I loved it 👍👍

  • @paullefur6213
    @paullefur62133 жыл бұрын

    Goes from the Switch killer to the laptop saving god, great vlog Vince.............

  • @Mymatevince

    @Mymatevince

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hahaha, I have some Apple MacBook's on the channel soon, so I think Mac Killer will be new name!

  • @GoldPunch
    @GoldPunch3 жыл бұрын

    My ''so what I am going to the is...'' man! I really enjoyed this video.

  • @ariecos05
    @ariecos053 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely brilliant Vince. Excellent repair, sir.

  • @phiteonn3541
    @phiteonn35413 жыл бұрын

    Hope you're proud of yourself. Well done Vince

  • @MrScary-ry7qq
    @MrScary-ry7qq3 жыл бұрын

    It makes me smile and happy to see your attempting to fix things. Your very good at it. I've been a fan of yours for a few years. I wouldn't know much about continuity if it wasn't for you for teaching me.

  • @Shadowmanbluesbluesman
    @Shadowmanbluesbluesman10 ай бұрын

    Another great video Vince, impressed by how you found the fault

  • @jimlondon1
    @jimlondon13 жыл бұрын

    Well done 👏 I have just stumbled upon your channel, its very interesting. I've fixed my walkman and discman because of your videos. My ipod generation 3 is next. Got a new battery to stick in and hopefully it will hold a charge. Thanks for all the videos.

  • @MentleGan
    @MentleGan3 жыл бұрын

    That one was fantastic. Fixing up laptops always gives you that rush!

  • @RXP91
    @RXP913 жыл бұрын

    The pure excitement when that light turned on in your voice is reason enough to try and fix things! Beats any "unboxing" experience. I've never seen a repair video before but have been tinkering with computers for 25 years now. I had no idea those mats existed. The amount of damn screws that I've lost or rolled away, or the amount of times I've stolen tuppaware or plates from the kitchen to store them in! I had no idea how the multi meter helped. I suspect if you give it a detailed visual inspection for burns this type of fix will be gold. I think my hands are too shaky and too many neck issues to attempt something like this myself - but it might make me braver next time something I really like stops working.

  • 3 жыл бұрын

    good fresking job dude, so nice too see your excitement

  • @lisandro3614
    @lisandro36143 жыл бұрын

    Excellent repair. A visual inspection goes a long way with those caps.

  • @mustafaameer50
    @mustafaameer503 жыл бұрын

    as soon as i saw the video is 40min i knew it will be an easy fix ... from iraq big fan keep it going 🖤🖤

  • @scotttait2197
    @scotttait21973 жыл бұрын

    Good to see a win... watched loads of yours with fails!... get both ran and higher capacity mvme and good very cheap laptop

  • @enjoythepig
    @enjoythepig3 жыл бұрын

    I love the fact that you had the stones to try another one of these. Good man!

  • @danandrei96
    @danandrei963 жыл бұрын

    Amazing job, Vince! can't believe you found that capacitor on the first try!

  • @Blacklab99
    @Blacklab993 жыл бұрын

    Vince, you are a genius. Well done!

  • @se7enity648
    @se7enity6483 жыл бұрын

    Well done Vince.

  • @user-lp3ro6my8c
    @user-lp3ro6my8c9 ай бұрын

    Well traced. its so rewarding when a fix like this occurs.

  • @daz41262010
    @daz412620103 жыл бұрын

    brilliant fix for cheap vince nice job i genuinely love the yeah its working lol :)

  • @imbb14
    @imbb143 жыл бұрын

    Notebook video is Also Very Nice to watch... TKS Vince to bring for us this kind of videos....

  • @mewserino
    @mewserino3 жыл бұрын

    I can't believe it was just that tiny capacitor killing the entire system. I was sure you were on the wrong track because that whole thing looked like a ground plane, but I was very impressed you got it fixed. Congrats on the new laptop :)

  • @radius.indrawan
    @radius.indrawan3 жыл бұрын

    that's a brilliant repair! congrats Vince. 😎

  • @obijuan232
    @obijuan2323 жыл бұрын

    Vince, you are a beast. Your troubleshooting skills have come a long way.

  • @joepochedley3382
    @joepochedley33823 жыл бұрын

    Love it! That's the exact laptop I have. Now I know the first thing to check if it happens to die suddenly.

  • @squallneko5004
    @squallneko50043 жыл бұрын

    Wonderful job there Vince in getting this laptop fixed and working again. Well done. I can't wait for more.

  • @candidosilva7755
    @candidosilva77553 жыл бұрын

    Nice price damn. That sound of the most happy person in world now that was very great to watch.

  • @sharp1979as
    @sharp1979as3 жыл бұрын

    As always great to see an awesome Try to fix by Vince, Laptops are nothing short than a nightmare for me over the years ... maybe one day il have the patience to attempt a fix like this ha !!! Brilliant vid.

  • @glen4cindy
    @glen4cindy3 жыл бұрын

    I'm so amazed! You are inspiring me. I have a couple non-working laptops that I'm going to poke around on. If you didn't live so far away I'd send them to you to make a video about. I'm afraid the shipping would be $$$$$$.

  • @pherman8852
    @pherman88523 жыл бұрын

    You sir... r the best. God bless you and your family!!!

  • @girlracertracey6519
    @girlracertracey65193 жыл бұрын

    That was really brilliant and interesting to watch. Seriously that was good viewing! Very well done Vince! :)

  • @gehx
    @gehx3 жыл бұрын

    "as always the wrong amount of thermal paste" 🤣🤣🤣🤣 nice fix! :)

  • @qster

    @qster

    3 жыл бұрын

    tronicsfix will be furious!

  • @2009numan
    @2009numan3 жыл бұрын

    really great fix Vince

  • @Mymatevince

    @Mymatevince

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Kevin 👍

  • @aatutoivanen4117
    @aatutoivanen41173 жыл бұрын

    I'm from Finland too and awesome video as always!👍👍

  • @UhXl_

    @UhXl_

    3 жыл бұрын

    Me too 👍

  • @Burn377
    @Burn3773 жыл бұрын

    Great fix, nice troubleshooting on this one! In the past year or 2 you've come a long long way Vince. :)

  • @DGDan316
    @DGDan3163 жыл бұрын

    Well done Vince, your getting better and better with these fixes.

  • @garystevens6831
    @garystevens68313 жыл бұрын

    Well done Vince! that was spot on!

  • @D1amondeyes
    @D1amondeyes3 жыл бұрын

    Another great video. Your channel has gotten huge.

  • @jhgpsimons
    @jhgpsimons7 ай бұрын

    What a good find this was, thanks for this video, I really enjoyed it.

  • @petemiddleton64
    @petemiddleton643 жыл бұрын

    im allways pleased when i fix something

  • @petemiddleton64

    @petemiddleton64

    3 жыл бұрын

    wish people send me things to fix got nothin fix at min

  • @markdjdeenix6846
    @markdjdeenix68463 жыл бұрын

    i said to myself ! shorted caps i watch a lot of rossman i thought it might be the larger black capacitors but amazingly you did it again .well done vince

  • @JoeyDoesTech
    @JoeyDoesTech3 жыл бұрын

    Quality fix Vince, great job 😁😁👌

  • @Mymatevince

    @Mymatevince

    3 жыл бұрын

    Cheers Joey 👍👍👍👍

  • @claytonmorgan8625
    @claytonmorgan86253 жыл бұрын

    Very satisfying video bro, keep up the great work!

  • @blagzster6255
    @blagzster62553 жыл бұрын

    When done Vince. Love the Celebration! Decent little laptop for a tonne

  • @HavingFunRepairs
    @HavingFunRepairs3 жыл бұрын

    Great discovery and repair Vince. You are the Gold Standard. 😁

  • @Mymatevince

    @Mymatevince

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hahaha...maybe the bronze standard!!!! Cheers buddy 👍👍👍

  • @andydurbs
    @andydurbs10 ай бұрын

    I love the enthusiasm in your voice 🙂 awesome man. Feel sorry for the previous owner, can imagine he got in the bath with a porsche toaster after watching this 😂👍🏼

  • @chrish1398
    @chrish13983 жыл бұрын

    The GPU in my Acer laptop only runs at full speed when the power cable is in so you might get even better performance when yours is plugged in.

  • @soul4707

    @soul4707

    3 жыл бұрын

    there is an option called performance on battery settings. It allow to run you pc at full speed!

  • @lemurmad

    @lemurmad

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, but its for a good reason. Ive reduced my battery's health to 94.8% in 4 - 5 months playing games while using the battery. It's best just to keep it plugged in while on games.

  • @DMadHacks

    @DMadHacks

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@lemurmad Also make sure to not keep the power cable plugged in at all times because keeping the battery at 100% will kill it over a long period of time. That's what happened to my laptop's battery after 3 years, it couldn't even last for like 5 minutes on battery.

  • @lemurmad

    @lemurmad

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@DMadHacks I always leave it plugged in, and it seems to have no effect on the health. As I used to do the same with my old thinkpad that is 8 years old, and HWInfo reports it having 82% health. So maybe it varies on some laptops. Also it could be damaged from heat while charging, so maybe the laptop overheated?

  • @DMadHacks

    @DMadHacks

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@lemurmad oh wow, interesting it's probably heat then since my laptop does get very hot, it even managed to warp some metal which caused the plastic above it to crack off lmao

  • @povilasstaniulis9484
    @povilasstaniulis94843 жыл бұрын

    I also had a gaming laptop (Asus ROG G751JY) die on me once when I was trying to install an M.2 SSD to it. Thank good it was under warranty. That thing weighed over 4.5 Kg and it's power brick was literally the size of an actual brick. Congrats on your repair. Shorted caps on laptops aren't that uncommon, especially those small tantalums (IIRC, that's what they're known as). Problem is that they're often pretty hard to find, you got very lucky this time.

  • @s4f3ty
    @s4f3ty3 жыл бұрын

    I really enjoy your laptop fixes

  • @Stormas3000
    @Stormas30003 жыл бұрын

    When i saw that cap under the microscope, i was like ummmm theres the problem. It looked different from the other looked cracked. Nice video 👍👍

  • @jonathan__g
    @jonathan__g3 жыл бұрын

    I am amazed that you would be able to pick that one out of all the other ones there. If I was to look through it there would have been no way I would have noticed it and probably just chalked it up to being dirty.

  • @jaycircuits
    @jaycircuits3 жыл бұрын

    16:15 i was screaming that since the first beep, of course you would notice it too. Great repair mate!

  • @spidermcgavenport8767
    @spidermcgavenport87673 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Sir! Every time I trouble shoot a high end laptop I always check the mxm graphic card just to make sure it didn't pop out of place.

  • @calzonemoto4651
    @calzonemoto46513 жыл бұрын

    Great job in this one Vince!

  • @yenterpriseonebay
    @yenterpriseonebay3 жыл бұрын

    What a job, well done

  • @virgildeklerk
    @virgildeklerk3 жыл бұрын

    Wow amazing fix, your analysing skills are really great. Imagine if you go to the shop the will charge your a few hunderd pond for one failing component of low value. The world really needs more skill peolple like you. 👍🏻 keep up the great work and videos

  • @MikeK-NIreland
    @MikeK-NIreland3 жыл бұрын

    Well Done Vince, enjoyed that. Mick 👍🍻

  • @wolvesone
    @wolvesone3 жыл бұрын

    great work vince good diag and good fix you are for sure getting better at it

  • @dbzssj4678
    @dbzssj46783 жыл бұрын

    Li-ion batteries if drained to zero, will start charging very slowly. Its on purpose because a 0v state is considered a fault and could be a sign of a shorted battery and that's dangerous. Not saying it is just why is charging at .2v. Good work finding the issue and fixing it.

  • @Starcat128
    @Starcat1283 жыл бұрын

    Good vid you saved another one from the garbage