You are quite literally The Greatest Technician That's Ever Lived. Every new video blows my mind. Keep up this awesome work.

@pingtime

5 ай бұрын

My man is literally handing down the crown 🤣

@jrr851

5 ай бұрын

Wait. Isn't that Rossmann? J/k. Nice to see you here.

@EpiqueGamerBeaux

5 ай бұрын

Didn't expect ya to be here 😅

@cgi2173

5 ай бұрын

But there weren't any pubes in that M1. 😂😂😂😂

@tobiaspauli

5 ай бұрын

nah you will always be *The Greatest Technician That's Ever Lived* 😂

It's awful realizing that this is what you need to do to simply upgrade or replace a broken drive, but simultaneously, it's pretty amazing to see. Thanks.

@Alster763

5 ай бұрын

Yeah that is a lot of work.

@rob9949

5 ай бұрын

Probably way to risky for upgrading but if its broken its worth it I guess

@0netom

5 ай бұрын

well, that's how modern electronics are made. not super different from how it was done in the 80s 90s, just things got a looooot smaller, so u need a strong magnifier and steadier hands.

@DarthVader1977

4 ай бұрын

@@rob9949 too*

@1fareast14

4 ай бұрын

wait till apple starts pairing these, shutting down even a labor-intensive upgrade

Apple: We want to be more sustainable as a company Also Apple: Lets make machines with 128gb of disk.

@cartorius

5 ай бұрын

lets sell laptops that have parts that fail and can't be replaced soldered to the board to sell more products more often!

@alejandrocertuche

4 ай бұрын

Estimated Trade In Value: Worthless “We’ll recycle it for you to help the environment, just give it to us for free and buy yourself a $3,000 new Mac”

@DarthVader1977

4 ай бұрын

"128gb of disk"? Who talks like this?

@DarthVader1977

4 ай бұрын

@@cartorius It CAN be replaced, did you watch the video?

@cartorius

4 ай бұрын

@@DarthVader1977 yeah dude that’s a wild amount of fucking around.. use to be a simple upgrade.. that’s not meant to be done. And with M.2 there’s no excuse for it.

I love how many times you've said, "All we need to do..." There is no way I would ever consider any of these steps as an "all you need to do" event. LOL!

I love the mad scientist energy of nonchalantly using a Frankenstein G4 iMac/M1 Mac Mini because it's the closest Mac at hand.

As someone who has dabbled in far less sophisticated soldering adventures - this was a complete and utter slap in the face, you made that look so trivial and easy that I want to throw out all my soldering gear and take up gardening. Breathtaking from start to finish - a true master displaying his craft. For most people removing bga chips is already risky and error prone, you just did it x4 and x2 of those times were just to show us that it wasn't going to work! plus 40 tiny SMD components?? Black. Effin. Magic.

It is criminal that you have to do this to upgrade/repair storage on M series macs, but I love that you're showing how to do it! Your Catalina patcher kept 2 of my old macs going for ungodly amounts of time too hahah

You really are more innovative than Apple claims to be. Much respect to you.

@ToTheGAMES

5 ай бұрын

Didn't know apple claimed dosdude1 was innovative at all! TIL /s

@bennaambo2716

5 ай бұрын

what exactly does ur comment mean? apple created the boards and layouts etc. how is he more innovative than apple by just populating them to install the 2nd nand???

@s8wc3

5 ай бұрын

@@bennaambo2716 He just is that much of a gigachad

@Koushi82

24 күн бұрын

​@@bennaambo2716 because he out maneuvered apple beta simp move

I can't believe I watched this whole video, but for some reason I couldn't stop.

@keithposter5543

5 ай бұрын

Exactly the same here 😆

@bepriceless

3 ай бұрын

Same. In the beginning, I thought maybe I'd learn something.

I absolutely loathe resistor work on machines with not populated pads. Hats off to a pretty neat resistor work! Looking forward to 315 upgrades!

Great work! If only Apple or their authorized resellers were that adept. My local authorized reseller wasn't even able to diagnose why my MacBook Air didn't turn on and just claimed it was a water damage.

@mevideym

2 ай бұрын

Authorized repair shops are not allowed to do this kind of work because it's hurting Apple's business model

Dear Collin, You have just made my day, my week, and my year. It IS UNDERSTANDABLE, I get why people say "it is soldered in - impossible to upgrade the storage" on this machine. And talking to myself, I go "well, exactly, how do they do it at the manufacturing plant where these computers are made?". Thank you so much. Challenging . . . yes, Difficult . . . yes. But possible? Definitely. You have definitely shown that, with the right tools, skills, schematics, etc., that even the latest, most modern computers . . . can move beyond 128GB. Lovely, lovely, video. Thank you so much. John M. 😄👍

The skill you possess to make this happen is incredible. The fact that this level of skill is necessary to replace the single component most likely to fail should, I think, be criminal globally.

Hey dosdude! I can confirm that the 128 gig configuration of the M1 Air is real, as my school gives them to the students (I'm typing this comment on it now). I can also confirm that 128 gigs of storage (115 usable, not including preboot, vm, macos, "system data", and school bloatware) is way worse than it even sounds. Ever since my first year of owning this computer, I have been CONSTANTLY running out of storage. It really has infuriated me to no end, especially with MacOS' beyond terrible storage management. It has been a massive headache, and the worst part is that the school made this decision, despite my parents completely paying for the computer (and they would be more than willing to pay a bit more for me to have gotten an actually usable storage configuration, but because they're soldered, there's nothing we can do). Thanks for sticking it to Apple one soldered SSD at a time! Edit: I also forgot to mention that using BlackMagic Disk Speed Test, the speed of the SSD is halved, so it has only about 1500 megabyte per second for read and write, instead of the normal M1 3000

@dosdude1

5 ай бұрын

Well, if it's paid for and not the school's property any longer, you can upgrade it. May be worth it. Paying someone like me to do the 2TB upgrade costs less than buying the 1TB config straight from Apple when ordering the machine new.

@robbyhoff8850

5 ай бұрын

@@dosdude1 have you done upgrades on Mac Studio? Currently running a late 2013 iMac, but know it's only a matter of time before it'll need replacement, and most likely will upgrade to a base M2 Max. Just hate to spend the ridiculous money on upgrading from the base 512 MB to 1TB.

@lopesmorrenofim

5 ай бұрын

@@dosdude1 what is the price range on an upgrade like this? just for curiosity sake

@vueport99

4 ай бұрын

@@lopesmorrenofim yes! how much would it cost to bump it up to 1TB?

@rostyc

3 ай бұрын

@@robbyhoff8850 Mac Studio SSD isn't soldered

Here I am dreading a recap of my SE/30, and you are doing this level of work. You are a god among mere mortals.

Love to see youre still around and showing off your experiments! Huge fan as always.

absolutely unreal --- you've inspired me to go deeper as a technician. thank you for sharing all of this in such a clear manner. it's hugely appreciated

I don't know why but everytime I hear "Alright" or "As you can see here" give me so much vibe. Really satisfying.

I wanted to give this a try for a while now, and I decided to try it today. Everything went very smooth, and it worked out of the gate. Thank you for the guide. I feel slightly less a beginner in microsoldering now :)

@sasuke65743

3 ай бұрын

I'd like to learn to solder as well but i have no idea how much it will cost me between toold and where and what should i get to exercise on

@bigtitmaster

Ай бұрын

@@sasuke65743tools would be a couple hundred but for exercise you can get locked iPhone motherboards which are so cheap they’re sold by the 10

Wow! Much respect to you for this upgrade! This is next level stuff!

Great to watch, your skillset & knowledge levels are massive bud. There's no way I or most normal folks could do this, kudos again, absolutely awesome.

This is the first video I’ve seen about you and your work, but I have to say its so awesome, very thanks I learned a lot

Always very interesting videos with amazing skills. Thanks!

gotta applaud the effort it took to make this video, from not only showing the entire soldering process to desoldering the chips and programming them, must have taken a lot of time and hard work. You're amazing at what you do

Thanks for your hard work and sharing with us all!

Hands down the most interesting and detailed SMD video on Apple products. There are 2 areas where you got extremely lucky with this project. First, the single Nand board came with all internal traces and Via's intact to power and operate both installed chips. Second, Bios on the board was not locked down to prevent hardware "upgrades" even in this extreme use case. Kudos to you and your craftsmanship

Totally awesome! Not sure how you learned all of this… you are very talented

it's nice to see Apple going in the direction it's going with regard to making their products highly serviceable by the average consumer!

Great and thank you for sharing all the labor you went through that you bumped into and how you came through. Very educational and inspiring. Have a good one!

I've been waiting for this since the Luke Miani video were you guys upgraded the Mac Mini.....thank you!!!!!

Hope to see this done on M2 Pro/M2 Max in the near future

@dosdude1

5 ай бұрын

I still need to experiment with those, of course I'll make another video when I do.

@Epicgamer_Mac

5 ай бұрын

@@dosdude1Awesome!

What you do on these videos is simply mind-blowing!

@0netom

5 ай бұрын

in Hungary we call this kind of work cricket castration :)

This is amazing. I never thought I’d see the day when it was possible

Excellent video and tutorial Collin, I am amazed as to your knowledge and skill!

This is awesome! Guy has serious soldering skills!

That was amazing dude, absolutely out of this world. Thanks for this video!

Great research and the right tools to get the job done! Patience and persistence!

That's awesome. Looking forwards for more videos.

Wow, didn't know you had a youtube channel. You are a legend! Thanks for all the MacOS patches!

this is by far the best video explanation of this complex process i’ve seen in two years of watching similar videos … the tech gods have smiled on you … if i had a need for an upgrade, i would not hesitate to send it to you for some of that tech voodoo you do so well … just take my money already …🤯

Fascinating! Thank you for sharing this detailed explanation of this process.

Extraordinary work!

You are a mad scientist in the best way. Watching your videos inspire me to do more

@themegaroadproject3014

2 ай бұрын

Is it possible for you to upgrade a macbook pro m3 max 48 gig memory?

Wow!! Simply amazing. No magnification ... got to have perfect eyesight!

Just the classic imac itself warrants a thumbs up!

Thanks for sharing. Your content is amazing. We need more content like this on KZread.

oh those 0201 are a nightmare for me. Great job as always

What an interesting video! I think in the future I might actually attempt this on a broken board to practice! Thanks for sharing!

Another great video. Appreciate the attention to detail. Well, I will probably never be going to perform such upgrade, but I enjoyed watching it nonetheless.

These videos give me hope

VERY CLEAN WORK NICE VIDEO

Been fixing stuff for decades and this looks very challenging. Looks like they REALLY wanted to force buying a new machine😳 Well done ❤

Awesome stuff man !!

I love this kind of rebellious content. Like no Apple, you don’t rule the world 💅🏻💅🏻💅🏻

Fantastic work

WOW! Thanks for sharing this, it was a great watch.

Amazing work. It's infuriating that this process is so complex.

You are a new generation hero 🦸🏼‍♂️ dude ❤️

Felicitaciones por el video y el trabajo que hiciste. Un saludo desde Perú

bro you're an artist.

dosdude1 is actually goated asf

Thank you for your service!

Wow if i ever need to work on an apple laptop ill make sure to come to this channel. Ill have to order myself an underfill removal tool to add to the bag also. great video man.

i hate u sm ur voice is so soothing that i literally cant stop binge watching your videos 😭

Absolutely amazing. Too bad it's so much work to do it but it's great to see you doing it and showing it do the world!

Unbelievable Work ! Great ! Greetings from Germany

Really great breakdown of the process! Glad there are people brave enough to do this. I watched iBoffRCC's video about replacing NAND chips on all the M1 variations (Max, Pro, plain) and it seems like a huge mess. I'm so disappointed in the state of modern Apple hardware upgradability... but love the end-results and software. Anyways, please keep pushing the limits & sharing the knowledge! Hopefully I can afford to hire you for this when my machine is out of warranty :)

That's a great achievement. Lacking your skills, I opted for a different solution to my upgrading needs. (I got a Framework.)

DOSDUDE is the man!!

Nice!!! Congrats!!

Aerobatics!!!Your skills are above the stars!!!!It's so great that you're sharing them!!!Thank you very much✨🎗

Amazing as always. Thank you!!!

This guy has some serious skills. There's no way I could do that kind of soldering.

this gives me hope

Its perfect the way you are explaining stuff is amazing 😁😁👌👌

You are legendary! 🎉

I thought Rewa was only on the next level but this guy is leveled up

Famous ... you are one of best!

You´re the best !!!: Keep on doing those videos :)

Woe so talented. Thank you. Mike.

Excellent !!! Great job !!!

Really interesting and technically full of good informations this video.

i want to be as cool as you when i grow up. love everything you do!

Next level

You are a genius bro...

Just wanted to share that I sent my Macbook Air M1 to DosDude's team and they performed the upgrade to 2TB in no-time and it is amazing. Saved $500 from the Apple cost for that model.

@xo_you_know9983

3 ай бұрын

How much did the upgrade cost?

@evanmair

3 ай бұрын

$200 + cost of the NANDs ($100)

@xo_you_know9983

3 ай бұрын

@@evanmair thanks for replying 🙏🏼

@pixelsandprayer

Ай бұрын

@@evanmair well worth it, good to know!

I'm so tempted to jump ship with how Apple is locking down their hardware. It's crazy that they solder in the Nands and memory. Can you say, built in obsolescence! Thanks for doing this someone hopefully will start a business with reasonable prices to do this! All these ARM system SSD 's will go belly up at some point making all these machines door stops!

@LaNoturnaisafeg

5 ай бұрын

Hackintosh

@commentarysheep

5 ай бұрын

@@LaNoturnaisafegHow can you even do that? Those Windows on ARM laptops are a rare sight to behold.

@mayshack

5 ай бұрын

@@commentarysheep You'd have to use an intel processor like the old days. Apple is designing their own silicon, so off-the-shelf ARM machines will need modification, to say the least. There are a bunch of clever people out there though, so maybe it'll be possible.

@flashbak01

5 ай бұрын

@@LaNoturnaisafeg: You can be sure Apple will definitely make building a Hackintosh way more difficult in the future even to the point where it won't be possible.

@RyCorp77

5 ай бұрын

Not only soldered but glued down too! Its one thing to do some BGA rework, but BGA desoldering with the underfill makes it way more risky. I'd love to hear an engineers real reasoning behind it, because to me it just seems like an extra f-u to being able to fix these boards. I'm sure its for "durability" but is a BGA chip really going to rip off in a drop? Maybe if you launch it out of a trebuchet into a concrete wall.

Very enjoyable video

dude you the MAN!!!

After watching half of this, I would happily pay you whatever your rate is to do this work for me :)

love this, thank you sir

Amazing. Nice work🎉🎉🎉!

Awesome, it would be interesting to see upgrading m series Ram

Great evidence of Apples planned obsolescence… An amazing video, thanks for sharing although not sure I’d ever do something like this as I do have have the patience for soldering. Also noted the irony where a Windows software is required to update the NAND!

amazing work :)

WOW!! You ARE amazing!

Absolute madlad

This is why I am still holding on to my 2012 MacBook Pro.....

i can't even believe that mobo of apple silicon models is that small, that's fantastic

Amazing content.