I’ve been watching these in reverse order. It’s good to see that you’ve gotten much better with your soldermask application in future vids 😜

@McBurneyAndrew

2 жыл бұрын

Same! My thoughts exactly

@thefunkdroid2777

2 жыл бұрын

He also dramatically improved his rapping.

@Johadart

Жыл бұрын

Me too.

I wish my Mrs would make a delightful chime when I put it in 😅

@EM2theBee

2 ай бұрын

I bet she wishes she did too.

Nicely done. I keep defective USB cables around for this purpose. I cut off the defective bit of cable, leaving me with a good plug connected to a length of lead. Then when a project like this comes along, instead of trying to salvage a problematic plug, I’ll solder my repurposed usb cable to the relevant points on the board. Possibly easier than Borge wires on the board. (At least if a “helping hands” device is used.) I’m gonna need to get one of those microscopes.

@StezStixFix

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Cory. That is a genius idea! Definitely would have been easier, I think I'll try that on the next one. I also need to get a helping hands thingy. Having the board sliding around doesn't help 🙃. And I would definitely recommend the microscope. I don't have much to compare it to, but the quality is far superior to anything else I've used! 👍

@ESourceSolutions

3 жыл бұрын

@@StezStixFix I'm interested in getting into these types of repairs but was nervous about it until watching had a go at it and was successful. You've inspired me to push and get into it. Would it be possible for you to do a tour/what's on my desk video for us please?

@StezStixFix

3 жыл бұрын

@@ESourceSolutions Thank you, I'm glad I gave some inspiration! I'd be happy to do a little tour of the stuff I have. It is only basic stuff, because you will have seen that I'm still very new to it myself, but I have picked up quite a few helpful little tips and items that are particularly useful! Watch this space, and thanks again for your kind comments! 👍

@SpongeJ

2 жыл бұрын

nice trick

it is alivee!! aliveee!! congratulations on your first necromancy level.

Great fix Steve and never mind that it's not a neat and tidy job. It works and that's all that matters. They are very fiddly things to work on so well done!

@StezStixFix

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Les! This one is still actually working. Once I got it back inside its original casing, it's pretty sturdy. But yeah, I would like to think I'd do a better job on this if I had to do it again. It was my first time with solder mask and I just whopped it on there! 🤣

haha love it! great to see you work away and just do what you need to do! Keep up the videos, really enjoy watching. Going from old to new so its also great to see your progress and learning. Thanks, John

Wow you've really gotten so much better, compared to your recent videos this is HowToBasic tier.

this was painful Steve. I'm glad that you have improved

Excellent. Those drives do eventually fail anyway but hooray for being able to get in an get your files back.

You should put solder mask at the very end, if you need to repair back some wire you are stuck. Hot gluing after everything is done may be a good choice. Thanks for the video.

@StezStixFix

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Yoldark! I didn't think of that, but will definitely try that next time 👍

its funny, i have just started following u like a month ago. so i've watched videos not in order. and sometimes I'm like "he knows better than to do that, I've seen it" or "oh that's were dave came from". cheers mate. thank you for the content

I love the fact that you even try to fix a usb stick. They're so cheap it's technically not even worth your time probably, but stilll a very interesting watch! 👍🏼

@Mwyann

3 ай бұрын

Often times the data is more valuable than the stick itself. He just wanted to recover the files, he may have got rid of the stick afterwards (or keep it as a souvenir maybe).

PATIENCE OF A SAINT!

831 subscribers at the point this video was made :) good job on the growth

Hi Steven, nice fix. I've done a repair on these too with great sucess. looks like a lasting repair. well done sir. Kind regards. Paul

Well done Steve :-)

@StezStixFix

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Vince! 😊

just out of curiosity: why didn't you just take a type-A USB cable, snip one end off, strip back the insulation and then just solder the 4 wires inside onto the appropriate points on the board? P.S. love the channel

My wife had a USB drive that had a lot of her teaching lessons on it. She said it wasn't working. It was in the bottom of her handbag. I started looking at it and the thing had dirt solidly jammed in the plug. I cleaned it with a toothpick and canned air, the used IPA to clean the contacts. Got the docs of and transferred them to a new drive.

I laughed so much at this one because I know you would laugh rewatching it now.

1.- Straighten the legs of the connector by bending them downwards so that they do not remain in the air. You don't even need to desolder the connector. 2.- Do not use flux. 3.- Lengthen the track with tin. Do not use wires.

That was both messy and beautiful at the same time, not an easy sized thing to fix, main thing is it worked, well done!

@StezStixFix

3 жыл бұрын

Haha, thank you! I'm glad I could get the files off it, and the work of art was a happy by-product! 🤣

1st class video to watch thank you take care kind regards from me kenneth💋👍

Thank you, I have some solder mask on the way and I thought a syringe might be on the heavy side.

Surely chopping up an old USB lead and soldering that to the appropriate points would have been easier. :)

22:14 apology accepted... Just kidding, really enjoying your channel atm. Thanks for the content.

good effort!

@StezStixFix

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Shev! 😊

Best bodge !!!

Well that's a bit annoying. all of a sudden you've gone from that digiwhatsit to an Andonstar microscope without a by your leave! I was waiting for the changeover and cheering from the Steve stand with the GREATLY improved images.

I know this is a couple of years old but, have you tried conductive ink / paint or glue to repair traces? Curious to see how it would work.

I would suggest you get yourself some thin enamelled wire. That wire you was using looked to stiff. 0.1mm is the lowest diameter readily available for a low cost.

@StezStixFix

3 жыл бұрын

I do actually have some 0.1 enamelled wire. I haven't used it yet as I'm unsure of the best way to remove the coating where it terminates either end (if you even have to). I plan to have a play around on a test board with it. 👍

@pds8475

3 жыл бұрын

@@StezStixFix Usually on such a thin wire the soldering iron will burn the coating off. Depending on the thickness of the coating of your wire you may have to scrape it with a blade.

@StezStixFix

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I'll give it a go!

I was quite chilled watching this video UNTIL you removed the working drive before backing up the data! That was cruel ;-)

Captn Bodge does it again

Car dealership gave me one of these which is supposes to have contract and all the warranty info. I was not thrilled about it especially since the first one they used did not work. They had thousands. I'm just fine with paper in a folder.

that was fun

Thumbsup for burning the connector then using kapton tape to hold the board down lol.

@StezStixFix

3 жыл бұрын

🤣 that's what it's for, right?

Would it be quicker to swop the chip to another working one?

Top tip don't use solder mask until you have everything fixed and working, its messy to remove if your fix does'nt work and ou have to do it a different way

@StezStixFix

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tip! This was my first time with the solder mask. I made a lovely mess 😁

@PlanetRuncorn

3 жыл бұрын

@@StezStixFix yes we have all made mistakes, hopefully we all learn from them .. good luck with the rest of your projects ..

Hi Steve I have a geforce 660 GRAPHIC CARD , Do you think you could fix it? It has graphic issues displaying but is a good useful card

Blutack is a great way to hold things like this down.

I hope you binned it after you got the files off :)

Nize one!

@StezStixFix

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Wolli 👍

@wollibaumfaller3233

3 жыл бұрын

@@StezStixFix I like your new microscope!!

@StezStixFix

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it's a good one. Picture quality is so much better and it really helps with the micro stuff! 🙂

have a usb wifi adaptor with a similar problem, just not the ripped pads

my eyes were bleeding by the end of this lol - i'd just stick it on the end of a poundland usb cable - it still aint pretty but it may be a bit more resilient

@StezStixFix

3 жыл бұрын

Haha! It worked though! And it was my first attempt 😁 but yeah, totally agree, a butchered cheapo usb cable is the way to go in future 👍

No need to apologise for the face, If you had another one I expect you would have used it instead of that one. LOL

That was one of the most hilariously ugly repair jobs I have ever seen. XD "But" you got your files off it which is all that matters! As a bonus, if you were able to fit the case back on, you wouldn't even know it looks that way.

@StezStixFix

3 жыл бұрын

I did actually get the case back on. And now it looks like nothing ever happened! But we all know the terror that lurks inside! 🤣

@dioni82

Жыл бұрын

@@StezStixFix Hiroshima! 👌

This video was painful and messy but the takeaway is that it works lmao

They can't be trusted after that. Just splice an old USB cable. Solder the wires where they need to go. Plug it in, get the data and in the trash the drive goes.

I hate those USB drives. I had one that looked just like that and after a week it was broken.

@StezStixFix

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, they're not the best quality, that's for sure!

@kaliban4758

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah you get what you pay for, nowdays with these things coming from china

how about using copper tape.

A man can not spend too much effort to save his porn (or another man's porn)

Those horrid usb drives are the ones you receive at conferences and the like. Best place to put them is straight in the bin quite frankly! Ooo... Monkey Island!

my god, what have you done?!? revisit!

i come across this video and i feel sick and dizzy.... lol

This video is obviously a few months old now and you probably already have a small board vice/clamp thing. If not, this is the one i use (it's also the cheapest available): www.ebay.co.uk/itm/401943408859

@StezStixFix

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Les! 👍 Funnily enough, that's the exact one I bought! I have upgraded again since, as that one pinged shut and pulled off a few components on something I was working on! (I think Amazon Fire) 😁

All those porn files are retrieved! 🎉

I had an SD card that didn't show up as a mass storage unit so I had to get a third party SD card formater because it had no drive sector meaning no c://

Get your files out and scrap it bro.

Shameless plug. IYKYK