For sure any Apple genius would have written off the MB completely. Nice job!

There will always be people who are more skilled and faster than others. Though I think you're skilled - But where you're shining right now is how accurate and explanatory you are. I'm just a simple viewer who is fascinated by learning a little every step - and for me you are very good at just that Thanks so much

You seem to have a nice grip on the circuitry and troubleshooting and your hand skills are progressing nicely! Nice work!

You did spend time looking for problems elsewhere, but I rather do a basic and check all.. like my mom always said, "people are quick to dispose an a electronic device, instead of checking for a repair, that could be simple or just a cleaning." "Check everything, even the smallest it could be the problem." "if not fixable, or complicated, then toss it." My mother was my inspiration into, "try to fix it." Miss the heck out of her. RIP Mom.💕

Hello Adam, for the Future : 20v 0 amps is mostlikeli a ppbus short. Ans that Cap dies a lot. Also Backlight cap. Also mesure Résistance between ppbus and ppcpu_s0 .If ist 0.somethimg Ohm , there ist a dead CPU mosfet. I have Seen 20% where ppbus Shorts 3v3_s5 at the CPU ! So after Clearing ppbus Short, there will BE a dead CPU since 3v3s5 goes to the cpu. Great Job so far!

I actually laughed out loud when you brought out the double soldering irons 😂 I love it

thank you bro.... your videos time are exactly sync with my board repairs. actually i got a MBP DEAD IN MY HANDS TO REPAIR ON FEB 16TH. TODAY I AM TIERD FOR SEARCHING COMPONENTS AND TRACING CIRCUIT. THIS VIDEO GAVE BOOST TO MY SKILL. THANK YOU BRO KEEP ON POSTING

Genius Bar: you need to replace the mother board Adamant IT: Hold my coffee!

confidence in your ability graham ...you are right, fundementals is the key ..regards joe ..

Thanks for showing resistance to ground measurements of inductors on video and comparing with main power rail before any voltage injection, although I think it the reason behind it and the risks of not doing it should be made clearer. Too many people still injecting 19V not knowing it could go to the CPU (or something else) if high-side MOSFET is shorted, and recommending it to others… Btw I'd recommend removing the SSD before working on the board, especially since PPBUS_G3H goes directly to it on this model.

diagnosing was .. same as it ever was. David Byrne would be proud.

Nice fix Graham and nice step by step with good explaining. Keep up the good work.

Good job Graham! Use flux, get you some hot tweezers and soldering of those caps will be much easier! 🙂👍

Amazing skills. I really enjoyed watching you work.

Great fix Adam and no never get fed up with dead capacitors as I have had problems in the past with the wretched things though ones much larger than you have to deal with. I like watching your videos partially because you are a dead ringer for my grandson (without the goatee) here in Australia.😀

This is definitely among my top favorites of your videos.

Great video, your presenting skills are deffo on the up 👍 The MBP looks easier to work on than the older MBA's you repair a lot of.

This is definitely among my top favorites of your videos. The commentary was absolutely flawless. A dual wielding soldering iron? never seen that before.

You are a true technician! You fix a wide variety of computers regardless of the type and brand. I really appreciate that you are honest and upfront and you stick to fixing computers rather than to attack your viewers and to condemn other youtubers like Carey Hozerman does. He essentially is just a very experienced card swapper, but that is the extent of his abilities. He cannot do what you do. Keep up the great work!

Great vid. I don't mind capacitor repetition. When I first started watching repair vids I was worried I was just assimilating a lot of very specific cases. Now I feel like I have a more general understanding. Big part of that was multiple bad cap jobs.

Your geting into it..as its just matter of knowing troubleshooting techniques,,thanks for this video and well done am happy to see it working again..

Fantastic job sir,well done

The magic of infra red camera always works, schematics will literally be irrelevant

Very nice repair video Graham! Your skills with little help from thermal cam and job is done!

Love seeing the new Macs inside!

Thank you, educational and enjoyable.

Great repair 👍 i enjoyed watching.

Great timing! My daughter's boyfriend just gave me one if these to look at, as it won't power on! First Mac I've ever worked on. So glad I discovered your channel recently!

You are really good Sir. Nice Job

That was nice. Thank you

When using the thermal camera get a sheet of cardboard and poke a hole in it. You can then use this hole to isolate your hotspot.

Those capacitors are so damn small.You did well to seat them with the soldering iron.

A situation like this calls for some hot tweezers.

Great job Graham! Regards, Nico.

Sei stato bravissimo 👍 e mi piaci tantissimo come spieghi le lezioni sei un ottimo riparatore tecnico 👨‍🔧

Awesome sir

Great repair 👍

Well done Graham.

One thing you said - putting 2 10uf capacitors in series would give you 10uf at a higher voltage rating - actually in series you add up 1/capacitance of each cap. (Example: 1/c1+1/c2+1/c3)

Nice fix, someday i'll get lucky and it's just a capacitor too. Also, FlexBV has the option to send you from the component in the boardview to the one in the schematics or vice versa by just right clicking, no need to ctrl+f at all. You probably know this already and somehow that feature is not available but just throwing that out there. Nice vid, cheers!

Well done Graham you know your macbooks.

Brilliant video. Had a mac with similar problem. Tried injecting voltage but nothing seemed to warm up. Turned out it was thbe exact same capacitor as in your video! Just removed it and it worked fine :)

Well Done

Killer OHM :)

34:49 I was about to give you credit for wrapping up with a nice Talking Head quote, but alas close but no cigar. Simple truth, great point though.

i was scared little bit too when i opened first a macbook made 2016 or late but after a little u will feel at home its very familiar and logically arranged

🎈My congratulations on your first Thunderbolt Macbook.🎈

I like your repair videos no matter what it is.LOL

Good video. I'm glad you didn't use Kapton tape. Kapton tape is highly conductive of heat and is sometimes used as a thermal pad and for electrical isolation, as in, isolating mosfets from ground. It's claim to fame is it's ability to withstand high heat and/or electrical current and not melt, so using it as a wall (not touching the component) to block heat does seem to work.. If you had use Kapton tape and hot air I think you would have melted the connectors. Don't believe me, look it up. It always seems that people want to use hot air (I blame KZfaq repair videos) all the time when a soldering iron will and does work better in a lot of situations. Good video, Excellent explanation, Thank You...

great job:)

On your ts100 tip knife edge, is that the ts-ku thinner blade or the ts-k knife edge? I still haven't purchased my ts100.. a bit of a pain when the power cord and the tip is not what I want. Three different places, sell the ts100 and tips: Walfront, Uy Chan and Sain Smart. Great fix today... QUITE a tight fit to repair.. but done.. never tired of watching capacitors go bye bye! 😂"just toss them out Graham." Thank you for the video.

Like the hair in this one, suits you well. Cheers!

I use the two pronged iron attack quite regularly. I think I would have tried the two caps in parallel one on top of the other if space allowed.

Thanks graham,we could get a better lesson today

22:00 "basic bitch capacitor" lmfao

22:02 - Aww, don't call it that!

Poormans Hot Tweezers. Been there done it!

You make it look easy!

What program do you use for your schematics and where do you get the specific board schematics?

“First unplug the battery I might be lucky” I pause the video and checkt the length. “No your not that lucky 😂 I really enjoy these videos, keep up the good work 👍

The UTI260B thermal imager is very good and only £250. I got it with the macro lens from China.

Hi Thanks for the great content! I have the same motherboard for repair but can't find any schematics. Could you tell me where to find it? (I also have PD boardview software but not the schematics*) I would really appreciate it

It would be really cool to see a video "walkthrough" of your shop, including all (or most) of the equipment you use. I had just opened up a computer repair shop in my town, and am still needing to find certain tools, and everytime I watch one of your videos, I see a new tool I could use. XD

Great video Graham, by the way, what is that music you use during the Montage?

What's the song name that starts at around the 32min mark? I've heard it a few times and have always wondered what the name is.

Can u give details of new model of ch341a programmer with built in 1.8V

Question, I have a macbook air, that will not come on. The machine appears to have had water damage. The water damage is tripped. So I replaced the power board, thinking that it was not getting power. The chips are on the front of the board will spark when touched with probes.. Any suggestions?? If I am out of line, my apologies..

A good webpage for Mac schematics?? To use with FlexBV? Thanks

I have seen a lot of your videos where you replace caps, but what actually causes the cap to fail ?

When dealing with the macbook you must never pooh-pooh the peepeebus 😂😂😂😂😂

Wow board repair is intimidating but enjoyable! If I may share a tip, since I also have a slow autoranging multimeter, when you're fishing for shorts in the ohm's range, you'll save a lot of time by going manual range.

Quick question, the other soldering iron, would you recommend or not and what brand as a starter for now?

What is the most expensive customer computer you have repaired?

my very first thought, when the video started.. For The Love Of God, Clean That Screen. apart from that, another informative video, thank you :-

Off topic and kind of urgent matter. I have a DELL Laptop given as a gift by a friend. It´s used but looks new. The thing is that the AC/DC Adapter and the laptop have no marking or sticker of any kind. It outputs 18.5 Volts aprox but when plugged into the laptop it drops to 10 ish - Volts. Any suggestion on what the issue is. Mobo or the adapter it self???

I feel there should've been a slomo of two caps flying off :-)

Two 10uF in series is 5uF, in parallel 20uF

I lol'd at you calling the capacitor a "basic bitch"🤣

you got a link to the psu gadget you got there?

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Is “wonky” a technical term? Nice job.

when is your right time for new microscope

Name of music please Graham...

is this short a result of using a defective battery charger?

Dual wielding! What's next, chopsticks mode?

Not bad. You got lucky it wasn't one of the CD3215 ICs

So that soldering pen goes up to 11!

adaaaam nooooo why don't you get hot tweezers

bump

I hate working on macs older or not :(

How much resistance is added by your probe leads? I’m guessing almost an ohm.

Where did you get that USB power supply?

Does anybody ever bring in a clean laptop?

some advice. lose the phone and get a blackview. very respectable phone

I wonder what Apple would have charged to fix this, if they would fix it at all?

For Apple products that do not have a touch screen, they always have such dirty screens in these videos. Since they do not need to be touched, why are they always so filthy? My Dell touchscreen laptop has never had a screen that look as dirty as the ones here.

Please ? Show us all of them ! While you talk you are dropping snippets of up to date knowledge . And recent vids are more likely to be searched up and watched

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