Arcade Machine Motherboard Repair - iiRcade Gold Edition

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@dragonslair279 9 күн бұрын

Thank you Alex! It was my iiRCade Gold Edition you fixed! You can keep it as there is no way I can send you a pinball machine! 😅

@viperpit-lr2rp 9 күн бұрын

There is always a way, however it would be rather stupid to do.

@LatitudeSky 9 күн бұрын

Those of us who own or work on arcade machines just need to inform Alex about arcade machine auctions in SoCal and let him shop for himself. A machine that needs a little work can often be had for a good price.

@LatitudeSky 9 күн бұрын

Failing that, he would probably enjoy a Pandora box just fine.

@Horus9339 9 күн бұрын

Maybe think about posting a video of the machine back up and running. I am building my own MAME/Emulator machine at the moment and I for one would appreciate seeing your machine running.

@ranjitmandal1612 9 күн бұрын

🌚

@Rambosquirtle 9 күн бұрын

I’m an arcade technician and your videos have helped me tremendously in board repair. I’ve even repaired pinball machines. This was fun to watch.

@user-sk6dh1kf2x 7 күн бұрын

Hi Rambo! I would like to become an arcade repair technician. I recently took an iPhone/mobile device repair class and advanced soldering class. They were both a week long. I am starting to build a repair workbench and got a rework station and some other stuff. I plan on buying old damaged units and learning to repair them myself. What is the best way to start learning as arcade specific repair? Thanks and have a great day.

@wettuga2762 8 күн бұрын

This is EXACTLY the basic skills I would love to learn one day: how to probe hardware for failures, measure individual components, look for shorts and figure out where the problem is without needing any schematics. A basic tutorial for each type of component and what values / currents / drops we should expect would be awesome!

@chaoswires2734 4 күн бұрын

Every time i solder SMD and everything goes as planned, I hear legendary voice in my head: "Look at this! We did amazing job!" 😊. Your mindset and skills give me extra motivation.

@dangriggs617 9 күн бұрын

Hi Alex, I'm a slot technician and repair slot machines for a living. I have been watching your videos for about a year now and they have really helped me tramedasly. Thank you so much for taking the time to do these videos

@bblod4896 9 күн бұрын

Alex is now a Pinball Wizard. Great way to end the work day.

@DylanSaliba 9 күн бұрын

NO schematic and balls of STEEL! Always a pleasure to watch you work sir. Thank you for sharing.

@blugoose86 7 күн бұрын

I worked at a pinball factory in my early years. One of the most fun jobs I've ever had. From assembly to board repair but final testing was a hoot. I thought it was my dream job. Imagine playing pinball for 8-9 hours a day and getting paid. Realistically, after a month, it wasn't fun. I transferred back to repair. That's a pretty small board compared to what we had in the 70's. Great video Alex. It could have been way worse.

@francomarianardini681 9 күн бұрын

“if my granfather had four balls he would have been a pinball machine” common way of saying in Tuscany, Italy! great repair Alex!

@kraykray9585 9 күн бұрын

I am just fascinated by these videos. I have no clue how this stuff works but its awesome to see the process of troubleshooting and measuring components to figure out whats wrong. Lol

@mpitts98 9 күн бұрын

Greetings from Germany. Great tutorial and repair. Keep up the good work. Always a joy watching and learning.

@vucciria Күн бұрын

Always the best! Hi from Italy

@perkulant4629 9 күн бұрын

Lmao the luckiest cap removal ever. Nice one 😂

@gamerelated3887 9 күн бұрын

I wouldn't be so sure! I've watched a few hundred of his videos and this is not a 1 off. I have seen him select the correct capacitor on the first try, many times. Alex is very good at what he does!

@PPTEsch 9 күн бұрын

Alex, Love your videos. You should invent a programmable foot switch for a multi-meter, so you can switch between your 3 favorite modes without having to drop a probe. Keep up the great work!

@petersmith5199 9 күн бұрын

What a pleasure to watch. Thanks Alex!

@panosliquid 9 күн бұрын

Good morning from Athens Greece. Nice job.!!!

@EliasThemessl 9 күн бұрын

As always, awesome!

@anthonydevito1298 8 күн бұрын

"It's an arcade motherboard, so the board wants to play games" hahahaha

@madscientistx69 9 күн бұрын

Great Job as always !

@osamaalkassem5676 9 күн бұрын

Thanks for your time and efforts , as always good work and repair from Alex and big Boss.

@hightttech 9 күн бұрын

I was working on a Stern INDIANA JONES (c.2008) pinball today. Pinballs require a lot of love and attention. I already have 6 hours into INDY, and about another 6 hours to go when parts arrive. Power driver PCB needs some transistors too; this will be $1500 ticket to make it work like new. And a year from now, there will be a whole new list of problems. PINBALL TECHS STAY BUSY AS LONG AS OWNERS HAVE WATER-COOLED CREDIT CARDS.

@rongray8934 Күн бұрын

Awesome Job!

@MARKLARverklas 9 күн бұрын

thank you for a nice lesson

@Desaved 9 күн бұрын

Amazing talent. I wish I would have gotten this type of training. I'd be rich and everyone who knows me would be happy!

@davidguillory4311 9 күн бұрын

Great job!🎉

@Mister_Michael 9 күн бұрын

Very nice repair, you really are a professional. I was able to repair a Philips Perfect draft using your soldering technique. It's crazy that such a tiny part can make you get rid of the whole pinball machine sometimes

@mxsniper223 11 сағат бұрын

u should said okay gentlemen's we catched the bad guy 😂😂

@dainiuslukosevicius 8 күн бұрын

Good job! Respect 🤝🙂

@worroSfOretsevraH 9 күн бұрын

I would have loved to see you use the atomizer!

@Targetlockon 9 күн бұрын

Have a good day Alex was just watching one of your videos! Just saw this as it was just posted on the feed.

@chrisfeaka4250 9 күн бұрын

Like this format. Keep it up sir

@michaelblack5011 9 күн бұрын

amazing fix 👍👍

@Peter-oc3wl 9 күн бұрын

Very nice work ☺

@andrewg2430 7 күн бұрын

Your cap looks better than factory. Yes sir, I would say so myself.

@wildinthejardin 9 күн бұрын

As usual, l loved the video 😊

@YTS1626 9 күн бұрын

Good morning from India

@mrBDeye 9 күн бұрын

Alex is a pinball wizard. 😎

@burn0u71 8 күн бұрын

yup. awesome as always. man you have helped me with my little repairs i do here and there for myself. i thank you for that. your videos are amazing and very informative, you have great content. keep doing what you do so well

@xlwirelesselectronicrepair 9 күн бұрын

Please make more videos. We missed your videos

@simeow2971 9 күн бұрын

Alhamdulillah great work 🎉🎉🎉

@jasonthewiczman5442 9 күн бұрын

Better than the original Fantastic

@danielczvr 9 күн бұрын

Good morning from Czech

@magid5441 9 күн бұрын

مشكور يا غالي على الفايده.. بس تغير لونه واضح عن البقية

@techfuny5654 9 күн бұрын

Good day Alex

@sylvain19724 9 күн бұрын

Best 👍

@mohamedomar67 9 күн бұрын

Please come to South Africa I have many arcade machines and no one to repair like you

@atefibrahim8944 9 күн бұрын

I'm watching this at 2:30 am! Is this a sign 🤔

@MrRoccale 9 күн бұрын

we do an amazing job

@BillEyles 7 күн бұрын

Great job my friend

@suryavanshib 9 күн бұрын

Awesome ✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻

@itsEpsilon 2 күн бұрын

Hey Alex, I noticed you haven't uploaded anything in a week. Just checking in to make sure everything's okay with you.

@MikBaa 9 күн бұрын

Twilight Zone table is a good choice 😉👍

@addydiesel6627 9 күн бұрын

Capacitors. The bane of every board 😢

@D.R.Pinball 9 күн бұрын

Depends on what pinball machine you’re wanting

@gamerpaddy 9 күн бұрын

what i find more fascinating is how fast his solder melts when blasting it with hot air one some high thermal mass boards without preheating.. when i set mine to 370C it takes forever and when its 420C the board gets charred and bubbles immediately, long before solder starts melting lol

@MkUltra-sk6dx 6 күн бұрын

3:58 upsss.... 😂😂😂

@gerrymichaud3851 9 күн бұрын

I'd love to have a pinball machine but the prices are crazy. I remember when I lived in Pensacola, I found a old Wild West shooting Gallery at a thrift store. Price to play was 10 cents. I refurbed it but when I moved I had to sell it.

@sunilkhajuria9018 9 күн бұрын

Alex good job where is your Pink shirt you look cool in that God bless you bro 💖💖💖💖😍

@nurtekin429 9 күн бұрын

It would really help if you show how you measure and know when components are not working?. That is key component of repairing

@j.lietka9406 8 күн бұрын

Right!

@garyr7027 9 күн бұрын

Parrellel caps have the same value. It wouldn't make sense for them to be different. Good find btw, you found the needle in the haystack.

@atomicskull6405 7 күн бұрын

Apparently sometimes they do for high frequency noise I've seen 0.1nf and 0.01nf caps placed in parallel on power busses a lot. This doesn't make sense to me but I keep seeing it in designs.

@logiclust 5 күн бұрын

i've got an old sampler e-mu e4k that i required a chip swap to update the OD, i attempted this 15 years ago and tore a pad off and gave up. i'm guessing it'd be an easy fix for you but i also assume all the caps are bad now that its sat for so long... want to give it a go?

@Jason-zh7wo 7 күн бұрын

Nice job, good luck getting a pinball machine 😂😂

@MrDeadrage 9 күн бұрын

3:59 OMG

@ronankerr6798 2 күн бұрын

Hi Alex what LCR meter are you using?

@0lei3 9 күн бұрын

the board wanna play games , we can play games to

@TexasTimelapse 9 күн бұрын

What's the status on the collaboration video with Jayz2Cents? I've been looking forward to this for months now.

@jimharmon3404 9 күн бұрын

Is that 10 uF cap polarized? That seems to be a very large value for a nonpolarized cap.

@DJ_Bola 9 күн бұрын

Dang, i had an label printer that did the spark. I did not know that was due to a short..😢

@patrickhollywood93 8 күн бұрын

🎲 💡The Wizard does it again!

@user-qr4ks7ow6b 9 күн бұрын

You king of shorts

@mkm8234 9 күн бұрын

Alex is so dang handsome.

@sbc383zz 9 күн бұрын

So dreamy. lol

@aliemlek 9 күн бұрын

👍👌👍

@Jesselovespinball 8 күн бұрын

Alex , I can get you set up with a pinball . Hit me up !

@robertbartram5632 9 күн бұрын

sherlock holmes and columbo all in one,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

@chuckthetekkie 8 күн бұрын

Even good caps go bad.

@serbenikhotta 6 күн бұрын

allahi barek

@lipserra 4 күн бұрын

Hi friend, I'm looking for the board view of the Laptop Asus Rog Strix G16 - G614J, I can't find it on the internet, could you send it to me? I'm grateful