Keeping EVGA's alive💪🏼

For starters and hobbyists, always use goggles when dealing with a component that requires a lot of heat and is surrounded by electrolytic capacitors. You may not think much of it when the cap explodes, but SHRAPNEL that comes off of it will fly violently towards your face and if one piece pierces your eyeball, you're in big trouble. That is avoidable, so no reason not to wear eye protection or if you have none, just cover the caps with something non-flammable.

"2 strokes and done, one of the best suckers in the market" 😂😂

Thanks Alex, that was fast! I just shipped the card to you a few days ago just before Thanksgiving. I don't normally look forward to receiving invoices, but I'll make an exception in this case 😉 For people wondering why I didn't use EVGA support, I bought it while living in Peru 🇵🇪 (moved back to USA 2 years ago) at a store that I don't remember the name of, and I lost the receipt a long while back. So I can't register with EVGA for support 😢 And Alex turned out to be faster anyway 👍

When I see that Alex smile it makes me happy for the the customer and Alex. Great job!

Somehow, this video got suggested to me by KZfaq's algorithm. This is the first I have seen from this channel. This guy is very good at what he does, no nonsense, fun and interesting to watch, and I subscribed right away. I'm looking forward to watching more from NorthridgeFix.

'Capacitor exploded during Repair.' That is always great fun. In the late 1980's, I worked at a burglar alarm manufacturer as a test and repair technician. One of the other techs was leaning over a board looking for the fault when the reversed main cap exploded. He had a round bruise in the center of his forehead for 2 or 3 weeks. I'll never forget that because it was funny as hell, but he was really lucky he didn't get blinded or worse. Needless to say everyone upped their respect for large capacitors after that one.

Expected a little electroboom action, yet it was a tight place issue Amazing detective work & surgical work as always

Awesome troubleshooting Alex. Thanks for explaining the steps you take in finding the issues. Your humor and wit is equally awesome. Cuff him and off to jail. Always happy when the repair is successful and the little smile you get on your face says it all. You truly enjoy fixing things and it's rewarding when that happens.

Your skill and knowledge always amazes me. While I hope I never have a GPU go out on me, I certainly know who I'll be paying to fix it. Thanks for sharing your skills with us.

You’re the man Alex. Thanks for showing the mistakes too so we can all learn!

Alex’s face lights up with a smile when he finds the fault. First the fuse then the component.

I loved your comment "going to the ninth dimension". Useless to search for it - I know from experience

16:32 "Better than factory holes" 😆Amazing job Ali, as always! 😘

Just wanted to say that I appreciate your way of handling jobs and business. No bullshit and straight to the point. Not to mention I've learned how to properly solder from watching you. Thank you.

I was a pc/server builder for many years (now doing more network stuff) but it always gave me soo much satifaction when i solved a pc problem (no boot, unstable, beeping but no image etc) Sometime it was the usual suspects, bad PSU, broken RAM. But sometimes you have to dig deeper and see that for example a cap' on the motherboard was broken. Early 2000 there were a LOT of bad capacitors made in Taiwan, which were used in many different electronic devices. All these taiwain capacitors were going faulty after a few years (the top of the cap was expanding and sometimes they started leaking. Anyway. its always nice to fix a issue after sometimes days of troubleshooting. Seeying your big smile when the screen turns on, i know it's the same feeling for you! Thats probably why you do love your work soo much. Its these little things that makes you happy.

i recognize how good it feels to fix something like this having fixed myself tons of laptops, videocards, server boards and gaming consoles. Everytime you fix one of those, the satisfaction is just, unexplicable and you can see it on his face.

"The board wants to play games-we can play games" I love it! Great post Alex!

Your timing was perfect, popcorn day 😂. Thanks for the Better than Factory video.

Love this video! Gives you an idea that not all repairs will play nicely and gives a little insight on what can happen 😅

Man, thank you for all your videos. I've now taken up a new hobby and im addicted to learning the best ways to work solder. One issue I have is trying to find low melt solder locally in Australia I got 2 types off ebay but they are literally normal melting temps 😅

For caps you need a heat shield that goes in a rectangle shape with a open bottom , so the hot air deflects or kapton tape 😅 but good repair and always enjoy the fixes been a fun 3yrs watching.

So insightful into the simplicity of its operation!

The music in the end makes this channel special ❤

I love how you are still proud and laughing when you fixed it even after prob thousands of times fixing things

WOW you have amazing skills and knowledge! Love your channel….thanks for the fun!

It's good to see you Alex 🇿🇲

That happy face when its working!!! I love it i know that feeling and its great! U are great man!

I bet you feel proud and relief when they work. great job.

12:33 not in face, he had the aluminum caps covered.🤣😂

this is the proof we human are still superior than machines. repairing their flaws. you are so awesome sir, you should build a GPU company that are hand soldered by humans, not by automated machines.

Great video, nice to see you smile after a fix

This is reality TV ;) .. I like how how you also show repair mistakes (not just a polished YT video) .. great job and nice tools to help you do the "surgical" work :)

Wow. How your popularity has grown❣ Keep up the excellent tutorial work. 👍

Your skills are amazing. It's such a pleasure to watch your work. If I were in the US I'd send all my stuff to you.

I'm an electrician and I find this fucking fascinating. It's like a whole other world!

We would love that you post some series of video where you teach simple basic technique on how to troubleshoot boards, as example to find a bad capacitor with the tester. you do a great job to show it on the videos, however we will like to understand better.

Great Job! Greetings from Bavaria, Germany.

The board was playing games for sure!!! Great video!

Nice. Learned a lot about troubleshooting. Thanks!

its amazing how you fix These...

Great video, better than factory!!!!! Keep up the amazing work.

This guy loves his work!

Yeah those evga cards are extremely rare now, great fix great video as always

I love, when he puts life in dead things, that's why I love watching his videos, I have nothing to do with electronic components, I'm a law guy, but I love his videos.

A happy customer and a happy alex. Congrats.

You are better than factory my friend....Cheers

Got an EVGA 3080 FTW3 in my system - hope I don't suffer the same problem. Mind you I got a 3 year warranty (2 years left). Hoping this isn't a common issue, but I'll send it to Alex if I have to! 😉

Yes 😀 we really enjoy the video... Awesome 👍

Just before the cap blew I was saying the shield should be a bent shield that covers all the way down to the board.

Dam you're good! I am enjoying all your videos. Thanks!

I felt that smile bro, good work!

Hi sir how are you..i am from India.. your work great sir.. thanks for your videos

I love the quality of the microscope display, very nice.

Excellent job.

Great work Alex,, Great video… Also Better than Factory. 😊

Dude always has a smile like he just fleeced someone out of a few hundred bucks every time he gets done with a repair lol

I think Alex's patience means he takes his time for each customer and succeeds. I think I would get annoyed too quickly.

Amazing work. Better than factory

Awesome work 👏

another awesome job Alex

Amazing fix 👌💪

The best Solder Sucker- Nordrige Fix - A great vidoe on the Solder Sucker

Great job 👍🏼

such good video and great result!!!!

Excellent job

LOVE UR VIDS ALWAYS INTERESTING

I love that face of satisfaction...

Good job mate 👍

Well done 👍

another fab job done

Great work

Good job.

Nice Content About Repair

Dude, You're amazing!

You are like Columbo! Brilliant

The greatest technican that ever lived

you are just absolutely amazing

Wow Nice work

I love your videos! Keep it up!

the fuse looked like it already been checked when he pointed it out. the one with the short. it had a scratch on it. and he proceeds to make an identical scratch on it while checking it XD

I've discovered your videos and I like what you do, as well as the quality of the work you do. Thank you very much. I wanted to know if the high-temperature tape would have made any difference compared to the heat sink?

"two strokes and done" that's what the missus always says to me too!

Great work, Alex! Always safety glasses when working with caps.

i remember those suckers in the radio shack solder kit I got as a kid

WOW YOU did it AGAIN!

i think to prevent this in the future i advise you use one of those silicon pads to protect caps from even getting hot ad all i use it always when working on boards and it works realy awsome

I am so relieved every time you manage to fix a GPU. Customers went through a lot the past years to acquire one.

As a fellow computer repair shop, even when clients have warranty through the manufacturer, even when made aware of it, they usually go with the local shop for one of two reasons: 1) Time is money and they need it ASAP 2) They value time over money and are willing to pay to get it fixed sooner to get back to gaming. RMA is usually a 2-3 week process. (A week to get there, a week to receive it in, a week to verify the issue, a week to get back)

I had a new evga 800 watt psu pop recently. It was in a pre build though so who knows, but everything looks good visually.

You're him man you're him, The Goat

You rock dude! Period!

Excelent!

Better than factory Alex 😎👍🏼

Very nicely repair 👌👌

“ the board wants to play games, let’s play games “ 😂

You use the low melt solder to help remove the components but do you use low next when doing the final soldering of components in place?

Hey, do you have an video showing your workplace and equipment in general? Also great videos, I really found inspiring them.

So many videos Alex talking baout these caps could pop with heat and now we see it ourselfs, even with some shielding on top it still went flying

Amazing..