Just imagine how many of these devices are simply thrown away because of some tiny capacitors failing. It's nuts.

The slight rotation may be signal integrity mitigation, in order to avoid the fiber weave effect at high frequencies. This skew is to prevent the routing from aligning with the fiberglass weave pattern in the glass cloth between layers. If you have a trace sitting right over a glass bundle, and the adjacent trace is over the gaps between the bundles, the difference in dielectric constant between the glass and prepreg resin will cause the signals to have different velocities, potentially causing bus timing issues. 10-12 degrees is typical. Usually you just draw your traces in a zigzag pattern, but if there's no room, you have to also rotate the parts, or rotate the entire panel at the factory, but that wastes material.

Alex one of the best parts of watching these videos is to see that happy kid smile you get when you fix the problem and the device works.

Alex's smile says it all - a great fix !!!

I see corrosion on the IC near the caps and the caps themselves. A guess before the video is completed.

Hats off to Alex and Big Boss for saving such a beautiful and expensive device.

I bought an Asus Zenbook roughly five years ago, the model number is 430UN. Out of the box it had issues with sleeping and not waking up, continues to have that problem. Two years in, the battery died and there were no original replacement parts. So now I have an ultrabook that was supposed to be high end, $1500 laptop, that cannot sleep and has no battery. Never buying Asus again even if it was the last laptop maker in the world

It is always a pleasure to watch your videos. Great job Alex!

Always nice to watch a man doing a great quality job Alex!!😊 Kudos mate!

Great work Alex as always, quick and to the point. 👍👍That indeed was a weird angled GPU circuit design.. that 10-15 degrees gives some sort of isolation maybe.

WOW!! Two new videos, 2 days in a row/back to back! It must be Christmas already 😆 Thank you!!!

caps looked like suffered from a water damage

Wow! Working successfully on a "new" PC no less! Great stuff.

Hey brother! Love your videos! I only watch your videos because when you do something it gets done the correct and proper way so I know When I attempt to repair a board or replace a hdmi connector its gonna get right! You have the best repair channel on youtube!

I wonder how many times he'll try powering on a laptop without a heat sink, and wonder why it won't power or stay on 🤣🤣

I learn an insane amount from watching you work, thank you for the free education

Awesome job Alex.😊

Thanks for the video, Hope all is well, cheers

You are a credit to your profession, sir, oddly, enjoyable, following along your little adventure, to find the bad guy

Wow i dont have any words to express you alex you are just amazing tnks!

Awsome work as Always, and that Hoodie is looking Sharp! 👍

First class work my friend.

You got the two most important things broth, tools and knowledge

Great video just like always. Like I said before I started watching your videos and for some reason they inspired me to try and learn this as a hobby, since I'm retired need something to do. I've learned quite a bit I think not just from your video's but I also watch as many different ones as possible. Today I actually replaced a charging port on a samsung galaxy tab e 8.0. for my sons work they have alot of them for the drivers. No problem. I have replaced 3 touch screens for his company I told him your company buys the parts and since I'm just learning I'lldo it for no charge. So far so good. Thanks for your videos and sharing your knowledge......

I don't know much about electronics, but I find your videos fascinating.

one of the caps that you replaced has green corrosion which probably was caused by a liquid damage.

سلام ع قرأت التعليقات بعد رؤية هذا العمل المثابر وكانت معبرة ومبتسمة أتمنى لكم النجاح كمجتمع الهاردوار .❤❤

Now this is what you call "Better Than Factory" fix... Thank you Alex, marhabaah...

Your video's soothing me every time

hey when are you going to do the jayztwocents collaboration?

Good job Alex , Big Boss.... Better than Factory 100% Legit Business :)

love the Colgate smile at the end ..

Always customers coming in with the water damage 😂.

كل عام وانت بخير وصحة وعافية انت والاهل والاولاد . عمل رائع

It's always good to see that smile on Alex's face after successfully saving the customer thousands of dollars.

This guy is the best that I have ever come across!!!

??? A $2400 and it has Thermal Paste messed over components like that??? Who the heck was working on it before??? I enjoy your channel but I was disappointed that you didn't clean that Thermal paste off everything, How much extra time would it have taken, so your Work area would be clean to help with Diagnostics?

You are simply amazing. Great job

Another fabulous fix

I'm not surprised this Asus laptop died within 2years as mine as well died 2 years after the warranty expired, I was told it needs a new motherboard.

Great video, thanks for uploading! I'm a beginner when it comes to electronics, but want to start getting into it. Could you please explain to me what all the grey stuff is please? And why you didn't remove it? It looks very untidy to me, and I would want to remove it all and make it look neat. Thank you :)

I'm not sure but it seams to me like liquid damage. I saw the greenish stuff. Good and quick Find as always. Better than Factory

i "liked" whenever he says Yes! we fixed it! with a big smile on his face.

Why do manufacturers not have a cause, effect and repair data base for guys like yourself for them to improve their products.......

Great fix alex ? congratulation to you and wife ⭐⭐

I almost, always watch your videos as soon as it's out.😂😂😂

كل هالمشاكل من مكثف صغير, الله يعطيك العافية اخ علي

Great work 👏

the strange tilt might have something to do with signal integrity, but thats just a wild guess.

I have a suspicion that we see these failures because of transients and EMF getting through the power supply. Either from the power grid or EMF from local sources. I always recommend a good quality line conditioner for all expensive electronics. Just my opinion.

Wonderful work, as always! Although I'm wondering, if this laptop is around a year old, should it not still be under warranty from the manufacturer?

what is the liquid you use on the q tips? to clean the board during and after you are finish soldering?

Nice work as always. Can someone explain what are those materials that stuck to the capacitor?

No problem mon seigneur 😂... du très bon travail !

Ceramic is brittle, those capacitor are multiple layers of alternate conductor +, conductor - and ceramic, with vibrations the ceramic break and the conductor + and - touch each others creating a short circuit.

good job easy when you see the problem. that's good looking laptop with two screens first time i have one

Can you try one of those 3D thermal cameras with IR and compare it with a regular one?!!

Ask always fun informative vid... previous comment re you smile"smirk" tells us a whole story...

I have been considering getting a 4090. Which brand would you recommend? Asus,gigabyte etc.?

The voltage injection brings out the fault in the cap.

Most caps now a days for laptops don't have any military grade anymore! 😅

Hi Alex hope all is well just wondering why your videos have slowed down not as many now. Cheers

What is all that black stuff? Looks like roofing tar.

Monsieur Alex,I was wondering how much for example this fix would cost to the customer? Love your videos 📹, I'm probably getting the same amount of satisfaction as you do when it's fixed 😂

Great job 😀😀👍👍

There looks like a corrosion happened to the caps and power line. Metallization on one side of the cap corroded, not burned. The damage very close to the DRMOS and may present underneath, because corrosion may spread below the mask layer. For my opinion, it is necessary to desolder the DRMOS and check the condition. After the repair, a good practice is to check that this particular power line is working like the other "neighbors". Otherwise, next DRMOS may fail under the load later. Anyway, maybe I am wrong. I like your videos - they're never boring.

Didn't you know Asus have a contract with you. They said they will keep your business supplied for years. 😂

this is why i only use desk tops if something goes out you won't be going through this headache

The whole area looks pretty much like spill damage.

Love your smile when laptops work😂❤

Hey I'm buying Asus vivobook 16x and just came to your channel and it's full of Asus laps repair so should I buy an Asus lap or any other company's laptop?

Did you notice anything strange with the battery whilst you were in there? I have had this laptop a while now, and somehow ended up at 50k+ cycles of the battery (via windows battery report) in just over a year of use (about 2 years ago now), literally have to keep it plugged in 24/7

Hola, excelente tus vídeos, seria maravilloso si en alguna parte del vídeo pudiera mostrar la lectura de las mediciones que realiza, serian de gran ayuda para los que estamos aprendiendo este arte de la reparación-. SALUDOS.

Damn. I almost bought that same laptop at Microcenter a few weeks ago.

aanother great solution,,,,,, and i bet the customer will be over the moon,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Such a mess with the heatsink compound. It's not conductive is it?

kapasitörlerin etrafında neden bu kadar termal macun/sıvı metal var? yanlış yapılan bir işçilik sonucu kısa devreye düşmüş olabilirler.

when i seen your thermal camera video it remids me Predator movie :)

"i do not have time to organize while im working" yeah as a bike mechanic i end up with a pile of tools every day lol i just throw them all on my desk and put them back at the end of the day

When can we buy hot tweezers from your shop?

Looks like liquid damage?

If fail to place or miss out one component,the decive will not power on

thats a pretty blown up cap, nice fix for a nice (overkill) laptop :)

always seems to be the caps do they use poor quality caps?

It would be good if those small capacitors had an internal fuse and when they break down they would simply trip and the laptop would continue working.

Excellent! :)

This is art ❤

Why do these Zenbooks have two screens ?? I've never seen this before.

I powered up an Athlon in the 90s without a heat sink and literally exploded 😮😅

You just too good

I have similar Asus laptop. Mine is Duo Pro. Very expensive with touch screens. Had it 18 months and battery went. Asus agent here in South Africa was not intrested to replace battery for free. Had to buy and pay for new and did the install myself

Great.

Hello Alex. The capacitors as well as the resistors have been chosen by the manufacturer in such a way that they almost always operate at their maximum power. By this I mean, for example, a resistor that normally dissipates 1/2 watt is replaced by the manufacturer with a resistor that can dissipate 1/4 watt. Of course this works, but the resistance is then constantly under severe stress, which reduces the lifespan of the component. This also happens with the capacitors and even with other components. The manufacturer's aim for this is to be able to quickly bring new devices to the market. We live in a throwaway society where only the pursuit of profit counts for the manufacturers. It's a pity that we have to observe this in both Europe and the US. But that's just the reality. Greetings from Belgium. Andy

Their gaming top-of-line ROG mbs have been dying for no reason. Wth is wrong with asus smh

Hello. Don’t you sell hot tweezers ?

looks like corrosion from condesation on the thermal pad

You would think expensive would mean reliable, but not in this day and age. As long as they can make it look premium, and charge far too much, it only needs to last past the 1 year limited warranty.

I have a laptop with a 1TB ssd and a normal hd. The os is on the ssd, but it won't boot. SMART says it's failing. I can luckily read files from the windows 10 installation usb from the CMD. I copied the users folder to the normal hd, I hope. I'm not sure what else I'll need from it, but it's write protected for some reason, and I can't get any tool to do anything with it.

How much would you ask for a repair like this?

I bet a nice dinner that the big caps there are tantalum. It's not uncommon for tantalums to leak and blow up like that. It doesn't matter how much you pay for a system there's a certain percentage of tantalums which are expected to fail. It's just the nature of the beast. With luck it doesn't cause any further damage, maybe a power transistor at most, and you're back in business.