Thank you so much for fixing my drives! I had about 7 years of projects, pictures, and memories on them! I can't thank you enough! TT

Probably the part that I like the most about this channel is that when he messes up, he doesn't edit it out, he shows it and acknowledges it. That's pretty amazing. We are all human after all and we all make mistakes.

I like when you show how you fail. mistakes always happen and it is nothing to be afraid of.

That smile that comes with a successful repair...that's when it feels good to do what you do.

The diode shorting on the second one was causing the 0 ohm resistor to appear as if it was continuous. It was not until you placed a proper diode that the resistor was revealed to be blown. Really interesting stuff!

I really appreciate how you show love for your job. With every repair there's a victory smile. Love your content man 👍

These amazing ppl should be in trend, not the idiots who show useless content, i learned a lot from you as a mechanical engineer. Much respect for you, and thank you for posting these videos.

Not editing out your mistakes makes the videos real. Otherwise we never know the truth of what happens. This is a great channel, hard to stop watching.

The utter joy this guy has after fixing these drives is exactly why we enjoy repairing things!!

That smile after he sees the drive working! I know the feeling. It feels so nice to get something working after spending time troubleshooting and fixing problems. Bravo!!!

beautiful 20+ min video Thank you alex it's 9 PM where I am and this is my reward for hard working all day

Asking for the bad components is just a common practice when having anything repaired because disreputable repair shops (especially automotive) will say they replaced an expensive part when really they finished the repair by replacing a switch or something simple and cheap. So if they charge you for replacing a fuel pump, when all they really did was fix a loose wire, a customer will ask for the old part as evidence that they actually did what they said they did.

Hey Alex, it would be awesome if you could do a video walk through of all your tools and equipment and your experiences with each and why you use them. I've learnt so much through your work and admire your abilities.

Just a quick tip for anyone with a HDD that doesn't power up, @13:36 you see at the bottom of th screen those pads with nothing on them, they can go brown. With a soft eraser, you can actually remove that and that brown oxidation or whatever, that can actually be the culprit at times. Try to remember to look at those pads as they connect to the HDD itself. Make sure they are clean and shiny. Doesn't cost much to get a soft eraser, as you do not want to rip off anything etc. I have had a couple of mine now, suddn;y not be recognised and lose power, I cleaned up those pads and Bob's-yer-uncle, they powered back up and were recognised. I have also done this with an old 250GB HDD that was just left for 10 years, cleaned those pds and it is now up and running, this was for a friend. ALWAYS check those pads as you never know, it may just be that, these though, without the proper look at them, seem quite shiny anyway, but, you never know. Newer HDDs like the 2.5 may have a plug system instead of pads as in the first HDD it seems. It seems to be the most common culprit that I have seen. Just a Pro tip. Clean contact pads, 2 rows and say about 20_ in all. Can't miss them. got no sodler on them. Look at your HDD to see which ones they are.

මට ඉංග්‍රීසි වලින් හරියටම ලියන්න තේරෙන්නේ නැහැ. ඒ නිසා මම තේරෙන සිහලෙන් මෙහෙම ලියන්නම්. හරිම පැහැදිලිව කියනදේ තේරෙනවා. ඒ ඒ භාණ්ඩ වල ගැටලුව තියෙන තැන හරියටම හොයාන විදිය නිවැරදිව පැහැදිලිව කියලාදෙනවා වගේම නිවැරදි කරලත් පෙන්වනවා. ඔබතුමාට ගොඩක් පිං. මම ඔබතුමාගේ වීඩියෝ ගොඩක් බැලුව හරිම පිළිවෙලයි පැහැදිලියි ඒකට මම ගොඩඩක් කැමතී. තෙරුවණ් සරණයි☸️

No matter how long you've been doing it and you know you can do it, success is always rewarded.

I like watching you being happy about fixing something. Everything you do appears to me so honest.

The happiness on your face when it started working shows how delicately you work on your projects. It really inspired me.

I really like how you show us the mistakes you are making, that makes your videos so much more honest. Thank you 😊

I love your transparency Alex. Things do go wrong and we do make mistakes but it's good to see an honest workflow with mistakes left in!.

Another one of my favorite youtubers doing videos on electronic repair right here. It takes a lot to be able to make these videos and even more to be so transparent that you would also include your mistakes. My hats off to this dude. Thanks so much for all your informative videos thus far my friend!

It's very encouraging to see that even professional techs still accidentally make mistakes. I just started soldering myself, and I have definitely put the wrong components in the wrong locations. Thank you for showing not only you successes but also your fails! Its encouraging to see that everyone makes mistakes.

I’m glad I found your channel. It’s given me the courage to go attempt to fix my drive myself.

I am a simple man, I see someone do great job, I hit the sub.

The smile on your face when those drives spin up....priceless! That feeling must make every bit of work worth it, doesn't it? :)

Awesome work as always. Kudos for keeping the mistake in, it would have been easy to edit that out and nobody would have ever known.

Ron Ross, You are a very skilled repairman. I have watched many of your videos. I am a Navy Veteran and since getting out of the Navy in 1980, have stayed in the electrical field. You will burn out working the kind of hours you work. You need someone you can teach working along side you. Maybe more that one. Find someone with good basic electronic understanding. I am old school, vacuum tubes, but find you repairs very informative. I have purchased a hot air reflow soldering station that has only done heat shrink tubing. Thank you for you kind attitude.

No word is enough to tell that you help a lot of people. Maybe i can only pray that you'll always in good health to continue to help and inspires us using your video. Salamat..

"Torrents" - I guess it was filled with linux distributions, and other legal stuff, as it should be :p

I like how excited you get when you get it working. I'm sure you've been fixing things forever, but somehow it's like it surprises you when they work. You must really love what you do. I live for fixing things. I want to get setup fixing boards like this.

"We'll do something else in the next video". This sentence makes me smile every time, like when I was young and after the end of my favorite cartoon I'd hear "in the next episode...". Thank you for these educative videos. The information provided and your charm, are the salt and pepper of this channel. Keep up the good work!

I love your informative videos and they are sound. But what I love the most out of everything is when you make mistakes you acknowledge it leave them in the video. This is priceless. Everyone makes mistakes but to let others know that you do and leave it in the video, that is priceless. Absolutely priceless!

That's awesome man. I really appreciate you showing your mistakes. Makes me way less critical of my own failings in learning electronics.

You did check the resistors, you’re not going mad (see 14:37). Strange resistor was working and then failed when you connected it to computer to test it. What could be the explanation for that? (PS love the videos and your look of joy when you fix something and say “awesome” 👌)

Usually When customers ask for the Old Parts back, they wanna make sure that you didnt charged them for something that you didnt actually do, or so they can go online to check the price of the part. When I used to fix the Older TV's in the Field which were mainly 80% component level repairs, some customers would have a problem once they seen the receipt and it showed the part price of $35 and the labor at $200. So I started putting the whole $235 as labor but still listed the part I replaced with no price next to it. For some reason I never had any questions after that. lol. Thanks for the Good Video Bro!

Just started watching your videos and love them! Not just for the technical aspect, but your comments regarding possible negative feedback from customers along with practical advice on the business is spot on! Keep up the good work!

Wow! I love seeing these successful repairs, especially from a HDD (especially with important files). Good Job!!!

Sir i think u should have 5million subs for real.. I love your work. By the way love from india ❤

Love your transparency and how you show how we all screw up occasionally and how to fix it. Keep it up. Love your whole approach.

The joy when you fixed something is what i want to come back into my life. The simple joys of life.

good work, love your videos, no BS simply good clear info....

21:51 this happiness makes that guy great.

I am enjoying your work, 70 years ago I started it was radio only, watching you today gives me great pleasure as a service engineer, likewise your European accent, I worked with a polish guy all those years ago, listening to you brings back old and fond memories, thank you for sharing your time and work.

For good technicians it is very rewarding when we manage to repair something, but we also get frustrated when we invest our time and cannot repair something. good job buddy

Just ask the customer at the beginning of the repair "Do you want the broken parts back?". Yes or No. Or add a checkbox in your repair formular.

I can see when the dopamine kicks in 😁

My HDD stopped spinning coz the board is fried up. I know that the data is safe in there, but I can't access it anymore until I get it fix. Ur video is giving me hope that the drive will get repaired. Trust me, the data is my whole 1 year of grind. I would have been chilling if it was filled with movies and images, but it contains my work that I have created over the time, it costed me a year to be there. Can't loose that. Thanks for the video.

It is always a pleasure for me to see the dedication with which you repair something. And when it works again you will shine like a child. You are very sympathetic to me. thumbs up

0 ohm resistor otherwise known as an "insulated connector."

Laughed so much after "what a mess".

I like how you admit a mistake you made, realized and fix it. That really is what people need to learn in this world.

Phew! A see-saw of emotions watching this video! Will you, won't you fix the drives? But a happy ending after the highs and lows and masterful repairs. Bravo!

I’m first!😂 winner winner chicken dinner!

My early career (2004~2009) was the same brother and still loving a lot. Your success feeling is the same was mine! Unfortunately I had no chance to use modern magnifying system ! Good job and great job bro , wish you all the best!

I've been binge watching all your videos. Great content. Precise and to the point. ❤❤

i spent so many hours watching louis rossman but now i think i found a new channel to enjoy.. not to mention i have a drive that spins but not recognized by computer, no one says they can fix it, except on place who said it would be $2000 to get my data, that was 2009 i have been without that data since.

Really like these videos, great that you show the mistakes and dead ends in repair process 👍 And yes, “understanding customers” is a skill that is never fully mastered 😎

Love that smile . I hope my skills will someday be on your level . Glad I have the best to learn from . Thanks for sharing your knowledge

Thank you for the wonderful video Mr Hussain. You are a really disciplined repair person. Wishing you and your family good health and much more success in the future.

I love your work ethics. I work best when everyone is gone, and it's just me, my dog and NF video playing in the background.

I have to tell you thank you very much, with your videos I'm learning a lot and starting fixing my broken stuff. Again thanks from Italy

That smile when you fix something damaged bro , its the best think. I love this job just because gives me that smile every day. About the customers you told..these people are everywhere in the planet ,unfortunately...

You're the nicest technician and probably the best

You sir, are a micro-soldering and diagnostic Artist! Nice video. Tyvm.

Respect for showing the mishaps you seldom do - really makes these videos inspiring, who really wants to see someone succeed all the time like they're some kind of perfect animal?

تعمیرکار وقتی حواسش به دو تا کار باشه، این اشتباهات پیش میاد، خیلی عالی بود ممنون.

I shake your hand tight! Thank you for your videos, you can watch them just like ASMR because it's always nice to watch the master work! I really like that there are a lot of soldering frames, because it fascinates and attracts me. I myself am trying to do electronics and love to solder, besides I am trying to learn English. Here I can combine one with the other, it's great! Thanks again and lots of luck!

Ahh yes, the satisfaction kick when you solve the problem. Can't get enough of that. Excellent job!!

His expression when the drive worked was so wholesome :)

Really grateful that you made a mistake, noticed it, and corrected it

I love seeing the smile on your face after you have realised it's working. Good job!

I really enjoy that face when you say "its working"... yeah job done, some guy will be happy. You make the diference. You`re good my friend! A really tech guy! Respect!

Always a joy to know when you've fixed something complex.

I do not normally replace components for lack of equipment. I replace the board making sure that the numbers on the boards matches. Good job buddy!

Nothing more satisfying than having things fixed. Nice video!

Thank you very much Alex like i always tell you i have no words to express my admire to you, i really appriciate what you have done. your presentaiton, your dedication , your troubleshooting procedures and your smile it all inspires me day to day please keep it up !!!

Awesome job. I have been a technician most of my career and have always desired to have a repair shop like yours man. I have to get to that level first. I have always enjoyed electronics. I share repairs on KZfaq that we learn together while looking inside of tools and electronics, but it's so slow compared to you and I see how you can make a living doing it, for me so far it's seems like I might starve, lol .. I know one problem is I try to share as much different items as I can so they are not much alike in troubleshooting, and alot of tools have potting material also making repair too time consuming. I appreciate learning with you on here, thanks for sharing your techniques with us. It really helps.

Every time I watch your channel l learn something new. Thank you.

i like your clear explanations that you're making during the video. we can learn so much with your hints. you are mounting the videos as that, what fits exact for me.

Complimenti ....in tutti i tuoi video che ho visto sono rimasto sorpreso della tua bravura..... sei un tecnico eccezionale 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Always great to see your work return a positive result

Congratulations friend, I still get there, you are an excellent professional!!!

How to start friday in a relaxing way: watching another superb repair! Alex, maybe you can make small bags with all broken components and sell them as "solder training bag"

I love just watching u fix things this used to bore me but the older I get the more I wanna learn

Appreciate your level of patience...

I felt like I’m with you working together with those board ,thanks for educating us😘

I loved your work 🤷‍♀️😍 From iran 🙆‍♀️ Please make clip more of these field 👍

great work, a very few experts on KZfaq like you. learning many things from your experience..

I love to see someone with enough balls to admit when they make a mistake. Dont make people with out ego anymore thank you.

Thank you for sharing your experience raw and uncut with mistakes.

Great work man. Found myself holding my breath as you connected them to the pc. Must be a great feeling hearing that sound

Your SPEECH IS SUPER SATISFYING

That was a great job on figuring out what the problem was by visually inspecting the board.

It's so satisfying watching someone fix stuff lol

Absolutely great work! I plugged the wrong power plug in and fried a drive a while back. You are the guy :)

You are a very good person.so kindly to everyone..

I just would like to tell you THANKS ALLOT for making these videos, as a beginner ,, i am learning allot from you. Also i subscribed and rung the bell.

i like to see how happy you be when fix something, because i feel the same whem i fix anything. great job. congratz.

Nice work...love from nanyuki, kenya, africa

The teacher is teacher, wonderful, mashAllah Tabarakallah