I love how much care you take in rescuing these machines!

Hey Andrew, I guarantee that the motherboard did not get warped from bad packing by the seller. Fiberglass boards are extremely strong and very flexible. You can try bending a dead one to see if it will stay bent and you will find that it always comes back to the original shape. Great channel, my friend!

Great video! I’ve performed a lot of laptop repairs in the past, and I’ve NEVER seen a chipset die explode like that! That is insane!

You are my inspiration,🙃I' m one of the most biggest fan ever .I'm in 10th class now and proudly to say that I have repaired three laptops just watching your videos🙌🤩. lots of love for India.❤️

one of my favorite channels. so inspiring and yet relaxing.

Man if all second hand tech was owned by a person like Andrew I would never be in doubt when buying used stuff. Mah man makes them better than from new.

I rewatched some of your videos yesterday and thought why you haven't update for a long time and boom, new vid today. Keep up all the good works Sir.

Yess finally a gaming laptop again i love these from your channel its a pleasure to watch thanks andrei

Love your content. Would be nice is you talk about the total cost of the repairs at the end and a rational profit you could take if resale them. Keep goin!

You want to make the super glue dry faster and stick to the plastic better? Use a little bit of cotton around the area you want to repair, then add the super glue. It will act as a substrate between the plastic and super glue, much like how they use carbon or glass fiber on carbon fiber and fiberglass parts. Been doing it for repairs on any car or motorcycle plastic parts for a long time and it works really well. great video!!!

Hii Andrew do a custom loop pc build💥🔥💥

I hope that you do not have any BGA issues with the laptop on future, because of the motherboard situation. Anyway, excelent video as usual.

Andrew don't forget the asus ATK driver, some asus laptops will not have backlight until you install the ATK. Great video, I enjoy everything you do!

I love how he says things like "16gb isn't much", and an 512 GB M.2 is a "budget option" LOL Honestly, I don't know where he lives, but I would love to move there 😂

High dedication for ROG

O portátil realmente ficou espetacular, gosto muito dos seus vídeos e de todas as criações que tem feito, nesta caixa poderia ter aliviado um pouco os parafusos das dobradiças para evitar que venha a partir mais tarde, um abraço de Portugal.

How thunder strike lmao Edit: It looks sleek and clean

Hes back 🔥🔥😭

one of the best channel for restoration!! keep it up sir andrew.

Your videos really inspire me. Greetings from Indonesia 🤗

Nowadays 16 gb of ram is more than necessary for most laptop/desktop computer so I think you've made a good choice in this build.

Probably the most satisfying video I have watched in years. Well done.

For plastic mounted threading, it's good to plastic weld it in using a hot iron. I think the glue will come off at some point.

Hey. Great video. It would have been better if you had said which faulty components you changed at 17:32

That was an excellent repair and restoration! Most people who have such problems, such as motherboard issues, usually either give up totally, or disassemble the laptop and sell it for its parts only. So it's good that you did a repair, and also got almost everything working again. :) I always wrap up everything I send well, with good amounts of protection, for the very reason you found out! Also, the only things I would have done differently is: 1) change RAM to 32GB instead of 16GB, and 2) add optical CD/DVD drive, as the laptop had DVD drive bay but wasn't actually used (and also didn't have 3rd disk).

Man does this laptop with this specs good ? Asus N550Jk I7-4710HQ 8gb ram ddr3l Nvidia gtx 850M 240gb k.s. sdd uv400 320gb wd hdd And beautiful laptop restoration

If Machines/AI ever take over the world, you'll be our savior/Neo. Keep up the good work mate. Kudos!

..and you are now the KING of Restoration!! 2021 . . .

Damn, great job on the fix. Too bad that old motherboard is totally dead and unusable, all you can do is salvage parts by soldering.

I came across a super glue technique when fixing a laptop hinge. If you sprinkle on some baking soda it makes it harder and thicken up faster. Almost like an epoxy. I'm not sure on the long term strength of it though.

so you literally bought a new laptop, what a repair ;)

I enjoy all of your videos and thank you for the hard work you put into them. But, personally, I would never go near any electronics device that has been hit by a lightning strike. The problem that you immediately have is a large number of components in that entire device might not just be burnt out but may also be weakened and fail long before their natural lifespans. Yes, you changed the motherboard but all of the other components (RAM, hard disk, power supply, screen assembly, etc.) could have been affected and therefore cannot be trusted. Although of a different scale, back in the early 1990's when I was working in telecoms, I had to go and fix a large business phone system that had also suffered a lightning strike. The system was made up of a number of large cabinets with many interface cards to provide extension phones and analogue and digital exchange lines. It took us weeks to fully fault find all of the issues on it - we changed out many interface cards, power supplies, CPU boards, memory boards and phones, and it took us weeks to fix it. We even had some new faults appear (because of weakened components) even while we were fixing the original issues. You just have no idea as to extent of lightning strike damage.

My kid's "TUF" gaming laptop had both its display hinges just freaking explode one day as she was putting it away. Both sides, at the same time! I don't think I'm trusting Asus gaming laptops ever again. Fortunately for me, getting into the base and disconnecting the display, wifi, and a few other things produced a still-fully-functional gaming computer for me, so was a win in the end!

Wonderful as always!

why I am obsessed with bald man doing techy stuffs.

Moral value of this: Never use Any Electronic devices when stormy day. Even make sure any connected devices, like TV and Internet disconnected

Cada día mejor las reparaciones. Sos muy talentoso.

I can see that that Game ready Ethernet Guard Technology worked perfectly 😂

You´re amazing. It´s just like brand new with all the care you put in it.

Tech God you've done it again. I wish it was mine. Happy Birthday to your dad. Long live your Dad

I am curious, what were the other faulty components you had to replace to prevent random shut downs?

You are an artist, well done. Pretty relaxing

YOU ARE NOT A GREAT GAMER BUT YOU ARE A GREAT REPAIRER. GOOD JOB!

Andrew will fix it to make it Shiny and running

Hello from Turkey. I learned to fix it with your help. Thanks for the simple and clear explanation.

Hi Andrew, try to Install Asus Atk package for the keyboard backlight 👍 Often on Asus laptops needs that software/driver to work..

Magnificent You never fail your subscribers brother keep uploading we will never stop watching your videos

Andrew, I love your videos and I wanted to ask: What do you do with all of these PCs? Do you have an ebay store where you resell them? If so, I would love to take a look and buy one.

Derinlemesine müthiş temizlik ve tamirat teşekkür ederim dinlendirici bir video olmuş...

Nice to see another video Andrew 🐱 keep them coming ☺️

The best

Gee, who transported that box, Ace Ventura?

Well.... Thanks to this video now i know what to do to solved my laptop problem as my laptop was dead because the same problem..... Just a reminder for everyone if your area are known for unstable electricity especially in areas where when it rains, lightning strikes frequently you really need to buy a surge protector or a stabilizer to prevent any unstable electricity....

everytime im watching your videos, its very satisfying somehow. maybe electronics are my fetish. good job on giving those laptops a second and better life.

A pretty good complete video!

This is the rarest thing to happen where is your cat Andrew

I like how u narrate this vid bro, easy to understand and sounds calm. Keep it up 😁.

I love andrew laptop restoration content. Makes me hype to want restore laptop too.

很專業的技術員!面對瑕疵品仍能正量指正!那商家應該重出貨給你!!才是信用商品!!

Missed watching your projects...continue to keep it up

Nice restoration. But could have been better to use the samsung 970 evo nvme for the main boot drive instead of the gigabyte, then go budget for the 1tb sata drive.

Another excellent job, and it serves as a reminder that laptops can be a PITA. Dead motherboard, broken hinges, overheating, dust and human particles everywhere, dishonest sellers with terrible packaging, defective replacement parts, secondary failures... yeah, no. I'll take something like your Masterframe 700 monster any day of the week.

Andrew is so Tidy, gosh.😌

I see the post office in your country practices the TDS : "trebuchet delivery system". In France, we have the same problem. That sucks... 😒

Sorry to be a nerd but it's a lightning strike not a thunder strike! 👍 Great vid btw

I love the way you make this machines functional. Very careful.

Andrew did you install the atk package from Asus ? i had a similar laptop ... without the package it wouldn´t work

Andrew you inspired me to repair my old notebook! thxs! i love your videos (:

If I get a heart from Andrew I'll be glad 😊

look like professional gaming laptop for office

This is the reason why an APC battery back up is your best friend with a PC, haha; at the very least he should've been using a surge protector. When I just had my laptop I was using a cheap surge protector, but after I got my old desktop out of storage too, I spent the $150 on a good battery backup because you never know.

This reminds me of the first laptop I ever bought. It suffered the same fate. All of a sudden it just turned off. Then I noticed that it's kind of raining outside and it was hooked to the AC adapter. Postmortem analysis revealed one burned chip. I tried having it repaired on a motherboard level, but no luck.

Hi andrew! Nice video as always!

Hey Andrew, I believe that keyboard backlight issue is caused by software, not hardware. I had similar issue when I reinstalled windows on my former asus laptop. My suggestion is to factory reset windows 10 (not reinstall, but factory reset your already installed windows 10), thats what actually helped me! I hope you will get it working!

Excellent Work ass Always Andrew! Best Wishes!

Thanks Andrew. These videos really helped me out 🙂

I want to hire someone. To count how many "I mean" on his every videos.

Missed your regular songs in the background, but a fantastic video as always!!

Unless the screw retainer enclosure is completely missing, it is better to use the tip of your soldering iron to gently melt the retainer bolt back into the enclosure. No glue is necessary. Try not to push the retainer bolt to far into the lid or bottom case when using this easy attachment fix.

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always support for Laptop restoration content

just love to watch your restoration videos buddy. now pin this😁😁😁

Loctite and baking soda does good job. It cements those metal parts almost stronger than original plastic do. You just need few layers of glue and baking soda (fine powder). Loctite alone wasn't solution for my laptop (although i used green one, it still cracked after i tightened screw a bit.

Thx for another great video, i don't know why but i like those repairing videos a lot :P Keep the good work man ;)

always love your work, andrew!

I was actually playing games under rain 😂😂 God is good

How did you fix the random shutdowns? What component did you change?

hi andrew i am a viewer from india ur contents are awsome

Happy birthday to your dad!

Well done, and very satisfying to watch!

2:50 them drums feels familiar.

sick intro man!

I downloaded the keyboard software for asus and the backlight worked in my asus . You installed a new hard . That's why .

very nice video!! as always. for who was looking for the parts: aparently.. this is this shot of the bios, and there they are: cpu: i7-7700hq - 4 cores, 8 threads, up to 3.80 GHz (2017 cpu) gpu: intel integrated graphic 630. and in the description of the video says: there is also a GTX1050ti !!

Hey Andrew, first of all I wanna thank you for all these restoration videos you give us. Now, I would like to ask you: ¿could you please make an educational video on how to check a motherboard? I would like to know the process you follow to see if a motherboard (or GPU) is still functional. That would be really good to know. Your videos are very inspirational and I would like to try to restore two laptops that I have in bad condition. Congrats on all your work you have made so far :)

Hi Andrew is there any possibility to upgrade gpu on ASUs g74sx ROG laptop?? My laptop does need great care like in all your repairs 😎

I enjoy your videos Andrew cannot wait till the next one.

I love your work, as always,.... But you totally need a cat as a mascot.

Great work Andrew!

311 euro is expensive. But with bad packaging is more expensive experience.