Razer Gaming laptop repair - Not what I expected.

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@gedodonnell3964 Жыл бұрын

I’m not a technician……but this channel is so addictive ….like watch a detective on 48 hours … I Cannot stop watching till he discovers why it will not work ….and then fixes it …superb. 10/10 Thanks for a brill channel

@onestechsolution8497 4 ай бұрын

yeah men i have watched every single video here

@I_SuperHiro_I Жыл бұрын

As someone who works many 13 - 14 hour days, I can appreciate all the hard work you do. I’m a field engineer, and I’m away from home Monday through Friday, so your videos keep me entertained at the hotels.

@Salfke Жыл бұрын

Hi, you're right, editing the video's to keep them short and interesting is the reason why people come back to your channel. I watched several repair channels, but with a lot of them i don't see the end of the video's because they are too long . I think you're doing a great job!

@crnlbwlawson Жыл бұрын

I felt your pain on this one. I thought you had it. So much effort for a no fix. For anyone still wondering, this is why there is a repair attempt fee. Excellent video. I was laughing out loud over the "what's 2 among friends comment" 😂

@AhmedAymanM Жыл бұрын

You still arguing about repair fee.. Oh my god.. But atleast right here as I client I can see time spent (20 minute is alot) and then I can pay you 10 or 20 bucks for good time and trial, Or wait for a full fix then.

@MasterJediSean Жыл бұрын

I love it when you repeat yourself, you do it almost every time. e.g. "The Short is Gone, The Short is Gone". or "The job is done, The job is done". I love it. Puts a smile on my face. Keep on rocking my friend!

@vi683a Жыл бұрын

Very good habit to have when communicating. Airlines do this often transmitting and repeat as a copy verification.

@KaleOrton Жыл бұрын

I didn't acknowledge the power of this until you pointed it out! Thank you, thank you. 😉👍

@harleysofttailtx Жыл бұрын

I'm one of your fans that appreciates the quick, and straight to the point videos. Always a learning experience. I love Jessa's videos too, but some of those go on and on for hours. I don't have that much time to sit and watch.

@keno2048 Жыл бұрын

I did board level repair a LOTTA years ago, before they got this complicated. Respect dude. Doing this work WHILE keeping up with what's being video'd and describing everything has to be quite a challenge.

@n0v4 Жыл бұрын

Thanks to you, I learned a lot about replace components, in fact today made my first HDMI replacement for a Laptop Dell and works perfectly, Greetings from Guatemala

@emptyone2054 Жыл бұрын

We appreciate the time and effort you expend with editing your videos

@Macabri_2k10 Жыл бұрын

Z340 is slightly different from Z342, the Z342 is symmetrical, Channel 1 and 2 are identical, on the Z340 the Channel 2 supports higher drain. in general the Z342 has lower values (the weaker component compared to Z340) both are Vishay components SiZ340DT /SiZ342DT

@dangriggs617 Жыл бұрын

thank you Alex for sacrificing your time, that could very easily be spent with your family or others loved ones, to entertain and teach all of us. you are much appreciated

@amrdaking1 Жыл бұрын

Just to clear things up, he is not "sacrificing to entertain us", yes his channel is educational and informative, but it also acts like a secondary source of income to him.

@supersilverhazeroker Жыл бұрын

@@amrdaking1 not only that.. 90+% of his business he probably has because of his youtube channel.

@x8jason8x Жыл бұрын

@@amrdaking1 Does that somehow mean he isn't sacrificing time he could be doing anything else with?

@64bittz93 Жыл бұрын

Just to note about the different digit on the Z340: the TL431 and the TL432 are the same thing with swapped pins and only 1 digit changes. There are countless examples of this and assuming the chip is the same because of a similar part number is very risky. Since this is a mosfet it shouldn’t be catastrophic, but it’s important to keep in mind

@aethersx2-samsunggalaxys206 Жыл бұрын

I am an amateur and watch a lot of repair videos, yours are among the best. plus I like how you keep it clean, good informative videos which deliver exactly what I came to see, repair work

@geovani60624 Жыл бұрын

it's crazy how many dead mosfets you get while my notebooks usually are almost impossible to fix

@zockerbude2585 Жыл бұрын

What's the most common thing to fail on the laptops you get to repair?

@ortegafresn Жыл бұрын

Probably just have to get more experience before you work on it then.

@geovani60624 Жыл бұрын

@@zockerbude2585 dead caps and dead chipset

@geovani60624 Жыл бұрын

@@ortegafresn I do have quite a bit of experience, but people usually bring me the ones who have already been messed with quite a bit

@zockerbude2585 Жыл бұрын

@@geovani60624 Thanks for your answer. :)

@dogu6294 Жыл бұрын

This is the only KZfaqr that made me excited when he posted a video! I hope one day I can visit your office. Greetings from Qatar

@ziadfawzi Жыл бұрын

I like your way to find and fix issues. Thank you so much.

@dmartinnj Жыл бұрын

Love the work you do... Very professional and knowledgeable.

@greatthings23 Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for this learning videos. I wish you could put together an online course that can centred around THE BASIC KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED IN MOTHERBOARD/LOGIC BOARD REPAIR. Your video has been of a great help for me. From South Africa.

@vi683a Жыл бұрын

If could go back in time i would become a scholar like you! 55yrs old learning electronics.

@arigvi101 Жыл бұрын

9:34 "Wow that was short. I hope that fixes the problem" me seeing the videos is not even halfway finished: *morgan freeman voice* "It was, in fact, not finished."

@MT4ZETA Жыл бұрын

Hi! Alex, thanks to all your videos i could fix my 1070 by my self, i buy my own solder station and micro. Thank you so much.

@godfreycarino2808 Жыл бұрын

thats a disaster waiting to happen🙂

@maklogetrich2378 Жыл бұрын

@@godfreycarino2808 he said he fix it

@godfreycarino2808 Жыл бұрын

if you're a repair guy you know what I mean

@maklogetrich2378 Жыл бұрын

@@godfreycarino2808 I know, but when he said "i could fix my 1070" doesn't that mean he already fix it?

@stefanlechner Жыл бұрын

Goog video. Your explainings are so amazing. On the last few minutes i hold my breath cause it looked like it was done. More luck on the next device. Greets

@cubinn149 Жыл бұрын

Thankyou for the good videos love your work and learning stuff

@nussysnake9933 Жыл бұрын

I always get a kick out of when you make comments about the 9th Dimension xD Keep up the great work!

@mulatiechekol4513 Жыл бұрын

We know that you posted videos after suffering a lot and we must say thank you for that.

@tomasmolina8617 Жыл бұрын

Great video Alex, after all that work your did to this board at the end of the "no fix" video, will good to take the voltage measurements and confirm if you have the 3.3v at the power button...... never mind I realized you showed the thermocam shows power activity when you press the button. 😂😁

@kinnymonster Жыл бұрын

Absolutely, editing vids is work. Love ur content. Keep up the good work.

@zonavarbondagoo4074 5 ай бұрын

Happy New Year!

@packetcreeper Жыл бұрын

This channel is mesmerizing. Say hello to "big boss".

@asankasanjayadesilva9628 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your service❤❤

@TheAmazingAhmed Жыл бұрын

Great attempt! You Almost had it. I'd expect you to go back to that area where work was done around that resistor in the beginning of the video. I'd also ask the customer what chip did you think was fried.

@billyjames9861 Жыл бұрын

These vids have saved me a lot of trouble - I’ve been looking at gaming laptops with the Ryzen chips and now if I get one I think it’s going to be a Legion or cheap Acer Nitro as the only other choices would have been Sony or Samsung which are not yet fitted with Ryzen processors.

@ELBoomerTV Жыл бұрын

Thanks brother for the entertaining content.

@Zbucket 9 ай бұрын

I would say Med/long videos, for me are absolutely fine. More details, more things to watch and learn. No preffs. Just "content".

@ckmalcokm3699 Жыл бұрын

Great Educational video for Everyone Thanks Brother 🙏

@omnicode Жыл бұрын

Had quite a few mystery PCH problems when I worked a tech. Off to the scrap bin with those boards

@robertpage2023 Жыл бұрын

Mr; Alex, your "video making" skills are the BEST!! We are all awaiting NORTHRIDGE FIX...................The Movie!!!!! I think Ben Afleck should play your part and Tom Hanks plays "Big Boss". Of course, you'll have to work in a car chase, aliens (The outer space kind) and some romance to make it complete. Ok!! Great Show!!!

@prairiefinish 5 ай бұрын

Yes please in regards to the 'short,simple and straight to the point' lol To many channels nowadays to be wading through opening graphics and needless lame comedy skits 😂

@waleedrehman5665 Жыл бұрын

Hi, really appreciate your videos I really like it they are very knowledgeable. I request you to make a video on how to use multimeter to check the shotcircut.

@frankreiserm.s.8039 Жыл бұрын

Great videos! I love it when you can't fix something because with all of my education and eighteen years of repairing electronics I lack success usually. Frank Frank Reiser Video/Audio Service

@orozcocris93 Жыл бұрын

Awesome video man! Quick question, wouldn't thermal camera show you if there was a short by plugging in the power connector? Would it be reasonable to start with the thermal camera when a short is suspected and you plug in the power supply? Or would resistors impede the short from being obvious?

@electronicengineer Жыл бұрын

Most laptop power supplies will crowbar (protect mode - no DC output) as soon as too much current flows into the load (laptop), making them useless in providing continuous power during an impossible load (short circuit). Fred

@user-jb5yc2ec5w Жыл бұрын

love you alex and thenk you for etch and evry video you upload .

@ricardoferreira2811 Жыл бұрын

Hello Northbridgefix, why did you use the Flir thermal camera instead of the Uni-t? Thx

@euroclassicsnation 3 ай бұрын

Fun to watch. What equipment do you use to record on microscope wide view and thermal cam? Do you have some kind of switch device between the devices, an interesting setup

@blugoose86 9 ай бұрын

I got tired of stuff falling off my bench and going the way of the meatball. 9th dimension? I don't know. But if you have room, I always keep a couple empty prescription bottles on my bench where I deposit small items I don't want to lose. Just a suggestion. As always, thanks for your time you give us.

@anthonydenn4345 Жыл бұрын

I wonder did the bios get corrupted with the sudden shut down

@audiomade Жыл бұрын

Penso a reflash the bios x last chance

@DanielMolina1982 Жыл бұрын

Thumbs up for Lenovo laptops reliability. I have 3 at home, 2 for personal use (9 and 6 years old) and still in good condition. The third one is my work laptop and, at 4 years old, and 12+ hours being powered on each day... stilt as good as new. (Ok, batteries of course have declined, but the oldest one still holds charge for 20-30 minuts)

@andrasszabo7386 Жыл бұрын

3 years of life for a laptop? I have one that was designed in Hungary, made in 1987 and still working flawlessly :) Even its SLA battery runs for 20 minutes.

@LatitudeSky Жыл бұрын

My daily use laptop is an i7 from 2015. Works like new. Backup i5 laptop is from 2012. Backup backup Core 2 Duo laptop is so old, I don't know how old it is. All three have memory maxed out, SSDs, and recent batteries. All three work like new or better. Just have to take care of them and not abuse.

@twitch54304 Жыл бұрын

Lonovo yoga 3 lasted 13 months. Just long enough to be out of warranty. It blew an inducer right off the board.

@psi23k Жыл бұрын

Diode at 14:46 looks cooked, but you moved so quick it's hard to see.

@nicolasbrenta357 Жыл бұрын

that's a capacitor, unless you are refering to something that it's not pcp24 (the one with 330 marking)

@supercomputing942 Жыл бұрын

thats a 330uf tantalum smd capacitor...

@psi23k Жыл бұрын

Yea that one. I slowed down playback, may just be dirty.

@bornagain2641 Жыл бұрын

Good morning from me in Mineola NY

@Mommotexx Жыл бұрын

Does this laptop have its own battery for the BIOS chip? If not, maybe the problem is the battery is too drained from the ISL being shorted. If you had another Razer laptop from the same guy, try the other battery in the machine, and see if that works. Anyways, great video as usual! It's a bummer that this didn't work out for you after spending so much time, but you always learn something new 😁

@martincerny3294 Жыл бұрын

Isn't the battery there just to keep time?

@mantenimientorincon1459 Жыл бұрын

i am a fan of your videos, could i ask what kind of microscope is it?

@NarkoHamponTV 4 ай бұрын

Alex From Russia 🇷🇺 thanks

@furqannayyar3097 Жыл бұрын

Please explain how to use multi meter and how to test components in brief

@joshuaolsen8844 Жыл бұрын

Do you have a recommendation for best quality laptops?

@KarhamPaints Жыл бұрын

I got a suggestion even tho you probably already thought on it. Maybe could be useful to bring the "stream" switch station closer to you since I see you always have to stretch to reach it for us to see microscope input and so on, maybe if it is closer you do not have to move that much, but I don't know if you got enough space near you (maybe just under the desk with a simple support? idk) :)

@dephekt_ Жыл бұрын

Mounted under the desk seems like a solid idea, despite not being able to always see the button you're hitting. I'd guess you'd get used to doing it by feel though.

@Wingedmechanic Жыл бұрын

So the possible cause is - The controller chip shorted internally and kept the high side MOSFET on passing high current and voltage down the choke, heating both the MOSFET and the choke. This would have fried the PCH.

@krisztiandeak Жыл бұрын

Is that a JBC soldering station ? If so what do you think of it? Will you be selling that as well ?

@wagnersantos291 Жыл бұрын

Bom dia! Moro no Brasil, na cidade de Assis no Estado de São Paulo, curto demais seus vídeos, Sou Técnico também !!! Parabéns

@markherring3513 Жыл бұрын

Is the "drain" you refer to the voltage side of a chip or the grounded side of a chip?

@re-fix9678 Жыл бұрын

good job👍👍👍

@barcaking17 Жыл бұрын

before u use ur thermo cam u can find if 5valw and 3.3valw is there in board often it's the main problem in dead laptop thank you for ur videos

@CognacKidd Жыл бұрын

what does alw stand for?

@abdelhakimaamran8000 Жыл бұрын

Alw stand for always voltages which are present on the board.

@cemsengul16 Жыл бұрын

Maybe someone can help answer this question. A friend of mine unlocked the bios of his 2021 Razer Blade Advanced with a programmer and he lost a lot of trackpad function afterwards. He tried flashing back stock bios but it did not fix his problem. What could he do to fix this? I unlocked the bios of my 2021 Blade Advanced from Windows and I have zero issues.

@naeemn45 Жыл бұрын

Hi Alex, Great content. No one like your knowledge here in UK. Special around are I live. Got a question about cintiq companion 2. External screen shows device booting. But screen on device is blank. No backlight flash during boot up. What could it be or where should I start? Thanks

@maklogetrich2378 Жыл бұрын

check your display connector, either motherboard or the lcd itselft, check if 19V present

@lucymc0191 Жыл бұрын

naeem youre not looking properly i know of a couple of people here in the uk with just as much knowledge as alex ...alex is excellent i grant you that my friend

@Tim-Shows Жыл бұрын

Which hot tweezers do you use? Don't see them in your store.

@RafalScrapper Жыл бұрын

interesting one cheers 👍

@domobject 6 ай бұрын

What a strange effect that is occurring around 7:42. There is some image stabilization going on that makes the text on the chip lag behind the rest of the image. Is this the microscope optimizing text legibility, or is this a compression artifact?

@andresnunez43 Жыл бұрын

THE SHORT IS GONE! make some t-shirts with this fraze, I LOVE THAT FRAZE!!, I just have repair a Nintendo Switch with a bad capacitor when i remove the capacitor and i measure i could not help to say: THE SHORT IS GONE LOL.

@kevinm3751 Жыл бұрын

Curious, is the flux you use conductive? I have heard some are hygroscopic and can become conductive or slightly conductive within a few hours after soldering.

@henry.c189 Жыл бұрын

No its not,the flux isnt conductive

@wannabemgtow2540 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic fault finding techniques, even though is a no fix is still educational.

@SonicOrbStudios Жыл бұрын

Why is your hot air station beeping?

@xDanielFernandez Жыл бұрын

jooo que pena que no lo lograrás, me encanta tus vídeos. Tan malos son los Asus? miedo me mi fx505dt

@silassmedley5456 Жыл бұрын

Hey I need help. I have a board with 4 bad smd capacitors and I don't know how to find ones that can replace them. They're those little cream colored ones I think but they're all black now so it was hard to tell

@5kplamse Жыл бұрын

how much budget should i set aside if i want to learn by following your videos? is USD500 a realistic budget ?

@bornagain2641 Жыл бұрын

Would a magnet dish mess up the chips?

@New777World Ай бұрын

iam curious to know what is beeping sound when installing the chips with the hot airgun

@Solder_it 10 ай бұрын

Why you dont add flux when removing a component???

@Hilasterion_gaming Жыл бұрын

Where do you get your circuit diagrams? :)

@rehandrone7146 Жыл бұрын

Awesome Big fan...

@aaronrepairs9516 Жыл бұрын

why didnt you check USB data lines? if they are have low resistance it means PCH is dead, you do not even have to disassemble the laptop.

@daaudiome Жыл бұрын

Excellemt , so aside from havng this verified on thermal, what would be a normal resistance or diode mode (voltage drop) on usb2.0 or 3.1 lines

@JerryRecords 5 ай бұрын

What is a PCH chip? Are these not available or hard to find?

@CL-yp1bs Жыл бұрын

good attempt

@tonymantinelli6747 Жыл бұрын

these razer machines are near impossible to fix..no block diagrams, no repair guides available and hard to find replacement parts!

@SuddenlyPineapple Жыл бұрын

That's interesting fact that Asus is laptop that you see the most in your workshop, I'm from Europe and Lenovo is the most unreliable here (often overheats or case is breaking), and Asus is one that I see very rare on my workbench.

@mellowwords Жыл бұрын

So if its pCh problem. Is it resonable to use bga machine and replace pch.

@MartinMasor Жыл бұрын

Suprisingly i have one asus laptup it works for more than 10 years for the work i need it its enough and still in good condition i only did repasting once.

@EzazCODM Жыл бұрын

Very nice sir✌

@desmondpkandemiri1971 Жыл бұрын

@ 18:08 ...and the joke was a good one 🤣🤣🤣

@antreatgaming Жыл бұрын

What series microskop you have mr

@vikaskarthik9559 Жыл бұрын

Hello nrdfx. From your working experience which gaming laptop brand is more prone to failure?

@kevinmagsy0312 Жыл бұрын

Asus at the top base on his all repairs, 2nd was hp particular on spectres, then dell then th least most was alienware, lenovo and razers..

@gamersanditparadise Жыл бұрын

@@kevinmagsy0312 Why Asus tho? What is it that they do which causes failures?

@kkgt6591 Жыл бұрын

@@gamersanditparadise in my guess they might not be sourcing their components from good suppliers. It could be also that their thermal management is not good.

@avinadadmendez4019 Жыл бұрын

I've had my 600$ Asus Laptop completely dead for over a year now. I have never experienced this with any other brnd

@SparklingNoob- Жыл бұрын

Hi, Can I use this fuse 15PF or 18PF for 16PF? Razer laptop

@sullytrny Жыл бұрын

Parts cannon 😊

@xyp6549 Жыл бұрын

You said it might be cpu did you try to power it on with another cpu?

@bbogdanmircea Жыл бұрын

What I got from this video is that Asus, Hp are number one then Dell but Lenovo, RAZR not so much. What about Acer or Huawei or you don't have that yet for repairs?

@tariel1928 Жыл бұрын

0:20 so I guess that is what circuit fried means ;)

@byronwatkins2565 Жыл бұрын

The average number of products you see is how many are in use times the probability of failure. Consumers should only concern themselves with the probability of failure. So, valid advice would require that you divide the number you see by the number in use.

@dharc6982 Жыл бұрын

Did you ever pin point exactly what the problem was and repair.

@freddykreuger1371 Жыл бұрын

Good work 💪 👏. Better than factory 😎

@Mandrag0ras Жыл бұрын

Maybe the reason why you get a lot more Asus than Lenovo is because Asus sell more in America than Lenovo. Or another reason could be that Asus sells more powerful models and Lenovo sells more basic models.