The Ultimate Short Circuit High Side MOSFET Tutorial Guide. 10 ways to find the faulty VRM. GPU CPU

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The Ultimate Short Circuit High Side MOSFET Tutorial Guide. 10 ways to find the faulty VRM. GPU CPU

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LER #222 In this video we will look at TEN different ways to locate a short circuit high side MOSFET on GPU and Motherboard VRM
00:00 Chapter 1 - Prelude
02:16 Chapter 2 - The Diagnosis
16:58 Chapter 3 - Finding The Shorted VRM
21:10 Chapter 4 - Understanding The VRM Circuit
33:59 Chapter 5 - What Is Shorted High Side MOSFET?
38:27 Chapter 6 - The Problem
39:25 Chapter 7 - Identifying VRM MOSFETs And Drivers
44:59 Chapter 8 - Method 1
47:18 Chapter 9 - Method 2
48:34 Chapter 10 - Method 3
49:41 Chapter 11 - Method 4
50:41 Chapter 12 - Method 5
53:26 Chapter 13 - Method 6
58:23 Chapter 14 - Method 7
59:33 Chapter 15 - Method 8
1:02:47 Chapter 16 - Method 9
1:04:03 Chapter 17 - Method 10
1:05:26 Chapter 18 - Bonus Method 11
1:11:20 Chapter 19 - Epilogue
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@davedave3631 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve watched more tutorials than I can count and this is by far the easiest channel for people like me to learn from. I only wish I didn’t waste so much time on the other channels where content creators just assumed we’d already know what they were talking about. Thank you for taking the time to explain everything.

@LearnElectronicsRepair 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you and welcome aboard. Also check out the #LER Discord server - I think you might like it Learn Electronics Repair is now on Discord! Come and join the fun and let's fix stuff together, it's free and a nice place to be. discord.gg/vam6YC8vwU

@Todayisthelife Жыл бұрын

I'm as green as it gets.... recently found I have cancer and lost my job so I'm taking this as a hobby. Man am I glad I found you! I have a 3090 to repair. Wish me luck!

@kriswillems5661 2 жыл бұрын

For those that are wondering why the ESR meter was so good: Because the mosfet is shorted you are in fact measuring between the 12v line and the vrm output. Both the 12v line and the vrm output have capacitors. The other side of all capacitors is connected to ground. So, your ESR meter is measuring the series of the vrm and 12v capacitors (and the ground in in the middle between the both capacitors).

@LearnElectronicsRepair 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely correct - and it was a very good demonstration of that fact 😁

@plinker439 Жыл бұрын

Where did he put the black probe at 50:25? Exactly what for did he measure the resistance? It's not clear at all.

@mattbentley8958 9 ай бұрын

@plinker439 I believe he was just measuring from each side of the coil. On the good circuit, the esr meter measures the coil resistance. On the shorted circuit, each end of the coil is connected to a capacitor which is connected to ground. Since the esr meter uses a high frequency test signal the capacitors are effectively seen as low resistance connections to ground.

@tdtrecordsmusic 2 жыл бұрын

excellent vid. Truly excellent. whenever I come to a situation of having to remove a component like this, I use 2 soldering irons. (Also, puffs of air if needed to blast the solder off.) One iron heats the area and one goes for the pins. Typically, if I can't unsolder it is due to heat sinks, mainly copper pads under components. I wonder if u could have just put an iron directly on the ceramic(black) part of the mosfet. it's dead anyways so no worries about killing it, but this would put the heat where u want it and no where else. Another method of diagnosing is signal injection. Grab the signal generator and put a frequency through stuff. This works amazing. Usually u can read anything. U will have to get used to what happens and learn to read the signals. Resistance shows as signal attentuation. Capacitance shows as signal frequency cutoff, U need to look at bandwidth to check that. Diodes chop ur signal in half. Best part is u can read circuit paths with very low injected signals. Actually U want to use very low currents. 10k or 100k input impedance(resistors). A scope + signal generator can tell u everything u wish to know about circuit layout and the state of the components.

@LearnElectronicsRepair 2 жыл бұрын

quote Another method of diagnosing is signal injection. Grab the signal generator and put a frequency through stuff. This works amazing. Usually u can read anything. U will have to get used to what happens and learn to read the signals. Resistance shows as signal attentuation. Capacitance shows as signal frequency cutoff Isn't that exactly what I was doing with the ESR meter (which was one of the two most notable successes in this video)?

@tdtrecordsmusic 2 жыл бұрын

@@LearnElectronicsRepair Absolutely Yes Indeed it is. However, you are missing the readout which the Oscilloscope provides. I guess I should have mentioned the scope earlier and in a more formal manner. The combo of a scope + signal generator is king. U can also use that combo of signal generator & the gain+overdrive+dynamic microphone but u really have to know what sounds "sound" like. I need a name for that tech. Maybe I should call it the OVERgain mic diagnosis tech? One day I'll make a vid and totally describe and show it. When I do that it will be easier to develop a name. It's quick and dirty but it gets results fast. Its great for quickly discovering shorts + severed traces + faulty caps + crappy diodes. Its really good for detecting signal bleed, like a situation where an inductor/transformer/OR a diode is emanating and leaking signal which is then being picked up by other components or wires. back to the Oscope + signal generator. The waveform which is produced and subsequently read is where all the info is. U have to see the screen and know the input. Can the ESR tool hint that there are parallel paths and tank arrangements ? Does it show the attenuation level, which u can then rework the math and compare to expected results ? With the ESR tool it is only able to make one type of analysis... at one frequency.. One waveform type. So, you can think of the signal gen + Oscope as having a plethora of devices similar to the ESR. Actually, I use this method to determine ESR.

@kriswillems5661 2 жыл бұрын

This is really good video. Honestly, I am an (fellow?) electronics engineer and have seldom seen such creative approach to finding shorts. It's great summary.

@LearnElectronicsRepair 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@mansjacobsson5823 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing. I'm a total beginner who is just eager to learn about electronics. I just want to be able to fix stuff at home. So I appreciate your time.

@iaingold7802 Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for this video. I think it might be my favourite video on KZfaq that I have watched. I am an electronics tech and have not used an ESR meter before... I am going to find one tomorrow. I blew a fuse on my new rx6700 card that I mounted a water cooling block on, using your knowledge and instruction to test the pins I got to deduce that i didn't have a 12v or 3.3v short but decided that what you were explaining would further my knowledge and understanding so watched intently to the end. I think I must have over tightened the screws (for fear of leaving a gap on GPU core due to thick thermal pads on VRMs etc.), I am now hopeful that the fuse was all that is needed. I measured my drivers and they all seem to be the same (with same part numbers at least). I am almost glad I broke my card because I have now found your videos. Thank you for being such a great teacher, i will try to pass on your skills to the students I teach and certainly be sharing with the enthiastic ones your channel

@hamzalogo Жыл бұрын

Watching this video at 3 am trying to sleep, but it had the opposite effect on me, got me so interested and hooked, hats of to you sir, and thank you for the amazing tutorial

@seeithappen1 2 жыл бұрын

This is much better than learning dry electronics in a school

@LearnElectronicsRepair 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers

@technomad900 3 ай бұрын

You are a legend .. Ive watched many videos on PCB repair .. This covers so much and easy to follow , so useful

@ExtremeBogom 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Richard. Another great video, full of useful information. I've learnt a lot more about mosfets and their relationship with drivers and why there is often two/three mosfets working together. You are a great teacher!

@LearnElectronicsRepair 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it 😁

@baghdadiabdellatif1581 Жыл бұрын

i can't thankyou enough God bless you greetings from north Africa (Algeria)

@chrirep 2 жыл бұрын

What a GREAT video! I am a total amateur but I enjoy watching you as you explain it so well that is easy to follow even for the newbies.... YEAH?!? 🤪 Keep up the good work!!

@philhulse5355 Жыл бұрын

A true Stokie I am in Stoke too great to see the great side of Stoke on KZfaq Great work you do I'll say thee again on another.

@davidhollfelder9940 Жыл бұрын

Great diagnostic strategies. Measuring voltage drop across each coil, is great .. similar to finding a parasitic draw on a vehicle by measuring millivolts across each fuse/ckt tree in the fuse box(es).

@zeferrum 2 жыл бұрын

I cannot imagine how many hours went into this.. So much for the weekend only hobby!! Thanks so much. . keep up the great work. Martin

@LearnElectronicsRepair 2 жыл бұрын

A lot! This was one of my most demanding videos to produce.

@chrisjames2285 Жыл бұрын

Im just now getting into this kinda thing on the side as a hobbie. It's really hard to understand out of a textbook you make sense out of it to me thanks, great video very informative I liked and subscribed!!

@dwightelvey645 2 жыл бұрын

I have yet another method. I've even used it to find the location of a short on internal power plains. I'll try to describe it. This is even safer than the ones you've used. It requires no current through the components. You need a sensitive meter. I've used meter that can measure 1/10 of a micro volt. First locate the thinnest trace. I believe on these boards it would be the 12V side of the transistors. Set the power supply for the maximum current. and some minimal voltage. I usually use 0.4 V. In you case 5 amps should be enough. Attach your power supply to the two remote ends of the 12V that is across where the FETs are attached. The supply should clearly be in current limit. I usually solder wires to make a more stable contact. Now take one lead of the meter to the load side of the coils. Now with the other lead probe along the 12V connections. Where the voltage measured it the point of the short. I've used this method to even find a short that was as high as 1K ohms. It is all about getting enough current to see a voltage drop across the 12V trace. It works like a wheatstone bridge. For internal layers, I will often choose the ground plain to drive the current across. I solder wires at two diagonal corners and drive diagonally. ( assuming a power rail short ). I'll start with one meter attached to the offending rail. the other lead I probe around the ground at various known ground points. I'll lay a string, held in place with small pieces of tape along the 0 volt line ( often a curved line ). I remove the supply and place it on the other diagonal. I then probe for the zero along the string. It may need zeroing in by measuring the other diagonal, again, for the exact component. I used this method to find a 1K short on a burning board with 600 socket and several hundred more resistors of 1K. The idea is that when the reference matches the drop across the high current line, it is like finding the point of contact along a series of resistors. You know that a lead is connected to one of the junctions so the minimum voltage is the same point. As I noted, do not feed the current directly through the components. In your case some current will branch and flow through the coils so you'll need to also move the reference. It is hoped that the coils have more resistance than the traces. Dwight

@funnyclipcentralz Жыл бұрын

Wow wish I found this channel ages ago, you explain everything so clearly and make it easy to understand, best channel I’ve found to learn from. Keep the vids coming cheers

@jay1st1st 2 жыл бұрын

Hi, i have been using your various methods and found out my MXM GTS880 board has a shorted capacitor on one of the rails. Now i need to change it and see if it works ^_^. I am by no means a pro but i like electronics....and really enjoy your channel ! tnx mate or muchas gracias.

@naidol 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent. The circuit diagram drawing explaining each component and then how they packaged into chips we see on the pcb was the best part for me (novice). Look forward to video about removing the mosfet. 😊

@arnaudjacquemin2248 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. This is what I call expertise! :)

@wantomek Жыл бұрын

Another option is to bridge the coils together and inject voltage between DCin and the bridge thus protecting the GPU chip, but very thorough explanation. Cheers!

@wantomek Жыл бұрын

Also - to remove welded parts we often just grinded them down with a dremmel tool with a round head from dental appliances.

@ppaul6974 2 жыл бұрын

About that welded driver IC, it might be easier to move the coil and other components for that phase one another unpopulated place if is on same power lane, or maybe with a mini grinder to destroy the case of the driver and try to unsolder the metal remains piece by piece the fused one might become easier to be removed but i woldnt put to much hope to come off without a chunk of pcb trace. Thank you for your videos, i wish there was a channel like yours 10-15 years ago it would made my life so much easier! most of your tricks i had to figure it out by myself but still i can find them useful being so well structured as a reminder. Good luck with the repair !

@LearnElectronicsRepair 2 жыл бұрын

Hi P Paul, yes I totally agree, actually I also suggested this idea on the reply to another comment - to rebuild that phase on another of the 'blank' phases - but I suggested leaving the welded driver in place and just removing the inductor to use in the relocated postion (plus re-route the PWM drive Really most of my 'tricks' are nothing new, they are old school knowledge. Some of which may have been lost, or at least fell into obscurity over the decades but I'm happy to be passing them on to the latest generations of fixers 😉

@hightttech 2 жыл бұрын

@@LearnElectronicsRepair: Speaking of "old" test methods, do you recall the HP 547A current tracer? Such an AWESOME TOOL. Prior to thermal cameras which, IMO, are the GRAND CHAMPION current tracers and priceless on the bench, I used the 547A to pinpoint shorted and active components. I still have two, but they're mostly retired due to FLIR camera.

@ppaul6974 2 жыл бұрын

Now i see, at that moment have not read all the comments, sure if rebuilding is taken in consideration the failed driver can remain in his place, once the coil removed the 12v rail have no path to the gpu power rail, only problem that might rise if the low side mosfet in the driver decide to conduct with the command pin in the air, but i think its a low probability and if happens probably will burn the fuse on 12v or trigger the psu protection it will affect the gpu no longer. However doing the rebuild requires a bit of patience and attention to details not to forget or wrong place any of the resistors (i wonder if "pre-driver" survived), anyway i'm sure you can do it :). Thank you again for your videos, I find a lot of value in "your old school knowledge" and how you provide it.

@AMCTechRepairs 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing video! I just wish I'd found it sooner as I damaged a HP motherboard literally the other day when I injected voltage, now I understand why!

@kidtask Жыл бұрын

Great Video you are the GURU of Electronics

@manuforti1314 2 жыл бұрын

Another excellent video. I have had 2 board where there is no way the hot air is removing a mosfet. Both cases have required a dremel to grind most of the mosfet away then flood with solder to float the remaining parts off. Not easy but doable. I watched a guy do it on a video, he was german but the auto subtitles and with a lot of pausing the video I could see what he was doing.

@rentnerzockt 2 жыл бұрын

Hy Richard suuuuper then ever Greetings Olli from the Fleemarked

@LearnElectronicsRepair 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Olli - glad you enjoyed it

@AB-yu2tj 2 жыл бұрын

This is wonderful you're a treasure

@CXensation 2 жыл бұрын

Well done Richard! I was surprised to see how the ESR meter excelled in this case, but still the amps and voltage drop (essentially milli ohms) method seems to be the alltime winner. Yeah it definately seems appropriate with a video showing how to cope with these difficult component removal cases. I'd think of the same approach as in this video, where you show different methods with failures and success. Thank you very much for your efforts

@LearnElectronicsRepair 2 жыл бұрын

My favourite methods here were the same as yours (plus one other) 1. The ESR meter was really impressive but would only work like this where you have a coil with a shorted MOSFET on one side. 2. The Voltage injection (current injection actually) plus milli-volt meter was the other clear winner and more general purpose option as you *only* see a voltage drop if current is passing between the two points where you put the probes, regardless of what is in-between them, even a length of PCB track. Otherwise it just reads zero as I demonstrated 3. If you are on a tight budget, have a multi-meter but can't afford a bench PSU, then the $1 short circuit finder is a clear winner because A: it worked and B: All you need is a LM317, a 22 ohm resistor and a 4.5V-5V voltage source such as AA batteries, (wall wart) power pack or even just use USB power from your PC kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hsVieqp_15rVYac.html

@marsovac Жыл бұрын

Haha i'm not an electrical engineer but a software developer. However after you shown the diagram and identified the fault, I tought "well just desolder the coils one by one and the short will disappear". I continued watching the video and right before the last few methods, where it become complicated, I was thinking to myself "hmm maybe I'm dumb...". And then you left that method for last, and pulled me a prank :D Perhaps it makes sense that they are difficult to desolder, but then it makes sense to put this method as first since it is the most obvious one, and explain the problems and then proceed with others.

@stevehovey70 2 жыл бұрын

you need a better preheater... one that can be adjusted to 300 degrees celsius. we use those mosfets on our boards too and it is the large paddle connection under it that sinks the heat away from the part. if you pre heat hot enough it will come off. another removal method is to flux it up, use a large wattage soldering iron and add fresh solder to the pins or you can use a removal alloy with low melt point and then use the hot air to loosen the part. clean up all the pads with chem wick and desolder all pads of the removal alloy before installing the new mosfet.

@jonnymakers9560 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent video. Thank you for the awesome explanation. I agree it takes a lot of heat to remove those FETs, they have thermal pads underneath perhaps the video manufacturers know this and make it impossible to repair.

@KB1UIF 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Rich, Great Video!! I'm not sure about the Driver chip being welded to the board, but I have seen components glued to the PCB board during manufacturing. I remember seeing boards wave soldered, and components were glued on the board prior to this process. I also remember seeing "My Mate Vince" ruin a PS4 power supply board trying to remove a component from the board with hot air, but the component would not leave the board for the same reason. So everyone beware !!

@katnik211 2 жыл бұрын

Another great video. Thanks for sharing. I have an idea how to remove a bad mosfet welded on the board... Just grind it out using a dremel. Using low rpm with a little patience i will be (probably) removed. I believe it worth a try.

@christianmusso629 Жыл бұрын

Extremely interesting and useful video. Loved also the details on those methods that didn't prove up to the task and also not editing out the hiccups that occurred along the way!

@screen-protector 2 жыл бұрын

in the worst-case scenario, you can grind it to the comfort level and then take your time to finish it off. You can see on the best YT channels that we all face the same problem sooner or later ;). It's never easy though if a component can integrate with the mainboard.

@karsaifalo Жыл бұрын

Hi Richard, Thank you again for the high quality learning matterial! Thanks to you and this video I was able to identify my shorted driver. Please keep up the great work you do, Yeah? :)

@PaulHigginbothamSr 2 жыл бұрын

Did enjoy your work Mac. Twas fun. Ringing was interesting but seems I hope my oscilloscope enjoys the ringing.

@garypoplin4599 Жыл бұрын

A variation of your ‘voltage injection/ millivoltmeter’ method would be to short the output of each coil to ground and see which one drops the voltage on the power supply: the coil connected to the shorted MOSFET will drop the voltage drastically. Same idea except you’re using only the power supply display without the DMM. 58:46 - You can buy voltage and you can buy resistance; but, you can’t buy current! Current is created by dropping a voltage across a resistance. Just as there is no fluid flow without a pressure difference, there can be no current flow without a voltage difference (drop). Voltage drop is much more efficient at locating faults than resistance readings and you’ve proven that, once again, here. Voltage drop is your friend! Also, the danger of meter damage by inadvertently subjecting the ohmmeter to a live circuit voltage is eliminated.

@6690Blacky 2 жыл бұрын

Great experiences! I am happy that I found you. 😀 Good luck man, and be always positive, some things do not go so easy.

@LearnElectronicsRepair 2 жыл бұрын

Oh and don't I know it... but I am nothing if not patient, persistent and determined when it comes to fault finding. Still doesn't mean I can fix them all of course (but I can usually work out why)

@christianward1411 2 жыл бұрын

Now that was interesting!! I know little about electronics repair but I learnt a lot with such a well explained video. Thank you

@castlecodersltd Жыл бұрын

I definitely did learn something today. Thanks for this knowledge. ☺

@reklaw3603 2 жыл бұрын

I have learned so much in this video, your talent to show proper diagnostics is brilliant. Truly well presented! Thanks

@edwardoware9104 2 жыл бұрын

I was late but have taken time to watch everything to the end and man, you are the best. Full of knowledge 🙌🙌🙌🙌

@bombswabs3041 2 жыл бұрын

I really love watching Mr Carlson's Lab, but his videos are a great way to watch his genius in action. Your videos on the other hand are a wonderful mix of application and explanation. I know very little about electronics repair or theory, but am very intrigued and prefer your style. Please keep making more. I could watch for hours!

@ravenhhca 8 ай бұрын

Your teaching style is superb.

@tasoscyra2785 2 жыл бұрын

everything about modern switching P.S. in a single video , thank you so much .The voltage injection method from 12v power ril to a phase coil is genius , but ESR method is so far genius , CONGRATS!!!!

@LearnElectronicsRepair 2 жыл бұрын

Thank You!!!!

@boblewis5558 Жыл бұрын

Love the use of your experience and basic electronic knowledge to use HF rather than DC to find the problem by using an ESR meter - maybe a custom unit with selectable frequencies might be a good tool to build. 👍👍👍 With regard to the inductive pickup a couple of things occured to me as I watched: 1. Usually, or at least often, the internal layout of the coils is of a coil mounted with its winding horizontal, i.e. parallel to the board. I noticed you only tried your little test coil with it orthogonal to the suspect coil. Not the best orientation to maximise the magnetic coupling! 2. Given that the sort of coils used are often flat wound with relatively few turns, and any output to be measured would be small, a larger turns ratio might help. So using a more customised coil with many turns of fine wire on a high permeability graphite rod orientated such that the coil being tested and the test coil are axially aligned might help too? 3. I've never been a fan of using the "what gets hot" method used frequently by Louis Rossman for example, since it "could" potentially exacerbate problems. But your millivolt method of checking voltage across the coil is a FAR better solution. 4. Again though, you are using DC. Might this be another case of better results by using HF to check? An HF feed (rather than DC) on the 12v rail, which can ONLY pass through a shorted MOSFET, would show a higher (any) voltage across the coil. None of the o/c MOSFETS can pass that signal hence no voltage would be present. Another case for the ESR meter as the HF source or a simple 555 circuit with say an auto sweep function as a test tool? 5. Number 4. above might even be a means of improving the potential magnetic output for the coil pickup test. You've shown some great ideas! And a few to add to the "toolbox". Even after a 47 year career as a graduate electronic engineer with over 14 years of in-field troubleshooting and repair of "real" (big 19" PDP and VAX rack) computer systems, never too old or experienced to learn new tricks! Keep 'em coming! 👍👍👍

@jimmyramkisoen191278 2 жыл бұрын

Very good to understand how vrm works. Thank you for your time en dedication!

@LearnElectronicsRepair 2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome JImmy

@lavague7648 Жыл бұрын

Impressive. After watching this and another couple of your videos i can say that i understood most of the vrms and their troubleshooting. What i enjoy most is that you reffered in the physics behind in a very comprehensive way. Congratulations.

@davidhollfelder9940 Жыл бұрын

When you used the MESR meter, you could try using a guitar pickup coil/inductive pickup (these are very sensitive), with a scope, to find the current/signal flowing thru the coil of the shorted phase, compared to the others.

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@dougiee6589 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant methods and well covered I like the sure fire method to save time and not use too fancy smancy testing and yeah thanks for breaking down the gpu circuitry with drawings and nice going mentioning the tester settings while poking around hehe - my confidence is growing to solve my dead MSI gtx 1060 which died under the same circumstance of incorrectly cabling a riser to it in my mining rig damnit

@LearnElectronicsRepair 2 жыл бұрын

To be honest the fancy smancy stuff was mostly to add some entertainment, and to satisfy myself that it would not work. I think the ESR meter technique surprised a lot of people though. And the voltage injection plus using the millivolt meter to determine which inductor the current flowed through technique was pretty impressive also.

@gianfrancosaladino6320 2 жыл бұрын

this is a great video thanks for sharing your knowledge greetings from venezuela

@henrybartlett1986 2 жыл бұрын

I’m hooked on these now. Great stuff!

@temyraverdana6421 2 жыл бұрын

Thank Richard, an amazing useful lesson!

@bmck9097 Жыл бұрын

Thank you. Excellent video!

@AVOIDAVOIDVOID Жыл бұрын

Very nice and thorough. Your effort is appreciated.

@gbondbasic 2 жыл бұрын

enjoyed this

@LearnElectronicsRepair 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Gordon

@dkmmhdk 2 жыл бұрын

To do ring-testing you should probably have a capacitor across the coil. I've testes (TV line output) transformers with a function generator set to small with pulses with a longer pause feeding a winding of the transformer through a resistor, without the resistor the low output impedance of the FG would dampen the the circuit too much, a capacitor across the winding and the scope probe also across the winding. a good transformer should show a series of dampened oscillations, a shorted transformer only a few oscillations (rings)

@LearnElectronicsRepair 2 жыл бұрын

Maikael Hansen Yeah I thought it was a wild chance, but fun to try. Thanks for the info

@DeadCatX2 Жыл бұрын

I wonder if you could pick up the magnetic field in the coils using a hall effect sensor as your pickup

@oussamaassal5588 Жыл бұрын

i know my comment is so late.. but i suggest you to use a grinding pen with some specific tip to act like a CNC to destroy that mosfet =) after that solder a new mosfet . Greatings from Algeria

@rahulmechatronics 2 жыл бұрын

excellent tutorial

@larrywildman4381 2 жыл бұрын

It would be fan to see you removing the mosfet with a dremel ... I did it sometimes ... often the damage is between the layers of the pcb. And even in these extreme cases, sometimes you could repair the board (but you need a lot of time and patience .... inject some current, find the hot spot, remove a bit, see if the short has gone, repeat until success.)

@Broxie 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Richard. Never tried it but stuck like that if I still need the part off I would probably try to grind the chip away.

@skysurfhf 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video, best for finding short circuit ... Greatings from Portugal 🇵🇹🌟

@neebwill Жыл бұрын

You are awesome! Love your videos and have learned a fair amount along the way. This one was particularly useful for me.

@educateorstagnate9183 2 жыл бұрын

With your meter on millivolts ac ,.. pass a very small but powerful neodymium magnet quickly across the top of the chip. If the coil is complete , its good. Otherwise train the pet spyders on the back of your fingers , like airport sniff dogs. :)

@LearnElectronicsRepair 2 жыл бұрын

That is the sort of thing I had in mind when I said 'maybe with some other equipment' The spiders only work on halloween (especially if it coincides wit ha full moon) LOL

@peterdavey2767 2 жыл бұрын

WOW another great video

@ramzanahmed9237 2 жыл бұрын

You sir are brilliant thank you very much

@MrMaxeemum 2 жыл бұрын

Excellently explained again. Love these videos.

@bluefishactcl1464 11 ай бұрын

Very good one !!!!

@ginakatsarowa-achig7354 Жыл бұрын

Well done thank very much for sharing your know how to

@enriconapolitano4321 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Richard.

@toepyaesone6177 2 ай бұрын

Thank you very much for you video sir I love it and help me alot

@ruudb72 2 жыл бұрын

Execlent video. Thanks!

@tunkunrunk Жыл бұрын

apart from replacing bad caps , nobody ever dared to try fixing graphic cards . Most of us just threw them to trash bin . I've never seen lot of people successfully fixing dead graphic cards . faulty ones are sold on eBay for a few bucks

@stephenw4720 Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Sir!

@ahtv3821 Жыл бұрын

Hello, how are you? I speak Arabic and follow you. I have benefited a lot from you

@surgingcircuits6955 Жыл бұрын

Excellent video. TY

@rfarrer7685 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent video, very clear explanations and a series of methods you would only achieve from a high level of experience. Thanks for sharing. Ive subscribed 👍

@antonypalmer5804 2 жыл бұрын

brilliant video with lots of information.

@andymouse 2 жыл бұрын

Hi, great work. I have the same meter as you I've had it for years I even have the same grubby yellow bumper on it ! have you forgotten that this meter has a low ohms (40R) setting that gives you extra resolution and allows you to calibrate out the resistance of the leads ? I ask because I've never seen you use it but you change meters here for a similar setting but does NOT allow you to 'cal out' the resistance of the leads, just curious because you have to look closely at the writing on the Fluke 79 to see the function (40R) and the 'CAL' is referenced on the back. One test you didn't mention was using alcohol on the chips and seeing which one evaporated the alcohol first and as you were putting current through anyway it might have given you another win ! New subscriber and enjoying your work....cheers.

@LearnElectronicsRepair 2 жыл бұрын

Actually i was not aware of tha tfeature on my Fluke 79, even I owned it since 1993. I should check that out.

@tonict2302 11 ай бұрын

Awesome video

@k.o.0 2 жыл бұрын

Great trouble shooting. I recently attempted to fix my sons Sapphire R9 390, and replaced the blown fuse, 5V regulator and attempted to get off the IOR mosfet. After 40 minutes at 450c and lots of flux, it literally melted the chip but 2 little traces got damaged. I had no heater from underneath like you, but, with capacitors and bucks right next with lots of underboard microscopic sized resistors I don’t think it was even viable option. Anyways, I did put on the new chip but with the 2 traces broken it never gave me a boot screen despite at least the fans kicking in and the card showing some life. I felt somewhat redeemed watching your video, to realize even a pro like you sometimes can’t fix the problem despite diagnosing the exact issue. Thank you for your videos. I am sure they have helped others. I definitely learned a little more should I ever endeavour to fix another video card.

@mpadlite2925 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for another very interesting and instructive video!!! :) Best regards

@AKhan-nu9mw 9 ай бұрын

Very Good, Sir

@Threadripper147 Жыл бұрын

a true master

@d614gakadoug9 9 ай бұрын

22:35 No, it is a buck converter with synchronous rectification. It is still very much a basic buck converter at heart. Sync rectification simply improves efficiency by lowering the forward voltage drop of the rectifier. Synchronous rectification can be used with any switchmode topology. True buck-boost converters inherently have sync rectification ability because of the extra switches required to change mode from buck to boost. 23:10 Again, no. Not all of the energy when the high side switch is ON is being stored in the inductor. The same current that flows in the inductor while it is charging MUST flow into the output capacitor and load. The inductor in a buck converter is *never* allowed to saturate. If it did the inductance would drop to that of the winding with an air core and current through the inductor and into the capacitor and load would suddenly rise very dramatically. When the high-side switch turns off and the low side switch turns on, the energy stored in the inductor is transferred to the capacitor and load. Usually in these circuits the inductor is never fully discharged though it may be. As long as it isn't the output voltage is equal to the input voltage times the duty cycle of the high-side switch (ignoring losses). Multiphase converters do help with thermal management, but they are also very helpful in managing ripple current. A buck converter's input current is in pulses of high amplitude, with virtually no current between pulses. This works the input capacitors very hard and makes input power distribution a big problem. Use of multiple phases eases these problems. They also reduce the ripple current on the output capacitors.

@davidlingaard9435 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video sir

@shanesdiy 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent video, thank you for sharing your knowledge!

@phillip557 2 жыл бұрын

I like your channel. Please keep making content and don't give up. I am really enjoying your channel. Thank you.

@LearnElectronicsRepair 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I will

@frankreiserm.s.8039 2 жыл бұрын

Great video.

@jayfowler4747 2 жыл бұрын

Had similar issue with device that didn't want to leave its pcb so I got it hot and used wide tweezers and twisted it back and fourth till it released, worst case you rip tracks but it's knackered if you don't try anyway...

@jancenj2218 2 жыл бұрын

I'm currently working on a pretty expensive board. On a good board, 11 LEDs would turn on. The current draw is around 1.46 amps. On a bad board, only 2 would turn on and the current draw is around 5 mA. I'm able to turn on 10 LEDs if I manually feed or inject 0.8 volt to one of the pins of a regulator using a power supply. This 0.8 volt is an enable coming from a large BGA FPGA. When I do this, the current draw jumps to 3.2 amps and the FPGA feels hot quickly. There is an LDO regulator that feeds directly to this FPGA. On a normal board, its output is 3 volts. On a bad board, its output is only 0.9 volt. We did an xray of the FPGA but everything looks okay. We are having a hard time deciding on removing the BGA FPGA as it costs around $1400 unless we can find a way to reball it and reinstall it. What do you think is causing this problem? Any input is highly appreciated. Thanks.