I like the way Vince doesn’t just stop at the keyboard is faulty but goes into full autopsy mode.

There's no such thing as a failure video - we've all learned from this! =D

I was so confused why a piece of poop was laying on top of the chrome book

This was an adventure, not a failure. Your skills at telling the story have gotten SO GOOD - knowing when to time lapse and the voiceovers to keep the pace and interest. Bravo.

It's really shameful how some manufactures assemble their products in such a way that they are almost impossible to repair. This was a very enjoyable video regardless.

That was tough viewing, Vince. Whoever sold it knew it was damaged beyond reasonable repair. Not very honest of them.

You always amaze me with your skills you've come so far in the past few year's. Nothing is ever a fail and it's been an absolute pleasure watching your videos from tea breaks to your rolls Royce and even when you nearly get blown up by the fans. Thank you for an entertaining us all through 2022. All the best to you and your family see you in 2023

I think my two favorite fix videos that you do are the car, and computers. You always seem to get into and out of trouble on those… I love it buddy

I admire your resourcefulness! the way you track down parts and problems .You never seem to get frustrated or angry ! we could all learn from that !

I always suffer a flicker of trepidation whenever you take the cover off a laptop because my fecund imagination is expecting a pink-footed tarantula to jump out at you! A neurosurgeon would have been proud of your fixing those microscopic tracks! Phew! Oh, and your tenacity is awesome! I salute you!

Vince you're repair looks great, I cannot emphasize to other people how hard it is working on that small of a scale, you truly are working on the next level. I would bet it would have worked for sure if it was the corrosion that was the issue, love the videos Vince!

7:30 that transition is so satisfying, almost magic how it turns from a burned down board to a brand new board lol thats crazy

You did an incredible repair, shame it was futile . Have a great Christmas Vince

Really enjoyed this, never a failure, the information gained is worth the time and effort and the video was very entertaining

Good job finding the faults. You always know how to make videos interesting. Anybody else would've thrown it away after finding the bga chip missing from the board.

Very enjoyable to watch even as a failure. That footage at 21min mark...very nice!

I enjoyed the video Vince. And I admire your patience and skill with those traces! Keep up the good work!

What a cliffhanger to the very end! That video was a thriller and the forensic autopsy gave an insight into just how delicate and vulnerable technology is. When I bought a new 15.6" 1T HD with 8GB ram laptop 5 years ago, just a few weeks later spilt my pot noodle over the keyboard and after an urgent and Valliant rescue attempt sadly failed and a third of the keyboard keys did not work. My computer shop said it was too corroded to replace it with a replacement. It's still in use today with an external Monitor, Keyboard Mouse and it works fine. The lesson learned is never ever take anything liquid near computers and your Chromebook is usable.

What a great video. Loved it all, the micro surgery, showes what can be done. And I loved seeing the keyboard and how some fluid can get in. I wish people on eBay would be more honest. If I found something with a genuine fault I would send it to you so will keep my eyes out. Merry Xmas to you and family and thanks for the enjoyment

That was a lot of work Vince. We all learned from this, so in the end it is not a failure. Thanks for the lesson.

Keyboards are about a tenner on eBay, you can melt the plastic welds back enough. I did keyboard replacement on a almost identically laptop the other week.

That missing chip is an eMMC the storage chip. I recognise the BGA pattern.

Such patience, and so even a non-techy person like me learned so much. I now look at my own Chromebook with awe, now knowing the internal complexity.

Vince, excellent job with those replacement pads. I knew you could do it. Seems to me you’ve made quite a bit of progress with SMD work. Cudos mate and merry Christmas.

Absolutely amazing Vince nothing seems to be out of your comfort zone, excellent repair of the pcb, I have used copper wire and flattened it and then cut to size it works great, have a great Christmas to you and your family. Regards Gary

also, you have done really well fixing those traces. As NorthridgeFix says the more you do something the better you get.

I'm glad you done this m8, one of my neighbours gave me 40 broken laptops, 20 odd tablets and another box of old phones and some of the laptops like the Vaio are in pristine condition and I am summing up the courage to start tackling this huge pile of machines. I watch NorthridgeFix daily as well as he hits on laptops a lot too and I reckon most of them are mosfet or cap failures that I have. Wishing you and yours a happy Xmas :D

Love your video's super content brilliant video really really enjoy thanks for brightening up my days. Merry Christmas to you and your family happy New year to you all.

You know what I learned? That taking apart a keyboard was really cool, I was unaware of how much goes into it! I also learned that you, "Vince" should do any TV show on offer! You you would be great! Live and Learn Mate!

Always enjoy your videos Vince your persistent is unrivaled at times keep up the great work😁

Nice, thease laptop/computer repair videos have to be my favorite! Even though it wasn't fully a success at least you saved one laptop from going to the landfill!

There is no such a thing like loosing time, we are loosing time no matter what we do... if you do what you enjoy and love the time is not lost. Greetings and thanks for the great content, let's keep enjoying.

new video every day it really is xmas. thankyou vince.

Incredible achievement to get it working this far. Well done 🎉

Funnily at the end of the video - the You Tube screen came up with 'Best Fails 2022' at 40mins. If only I had the same knowledge I'd love to be able to do all of that! Fab video...

Tip: use a scalpel or exacto knife to pick up those copper tracks and help lay them down more easily. Love the channel!

Your videos are always entertaining . Thanks

Thank you for this awesome video, love the persistence and your thought process! It's a shame to see Lenovo not having a repair friendly machine but still thank you for the content

I love the bit at the end with a keyboard in 1 million pieces all over the desk and he says I can’t see anything obviously wrong with it. That’s classic

Hi Vince would you do a Q&A session? Just answering wisdoms you get from the comments, not about a specific video repair, but just as general? Also would be great if you did a live chat too! Been watching since you were Mr Telephone Man!

It's nice to see you back to electronics I miss them

5:46 felt like a grown-up version of Blue's Clues. "A clue, a clue!"

You roll the dice, sometimes you win, sometimes you loose, I think you will eventually find a replacement for the right price one day, keep doing what you are doing, excellent stuff.

It's good practice working with those tiny track strips replacement tape. That will no doubt come in handy in a future project.

Nice video! Even though you had to replace the board and ended up destroying it taking the keyboard apart, you learnt from it now and future chromebook repairs will be easier

Still an awesome video mate 10 out of 10 would watch it again and merry christmas to you and your family

Great video, Vince. I think for wax to be under the battery maybe someone melted a candle or something on top of the keyboard. Have a great christmas Vince 🎄

Hi Vince, you know - you loose some, you win some. Now you have a non-fixed Chromebook for parts, but you've also practiced some micro soldering of pads and THAT will be worth a lot in the future. Merry Christmas! 🎅🎄

Nah. I don't consider this a failure. It was very interesting and learnful.

you are very entertaining and i have been subbed for a while. I also like the switch videos :) Merry Christmas to you and your kids!

You got some steady hands.. could never

Vince putting in the work before the holidays

Love your video's so much Vince.

Great effort Vince! 👍👍 And nice to see you making good use of the grinding pen! I did notice when you said about the board, and was wondering if it was just a place for an optional chip that wasn't populated, but it seems not. That keyboard looked a nightmare! Looks like you were well stung with that one :( Had a thought for next year, I know you tried the KZfaq fixers thing a while back, but next year we could do a "Secret Santa" type thing where a few of us fixers could each send each other a broken item to repair perhaps? Let me know your thoughts..

36:18 keyboard all over the desk, we all feel like that sometimes don't we lol.

good old e bay was a brilliant video sir happy christmas vince

The value is the knowledge, the learning.

Interesting to see. But it was NOT a waste of time for you either. From every failure you learn a lot of things. 1) First make a thorough visual inspection for missing or damaged parts. 2) You (and we watchers) learned how all that stuff looks like inside, especially such keyboards, and whether a repair is possible. In more higher class notebooks the keyboard is easily replacable and quite cheap to buy. Thanks for doing the filming.

9:15 The heating station sounds like a Og Phat Ps3 al full blast 😂😂😂💀💀💀

You give more effort than I would.

way to go with ripping the hell out of that keyboard Vince :) Merry Christmas to you and your family :)

It takes a brave man to go so far into a basket case and still come out successful. Bravo mate

EMMC memory chip ( the SSD or in other words hard disk drive) That board should work without the emmc chip, Well now you have spares for it, The chip side connections are more important than the bottom pins, You could have a short on the main power rail, Thank you for the mention, doubled check your solder joints on the chip Still an awesome video 👍👍👍👍👍👍

Nice video like always and yes Northbridge fix use that pads quite frequently and he always talking about fifth dimension when he something lose like that pads you mentioned so maybe he was a string theorist before he become one of the best fixers on YT who's gone know everything is possible 😂 😂 😂

nice video merry Xmas Vince and new year

Well done mate big respect 👌♥️👍

So close! FYI, in cases where the layers separate but they do work under pressure, you can simply use a dab of super glue to link them back together, I've repaired Laptop Keyboards this way in the past and you'll often find they have a tiny bit of adhesive holding the layers together spotted throughout, another reason to be careful if you do go down the rabbit hole of taking them apart! Great work on the micro soldering, shame about the severe damage. Imo it was probably water damage someone spilt something like a cleaner on it, maybe a polish of some kind if it was waxy? We'll never know! :P

It was a good try Vince have a good Christmas hope to see more vids in 2023

Wow I have Lenovo Chromebook with keyboard issues thank you Vince save me time try find fault keyboard just goin to buy used one and used for parts.

Claim your money back from ebay if its still in the time frame. Product was not sold as seen. Item described as just stopped working, no mention of previous repair attempt.

Interesting and I learnt something. To me thats more important than if you actually got it fully working

Another awesome video, even if it was more forensic than 'repair' at the end. I'd love to list one of my damaged laptops for spares/repairs but with shipping costing so much, I wonder if it is even worth it for anyone. Seems like so many of them are aggressively non-repairable by design these days.

Cool repair, however I don't think it was lithium grease. I had a similar issue with an Apple MacBook. The lithium battery pack (looked similar) had bloated somewhat and leaked the lithium out into the motherboard. The result looked very similar. And since the battery was also a bit messy I wonder if that's what happened. Always love your stuff. You're my favorite repair KZfaqr.

Have a nice Christmas and a happy new year Vince and how's the car going

I saw where the chip was missing but like you I thought it was empty from the factory. Some great solder work you did though.

Good job mate 👍

a 3d pen with the abs filament works wonders for the plastic rivets that hold these chromebook together as well as vintage calculators. I've used it for one I found on the side of the road. A bit of water damage on the screen, but it's still usable for what it is.

You can't be faulted for hard work! But I think whoever sold it to you wasn't honest. Fancy taking a BGA chip off and not mentioning it!

@18:43 - sounds like Life Lion helicopter coming over the house. I love the sound of whirlybirds!

Well you did get practice with those super tiny replacement trace pad things. So that's a plus, remember....always look on the bright side.

Hi Vince, still a good video because you provid that most common laptop keyboard problem 😭 Good job 👏😀👍

great video vince and good try anyway I still enjoyed this video and it's nice you were at least able to prove the fault

that thumbnail is gold!

When he removed that battery and i saw those stains, it reminded me of a video made by Louis Rossmann called "don't blow a load on your macbook" and than seeing him touching and sniffing it made my skin crawl :p

Merry Christmas 🎉

Given the display is good and that's the bulk of the product cost I would still call it a win. At some point eBay will probably be flooded with Chromebooks that have broken displays. Appreciate the teardown.

it's good to stagger your scraping so they aren't so close together. you can also solder the jumper pad directly to naked traces like test pads or a capacitor. it makes it much easier and less cramped to do micro soldering. great attempt though!

@32:58 - I was hoping that you would dip it in IPA frankly. 🤣

Dead mainboard,dead battery,dead keyboard so you have bought a working screen anyway worth it.good to see a real repair attempt

The disassembled keyboard was for me the most interesting part, as recently one key stopped working on my laptop. Removed the key cap and cleaned what I could see, but I guess the parts you pinched are mechanically or physically worn out in my keyboard. My laptop is a Packard-Bell EasyNote LV from 2013, and seems there are replacement keyboards available, but "fixed" mine by purchasing external USB keyboard :D Cheaper and easier option :P

The thumbnail just mind me think is that a backwood blunt or a cigar 😅😅 til I see the eyes was like ohhhh

🤣 Love the thumbnail pic.

have a gd christmas vince mate :)

I have the same Problem with an Acer Notebook, i need a complet Palmrest with Keyboard. Great Video, thank you so ,much.

Top marks for perseverance

It was enjoyable video vince even if unfixable

On pads, I have had some success (but not always) in using of all things, slug tape (copper with adhesive backing) by sticking down a block of tape onto the board, taking it along the track well clear of the chip, (even well over the remaining trace) then soldering on link wires at the join(as the back of the slug tape is insulated by the glue) then finally using a scalpel or needle to separate into strips. If the back of the chip is not metal used the strips can even run under the chip or varnished (solder mask). Often because of the size, even a scalpel can be too wide but strips can be separated using a fine needle or razor blade as it only needs the finest of gaps. The heat of the iron may lift the strip slightly but only in the middle and a good length of strip can keep it stuck down (though in truth it can still take several attempts). I tried cutting the strips before applying but reached screaming point and failed. One big block and carve it on the board worked better. 😂😂

For fixing the broken traces to the chip, wouldn't it be much easier to solder wires to the 3 corresponding pins on the chip while the chip is off the board and then just solder down the chip? Then you wouldn't have to deal with the microscopic adhesive copper pads.

I thought that was a blunt in the thumbnail 😂

You have a monumental amount of du diligence to fix a keyboard that wasn't meant to even be fixed