Nice. I have a 800xl but replaced the pcb with an after market one that I had ordered from pcbway. I damaged the old one because I forgot to check the heat settings on my hot air station with desoldering the cpu. Live and learn.
@@unknown4mat584 It's actually a popular mod among vintage gamer enthusiasts and collectors. The original outputs are coaxial and were great back in the early days of retro Television sets which only had coaxial in and outputs.
This channel gives us philosophy, life tips, relationship advice, postal & shipping advice hell he even shows us how to fix electronics. All we need now is some cooking advice ; ) great channel mate
All I can say is that most people have NO IDEA how small an item CPU pins are! And the skill and dexterity it takes to replace one even WITH the right equipment! Marvelous work Alex!!
...these motherboards from the 80s ❤ I hope to see Alex work more cards like this in the future. Usually a desoldering pump is used to remove these chips but, as Alex also said in the video, if you are not very careful the pads fly away with pleasure.
@@strawman9410 Cooling isn't an issue for those boards. Except of power supply - which is external for most 80s systems - no component really has a power consumtion in Watt area. The complete system needs ~15Watts overall which includes power to drive data tape drives. The CPU properply has a power draw of 1-2Watts. Compared to the Ryzen repaired before in the video of 65-105W. Plus the Ryzen die would properly even fit inside the 6502 package if Ryzen wouldn't require the amount of I/O Pins.
Alex can I say you are the best shop solderer on the planet. I used several categories to derive this title and they are: 1. cleanest 2. most efficient 3. proficient in multiple styles of soldering and desoldering 4. improving the overall quality of shop performance by educating and giving back to peers in the industry 5. Overall knowledge of components, their function and the theory of how they work together. After considering these and adding the total points in each category I have determined that you are by far the best. Congratulations!! unfortunately Im no one of importance. I am merely a disabled combat veteran single father that is self taught and due to finances am forced to repair my own electronics or buy broken items and repair them for my boys. We enjoy the challenge and it shows my boys that you should continue to educate yourself through out your life and the more you learn the more self sufficient you become. this should be one goal we all share and thanks to you we have learned so much. please don't let my lack of importance or worthy title defer from my official non official title you have been awarded lol. all kidding aside you are incredible keep doing what your doing! Be safe, stay healthy and God Bless! I apologise if I missed it but maybe one of your videos you could do a little bio on who you are, where your from, how did you get into the industry, how you were able to start your own business etc. not with any sensitive information of course safety and security is priority. I'm just a curious nerd. haha. anyway your awesome and thankyou for your time and videos! God Bless!!
Thanks Alex for all the knowledge you share. By the way 5 syringes 5% off, 25 syringes 25% off, …., 100 syringes gives 100% off !!?!! 🤔 that’s awesome.
You make it look easy Alex and it is for an experienced technician as yourself but I think what viewers tend to miss is your unbelievable dexterity and the magnification they are looking at. Once again a great educational video. Thank you.
Another good thing to use on bent pins are a small syringe "pipe" that you just push down on the pin and align it done that so many times 0.5mm or 0.7mm pencils are usable too :) Great done Alex as always keep up the awesome work! :)
@@JesusChrist-sx1lf The donor CPU is an old Intel one. Intel moved to LGA some years ago. AMD uses LGA for EPYC and Threadripper and recently switched to it with the new Socket AM5 Ryzens. With LGA you're unlikely to damage a CPU but the socket on the motherboard is very fragile. I wonder if Alex can repair those.
I remember straightening pins on Pentium 4 CPUs a long while ago, this was a very common problem with PGA chips. People were too careless when trying to insert them in the sockets. With the Athlon CPUs that problem did nox exist but then they broke the die because there was no heat spreader and they did not attach the cooler correctly.
Talking to a vendor at a computer fair many years ago, they said that every almost every instance of an AMD CPU being returned as faulty was due to a broken die and the ones that weren't were bent or broken pins.
Nice. What it’s worth mentioning is just how fragile such older boards are to work with. Mainly due to older manufacturing techniques. In video can clearly see some of the tracks and resist/conformal coatings are lifting. Board working fine I guess but over time with not a lot of heat during prolonged use and age the traces have a tendency to delaminate from the board making such repair works much more sensitive to further damage. Hence LMS and experience a must. As always nicely demonstrated here. 👌✌️👍🇬🇧
The tools and equipment you are using are amazing. I have an Associate degree in engineering and I’ve never seen the school use anything your using. Just soldering iron and wire solder. Great channel showing your skills and allowing others to learn and fix themselves.
Totally agree, I remember when i was a young technician, back in the day and I learnt most of how to do from my C&G 224 qualification but the actual work had to be learnt hands on. The best way to learn is get in there and learn from your mistakes. Loving your content btw! 😉
Since many years I like to fix electronic devices. It's been two weeks only that I found you on youtube but I can tell you that you are the best repairer I found on youtube until now and your videos are amazing, Always full of good advices not only about repair itself but also about mindset. I'm actually out of work and you are the one who motivated me to open my own repair shop. I should buy a few interesting things in a month or two like your awesome microscope. Keep it up
2:27 - I was curious to know what that broken pin did, so I did the nerdy thing. lol... That pin is labelled "AU1" on the AM4 socket, and the signal on that pin is "AZ_RST_L". That is the active-Low reset signal for the HD Audio codec. You would hope the PC would still boot without that signal, but then if the BIOS is trying to access the HD Audio at start-up, it could actually prevent the PC from booting.
Learnt this type of thing in tech school, but never really got the full hang of it, soldering and unsoldering I was good at, hope to take this back up again soon. Nice work as always Alex.
Salam Alex. I learnt new thing of your great video today. I don't even know how to restore the CPU pins if damage and to use solder wick to clean remaining tin on the through-hole pads. Previously, I used desoldering pump ( sucker ) which is not perfectly clean 😅. Thank you so much..!!
I love soldering. I used to do a lot of it because I'm a locksmith and some cars required disordering of a smd chip to program a new key. Love your videos
I've been straightening CPU pins for years with my naked eye, but I can see where the microscope comes in handy, especially for broken pins. Luckily I've never needed to repair a broken pin as that is beyond my skill/equipment
You got me wanting to drop a grand on tools lol I love these videos thank you sir. I appreciate you. Thank you for sharing your skills knowledge and experience. I'm interested in the deal on 100 flux syringes for 100% off
I had no idea CPU's were repairable. Something as delicate I thought it'll be game over. Good to see someone with skill and equipment attempts something what by the looks of it is pretty challenging )
Hey Alex, Greetings from Argentina! Thanks for show u us all the process and effort on making those repairs! In the left wall under "Northridge fix", please put "Better than factory". WOW that atari board looks gigant compared to what we have now
bro that was a perfect soldering, its amazing your skils, i recall did the same different way, i fixed a miss pin for a pentium long time ago with a needle
I remember fixing Socket 478 P4 pins all the time with burned bread ties by fixing it in the socket hole of missing pin. At least 3 different times. I would stress that I wouldn’t be held responsible for any further damage. Glad I never fried anything doing it. Thanks for sharing your experience, strength, and hope.
I remember our family TV one day making a popping sound and then there was a burning smell. I it was an old RCA tube type TV from 1955 that was used. We only had it about a year when this happened. The repair man came over who used to be an electronics sergeant in the army during WWII. The burned component looked like this thumb-sized component that was a wad of something with two wires sticking out of it. Not sure what it was but he de-soldered the component out and then a new one back in. I watched him with great interest being that I was only 5 years old. We also had an old Zenith huge radio and record player cabinet. I liked watching the old vacuum tubes glow. Those were the days. It was a big deal when the first transistors were being put into things especially the cheap Japanese little radios being manufactured and sold to the public. When I got to college one of my courses was an electrons physics course that taught me how to build circuits using a breadboard. We had big components like on the old Atari you worked on. GREAT SHOW!
I agree Hands-On and practical application or a must and you only learn that the hard way I have a vocational certificate and PC repair and another in it support and have done very beginner level basic Electronics work you make it look easy but I know it's not easy it takes years of practice
Been de/soldering retro stuff for a while, and had lots of problems with large sockets. Sometimes using hot air when it was impossible to suck all the tin out. Low melt would definitely helped me.
If the through hole chip is to be replaced, it's easy to snip all the pins from the body then unsolder each pin at a time. Back in the day that's exactly what I used to do. Of course low melt solder is a winner too.
I can clearly see the difference between the version 2 and 1, by watching older videos, the blue one doesn't give such sharp images, now I enjoy watching these videos more.
Applying it is something else. Soldering for the first time on my broken controller. I fixed it but He's right unless you do it or practice is you'll never do it. So I'm happy to try and work further on things like this in the future.
I really admire you man. I see how you took the opportunity of making yourself seen out there. Your smarts really make you admirable. You are a role model not only for me but for every little shop like yours. Thank you!
I was work as reworker and i know this isn't easy even for the best guys in our company. Awesome work becouse you use sezor not special tool to put pin.
I always enjoy watching your videos and admire you You have a commitment to your customers You have a high sense of responsibility towards your customers and this is commendable From Iran
8:05 truth. my father has very noticeable shaking hands (and it seems I'm going to the same path) but due to his career, civil engineer, if you ask him to draw a straight line on a paper it will be perfect as if he drew it with a ruler.
Nice work Alex, we have to thanks to those old people who create those board and micro ship they was the firsts and we you see all the advanced in technology, new resistor, caps, etc.. and look to those 80 or 70 circuit you realize how much humanity advanced love those retro tech and the microscope is out of this world, hey Alex do you see how much mask that board have in the upper face and how much a little mess on the back of the board??? those trace look better days or to much hight temp lol...
The CPU he pulled the pin off of is a core i3 2350M. You can identify a laptop CPUs by the five digit code on the sticker that normally starts with an s and contains letters and numbers. The one on this CPU was SR0DN
i totally agree idea without execution is only an idea when you do things to manifest your idea that would be everything wonderful . kudos thank you for sharing...alex
Great work! Love the channel. Much respect for what you do. I totally agree, you can read all the material in the world, but it can't take the place of hands on. I can solder, and I can desolder, but I do not have the equipment or the level of expertise that you have. Once again, good job! Happy New Year!
Properly removing solder from the holes without quality flux and/or low melt solder is quite challenging for an inexperienced person. On the other hand, I find through-hole soldering to be particularly easy. I think the customer made the right call 👍
I Remember in the 90s using solder baths machine to desolder and solder those chips. It was a lot of work keeping the top of the solder clean, plus using flux spray at the back of the board. Ooh the Memories are coming back. lol Your way takes less time to do. and less mess to clean.
I would have supplied the socket, which Would have made that Job a lot easier for the customer. Might be Retro Turbo Chip that taking its place, who knows. Your a Master at soldering. I wish my hands were as steady as yours.
Great work! I remember trying to un-bend amd xp 2200 pins by the naked eye around 2002. You made it look so easy to re solder that pin too. Props Amigo!
First those miniscule pins and then the Atari board with, what seems to be, gigantic components. What a difference 40 years makes. The Atari is in comparison tiny compared to tube electronics.
Removing those pins / clearing those holes is exactly what desoldering guns and solder suckers were made for. It literally takes less than 1 second per pin (maybe 2 or 3 seconds with the manual sucker, because you need to heat the solder first). Of course, they're not very useful tools for SMD, but definitely worth having around for these thru-hole components.
I got your Syringe holder package Thank you. I haven't tried it yet, but more 3d printer smaller alternatives were also mailed to me. I'll give them a shot soon. I appreciate the time and effort you put into this.
@@NorthridgeFix Thanks for letting me know. I was concerned since USPS switched the zip code on me on the label. I just seen the 3D printed ones on your bench after I sent these. I did not realize you had a solution. The 3D printed ones look great and may work even better! Thanks and God bless!
I use a pin, a small screwdriver, a magnifying glass and lighting. It is a little bit hard, not a big problem. When done, the socket fixes it better, when inserted 10x.
Thank you Alex!! I was able to successfully install the socket and install the video mod (UAV) to have awesome S-Video output on my Atari 800XL!
Awesome. Glad it all worked out.
Nice. I have a 800xl but replaced the pcb with an after market one that I had ordered from pcbway. I damaged the old one because I forgot to check the heat settings on my hot air station with desoldering the cpu. Live and learn.
Nice to get feedbacks from actual customers after watching their items getting fixed 😀👍
Wow first time I've heard of a modded atari, pretty cool
@@unknown4mat584 It's actually a popular mod among vintage gamer enthusiasts and collectors. The original outputs are coaxial and were great back in the early days of retro Television sets which only had coaxial in and outputs.
This channel gives us philosophy, life tips, relationship advice, postal & shipping advice hell he even shows us how to fix electronics. All we need now is some cooking advice ; ) great channel mate
soldering not from head, soldering from heart
All I can say is that most people have NO IDEA how small an item CPU pins are! And the skill and dexterity it takes to replace one even WITH the right equipment! Marvelous work Alex!!
...these motherboards from the 80s ❤
I hope to see Alex work more cards like this in the future.
Usually a desoldering pump is used to remove these chips but, as Alex also said in the video, if you are not very careful the pads fly away with pleasure.
To the 9th dimension
They was probably built better, that's why you don't see many repairs and more space for cooling
And you make a Hiroshima
@@HDMensur "I've seen things you people wouldn't believe..." 😅
@@strawman9410 Cooling isn't an issue for those boards. Except of power supply - which is external for most 80s systems - no component really has a power consumtion in Watt area. The complete system needs ~15Watts overall which includes power to drive data tape drives. The CPU properply has a power draw of 1-2Watts. Compared to the Ryzen repaired before in the video of 65-105W. Plus the Ryzen die would properly even fit inside the 6502 package if Ryzen wouldn't require the amount of I/O Pins.
Terrific. No annoying, bad background music playing throughout the video, obscuring his words.
Thanks!
Alex can I say you are the best shop solderer on the planet. I used several categories to derive this title and they are: 1. cleanest 2. most efficient 3. proficient in multiple styles of soldering and desoldering 4. improving the overall quality of shop performance by educating and giving back to peers in the industry 5. Overall knowledge of components, their function and the theory of how they work together.
After considering these and adding the total points in each category I have determined that you are by far the best. Congratulations!! unfortunately Im no one of importance. I am merely a disabled combat veteran single father that is self taught and due to finances am forced to repair my own electronics or buy broken items and repair them for my boys. We enjoy the challenge and it shows my boys that you should continue to educate yourself through out your life and the more you learn the more self sufficient you become. this should be one goal we all share and thanks to you we have learned so much. please don't let my lack of importance or worthy title defer from my official non official title you have been awarded lol. all kidding aside you are incredible keep doing what your doing! Be safe, stay healthy and God Bless! I apologise if I missed it but maybe one of your videos you could do a little bio on who you are, where your from, how did you get into the industry, how you were able to start your own business etc. not with any sensitive information of course safety and security is priority. I'm just a curious nerd. haha. anyway your awesome and thankyou for your time and videos! God Bless!!
who said you're no one, shut up and take this respect
Thanks Alex for all the knowledge you share. By the way 5 syringes 5% off, 25 syringes 25% off, …., 100 syringes gives 100% off !!?!! 🤔 that’s awesome.
It's a steal! ;-)
If you buy more than 100 then Alex will pay you extra.
Buy 2 get 2.5 deal
You make it look easy Alex and it is for an experienced technician as yourself but I think what viewers tend to miss is your unbelievable dexterity and the magnification they are looking at. Once again a great educational video. Thank you.
Another good thing to use on bent pins are a small syringe "pipe" that you just push down on the pin and align it done that so many times 0.5mm or 0.7mm pencils are usable too :) Great done Alex as always keep up the awesome work! :)
Use a thin blade, it makes alignment much easier.
Nice tip!
I can't believe I never knew the pins were just soldered to pads lmao I don't know what I thought but damn, way more simple than I realized.
#metoo
I'm not very good at English but what I see in the video I'm thinking the same thing as you....?
They are on AMD/Ryzen, but not Intel CPUs they look different.
@@JesusChrist-sx1lf The donor CPU is an old Intel one. Intel moved to LGA some years ago. AMD uses LGA for EPYC and Threadripper and recently switched to it with the new Socket AM5 Ryzens. With LGA you're unlikely to damage a CPU but the socket on the motherboard is very fragile. I wonder if Alex can repair those.
7:58 ,,Practice makes perfect“
In Germany we say „Übung macht den Meister“ ;
which basically means in English „Practice creates masters“
I'm sorry but the correct translation would be "practice makes the master". Sounds a lot better in german though :D
I remember straightening pins on Pentium 4 CPUs a long while ago, this was a very common problem with PGA chips. People were too careless when trying to insert them in the sockets. With the Athlon CPUs that problem did nox exist but then they broke the die because there was no heat spreader and they did not attach the cooler correctly.
Talking to a vendor at a computer fair many years ago, they said that every almost every instance of an AMD CPU being returned as faulty was due to a broken die and the ones that weren't were bent or broken pins.
@@Graham_Langley So a lot of idiots out there, not surprising.
For through-hole components I have a desoldering station which has a vaccuum pump.
It does wonders, no low melt solder needed! 🤩
I have one too, and with those old "wrinkly" epoxy PCBs the solder rings very easily come off so I stopped using it.
Nice. What it’s worth mentioning is just how fragile such older boards are to work with. Mainly due to older manufacturing techniques. In video can clearly see some of the tracks and resist/conformal coatings are lifting. Board working fine I guess but over time with not a lot of heat during prolonged use and age the traces have a tendency to delaminate from the board making such repair works much more sensitive to further damage. Hence LMS and experience a must. As always nicely demonstrated here. 👌✌️👍🇬🇧
Damn. I really need to get some low melt solder. All my solder jobs are so hard. Great educational video, once again!
The tools and equipment you are using are amazing. I have an Associate degree in engineering and I’ve never seen the school use anything your using. Just soldering iron and wire solder. Great channel showing your skills and allowing others to learn and fix themselves.
My soldering days are long over. But I just love watching Alex and hearing his voice. Brings back the memories.
Respect for doing this repair. I think most repair shops would pass on repairing broken pins on a CPU.
BTW. I'd like 100 syringes flux for free.
Did you fix that mod from japan?
Why would they pass?
Oh my bad i replied to your comment instead of making a new one lol
@@BuzzingGoober because its alot of work
Totally agree, I remember when i was a young technician, back in the day and I learnt most of how to do from my C&G 224 qualification but the actual work had to be learnt hands on. The best way to learn is get in there and learn from your mistakes. Loving your content btw! 😉
9:30 UPS Man - "Sir, we are going to need another truck. Yes, at least one more."
The donor processor is Core i3-2350m that is SR0DN reference written on the CPU introduced in 2011
Fantastic job! I used to fix radios & CRT TVs in the 1970’s, I wished we had the tools that exist today!
You should make a T-shirt with " Low melt solder is magic" :) Great content as always :)
Pins to the left of me, pins to the right, here I am stuck in the middle with pins! This video made my ear lobes tingle with delight! Loved it! Bravo!
Since many years I like to fix electronic devices. It's been two weeks only that I found you on youtube but I can tell you that you are the best repairer I found on youtube until now and your videos are amazing, Always full of good advices not only about repair itself but also about mindset. I'm actually out of work and you are the one who motivated me to open my own repair shop. I should buy a few interesting things in a month or two like your awesome microscope. Keep it up
2:27 - I was curious to know what that broken pin did, so I did the nerdy thing. lol...
That pin is labelled "AU1" on the AM4 socket, and the signal on that pin is "AZ_RST_L".
That is the active-Low reset signal for the HD Audio codec.
You would hope the PC would still boot without that signal, but then if the BIOS is trying to access the HD Audio at start-up, it could actually prevent the PC from booting.
Learnt this type of thing in tech school, but never really got the full hang of it, soldering and unsoldering I was good at, hope to take this back up again soon. Nice work as always Alex.
Salam Alex. I learnt new thing of your great video today. I don't even know how to restore the CPU pins if damage and to use solder wick to clean remaining tin on the through-hole pads. Previously, I used desoldering pump ( sucker ) which is not perfectly clean 😅. Thank you so much..!!
jste fakt šikovný, supr, rozum, hlava, praxe, ruce, a oči, díky za videjko :)
I'm never going to do repairs like this but it's fascinating to watch!
I love soldering. I used to do a lot of it because I'm a locksmith and some cars required disordering of a smd chip to program a new key. Love your videos
the low melt solder and hot air is brilliant gonna bookmark this for use later
i wish these where in 4K that would be amazing. great video as always
been watching your vids bought me tons of help when i need to repair some of my electronics
I've been straightening CPU pins for years with my naked eye, but I can see where the microscope comes in handy, especially for broken pins. Luckily I've never needed to repair a broken pin as that is beyond my skill/equipment
I have personally tried this and you made that look way easier than it was for me haha
You got me wanting to drop a grand on tools lol I love these videos thank you sir. I appreciate you. Thank you for sharing your skills knowledge and experience. I'm interested in the deal on 100 flux syringes for 100% off
I had no idea CPU's were repairable. Something as delicate I thought it'll be game over. Good to see someone with skill and equipment attempts something what by the looks of it is pretty challenging )
شكرا لك على معلومات التي تقدمها وشروحات تحياتي من المغرب 🇲🇦
Drinking my coffee and enjoing you video. What a great day.
Hey Alex, Greetings from Argentina! Thanks for show u us all the process and effort on making those repairs!
In the left wall under "Northridge fix", please put "Better than factory".
WOW that atari board looks gigant compared to what we have now
bro that was a perfect soldering, its amazing your skils, i recall did the same different way, i fixed a miss pin for a pentium long time ago with a needle
Awesome job my friend. Enjoy your repair videos. Thank you.
I feel relieved I found Alex through this channel he's the insurance my 4090 needs given the melting plug issue.
I remember fixing Socket 478 P4 pins all the time with burned bread ties by fixing it in the socket hole of missing pin. At least 3 different times. I would stress that I wouldn’t be held responsible for any further damage. Glad I never fried anything doing it.
Thanks for sharing your experience, strength, and hope.
I remember our family TV one day making a popping sound and then there was a burning smell. I it was an old RCA tube type TV from 1955 that was used. We only had it about a year when this happened. The repair man came over who used to be an electronics sergeant in the army during WWII. The burned component looked like this thumb-sized component that was a wad of something with two wires sticking out of it.
Not sure what it was but he de-soldered the component out and then a new one back in. I watched him with great interest being that I was only 5 years old.
We also had an old Zenith huge radio and record player cabinet. I liked watching the old vacuum tubes glow.
Those were the days. It was a big deal when the first transistors were being put into things especially the cheap Japanese little radios being manufactured and sold to the public.
When I got to college one of my courses was an electrons physics course that taught me how to build circuits using a breadboard.
We had big components like on the old Atari you worked on.
GREAT SHOW!
I agree Hands-On and practical application or a must and you only learn that the hard way I have a vocational certificate and PC repair and another in it support and have done very beginner level basic Electronics work you make it look easy but I know it's not easy it takes years of practice
Been de/soldering retro stuff for a while, and had lots of problems with large sockets. Sometimes using hot air when it was impossible to suck all the tin out. Low melt would definitely helped me.
I just ordered some low melt solder after seeing this :)
I use a desoldering iron for through-board pins.
@@dealerauctionnightmare4689 How about wicking each pin one at a time ??
@@tonymontana897 that method is more difficult.
If the through hole chip is to be replaced, it's easy to snip all the pins from the body then unsolder each pin at a time. Back in the day that's exactly what I used to do. Of course low melt solder is a winner too.
Oh an Atari 800 XL, this is great. I also socketed 3 chips of mine and created a custom MMU for it. Repairing such devices is fun.
We need people like Alex on TV!! Life experiences need to be taught to everyone. So inspiring is this man! Thanks 🙏
i enjoyed to watched this video because of the nostalgic Atari's board that i repaired many years ago. thank you
Perfect, tnx Alex for Video. Greating from Germany :)
I can clearly see the difference between the version 2 and 1, by watching older videos, the blue one doesn't give such sharp images, now I enjoy watching these videos more.
Applying it is something else. Soldering for the first time on my broken controller. I fixed it but He's right unless you do it or practice is you'll never do it. So I'm happy to try and work further on things like this in the future.
That last desoldering is sooo satisfying 17:36 ❤️
I really admire you man. I see how you took the opportunity of making yourself seen out there. Your smarts really make you admirable. You are a role model not only for me but for every little shop like yours. Thank you!
I was work as reworker and i know this isn't easy even for the best guys in our company. Awesome work becouse you use sezor not special tool to put pin.
Every video you make we learn alot. .good job. .. happy weekend sir
I always enjoy watching your videos and admire you
You have a commitment to your customers You have a high sense of responsibility towards your customers and this is commendable
From Iran
Well done Alex , your attitude is excellent! Be bless 🕊
i love to watch this i wish i hade a guy like you in my town. And i love the comment in this video and Europe Netherlands and Cyprus to :)
Thanks! bro, curitiba city from Brasil GOD BLESS YOU.
Love this channel, my dream job. Great work king! 👍
Alex, so glad you pronounce it "Solder" not "Sodder"
8:05 truth. my father has very noticeable shaking hands (and it seems I'm going to the same path) but due to his career, civil engineer, if you ask him to draw a straight line on a paper it will be perfect as if he drew it with a ruler.
Nice work Alex, we have to thanks to those old people who create those board and micro ship they was the firsts and we you see all the advanced in technology, new resistor, caps, etc.. and look to those 80 or 70 circuit you realize how much humanity advanced love those retro tech and the microscope is out of this world, hey Alex do you see how much mask that board have in the upper face and how much a little mess on the back of the board??? those trace look better days or to much hight temp lol...
The CPU he pulled the pin off of is a core i3 2350M. You can identify a laptop CPUs by the five digit code on the sticker that normally starts with an s and contains letters and numbers. The one on this CPU was SR0DN
The most beautiful thing you do while we watch you are the lessons of life that you tell to us, appreciated Thanks. 🙂
Here for the Atari and not disappointed! Thank you!!
5:20 so can I order 100 syringes to get 100% off? ;) as always, well done Alex.
i totally agree idea without execution is only an idea when you do things to manifest your idea that would be everything wonderful . kudos thank you for sharing...alex
Great work! Love the channel. Much respect for what you do. I totally agree, you can read all the material in the world, but it can't take the place of hands on. I can solder, and I can desolder, but I do not have the equipment or the level of expertise that you have. Once again, good job! Happy New Year!
Properly removing solder from the holes without quality flux and/or low melt solder is quite challenging for an inexperienced person. On the other hand, I find through-hole soldering to be particularly easy. I think the customer made the right call 👍
جميل جدا.. رغم إلمامي التام باللغة الانجليزية لكن حبيت اكتب بالعربي.. جهد جميل واداء رائع جدا جدا.. أنا اعشق هذه القناة.
Thank for not being selfish to show this to us who’s wanted to learn more.
You are the MAN Alex! I would need a robot hand to do that rework!
I Remember in the 90s using solder baths machine to desolder and solder those chips. It was a lot of work keeping the top of the solder clean, plus using flux spray at the back of the board.
Ooh the Memories are coming back. lol
Your way takes less time to do. and less mess to clean.
Sharing knowledge very much appreciated
Ahh an Atari 800XL! Beautiful computer, 40 years old and still fun to play with!
Nice video, very good. Thank you for it. Greets
Good video! I learned several good technical tricks.
Are you filling in for big boss? Great content, absolutely phenomenal.
That Cpu pin job was awesome, your really the man !!!
I would have supplied the socket, which Would have made that Job a lot easier for the customer. Might be Retro Turbo Chip that taking its place, who knows. Your a Master at soldering. I wish my hands were as steady as yours.
I am still blown away at how awesome this new camera is! WOW!
Great work! I remember trying to un-bend amd xp 2200 pins by the naked eye around 2002. You made it look so easy to re solder that pin too. Props Amigo!
First those miniscule pins and then the Atari board with, what seems to be, gigantic components. What a difference 40 years makes. The Atari is in comparison tiny compared to tube electronics.
The doner CPU you used is an Intel Core i3-2350M 2.3GHz Dual-core Mobile Processor Socket G2 988-pin, launched Q4 2011.
With that Atari board, now you are into my regime. Love it!
Removing those pins / clearing those holes is exactly what desoldering guns and solder suckers were made for. It literally takes less than 1 second per pin (maybe 2 or 3 seconds with the manual sucker, because you need to heat the solder first). Of course, they're not very useful tools for SMD, but definitely worth having around for these thru-hole components.
Amazing job as always. That chip seemed to be a Hex Buffer and has a date code of 8432? So 32nd week of 1984? Cool... Excellent video!
I got your Syringe holder package Thank you. I haven't tried it yet, but more 3d printer smaller alternatives were also mailed to me. I'll give them a shot soon. I appreciate the time and effort you put into this.
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Thanks for letting me know. I was concerned since USPS switched the zip code on me on the label. I just seen the 3D printed ones on your bench after I sent these. I did not realize you had a solution. The 3D printed ones look great and may work even better!
Thanks and God bless!
Agreed! Hands on works for me.
I ordered from Cyprus! You are the best man!
Shipped out same day. Enjoy.
Can't wait! Thanks a lot
hands of a damn surgeon doing that re-pinning, wow
Saw those resistors on college in the late 90’s. We had to know all the bands and what they meant
Such a small shop but so many amazing things are done within saving and fixing peoples devices
Salute idol, greetings from Philippines! =)
You really good in that work I need one of those microscope
I use a pin, a small screwdriver, a magnifying glass and lighting. It is a little bit hard, not a big problem. When done, the socket fixes it better, when inserted 10x.