@NorthridgeFix On the top of the USB-C connector, the two small metal flaps that are bent down to secure the plastic connector insert... If you pry them up slightly and add an adhesive around and under them, and press the pins back down; it will bond the actual connector to the solid metal shroud. I have repaired many of these devices with the method and had no further issues down the line.
Those were exactly my thoughts on this matter. The wiggling rips off the copper connectors because the plastic part is not secured properly to the metal shell
@@sapperdeflap "this part can be easily purchased in the Netherlands and Belgium for €4,95" highly unlikely --- if what you say is true then there would be no difficulty in obtaining this port. Did you even watch the video?
I have watch many of your Video about replace charging port in past. Right now I start to work on my curtomer's device. . . and I do a great and better than other technician do here. Big appreciate from me coz I learnt so many from you. Alhamdulillah. I am from Indonesia.
I've had the same problem with that laptop. I was able to use 1 of the 2 on my repair too. I also recommended my customer to purchase a 100W High Speed Magnetic USB C charger cable to plug into the port. The magnetic port it will significantly increase the lifespan of the charger port. Amazon sells high speed magnetic charging cables for about 20$ and the female to female extension so they can use the wall charger. The laptop I repaired had the 65W slim charger and it charged fine.
connector is very bad designed, you can see that even with shielding soldered in 4 points all force that came from cable insertion and removing is on solder joints of these pins. Maybe (if it's possible) to fix in place that black plastic inside connector, that will prolong next failure. Same problem is present in many, many other usb-c ports and that's why I hate seeing them used as charging port for anything except phones (and even with phones I'll hate it same if I use my phone like most kids do, connected to charger)
Use one of the magnetic USB C plugs. I have that on all my devices, and once inserted, the charging ports connect to charging cable by the built in magnet in cable. No more pressure or strain on ports.
Yeah. Exactly same problem appears in smartphones after about 2 years of using. I mean USB C is great port but using it as charching, headphones and data transmission to PC after some time destroys itself
I just had a customer drop one of these off 10 minutes ago. Luckily, I have a few of these other boards and I could use them as donor boards. My customer has this exact issue that you are depicted in this video.
in my case, i would like to use some kind of slow cure resin to fill the gaps and glue the plastic holder pin (black one) and the steel shell of the charging port, so it wouldn't wiggling around after fixing.
@@nilomyki Hot glue must be easier to produce but harder to apply, cause it have high viscosity and too fast curing time. And it also too elastic, and it cant prevent wiggle.
@@ValorHeart With buit in programmed obsolescence where it breaks when you charge it and lift the screen - and on top of that, prevents you from buying the piece that breaks. No, thank you.
I have two of these. The best (and most stylish) consumer ultralight PC laptop with Thunderbolt you can get. Period. Charging port breakdowns are always user errors (look how badly bent the pins are!). This design is ok, the screen does not interfere the charger in any way. If you break these ports like in this video you have to look in the mirror. It does not happen lightly, you need to use a considerable amount of force. But having said that the USB-C port is a bit too tiny and fragile for the uses it has been designated for. That is clear. But having this thin laptops and tablets there is not much choices and this is a standard that is driven by EU for example. But I am a careful user so I have had zero problems. And The charging ports have always been breaking down in careless hands, no matter the make or model of the ports. The parts SHOULD BE available. Usually HP is quite good with spare parts but not on the component level. The same with all the manufacturers.
it's kinda weird that nobody has decided to make a usable replacement for this port considering that this model of laptop seems to have many failures in that area. Thanks for all the awesome educational videos!!
Ports (of any kind) are a complete mess, because there are no connection standards. Everyone uses a different type of port, which seems deliberate to make it harder to repair later.
Hi Alex. I’m really enjoying your videos. Good information and easy to understand what your doing. I’ve followed Luis Rossman for quite a while now and he inspired me to start doing my own repair on my own devices. I was wondering if you started working on any surface pro8 tablets yet. I was given one with no power and fried some components on the power rail. Anyways nice to see someone on the west coast that knows what they are doing. Keep up the good work.
I have last year's 13 inch model, and I love it mostly because it's very light to carry, and nice design, I'm worried it may break up at any time after warranty is over, it's a expensive laptop to be so poorly designed
Why Hp team no taking care of design and difficulties Before releasing the laptop into the market. You have done a great job and practically showed us how to overcome this type of situations in the real field. I have seen so many left the laptop aside because od the power button pressed inside because of design issues and the charging port seems very delicate and there is no proper support or holder on the port to the base so that when we plug in it can withstand the pressure. Thanks for showing the video in detail Hatsoff
The main problem is that this port is surface mount (SMT) & not through-hole (THM). If it was THM, the tension from thousands of plugging & unplugging would have kept it in place probably 100 times better than if it was SMT, because we know that solder is a soft metal alloy & so the entire connector is eventually going to break off due to the soft solder. And the 4 tiny hole mounts on the sides were not enough stability with a port that is used all the time, because they themselves are also soldered in place. I understand that the company (HP in this case) is trying to make laptops as thin as possible, so they are making big board pieces laterally aligned with the board, instead of the whole thing sitting on top of board. But this is the problem that is created when you start designing something like this. There was not enough beta testing, because you are not going to see this in those kinds of tests due to time. The problem only becomes apparent out in the field with end-user customers. Or perhaps HP knew this was going to happen but still approved it, because all they understand is the bottomeline (money) & you can either get it fixed or buy another HP product. The only thing I could think of that would strengthen this connector piece on the board is to maybe use hot melt glue all around where connector meets the circuit board, that could possibly keep the connector in place 10 times longer, if not 50-100 times longer. Then if it does eventually fall off again (but it hopefully stayed on much longer), you can reheat or pry the glue off. The laptop designer should also have some sort of firmament (if that's the word) in the plastic casing that also helps hold the connector in place additionally. There are a couple other ways to design it, but I'll keep those ideas to myself, heh.
if you look at the modern dell laptops in the latitude lineup, they have brackets that mate with the type-c ports which also screw into the chassis. In addition to this, they spread the footprint of the connector and laterally reinforce the connector with 8 through-hole pads per port in addition to the brackets.
Excellent video! The port can be tested for internal broken connections by plugging in a 24-pin break-out board and checking continuity. Thanks for sharing such great and educational videos! (btw, what temp do you use on the hot-air?)
Nice job! As for HP... It is one piece of sh*t of a company anyways... And their relations with customers confirm that in every possible aspect, no matter what the product is. Switched entire company to Lenovo years ago, from basic laptops to enteprise datacenter, no regrets.
Congratulations for your great job. Certainly your experience says otherwise, but could you have saved the other port as well by using some jump wire to restore the missing pads and soldering the other usb port too? Thanks for the attention. Greetings, bye bye,
Right on time with the video, as my X360 of this generation (13-ap0028ca) just stopped charging off the main port, and the secondary port that I never use worked for all of half a second. Now neither port will work. Hopefully a local electronics shop can fix the port(s) if that is the problem, and hopefully its not something like the power IC shorted by using the second port. Figures the HP would shit itself right before finals, when I actually need it. Annoying that there are no replacement ports!
Hello, north ridge what are the dimensions of the port in mm. There is a port from the company JAE with modelnumber JAE_656_DX07B024JAAR1100-1953913. Which has the same pin layout and pcb layout.
Thanks for all your excellent videos !! And I must say that HP's design AND construction of the USB ports on these laptops are nothing less than a scandal !! Badly conceived ((all looks without ONE thought of usability of durability)) and equally badly manufactured, "ensuring" that they succumb to their atrocious ""design"". And to top that off no spare/repair parts available.... What a PERFECT TRIFECTA of FAIL!! Would it be conceivably possible to "solder in" wires on the motherboard, and have them lead to an external USB port ?? Maybe it wouldn't be "elegant" but it sure would beat having a "dead" laptop ! Best regards
Sorry if this is a noob idea, I hope someone could correct me if I'm wrong - Since it's a charging port only, no data, won't there be only 2 useful pins V+ and ground? So just find out which pins they are and connect a different connector as such? 🤔
HP can't learn from lenovo to put some red resin on that charging port. I think it s very expensive that resin for hp. Ripped pads are awful and a lot of work, some resin like ibm put on gpu in the past it will fix that connector to not move.
I know this is an older video. When I first got the 13" Spectre in Feb 2020, it developed the same issue around July 2020 when I was using a USB-C magnetic adapter. instantly went off. Nothing would charge. Power LED would blinking on and off. Sent it to HP repair (was still under 1 year warranty) and they did a motherboard swap. Shame that these USB-C ports seem to be a weak link.
If anyone is still looking, this is not it. Search Google Shopping for "DC Jack USB Type-C for HP Spectre X360 13-AP0000 13T-AP000 CTO Power Connector Port". Credit to Robert Martin in the comments above.
I have done 2 of these myself exact same problem I was able to fix the bent pins it happens because the plastic piece inside can move backwards. I actually put some shims in behind in between the plastic and the metal this stop the plastic from moving and stops the pins from pushing backwards when charger is inserted. It's not ideal but you have to improvise sometimes when parts are not available
I have the same laptop. good heads up for me that I have to take care of the charging ports. Bought it for the looks, HP doesn't even support Windows 11 on this machine and I got a big drop in performance from upgrading. had to look up how to restore the High Performance profile. Also the fan curve is hidden in firmware you cannot manually set the fans. The fans never go to full when you need performance, I only get 20 watts out of 30 watt capable CPU!
So it has two 12 pin set rows, I wonder if a Nintendo switch port would work since the switch has two 12 row pins aswell not sure on the size or side alignments though!
Was fixing one that laptop with the same issue, broken pin connectors. I solders the pins again and retracing back the pads that were ripped off the board. The one on the corner blew up when I connected the cable but the one on the side was fine it charges the computer. Any luck finding the port?
I just found out that the pads on one of my Spectre USB-C ports lifted and was told by my local shop that it is unrepairable. Any 2nd opinions? Is there a way to convert a thunderbolt usb-c port into a charge port only? BTW, I bought a 'YoungSelly USB C Connector,Support Thunderbolt 4, USB4.0, PD 100W Magnetic Adapter' for the remaining port and love it (Amzn, elbow version is best). The USB-C port is a poor laptop charging design choice. The connector just isn't sufficiently robust. Laptop mfgs need to restore the former low profile barrel plug or switch to magnetic connectors like the YoungSelly.
my daughters aurus x7 pro main board charging port melted down 3 times . luckly it was covered by the makers 3 year warenty it would have been 3 k for the new main bord as you can't buy the part to mend it . it's a bit like buying a new car and having to scrap it because you got a broken wheel and can't buy a new wheel . crazy made to breake [do not atempt to mend ]
should try do it for the port that wasn't fixed. but it could have some fancy communication with the charger for the power output level. USB-C is complicated.
wont the pins disconnect again very soon? because the way the plastic that holds the pins move i am thinking it will easily dettach again from the soldering. just my thoughts.
This is one of the best channels on UA-cam! Excellent work! May i ask which soldering iron you use? I have recently bought the ‘Quick TS1200a’ any views in this iron? Many thanks
I have hp envy x360 It was brought to my shop not powering i fixed the charging port...but after powering it doesn't display All the voltage are available Have tried with a New RAM & even flashing the bios but still no display
question? i have this version of laptop in 15 inch screen. this problem has not happened yet. is there a preventative measure that can be taken before this happens?
A magnetic charging cable might help quite a bit as you are not actually plugging the USB-C connector in and out repeatedly. Also if it gets knocked, it hopefully would disconnect the magnetic connection before damaging the socket.
The real problem is companies don't make products like they used to. Everything is so flimsy, light, and cheap. Best part? they managed to turn the lightness into some kind of heroic feature, rather than the showcasing of how it's actually just to cut cost and make it cheap as fuck. These products of today aren't even 30% as strong or durable as shit when I was younger.
I can't imagine there being any one computer manufacturer who would sell you just the USB port. That being said it is odd that the USB C port isn't standard... I'm actually really surprised you got 30 from China and they are all different... Then again your RTX 3090 repair showed that even HDMI port pins are not equal.
Nice job, nice video. The design of this laptop and this USB-c connector are horrible. Thats infact a product and a connector that should break soon, so you had to buy a new product. I am sure its a connector designed by HP, so just HP got this connector. The same problem with the new ps5, where they shift the pins. I bet sony designed it just for the playstatione so no one else could buy that connectors soon or so early.
@NorthridgeFix On the top of the USB-C connector, the two small metal flaps that are bent down to secure the plastic connector insert... If you pry them up slightly and add an adhesive around and under them, and press the pins back down; it will bond the actual connector to the solid metal shroud. I have repaired many of these devices with the method and had no further issues down the line.
Those were exactly my thoughts on this matter. The wiggling rips off the copper connectors because the plastic part is not secured properly to the metal shell
Thats why Louis is fighting for the "right to repair". We want all parts to be free to buy. Inshallah thing will change
y?
@@kaiserschnitselsr you want to take away our right to repair?
@@sapperdeflap "this part can be easily purchased in the Netherlands and Belgium for €4,95" highly unlikely --- if what you say is true then there would be no difficulty in obtaining this port. Did you even watch the video?
inshallah
Even Lenovo has usb c issues with their ports with Realtek chips that are not available anywhere.
I have watch many of your Video about replace charging port in past. Right now I start to work on my curtomer's device. . . and I do a great and better than other technician do here.
Big appreciate from me coz I learnt so many from you. Alhamdulillah.
I am from Indonesia.
Wah mantep dari Indo
@@AnasSatria iya bang. ada teman Yes!!!! Rapih ni org kerjanya. Semngat bang jadi teknisi. Sy jatuh bangun, soalx baru start.
@@muhammadayub2909 Mantep bang. Tetep tekuni bang, soalnya banyak yang membutuhkan jasa service pihak ketiga.
I've had the same problem with that laptop. I was able to use 1 of the 2 on my repair too. I also recommended my customer to purchase a 100W High Speed Magnetic USB C charger cable to plug into the port. The magnetic port it will significantly increase the lifespan of the charger port. Amazon sells high speed magnetic charging cables for about 20$ and the female to female extension so they can use the wall charger. The laptop I repaired had the 65W slim charger and it charged fine.
can you please share the link ? I think I need to buy one.
I love that you still get waited when a fix works
The soldering skills is so satisfyingly good. I love how the solders look so clean.
I love that "the job is done" 😃
Better than factory!
connector is very bad designed, you can see that even with shielding soldered in 4 points all force that came from cable insertion and removing is on solder joints of these pins. Maybe (if it's possible) to fix in place that black plastic inside connector, that will prolong next failure.
Same problem is present in many, many other usb-c ports and that's why I hate seeing them used as charging port for anything except phones (and even with phones I'll hate it same if I use my phone like most kids do, connected to charger)
I was thinking of hot glue in-between the back metal shielding and the black plastic.
Use one of the magnetic USB C plugs. I have that on all my devices, and once inserted, the charging ports connect to charging cable by the built in magnet in cable. No more pressure or strain on ports.
Yeah. Exactly same problem appears in smartphones after about 2 years of using. I mean USB C is great port but using it as charching, headphones and data transmission to PC after some time destroys itself
Yup, I just made the same observation but you beat me by 2 months.
Very poor design indeed the pads just rip right off the board.
I just had a customer drop one of these off 10 minutes ago. Luckily, I have a few of these other boards and I could use them as donor boards. My customer has this exact issue that you are depicted in this video.
Your smile after fixing the things is amazing 😊
in my case, i would like to use some kind of slow cure resin to fill the gaps and glue the plastic holder pin (black one) and the steel shell of the charging port, so it wouldn't wiggling around after fixing.
Good Ideer
What do thing about using hot glue?
@@nilomyki Hot glue must be easier to produce but harder to apply, cause it have high viscosity and too fast curing time. And it also too elastic, and it cant prevent wiggle.
Another day, another HP Spectre x360 with bad connector. Nice video!
One of the nicest laptop . Well done Alex !
Your video helps me a lot as always, I'll never buy this laptop.
This is a great laptop
@@ValorHeart With buit in programmed obsolescence where it breaks when you charge it and lift the screen - and on top of that, prevents you from buying the piece that breaks.
No, thank you.
@@ValorHeart with a shitty architecture... Especially the corner usb-c
I have two of these. The best (and most stylish) consumer ultralight PC laptop with Thunderbolt you can get. Period. Charging port breakdowns are always user errors (look how badly bent the pins are!). This design is ok, the screen does not interfere the charger in any way. If you break these ports like in this video you have to look in the mirror. It does not happen lightly, you need to use a considerable amount of force. But having said that the USB-C port is a bit too tiny and fragile for the uses it has been designated for. That is clear. But having this thin laptops and tablets there is not much choices and this is a standard that is driven by EU for example. But I am a careful user so I have had zero problems. And The charging ports have always been breaking down in careless hands, no matter the make or model of the ports. The parts SHOULD BE available. Usually HP is quite good with spare parts but not on the component level. The same with all the manufacturers.
Not really, with that and many other problems they have.😢 @ValorHeart
it's kinda weird that nobody has decided to make a usable replacement for this port considering that this model of laptop seems to have many failures in that area. Thanks for all the awesome educational videos!!
It’s not weird it’s calculated… the company made it on porpoise to make you buy a new one.
The movement of the port is the culprit here.
Ports (of any kind) are a complete mess, because there are no connection standards. Everyone uses a different type of port, which seems deliberate to make it harder to repair later.
Hi Alex. I’m really enjoying your videos. Good information and easy to understand what your doing. I’ve followed Luis Rossman for quite a while now and he inspired me to start doing my own repair on my own devices. I was wondering if you started working on any surface pro8 tablets yet. I was given one with no power and fried some components on the power rail. Anyways nice to see someone on the west coast that knows what they are doing. Keep up the good work.
I have last year's 13 inch model, and I love it mostly because it's very light to carry, and nice design, I'm worried it may break up at any time after warranty is over, it's a expensive laptop to be so poorly designed
This guy has too many skills! Amazing work!
11:29 That was epic reward for literally best you could do to repair without spare parts. Awesome
Why Hp team no taking care of design and difficulties Before releasing the laptop into the market. You have done a great job and practically showed us how to overcome this type of situations in the real field. I have seen so many left the laptop aside because od the power button pressed inside because of design issues and the charging port seems very delicate and there is no proper support or holder on the port to the base so that when we plug in it can withstand the pressure. Thanks for showing the video in detail Hatsoff
Too late for me, I have the 15" version. I will be very careful with those ports! Thanks for the video, very helpful!!
You are a master in soldering love it when you say better than factory 😉
The main problem is that this port is surface mount (SMT) & not through-hole (THM). If it was THM, the tension from thousands of plugging & unplugging would have kept it in place probably 100 times better than if it was SMT, because we know that solder is a soft metal alloy & so the entire connector is eventually going to break off due to the soft solder. And the 4 tiny hole mounts on the sides were not enough stability with a port that is used all the time, because they themselves are also soldered in place. I understand that the company (HP in this case) is trying to make laptops as thin as possible, so they are making big board pieces laterally aligned with the board, instead of the whole thing sitting on top of board. But this is the problem that is created when you start designing something like this. There was not enough beta testing, because you are not going to see this in those kinds of tests due to time. The problem only becomes apparent out in the field with end-user customers. Or perhaps HP knew this was going to happen but still approved it, because all they understand is the bottomeline (money) & you can either get it fixed or buy another HP product. The only thing I could think of that would strengthen this connector piece on the board is to maybe use hot melt glue all around where connector meets the circuit board, that could possibly keep the connector in place 10 times longer, if not 50-100 times longer. Then if it does eventually fall off again (but it hopefully stayed on much longer), you can reheat or pry the glue off. The laptop designer should also have some sort of firmament (if that's the word) in the plastic casing that also helps hold the connector in place additionally. There are a couple other ways to design it, but I'll keep those ideas to myself, heh.
if you look at the modern dell laptops in the latitude lineup, they have brackets that mate with the type-c ports which also screw into the chassis. In addition to this, they spread the footprint of the connector and laterally reinforce the connector with 8 through-hole pads per port in addition to the brackets.
Excellent video! The port can be tested for internal broken connections by plugging in a 24-pin break-out board and checking continuity. Thanks for sharing such great and educational videos! (btw, what temp do you use on the hot-air?)
Love your videos a lot. You help me to diagnose many devices myself thank you so much a lot love from Pakistan ♥️♥️♥️♥️
Is it possible to fixed the loose plastic( which cause of bending the pin of port) on port by using some kind of glue before resolder the port.?
Nice job! As for HP... It is one piece of sh*t of a company anyways... And their relations with customers confirm that in every possible aspect, no matter what the product is. Switched entire company to Lenovo years ago, from basic laptops to enteprise datacenter, no regrets.
Congratulations for your great job. Certainly your experience says otherwise, but could you have saved the other port as well by using some jump wire to restore the missing pads and soldering the other usb port too? Thanks for the attention. Greetings, bye bye,
HP- Horible Parts
Lol 😆
Aha.
Right on time with the video, as my X360 of this generation (13-ap0028ca) just stopped charging off the main port, and the secondary port that I never use worked for all of half a second. Now neither port will work. Hopefully a local electronics shop can fix the port(s) if that is the problem, and hopefully its not something like the power IC shorted by using the second port. Figures the HP would shit itself right before finals, when I actually need it. Annoying that there are no replacement ports!
Hello, north ridge what are the dimensions of the port in mm. There is a port from the company JAE with modelnumber JAE_656_DX07B024JAAR1100-1953913. Which has the same pin layout and pcb layout.
Thanks for all your excellent videos !!
And I must say that HP's design AND construction of the USB ports on these laptops are nothing less than a scandal !!
Badly conceived ((all looks without ONE thought of usability of durability)) and equally badly manufactured, "ensuring" that they succumb to their atrocious ""design"".
And to top that off no spare/repair parts available....
What a PERFECT TRIFECTA of FAIL!!
Would it be conceivably possible to "solder in" wires on the motherboard, and have them lead to an external USB port ?? Maybe it wouldn't be "elegant" but it sure would beat having a "dead" laptop !
Best regards
Thanks for the video.
This laptops usb ports are not durable.
Does anyone know if the parts are available now? Mine no longer either
Excellent work I'm enjoying every minute in your video thanks
Bom back to life masterpiece again
Sorry if this is a noob idea, I hope someone could correct me if I'm wrong - Since it's a charging port only, no data, won't there be only 2 useful pins V+ and ground? So just find out which pins they are and connect a different connector as such? 🤔
HP can't learn from lenovo to put some red resin on that charging port. I think it s very expensive that resin for hp. Ripped pads are awful and a lot of work, some resin like ibm put on gpu in the past it will fix that connector to not move.
I know this is an older video. When I first got the 13" Spectre in Feb 2020, it developed the same issue around July 2020 when I was using a USB-C magnetic adapter. instantly went off. Nothing would charge. Power LED would blinking on and off. Sent it to HP repair (was still under 1 year warranty) and they did a motherboard swap. Shame that these USB-C ports seem to be a weak link.
Great video. Having this exact issue. We’re you ever able to find the port?
@NorthridgFix google part# EB-500-5004 , that should be your port. or at least it sure looks like it.
If anyone is still looking, this is not it. Search Google Shopping for "DC Jack USB Type-C for HP Spectre X360 13-AP0000 13T-AP000 CTO Power Connector Port". Credit to Robert Martin in the comments above.
Have an identical job. Will let you know if it works and if I'm able to locate replacement ports for this application. Thanks!
I have done 2 of these myself exact same problem I was able to fix the bent pins it happens because the plastic piece inside can move backwards. I actually put some shims in behind in between the plastic and the metal this stop the plastic from moving and stops the pins from pushing backwards when charger is inserted. It's not ideal but you have to improvise sometimes when parts are not available
Hi Alex, thanks for the video and was helpful. Please do share the board part number for charging port.
Never give up n always improvise
Who the hell gave this 2 thumbs down!?!?
HP employees
Roger Ebert
Amazing work. 👏
Can you make us a box with the usb type c chargers.
Like you did the 500 box. Since I got the 500 box I been doing lots of ports
I have the same laptop. good heads up for me that I have to take care of the charging ports. Bought it for the looks, HP doesn't even support Windows 11 on this machine and I got a big drop in performance from upgrading. had to look up how to restore the High Performance profile. Also the fan curve is hidden in firmware you cannot manually set the fans. The fans never go to full when you need performance, I only get 20 watts out of 30 watt capable CPU!
It's nice make videos about repairing laptops
Do you think those ports can work?
So it has two 12 pin set rows, I wonder if a Nintendo switch port would work since the switch has two 12 row pins aswell not sure on the size or side alignments though!
@ARI GOLD EXPERIENCE yeah that was i was thinking lol
Great Video I enjoy watching while learning
All the Best..
great work my brother
Do you have any repair video for hp AIO computer motherboard repair? Thanks.
ماشاءالله ابداع اخي الكريم الله يوفقك
Great job my friend
Was fixing one that laptop with the same issue, broken pin connectors. I solders the pins again and retracing back the pads that were ripped off the board. The one on the corner blew up when I connected the cable but the one on the side was fine it charges the computer. Any luck finding the port?
digikey carries a good selection of usb-c ports
Great job and video like always
Can you pot the rear of the connector with epoxy maybe to limit the amount of travel it has?
Very Professional
how much would it cost for this repair/???
Very well done.
So i have a question. would changing the whole motherboard work?
and the moral of the story is:- DO NOT BUY A HP SPECTRE LAPTOP.
i take it you found the ports now ?? great vid
Very instructive good work
I just found out that the pads on one of my Spectre USB-C ports lifted and was told by my local shop that it is unrepairable. Any 2nd opinions? Is there a way to convert a thunderbolt usb-c port into a charge port only?
BTW, I bought a 'YoungSelly USB C Connector,Support Thunderbolt 4, USB4.0, PD 100W Magnetic Adapter' for the remaining port and love it (Amzn, elbow version is best).
The USB-C port is a poor laptop charging design choice. The connector just isn't sufficiently robust. Laptop mfgs need to restore the former low profile barrel plug or switch to magnetic connectors like the YoungSelly.
Youngselly Magnetic Connector bricked my laptop. I bought another laptop with a traditional AC barrel port AND an extended, accidental warranty.
I just fixed one of these yesterday.
Great job 👍
my daughters aurus x7 pro main board charging port melted down 3 times . luckly it was covered by the makers 3 year warenty it would have been 3 k for the new main bord as you can't buy the part to mend it .
it's a bit like buying a new car and having to scrap it because you got a broken wheel and can't buy a new wheel .
crazy made to breake [do not atempt to mend ]
That's why we need the right to repair movement!
i would probably identify the - and + and install a barrel connector and modify the charger too at least it wont break again
should try do it for the port that wasn't fixed. but it could have some fancy communication with the charger for the power output level. USB-C is complicated.
thank you
Great fix!
Well done
I have the same issue with my HP. I really do not want to throw away. What do I do contact HP and have them fix it? Thank you
Dos you have any solución?
Alcohol or thinner for cleaning?
wont the pins disconnect again very soon? because the way the plastic that holds the pins move i am thinking it will easily dettach again from the soldering. just my thoughts.
Yeah, that probably will happen. I was thinking maybe they can be hot glued into place for added support.
you are a magician !!!!!!!!!!!!
Excellent man 👌👌👌
This is one of the best channels on UA-cam! Excellent work!
May i ask which soldering iron you use?
I have recently bought the ‘Quick TS1200a’ any views in this iron?
Many thanks
Good day. Were you not abel to buy donot board from the very same laptop?
Most likely it will have busted USB-c ports.
Maybe put hot glue in that space at the back to stop the movement of the inside of the port, so it wont happen again.
I have hp envy x360
It was brought to my shop not powering i fixed the charging port...but after powering it doesn't display
All the voltage are available
Have tried with a New RAM & even flashing the bios but still no display
question? i have this version of laptop in 15 inch screen. this problem has not happened yet. is there a preventative measure that can be taken before this happens?
A magnetic charging cable might help quite a bit as you are not actually plugging the USB-C connector in and out repeatedly. Also if it gets knocked, it hopefully would disconnect the magnetic connection before damaging the socket.
After 3 yrs of owning this laptop, i learned from this video that i can charge it from the side USB C port too 🤦♂️
What power cord do you use for the side USB C port?
He did not enven tryed to fix the other one?
Waiting more videos 😎
You can try Nokia Lumia 950 charging port, it looks similar.
Maybe a bit of hot glue would stop the black plastic part from moving and bending the pins.
The real problem is companies don't make products like they used to.
Everything is so flimsy, light, and cheap. Best part? they managed to turn the lightness into some kind of heroic feature,
rather than the showcasing of how it's actually just to cut cost and make it cheap as fuck.
These products of today aren't even 30% as strong or durable as shit when I was younger.
can you make a video with worse laptop to buy , so we know which break easy and which is easy to fix
I can't imagine there being any one computer manufacturer who would sell you just the USB port. That being said it is odd that the USB C port isn't standard... I'm actually really surprised you got 30 from China and they are all different... Then again your RTX 3090 repair showed that even HDMI port pins are not equal.
Nice job, nice video. The design of this laptop and this USB-c connector are horrible. Thats infact a product and a connector that should break soon, so you had to buy a new product.
I am sure its a connector designed by HP, so just HP got this connector. The same problem with the new ps5, where they shift the pins. I bet sony designed it just for the playstatione so no one else could buy that connectors soon or so early.
Why didn't you add the other port! it was as good as the added one
That design just seems awfully cheap and dinky. The manufacturer knows that is a part that gets repeated use. Nice repair effort!
Laptops with fancy design are just not worth the hassle.