100%. If you've even taken apart electronics, you'll know how difficult it can be. The fact that Big Boss can do it to nearly every product w/ perfection, well, that's why he's Big Boss.
No. No doubt he is a huge help but the key is Alex work. Anyone can learn to dissasemble and assemble devices and be good at it. Not everyone can solder or troubleshoot like Alex.
I do electronic repairs for fun. I have enjoyed electronics for years. Since I was a kid, this has been mainly for friends and family items. I will make money to buy parts. I want to make money from something other than my friends and family. Your channel is great. Keep up the tremendous work.
hello, we think it's easy to stick an hdmi port, I've stuck many hdmi ports, I've been fixing PC-URIs since 2007. and I look at you and see that you like what you do as I do, the difference is that I work part time, not full time. well done man good job you are doing. yes, my work is truck driver. the part with electronics makes me relax, makes me forget all the problems.
@@Fattony6666 Nothing constructive from you, this is a caring community, the job that Alex does by sharing his knowledge it is not just about likes its about giving something back to the world, he choose to do that because he is a good person his advices helped a lot of people here, he would be better without this channel, more time to spend with his family.
Judging by the grain of the material and your needing to ramp the heat, the customer likely used an Rohs compliant non-lead solder. Best also makes a 67/39 Pb/Sn eutectic that's great. Their 60/40 is a very decent general purpose solder, I use it too.
Think he was mostly saying.. “I have a set of skills that is desirable and I focus on those repairs. Doing other repairs doesn’t make sense financially for me or the customer” I reached out to get a quote just curious and it took over a week to get a reply. I got two different quotes. They are swamped.. they literally cannot do those things mentioned but since he has those items being sold on his store I’m assuming at one point he did those things.. just no longer.
Hard to believe that someone would make a solder brick across 20 pins and traces. Been doing electronics for 30+ years, when I was 11 I didn't do garbage like that lol. Bad bad bad.....
Bro, I think the stuff they’ve been using is the stuff that they used to tin copper pipes, because that solder is different than the one that you use for electrical soldering and also the person was literally going blind. Didn’t know what they were doing because I don’t have an electronic microscope to see what they’re doing. Typical amateur night i’m surprised that the HDMI pads did not rip off.
Finally!! A professional admits that there's a BETTER solder than Kester. I repeatedly tried to convince a management where I'm working, that we need to change the solder to other brand than Kester, because Kester is sh*t. Sure, Kester is sh*t cheap that's why the management choose it to save cost, but if it contributes to most production quality reject because of it's inferior performance (price don't lie, mate), then it's not cost saving. It's sh*t saving.
Every now and then, everyone should take some time to re-think the way they do business. That's indeed the truth. Those who already have a certain amount of money and they are doing electronic repair for fun, can repair whatever they want Those who earn their living from repairing need to re-evaluate what they do, how they are doing it and why, for what purpose...
Alex, my favorite bit is that you keep saying solid, solid, solid, solid, solid, solid, solid, solid, solid, solid, solid, solid, solid, solid, solid, solid then say YES! Then give smile and give big boss to reassembly! That is music to my ears!! :) great job Alex!
I have things I want to fix, but I would practice on a unimportant board prior to the real one. Even if it's a device (broken, or partly working) that I got off eBay or similar. The videos help with how something can be fixed, reference info, and anticipated results. But the real test comes when "it's your turn" and you are the one holding the soldering iron, the hot air gun, tiny wires, connectors.... I wonder if the prior attempt used plumbers solder! I don't do repairs for a living, but more of a hobby. I work for a warehouse and we sell gym equipment. I work in the shipping / receiving but mostly select items - some light, some heavy - and get them ready for shipping. I check dumpsters, and curbside stuff for electronics.
Can't fail to agree with any of the points in the video - when components were mainly through hole you needed skill and the correct tools, now its mainly all SMT that has increased dramatically. Repairs are not being helped because people setup 'repair shops' to fleece customers knowing that the electronics being fixed are expensive items, the repairs on this site are top notch and impressive it has to be said.
VERY INFORMATIC AND PROFESSIONAL . REMIND'S ME OF WHAT I WENT THRU IN THE 70'S AND 80'S. BACK THEN, WE CHANGE INDIVIDUAL RESISTOR'S, CAPACITOR'S, DIODE'S AND MORE. NO SMD'S BACK THEN. IT WAS VERY STRESSING AT THE BEGINNING. BUT, THE SATISFACTION WAS WONDERFUL AFTER MISSION SUCCESS. MY ADVICE TO THOSE MONKEY'S OUT THERE, DON'T MAKE THING'S WORST IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING. AFTER DAMAGING U EXPECT PPL LIKE ALEX AND OTHER'S TO CLEAN UR MASS. IT'S EASIER TO REPAIR A NATURAL FAULT, THAN REPAIR A MAN MADE FAULT. GREAT JOB ALEX.
amazing repair as you always do, and some very valuable and useful words a lot of ppl should listen closely to and take some advise from a sucessful business owner
Hello You are a great guy. I really love the Big Boss when he checked the finished repair device he began with In The Name of God. And this is your success. God bless you and the big Boss and your father. Love you all from Palestine.
Hey Alex. Someone just starting out with some experience with repairing in a new shop, but not as much as you. Is it best to not charge repair fee to gain more experience with different devices? When more experience is gained, then charge a repair fee? Thanks!
Correct. I guess if you get so much work that you can't handle it anymore, you start charging more (repair attempt, jump the cue), so you earn more and filter out the silly repairs.
Crudely true, business is a serious matter that relies on income. The flow must be steady and you found your formula. You may be the best but you have to reach a minimum, always, that's the priority. Others do lengthy jobs but don't have your workload.
I agree to your statements but Sometimes we gotta see the economical aspects of a repair as well , we can't always go on and replace the whole motherboard which has a CPU or GPU issue , indeed it's time consuming but at least we're saving one more device from getting thrown into landfill .
Mr. Alex, I think it's time for you to take some R&R time and get away from the business to recharge your brain. YOU are the best at what you do but I can tell that you need some FUN TIME. Go out and safely visit a nice rural forest or National Park. Walk with nature and smell the flowers. Do something completely different from your routine and get your mind clear and healthy. WE, your You Tube audience really want your well being and happiness. GREAT SHOW! By the way, if you are worried about business falling behind, then DON'T as YOU will always be in demand.
Have to admit your abrasive way of speaking takes a bit of getting use to but you talk a lot of sense and I enjoyed your insights on work and life. Great job on this repair also. 👍
I bet the moment they started they were confident but when it started to go bad they were crapping themselves in desperation they kept going in the hopes of fixing it poor person overwhelmed themselves i bet they were at that for 7+ hours then it’s sent to you and cleaned up and fixed within minutes professionalism at it’s finest
Never had a problem with Kester solder; but better solder is always better! NO politician helps people, they are helping themselves. In the name of helping people. I like politicians that say out of my way. You should too.
I always leave a like here, but most often at the end. When I see you go around the corner to big boss it always makes me smile and I give a like right at that moment!
For me I don't charge a repair attempt fee or diagnostic fee for just looking at it and maybe plugging something in, but If I have to open it up there is a repair attempt fee definitely.
I've been wanting to get into electronic repair, I've got all the equipment and I've done a lot of the practice kits that are available. However, what is the best way to actually get into troubleshooting devices, I currently don't have anything that needs fixed and I've tried ordering devices on ebay but most are just liquid damaged garbage. Thanks!
I bet they were trying to solder with silver tin or stuff used for water pipes. there is nothing as good as leaded 60/40 solder. Lead free just cracks and breaks which is great for planned obsolescence, health and environmental laws but terrible for good quality
I remember the first time I tried do something like that which was years ago , I tried a tsop48 but failed, was close and no ripped pads but not good, tried a iPhone screen connector and ended up ripping pads, so I just accepted I’m not good enough and never will be as I have a medical problem where my hands shake sometimes , then came a surprise birthday present which was trinocular microscope, tried a tsop48 and done it perfect, done a iPhone connector no problem and ps4 hdmi connector easily, even though I had expensive soldering stations, hot air stations, quality flux and so on, without that microscope I couldn’t get the job done, if you can’t see something properly then you won’t be able to do it correctly
Been having a PC nightmare lately the wifes asus chromebook started up with a fault I tried to clear it nothing worked so quick look on ebay acer 14 inch same as mine was ending in 10 mins no bids starting bid £50 + £6.60 pp won it great so gives me time to suss out hers and that will end up on ebay , came in on wednesday switches on my PC tower nothing on screen except check connection or something like that constant light on PC drags out old tower same thing so swaps VGA lead still nothing , thought don't tell me it's the monitor drags out old monitor swaps it yep monitor knackered , I bought the thing from a liquidation place on ebay a couple of years ago , still it was cheap , good job I had all this stuff I was supposed to be getting rid of on gumtree , keep up the good work .
Love the videos, do you get any laptops that let’s say have missing 3.3V rail, or have a corrupted BIOS, or have bad Super IO ic? Maybe the problem like that laptop is vorking but wont charge (bad charging ic), i think that would be interesting 😊😊
There is some really garbage solder out there. I bought some cheap 60/40 from Amazon once. It was so bad it crumbled on my iron. Yes, from solid, to liquid to crumble in minutes. Crap.
You know, I just started trying to do this with an xbox one x I got with a bad retimer chip. I have failed miserably. There are 3 pads missing and I cant get jumper wires to stick to the tracers. Im about to either give up and send it in or upgrade my equipment and try again. But with 3 pads missing, not being able to get jumpers to stick has really made me rethink trying this again. I have a One S that needs a new hdmi port but did not want to fix it till the X was fixed. Shaking my head here lol. Maybe my solder is crap, maybe my flux is crap maybe my iron is crap IDK.
Hi Alex, great job as usual 😀👍🏻 I wanted to ask through this way if you might make a video as a review of the new Uni-T Z002 Macro Lens compared to its predecessor. I know that you prefer the Flir E60 rather than the Uni-T 260B, but I would be very happy and interested in such a review 🤓✌🏻 Thank you 😀
People really don't seem to understand the need for flux! I think because soldering wire often says "2% flux" on the packaging, they assume that there's now no reason to buy flux. Looking at this repair attempt, this person is clearly one of those that don't understand why they still need flux! 😆😆
This tells me that whoever attempted the repair has not even the slightest clue or minimal understanding as to how electronics function. "Hack it til you crack it" must be their MOTTO
I watched your videos, and attempted to fix my Xbox Elite 2 controller. While it doesn't look like Hiroshima (yet), I can't for the life of me figure out how to de-solder the switches from the board 😂. I got the low-melt solder and it just doesn't melt the existing solder
Smart business decisions are more easy quick jobs make you more money, if you want to figure something out to take more time it will make you go under. Time is money and Alex says it best.
I think they used plumber’s solder and a blowtorch! 🤣
The plumber's solder was my guess as well. It's high in silver content.
Takes a lot of heat to melt. By law there cannot be any lead in it.
Big Boss is the key , disassembly and assembly is no joke and a skill in its self , Northfix is Team work , and Family
100%. If you've even taken apart electronics, you'll know how difficult it can be. The fact that Big Boss can do it to nearly every product w/ perfection, well, that's why he's Big Boss.
It is true sometimes it takes more time to take things apart than the soldering or troubleshooting you do
No. No doubt he is a huge help but the key is Alex work. Anyone can learn to dissasemble and assemble devices and be good at it. Not everyone can solder or troubleshoot like Alex.
being nonpolitical IS political! 9:40
That repair was SOLID, SOLID, SOLID, SOLID, SOLID, SOLID, SOLID, SOLID. You did a great job.
Amazing 😬
One SOLID for each of the connector points.
Solid, solid, solid, solid, solid, loose - thats ok, its ground, solid, solid, solid...:D
Clap your hands... SOLID
We did an a amazing job
Wife is calling I don't care🤣🤣🤣I´m dying
He ain't no SIMP. 😎😆😅
I do electronic repairs for fun. I have enjoyed electronics for years. Since I was a kid, this has been mainly for friends and family items. I will make money to buy parts. I want to make money from something other than my friends and family. Your channel is great. Keep up the tremendous work.
hello, we think it's easy to stick an hdmi port, I've stuck many hdmi ports, I've been fixing PC-URIs since 2007. and I look at you and see that you like what you do as I do, the difference is that I work part time, not full time. well done man good job you are doing. yes, my work is truck driver. the part with electronics makes me relax, makes me forget all the problems.
we think we don't care
@@Fattony6666 Nothing constructive from you, this is a caring community, the job that Alex does by sharing his knowledge it is not just about likes its about giving something back to the world, he choose to do that because he is a good person his advices helped a lot of people here, he would be better without this channel, more time to spend with his family.
Judging by the grain of the material and your needing to ramp the heat, the customer likely used an Rohs compliant non-lead solder. Best also makes a 67/39 Pb/Sn eutectic that's great. Their 60/40 is a very decent general purpose solder, I use it too.
They probably you copper pipe solder the way it looks and like James said
It looks like they used a shovel to solder that connector 🤣👍
Pharaoh, a sing for those who believe.
He was preserved, as a sing, as our book told us.
Loved the comment on him.
If everyone think like that, where will customer go for reballing ic ?
Think he was mostly saying.. “I have a set of skills that is desirable and I focus on those repairs. Doing other repairs doesn’t make sense financially for me or the customer”
I reached out to get a quote just curious and it took over a week to get a reply. I got two different quotes. They are swamped.. they literally cannot do those things mentioned but since he has those items being sold on his store I’m assuming at one point he did those things.. just no longer.
Hard to believe that someone would make a solder brick across 20 pins and traces. Been doing electronics for 30+ years, when I was 11 I didn't do garbage like that lol. Bad bad bad.....
Bro, I think the stuff they’ve been using is the stuff that they used to tin copper pipes, because that solder is different than the one that you use for electrical soldering and also the person was literally going blind. Didn’t know what they were doing because I don’t have an electronic microscope to see what they’re doing. Typical amateur night i’m surprised that the HDMI pads did not rip off.
Or it might be silver tin, much higher temperature to get melted
I agree with you! The solder was like cement on the board! I was afraid of burning 🔥 that pcb before the solder was finally liquefied 😂
They were also not using flux 100%
i used to watch louis but he was way to toxic and full of him self and didn't care about teaching more so just attention i am glad i found you
Finally!! A professional admits that there's a BETTER solder than Kester. I repeatedly tried to convince a management where I'm working, that we need to change the solder to other brand than Kester, because Kester is sh*t. Sure, Kester is sh*t cheap that's why the management choose it to save cost, but if it contributes to most production quality reject because of it's inferior performance (price don't lie, mate), then it's not cost saving. It's sh*t saving.
at least the pads wernt ripped off looked like some kinda pluming solder to me
I was about to write the same thing. The pads where still on the PCB. 😂
Great life and practical advice, it's true what you said and a wake-up call for many, I'm sure.
Every now and then, everyone should take some time to re-think the way they do business. That's indeed the truth.
Those who already have a certain amount of money and they are doing electronic repair for fun, can repair whatever they want Those who earn their living from repairing need to re-evaluate what they do, how they are doing it and why, for what purpose...
Wow! I literally have the same console come in yesterday with an HDMI port repair but feeling blessed watching this!!! Sheesh! Wow 😳
Whoever tried to do the repair the first time knew just enough about soldering to be dangerous.
Looked like they used plumbing solder.
Maybe he tried welding it on.
Alex, my favorite bit is that you keep saying solid, solid, solid, solid, solid, solid, solid, solid, solid, solid, solid, solid, solid, solid, solid, solid then say YES! Then give smile and give big boss to reassembly! That is music to my ears!! :) great job Alex!
People go at it with a $10 soldering iron and a $20 heat gun with no microscope and think the solder will magically flow in to place on all the pins.
You can get a lot of desoldering done with the wick. In my days we used suction pump, the spring retracting type, you have to clean it regularly.
I have things I want to fix, but I would practice on a unimportant board prior to the real one. Even if it's a device (broken, or partly working) that I got off eBay or similar. The videos help with how something can be fixed, reference info, and anticipated results. But the real test comes when "it's your turn" and you are the one holding the soldering iron, the hot air gun, tiny wires, connectors....
I wonder if the prior attempt used plumbers solder! I don't do repairs for a living, but more of a hobby. I work for a warehouse and we sell gym equipment. I work in the shipping / receiving but mostly select items - some light, some heavy - and get them ready for shipping. I check dumpsters, and curbside stuff for electronics.
"Hold, hold until the solder is solid, camera is out of focus - I don't care, wife calls - I don't care" 🤣🤣🤣
you know that last one isn' t true, because we all know: the best thing a men ever can say is 'YES DEAR'
@@mrdutch167 Yes dear.
Nice, very satisfying. You should show before and after shot together at the end
Can't fail to agree with any of the points in the video - when components were mainly through hole you needed skill and the correct tools, now its mainly all SMT that has increased dramatically. Repairs are not being helped because people setup 'repair shops' to fleece customers knowing that the electronics being fixed are expensive items, the repairs on this site are top notch and impressive it has to be said.
slight mistake but I am sure you meant to write "SMD" and not SMT
I did laugh out loud in front of my PC all alone at "clap your hands".
"Keep holdinngg, keep holding..."
"Wife is calling I don't care"
Haha that made me chuckle more then usual 😅
VERY INFORMATIC AND PROFESSIONAL .
REMIND'S ME OF WHAT I WENT THRU IN THE 70'S AND 80'S.
BACK THEN, WE CHANGE INDIVIDUAL RESISTOR'S, CAPACITOR'S, DIODE'S AND MORE.
NO SMD'S BACK THEN. IT WAS VERY STRESSING AT THE BEGINNING.
BUT, THE SATISFACTION WAS WONDERFUL AFTER MISSION SUCCESS.
MY ADVICE TO THOSE MONKEY'S OUT THERE, DON'T MAKE THING'S WORST IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING. AFTER DAMAGING U EXPECT PPL LIKE ALEX AND OTHER'S TO CLEAN UR MASS. IT'S EASIER TO REPAIR A NATURAL FAULT, THAN REPAIR A MAN MADE FAULT.
GREAT JOB ALEX.
here here you hit it on the nail
amazing repair as you always do, and some very valuable and useful words a lot of ppl should listen closely to and take some advise from a sucessful business owner
Hello
You are a great guy.
I really love the Big Boss when he checked the finished repair device he began with In The Name of God. And this is your success.
God bless you and the big Boss and your father.
Love you all from Palestine.
Hey Alex. Someone just starting out with some experience with repairing in a new shop, but not as much as you. Is it best to not charge repair fee to gain more experience with different devices? When more experience is gained, then charge a repair fee? Thanks!
Correct. I guess if you get so much work that you can't handle it anymore, you start charging more (repair attempt, jump the cue), so you earn more and filter out the silly repairs.
Need to name and shame if you can. What a shocking job. Your job was SOLID! Say hello to Mr Big Boss too.
Wife is calling I don’t care, clap your hands 👏. lol I’m dying
sets a standard for the industry to try to follow very good team
Crudely true, business is a serious matter that relies on income. The flow must be steady and you found your formula.
You may be the best but you have to reach a minimum, always, that's the priority.
Others do lengthy jobs but don't have your workload.
I agree to your statements but Sometimes we gotta see the economical aspects of a repair as well , we can't always go on and replace the whole motherboard which has a CPU or GPU issue , indeed it's time consuming but at least we're saving one more device from getting thrown into landfill .
OMG!😮😮Charge extra for just the clean up.
That's Bingo Alex. New t shirt " I'm looking for my big tip"! 😄
Mr. Alex, I think it's time for you to take some R&R time and get away from the business to recharge your brain.
YOU are the best at what you do but I can tell that you need some FUN TIME.
Go out and safely visit a nice rural forest or National Park.
Walk with nature and smell the flowers.
Do something completely different from your routine and get your mind clear and healthy.
WE, your You Tube audience really want your well being and happiness.
GREAT SHOW!
By the way, if you are worried about business falling behind, then DON'T as YOU will always be in demand.
Have to admit your abrasive way of speaking takes a bit of getting use to but you talk a lot of sense and I enjoyed your insights on work and life. Great job on this repair also. 👍
I bet the moment they started they were confident but when it started to go bad they were crapping themselves in desperation they kept going in the hopes of fixing it poor person overwhelmed themselves i bet they were at that for 7+ hours then it’s sent to you and cleaned up and fixed within minutes professionalism at it’s finest
😂 this sounds like it happens to you before
@@scarfacejam you would think it has but it hasn’t because I’m good at fixing stuff lol
Never had a problem with Kester solder; but better solder is always better!
NO politician helps people, they are helping themselves. In the name of helping people.
I like politicians that say out of my way. You should too.
"Wife is calling, i don't care... keep holding.." i'm laughed out my soul XD
Tidy Friday man, take 1 hour of at the end of your week to tidy up. It'll help a ton.
That customer looked like they used plumbers solder and maybe plumbers flux lol
Wow, I'm driving here and listing to you words. Seriously, keep up with the great words and awesome advice. It's true, your time is money.
I always leave a like here, but most often at the end. When I see you go around the corner to big boss it always makes me smile and I give a like right at that moment!
For me I don't charge a repair attempt fee or diagnostic fee for just looking at it and maybe plugging something in, but If I have to open it up there is a repair attempt fee definitely.
i also thought to start cpu reballing in mobile phones, after thinking about your advices, i focus on growing my business
I've been wanting to get into electronic repair, I've got all the equipment and I've done a lot of the practice kits that are available. However, what is the best way to actually get into troubleshooting devices, I currently don't have anything that needs fixed and I've tried ordering devices on ebay but most are just liquid damaged garbage. Thanks!
"and failed miserably" "So of course, when all else fails, send it to Northridge fix"
Is it bad that I'm laughing at Alex's Annoyed tone and sarcasm.
Chief .... Solid work !!!!! by the way , could you please check the R11 ? looks broken !
I bet they were trying to solder with silver tin or stuff used for water pipes. there is nothing as good as leaded 60/40 solder. Lead free just cracks and breaks which is great for planned obsolescence, health and environmental laws but terrible for good quality
Great job! I can't wait for more items to get in stock to buy what I need/want... Cheers!
nice and solid work bro...better then factory again...big boss didnt say bismillah today like the other day..
I remember the first time I tried do something like that which was years ago , I tried a tsop48 but failed, was close and no ripped pads but not good, tried a iPhone screen connector and ended up ripping pads, so I just accepted I’m not good enough and never will be as I have a medical problem where my hands shake sometimes , then came a surprise birthday present which was trinocular microscope, tried a tsop48 and done it perfect, done a iPhone connector no problem and ps4 hdmi connector easily, even though I had expensive soldering stations, hot air stations, quality flux and so on, without that microscope I couldn’t get the job done, if you can’t see something properly then you won’t be able to do it correctly
Been having a PC nightmare lately the wifes asus chromebook started up with a fault I tried to clear it nothing worked so quick look on ebay acer 14 inch same as mine was ending in 10 mins no bids starting bid £50 + £6.60 pp won it great so gives me time to suss out hers and that will end up on ebay , came in on wednesday switches on my PC tower nothing on screen except check connection or something like that constant light on PC drags out old tower same thing so swaps VGA lead still nothing , thought don't tell me it's the monitor drags out old monitor swaps it yep monitor knackered , I bought the thing from a liquidation place on ebay a couple of years ago , still it was cheap , good job I had all this stuff I was supposed to be getting rid of on gumtree , keep up the good work .
Love the videos, do you get any laptops that let’s say have missing 3.3V rail, or have a corrupted BIOS, or have bad Super IO ic? Maybe the problem like that laptop is vorking but wont charge (bad charging ic), i think that would be interesting 😊😊
the big boss works without words, great job.
speech is silver, silence is golden
That trash solder they used was awful, even the worst cheap-o Chinese solder is better.
There is some really garbage solder out there. I bought some cheap 60/40 from Amazon once. It was so bad it crumbled on my iron. Yes, from solid, to liquid to crumble in minutes. Crap.
What type of solder do you use to solder that is better than Kester? Do you also sell that one Alex?
Did that person use flux? lol you should have an extra surcharge for prior repair attempts 🤣🤣🤣
And if you listen, you will learn a great deal, thanks for the lessons!
solid, solid clap your hands solid!!! again Alex another solid video. would love a video with you and Big Boss disassembly as well assembly. thx
Probably customer used silver solder for plumbing, it is 400+ degrees to melting point . Can’t explain that butchering !?
I use Kesler 63/37. What solder wick do you use? I looked on your website and didn't see any
northridgefix.com/product/premium-desolder-braid-wick-10ft-length/
You know, I just started trying to do this with an xbox one x I got with a bad retimer chip. I have failed miserably. There are 3 pads missing and I cant get jumper wires to stick to the tracers. Im about to either give up and send it in or upgrade my equipment and try again. But with 3 pads missing, not being able to get jumpers to stick has really made me rethink trying this again. I have a One S that needs a new hdmi port but did not want to fix it till the X was fixed. Shaking my head here lol. Maybe my solder is crap, maybe my flux is crap maybe my iron is crap IDK.
Did they use a MIG welder on the connector?
😁👍
keep holding!!!
The golden wisdom from Akex ; work smart not hard 🌷🌷
I'm guessing the solder was some knockoff Amazon junk with a cheap mixture of metals that melts at absurdly high temperatures.
That kind of persons are everywhere, working on electronic devices (not so good), but even on cars too (vey bad)
When you say amazing it makes my day 🙂
When you screw up, send it to Alex. Or better yet, just send it to Alex when it breaks.
I like your no nonsense attitude. 👍
it is so satisfying to see a pro at work.
That solder looks like the stuff that comes with a cheap $20 iron you get on Amazon.
if all else fails NorthridgeFX prevails... again.
Holy crap, did they use plumbing solder and a blowtorch?
Hi Alex, great job as usual 😀👍🏻
I wanted to ask through this way if you might make a video as a review of the new Uni-T Z002 Macro Lens compared to its predecessor.
I know that you prefer the Flir E60 rather than the Uni-T 260B, but I would be very happy and interested in such a review 🤓✌🏻
Thank you 😀
Big Boss is a Treasure to the world
Hey! what was the solder you were using?
Maybe silver solder
People really don't seem to understand the need for flux! I think because soldering wire often says "2% flux" on the packaging, they assume that there's now no reason to buy flux. Looking at this repair attempt, this person is clearly one of those that don't understand why they still need flux! 😆😆
Looks like plumbers solder for piping nothing surprises me anymore.
Masterfully done!
Id never seen big boss before now, I always assumed he was talking about his wife!
This tells me that whoever attempted the repair has not even the slightest clue or minimal understanding as to how electronics function. "Hack it til you crack it" must be their MOTTO
A job like that makes me wonder if the customer used jewelry solder or that weird stated glass solder stuff. A delusional attempt at best.
Seems like i job i would do with my dad's old soldering iron, and without using any flux whatsoever, at least no ripped pads
I watched your videos, and attempted to fix my Xbox Elite 2 controller. While it doesn't look like Hiroshima (yet), I can't for the life of me figure out how to de-solder the switches from the board 😂. I got the low-melt solder and it just doesn't melt the existing solder
You have to make a toolshop cleaning video soon, take your time to clean and you will be more efficent later :)
Nothridge Dance Class teaching youtube moves from the Solid Shuflle...
Asslammualaikum … big boss I’m your big fan frm MALAYSIA 😍
Smart business decisions are more easy quick jobs make you more money, if you want to figure something out to take more time it will make you go under. Time is money and Alex says it best.
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Amazing...great work. Love that shiny joints. Thank you for that video. Greets
You hit the nail on the head with the china stuff!