Tony I gotta say I love your videos. As someone who has been a PC repair tech for over 35 years, you have shown how to look for new things along with simple, quick ways of double checking work. Along with the comments you make are the same ones i still make today with the way I see things made vs. 35 years ago. Thank you for being awesome and have a blessed day my friend!
Nice. Tony started to include laptop repairs. IMO that is a very profitable market to add to GPU repair. Especially because most of repairs like this (lifting up CPU, GPU or pch) are "no fix" for the most of repair shops.
Yeah finding a laptop repair tech who is willing to lift a CPU or PCH is very rare, any problem with either is usually a no fix. Fried PCH is a particularly common one but they always seem to just end it there, finding a replacement too difficult/expensive etc even if they were willing to do BGA work.
I've said it so many times, liquid metal is dangerous to use. You risk destroying expensive electronics just for a few degrees. It also corrodes so you have to reapply it after a while. It also does not work well with certain metal types.
Yes! Don’t ever use liquid metal on aluminum guys. Gallium and aluminum are very reactive to each other and will completely destroy each other loosing all of the aluminum’s structural integrity in the process. As for copper based heat sinks, I’ve actually been using liquid metal on my laptop for nearly 3 years with no issues and no visible damage to the heat sink. I should note that I did take the extra precautions of using silicone based conformal coating and some high temperature electronics tape thoroughly around the CPU and GPU die on it’s substrate (I think that’s the word). In terms of temps for me, my laptop’s cooling set up was honestly pretty inadequate with the stock thermal paste, throttling constantly at 95C while playing games. With fresh liquid I was able to run a blender cycles render on both the CPU and GPU drawing close to full system power with the CPU never getting above 72C! I would say under the right circumstances and if you know what you’re doing (and of course understand the risks) go for it! Liquid metal’s thermal performance makes the risk worth it to me
As a heads up, you didn't need to remove the CPU. I just did a similar repair on a PS5 yesterday, liquid metal under the SSD controller because the console got dropped. I was able to clean it and get it working without removing the controller by putting the board through an ultrasonic and using compressed air to blow the liquid metal out from under the chip while the board was in the ultrasonic. Worked like a charm. Figured I'd share the knowledge.
So glad to see a proper laptop cpu/gpu repair,I've seen many others just write off gpus and turning them off making the user able to just use the igpu but not Tony! Reballing a laptop cpu is just wow Thank you for the video I really enjoyed it
@@toxy3580 My man can reball and microsolder like a god but getting him to learn and start using PTM 7950 and thermal putties like Upsiren U6 Pro and Laird 607 is another story LOL.
Agreed. Some critical components may have been damaged but still working by now. No one would know when they fail, but it must be earlier than expected.
The mental gymnastics people go through which makes them buy a gaming laptop and then get shitty about temps just confuses me no end. They're also the wrong kind of person to then be applying liquid freaking metal.
my mate had a gaming laptop last year some sort of asus with a gtx 1660 or something really low but it was running hot enough to boil water n fry n egg at the same time...i was secretly laughing at him because he spent something like $3000 NZD on it n only got $1000 NZD back when he sold it 5 months later
If the heatsink part on CPU and GPU arent Nickel-plated then this laptop wasnt designed with liquid metal in mind. Much safer and easier to use PTM 7950. Some enthusiast tweakers will risk LM but they actually know what they are doing. Like silicon barrier around the die and nail polish on the tiny elements. Also, LM reacts with copper and seeps into it over 2 months time. This requires a secondary LM application after a short period of time to get the best temp performance.
What I found effective was using thermal putty or a thin foam barrier around the cpu to prevent leakage. The LM will actually wick to the foam if theres drippage, the PS5 actually uses this method.
and this is why using liquid metal requires a fully sealed over package (as to stop anything getting into the balls) and a full seal kit between the package and heatsink, also never slide or lift the heatsink off at an angle
Where does one get such a seal kit? I've thought about using LM, but most suggestions just vaguely suggest to "use foam" without any reference to specific types or compression/porosity characteristics, and throw a little conformal on top of the CPU capacitors (which obviously would not have helped in this case), so I never dared.
Also, applying too much won't help either. I used LM on a laptop. It works great, but you need to use the right quantity. If you use too much, it will spill all over the place. It's a thermal interface that is not very user friendly, it requires lots of patience. Getting the right quantity is the key.
@michaelchristianrusso You can use thermal putty in place of foam for a barrier because the thermal putty will compress to the correct size. Other than that its basically just experimentation because each laptop heat sink might have different clearances. You will need to use conformal coating on the motherboard around the cpu though, you want to be as safe as possible.
resurrected. laptop killer foiled again and ty i enjoy all your vids but this one was very interesting. there was no moat to keep the liquid metal on the cpu that i could see, no wonder it all drained away...
10 minutes quick job ;-) Just time to switch to more interesting motherboards... The reballing of cpu after hundreds of the gpus is something we wanna see. Btw. could you post a video how do you manage the back pain during the repairs and keeping You in comfort? Thanks Tony!
Hey Tony, I think liquid metal can be a kind of security feature, so that no one can use the laptop until liquid metal "unlocking" is done - same as what you did. Only downside is that it takes couple of days' hard work. 😂 You did a fantastic job.. Of course better than - better than any available factory ..👍👍
flipside, some manufacturers include liquid metal natively on their laptops now. the cooling is so restricted due to the form factor, that dumping heat into the heatsink more effectively can help performance a bit. it's definitely not for everyone, and using conformal coating (nail polish) is strongly encouraged.
@@manuelbardinayeah I actually replaced mine with LM and conformal coated the surroundings. No issues after a year so I'm pretty sure I did a good job.
It might not be worth the risk if you never did it before and don't have experience with it since you might make some mistakes. I personally use also conformal coating in the near area and also PU foam. Without these precautions some people put low amount of LM cos they're scared if they put more it will spill, the thing is, if you don't use enough you won't get the results, and if someone puts enough, and doesn't do precautions then it might spill. If you can do it correctly I would argue it is worth the risk, not only the laptop is much more silent what seems to be appreciated by most people but for me personally I like how I essentially never have to replace it again, even tho I lose a potential re-paste customer, I don't care, I don't chase every last penny + I don't have an official business.
Considering he put MX4 on it it's safe to say that he has no idea about TIM. MX4 should never be used on gaming laptops or any direct die application becuase it will simply degrade and suffer the "pump out" effect. It is totally useless for laptops. Will last maybe a week, no point even fixing the laptop at all if you're gonna put MX4 on it. He should be using PTM 7950 or SYY.
Thanks for making these videos. This is a shining example of why I refuse to trust Liquid Metal. Sure people get lucky and it works awesome for them but it’s not worth the risk now a days esp when ptm or kryosheets can do just as good of a job in most scenarios
All the comments saying LM is fine if applied correctly, etc. Like we aren't seeing regular reports of laptops and consoles failing due to it, when it's applied by the manufacturer.
Yeah the thing is that whoever at the manufacturing process doesn't put the PU foam correctly around the die, I've seen it a few times, then of course the LM spills because guess what, placing the PU foam pads in a wrong way means they didn't do it correctly. + they don't use conformal coating, I always do just to be sure, around the die area. Just because manufacturer does something doesn't mean they always do everything correctly, there's always some minimum wage dude there somewhere who can screw things up.
The issues being reported, and from what I've seen are not QA issues, which yes all manufacturers do also have. For anyone else reading, the reply above applies LM as a service for charge, and thinks all this is scare mongering, fyi.
@@drewnewby 100% scaremongering as is very obvious from many of his videos, thumbnails and comments. don't insult my intelligence by pretending it's something else, "fyi". Also who are you talking to? So far I am the only one who responded to your dishonest comment that hints at manufacturers being infallible. Also yes I do it as a service if they request it, and I do charge for it altho nowhere near as much as others, did you try to make the Luis Rossmann argument that just because I do it as a service that it means I somehow stand to benefit from LM having a good name or reputation? Statistically I make more $$ from people who come every 3-4 years for a re-paste than those who have LM applied and pretty much never come back to have it replaced because they don't notice any overheating issues coming back after the years.
I've read all your replies on this video, it's your amateur side hustle, like PC flippers. Likely no formal education or training in technology. Engineering background here, and over 30 years building and repairing PCs, many from customers that have a "service" like yours done. All those "little tricks" you've learned, likely from watching youtube are priceless. The PU foam fails early from the heat cycles, the solvent based coatings crack, and LM ends up everywhere. You never hear from your "customers" because it takes time, they move on to other devices by then, or take them to guys like Tony to repair later. Keep doing what you're doing, we'll end up repairing them later, or not if they trash them.
@@drewnewby Damn that's a high horse you're riding there friend! Impressive credentials fallacy not to mention the assumptions. "uHh ackschually I have 10 schools and 20 degrees and engineering background and uhh 500 years of experience" damn son you're a pro! What do you think my job is? Burger flipping? And even if I didn't work in the industry do you always assume everyone else except you dumb not to knowing about some temperature ratings for both the conformal and the glue for the PU foam? Where do you think I have those from? Walmart? It's the same stuff we use at work but yeah it will surely crack and the foam glue will fail and then it surely will end up at your place to repair it. Oh the delusions.
MX4 is an awful paste for modern direct die applications like laptops, borderline unusable. It will suffer pump out almost immediately and should never be used in 2024 outside of cheapo office laptops etc. If you're not gonna use PTM 7950, use SYY
Sorin's fixes are insane, not real fix, just forcing things to work. He even has no problem bridging protective circuits instead finding the problem itself. This channel is not even in the same league.
I can't tell from the video, but do not use alcohol when cleaning the surface of the LCD panel. Some of the coatings used on LCD panels can be damaged by contact with alcohol. The damaged coating causes the screen to look cloudy or can cause a halo-like effect. The panel is not repairable if this happens. Replacing the entire panel is the only way to fix the issue. Distilled water is the best, (and only) solvent to use on LCD panels. This probably goes for OLED displays as well.
Been using LM on my laptop for 4+ years (same application). Probably oxidized and not very effective by now, but still idles in 30s with fan at 35% at all times. 8750h + 1060
Hey brother, if you use a Amaoe reball jig with solder paste it will save you a ton of time. I recently reballed a GA102 and of course had a couple joined balls, i was able to fix it without wasting a ton of time but it still took me an hour, the amaoe jig however prevents the balls from joining and is much faster, it just takes a little bit of effort to get used to using the paste instead of balls. Its a hot stencil though so you could still use balls if you wanted to.
I've fixed a number of laptops and I really dislike them because of how many tiny screws and tiny cables I have to disconnect just to remove the motherboard. No matter how careful I am, I always end up having issues because of one missed cable or when I have a few leftover screws! Worse, some of those tiny cables and connectors can break easily if you looked at them the wrong way. Exterminating murder hornet nest while naked is much easier than actually getting the laptop back together right.
Thats why I like working with laptops, you need nimble fingers, it requires a bit more skill I guess due to how small are some things and fragile, sometimes it's like you're operating on the thing. Overall I found laptops to be very cool since how portable and versatile they are, like 15 years ago I started opening some old ones, complete disassembly and assembly and then when friends had some issue with laptops I told them I could look at it maybe, I usually fixed almost everything, dead disk, dead dvd drive, dead screen, broken screen cable, dead RAM, overheating so cleaning re-pasting later liquid metal if they wanted to try it and it kinda snowballed since then, tho its not an official business.
Man that dude got EXTREMELY lucky that that liquid metal didn't end up shorting something out. Sheesh, when are people gonna learn where to and where NOT TO apply liquid metal.
I appreciate that Northwestrepair is honest on the fact that without the youtube vids also adding some revenue, most of the repairs would be financially unviable. The level of depth his repairs go to is just insane and cannot and should not be expected by anything but extremely specialized repair shops. That reballing looked excruciating.
Corsair didn't branch out into making laptops. Not exactly. It acquired Origin, which was a completely different company that made/makes laptops, except now as part of Corsair instead of its own independent venture.
Liquid Metal does work very well but you have to be extremely careful with it. And use just the tiniest amount 1 drop or 2 drops max is all you need to cover a cpu/gpu. I delidded my 13700k and used Liquid Metal to cover the core to replace the crap thermal paste intel uses. Intel used to solder the cpu onto the top heat spreader plate which gave you around 80 to 86 w/k of cooling. Liquid metal is 75 or 76 w/k cooling compared to the best thermal pastes like Thermal Grizzly Hydronaut or Kingpin which are 14 to 15 w/k of cooling. Coat any areas around where you put the Liquid Metal with Nail Polish or this stuff that Thermal Grizzly makes which does the same thing and protects any capacitors etc that could short if liquid metal got on it. I hit 45 to 46c temps in winter/fall time at full load with no overclock on the 13700k and 57 to 63c temps in the summer in a 99 to 101F temp room. Cali summers are brutal. 12th gen to 14th gen intel cpus hits anywhere from 80 to 90c temps at full load , water coolers are pretty much a requirement on newer intel cpus.
I used to repair laptops. Not to the level you do with densoldering and resoldering chips however i hated every second of it. I just knew that as soon as i opened a laptop up to swap a battery or whatever, the plastic which held the hinges would already be broken and it would be hell to weld/glue that plastic back to make it good as new. Almost impossible.
Bro I am ofcourse not even close to your level of expertise. But please I ruined my keyboard after cleaning it with alcohol like that (2 keys stopped working, and keys starting ghosting so I couldn't register 2 at the same time). Ofcourse my alcohol 70 percent so it has water in it too. Just a heads, love your work and best of luck.
Liqud metal worked. Lowest temps possible.
lol 🤣
lmao
the temp of the grim reaper - death
That's sounds like taking the floor temperature challenge.... If you're dead you get cooled off :)
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Tony I gotta say I love your videos. As someone who has been a PC repair tech for over 35 years, you have shown how to look for new things along with simple, quick ways of double checking work. Along with the comments you make are the same ones i still make today with the way I see things made vs. 35 years ago. Thank you for being awesome and have a blessed day my friend!
🙂
Nice. Tony started to include laptop repairs. IMO that is a very profitable market to add to GPU repair.
Especially because most of repairs like this (lifting up CPU, GPU or pch) are "no fix" for the most of repair shops.
Yeah finding a laptop repair tech who is willing to lift a CPU or PCH is very rare, any problem with either is usually a no fix.
Fried PCH is a particularly common one but they always seem to just end it there, finding a replacement too difficult/expensive etc even if they were willing to do BGA work.
It's not about lifting old chips, problem is finding replacment part that is in 100% working condition. Cases like this one are rare.
its all about price , most people are not willing to pay for a repair like this.
@@gorky_vkyes, I'm a little bit surprised that the cpu and pch still work after that
that is so cool that you referenced Sorin at electronics repair school. love that guy
Never had i thought i would see a laptop cpu/gpu reball fix but i knew if i would it would be THIS channel .
"not working on laptops" and than he lift the core 😁 Tony is legend !
ill be waiting for him to lift the core on each video
I've said it so many times, liquid metal is dangerous to use.
You risk destroying expensive electronics just for a few degrees.
It also corrodes so you have to reapply it after a while. It also does not work well with certain metal types.
Yes! Don’t ever use liquid metal on aluminum guys. Gallium and aluminum are very reactive to each other and will completely destroy each other loosing all of the aluminum’s structural integrity in the process. As for copper based heat sinks, I’ve actually been using liquid metal on my laptop for nearly 3 years with no issues and no visible damage to the heat sink. I should note that I did take the extra precautions of using silicone based conformal coating and some high temperature electronics tape thoroughly around the CPU and GPU die on it’s substrate (I think that’s the word). In terms of temps for me, my laptop’s cooling set up was honestly pretty inadequate with the stock thermal paste, throttling constantly at 95C while playing games. With fresh liquid I was able to run a blender cycles render on both the CPU and GPU drawing close to full system power with the CPU never getting above 72C! I would say under the right circumstances and if you know what you’re doing (and of course understand the risks) go for it! Liquid metal’s thermal performance makes the risk worth it to me
@@briananeuraysem3321can you mention the high temp electronic tape that you use?
really nice to see you repairing laptops too! good vid
As a heads up, you didn't need to remove the CPU. I just did a similar repair on a PS5 yesterday, liquid metal under the SSD controller because the console got dropped. I was able to clean it and get it working without removing the controller by putting the board through an ultrasonic and using compressed air to blow the liquid metal out from under the chip while the board was in the ultrasonic. Worked like a charm. Figured I'd share the knowledge.
did not know you had stencils for CPU.
Now there is a lucky customer, normally liquid metal spill end up bad.
The repair montage was an entire vibe. The music choice and camera work were sweet cheeks of glory. Great job fixing that laptop.
So glad to see a proper laptop cpu/gpu repair,I've seen many others just write off gpus and turning them off making the user able to just use the igpu but not Tony!
Reballing a laptop cpu is just wow
Thank you for the video I really enjoyed it
Nothing proper about putting MX4 on a laptop. That is called shoddy and clueless work.
@@toxy3580 ptm7950 would have been my choice
@@toxy3580as opposed to having a non working laptop entirely?
it's all about cost, not sure someone else can't do cpu/gpu reball
@@toxy3580 My man can reball and microsolder like a god but getting him to learn and start using PTM 7950 and thermal putties like Upsiren U6 Pro and Laird 607 is another story LOL.
Owner got very lucky the damage was not permanent.
Even if not visible, I'm sure that did made some long term effects on components, this shorten the laptop's life
Shame about the brain damage that made them think this was ever a good idea. That's permanent.
Agreed. Some critical components may have been damaged but still working by now.
No one would know when they fail, but it must be earlier than expected.
"Unfortunately the owner forgot to include his finger to unlock the desktop."
watching that reball was infuriating because theres no way in hell id have the patience to ever do that
Liquid metal can sometimes make it impossible to reball due to contamination too... Hopefully customer doesn't try it again
@@JamesTK I'll bet ya they'll do it again immediately lol..
@@thomaskunz8029 And I'LL FOCKEN DO IT AGAIN, HYUK!
Ha I was about to say send it to Sorin but in the end no need you got this. Nice repair, thank you for the video.
I'm sure Sorin would have managed to fix it in his own style, maybe with some rosin flux of his own recipe :)
@@coni7268 "No capcitor no shorted capacitor" 😄
Nice of you to give sorin a shout out tony i love his content too top men both of you
I like your humor. One suggestion I have is to sprinkle in a long format video every once in a while.
he does it actually, check out his other vidoes haha
The mental gymnastics people go through which makes them buy a gaming laptop and then get shitty about temps just confuses me no end. They're also the wrong kind of person to then be applying liquid freaking metal.
my mate had a gaming laptop last year some sort of asus with a gtx 1660 or something really low but it was running hot enough to boil water n fry n egg at the same time...i was secretly laughing at him because he spent something like $3000 NZD on it n only got $1000 NZD back when he sold it 5 months later
They are hot and preform worse than their desktop counterparts, but are quite convenient, especially for modeling and such
If the heatsink part on CPU and GPU arent Nickel-plated then this laptop wasnt designed with liquid metal in mind.
Much safer and easier to use PTM 7950.
Some enthusiast tweakers will risk LM but they actually know what they are doing. Like silicon barrier around the die and nail polish on the tiny elements.
Also, LM reacts with copper and seeps into it over 2 months time. This requires a secondary LM application after a short period of time to get the best temp performance.
What I found effective was using thermal putty or a thin foam barrier around the cpu to prevent leakage. The LM will actually wick to the foam if theres drippage, the PS5 actually uses this method.
you making build up more and more interest in this stuff day by day. good job, keep it up
Wow, another epic! :-) But the satisfaction when it works at the end... priceless.
and this is why using liquid metal requires a fully sealed over package (as to stop anything getting into the balls) and a full seal kit between the package and heatsink, also never slide or lift the heatsink off at an angle
Where does one get such a seal kit? I've thought about using LM, but most suggestions just vaguely suggest to "use foam" without any reference to specific types or compression/porosity characteristics, and throw a little conformal on top of the CPU capacitors (which obviously would not have helped in this case), so I never dared.
Also, applying too much won't help either. I used LM on a laptop.
It works great, but you need to use the right quantity. If you use too much, it will spill all over the place. It's a thermal interface that is not very user friendly, it requires lots of patience. Getting the right quantity is the key.
@michaelchristianrusso You can use thermal putty in place of foam for a barrier because the thermal putty will compress to the correct size. Other than that its basically just experimentation because each laptop heat sink might have different clearances. You will need to use conformal coating on the motherboard around the cpu though, you want to be as safe as possible.
I’ve done that cpu ball, and decline to do them.
Great work
You have the best and delicate hands to do sensitive work. If I do it myself, all of the electronics will be damage and I will be poor.
resurrected. laptop killer foiled again and ty i enjoy all your vids but this one was very interesting. there was no moat to keep the liquid metal on the cpu that i could see, no wonder it all drained away...
Genuine impressed that CPU survived its liquid metal bath, what a terrible TIM solution!
Don't know what to say absolutely incredible you are fantastic love all your videos
I hope you charged him triple. Anyone using that crap needs a stupidity tax.
Top work, it's so relaxing seeing everything done properly abd not just quick fixes
Always a pleasure see your vids
10 minutes quick job ;-) Just time to switch to more interesting motherboards... The reballing of cpu after hundreds of the gpus is something we wanna see. Btw. could you post a video how do you manage the back pain during the repairs and keeping You in comfort? Thanks Tony!
NorthWestRepair, you're awesome. Putting so much effort in resurrecting every devices that reached your hands. Well done 👏👏
this guy is a master
You are officially a superhero now
...and an artist! That work is a thing of beauty 😊
You cannot stop spoiling us with diverse and top notch content :D
I must admit I used LM on my laptop with worries of a similar thing happening, but it's been fine for a number of years now.
I was thinking you want to send it to northridge :) well great job your are the best!
Hey Tony, I think liquid metal can be a kind of security feature, so that no one can use the laptop until liquid metal "unlocking" is done - same as what you did. Only downside is that it takes couple of days' hard work. 😂 You did a fantastic job.. Of course better than - better than any available factory ..👍👍
I came for the repair, I stayed for the way of narrating it
I really enjoy watching your videos. I wish you all the best. (my english is really bad so i translate that)
You are the BGA master!
Another mesmerizing video. Thank you Sir o7
I dont think its worth the risk using liquid metal, especially on a device that moves around and changes its orientation quite a lot like a laptop
flipside, some manufacturers include liquid metal natively on their laptops now. the cooling is so restricted due to the form factor, that dumping heat into the heatsink more effectively can help performance a bit. it's definitely not for everyone, and using conformal coating (nail polish) is strongly encouraged.
@@manuelbardinayeah I actually replaced mine with LM and conformal coated the surroundings.
No issues after a year so I'm pretty sure I did a good job.
It might not be worth the risk if you never did it before and don't have experience with it since you might make some mistakes. I personally use also conformal coating in the near area and also PU foam. Without these precautions some people put low amount of LM cos they're scared if they put more it will spill, the thing is, if you don't use enough you won't get the results, and if someone puts enough, and doesn't do precautions then it might spill. If you can do it correctly I would argue it is worth the risk, not only the laptop is much more silent what seems to be appreciated by most people but for me personally I like how I essentially never have to replace it again, even tho I lose a potential re-paste customer, I don't care, I don't chase every last penny + I don't have an official business.
Considering he put MX4 on it it's safe to say that he has no idea about TIM. MX4 should never be used on gaming laptops or any direct die application becuase it will simply degrade and suffer the "pump out" effect. It is totally useless for laptops. Will last maybe a week, no point even fixing the laptop at all if you're gonna put MX4 on it. He should be using PTM 7950 or SYY.
@@manuelbardina Conformal coating and a physical barrier.
Hello Sorin!
hchyellleough!
And now some brands think it's a good idea to use liquid metal paste straight out of the factory... 😫
I'm learning repair by the subliminal flashes of text. Mesmerizing work.
I'm a now retired theoretical physicist and i am still amazed, beyond words
Impressive, educational, and entertaining 👍👍
2nd try!! Synthwave background music!! YAYZ!!!
And text on yellow bars!
Hello Tony, I was waiting for your video so I could finally sleep peacefully.
dude i love your sense of humor 🤣🤣🤣
also, best repair channel on the planet 🗣🗣🔥🔥
I love it when you give CPUs a bath 🫧
Thanks for making these videos. This is a shining example of why I refuse to trust Liquid Metal. Sure people get lucky and it works awesome for them but it’s not worth the risk now a days esp when ptm or kryosheets can do just as good of a job in most scenarios
All the comments saying LM is fine if applied correctly, etc. Like we aren't seeing regular reports of laptops and consoles failing due to it, when it's applied by the manufacturer.
Yeah the thing is that whoever at the manufacturing process doesn't put the PU foam correctly around the die, I've seen it a few times, then of course the LM spills because guess what, placing the PU foam pads in a wrong way means they didn't do it correctly. + they don't use conformal coating, I always do just to be sure, around the die area. Just because manufacturer does something doesn't mean they always do everything correctly, there's always some minimum wage dude there somewhere who can screw things up.
The issues being reported, and from what I've seen are not QA issues, which yes all manufacturers do also have.
For anyone else reading, the reply above applies LM as a service for charge, and thinks all this is scare mongering, fyi.
@@drewnewby 100% scaremongering as is very obvious from many of his videos, thumbnails and comments. don't insult my intelligence by pretending it's something else, "fyi". Also who are you talking to? So far I am the only one who responded to your dishonest comment that hints at manufacturers being infallible. Also yes I do it as a service if they request it, and I do charge for it altho nowhere near as much as others, did you try to make the Luis Rossmann argument that just because I do it as a service that it means I somehow stand to benefit from LM having a good name or reputation? Statistically I make more $$ from people who come every 3-4 years for a re-paste than those who have LM applied and pretty much never come back to have it replaced because they don't notice any overheating issues coming back after the years.
I've read all your replies on this video, it's your amateur side hustle, like PC flippers. Likely no formal education or training in technology. Engineering background here, and over 30 years building and repairing PCs, many from customers that have a "service" like yours done. All those "little tricks" you've learned, likely from watching youtube are priceless. The PU foam fails early from the heat cycles, the solvent based coatings crack, and LM ends up everywhere. You never hear from your "customers" because it takes time, they move on to other devices by then, or take them to guys like Tony to repair later. Keep doing what you're doing, we'll end up repairing them later, or not if they trash them.
@@drewnewby Damn that's a high horse you're riding there friend! Impressive credentials fallacy not to mention the assumptions. "uHh ackschually I have 10 schools and 20 degrees and engineering background and uhh 500 years of experience" damn son you're a pro! What do you think my job is? Burger flipping? And even if I didn't work in the industry do you always assume everyone else except you dumb not to knowing about some temperature ratings for both the conformal and the glue for the PU foam? Where do you think I have those from? Walmart? It's the same stuff we use at work but yeah it will surely crack and the foam glue will fail and then it surely will end up at your place to repair it. Oh the delusions.
Daaa likuuud muuuutaal.
MX4 for years, all smooth on my hardware.
MX4 is an awful paste for modern direct die applications like laptops, borderline unusable. It will suffer pump out almost immediately and should never be used in 2024 outside of cheapo office laptops etc.
If you're not gonna use PTM 7950, use SYY
Keyboard warriors, assemble!
Arctic Silver 5 has never done me any wrong for over 15yrs
@@NEZLeader Impossible unless you simply aren't using modern direct die equipment with huge tdps.
most of the times fails are caused by humans, dropping to the floor, pouring water, leaking liquid metal, trying to clean and breaking cpu pins
Great repair
You're amazing, you're number one!
How are people even able to pour the metal under anything. I can't fathom it.
Finding liquid metal under the CPU is like finding an actual monster under your bed.
You went where laptop repair shops don't dare tread, rarely or at all :O
Please do not underestimate Sorin, he is the best guy in youtube.
Sorin's fixes are insane, not real fix, just forcing things to work. He even has no problem bridging protective circuits instead finding the problem itself. This channel is not even in the same league.
I can't tell from the video, but do not use alcohol when cleaning the surface of the LCD panel.
Some of the coatings used on LCD panels can be damaged by contact with alcohol. The damaged coating causes the screen to look cloudy or can cause a halo-like effect. The panel is not repairable if this happens.
Replacing the entire panel is the only way to fix the issue.
Distilled water is the best, (and only) solvent to use on LCD panels.
This probably goes for OLED displays as well.
Been using LM on my laptop for 4+ years (same application). Probably oxidized and not very effective by now, but still idles in 30s with fan at 35% at all times. 8750h + 1060
Hey brother, if you use a Amaoe reball jig with solder paste it will save you a ton of time. I recently reballed a GA102 and of course had a couple joined balls, i was able to fix it without wasting a ton of time but it still took me an hour, the amaoe jig however prevents the balls from joining and is much faster, it just takes a little bit of effort to get used to using the paste instead of balls. Its a hot stencil though so you could still use balls if you wanted to.
Magical! as always
Synthwave gets me every time.
I've fixed a number of laptops and I really dislike them because of how many tiny screws and tiny cables I have to disconnect just to remove the motherboard. No matter how careful I am, I always end up having issues because of one missed cable or when I have a few leftover screws! Worse, some of those tiny cables and connectors can break easily if you looked at them the wrong way.
Exterminating murder hornet nest while naked is much easier than actually getting the laptop back together right.
Thats why I like working with laptops, you need nimble fingers, it requires a bit more skill I guess due to how small are some things and fragile, sometimes it's like you're operating on the thing. Overall I found laptops to be very cool since how portable and versatile they are, like 15 years ago I started opening some old ones, complete disassembly and assembly and then when friends had some issue with laptops I told them I could look at it maybe, I usually fixed almost everything, dead disk, dead dvd drive, dead screen, broken screen cable, dead RAM, overheating so cleaning re-pasting later liquid metal if they wanted to try it and it kinda snowballed since then, tho its not an official business.
I would rather deal with those tiny cables than broken plastic around screen hinges.
Very impressive repair.
Man that dude got EXTREMELY lucky that that liquid metal didn't end up shorting something out. Sheesh, when are people gonna learn where to and where NOT TO apply liquid metal.
Forget the repair, give me more of that music! 😁👍
Hey, MSI 4090 trio pcb board sent, can’t wait for the next GPU repairing video
Sorin would've fixed this without a reball /s
damn, guy's a pro
I appreciate that Northwestrepair is honest on the fact that without the youtube vids also adding some revenue, most of the repairs would be financially unviable. The level of depth his repairs go to is just insane and cannot and should not be expected by anything but extremely specialized repair shops. That reballing looked excruciating.
Then he went and put mx4 on it. Way to waste time.
IT guys can be compared to house doctors, then this guy would be a a brain surgent. Love watching you work it soothes my OCD
as Sorin say "we have picture" 😂
Nice new preheater💪🏻
WIld, i replaced my laptops paste with liquid metal almost 4 years ago and its been fine since.
Corsair didn't branch out into making laptops. Not exactly. It acquired Origin, which was a completely different company that made/makes laptops, except now as part of Corsair instead of its own independent venture.
ballin. liquid metal dries up got sick of re application yearly
There are no limits to your superpowers!
Great Work!!
That's why I would rather use PTM7950 from an unknown source (e.g. eBay) than use liquid metal in my laptop or on my delided CPU.
I would rather use liquid metal than MX4 like he put on.
Man this is one good video and funny too
Nice Work 👍 Thank you for sharing with us
Thanks for the good information 😅🎉
Liquid Metal does work very well but you have to be extremely careful with it. And use just the tiniest amount 1 drop or 2 drops max is all you need to cover a cpu/gpu. I delidded my 13700k and used Liquid Metal to cover the core to replace the crap thermal paste intel uses. Intel used to solder the cpu onto the top heat spreader plate which gave you around 80 to 86 w/k of cooling. Liquid metal is 75 or 76 w/k cooling compared to the best thermal pastes like Thermal Grizzly Hydronaut or Kingpin which are 14 to 15 w/k of cooling. Coat any areas around where you put the Liquid Metal with Nail Polish or this stuff that Thermal Grizzly makes which does the same thing and protects any capacitors etc that could short if liquid metal got on it. I hit 45 to 46c temps in winter/fall time at full load with no overclock on the 13700k and 57 to 63c temps in the summer in a 99 to 101F temp room. Cali summers are brutal. 12th gen to 14th gen intel cpus hits anywhere from 80 to 90c temps at full load , water coolers are pretty much a requirement on newer intel cpus.
It is for Sorin repair.😁
I love Sorin's Voice, wouldn't hurt to use the power of AI to get more sorin :P
It's like this guy can reball anything! Just imagine if he started repairing macbooks?
I think he has more respect for himself than that.
Upgrading soldered storage on Macbooks might be a profitable venture.
I used to repair laptops. Not to the level you do with densoldering and resoldering chips however i hated every second of it. I just knew that as soon as i opened a laptop up to swap a battery or whatever, the plastic which held the hinges would already be broken and it would be hell to weld/glue that plastic back to make it good as new. Almost impossible.
Love your humor. :)
This video edited with speed of light I didn't even try to pause and read all the commentary. I see a full screen text appear with just 1 frame. 😂
Lift the core - Laptop Edition
Bro I am ofcourse not even close to your level of expertise. But please I ruined my keyboard after cleaning it with alcohol like that (2 keys stopped working, and keys starting ghosting so I couldn't register 2 at the same time). Ofcourse my alcohol 70 percent so it has water in it too. Just a heads, love your work and best of luck.
The music reminds me of Dying Light and that epic intro.
Even girls are in danger around Tony.
He'll reball everything .
repetition is the mother of wisdom