the time that it took to repair something by a professional may seem quick and easy, but we should never forget the time and dedication they have invested for a long time to achieve that ‘quick’ ‘easy’ state.
Like being tasked to translate a document in a language you've never heard before, compared to somebody that is fluent in that language. The people that know the language, certainly make it look easy! You can sit there for hours trying to understand some of the weirdest strings of text you've ever seen pop out of google translate.
When you think of hours you have spent learning, making mistakes , learning from them, hours of rat holes jobs and still get them fixed and don after the hours a no fix and all the lessons learnt, years of practice and learning.... when you fix a device when you are grounded and strong in a short time.... just know you deserve it’s cause you really do deserve.... everything there is always a price to pay.... you just have to pay to get to that point mr Alex is now. My respect mr Alex , more knowledge... I won’t say more money... you know why.
I have been fixing laptops for over 20 years. The ram is always the first thing I check if it has no display. Plus it's the easiest thing to check. I've learned to always check the simplest things first before I tear the whole laptop apart.
Especially on HP Laptops. I bet the memory module would work on another laptop. I don't know exactly why that is, but I've came across a probook diagnosed with dead mobo, but when I unplugged the secondary ram stick, it booted, then I tried to reinstall the module just because and it worked again. I think it might be contaminated ram slot pins (corroded or something) or just a bios corruption.
Had a computer refuse to go past the post screen until I removed one of the memory modules. Still works, just need to get ddr2 so the less fortunate can still use it as it was fairly fast.
In your case, everything looks easy !!! But you are an expert, and thats why everything looks effortless !!!! Most repairs are pretty horrible to sort out. But with thousands of pounds of equipment, and a lot of knowledge and skill, it looks simple !!!!
None of what you do is with soldering and fault finding is easy to me, you are a true master of your trade. I am having major issues with my RAM at the moment, sometimes my quad channel works then I can only use triple channel, wish mine was just as easy.
I made my first capacitor repair today at work. Before I would have ordered a new board and replaced it, but now because of your lessons, I was able to save the customer $1200 and get their Nitrogen Analyzer back online.
I had faced the same problem with my laptop couple months ago .the funny thing is when i took it to a repair shop , he told me maybe it's an issue with the gpu .A week later , he affirmed it's a no fix . I took it to another repair shop , and after inspection he said the gpu is totally missed up, he said the guy who attempted to fix your laptop has used a lot of heat while trying to reflow the gpu . Weeks later , I brought a new motherboard , and when i installed the old ram , the same problem came back , than i realized that the ram was faulty .
Greetings. Why would an individual bother to ask such a ludicrous question? The repair appears easy because of how quickly you are able to diagnose and remedy the problem. This does not happen miraculously, but because of the hard work and dedication that you put in over the years. It is the desire of every technician to fix an impaired unit as quickly as possible. Why, because the quicker you are able to fix the unit, the quicker you are going to collect your fees and move on to the next unit?
Never ever thought that black screen would be caused by a faulty ram stick, now i believe after seeing your video, Thanks to Alex i am one more step towards professional.🌹❤🌹
Wanted to come and show our support. We always try to fix our customers non-working boards even if they say it's a lost cause. Then we don't charge a lot for the time and love seeing them smile!
At min 10:43 you can see the dedication of a man that who don't settle to weld, but demands perfection. That caps would not have come off anyway, but it was not parallel to the others. I too feel the itch to not stop at 'just as long as it works' (as long as there are no risks around the corner). BTW Good job !
@@eubyflask this might surprise you, but sometime that reason is redundancy. A lot of the time bypass capacitors are there in sequence of 2-3 on one line. The FCC has a lot of stipulations on circuitry, so manufacturers tend to over-engineer voltage lines to meet the demands of the world market.
Nice video, i had the same problem with my old laptop years ago. I thought on everything, bad harddrive, bad battery,….and than i disconnected one of the RAM sticks…And laptop is on. So i think thats a good idea for people who had similar problems, test the ram-sticks first. This will help you a lot. Thx for that video.
Even I did the same for a friend's laptop. He was about to throw away in garbage as it is a bit old laptop. I took it and changed the ram to test. It was working. 👍
Cleaning the ram with alcohol might have saved it from being replaced. Usually when the ram contacts and chips get clogged with dust and dirt, this happens. Usually this happens very often with desktop PCs which are placed on the ground or behind a desk and collect dust easily. Also ram modules do fail when there is a short on one of the chips or caps on the module itself.
hi Alex, I had the same problem some years ago with a laptop so I replaced the ram and it worked again. great video thanks I m learning a lot from your videos
Faulty ram does happen fairly often. I replaced the motherboard on my Alienware M11x R1 and had a simular problem with 1 ram stick. Moved it to another machine and it works fine there but it just wont boot up in my Alienware. Remove the older 4GB stick from the other machine and placed it in my M11x and it worked like a charm.
Hello sir , I was just watching the 6s video ! I hope all is well and ok with the family ! I will like to remind you your the master of repairs and fir most of us your like a father we look up to you like Moshen I hope I said his name right !
Your work is very perfect and clean.when I start to watch your one video, feel very interesting than non stop watch 5/6 videos. Really your videos are very helpful 👍👍👍👍👍
Nice job, oh and you're jobs are not easy at all it just looks easy for some people. Any job is hard when you work with other people's devices. Thank for sharing you're knowledge with us it helps a lot.
Wow that's amazing, I also want to fix board level repair soon when I can afford to buy some tool. As of now I love watching you're video man I learned a lot. Love from PH❤️🇵🇭
I wonder if it was caused by a power fluctuation since the stick of RAM and the capacitor blew? Or maybe the stick of RAM dying is what blew the capacitor? We'll never know :D Great video as always Alex! Keep doing the good work :)
Comparing something to be easy or not entirely depends on experience as you said, I am familiar with diagnostics of electrical equipment but it may take me a couple days to diagnose a fault with a computer motherboard but if you give me an engine I will rebuild it with my eyes closed and the same goes for automotive electrical systems. As you said how easy a repair is depends on your experience.
You are an amazing person. every time you had fixed something, you felt really happy as if it was your first time.That really made insist on learning to fix things. I hope I'll be good at that some day. A quedtion: why didn't you try to fix the bad ramstick?
I’ve repaired laptops and desktops where some require a ram stick in slot (A) at all times or it wouldn’t work. But it seems to be more common with desktops. Which is labeled as slot (1)
@@gblargg some people don’t know about the picky motherboards. They’ll see that the ram is good in slot (A). Then move that ram to slot (B) and assume the slot is bad because the computer won’t work. But they need to leave a stick of ram, that is known to be good, in (A) before using good ram in (B). But thankfully most laptop motherboards aren’t like that.
9:57 Honestly, I've been in similar situations. Luckily, the faulty component/module was easy to disconnect and replace. In my current work environment (Avionics Production Testing), similar situations occur at random times, when removing one unsuspected fault finally narrows down the issue, if not resolving the complete fault itself. It is what it is.
I think its true that by experience repair guys can find the problem quicker. Diagnosing what the problem might be takes time, I usually ask my clients what happened before a device stopped working to try to get some clues to help fix the problem. However sometimes its as simple as a bad memory stick or bad CMOS battery, I look back thinking how much time I could have saved if I checked the simple things first!
Im a technician too from PH. Like you said its all in your exp on how you troubleshoot for faults. Here in PH they take advantagr on that, if you fix it too easy they will pay you so cheap. Bc of the reason that yoy fix it too easy. Haha! They cant understand the frustratuons before you learn how gain that knowledge to fix it so easy. Anyway.. nice channel dude. Keep up keep it real.
I too have a old HP laptop, its been 8 years . When ever i encounter a problem of black screen i take of the ram and clean it and put back. Ram and HDD have a longer life. HP Old laptops are great ones even if the miss any compnent they will switch on and function.
I love watching you video the have helped me a lot. I have had a laptop do the same thing to me after a long time of trial and error I found it was the ram I now check it second after looking over the board
Over the years I had faulty RAM giving me so many problems: graphical glitches, sound issues, complete freezes and other issues. I pretty much always expected the worst, i.e. a faulty motherboard or dead GPU but I've learnt that memory modules can be the culprit of many problems. Luckily RAM is not expensive and very easy to replace - if it is not soldered onto the motherboard of course, otherwise one has to go to a pro like NorthrideFix :-)
That's why I don't like laptop with soldered RAM chips. In this case, if the RAM chips that are soldered went bad, it is unfixeable? Seems like it. 'Cause can't remove them! Anyway, great job, as always, Alex. Keep up
i have experienced the "ram stick faulty" issue. but sometimes it is not actually faulty because it was working fine before. i repeatedly plug in and unplugging in the ram, tried cleaning the gold contacts, brushing the ram slot, and a special method od using an eraser to rub the gold contacts on the ram and walahhh, it works as normal again.
Hi Alex ,great video, please try to change the ram chips or clean the ram slots..I had a similar challenge some months ago and after changing the ram sticks it worked
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the time that it took to repair something by a professional may seem quick and easy, but we should never forget the time and dedication they have invested for a long time to achieve that ‘quick’ ‘easy’ state.
Like being tasked to translate a document in a language you've never heard before, compared to somebody that is fluent in that language. The people that know the language, certainly make it look easy! You can sit there for hours trying to understand some of the weirdest strings of text you've ever seen pop out of google translate.
Ok m8 don't drive the price up even more 😅
“The world is going to end because you didn’t replace the capacitor!” 🤣
That was the comment i was looking for. Haha. Was curious if i was the only one who noticed him not put one there🤣
😀
Awesome,, 🍫👌👍😀
Am already arguing with myself 😅
That smile after getting the device to work, I know how it feels, it makes you want to work even harder.
I love repairing electronics as well.
When you think of hours you have spent learning, making mistakes , learning from them, hours of rat holes jobs and still get them fixed and don after the hours a no fix and all the lessons learnt, years of practice and learning.... when you fix a device when you are grounded and strong in a short time.... just know you deserve it’s cause you really do deserve.... everything there is always a price to pay.... you just have to pay to get to that point mr Alex is now. My respect mr Alex , more knowledge... I won’t say more money... you know why.
I have been fixing laptops for over 20 years. The ram is always the first thing I check if it has no display. Plus it's the easiest thing to check. I've learned to always check the simplest things first before I tear the whole laptop apart.
I've come across the ram issue a fair bit over the years. Good catch
Especially on HP Laptops. I bet the memory module would work on another laptop. I don't know exactly why that is, but I've came across a probook diagnosed with dead mobo, but when I unplugged the secondary ram stick, it booted, then I tried to reinstall the module just because and it worked again. I think it might be contaminated ram slot pins (corroded or something) or just a bios corruption.
@@veselinvasilev5739 same thing happened to me !!!
@@veselinvasilev5739 Yes it can be hard to actually see what the problem is
Had a computer refuse to go past the post screen until I removed one of the memory modules.
Still works, just need to get ddr2 so the less fortunate can still use it as it was fairly fast.
In your case, everything looks easy !!! But you are an expert, and thats why everything looks effortless !!!! Most repairs are pretty horrible to sort out. But with thousands of pounds of equipment, and a lot of knowledge and skill, it looks simple !!!!
So it is not always an easy fix, not all people who repair thinks in a logic way, you are awesome man
None of what you do is with soldering and fault finding is easy to me, you are a true master of your trade. I am having major issues with my RAM at the moment, sometimes my quad channel works then I can only use triple channel, wish mine was just as easy.
I made my first capacitor repair today at work. Before I would have ordered a new board and replaced it, but now because of your lessons, I was able to save the customer $1200 and get their Nitrogen Analyzer back online.
I had faced the same problem with my laptop couple months ago .the funny thing is when i took it to a repair shop , he told me maybe it's an issue with the gpu .A week later , he affirmed it's a no fix . I took it to another repair shop , and after inspection he said the gpu is totally missed up, he said the guy who attempted to fix your laptop has used a lot of heat while trying to reflow the gpu .
Weeks later , I brought a new motherboard , and when i installed the old ram , the same problem came back , than i realized that the ram was faulty .
Greetings. Why would an individual bother to ask such a ludicrous question? The repair appears easy because of how quickly you are able to diagnose and remedy the problem. This does not happen miraculously, but because of the hard work and dedication that you put in over the years. It is the desire of every technician to fix an impaired unit as quickly as possible. Why, because the quicker you are able to fix the unit, the quicker you are going to collect your fees and move on to the next unit?
Never ever thought that black screen would be caused by a faulty ram stick, now i believe after seeing your video, Thanks to Alex i am one more step towards professional.🌹❤🌹
Wanted to come and show our support. We always try to fix our customers non-working boards even if they say it's a lost cause. Then we don't charge a lot for the time and love seeing them smile!
At min 10:43 you can see the dedication of a man that who don't settle to weld, but demands perfection. That caps would not have come off anyway, but it was not parallel to the others. I too feel the itch to not stop at 'just as long as it works' (as long as there are no risks around the corner). BTW Good job !
The capacitor was the first problem and the 2nd problem was the ram. Good job!
You got it
Nice. I regularly check for bad ram but when I saw the faulty component I didn't think that this will fix the problem. Once again a great job 🙂🙂🙂
Was glad to see you take a minute to confirm the issue/finding. Too rare these days. TY
These videos are oddly therapeutic for me. Good stuff :)
That eureka moment was very satisfying to see!!!
Those repairs only look easy. But that is because they are made by artist. Well done
How did you know the right value of the SMD capacitor you replaced?
Using the same size cap is sufficient for replacement.
The capacitance is usually in nano farads and voltage rating is 5v. You can’t really go wrong if you use the same size capacitor.
@@Arvidje it's there for a reason.
@@Arvidje it's there for a reason.
@@eubyflask this might surprise you, but sometime that reason is redundancy. A lot of the time bypass capacitors are there in sequence of 2-3 on one line. The FCC has a lot of stipulations on circuitry, so manufacturers tend to over-engineer voltage lines to meet the demands of the world market.
Nice video, i had the same problem with my old laptop years ago. I thought on everything, bad harddrive, bad battery,….and than i disconnected one of the RAM sticks…And laptop is on.
So i think thats a good idea for people who had similar problems, test the ram-sticks first. This will help you a lot.
Thx for that video.
Even I did the same for a friend's laptop. He was about to throw away in garbage as it is a bit old laptop. I took it and changed the ram to test. It was working. 👍
I believe doesn't matter how long is the video is, but the quality of information that it offers.
Big Boss is the Man,that's why the Boss! but without your work none repair.You both rules!
Him and Bigboss are like batman and robin. They're both really good at repairs and have a good eye for electronic issue
The joy you get from repairing something is just amazing
محد عنده شك ان السبب الرام.. معلومه جديده تشكر عليها والله ❤️
You make electronic repairs look effortless. Thumbs up
Thanks Alex for all your valuable input to UA-cam!
Its the first thing i do pc repairs, checking the ram, just my hobby😉
cause it easier to do, then I will proceed to check with good psu
انت فنان كل. فيديو تتعلم منك .اكمل عملك وخلي الدعم علينا🇩🇿🇩🇿
Cleaning the ram with alcohol might have saved it from being replaced. Usually when the ram contacts and chips get clogged with dust and dirt, this happens. Usually this happens very often with desktop PCs which are placed on the ground or behind a desk and collect dust easily. Also ram modules do fail when there is a short on one of the chips or caps on the module itself.
hi Alex, I had the same problem some years ago with a laptop so I replaced the ram and it worked again. great video thanks I m learning a lot from your videos
Easily done for a laptop.
Always watching and learning from you videos💓
Faulty ram does happen fairly often. I replaced the motherboard on my Alienware M11x R1 and had a simular problem with 1 ram stick. Moved it to another machine and it works fine there but it just wont boot up in my Alienware. Remove the older 4GB stick from the other machine and placed it in my M11x and it worked like a charm.
Hp laptops seem to break quickly... Definitly considering this when buying a new laptop. Awesome video as always.
I thought it was just my HP repairs that get bad ram but ive seen many and now this confirms
I don't think I would ever have thought it was a ram stick, well done!!! Lucky & skill = great result.
Nicely done. I would also checked ram sticks for no display laptops.
Great job.
"Most of you enjoy 20,30,40 minutes videos" hahah, doesn't matter how long they are. They always brighten my day!
3am cst and so happy to have this as my excuse to stay up longer
👍🏼
Quick repair videos are just as nice to watch, can still learn a lot
Experts with experience make repairs look easy.
We are never out of luck, but with ez class for learning! Thank you :D
Hello sir , I was just watching the 6s video ! I hope all is well and ok with the family ! I will like to remind you your the master of repairs and fir most of us your like a father we look up to you like Moshen I hope I said his name right !
Your work is very perfect and clean.when I start to watch your one video, feel very interesting than non stop watch 5/6 videos. Really your videos are very helpful 👍👍👍👍👍
Gotta love it when you fix something. It's the best feeling ever.
Nice job, oh and you're jobs are not easy at all it just looks easy for some people. Any job is hard when you work with other people's devices. Thank for sharing you're knowledge with us it helps a lot.
Shorter videos are also very nice cause in every vid we learn something new and today we learnt how to troubleshoot different parts
Wow that's amazing, I also want to fix board level repair soon when I can afford to buy some tool. As of now I love watching you're video man I learned a lot. Love from PH❤️🇵🇭
Always learning new things on this channel
I wonder if it was caused by a power fluctuation since the stick of RAM and the capacitor blew? Or maybe the stick of RAM dying is what blew the capacitor? We'll never know :D Great video as always Alex! Keep doing the good work :)
Is not about how quick job is done but rather the experience involved.
Comparing something to be easy or not entirely depends on experience as you said, I am familiar with diagnostics of electrical equipment but it may take me a couple days to diagnose a fault with a computer motherboard but if you give me an engine I will rebuild it with my eyes closed and the same goes for automotive electrical systems. As you said how easy a repair is depends on your experience.
Very inspirering! Watching your videos is one the highpoint of my day!
Greetings from Poland! Thank You for Your great videos! I learn so much things from You. Amazing channel!!!
Big Boss is the MAN!!!
Great work.
You are an amazing person. every time you had fixed something, you felt really happy as if it was your first time.That really made insist on learning to fix things. I hope I'll be good at that some day.
A quedtion: why didn't you try to fix the bad ramstick?
He has a big pile of devices to work on that he's being paid for, so he doesn't have much time to investigate things that are curious but don't pay.
These repairs are never easy. He made that look easy.
i am enjoying all the repair and learning new thing everydays.
Experience and dedication is the key
It definitely comes down to experience with some trial and error as well, sometimes. Nice job.
Repairing live 👍👍 always watching your video 👍👍 from Ethiopia 👍👍
wow ive learned something new today... i never thought ram stick would cause that. good job
Part of diagnosis would be to check ram. I love your videos!
I’ve repaired laptops and desktops where some require a ram stick in slot (A) at all times or it wouldn’t work. But it seems to be more common with desktops. Which is labeled as slot (1)
@@gblargg some people don’t know about the picky motherboards. They’ll see that the ram is good in slot (A). Then move that ram to slot (B) and assume the slot is bad because the computer won’t work. But they need to leave a stick of ram, that is known to be good, in (A) before using good ram in (B). But thankfully most laptop motherboards aren’t like that.
Gotta love how they always put the ram under the logic board on these newer laptops.
Exactly! Experience is what makes things easy.
You are right and this guy is amazing
Nice job Alex. Send all of the complaints about missing capacitors straight to the Ninth Dimension. Fred
9:57 Honestly, I've been in similar situations. Luckily, the faulty component/module was easy to disconnect and replace. In my current work environment (Avionics Production Testing), similar situations occur at random times, when removing one unsuspected fault finally narrows down the issue, if not resolving the complete fault itself. It is what it is.
thanks, exactly, the experience is the most important thing
Great Work as always. everything always looks easy when you watch someone who knows what he is doing .
I think its true that by experience repair guys can find the problem quicker. Diagnosing what the problem might be takes time, I usually ask my clients what happened before a device stopped working to try to get some clues to help fix the problem. However sometimes its as simple as a bad memory stick or bad CMOS battery, I look back thinking how much time I could have saved if I checked the simple things first!
Im a technician too from PH. Like you said its all in your exp on how you troubleshoot for faults. Here in PH they take advantagr on that, if you fix it too easy they will pay you so cheap. Bc of the reason that yoy fix it too easy. Haha! They cant understand the frustratuons before you learn how gain that knowledge to fix it so easy. Anyway.. nice channel dude. Keep up keep it real.
Ram sticks can let you down. Nice diagnosis and repair !
You make everything look so easy. Love it!
Even i had a little hope that Ram was causing the fault,
But one great person has said that,Hope is a good thing🤘
Nothing is impossible for this men 👍👍👍
RAM sticks always messing around... Great that you have it! Top moment on the capacitor at the end xD
Not in this case, but sometimes an easy tip is to do a Bios reset by removing the battery. Nice job.
Wow! new lesson learn from Alex! Appreciate your hard work ! Great job !
Tried it. Worked. Thanks! Ram is @hit on these...
I too have a old HP laptop, its been 8 years . When ever i encounter a problem of black screen i take of the ram and clean it and put back. Ram and HDD have a longer life. HP Old laptops are great ones even if the miss any compnent they will switch on and function.
I love watching you video the have helped me a lot. I have had a laptop do the same thing to me after a long time of trial and error I found it was the ram I now check it second after looking over the board
always a pleasure watching your videos
So satisfying when something gets fixed by something you don't fully expect to work! "WOW is *that* it? Perfect guess I'm done early!"
Nice job...there is no easy repair... experience makes it look easy
Over the years I had faulty RAM giving me so many problems: graphical glitches, sound issues, complete freezes and other issues. I pretty much always expected the worst, i.e. a faulty motherboard or dead GPU but I've learnt that memory modules can be the culprit of many problems. Luckily RAM is not expensive and very easy to replace - if it is not soldered onto the motherboard of course, otherwise one has to go to a pro like NorthrideFix :-)
That's why I don't like laptop with soldered RAM chips. In this case, if the RAM chips that are soldered went bad, it is unfixeable? Seems like it. 'Cause can't remove them! Anyway, great job, as always, Alex. Keep up
Was expecting Alex to find and fix the fault with the RAM stick. Only joking! Another great fix and happy customer
I love the line "Save the world from complaints"
Thanks for all the effort you put into your video’s. I learned a lot just from watching you.
Experience made him fast and smart
We want a 1 hour video please! Or a live stream!
i have experienced the "ram stick faulty" issue. but sometimes it is not actually faulty because it was working fine before. i repeatedly plug in and unplugging in the ram, tried cleaning the gold contacts, brushing the ram slot, and a special method od using an eraser to rub the gold contacts on the ram and walahhh, it works as normal again.
A great work Houssein .
Always learning something new from the videos
Hi Alex ,great video, please try to change the ram chips or clean the ram slots..I had a similar challenge some months ago and after changing the ram sticks it worked