It's not just you. I diagnose and repair other peoples vehicles for a living. Sometimes it's hard to see a simple fault, especially when you are used to the fault being caused by a common/recurring issue. If a 2000's GMC/Chevy truck came in with no fuel pressure, 99 percent of the time the fuel pump failed. BUT......there is always that one percent that had a mouse eat the wiring. Nothing really surprises me anymore! Thank you for the GREAT video and for being a humble and honest human!!!
this kind of video to only can come from a one who has so many knowledge that has nothing to prove to any one. just sit and enjoy a master's slip. very nice from you Sorin, thks for make my day.
Yeah, you got a bit lazy and fired the parts canon but don't feel bad, everyone makes mistakes. In my mind three things make you a good TH-camr, firstly you're not afraid to admit you were wrong, secondly you learned from your mistake and turned it into a teaching exercise and finally.... most importantly you can still smile and laugh about it. Thanks for the videos, I really appreciate them.
You are honest enough to recognize your mistakes AND to laugh at yourself. You present it all, to us because you know, that we can learn from your mistakes and your successes and THAT Mr.Sorin is why you are so respected in this community. You are awesome!
Changing good parts by bad diagnostic it is a very common thing among mechanics and technicians. Do not feel bad. For sure it happens less now than in the beginning of career.
🤣😂🤣 This video shock me and make me laugh for more than 5Mint. We learn from you, so this not Embrace sir, the whole class has learned and noted this case. Lastly our class have new Mobo for sale on ebay. Thank you MR SORIN for this great contribution May Allah reward you. ABDURRAHMAN from Katsina, Nigeria
That's hilarius lol 🤣🤣 I was thinking, "No way!! Sorin is getting old, now he replace motherboards, usually he don't do boring works" then you test the new motherboard and the issue is still present, I was laughing so much. Thank you so much Sorin, we love you.
We learn most from our mistakes. It's even better when we learn from someone else's mistakes. This video just provides proof of your authenticity. Nobody is perfect.
I lost my voice shouting at the screen " DATA LINES ", based on one of your other videos. Thank you for that lesson and especially for sharing the faults, human and electronic.
Well, last time I bought working Lenovo Z40-70 MB for $39 from Ebay, and put it in liquid damaged Z50-70, had to reflow 5 flex connectors and several touchpad buttons and LED's, but it was definitely more cheap, fast, trustworthy than repairing water damaged old laptop.
Sometimes the parts cannon is too tempting 😊 you're a great TH-camr! Showing the whole thing is a great learning experience. Don't be embarrassed we all learned something!
Really impressed with this clip, yes even the experts can have problems but at least you show the clip and Amit the issue and still got it running WELL DONE ...... Not everyone would do this
You are not a "bad" TH-camr. You are just an honest repairman doing a good job and showing some humility. Keep up the work and teaching cause I am listening and learning. Thanks.
don't feel too badly about this. I have an older HP laptop that would not power on and I spent so much time diagnosing it. I finally narrowed it down to a single track on a 6 pin ribbon cable that goes to the headphone and microphone jack. The track was cracked and no signal and this shit the entire laptop down. I swapped it over for the one that guess to the track pad and it fired right up. put it back and dead again. One single wire and the whole thing died. I replaced it with a $2 replacement off eBay and it's working fine.
NEWSFLASH .... Sorin admits he is a "bad youtuber" to be named and shamed! I cannot accept this on the basis that Sorin goes out of his way to show real life mistakes we all make on a daily basis...then provides a full explanation of lessons learnt with humour and humility for the community. ❤ Joy is in the experience of learning. 😀 Until the next one
Working in medicine..... the teachers that could say, "I don't know" had the most power. A great teacher messes up on purpose sometimes to keep it human and see whom is awake. Peace.... lawson
i was cringing hard when you were twisting the wires again and again to prove "nothing is happening, the cable is working fine", knowing that those thin line are very very susceptible to break under repeated stress. thank you for the informative video as always .
i dont think your a bad youtuber or repair shops. i love all your video . i am learning alot from you . i am totaly thinking i will be good to repair things if i continue listen you
OMG , i didn't want to be one , i knew it was LDVS cable - but man it made to be a funny video. Just cant wait someone to make a meme at 9:12. But good on You Sorin, we all make mistakes trying to to take shortcuts , and we get slapped on the wrist for doing so. At least it wasn't expensive motherboard. We all have our secret shelves / closets/ drawers of shame.
Sorin I'm sorry but I laughed so hard when it didn't work. I didn't expect this kind of humor in an electronic repair channel. Thank you for the laugh. 😂😂😂😂
Thanks for sharing ths one - this makes us all feel better about taking a lot of time to diagnose or be mistaken when doing fixes. Love your vids, they're great!
This industry is very very tricky. Its always obvious when you find the fault but we shouldn't be so harsh on ourselves. The one that stops learning is the one that already lost. So embrace the surprises that come !!! 😁
I do it from time to time if I can get a chep donor from Ebay. Last week I had a Dell laptop come in, maybe worth £100, but customer wanted it repaired, but quick diagnostics I couldn't see the problem. I managed to snag a smashed screen model on Ebay for £26 and simply swapped out the motherboard and changed over some parts to make their machine cosmetically better. Customer got a better looking machine and a bit of extra RAM and no doubt saved some cash if I was to diagnose it properly and repair.
That is a common issue on older HP laptops. I got the same issue on my HP and the price of the cable was around $80, but a few years later it was lowered to $25. When you can buy parts from the manufactures you know it is a common issue or else there shouldn't be any parts for it.
We usually check the Display first and if it still produces the same image on another screen we check the cable first. I have seen the screen flicker on and off but if you move the screen it comes back in a certain angle etc. Then its a clear sign of that cable is compromised. But like you mention, there can be more then one symptom when it comes to that cable being faulty. Very informative video! :D Thank you for sharing this with us!
Love the videos. Keep 'em coming! Real PC support is not an easy task and MB swapping does not always work! Excellent food for thought in future repairs for the rest of us!
You do get these things, all part and parcel of the stress-filled life of an electronics tech. Always a good view these videos, thanks for the content.
I like your videos , no sugar coating. Far better than those videos always with a short circuited capacitor or a conveniently open Mosfet for witch and by luck they already have a replacement.
Ahhhh so relieved! 😆 I thought I was the only one who has this happen .... whew. Thank you, I'm regaining my confidence again. 😂 Glad to see you use that new scope, I was thinking to myself early on in the video it would be nice to see you test the data lines with the new scope (first?) but you did afterward, thank you.👍
Just want to say thank you for sharing your knowledge. My business model for my business repairing PC’s focuses on sharing knowledge. Wether it be showing a customer what they are doing with their computer is what is causing their issue, to showing them the process of diagnostics and repair, explaining in a way that they understand, from layman’s to technical, depending on their knowledge of electronics. Many of my reviews reflect this and it’s what separates my business from the others and has been very successful keeping customers and gaining new ones. And that, my friend, is what you are doing right here. It’s very commendable and appreciated, and I love testing my own skills and knowledge on each repair I watch you do. Once again, thank you. PS This repair I was leaning towards Hard Reset at first, and I built my first machine in 1984 at the age of 14, so don’t be so hard on yourself. Keep up the great work your doing. ✌️
Excellent video. Educational, and it has the clickbait title that during the video transforms into an ultimate feat of self-trolling. And as usual, there's many good lessons in here. Indeed, it makes no sense to spend hours on fault-finding and trying to repair a part that you can replace for 20 quid. But you still have to do the basic checks before buying the replacement part.
Cut lines in the cable can only present missing colors on LVDS screens, you can also have missing backlight or even a split screen depending on which line got cut. Short circuits on the other hand are SCARY, remember you have a 19v line next to a bunch of very delicate signals from the CPU (or LVDS adapter on this case), or the PCH, I had several cases of VERY bad luck. Damage hinges also put the cable in danger.
love it sorin .....knowing your mistakes most importantly admitting your faults openly..never worry sorin we are always got your back we are true to you as you are true to us ....
you went the same steps i would have. check the usuals, although i would have checked the cord before buying a new mobo and screen lol. 99% of the time if you get backlight and you getting hdd activity its either bad cable/port(s) or something on the video out circuit. given the low value of the laptop, i would of opted for a new motherboard before spending time troubleshooting the circuit if the cable and/or ports tested good. love your honesty though not many people would admit they made errors! thanks for your videos always helpful and enjoy watching a fellow tradesmen.
I also showed my viewers something similar, but it wasn't that I had even made a mistake; it was that the repair just wasn't worth the trouble in the first place when the part was super cheap, replacing it was easy, and the customer didn't mind waiting. Sometimes it comes down to a question of value. It's fun to succeed with a complex repair. It's not necessarily worth it to try in the first place.
There's a custom controller place that does the same thing when doing warranty just because the stick was going crazy without him moving it the guy claimed "when it has stick drift like this it's unfortunately the motherboard"
All I can say, I love you! It is OK to make mistakes and to misjudge things.... Many times even most experience technicians make silly mistakes. I just excuse myself now...
There are 2 pins on the LCD that if they are not connected properly, you get a blank screen - they are EDID data and clock! I have the same fault on my Compaq CQ56 video that a repair shop gave up fixing the laptop due to the exact same thing! Probs bought a screen and didn't fix the problem! Full explanation: HP laptops have stupid BIOS that doesn't allow VGA or HDMI outputs until windows is booted properly, and the Compaq CQ56 I dealt with is even more stupid that despite these laptops only coming with 1366x768 screens, no EDID makes it force a 1024x768 unscaled signal out, which the LCD cannot understand and hence no picture! Remember that.
You can't put a price on integrity! Humility and honesty earns respect and you've just earned mine Sorin. Strangely enough I left a comment recently on XrayTonys' channel regarding the selflessness of not editing out the inevitable screwups. I find your uploads informative so keep up the good work👍
What separates the real tech's from the posers is sharing the whole story and teaching some VERY valuable lessons. I think you should spray paint that mother board gold, frame it, and make it into a wall decoration as a reminder for the future. Or, perhaps use the framed mobo as an some type of award for one of your viewers/supporters. Keep it real Sorin. Keep it real. 73, NZ5I
This one was funny! 😁 There's a name for what happened: Self confidence! Sometimes when we work many years on something and we have a lot of experience, we tend do "guess" some of the issues and we think we already know what's the problem, and the solution. By that, we may overpass some of the basic checking steps, and miss the one that could tell us what's wrong. That's a human thing... we always try the easier path 😎 There was also a very easy check you could do: plug an external monitor, and you would immediately confirm it wasn't a cpu fault. Thanks for your sharing and advices! 😉
You are a great teacher and professional at your trade. You are also human, as we all are and I admire you for showing us your mistakes. Thankyou so much for all your lessons in electronics you share with us.
Sorin sir you are not a bad TH-camr you are shared exactly what the reality is from any technicians can do this but lot of people hide all you are openly shown ' realistic sir that's why ❤
good to show. unfortunately few boards are cheap these days and they charge big for completely broken ones. but there are exceptions. thank you for the extra explanation, bought the same oscilloscope. been wanting to learn. thank you teacher!
I was in personal computer sales and service for 25 years, and electronics hobbyist for 55 years overall. My hats off and mad respect for you still at it and keeping busy. I retired. The world is falling apart, and my mission is has changed. Good job, man!
I made all mistakes in the book repairing my laptop screen: I bought a new screen - forgot to disconnect the battery when I inserted the ribbon cable to the new screen, the first pin burned up, I could see it glowing red hot, and the melted away completely - and still the screen worked - but I bought the wrong resolution screen. So I bought a new cable on ebay/amazon since the old ribbon cable has one pin missing ( but amazingly the whole wrong resolution screen STILL had a perfect picture - can you explain why it still works without the first pin present? :) :) :)
Nice video, thank You. These videos, when everything goes bad, are the best and most funny😂The best of it is, that U can cut it to looks like normal repair and U didnt and show to everybody, that You are just a human, who can be wrong. I aprecciate that👍🏻Best teacher isnt the one who is always right, but the one who make a mistake and show it to all the world and learn another dont do the same😊
It had to the the wire closest to the ground shielding. It rubbed in and out enough to short and once you cut the shielding, you fixed the problem. Fix is a fix
i seen same thing you had happen. i too thought it was the screen, ect. but i found that they pinch the cable at the hinge shorting it to ground. ha ha. i had trouble getting the cable. so digging through my parts and looking hard found the cable. it easily gets pinched at the hinge on the left. when they open and close it eventually it shorted out. thanks my friend. i love your shop and knowledge. i get a lot of those in. and i now look at the cable at the hinge.
These videos makes you even greater. I admire your honesty of showing how you were wrong because it's the best way to learn that fixing things is not like having a nice walk through the park.
Sorin, as I've said before, we learn so much more from when repairs go wrong or wonky for you than when a repair goes well first time. Your mistakes increase our mastery! Thank you!
There is something to learn here. My laptop has the same issue but when I press down in the middle of the keyboard the problem goes away. I think this is why. Great lesson.
I used Kryonaut in the past but it's crap on direct-die devices because it dries up very fast inside hot 70°c+ (gaming) laptops unless it's a simple celeron. PTM7950 is the best long lasting stuff. For normal paste: Shin-Etsu X23-7921-5, Prolimatech PK3, Arctic-Ceramique, Gelid GC-Extreme are some of the better options. (Pastes with lower silicone carrier content, high viscosity last longer)
Thanks for a good laugh 😂 I just loved this video. Hope this converts to a coffee ☕ at your end.
It's not just you. I diagnose and repair other peoples vehicles for a living. Sometimes it's hard to see a simple fault, especially when you are used to the fault being caused by a common/recurring issue. If a 2000's GMC/Chevy truck came in with no fuel pressure, 99 percent of the time the fuel pump failed. BUT......there is always that one percent that had a mouse eat the wiring. Nothing really surprises me anymore! Thank you for the GREAT video and for being a humble and honest human!!!
Also saw ants eat the wires in a car
this kind of video to only can come from a one who has so many knowledge that has nothing to prove to any one. just sit and enjoy a master's slip. very nice from you Sorin, thks for make my day.
Admire you for showing when things don't go as planned 😊 Well done
Yeah, you got a bit lazy and fired the parts canon but don't feel bad, everyone makes mistakes.
In my mind three things make you a good TH-camr, firstly you're not afraid to admit you were wrong, secondly you learned from your mistake and turned it into a teaching exercise and finally.... most importantly you can still smile and laugh about it.
Thanks for the videos, I really appreciate them.
Well said.
Great video as usual. New camera is fantastic !
Loved the video, smart title and loved when Risitas popped up 😂 Very entertaining to see the entire process!
You are honest enough to recognize your mistakes AND to laugh at yourself. You present it all, to us because you know, that we can learn from your mistakes and your successes and THAT Mr.Sorin is why you are so respected in this community. You are awesome!
I love you 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Your reaction when it worked was EPIC, and that Funny guy laughing at you made me laugh so HARD 🤣. You're the best youtuber.
Unplug the video cable from the MB and recheck HDMI signal to external screen. Lesson learnt, thank you most kindly.
Thanks for this video ! I had laughed, because the short film came on the laptop. Very nice !
Greetings from North germany..
Changing good parts by bad diagnostic it is a very common thing among mechanics and technicians. Do not feel bad. For sure it happens less now than in the beginning of career.
When I've done that it's always been the most expensive parts, sod's law as they say!
@@35andyman Geez and I thought it was 'Murphy" 😂
🤣🤣@@electronicrepairservice2020
@@35andyman Ha! Sod's law, I'm using that when I swap parts.
@@pgtmr2713 by all means be my guest
Excelent and very educational! Thank you for sharing.
🤣😂🤣 This video shock me and make me laugh for more than 5Mint. We learn from you, so this not Embrace sir, the whole class has learned and noted this case. Lastly our class have new Mobo for sale on ebay. Thank you MR SORIN for this great contribution May Allah reward you.
ABDURRAHMAN from Katsina, Nigeria
That's hilarius lol 🤣🤣 I was thinking, "No way!! Sorin is getting old, now he replace motherboards, usually he don't do boring works" then you test the new motherboard and the issue is still present, I was laughing so much. Thank you so much Sorin, we love you.
We get to learn more from this videos, than from the ones that omit their mistakes. Thanks a lot Sorin!
Also the master makes mistakes, because he is still a human!
Thank you for showing this.
A real master s not ashamed about his mistakes...
The truest tutor ever. Thank you very much sorin for teaching n showing every effort behind the cene.
We learn most from our mistakes. It's even better when we learn from someone else's mistakes.
This video just provides proof of your authenticity. Nobody is perfect.
I lost my voice shouting at the screen " DATA LINES ", based on one of your other videos. Thank you for that lesson and especially for sharing the faults, human and electronic.
It was just TOO EASY for the best of technicians Sorin!!
you're a fantastic TH-camr and a honest person. Much respect! Most people wouldn't have uploaded this video.
I love your videos. I absolutely love the way you work. Don’t worry, this happens! Hugs from Brazil.
Well, last time I bought working Lenovo Z40-70 MB for $39 from Ebay, and put it in liquid damaged Z50-70, had to reflow 5 flex connectors and several touchpad buttons and LED's, but it was definitely more cheap, fast, trustworthy than repairing water damaged old laptop.
Sometimes the parts cannon is too tempting 😊 you're a great TH-camr! Showing the whole thing is a great learning experience. Don't be embarrassed we all learned something!
He's still used to the pressure environment of a shop, where you shortcut to save time because you don't have time with the high work loads.
Really impressed with this clip, yes even the experts can have problems but at least you show the clip and Amit the issue and still got it running WELL DONE ...... Not everyone would do this
You are not a "bad" TH-camr. You are just an honest repairman doing a good job and showing some humility. Keep up the work and teaching cause I am listening and learning. Thanks.
This is funny, keep it coming Sorin!
don't feel too badly about this. I have an older HP laptop that would not power on and I spent so much time diagnosing it. I finally narrowed it down to a single track on a 6 pin ribbon cable that goes to the headphone and microphone jack. The track was cracked and no signal and this shit the entire laptop down. I swapped it over for the one that guess to the track pad and it fired right up. put it back and dead again. One single wire and the whole thing died. I replaced it with a $2 replacement off eBay and it's working fine.
NEWSFLASH .... Sorin admits he is a "bad youtuber" to be named and shamed! I cannot accept this on the basis that Sorin goes out of his way to show real life mistakes we all make on a daily basis...then provides a full explanation of lessons learnt with humour and humility for the community. ❤ Joy is in the experience of learning. 😀 Until the next one
So much respect
for your honesty. Most people wouldn't have uploaded this video.
Working in medicine..... the teachers that could say, "I don't know" had the most power. A great teacher messes up on purpose sometimes to keep it human and see whom is awake. Peace.... lawson
i was cringing hard when you were twisting the wires again and again to prove "nothing is happening, the cable is working fine", knowing that those thin line are very very susceptible to break under repeated stress.
thank you for the informative video as always .
That section of the wire bends with the hinge.
Bending the wires a few more times won't do any harm
i dont think your a bad youtuber or repair shops. i love all your video . i am learning alot from you . i am totaly thinking i will be good to repair things if i continue listen you
Thank you for another learning experience. We learn as much if not more from failures as from successes. Regards and Thank you.
OMG , i didn't want to be one , i knew it was LDVS cable - but man it made to be a funny video. Just cant wait someone to make a meme at 9:12.
But good on You Sorin, we all make mistakes trying to to take shortcuts , and we get slapped on the wrist for doing so. At least it wasn't expensive motherboard.
We all have our secret shelves / closets/ drawers of shame.
You are the best! You react with a great joke about selling that board on EBAY, hilarious 😂
Sorin I'm sorry but I laughed so hard when it didn't work. I didn't expect this kind of humor in an electronic repair channel.
Thank you for the laugh. 😂😂😂😂
Me too 🤣🤣🤣
Thanks for sharing ths one - this makes us all feel better about taking a lot of time to diagnose or be mistaken when doing fixes. Love your vids, they're great!
This industry is very very tricky. Its always obvious when you find the fault but we shouldn't be so harsh on ourselves. The one that stops learning is the one that already lost. So embrace the surprises that come !!! 😁
I do it from time to time if I can get a chep donor from Ebay. Last week I had a Dell laptop come in, maybe worth £100, but customer wanted it repaired, but quick diagnostics I couldn't see the problem. I managed to snag a smashed screen model on Ebay for £26 and simply swapped out the motherboard and changed over some parts to make their machine cosmetically better. Customer got a better looking machine and a bit of extra RAM and no doubt saved some cash if I was to diagnose it properly and repair.
Sorin, that was a Great video another lesson learned. 👏👏
Sorin you never fail from making me laugh, but keeping it real.
kudos to you sir for posting this, just proves that not all faults are obvious, and nice you showed us your delimma and failed attempts.
That is a common issue on older HP laptops. I got the same issue on my HP and the price of the cable was around $80, but a few years later it was lowered to $25.
When you can buy parts from the manufactures you know it is a common issue or else there shouldn't be any parts for it.
Now you can diagnose the data lines with your oscilloscope at the future. Thank you for your honesty.
We usually check the Display first and if it still produces the same image on another screen we check the cable first. I have seen the screen flicker on and off but if you move the screen it comes back in a certain angle etc. Then its a clear sign of that cable is compromised. But like you mention, there can be more then one symptom when it comes to that cable being faulty. Very informative video! :D Thank you for sharing this with us!
Love the videos. Keep 'em coming! Real PC support is not an easy task and MB swapping does not always work! Excellent food for thought in future repairs for the rest of us!
This turned out to be an interesting repair. Thank you for sharing this.
You do get these things, all part and parcel of the stress-filled life of an electronics tech. Always a good view these videos, thanks for the content.
the ribbon cable got you this time 😅
I like your videos , no sugar coating. Far better than those videos always with a short circuited capacitor or a conveniently open Mosfet for witch and by luck they already have a replacement.
Nice job. I learned something today. Thank you so much. Now have a cup of coffee.
Love your videos keep them coming .... Usually I check via a second monitor just to skip the monitor check or any cable short like in this video.
Thank you. 😊
No one would expect the ribbon cable because its AMD CPU.
Very knowledgeable video 👍👍👍
Ahhhh so relieved! 😆 I thought I was the only one who has this happen .... whew. Thank you, I'm regaining my confidence again. 😂 Glad to see you use that new scope, I was thinking to myself early on in the video it would be nice to see you test the data lines with the new scope (first?) but you did afterward, thank you.👍
You are always teaching electronics. Always good to remember, that before PCB's, there were copper wires, lol.
Just want to say thank you for sharing your knowledge. My business model for my business repairing PC’s focuses on sharing knowledge. Wether it be showing a customer what they are doing with their computer is what is causing their issue, to showing them the process of diagnostics and repair, explaining in a way that they understand, from layman’s to technical, depending on their knowledge of electronics. Many of my reviews reflect this and it’s what separates my business from the others and has been very successful keeping customers and gaining new ones.
And that, my friend, is what you are doing right here. It’s very commendable and appreciated, and I love testing my own skills and knowledge on each repair I watch you do. Once again, thank you.
PS This repair I was leaning towards Hard Reset at first, and I built my first machine in 1984 at the age of 14, so don’t be so hard on yourself. Keep up the great work your doing. ✌️
Excellent video. Educational, and it has the clickbait title that during the video transforms into an ultimate feat of self-trolling.
And as usual, there's many good lessons in here.
Indeed, it makes no sense to spend hours on fault-finding and trying to repair a part that you can replace for 20 quid. But you still have to do the basic checks before buying the replacement part.
Cut lines in the cable can only present missing colors on LVDS screens, you can also have missing backlight or even a split screen depending on which line got cut.
Short circuits on the other hand are SCARY, remember you have a 19v line next to a bunch of very delicate signals from the CPU (or LVDS adapter on this case), or the PCH, I had several cases of VERY bad luck.
Damage hinges also put the cable in danger.
I think Apple have the inverter on the MB and send 60V up the wires, ie, saw a lot of Rossmann repairs where the MB display connectors catch fire.
Thank you Sir for sharing your knowledge with us.
love it sorin .....knowing your mistakes most importantly admitting your faults openly..never worry sorin we are always got your back we are true to you as you are true to us ....
you went the same steps i would have. check the usuals, although i would have checked the cord before buying a new mobo and screen lol. 99% of the time if you get backlight and you getting hdd activity its either bad cable/port(s) or something on the video out circuit. given the low value of the laptop, i would of opted for a new motherboard before spending time troubleshooting the circuit if the cable and/or ports tested good. love your honesty though not many people would admit they made errors! thanks for your videos always helpful and enjoy watching a fellow tradesmen.
I also showed my viewers something similar, but it wasn't that I had even made a mistake; it was that the repair just wasn't worth the trouble in the first place when the part was super cheap, replacing it was easy, and the customer didn't mind waiting. Sometimes it comes down to a question of value. It's fun to succeed with a complex repair. It's not necessarily worth it to try in the first place.
Thank you, indeed sometimes is cheaper to swap than repair
There's a custom controller place that does the same thing when doing warranty just because the stick was going crazy without him moving it the guy claimed "when it has stick drift like this it's unfortunately the motherboard"
All I can say, I love you! It is OK to make mistakes and to misjudge things.... Many times even most experience technicians make silly mistakes. I just excuse myself now...
Everyone makes mistake, the important is the acceptance.
There are 2 pins on the LCD that if they are not connected properly, you get a blank screen - they are EDID data and clock! I have the same fault on my Compaq CQ56 video that a repair shop gave up fixing the laptop due to the exact same thing! Probs bought a screen and didn't fix the problem!
Full explanation: HP laptops have stupid BIOS that doesn't allow VGA or HDMI outputs until windows is booted properly, and the Compaq CQ56 I dealt with is even more stupid that despite these laptops only coming with 1366x768 screens, no EDID makes it force a 1024x768 unscaled signal out, which the LCD cannot understand and hence no picture! Remember that.
You always providing a help information thanks🎉
You can't put a price on integrity! Humility and honesty earns respect and you've just earned mine Sorin. Strangely enough I left a comment recently on XrayTonys' channel regarding the selflessness of not editing out the inevitable screwups. I find your uploads informative so keep up the good work👍
Every repair guy makes this mistake a few times. It does not matter if it is cars or electronics. But learning from that is how you become gooood.
When i get those, first thing i check is if i have HDMI output. If yes, then i proceed to check display, then the cable.
What separates the real tech's from the posers is sharing the whole story and teaching some VERY valuable lessons. I think you should spray paint that mother board gold, frame it, and make it into a wall decoration as a reminder for the future. Or, perhaps use the framed mobo as an some type of award for one of your viewers/supporters. Keep it real Sorin. Keep it real. 73, NZ5I
9:51 and that's why you check hdmi/vga output to an external monitor first.
Still 50 50.
Ive experienced the graphic display on hdmi but not on lvds.
The best way is to open schematic/boardview and analyze the LVDS system.
This man is good technician Ive everseen.. very honest ❤❤❤ I love you Sorin 😊
This one was funny! 😁
There's a name for what happened: Self confidence!
Sometimes when we work many years on something and we have a lot of experience, we tend do "guess" some of the issues and we think we already know what's the problem, and the solution.
By that, we may overpass some of the basic checking steps, and miss the one that could tell us what's wrong.
That's a human thing... we always try the easier path 😎
There was also a very easy check you could do: plug an external monitor, and you would immediately confirm it wasn't a cpu fault.
Thanks for your sharing and advices! 😉
Glad you can laugh at yourself.
I love the Laughing guy meme.
"Sorin has a motherboard for sale on Ebay" Near pissed myself. So Funny
You are a great teacher and professional at your trade. You are also human, as we all are and I admire you for showing us your mistakes. Thankyou so much for all your lessons in electronics you share with us.
Sorin sir you are not a bad TH-camr you are shared exactly what the reality is from any technicians can do this but lot of people hide all you are openly shown ' realistic sir that's why ❤
Omg, the image quality of the microscope is so so niceee
Love ur vids, Sorin
good to show. unfortunately few boards are cheap these days and they charge big for completely broken ones. but there are exceptions. thank you for the extra explanation, bought the same oscilloscope. been wanting to learn. thank you teacher!
I was in personal computer sales and service for 25 years, and electronics hobbyist for 55 years overall. My hats off and mad respect for you still at it and keeping busy.
I retired. The world is falling apart, and my mission is has changed.
Good job, man!
LoL. Good thing you make mistake because we can learn from it😂. Great video
My Salute to you Sir !
You are a great teacher, thanks for video
Now Sorin starts to do Clickbaits 😂😂..haha lolll
I made all mistakes in the book repairing my laptop screen: I bought a new screen - forgot to disconnect the battery when I inserted the ribbon cable to the new screen, the first pin burned up, I could see it glowing red hot, and the melted away completely - and still the screen worked - but I bought the wrong resolution screen. So I bought a new cable on ebay/amazon since the old ribbon cable has one pin missing ( but amazingly the whole wrong resolution screen STILL had a perfect picture - can you explain why it still works without the first pin present? :) :) :)
Nice video, thank You. These videos, when everything goes bad, are the best and most funny😂The best of it is, that U can cut it to looks like normal repair and U didnt and show to everybody, that You are just a human, who can be wrong. I aprecciate that👍🏻Best teacher isnt the one who is always right, but the one who make a mistake and show it to all the world and learn another dont do the same😊
To preserve serial number and info for laptop, You should swap bios chip
That was a tricky problem but your able to solve it ❤❤❤
It had to the the wire closest to the ground shielding. It rubbed in and out enough to short and once you cut the shielding, you fixed the problem.
Fix is a fix
i seen same thing you had happen. i too thought it was the screen, ect. but i found that they pinch the cable at the hinge shorting it to ground. ha ha. i had trouble getting the cable. so digging through my parts and looking hard found the cable. it easily gets pinched at the hinge on the left. when they open and close it eventually it shorted out.
thanks my friend. i love your shop and knowledge. i get a lot of those in. and i now look at the cable at the hinge.
I laughed with my heart Sorin. Perfect video. You are a proper calibrated youtuber. I loveeeeeee your work, thanks again for sharing this.
These videos makes you even greater. I admire your honesty of showing how you were wrong because it's the best way to learn that fixing things is not like having a nice walk through the park.
Sorin, as I've said before, we learn so much more from when repairs go wrong or wonky for you than when a repair goes well first time. Your mistakes increase our mastery! Thank you!
Thank you for the video. Ultimately, in this case, it was a faulty cable, however how did you rule out that it wasn't a faulty LVDS connector?
There is something to learn here. My laptop has the same issue but when I press down in the middle of the keyboard the problem goes away. I think this is why. Great lesson.
I like this one more than others. I feel a sense of communion.
I used Kryonaut in the past but it's crap on direct-die devices because it dries up very fast inside hot 70°c+ (gaming) laptops unless it's a simple celeron.
PTM7950 is the best long lasting stuff.
For normal paste: Shin-Etsu X23-7921-5, Prolimatech PK3, Arctic-Ceramique, Gelid GC-Extreme are some of the better options. (Pastes with lower silicone carrier content, high viscosity last longer)