Please don't be sorry. I have honestly enjoyed this time with you doing detective work and finding the killer. Also, probably some people with this HP model will be happy to have the guidance and a good look at the disassembly. Thank you for sharing Sorin.
''Finding the killer ''? , it was the major , in the billiard room with the candlestick ''. Sorry , silly sense of humour time . I agree, it was a good video and a lesson to everyone , try unplugging things one at at time , cant hurt and might find the culprit quickly . Lucky customer that its on a ribbon and not soldered on . Remove tha faulty one and tel the customer what the fault was , they can have it back while a new one is on order , brilliant
Hello. Many many years ago ( circa 1992 ) I used to use a small independent computer shop. The lesson I learned is to strip all computers from motherboard and try to get to get a boot. Everything attached to the main board can effect a boot sequence because a component could have a short. The post test is trying to protect the main board. When PCs had individual modems and sound cards, they would short out all the time, especially the modem that would suffer from a surge bring down the whole system. Good job. Neal in Atlanta
Sorin, you are to harsh with yourself. It was an excellent example of step be step fault finding, taking note of what you see, asking yourself why that leads you to the fault. It was a very good video, watch every one of them.👏👏
Thanks, Sorin. Truthfully this was one of your best. I would bet that this saved a lot of people hours in diagnostic time. You methodically tracked the problem down in 30 minutes. You're one of the best teachers out there...
Hi, youre a genius! I had a Dell 15 laptop that also had water damage from a client that was quoted 500 pounds to replace the motherboard and they coudnt afford it so they asked me to have a look at it.I tried all the normal tricks in the book, nothing worked. I saw your video and thought let me take another look at the laptop even though this is a Dell and yours is a hp laptop. i found the card reader on a small board along with a usb port. Removed the cable and it worked. Cleaned the ribbon cable and connectors, reconnected everything and it works! Thanks so much!
No sense video? No Sorin this is a live saver for everyone. You teaching how to properly check a laptop before start to remove Ic's or capacitor. Good video . I'll watch it again because I really wanted to learn how to diagnose and open those laptop. You see is not a waste time.
Making sense out of nonsense is the hardest job of all! Watching you work is how I learn to be a better tech. You teach me how to keep stuff level in flight and holding altitude!
Great video! It was the touch pad with my old HP, the ribbon was damaged and the whole laptop would not start. All the way I was thinking touch pad and damaged ribbon. This is typical HP any related device that does not work kills the whole laptop. My Folio 13 blinks 3 times on the cap lock LED, I suppose this model blinks on the power LED, these are error codes you can lookup. This was not a trivial repair. Very well done!!
You are spot on with your conclusion regarding style, HP are very good at the aesthetic element of laptops. Unfortunately, it's the rest of it where they fall short.
That was a fantastic repair, you are a master. I was so impressed you took this job on, no need for me to say well done as I’m sure so many of your other followers have already said that 👏👏👏👏
Well haha Sorin ,we actually did not see the keys all working only the enter key .there could still be liquid damage on keys or even other cables. Now i always check EVERY key because of a few i MISSED,i had assumed they all worked ,but i was wrong,a few were gummed up from soda.Now when i take off cables i spray them ALL with the contact cleaner,but only when i see liquid in the system.thanks for the video,Sorin,it simply shows even an expert can miss a small detail.
That was a fascinating piece of work! No need to apologise because I was riveted by the mystery cause of the fault, which you masterfully discovered. Bravo! Brilliant!
Great job, Prof Sorin. I loved your detective work. Few weeks ago, I found that my Toshiba card reader was dusty. I vacuumed it. After seeing your video I am thinking to give it a try and disconnect it. It is not a waste of time for us as we are learning. However, since you are paid based on the jobs you fix, it took away lot of your valuable time. Charge the customer the entire time you spent in your detective work. We the viewers who are here for learning applaud your sense of humor, teaching style, and the method of approaching to diagnose the problem. Keep up the good work, Sir. God bless you!!!
Figured something out to help diagnose my laptop, by what you said just before apologizing for the video. I'm sure this video was helpful for many more. Thanks.
Sorin, I did my first electronics repair today! the display was looking wacky on a humidistat at my job. been watching your channel for about a month non stop. it was just a cold solder joint i spotted right away, but it was a beginning step on my journey. love your channel thanks
Your video is a reminder to remove all non essential interfaces before diagnostics. I used to do this with faulty desktop pc's, but its easy to forget in haste. Never say sorry sorin.
No need to excuse Sorin, it is exactly your thought process what teaches us how to diagnose from the ground up, I prefer long videos with an explanation that short videos that skip the whole resolution process, that is unrealistic
Your video is awesome. Great skill. Hp internal shorts circuit auto protection. On off on off on off. Mostly cause by shorted power rail. Especially USB power rail.
The USB controller (in most systems is the south bridge) from the board is what controls the SD Card reader and likely anything that has to do with devices and power (other than then CPU/GPU) in almost every system.
Thank you, was informative. No need to apologise. Who else thought that was "magic" smoke was coming from the laptop when it was vape smoke it passed over the screen.
I'd been in electronics service almost 34 year tel today but i put back all the scews in returning cover or all screws and if the screw whole is broken i glued it i possible. 😂
Don't be hard on yourself Sorin, this is the nature of electronic repairs, there are different paths to take, you eventually found the right path, this is more important, we all have being there :-)
When I see signs of liquid inside, I always inspect motherboard. Especially if someone else was there before me. And when I do this I always unplug cables severally and check if laptop comes to life. That can save a lot of time.
Hello Sorin, i dont understand, why you say, you are sorry for this video, as similar tech like you (minus tons of experience), i could say lots of my jobs are similar, sometimes even wraping everything up and simply sell refurbished Dell to customer instead another two hours with some faulty mobo. I like my job for it. Every day is different. Thanks for this video.
I`ve Repaired many of these.... The problem or mistake you made was when you disconnected the battery and charger you supposed to hold the power button for 10 secs these laptops don`t use a coms battery but it uses a capacitor. That is why the laptop came on after the coms discharged....
Great job as always and thank you for your time to show to all, can you fix large display cards as in times today there is a very sad shortage of display cards. So the market for repairing them is very good at the moment.
one thing I believe if someone brought a device to you for repair and you spend time on it then you deserve something in exchange to your time and effort, you did the checking and you give a working laptop this is what matter and this is fair because they could not use it again without your fix.
You started by talking about good design, and then the SD card reader 'killed' the laptop. :p All design went into the shell of the laptop and nothing in the chipset protection. Really good video though. :)
For those who dont know, how hdmi connectors look. They have cutouts for a reason probobly cutouts make them more complient and dustproof. And designing perfect light barrier in that case would be waste of time... and top of the line HP would be hp elitebook or zbook not spectre. spectre are designer laptops.
Thank you for the video! I think it is still worth it! Isn’t shorted SD card reader the same as shorted keyboard (I remember you had such a video too)? I mean, both are essentially USB connections going to PCH, which sees that something shorted and it breaks the startup sequence (laptops goes on and off in loops), right? If so, then it can be anything like touchpad, fingerprint sensor, USB extension boards, etc…
Hi broth how you doing.... thanx a lot for all the top videos. I just have a quick question.. when testing a power board sometimes we have to put power to the board there for if possible can you please let me know how many volts and amp can I add to the board. The power board I'm referring to is led tv board thank you
Hi Sorin,very nice and informative channel! Did U ever had alienware alpha r1 mini pc with ylod issue,if U ever get in touch with this please make a video.keep on going...
I've been an IT guy for 25 years and when I grow up, I want to be just like you. Nice work on these laptops! And, I like that cool electronic screwdriver.
Please don't be sorry. I have honestly enjoyed this time with you doing detective work and finding the killer. Also, probably some people with this HP model will be happy to have the guidance and a good look at the disassembly.
Thank you for sharing Sorin.
''Finding the killer ''? , it was the major , in the billiard room with the candlestick ''.
Sorry , silly sense of humour time .
I agree, it was a good video and a lesson to everyone , try unplugging things one at at time , cant hurt and might find the culprit quickly .
Lucky customer that its on a ribbon and not soldered on . Remove tha faulty one and tel the customer what the fault was , they can have it back while a new one is on order , brilliant
Hello. Many many years ago ( circa 1992 ) I used to use a small independent computer shop. The lesson I learned is to strip all computers from motherboard and try to get to get a boot. Everything attached to the main board can effect a boot sequence because a component could have a short. The post test is trying to protect the main board. When PCs had individual modems and sound cards, they would short out all the time, especially the modem that would suffer from a surge bring down the whole system. Good job. Neal in Atlanta
Sorin, you are to harsh with yourself. It was an excellent example of step be step fault finding, taking note of what you see, asking yourself why that leads you to the fault. It was a very good video, watch every one of them.👏👏
Thanks, Sorin. Truthfully this was one of your best. I would bet that this saved a lot of
people hours in diagnostic time. You methodically tracked the problem down in
30 minutes. You're one of the best teachers out there...
It wasn't nonsense. I'll keep in mind to check if other attachments are good.
Thank you Sorin.
Yeah it is a good video.
always good. this guy is a real master
Thank you Sorin, two videos in one day. Great job
Hi, youre a genius! I had a Dell 15 laptop that also had water damage from a client that was quoted 500 pounds to replace the motherboard and they coudnt afford it so they asked me to have a look at it.I tried all the normal tricks in the book, nothing worked. I saw your video and thought let me take another look at the laptop even though this is a Dell and yours is a hp laptop. i found the card reader on a small board along with a usb port. Removed the cable and it worked. Cleaned the ribbon cable and connectors, reconnected everything and it works! Thanks so much!
I was waiting to see a response like yours. Thanks for your post sharing your experience.
Great job. You are the best. Many people ignore checking the attachments and declare to the customer that the laptop is dead and advise buy a new one.
It wasn't nonsense!Job Done!!. Everything can happen even this kind of damage.Thank you again Mr. Sorin!
it wasnt nonsense.its amazing video.thenks
No sense video? No Sorin this is a live saver for everyone. You teaching how to properly check a laptop before start to remove Ic's or capacitor. Good video . I'll watch it again because I really wanted to learn how to diagnose and open those laptop. You see is not a waste time.
Making sense out of nonsense is the hardest job of all! Watching you work is how I learn to be a better tech. You teach me how to keep stuff level in flight and holding altitude!
Hey we learned something so don't feel bad.
Its still a pleasure to see you repair a laptop. Need a long video reparing day for fun
Great video! It was the touch pad with my old HP, the ribbon was damaged and the whole laptop would not start. All the way I was thinking touch pad and damaged ribbon. This is typical HP any related device that does not work kills the whole laptop. My Folio 13 blinks 3 times on the cap lock LED, I suppose this model blinks on the power LED, these are error codes you can lookup. This was not a trivial repair. Very well done!!
You are spot on with your conclusion regarding style, HP are very good at the aesthetic element of laptops. Unfortunately, it's the rest of it where they fall short.
The light from the power button comes out of the right speaker. Its innovative! I love your videos. Thank you for sharing with the community.
That was a fantastic repair, you are a master. I was so impressed you took this job on, no need for me to say well done as I’m sure so many of your other followers have already said that 👏👏👏👏
Well haha Sorin ,we actually did not see the keys all working only the enter key .there could still be liquid damage on keys or even other cables.
Now i always check EVERY key because of a few i MISSED,i had assumed they all worked ,but i was wrong,a few were gummed up from soda.Now when i take off cables i spray them ALL with the contact cleaner,but only when i see liquid in the system.thanks for the video,Sorin,it simply shows even an expert can miss a small detail.
That was a fascinating piece of work! No need to apologise because I was riveted by the mystery cause of the fault, which you masterfully discovered. Bravo! Brilliant!
tremendous break down of finding the fault thanks sorin for posting this :)
Thank you Master Sorin. The Best teacher of electronics!
Great job, Prof Sorin. I loved your detective work. Few weeks ago, I found that my Toshiba card reader was dusty. I vacuumed it. After seeing your video I am thinking to give it a try and disconnect it. It is not a waste of time for us as we are learning. However, since you are paid based on the jobs you fix, it took away lot of your valuable time. Charge the customer the entire time you spent in your detective work. We the viewers who are here for learning applaud your sense of humor, teaching style, and the method of approaching to diagnose the problem. Keep up the good work, Sir. God bless you!!!
Figured something out to help diagnose my laptop, by what you said just before apologizing for the video. I'm sure this video was helpful for many more. Thanks.
Your every video is informative Sorin sir. Don't call them waste of time. They are priceless for us learners. 🙏🙏👍👍
It was still educational! Many thanks for your time.
It is not a nonsense , because we learned something new. Thanks !
dont be sorry mister sorin i always learn from every video you put in this channel no matter what the fault is thanks for sharing :)
Sorin, I did my first electronics repair today! the display was looking wacky on a humidistat at my job. been watching your channel for about a month non stop. it was just a cold solder joint i spotted right away, but it was a beginning step on my journey. love your channel thanks
You have the best and only PC repair channel on the internet. We all appreciate it greatly.
You're the best. We learn so much from each video, makes us realize that you are human like us and struggle sometimes to make repair..
Te salut Sorin tocmai din România! Îmi place ceea ce faci și te urmăresc cu plăcere.
Cel mai bun!!!
Thank you for another great video teacher Sorin!
Mr. Sorin, Thanks for this video, Great job!!!!! I like your analisys of this faulty HP.
Your video is a reminder to remove all non essential interfaces before diagnostics.
I used to do this with faulty desktop pc's, but its easy to forget in haste.
Never say sorry sorin.
Chiar foarte bun si informativ !!! Multumim.
No need to excuse Sorin, it is exactly your thought process what teaches us how to diagnose from the ground up, I prefer long videos with an explanation that short videos that skip the whole resolution process, that is unrealistic
Number one TOP job Prof.
this is not nonsense video it is experience for me. thanks for the video and the lesson.
Great video! Step by step ... troubleshooting is always a methodical endeavor. I am now hooked on this channel. Thank you for this.
The lights blinking usually have messages depending on the manufacturer. Always checkout the forums
Sorin don’t apologise you great and worth a million
Your video is awesome. Great skill. Hp internal shorts circuit auto protection. On off on off on off. Mostly cause by shorted power rail. Especially USB power rail.
The USB controller (in most systems is the south bridge) from the board is what controls the SD Card reader and likely anything that has to do with devices and power (other than then CPU/GPU) in almost every system.
Thanks master. Learned again.
Thank you, was informative. No need to apologise. Who else thought that was "magic" smoke was coming from the laptop when it was vape smoke it passed over the screen.
You are the only repairman I know who puts all Screws back in
thats a bit unfair to us all, although I had a co worker we could tell the equipment had been serviced by him by the amount of screws missing inside.
@@sorh I am sure a lot of them do but I am telling the truth
I'd been in electronics service almost 34 year tel today but i put back all the scews in returning cover or all screws and if the screw whole is broken i glued it i possible. 😂
It was good for me! I have a similar case in my lab a few months ago. Thank you for sharing.
Still an interesting video, very pleased to see it.
great video, we learned that micro usb can stop your lap top
Inspector Sorin. Great job again.
Thank you Sorin
great video master sorin
Well done!
Great Video Sir, Additional troubleshooting skills learned. thank you!
i always like the videos. that way i know when i have seen them already
Don't be hard on yourself Sorin, this is the nature of electronic repairs, there are different paths to take, you eventually found the right path, this is more important, we all have being there :-)
Thanks Teacher Sorin for one your best videos now that i know about a Hp Spectre x360 15-DF0004NA I'll go out and buy one.
Thanks for a very informative video!
When I see signs of liquid inside, I always inspect motherboard. Especially if someone else was there before me. And when I do this I always unplug cables severally and check if laptop comes to life. That can save a lot of time.
Hello Sorin, i dont understand, why you say, you are sorry for this video, as similar tech like you (minus tons of experience), i could say lots of my jobs are similar, sometimes even wraping everything up and simply sell refurbished Dell to customer instead another two hours with some faulty mobo. I like my job for it. Every day is different. Thanks for this video.
Hi there , it was very useful & informative tutorial video .thnx
I`ve Repaired many of these.... The problem or mistake you made was when you disconnected the battery and charger you supposed to hold the power button for 10 secs these laptops don`t use a coms battery but it uses a capacitor. That is why the laptop came on after the coms discharged....
Great job as always and thank you for your time to show to all, can you fix large display cards as in times today there is a very sad shortage of display cards. So the market for repairing them is very good at the moment.
one thing I believe if someone brought a device to you for repair and you spend time on it then you deserve something in exchange to your time and effort, you did the checking and you give a working laptop this is what matter and this is fair because they could not use it again without your fix.
no nonsense - great thank you.
You are great as always 👍
Ohhh very very good, incredible.
Nice job! Greetings from Hungary! :)
This is a great video!, it give us ideas on how to diagnose the laptops, we always learn some thing.
Great video!
You started by talking about good design, and then the SD card reader 'killed' the laptop. :p
All design went into the shell of the laptop and nothing in the chipset protection.
Really good video though. :)
Don't be sorry, you found the problem, we all learned. :D
I once had similar issue : cleaning the connector and Flex solved the problem
Good video for sure dont worry. This laptop like you told is around 1000/1500 euro's. Cardreader can be fix np.
4K aussie dollars, yep madness if it leaks/bleeds out light to next port.
Very good, experience for us all that you never stop learning
GOOD VIDEO , IT SHOWS US TO TEST RIBBON CABLES FIRST
Don't be sorry, I learnt a point, even youself learnt something , thanks
Two in one day!! Effin bonus!! 🤘🏻🤘🏻💕
For those who dont know, how hdmi connectors look. They have cutouts for a reason probobly cutouts make them more complient and dustproof. And designing perfect light barrier in that case would be waste of time... and top of the line HP would be hp elitebook or zbook not spectre. spectre are designer laptops.
I would have tried cleaning the connector and plug with alcohol and toothbrush. Maybe it will cleanup and work?
Great excellent👍
Does anyone know where can download schematics for notebook /laptop
It was a good video , Sorin
we learned something new, good video.
I have the same with a lenovo S21e do you have one lying around?
greetings piet
no wonder ur the best👍👍👍
SuperTech!! Methodological repair procedure. 1. Check Power. 2. check MB power feed. 3. Check BIOS 4. Check connected peripheral untis. Bingo!
Thank you for the video! I think it is still worth it!
Isn’t shorted SD card reader the same as shorted keyboard (I remember you had such a video too)? I mean, both are essentially USB connections going to PCH, which sees that something shorted and it breaks the startup sequence (laptops goes on and off in loops), right? If so, then it can be anything like touchpad, fingerprint sensor, USB extension boards, etc…
They're still releasing laptops with shiny screens? Damn, crap...
Actually you did too much thing such as inpected everything and found the false.that's the expiriance and you did rigt repairment.thank you
Hi broth how you doing.... thanx a lot for all the top videos. I just have a quick question.. when testing a power board sometimes we have to put power to the board there for if possible can you please let me know how many volts and amp can I add to the board. The power board I'm referring to is led tv board thank you
It's not nonsense it's logical deduction fault finding.
Hi Sorin,very nice and informative channel! Did U ever had alienware alpha r1 mini pc with ylod issue,if U ever get in touch with this please make a video.keep on going...
Hi Sorin, may I ask you how do you remember were each screw goes back to? What's your method there
Good question. Would like know
Awesome thanks
I've been an IT guy for 25 years and when I grow up, I want to be just like you. Nice work on these laptops! And, I like that cool electronic screwdriver.
Do you have a system to remember how to put back the screws in the right places? I always mess up that
hello. great new video ! ! !
WoOoOoOoOoOoW very nice repair 🤯🤯🤯👌👌
Great video