There will always be people who are more skilled and faster than others. Though I think you're skilled - But where you're shining right now is how accurate and explanatory you are. I'm just a simple viewer who is fascinated by learning a little every step - and for me you are very good at just that Thanks so much
thank you bro.... your videos time are exactly sync with my board repairs. actually i got a MBP DEAD IN MY HANDS TO REPAIR ON FEB 16TH. TODAY I AM TIERD FOR SEARCHING COMPONENTS AND TRACING CIRCUIT. THIS VIDEO GAVE BOOST TO MY SKILL. THANK YOU BRO KEEP ON POSTING
@@Adamant_IT You could also glob some solder onto one tip and hit both edges of the cap at once to desolder it. That is if you have enough space though.
Great timing! My daughter's boyfriend just gave me one if these to look at, as it won't power on! First Mac I've ever worked on. So glad I discovered your channel recently!
Hello Adam, for the Future : 20v 0 amps is mostlikeli a ppbus short. Ans that Cap dies a lot. Also Backlight cap. Also mesure Résistance between ppbus and ppcpu_s0 .If ist 0.somethimg Ohm , there ist a dead CPU mosfet. I have Seen 20% where ppbus Shorts 3v3_s5 at the CPU ! So after Clearing ppbus Short, there will BE a dead CPU since 3v3s5 goes to the cpu. Great Job so far!
Great fix Adam and no never get fed up with dead capacitors as I have had problems in the past with the wretched things though ones much larger than you have to deal with. I like watching your videos partially because you are a dead ringer for my grandson (without the goatee) here in Australia.😀
You did spend time looking for problems elsewhere, but I rather do a basic and check all.. like my mom always said, "people are quick to dispose an a electronic device, instead of checking for a repair, that could be simple or just a cleaning." "Check everything, even the smallest it could be the problem." "if not fixable, or complicated, then toss it." My mother was my inspiration into, "try to fix it." Miss the heck out of her. RIP Mom.💕
You are a true technician! You fix a wide variety of computers regardless of the type and brand. I really appreciate that you are honest and upfront and you stick to fixing computers rather than to attack your viewers and to condemn other youtubers like Carey Hozerman does. He essentially is just a very experienced card swapper, but that is the extent of his abilities. He cannot do what you do. Keep up the great work!
Thanks for showing resistance to ground measurements of inductors on video and comparing with main power rail before any voltage injection, although I think it the reason behind it and the risks of not doing it should be made clearer. Too many people still injecting 19V not knowing it could go to the CPU (or something else) if high-side MOSFET is shorted, and recommending it to others… Btw I'd recommend removing the SSD before working on the board, especially since PPBUS_G3H goes directly to it on this model.
Great vid. I don't mind capacitor repetition. When I first started watching repair vids I was worried I was just assimilating a lot of very specific cases. Now I feel like I have a more general understanding. Big part of that was multiple bad cap jobs.
This is definitely among my top favorites of your videos. The commentary was absolutely flawless. A dual wielding soldering iron? never seen that before.
Brilliant video. Had a mac with similar problem. Tried injecting voltage but nothing seemed to warm up. Turned out it was thbe exact same capacitor as in your video! Just removed it and it worked fine :)
Nice fix, someday i'll get lucky and it's just a capacitor too. Also, FlexBV has the option to send you from the component in the boardview to the one in the schematics or vice versa by just right clicking, no need to ctrl+f at all. You probably know this already and somehow that feature is not available but just throwing that out there. Nice vid, cheers!
One thing you said - putting 2 10uf capacitors in series would give you 10uf at a higher voltage rating - actually in series you add up 1/capacitance of each cap. (Example: 1/c1+1/c2+1/c3)
Good video. I'm glad you didn't use Kapton tape. Kapton tape is highly conductive of heat and is sometimes used as a thermal pad and for electrical isolation, as in, isolating mosfets from ground. It's claim to fame is it's ability to withstand high heat and/or electrical current and not melt, so using it as a wall (not touching the component) to block heat does seem to work.. If you had use Kapton tape and hot air I think you would have melted the connectors. Don't believe me, look it up. It always seems that people want to use hot air (I blame TH-cam repair videos) all the time when a soldering iron will and does work better in a lot of situations. Good video, Excellent explanation, Thank You...
On your ts100 tip knife edge, is that the ts-ku thinner blade or the ts-k knife edge? I still haven't purchased my ts100.. a bit of a pain when the power cord and the tip is not what I want. Three different places, sell the ts100 and tips: Walfront, Uy Chan and Sain Smart. Great fix today... QUITE a tight fit to repair.. but done.. never tired of watching capacitors go bye bye! 😂"just toss them out Graham." Thank you for the video.
It's a TS-KU. I wouldn't expect to find an iron with this tip as standard though. However, the cheap tips on ebay for about $10 each are good enough IMHO.
i was scared little bit too when i opened first a macbook made 2016 or late but after a little u will feel at home its very familiar and logically arranged
“First unplug the battery I might be lucky” I pause the video and checkt the length. “No your not that lucky 😂 I really enjoy these videos, keep up the good work 👍
It would be really cool to see a video "walkthrough" of your shop, including all (or most) of the equipment you use. I had just opened up a computer repair shop in my town, and am still needing to find certain tools, and everytime I watch one of your videos, I see a new tool I could use. XD
Wow board repair is intimidating but enjoyable! If I may share a tip, since I also have a slow autoranging multimeter, when you're fishing for shorts in the ohm's range, you'll save a lot of time by going manual range.
@@Adamant_IT I'm confused! I was just referring to the auto-ranging between ΜΩ - kΩ - Ω of the multimeter and that it's much faster if you have it locked to a range using the blue "range" button. Thanks for the reply though!
Oh sorry, I replied to the wrong comment! TH-cam studio derps comments now and then, and I think I clicked the wrong one when I copy-pasted a reply that failed to post!
A music doodle by Synthis, original here: samsynthis.tumblr.com/post/116279235331/i-might-try-to-make-a-quick-little-thing-like-this There's no main-stream releases of these to link, unfortunately.
Just fatigue I think. Sometimes it can be shock or heat, or a combination of both. I've not researched the analysis of ceramic failures to find out though.
I also show the easy ones... but then again there's plenty of them, so don't loose heart if you seem to keep getting rabbit holes every time you have a go!
Hi Thanks for the great content! I have the same motherboard for repair but can't find any schematics. Could you tell me where to find it? (I also have PD boardview software but not the schematics*) I would really appreciate it
Question, I have a macbook air, that will not come on. The machine appears to have had water damage. The water damage is tripped. So I replaced the power board, thinking that it was not getting power. The chips are on the front of the board will spark when touched with probes.. Any suggestions?? If I am out of line, my apologies..
Off topic and kind of urgent matter. I have a DELL Laptop given as a gift by a friend. It´s used but looks new. The thing is that the AC/DC Adapter and the laptop have no marking or sticker of any kind. It outputs 18.5 Volts aprox but when plugged into the laptop it drops to 10 ish - Volts. Any suggestion on what the issue is. Mobo or the adapter it self???
That's actually a really good way to describe boost mode 😄 You can set the boost temp in the iron settings, so if you work on lighter boards at run 350c or 380c set, you could boost to 400c for large connector anchors or something. But since I mostly work on mobos with 400c set, I just need mooooooooooooooooore.
I'd say no. Just the usual component fatigue. I think bad chargers would most likely damage the Thunderbolt controllers, and that would manifest as the laptop not negotiating 20v with a known-good charger. I think non-compliant type-c chargers that just belt out 20v all the time do exist, but I haven't seen on in the wild yet.
I'm fairly certain my probes are broken. They feel a million miles out right now and they never used to be. Just time for a new set I think, regardless of compensating the multimeter.
Aah, it's a Pine64 PinePower Desktop, but I can't find it on their store, I suspect it may have been discontinued... I know they were a bit hit and miss for reliability. Mine was fine, but I did have problems with their other charger they also had at one point.
For Apple products that do not have a touch screen, they always have such dirty screens in these videos. Since they do not need to be touched, why are they always so filthy? My Dell touchscreen laptop has never had a screen that look as dirty as the ones here.
Please ? Show us all of them ! While you talk you are dropping snippets of up to date knowledge . And recent vids are more likely to be searched up and watched
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There will always be people who are more skilled and faster than others. Though I think you're skilled - But where you're shining right now is how accurate and explanatory you are.
I'm just a simple viewer who is fascinated by learning a little every step - and for me you are very good at just that
Thanks so much
thank you bro.... your videos time are exactly sync with my board repairs. actually i got a MBP DEAD IN MY HANDS TO REPAIR ON FEB 16TH. TODAY I AM TIERD FOR SEARCHING COMPONENTS AND TRACING CIRCUIT. THIS VIDEO GAVE BOOST TO MY SKILL. THANK YOU BRO KEEP ON POSTING
You seem to have a nice grip on the circuitry and troubleshooting and your hand skills are progressing nicely! Nice work!
confidence in your ability graham ...you are right, fundementals is the key ..regards joe ..
I actually laughed out loud when you brought out the double soldering irons 😂 I love it
I've had many people suggest it in the past as an alternative to hot tweezers. I'll probably practise it, it was a bit jank here, but it worked.
@@Adamant_IT You could also glob some solder onto one tip and hit both edges of the cap at once to desolder it. That is if you have enough space though.
yeah, if it looks stupid but works it ain't stupid.
Nice fix Graham and nice step by step with good explaining. Keep up the good work.
Great timing! My daughter's boyfriend just gave me one if these to look at, as it won't power on! First Mac I've ever worked on. So glad I discovered your channel recently!
Hello Adam, for the Future : 20v 0 amps is mostlikeli a ppbus short. Ans that Cap dies a lot. Also Backlight cap. Also mesure Résistance between ppbus and ppcpu_s0 .If ist 0.somethimg Ohm , there ist a dead CPU mosfet. I have Seen 20% where ppbus Shorts 3v3_s5 at the CPU ! So after Clearing ppbus Short, there will BE a dead CPU since 3v3s5 goes to the cpu.
Great Job so far!
For sure any Apple genius would have written off the MB completely. Nice job!
Amazing skills. I really enjoyed watching you work.
Great fix Adam and no never get fed up with dead capacitors as I have had problems in the past with the wretched things though ones much larger than you have to deal with. I like watching your videos partially because you are a dead ringer for my grandson (without the goatee) here in Australia.😀
You did spend time looking for problems elsewhere, but I rather do a basic and check all.. like my mom always said, "people are quick to dispose an a electronic device, instead of checking for a repair, that could be simple or just a cleaning." "Check everything, even the smallest it could be the problem." "if not fixable, or complicated, then toss it."
My mother was my inspiration into, "try to fix it." Miss the heck out of her. RIP Mom.💕
You are a true technician! You fix a wide variety of computers regardless of the type and brand. I really appreciate that you are honest and upfront and you stick to fixing computers rather than to attack your viewers and to condemn other youtubers like Carey Hozerman does. He essentially is just a very experienced card swapper, but that is the extent of his abilities. He cannot do what you do. Keep up the great work!
Very nice repair video Graham!
Your skills with little help from thermal cam and job is done!
Good job Graham! Use flux, get you some hot tweezers and soldering of those caps will be much easier! 🙂👍
Thanks for showing resistance to ground measurements of inductors on video and comparing with main power rail before any voltage injection, although I think it the reason behind it and the risks of not doing it should be made clearer. Too many people still injecting 19V not knowing it could go to the CPU (or something else) if high-side MOSFET is shorted, and recommending it to others…
Btw I'd recommend removing the SSD before working on the board, especially since PPBUS_G3H goes directly to it on this model.
Great video, your presenting skills are deffo on the up 👍
The MBP looks easier to work on than the older MBA's you repair a lot of.
This is definitely among my top favorites of your videos.
Great vid. I don't mind capacitor repetition. When I first started watching repair vids I was worried I was just assimilating a lot of very specific cases. Now I feel like I have a more general understanding. Big part of that was multiple bad cap jobs.
This is definitely among my top favorites of your videos. The commentary was absolutely flawless. A dual wielding soldering iron? never seen that before.
Your geting into it..as its just matter of knowing troubleshooting techniques,,thanks for this video and well done am happy to see it working again..
Sei stato bravissimo 👍 e mi piaci tantissimo come spieghi le lezioni sei un ottimo riparatore tecnico 👨🔧
diagnosing was .. same as it ever was. David Byrne would be proud.
Brilliant video. Had a mac with similar problem. Tried injecting voltage but nothing seemed to warm up. Turned out it was thbe exact same capacitor as in your video! Just removed it and it worked fine :)
Fantastic job sir,well done
34:49 I was about to give you credit for wrapping up with a nice Talking Head quote, but alas close but no cigar. Simple truth, great point though.
Love seeing the new Macs inside!
You are really good Sir. Nice Job
Those capacitors are so damn small.You did well to seat them with the soldering iron.
Great repair 👍 i enjoyed watching.
Great job Graham! Regards, Nico.
Nice fix, someday i'll get lucky and it's just a capacitor too.
Also, FlexBV has the option to send you from the component in the boardview to the one in the schematics or vice versa by just right clicking, no need to ctrl+f at all. You probably know this already and somehow that feature is not available but just throwing that out there.
Nice vid, cheers!
Good to know! I'm still learning it, haven't got the readings loaded into it yet either.
Whoops, I'm 7 hours late on the help
One thing you said - putting 2 10uf capacitors in series would give you 10uf at a higher voltage rating - actually in series you add up 1/capacitance of each cap. (Example: 1/c1+1/c2+1/c3)
Good video. I'm glad you didn't use Kapton tape. Kapton tape is highly conductive of heat and is sometimes used as a thermal pad and for electrical isolation, as in, isolating mosfets from ground. It's claim to fame is it's ability to withstand high heat and/or electrical current and not melt, so using it as a wall (not touching the component) to block heat does seem to work.. If you had use Kapton tape and hot air I think you would have melted the connectors. Don't believe me, look it up. It always seems that people want to use hot air (I blame TH-cam repair videos) all the time when a soldering iron will and does work better in a lot of situations. Good video, Excellent explanation, Thank You...
On your ts100 tip knife edge, is that the ts-ku thinner blade or the ts-k knife edge?
I still haven't purchased my ts100..
a bit of a pain when the power cord and the tip is not what I want.
Three different places, sell the ts100 and tips: Walfront, Uy Chan and Sain Smart. Great fix today... QUITE a tight fit to repair.. but done.. never tired of watching capacitors go bye bye! 😂"just toss them out Graham."
Thank you for the video.
It's a TS-KU. I wouldn't expect to find an iron with this tip as standard though. However, the cheap tips on ebay for about $10 each are good enough IMHO.
Well done Graham.
Genius Bar: you need to replace the mother board
Adamant IT: Hold my coffee!
i was scared little bit too when i opened first a macbook made 2016 or late but after a little u will feel at home its very familiar and logically arranged
🎈My congratulations on your first Thunderbolt Macbook.🎈
Thank you, educational and enjoyable.
I use the two pronged iron attack quite regularly. I think I would have tried the two caps in parallel one on top of the other if space allowed.
That was nice. Thank you
When using the thermal camera get a sheet of cardboard and poke a hole in it. You can then use this hole to isolate your hotspot.
A situation like this calls for some hot tweezers.
Well done Graham you know your macbooks.
“First unplug the battery I might be lucky” I pause the video and checkt the length. “No your not that lucky 😂
I really enjoy these videos, keep up the good work 👍
More than a few videos get thrown out at the 5min mark because re-plugging the battery fixed it ;)
Yeah that is true. I was only joking 👍
Oh ye, I appreciated the joke! Just adding "but yes that does actually work reasonably often" 👍
Like the hair in this one, suits you well. Cheers!
It would be really cool to see a video "walkthrough" of your shop, including all (or most) of the equipment you use. I had just opened up a computer repair shop in my town, and am still needing to find certain tools, and everytime I watch one of your videos, I see a new tool I could use. XD
There's plans for this in the future, but it's waiting for me to get a bunch of stuff sorted first!
@@Adamant_IT Understandable! Thanks!!
Great repair 👍
I like your repair videos no matter what it is.LOL
The magic of infra red camera always works, schematics will literally be irrelevant
Thanks graham,we could get a better lesson today
Awesome sir
Killer OHM :)
22:00 "basic bitch capacitor" lmfao
Well Done
Wow board repair is intimidating but enjoyable!
If I may share a tip, since I also have a slow autoranging multimeter, when you're fishing for shorts in the ohm's range, you'll save a lot of time by going manual range.
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@@Adamant_IT I'm confused! I was just referring to the auto-ranging between ΜΩ - kΩ - Ω of the multimeter and that it's much faster if you have it locked to a range using the blue "range" button. Thanks for the reply though!
Oh sorry, I replied to the wrong comment! TH-cam studio derps comments now and then, and I think I clicked the wrong one when I copy-pasted a reply that failed to post!
Great video Graham, by the way, what is that music you use during the Montage?
A music doodle by Synthis, original here: samsynthis.tumblr.com/post/116279235331/i-might-try-to-make-a-quick-little-thing-like-this
There's no main-stream releases of these to link, unfortunately.
What program do you use for your schematics and where do you get the specific board schematics?
I have seen a lot of your videos where you replace caps, but what actually causes the cap to fail ?
Just fatigue I think. Sometimes it can be shock or heat, or a combination of both. I've not researched the analysis of ceramic failures to find out though.
22:02 - Aww, don't call it that!
Poormans Hot Tweezers. Been there done it!
The UTI260B thermal imager is very good and only £250. I got it with the macro lens from China.
What's the song name that starts at around the 32min mark? I've heard it a few times and have always wondered what the name is.
You make it look easy!
I also show the easy ones... but then again there's plenty of them, so don't loose heart if you seem to keep getting rabbit holes every time you have a go!
When dealing with the macbook you must never pooh-pooh the peepeebus 😂😂😂😂😂
Hi
Thanks for the great content!
I have the same motherboard for repair but can't find any schematics.
Could you tell me where to find it? (I also have PD boardview software but not the schematics*)
I would really appreciate it
Quick question, the other soldering iron, would you recommend or not and what brand as a starter for now?
Pinecil and TS100 are both solid irons IMHO, same tips, same firmware. Pinecil is my favourite, and cheaper, but subject to actually being in stock.
I lol'd at you calling the capacitor a "basic bitch"🤣
A good webpage for Mac schematics?? To use with FlexBV? Thanks
I feel there should've been a slomo of two caps flying off :-)
great job:)
my very first thought, when the video started.. For The Love Of God, Clean That Screen. apart from that, another informative video, thank you :-
Can u give details of new model of ch341a programmer with built in 1.8V
Question, I have a macbook air, that will not come on. The machine appears to have had water damage. The water damage is tripped. So I replaced the power board, thinking that it was not getting power. The chips are on the front of the board will spark when touched with probes.. Any suggestions?? If I am out of line, my apologies..
Off topic and kind of urgent matter. I have a DELL Laptop given as a gift by a friend. It´s used but looks new. The thing is that the AC/DC Adapter and the laptop have no marking or sticker of any kind. It outputs 18.5 Volts aprox but when plugged into the laptop it drops to 10 ish - Volts. Any suggestion on what the issue is. Mobo or the adapter it self???
What is the most expensive customer computer you have repaired?
Two 10uF in series is 5uF, in parallel 20uF
when is your right time for new microscope
Is “wonky” a technical term? Nice job.
Not bad. You got lucky it wasn't one of the CD3215 ICs
Yea, that's the fault I'm expecting from one of these, and why I'm a bit scared of them 😅
you got a link to the psu gadget you got there?
It appears to be discontinued on the Pine64 store right now. Not sure if they've just stopped making it or not 🤔
Dual wielding! What's next, chopsticks mode?
adaaaam nooooo why don't you get hot tweezers
Name of music please Graham...
So that soldering pen goes up to 11!
That's actually a really good way to describe boost mode 😄
You can set the boost temp in the iron settings, so if you work on lighter boards at run 350c or 380c set, you could boost to 400c for large connector anchors or something. But since I mostly work on mobos with 400c set, I just need mooooooooooooooooore.
is this short a result of using a defective battery charger?
I'd say no. Just the usual component fatigue. I think bad chargers would most likely damage the Thunderbolt controllers, and that would manifest as the laptop not negotiating 20v with a known-good charger.
I think non-compliant type-c chargers that just belt out 20v all the time do exist, but I haven't seen on in the wild yet.
I hate working on macs older or not :(
👍👍👍
some advice. lose the phone and get a blackview. very respectable phone
How much resistance is added by your probe leads? I’m guessing almost an ohm.
I'm fairly certain my probes are broken. They feel a million miles out right now and they never used to be. Just time for a new set I think, regardless of compensating the multimeter.
bump
Does anybody ever bring in a clean laptop?
Sometimes!
I wonder what Apple would have charged to fix this, if they would fix it at all?
Whole logic board replacement. Lots of money. Apple shareholders won't settle for cheap.
Where did you get that USB power supply?
Aah, it's a Pine64 PinePower Desktop, but I can't find it on their store, I suspect it may have been discontinued... I know they were a bit hit and miss for reliability. Mine was fine, but I did have problems with their other charger they also had at one point.
For Apple products that do not have a touch screen, they always have such dirty screens in these videos. Since they do not need to be touched, why are they always so filthy? My Dell touchscreen laptop has never had a screen that look as dirty as the ones here.
Please ? Show us all of them ! While you talk you are dropping snippets of up to date knowledge . And recent vids are more likely to be searched up and watched
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