"It's not about the time, it's about the experience." Well said, my friend. I've had to tactfully echo the same sentiment countless times. For some reason, folks don't question spending $500 (or vastly more) for a 20min visit with their accountant, Dr., or dentist... But, in our industry, experience doesn't matter for some reason. All we can do is thoughtfully continue to educate our customers.
Yeah definitely mate. I don't understand some people sometimes how they don't value our time, but if we needed their services, suddenly it's worth a million bucks lol. Welcome by the way, good to see you here mate (I know you from Steve's videos lol)
I appreciate you explaining why you do what you do when you do it. I've just bought my first microsoldering equipment, just practicing for now. So I appreciate your tips and tricks!
Nice fix Phil you are really honest guy i appreciate your approche for not charging all work and parts. Is they no way to fix touch module maybe shorted capacitor on the board or so. Keep up the good work i love to watch you fix things. Did you stop the serie fix it and flip it?
Thanks mate. I'm honestly not sure, I would say it's likely a bad touch ic but they're more expensive than the actual module. Generally I keep them and then when I get one which has a damaged connector or damaged vias through liquid I can use 2 to make one :)
You're amazing. Totally agree in 34:20 "fix is not a fix until unless it's completely fixed". I don't charge any money if I don't fix too. Greetings from Mexico, I hope to know you and your workspace very soon :D
No mate I learned everything from TH-cam videos and from practicing. EEVBlog and Louis Rossmann's channels are a great place to learn electronics basics :)
As an automotive tech I also got the same question all the time, why do you charge so much for your time, it's only a hour job that's really simple? I always told them, you are not paying me for the hour it takes me to do the job but the 10,000 hours it took me to learn how to do the job in an hour. Great stuff as always Phil, props for leaving the melted port in as you could have easily edited out. I was always told you are only as good as your last repair which instilled in me that you do everything to the best of your ability.
Absolutely mate. I tell people I dont care if I have to spit on the board to get it working, the point is I know where to spit and when. They're paying for the countless hours I've spent with a multimeter in front of me working out what voltages should appear where, what a bad resistor looks like, how to find a short by burning my finger etc. Not only that but electricity, flux, solder, ipa, knife blades, jumper wire, wick etc all costs money. The list could go on forever lol. Thanks mate. Yeah, as people will know I leave mistakes in because I believe by showing the mistakes people realise it won't go perfect every time. I could have just as easily cut the part where the port went on successfully, placed it where I messed up and then made it look as though it went perfect first time, but that's lying not only to my viewers but also to myself. We're only human after all 😁
Great Repair mate regardless if it became at a loss at the end of the day. The way i see it is if u have a happy customer at the end of the day, word of mouth can be much more valuable in the long run so even if this was a loss he may bring in 2-3 more customers in to u just because he had a great experience which i think can ad more value to ur work in the end.
Thanks mate. Yeah I agree, I didn't actually lose money on the repair, I still made a good profit, but I just had to discount it to keep it worthwhile being fixed and to keep the customer happy. I'd rather lose a little bit of money knowing I'm still making some but at the same time it gives my customers a good experience 😁
it's a pleasure to watch your videos. just like you rosman is among my favorites. you are lucky to be able to make money doing what you love. I love to do what you do, but unfortunately it has remained in the dream stage. I have the necessary knowledge, the necessary tools, but unfortunately fate has directed me to a job that I do not like but it helps me to support my family and keep me busy all the time. congratulations you are the best, I find myself in you.💪💪💪
Thank you mate. Louis inspired me to, and I'll tell you what he told me. Do jobs in your free time while still working your normal job. Eventually you'll build up a reputation and start earning more money. In a year or 2 you might be able to quit your job if you're getting enough work in. Realistically to make a decent living with console repairs you only need around 10 successful repairs each week
thanks for the encouragement. I bought an Xbox One S and two broken controllers. I managed to repair the controllers and I have to change the hdmi port on xbox. I'm not going to make money, I'm going to lose it, but I've satisfied my need to fix things. thanks again for the motivation.
Did you check touch fully works, there are different boards and if you use the wrong module the touch will work but not fully.. it will fail on certain parts of the screen.
Great job mate 👍 👏 👌 1 more save from the eBay 😆 🤣 😂 so enjoy your videos 📹 😊 please keep them coming 🙏 👍 and here to help get your videos out to everyone 😀 😊 👍...cheers mate 👍 👌
the only wrong thing is copper tape removing on. because copper tape has multiple times higher value for heating transfer ratio than thermal paste, the engineers put that on it because if they need to choose, 2mm thermal paste using for touch to heatsink or 0.5mm thermal paste and 1.5mm copper tape , the copper tape mix is better way for transfering heat correctly. so if the cpu/gpu units has copper band on it, continue to use same as that, less thermal, more copper, because copper has higher transfer ratio like 5x 6x,for an example ; thermal paste has 14.3uw,(only good ones), copper 100uW conduction ratio.
It does have good thermal transfer but personally I'd say the fact that the SoC connects directly to the copper hestsink instead of having to run through 2 layers of paste and an extra layer of copper tape is better. Everyone has a preference but that's just how I prefer to do it :)
Great fault finding skills 👍. I do think that the cost to buy a new Nintendo switch is too much considering the amount of faults they suffer from. Really enjoyed watching. Huge like mate 👍⭐
@@TheCod3r Thinking back, my issue was not a BSOD. I was receiving an error every time I inserted a game cartridge and the reflow of the anti-piracy chip solved it. Thanks for all the work you do. Your videos help me a lot. Subscribed to your Twitch too btw.
Great job as usual Phil. Make total sense to still make some profit else you all lose out. I do wonder if there is some way to protect your time and money though, especially if you sink a few chips hear and there into a machine but it still has many problems. No fix no fee could be quite costly for you.
Thanks mate, yeah sometimes we end up losing a little bit but it's a cost of business I guess. If the chip is over £5 I tend to take it back off even if it's a BGA but anything less and I usually just forget about the loss pretty quickly lol
@@TheCod3r yeh I guess as long as successes well out way the no fixes your good to go. Talking about chips is there a good place to get quality items, never sure how much you can trust aliexpress and ebay seems abit steep sometimes.
To be honest I'd rather not charge repair attempt fees. I do charge if the console has been damaged by another technician but for normal jobs I prefer to just work no fix no fee because it brings more customers in the long term :)
@@TheCod3r thats what i do with tv,s and other things only consels is not something for me :-) dont now where to start with them i tried fixing my ps4 it has a short on the fan connector diddent found out what the problem is just bought a new one
Have you ever thought about telling the customer that it is getting too expensive to fix? I would think that they would agree to repair charges as long as it stays under the price of buying a used switch. But if the price of the repair approaches that cut off point, then you could offer to buy the switch from the customer as scrap and then use the board for parts or you could take apart the components and sell them. Does that make sense? I always thought that if you can’t repair the board at a reasonable price you could at least offer to buy it from the customer for what it’s worth as is. Then you could have a spare parts board. If you have too many of those then you can collect the valuable components and sell those off. Maybe it’s too much work…
To be honest I'd rather not charge repair attempt fees. I do charge if the console has been damaged by another technician but for normal jobs I prefer to just work no fix no fee because it brings more customers in the long term :)
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Haha noice
Also good vid phill 😘
The world needs more people like you ❤️ great job!
Thank you 😊
"It's not about the time, it's about the experience." Well said, my friend. I've had to tactfully echo the same sentiment countless times. For some reason, folks don't question spending $500 (or vastly more) for a 20min visit with their accountant, Dr., or dentist... But, in our industry, experience doesn't matter for some reason. All we can do is thoughtfully continue to educate our customers.
Yeah definitely mate. I don't understand some people sometimes how they don't value our time, but if we needed their services, suddenly it's worth a million bucks lol.
Welcome by the way, good to see you here mate (I know you from Steve's videos lol)
I appreciate you explaining why you do what you do when you do it. I've just bought my first microsoldering equipment, just practicing for now. So I appreciate your tips and tricks!
What a very fair person you are. My hat off to you sir!
Honesty and integrity goes a long way, and you're going miles and miles with your approach. Fair, knowledgeable and to the point. Great job!
Good fix Phil. Your business model is really honest and fair compared to most high street repair centres these days.
the master has done it again great fix well done bud.
Cheers buddy
Looks like I came in second with my 6 hours laptop repair on my 1987 hungarian 286 laptop. Looks like I can't always win :)
Keep up the good work!
Nice work man this has giving me some great tips on replacing ports and sorting connections
Nice fix Phil you are really honest guy i appreciate your approche for not charging all work and parts. Is they no way to fix touch module maybe shorted capacitor on the board or so. Keep up the good work i love to watch you fix things. Did you stop the serie fix it and flip it?
Thanks mate. I'm honestly not sure, I would say it's likely a bad touch ic but they're more expensive than the actual module. Generally I keep them and then when I get one which has a damaged connector or damaged vias through liquid I can use 2 to make one :)
Hi from Australia, just found ya channel and I really enjoy your videos and you have a great attitude! Keep it up
@7:35 bro, nice find. 😊 Good video man
Great video, very interesting to watch and hear you trouble shoot and diagnose then rectify the problem.
Thanks for the making a great video.
Thanks mate, glad you enjoyed it. It's good to get different perspectives from different technicians. I do the same myself when I watch others work
Fair is fair Philip really enjoy your videos very informative and helpful
You're amazing. Totally agree in 34:20 "fix is not a fix until unless it's completely fixed".
I don't charge any money if I don't fix too.
Greetings from Mexico, I hope to know you and your workspace very soon :D
Awesome fix! I appreciate the knowledge you share!
Phil, you're a very impressive young man. Thanks for all the great content...
Thanks mate, definitely not young any more though haha
The Cod3r did you go to a tech school to learn all that you know? You do great work .
No mate I learned everything from TH-cam videos and from practicing. EEVBlog and Louis Rossmann's channels are a great place to learn electronics basics :)
As an automotive tech I also got the same question all the time, why do you charge so much for your time, it's only a hour job that's really simple?
I always told them, you are not paying me for the hour it takes me to do the job but the 10,000 hours it took me to learn how to do the job in an hour.
Great stuff as always Phil, props for leaving the melted port in as you could have easily edited out.
I was always told you are only as good as your last repair which instilled in me that you do everything to the best of your ability.
Absolutely mate. I tell people I dont care if I have to spit on the board to get it working, the point is I know where to spit and when. They're paying for the countless hours I've spent with a multimeter in front of me working out what voltages should appear where, what a bad resistor looks like, how to find a short by burning my finger etc. Not only that but electricity, flux, solder, ipa, knife blades, jumper wire, wick etc all costs money. The list could go on forever lol.
Thanks mate. Yeah, as people will know I leave mistakes in because I believe by showing the mistakes people realise it won't go perfect every time. I could have just as easily cut the part where the port went on successfully, placed it where I messed up and then made it look as though it went perfect first time, but that's lying not only to my viewers but also to myself. We're only human after all 😁
Thank you thank you thank you brother! you are a genious! I learned something new today!!
Great Repair mate regardless if it became at a loss at the end of the day. The way i see it is if u have a happy customer at the end of the day, word of mouth can be much more valuable in the long run so even if this was a loss he may bring in 2-3 more customers in to u just because he had a great experience which i think can ad more value to ur work in the end.
Thanks mate. Yeah I agree, I didn't actually lose money on the repair, I still made a good profit, but I just had to discount it to keep it worthwhile being fixed and to keep the customer happy. I'd rather lose a little bit of money knowing I'm still making some but at the same time it gives my customers a good experience 😁
it's a pleasure to watch your videos. just like you rosman is among my favorites. you are lucky to be able to make money doing what you love. I love to do what you do, but unfortunately it has remained in the dream stage. I have the necessary knowledge, the necessary tools, but unfortunately fate has directed me to a job that I do not like but it helps me to support my family and keep me busy all the time. congratulations you are the best, I find myself in you.💪💪💪
Thank you mate. Louis inspired me to, and I'll tell you what he told me. Do jobs in your free time while still working your normal job. Eventually you'll build up a reputation and start earning more money. In a year or 2 you might be able to quit your job if you're getting enough work in. Realistically to make a decent living with console repairs you only need around 10 successful repairs each week
thanks for the encouragement. I bought an Xbox One S and two broken controllers. I managed to repair the controllers and I have to change the hdmi port on xbox. I'm not going to make money, I'm going to lose it, but I've satisfied my need to fix things. thanks again for the motivation.
Did you check touch fully works, there are different boards and if you use the wrong module the touch will work but not fully.. it will fail on certain parts of the screen.
Great job mate 👍 👏 👌 1 more save from the eBay 😆 🤣 😂 so enjoy your videos 📹 😊 please keep them coming 🙏 👍 and here to help get your videos out to everyone 😀 😊 👍...cheers mate 👍 👌
another great video m8
Cheers buddy
the only wrong thing is copper tape removing on. because copper tape has multiple times higher value for heating transfer ratio than thermal paste, the engineers put that on it because if they need to choose, 2mm thermal paste using for touch to heatsink or 0.5mm thermal paste and 1.5mm copper tape , the copper tape mix is better way for transfering heat correctly. so if the cpu/gpu units has copper band on it, continue to use same as that, less thermal, more copper, because copper has higher transfer ratio like 5x 6x,for an example ; thermal paste has 14.3uw,(only good ones), copper 100uW conduction ratio.
It does have good thermal transfer but personally I'd say the fact that the SoC connects directly to the copper hestsink instead of having to run through 2 layers of paste and an extra layer of copper tape is better. Everyone has a preference but that's just how I prefer to do it :)
Great video
The wizard strikes again well done mate
Thanks buddy
Great fault finding skills 👍. I do think that the cost to buy a new Nintendo switch is too much considering the amount of faults they suffer from. Really enjoyed watching. Huge like mate 👍⭐
Thanks mate. Yeah they do have a lot of issues which could have been easily avoided by Nintendo
You can also try reflowing the chip on the back of the game cartridge port. It worked for me on a troublesome Switch.
Thanks for that. Yeah the anti piracy chip could cause BSOD but personally I've never come across it so it must be quite rare
@@TheCod3r Thinking back, my issue was not a BSOD. I was receiving an error every time I inserted a game cartridge and the reflow of the anti-piracy chip solved it. Thanks for all the work you do. Your videos help me a lot. Subscribed to your Twitch too btw.
Hello and I hope you are doing well! I was wondering is it ok to power in the switch for a minute or two for a quick test without thermal paste?
id like to know what exactly you charged for this repair inc vat
Nice fix.. fair play..
Thanks buddy much appreciated
Great job as usual Phil. Make total sense to still make some profit else you all lose out. I do wonder if there is some way to protect your time and money though, especially if you sink a few chips hear and there into a machine but it still has many problems. No fix no fee could be quite costly for you.
Thanks mate, yeah sometimes we end up losing a little bit but it's a cost of business I guess. If the chip is over £5 I tend to take it back off even if it's a BGA but anything less and I usually just forget about the loss pretty quickly lol
@@TheCod3r yeh I guess as long as successes well out way the no fixes your good to go. Talking about chips is there a good place to get quality items, never sure how much you can trust aliexpress and ebay seems abit steep sometimes.
Have you ever run into one that even reflowing all 3 you still get blue screen?
you should have a small flat inspection fee. Which covers not fix.
To be honest I'd rather not charge repair attempt fees. I do charge if the console has been damaged by another technician but for normal jobs I prefer to just work no fix no fee because it brings more customers in the long term :)
Phil where did you learn how to repair consels ? Greetings from belgium
I'm self taught mate, I learned from just watching videos and practicing on my own broken stuff that I bought :)
@@TheCod3r thats what i do with tv,s and other things only consels is not something for me :-) dont now where to start with them i tried fixing my ps4 it has a short on the fan connector diddent found out what the problem is just bought a new one
@@TheCod3r i learned a lot from your videos love it how you get them working again thanks for that m8
Have you ever thought about telling the customer that it is getting too expensive to fix? I would think that they would agree to repair charges as long as it stays under the price of buying a used switch. But if the price of the repair approaches that cut off point, then you could offer to buy the switch from the customer as scrap and then use the board for parts or you could take apart the components and sell them. Does that make sense? I always thought that if you can’t repair the board at a reasonable price you could at least offer to buy it from the customer for what it’s worth as is. Then you could have a spare parts board. If you have too many of those then you can collect the valuable components and sell those off. Maybe it’s too much work…
Awesome 😎👍🏼
@7:54 nice job
Thanks buddy
i think that the switches should be like 0,3 cm thicker to be much more robust
Yeah they are far too thin, but I think the main issue is there's no real structural support on the housing itself
My switch isn't bent and my console blue screened.
Its not always immediately obvious but even if it's not bent on the outside the board does still warp due to heat and poor design
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Thank you 😊
You should charge repair attempt fee coz time is money.
To be honest I'd rather not charge repair attempt fees. I do charge if the console has been damaged by another technician but for normal jobs I prefer to just work no fix no fee because it brings more customers in the long term :)
Blue screen of rage quit haha
Haha yep looks like someone went to town on this one lol
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Haha nope sorry mate 😅
Yes it is for eating.
I got to say and admit
YOU ARE A FKING GENIUS
please tell me you have discord channel so i can chat or ask questions about problem i may have in fhe future