A few years ago I repented to God then begged for help, "I was until then an Atheist." I then had a dream of Jesus coming before God and he spoke of the Tabernacle in perfect context, "A word I didn't know existed.", and what I felt from Jesus when I held him was unlike anything I've ever felt before - A lifetime of Love every second - It brought me to sobbing and it changed my life, forever. I've had other experiences since, "Several witnessed", one was seeing a bright orb of light pass across my face in the dark, hours before a major surgery the second I gave up in my heart. Know that God and Jesus ARE real and that they Love us deeply. Let go of your hatred and Imagine yourself holding the people who've hurt you. Tell them you Love them. Always have hope, I believe that prayer, following God's laws & Love is the answer, and through that, Truly becoming humble, merciful, welcoming, giving, gentle, respectful and forgiving, To All.
I have one of these, it was worth every penny. Perfect bedside emulation system, does up to Dreamcast games (almost) perfectly. Great job on this one, Stez! For $50 approx. you scored well.
Keep the videos coming, especially those deep dive troubleshooting ones as frustrating as they can be. I’m a beginner in the field and have learned more from your videos than school and my job. You’re doing awesome👍🏻
I am not techie and I don't fix anything but I tune in to your videos everyday after work like a kid on saturday morning cartoons! Very entertaining and I'm fascinated with your skill. If you sell the things you fix I would like to know where to find it!
Yea... been saying "Solid" when I try to repair things. What got me curious is at 12:24 it shows a wonky zero resistor touching 2 pads at the same time.
Judging by the lack of solder it's a safe bet it started to glitch out and someone decided to start hamfisting the HDMI cord until it finally snapped what little connection it had to the board. Good call and good repair!
Hi Steve, love the channel. In the video you said you were going to hold the HDMI port to the board with pliers. You didn't need to do it, but I have a suggestions if you ever do need to use that option. If you have one take an alligator clip and add some heat shrink to the teeth. It will hold the part down without damaging anything.
That beat was pretty dang wikked!!! And you are actually REALLY GOOD and puttin all the names in and making it work (for the most part) - the ONLY issue I have EVER noticed with ANY of your rhymes is that THIS ONE'S vocals were just a little too quiet for all that was going on in the track, but with the lyrics on screen it's easy to follow - but I have to say you really do have some talent!!! :D
Stupid torn off pad. Had fun as always watching you bring back to life another thing. And I've come to learn to have patience with waiting for tech to come to life. Im a fan of what Alton Brown said in his show Good Eats. "Your patience will be rewarded." So true.
Quality craftsmanship _does_ exist in China, but it comes down to the individual taking pride in their work, as culturally it's shortcuts and facades that's rewarded. By the point of mass-production that something like this represents, forget it. If it's not contract work for a foreign company that's doing their own QC, it's pure dice-roll, with not the best odds.
I was talking to my screen the whole time, as if you could hear me...but I was saying not to put the wire underneath like a trace. That, and the big dollop of solder mask you put under there lifts the HDMI port up and doesn't allow the pins to sit flush with the board. It's so much easier to put the port on the board first, THEN run a bodge wire on top. Of course I'm commenting before I've watched the whole video 😆 So now I get to find out what happens in the exiting conclusion! Love your stuff. I know how difficult this stuff is, although I haven't done nearly as much tiny SMD stuff as you have.
@12:24 when you turn the board there is a 0 Ohm resistor crocked over what looks like a spot for a transistor. I that from factory because it doesn't look like it flew there from the heat gun (The solder is to "solid"). If it is factory it just looks super weird
You see Steve, it's like this: I know that you know that i click the "thumbs-up-button" before even watching the new video, which itself is an event that doesn't occur often enough. So i also happen to know, that you're thinking about doing more videos which is an idea that i wanted to greatly compliment you on. Thanks for the vids. And Happy Birthday - you're now a fulltime creator. See you in tomorrows video. thankfully - me.
Your videos are so relatable due to the very familiar oversights. Your reaction to finding that loose trace causing the 'Jeffs' is comic genius. PS if you're stuck for a grip, add an elastic band to some pliers.
am sure its been said but to me any way your so genuine the good with the bad and this community are great im learning lots so interesting thanks for doing what you do we sure are a throw away society amazing what can be fixed
Good fix, having just replaced a micro USB port on a free Bluetooth speaker, I really hate these tiny connectors, especially as not having a hot air system or microscope. I used a Dremel to make a tiny bit for my soldering iron, but still struggled with solder bridges, but got there in the end 😂
Hey Steve, great video as usual. This little thingy runs EmuELEC I think (a Linux Dist.) - it's likely why it takes some time to boot. Patience indeed :). Stay awesome!
A few years ago I repented to God then begged for help, "I was until then an Atheist." I then had a dream of Jesus coming before God and he spoke of the Tabernacle in perfect context, "A word I didn't know existed.", and what I felt from Jesus when I held him was unlike anything I've ever felt before - A lifetime of Love every second - It brought me to sobbing and it changed my life, forever. I've had other experiences since, "Several witnessed", one was seeing a bright orb of light pass across my face in the dark, hours before a major surgery the second I gave up in my heart. Know that God and Jesus ARE real and that they Love us deeply. Let go of your hatred and Imagine yourself holding the people who've hurt you. Tell them you Love them. Always have hope, I believe that prayer, following God's laws & Love is the answer, and through that, Truly becoming humble, merciful, welcoming, giving, gentle, respectful and forgiving, To All.
I absolutely love watching your videos and how calm you are when you do things and when you took it apart and noticed the part stuck to the back of it, you just looked with a "sigh" look and still carried on fixing it. I think "Stupid" at the end for that game was definitely appropriate :D
Great video, what kind of songs were in the video? The last 2 sounded like 1980s techno music! My mom has the same console, but the problem we have is a lot of the games aren't saving.
I have my wonderful Korg Wavestation Sr with a faulty display but no idea how to get it fixed. Can you point me in any direction of someone who could do a repair/replace job? paid obviously, not look for a freebie, just want it fixed! Thanks in advance, love your videos man. good stuff!
Is it just me, or do portions of the sample music on the rap sound like the old 'Protect and survive' public information films? Awesome video as always Steve. Keep up the good work.
A friend of mine showed me a trick which has sorta revolutionized how I do port replacements. Basically what you can do is get a tiny drill (I payed like 5£ for 10 of them - mine are 0.5mm) and use a small dremel/drilling machine to drill a tiny hole in the edger of the "mounting feet" or whatever the correct English translation is. The put a hard piece of steel wire the same thickness as the drill trough the holes when it's mounted on the board. When it's soldered the small piece of wire now keeps everything secured - even if someone rips fairly hard at the port. Have yet to see a port which has been fitted in this way fail.
I'm betting it came from the factory properly soldered, but the problem was that they had that board made for a slightly different HDMI port. One with the pads slightly offset. It's close enough, but the solder over all wasn't making enough of a mechanical connection, so it just ripped off the pads. It's amazing that only one pad came up off the board. Also, using solder mask on both sides of the wire to keep it in place is something I'll have to keep in mind. Silly simple idea, but I've just never though of doing that before.
Definitely got that solder mask trick from Northridge Fix ;) Going to guess that unleaded solder didn't help any with the pins all coming loose. Bad QA for low quality products... seen it a million times.
Great fix. A suggestion, when drag soldering use the much larger tip (like at 10:01, you need to overlap at least two pins to reduce the chance of shorts) with a ton of flux and as light a pressure as possible. Yes, the stray pad didn't help. Some pre-tinning of the connector pins beforehand (looks as though that was never done in production) and straighten the connector before fitting to avoid stress (personal, physical and viewer).
What video did you watch? At various times throughout the video, around 12:20 or so especially, you see he's dislodged components. You can see a 0 ohm resistor that's rotated and barely on its pads, for example. This was a messy video. Don't call bad fixes great.
@@Those_Weirdos I tend not to be so ruthless, as I'm sure others will be. The 0 Ohm resistor appears to be a jumper across two pads of what may have originally been a transistor or similar, and may have been installed that way during manufacture
Steve, I will try again to ask you. Can you please share the links for where you bought the flux, solder, solder wick, jump wires and the aluminum tape you are using. Please add the wire thickness and tape width. Thank you.
For me it looks like some of the pins on the HDMI connector are not completely S-O-L-I-D especially the third to the right seemed to move quite a bit, In case the picture become flaky it may be the case right?
I still never understand why Steve rebuilds the units before testing. The bench mat isn't going to be conductive and the electronics are mostly low voltage items.
Can you pull the bios .img firmware from the main board using Rick's Tutorials Creating a custom firmware for AMLogic devices(Using AMLogic tools V6.0.0) on youtube? Not the sdcard data. I need to reflash my Console X Pro.
Interesting there were Dreamcast games on there. Assume this is some kind of ARM based system running emulation. Did you try any of these DC games, did they play OK?
Certified. Stupid.
A few years ago I repented to God then begged for help, "I was until then an Atheist."
I then had a dream of Jesus coming before God and he spoke of the Tabernacle in perfect context, "A word I didn't know existed.", and what I felt from Jesus when I held him was unlike anything I've ever felt before - A lifetime of Love every second - It brought me to sobbing and it changed my life, forever.
I've had other experiences since, "Several witnessed", one was seeing a bright orb of light pass across my face in the dark, hours before a major surgery the second I gave up in my heart.
Know that God and Jesus ARE real and that they Love us deeply. Let go of your hatred and Imagine yourself holding the people who've hurt you. Tell them you Love them.
Always have hope, I believe that prayer, following God's laws & Love is the answer, and through that, Truly becoming humble, merciful, welcoming, giving, gentle, respectful and forgiving, To All.
*GET IN!*
The quality of your videos is increasing everytime. How can you do it?
This is literally just an orange pi on a chip with RetroPie OS.
we need a t-shirt of this quote
Nice work Steve. I think you need a "Days Worked Since Last Melted Plastic:" counter. You were on a great run!😆👍
🤣 that is an excellent idea! 👏 I'm doing it!
@@StezStixFix Awesome!
And henceforth a channel staple was born!
I now know where Dave and the counter came from after about 50 or more videos in the past week. 😂
@@SimonLeedswhere did Dave come from? I have just started watching
I have one of these, it was worth every penny. Perfect bedside emulation system, does up to Dreamcast games (almost) perfectly. Great job on this one, Stez! For $50 approx. you scored well.
Well done bro ! The music is just great also :) Have a good summer Steve !
Thanks Brunako! You too! 🌞
@@StezStixFix Thank you :)
Keep the videos coming, especially those deep dive troubleshooting ones as frustrating as they can be. I’m a beginner in the field and have learned more from your videos than school and my job. You’re doing awesome👍🏻
i felt the pain, the disappointment, the burn and joy and happiness thanks for the smiles you gave me
Well done sir, and the music production is getting insane! ❤🎉
😍 thanks MGN! I'm trying to get better! 😬
Don't know why, but your videos just relax me. I enjoy them very much! 😮😅 Cheers! Have a nice weekend 🍻
I am not techie and I don't fix anything but I tune in to your videos everyday after work like a kid on saturday morning cartoons! Very entertaining and I'm fascinated with your skill. If you sell the things you fix I would like to know where to find it!
Great choice of closing song, never go wrong with a little bit of daft punk
Absolutely! 😍
Yea... been saying "Solid" when I try to repair things. What got me curious is at 12:24 it shows a wonky zero resistor touching 2 pads at the same time.
Yup, taught I was crazy for a second, decided to check comments instead of rewinding and there it is :D
Couple of those last pins at about 13:34 weren't solid either lol
GREAT JOB!!! That was unexpected!!! You have NEVER let me down when it comes to making my day! Thank you! :)
Judging by the lack of solder it's a safe bet it started to glitch out and someone decided to start hamfisting the HDMI cord until it finally snapped what little connection it had to the board.
Good call and good repair!
Hi Steve, love the channel. In the video you said you were going to hold the HDMI port to the board with pliers. You didn't need to do it, but I have a suggestions if you ever do need to use that option. If you have one take an alligator clip and add some heat shrink to the teeth. It will hold the part down without damaging anything.
Great video. Man the rap and puns were on point today. Loads of Jeffs😂 Really loving the HD capture of the games also.
Sorry Steve but I have to admit, I laughed out loud when you snapped those pliers onto that poor little HDMI connector 🤣😂😅😁😆
That beat was pretty dang wikked!!! And you are actually REALLY GOOD and puttin all the names in and making it work (for the most part) - the ONLY issue I have EVER noticed with ANY of your rhymes is that THIS ONE'S vocals were just a little too quiet for all that was going on in the track, but with the lyrics on screen it's easy to follow - but I have to say you really do have some talent!!! :D
Great video Steve, fun and entertaining as always!
Thanks John! 😍
I learned some important things from this video: first, have patience. Second, never yeet your controller.
I look at your videos as a german electrical engineer, your videos are nice for my sleeptime :D - great work!
Putting flux on your solder wick can help with those tough legs and hard to reach spots 👍
....now when you say "legs and hard to reach spots"....
@@BenRushnever confuse your 'solder wick' with your 'Hampton wick' !
Love these clips not only funny but learn a good bit. keep them coming :)
I absolutely love the one more time reference!!! Daft punk is the best. Love your raps in every video, by the way, Thank you for all that you do.
You make my sunday mornings great, i love it when you make little mistakes. Great work steve
I usually just squeeze my HDMI Clasp back together and then solder along the join so they stay tight. Nice fix buddy!
Good job. Do you mind sharing what flux you use? It’s nice stuff 😊
Did they solder on that HDMI port, or did they GLUE it on?
Stupid torn off pad. Had fun as always watching you bring back to life another thing. And I've come to learn to have patience with waiting for tech to come to life. Im a fan of what Alton Brown said in his show Good Eats. "Your patience will be rewarded." So true.
Thanks Sorakat! Yeah, that's very true! 😊
That's some "outstanding" quality control coming out of the factory like that. 😀
Quality craftsmanship _does_ exist in China, but it comes down to the individual taking pride in their work, as culturally it's shortcuts and facades that's rewarded. By the point of mass-production that something like this represents, forget it. If it's not contract work for a foreign company that's doing their own QC, it's pure dice-roll, with not the best odds.
I was talking to my screen the whole time, as if you could hear me...but I was saying not to put the wire underneath like a trace. That, and the big dollop of solder mask you put under there lifts the HDMI port up and doesn't allow the pins to sit flush with the board. It's so much easier to put the port on the board first, THEN run a bodge wire on top. Of course I'm commenting before I've watched the whole video 😆 So now I get to find out what happens in the exiting conclusion! Love your stuff. I know how difficult this stuff is, although I haven't done nearly as much tiny SMD stuff as you have.
I like the fails on the way to
Fix proving it doesn’t always go perfectly. Keep it up .
@12:24 when you turn the board there is a 0 Ohm resistor crocked over what looks like a spot for a transistor. I that from factory because it doesn't look like it flew there from the heat gun (The solder is to "solid"). If it is factory it just looks super weird
You see Steve, it's like this: I know that you know that i click the "thumbs-up-button" before even watching the new video, which itself is an event that doesn't occur often enough. So i also happen to know, that you're thinking about doing more videos which is an idea that i wanted to greatly compliment you on. Thanks for the vids. And Happy Birthday - you're now a fulltime creator. See you in tomorrows video. thankfully - me.
Your videos are so relatable due to the very familiar oversights. Your reaction to finding that loose trace causing the 'Jeffs' is comic genius. PS if you're stuck for a grip, add an elastic band to some pliers.
am sure its been said but to me any way your so genuine the good with the bad and this community are great im learning lots so interesting thanks for doing what you do we sure are a throw away society amazing what can be fixed
Good fix, having just replaced a micro USB port on a free Bluetooth speaker, I really hate these tiny connectors, especially as not having a hot air system or microscope.
I used a Dremel to make a tiny bit for my soldering iron, but still struggled with solder bridges, but got there in the end 😂
Hey Steve, great video as usual. This little thingy runs EmuELEC I think (a Linux Dist.) - it's likely why it takes some time to boot. Patience indeed :). Stay awesome!
A few years ago I repented to God then begged for help, "I was until then an Atheist."
I then had a dream of Jesus coming before God and he spoke of the Tabernacle in perfect context, "A word I didn't know existed.", and what I felt from Jesus when I held him was unlike anything I've ever felt before - A lifetime of Love every second - It brought me to sobbing and it changed my life, forever.
I've had other experiences since, "Several witnessed", one was seeing a bright orb of light pass across my face in the dark, hours before a major surgery the second I gave up in my heart.
Know that God and Jesus ARE real and that they Love us deeply. Let go of your hatred and Imagine yourself holding the people who've hurt you. Tell them you Love them.
Always have hope, I believe that prayer, following God's laws & Love is the answer, and through that, Truly becoming humble, merciful, welcoming, giving, gentle, respectful and forgiving, To All.
I absolutely love watching your videos and how calm you are when you do things and when you took it apart and noticed the part stuck to the back of it, you just looked with a "sigh" look and still carried on fixing it.
I think "Stupid" at the end for that game was definitely appropriate :D
The flows and cadence of your rap was unparalleled my friend
Great video, what kind of songs were in the video? The last 2 sounded like 1980s techno music! My mom has the same console, but the problem we have is a lot of the games aren't saving.
I have my wonderful Korg Wavestation Sr with a faulty display but no idea how to get it fixed. Can you point me in any direction of someone who could do a repair/replace job? paid obviously, not look for a freebie, just want it fixed! Thanks in advance, love your videos man. good stuff!
Is it just me, or do portions of the sample music on the rap sound like the old 'Protect and survive' public information films? Awesome video as always Steve. Keep up the good work.
Awesome repair and device,so many games and consoles to choose from.💯👌🏻
love the vids, respect the flow........love to see a tv repair or monitor in the future
It would change my life to have this man's patience
nice video, as always. I appreciate you also including your mistakes
Watching from Kentucky and learning alot thanks 😊
Always fun watching your repair.
Great Video Thanks Just found you last week!! Really wanted to see if that thing was worth a buy!!
My favourite is when something works and Steve goes - "Get in there!"
Damn that Patreon went hard
Been loving those keep it up!
A friend of mine showed me a trick which has sorta revolutionized how I do port replacements. Basically what you can do is get a tiny drill (I payed like 5£ for 10 of them - mine are 0.5mm) and use a small dremel/drilling machine to drill a tiny hole in the edger of the "mounting feet" or whatever the correct English translation is. The put a hard piece of steel wire the same thickness as the drill trough the holes when it's mounted on the board. When it's soldered the small piece of wire now keeps everything secured - even if someone rips fairly hard at the port. Have yet to see a port which has been fitted in this way fail.
Good Chinese craftmanship right there... Been meaning to ask, where do you source your background musics from?
I get most of it from Epedemic Sound. It's a subscription based thingy, but they have some cracking tracks!
Seriously, you're the best at what you do. Keep up the amazing work. :D
I love these videos they make me want to repair things
I'm betting it came from the factory properly soldered, but the problem was that they had that board made for a slightly different HDMI port. One with the pads slightly offset. It's close enough, but the solder over all wasn't making enough of a mechanical connection, so it just ripped off the pads. It's amazing that only one pad came up off the board. Also, using solder mask on both sides of the wire to keep it in place is something I'll have to keep in mind. Silly simple idea, but I've just never though of doing that before.
Definitely got that solder mask trick from Northridge Fix ;)
Going to guess that unleaded solder didn't help any with the pins all coming loose. Bad QA for low quality products... seen it a million times.
Great job as usual! 10/10 music in this too!
It IS interesting 😊
You’re brilliant and I love your videos, thanks.
Once again, Steve, you never sieze to entertain with your dry sense of humour, say hi to dave for me🤪 your sub from the land down under 😊
Great fix. A suggestion, when drag soldering use the much larger tip (like at 10:01, you need to overlap at least two pins to reduce the chance of shorts) with a ton of flux and as light a pressure as possible. Yes, the stray pad didn't help. Some pre-tinning of the connector pins beforehand (looks as though that was never done in production) and straighten the connector before fitting to avoid stress (personal, physical and viewer).
What video did you watch?
At various times throughout the video, around 12:20 or so especially, you see he's dislodged components. You can see a 0 ohm resistor that's rotated and barely on its pads, for example.
This was a messy video. Don't call bad fixes great.
@@Those_Weirdos I tend not to be so ruthless, as I'm sure others will be. The 0 Ohm resistor appears to be a jumper across two pads of what may have originally been a transistor or similar, and may have been installed that way during manufacture
Steve, I will try again to ask you.
Can you please share the links for where you bought the flux, solder, solder wick, jump wires and the aluminum tape you are using.
Please add the wire thickness and tape width. Thank you.
Your beats have become good as hell!
Great win ! Thanks for video !
I'm going to have to try and find one of those things, I love the old retro games.
every video comes with a banging tune a well :) Some serious lyrics sir!
looking good Steve, cheers from Chile
Love the Jam this time, you rattled my kitchenwares with style son!
For me it looks like some of the pins on the HDMI connector are not completely S-O-L-I-D especially the third to the right seemed to move quite a bit, In case the picture become flaky it may be the case right?
Power has been out for 14 hours, on mobile hotspot and power bank. Steve for the win.
I’m also not giving up until I learn the secret of pop up bear.
@@nemesis2264success lol!
Hi, seen some of your vids when soldering jumper wires...would be better to connect from the top of the lead; its also a manufacturing standard 😊
Just going to say it. Loved the outro tune this week. ❤
Been loving your 80s vibe play over music! Stock music from TH-cam?
Nicely done Steve!
So many dad-jokes in this episode, brilliant work as always!
I noticed before you have a DENON TV, but the visual interface on it looks identical to a Sony.
I still never understand why Steve rebuilds the units before testing. The bench mat isn't going to be conductive and the electronics are mostly low voltage items.
Hi Steve 🙂 New subscriber here and God help me , can't stop watching your stuff ! 😁
Wow! That must be a sophisticated machine if it is using a submarine controller!
Can you pull the bios .img firmware from the main board using Rick's Tutorials Creating a custom firmware for AMLogic devices(Using AMLogic tools V6.0.0) on youtube? Not the sdcard data. I need to reflash my Console X Pro.
May I ask what scope & screen you have? I really need one now my eyes are getting old! Thanks
Nice work Steve!!!
Nice one mate. That HDMI port did look a bit Keiron (Dyer)
Ummm question..... how have u got Denon up on your screen? Is that a cable? Or Monitor? Or you using a AVR? If so which one.
Gangsta repairs. Fire bars 🔥
Interesting there were Dreamcast games on there. Assume this is some kind of ARM based system running emulation. Did you try any of these DC games, did they play OK?
Another great job....i enjoy your videos
the beat at 2:00 is so deep !
Hallo! Great content 😃 what kind of Flux du you use? Best regards
One of the best raps you did!
What is the name/make/model of that solder mask curing light? I would like to buy one
I love your content Mate! Cheers 🍻
God, this makes me feel so much better about myself and the little mistakes I make when working on shit.
Great video, You got names of the songs you used in this video? I loved them alot.
1:15 Mmmmm Denon
2:02 BARS !
14:35 The bird escaped? (top left)
Great fix Steve rumour has it that Steve is still playing Barbie Model 😊
i had this one and only problem i had vas the controller died just for nothing so now i use normal wired controllers :D works fine
Good stuff as always👍
This Rap was really good. hit hard. Keep up the music!
Ace vid. Thank you.
Oh gosh the feeling of nostalgia at the Barbie game... My sister made me play that whenever we went to my grandmother's house as kids...