This is how I learned component repair. 1. Learn how to locate a coil and capacitors that make a power supply on the board. 2. Learn what a short looks like on a multimeter. 3. Practice soldering.
@jameysummers1577 Same here, I first learned about power supplies, then power limiting and regulations, then power distribution into the components and their proper functions. And in the process I learned about soldering technology such as BGA, SMD solder or Reflow and so on. . .
It's kinda impossible for someone without a good electronic background to do this. I can build and troubleshoot PC's with ease, can do electrical works and circuits but never can I do anything like this (without studying it from somewhere). Electronics is something that's really hard to be self taught and the max I can do is continuity check. This guy is an expert pro max ultra
thats how i started too. learned how to rebuild diesel engines when my truck broke. learned how to repair amplifiers when i wanted a big stereo but didnt have a lot of money. learned how to lots of things because it was needed.
@@wokeydokey6885 The first time I reballed and replaced any CPUs was just a passion project, no real background. All you got to do is want to and then buy the parts and equipment
@@wokeydokey6885the first time i did soldering is only because i dont have money to take my stuff to a repair shop and usually most of them refuse to fix that are actually very simple to work on or just lazy af (which is mostly the case in my area). I started repairing stuff with my dad's soldering iron, took me years to learn how to properly solder with the right amount of tin/lead and flux and a perfect dome point. Now im learning how to microsolder after i got a better but still cheap adjustable iron. Soon i will be trying to do hot air soldering once i have the money to buy a hot air station and maybe a better iron to go with as well. Im doing all of this as a passion project and its really fun to do. You just have to be willing to do it and with good materials and equipment youre good to go. Educational background DO help but in some cases, its not that necessary in my opinion.
I'm a medical doctor. The way you explain your thinking and approach diagnostics is not unlike what we are taught to do when diagnosing people. You're totally right - there's a meaningful difference between being 99% sure, 100% certain, and a 1000% right about complicated stuff. When lay people go to a doctor, they don't know what is wrong with them and trust the MD (and their reputation) to be dead certain about any conclusions they reach. The same applies to you - GPU microelectronics are complicated, and the majority of people will be lay people in this field. And therefore they trust you to be dead right on your conclusions. And you, Sir, do certainly deliver! Keep up the good work! Success lies ahead in your path!
This is like watching Louis Rossmann doing repairs on macs… Enjoyable to the max! I see this channel growing strong in the future. All the best from Serbia
I really appreciate your thoroughness. I'm a retired auto mechanic. I use to see techs write down that they had done a bevy of tests that led to a conclusion when they actually had not. As an example. An engine that is overheating. If it's a common occurrence on a certain engine to blow a head gasket, then that's what their diagnosis would be. Even if it was just a faulty thermostat, the thermostat will get changed when replacing the head gasket, or replacing the engine. So whatever the problem really was, was never actually diagnosed. I always did the full set of tests, no matter how sure I was of where the results would lead me. One time I asked a particularly crooked tech how he could live with himself. He said, "safe and sound knowing my kids and I have full belly's and a roof over our head". The service writers were happy to sell all the high ticket jobs he wrote up too, as their pay was based on the total amount of money they could sell each month. I simply cannot operate that way. I ended up leaving the dealerships and working for small independent shops where reputation was everything. That's how I was able to sleep at night.
I share your sentiments, both about making a solid diagnosis and the disdain for corner cutters. Personally it’s more of an ego thing that drives and pushes me to get a job done right, I know I’m no hack and I know I can be better than that. I take great pride in my work and can’t stand the thought of half-assing things, I’ve even chosen not to do something at all if I can only do it halfway or half right. I work as a vehicle maintenance tech for the USPS, and while it would be incredibly easy to half-ass the majority of things we do on our ancient fleet of postal vehicles since they’re so rough and worn out anyway I always try to go a little further and pay attention to the tiniest details, and my supervisors greatly appreciate it.
The fact that you do not give up and (as you mentioned) you ensure that everything is checked out is something not a lot of people consider doing. Keep up the awesome work, since, as I mentioned, your subscibers are increasing quite a bit! And I am pretty sure that not only for me, but for others also, the time you release a new video, it is a good time. The fact that you can understand anything like that is literally beyond me, how did you learn everything, did you go to a school or just messing around in forums?
Dude, he literally explained that in the video. So obviously you didn't watch all of it. Or even half of it. He is self taught. He bought a bunch of GPUs and just started hammering away at em. He killed a few, he repaired a few.
Just recently started watching you, I thought you had at least 10+ years of experience. Only a few years you have been at this? You are extremely talented!
My 1st gpu repair was on a GTX 745. replaced the fan and repasted the chip. Minor compared to grinding down the board and soldering micro circuitry into place. I come for the knowledge and hope it may help in the future
hey my current nitro r9 390 stopped working, not sure what it is, when i power on pc the light on graphics card is on (it gets power" but no fan spin (ik they may not spin if idle) and no display, been searching for a minute now, any ideas???
Even if today's repair was unsuccessful, I am glad the current GPU price environment means good guys like you can earn a bit of money repairing damaged GPUs. Then the fact GPU manufacturers are robbing us blind at least has one positive side-effect.
@@mtpstv94 Depend onthe country. Here for example This woudl be overtaxed and transport etc and would cost 4 times than in USA, while the repair would be cheaper (since labor is chaper here)
I like the lesson you are teaching us. I certainly should follow it. Maybe not at work, because i dont have the luxury of damaging something there, because its not mine (i work repairing things like wachingmaschines, dryers, microwaves, etc). But with my own things, i definitely should be more insisting and dont give up that easily. Everyone makes mistakes but im always terrified of making them. I have to get over it at some point if i want to get better. Btw. I love your videos, because they are so chill and i can just do my own thing and have one of your videos in the background and still learn from it at my own pace
I think for me the real magic is the microsoldering! I'm a hardware guy and can follow his diagnostics, but I struggle at times with through hole components, I genuinely cannot believe this guy's skills in soldering! Also, the way he casually reballs cores... my god, it's incredible!
@CompHwTipsAndTutorials so so true. I've always sucked at soldering. I recently tried to replace the joystick in a VR controller and realized my hands and eyes just couldn't do it and I've given up for good. This guy is unreal
I'm glad to see someone as dedicated as you doing real diagnostics and repairs, it warms my old heart. Sure, this one had a dead core but I've seen you do some remarkable repairs in other videos.
Thank you for ur hard work although I have no idea about how ur fixing these video cards. But the fact that u explain everything about how the card is good at what and what design has problems about the heating really helps a lot! Please keep it up thank you! With out EVGA it's really hard to say what card to buy now everyone that u take apart seems to have flaws with their cooling.
Loving the content . keep up the great work and im so glad your subs have grown so quick you deserve it!!!! Also after watching this vid I thought your job entailed fixing GPUs motherboards etc but if you learned this on your own time then wow im blown away!!
i love that u go for 100 % to the best of you capability's, keep looking and maybe finding something is how you learn. I scrapped stuff that i later found the solution to and it does feel bad knowing that u could have fixed the other stuff :D
In the industry, there are good technicians and great technicians, only those that are great go the extra mile and spend a bit too much time, but in the end get the job done right, the first time. You my friend are a great technician and probably one of the best I have watched and will continue to watch.
Please make a detailed video about where and why you probe on different points on the pcb. Also its hard to understand where exactly you are probing so a little magnifying those areas would really be great. Keep the great work :)
Great work. I started making decoders then working on amps with 3KV and 1amp. Schematics and boards are laborish at times having to flip from side to side. Sound cards for below the noise floor signals are pretty easy these days since you can buy the kits online.
Hey man been enjoying the videos. I was wondering(if you have not already, I didn't see any) would you be willing to do a video on your workstation and all the common and not so common tools that you use. Just a run down (quick or I'm sure most of use would love In depth) of tool/materials you use, prefer, tips and try to avoid. Maybe even links for some of the things you highly recommend having on hand for those just working on their own cards/learning and even for those already ahead of the curve. Im sure a lot of us already know the basics but still love to hear it from someone like yourself
Well wow, props to you. I wonder if you already had previous experience or knowledge in electronics, I’m pretty bad when it comes to volts, ohm, resistances, capacitors and everything about circuits. Anyway thanks for this video and keep it up 💪🏻
Wild.. I fix PCB's too.. But the fact that you do wild things like grind into these 6-10 layer boards blows my mind. Been binging on your videos and picking up all kinds of tips. You rock. Dziękuję
I just realized how much information you provide to everyone to get into this. You are a genuinely awesome individual and I love watching your content. Thank you!!!
great origin story, one of these days ill have to look into what memory tests are, how many different ones there are and where to find them as an intro to learning more
Great video, I found your channel through yt feed. I really like it. Didn't know these kind of repair can be done. I thought the company would load it into their machine to do all the test
Thanks for all the great content. and enjoy watching your repairs. I do have a question, have you ever done a video on the equipment that you use, the type of Flux, Solder, and cleaners that you use. Thanks
Very interesting to hear your story and yes, I did learn something definitely. Although I have almost no clue what you're doing when measuring resistances and stuff even despite the fact I study CS in Poland (where it's like 50/50 CS/Electronics), maybe because I always found it unbelievably boring and useless so it was a study -> pass -> forget process for me, I find it very interesting to watch you use this knowledge on something I'm interested in which is GPU diagnosis & repairs. Though I would lie if I said our knowledge is on the same level. With how complicated it was for me to comprehend the very basics of electronics when having 0 experience with it, I have a hard time wrapping my head around how you can self teach that stuff. Hats off to you and you people in the comments who shared some of their stories on how you self taught something yourselves - yall motivate me to put my hands on my car and learn and sort it out on my own.
I already did that, with my car. All the mechanics said no to me wanting to replace the heater core inside my car(Freelander 1 Td4, 2003). After so many rejections, I was like "you know what, screw the mechanics, I am fixing this myself". I took it upon myself and in one day, I finally did it.
You are the best man!! If only i'd knew you exist few years ago, when my GPU died, you are a life saver. I had to trash it because no one was able to identify problem. Keep rocking man!!😎
Man love your videos, I watch them everyday for relaxation :D I would like to see in your channel tier lists. By generation, by manufacturer, by model all ways of tier lists would go (I think that may be a good clickbait as well hehe :). As you are ze best GPU repair specialist your opinion of tiering cards according to part analysis, build quality, failure rate from experience, etc, would be outstanding.
amazing skills, you make it look so easy i hate ball grid array so much ive never even tried, you inspire me to have a go ill start with qfn though! took me ages just to be able to swap 0.5mm pin pitch quad flat pack chips as its so hard not to get shorts between the back of the legs where solder wick cant get to it but then i never learned to use extra flux till youtube (self taught tv, video, audio repair in the 90,s)
Amazing work, very entertaining your the best. I have a bad Nvidia 3060 that works sometimes, but not with a load, I might be sending it to you to look at.
ah man, i have nothing but component repairs on my mind right now, i want to be able to repair and not just replace. but you make it look a peice of cake haha. i build and repair PC's and its therapy for me now days, the last 18 months or so due so many things gone/going wrong and bad mental health. so to be able to just keep going and learn something extra is what im "trying" to do. gone as far as buying tips for the dremel gas solder i got given and buying a new multimeter so far haha. watched and watching a few of your vids now thankyou. oh i have 2 classic gaming boards with cpu sockets needing replacements if you wanted ;)
You make your videos such a pleasure to watch. Some other repair youtubers are so arogant like that Northridge guy. Hes good but hard to listen to. Keep up the great work!
So when there's a short on two or more rails, given they are separate until they reach the core, it is likely the core, is what I take away from this vid, right? Of course also super entertaining stories and walkthrough as usual. I'd love to know how much you made on those flipped cards bought for a few hundred in bulk during the pandemic, must've been a pretty penny!
@@kikihun9726 dont really know much about electronic but if the card post when plugged in with pcie alone but the computer doesnt boot at all when 2x8pin power supply is plugged in, that means the core is fine right ? Plus it shows an image on screen telling to plug 2x8pins in
Brings back good memories fixing cards multiple times when our overclocking sessions go sideways :-). It's useful to take a good look with microscope on the GPU die, since shorted chip often would have visual discoloration or cracks on a surface. You see cracks or bubbles coming from the edge - no need to troubleshoot the PCB (unless you need a donor for another GPU).
Bro you are inspirational! I d love to do the same, learn everything but i'm a student and sadly, no time to do that ! Keep the hard work the channel is blowing 👍
Dude, I've watching your videos and kudos to you sir. You work with GPUs the same way I look into whole systems. Leaving no stone unturned. Having said that, I hope you can give me some idea as to what couldve happen to a GPU I have. The GPU is an evga rtx 2060, 2 years old. Purchased NEW. Never used heavily (only "old games") and in pretty good condition overall. There was a power outage and the PC was turned off (obviously) no UPS but a basic stabilizer only. When the power came back the PC turned on, nothing out of the ordinary. Went into a game and as soon as the map loaded the whole PC went kaput. Dead. After that, the PC wont post (1 long beep 2 short ones. VGA error) EXCEPT it does SOMETIMES. And when it does. i can run heaven benchmark, play games, stress test the GPU. No artifacts, no black screen no nothing..... But then again, SOMETIMES it goes to a black screen and the card seems to "dissapear" (I can hear the sound windows plays when a peripheral is disconnected, and if I switch to the iGPU I can see theres no GPU "connected") I know its nigh IMPOSSIBLE to say what could be wrong with it over a comment. But do you have ANY IDEA as to what could've caused that behavior? I mean a dead GPU is dead. But what about one that SOMETIMES works and when it does it SEEMS to be perfectly fine. Yet sometimes doesnt even get recognized by the system... I would really appreciate any guidance on where to start (electrical, memory, core) cause I have literally no idea. Sorry for the long post. TL;DR: Card boots SOMETIMES and works FINE. Sometimes it doesnt boot at all. And sometimes gets "disconnected" randomly and dissapears from device manager. No artifacts or nothing. Thanks!
Very nice vid! I’d love to be advanced as you tbh. I wish I could have the ability as you to buy a messed up or un responsive 4090 or 3090 and fix it and use it for myself instead of buying 2000 bucks for a new gpu. Your skills is impeccable!
I really like your videos! Insane, what you can do and how deep your understanding of these kind of repairs are. Just out of curiosity, I have seen someone who swapped vram on a 3070 and upgraded it from 8gb to 16gb, do you mind to do a similar video? I think the making of and testing it in some games might be interesting!
Hi thanks your videos are very informative, I also have a gigabyte 1070ti that just went dead on me while using it, sad thing I bought it during covid and the mining time and overpaid for it about 380 us dollars, R6500 in my country. I took it to someone who fixed gpu's but unfortunately, he could not fix it. According to him it is fixable but he did not have the equipment to fix it. I bought a Evga 3080 in the last week still under warranty but still mourn the loss of all that money I lost on that 1070ti.
If you're saying you've learned everything through trial and error in just a couple of years that's damn impressive. To anyone curious about trying old school voltage injection to reveal faulty components but don't have a thermal camera, you can also wipe a bit of 99% isopropyl on parts of the board then watch for an area that dries especially fast. Not perfect but more helpful than you may think.
I had a single slot Galax Katana GTX 1070 for many years, now it’s been running for a few more years in my partner’s PC. Great little card. Damn thing won’t die.
I have to call BS. You didn't mention watching at least 5 TH-cam videos first, so we know you're lying!! 😀 All kidding aside, it's not just self-teaching.. You have a gift. Thanks for doing what you're doing!! It's inspiring. And I am amazed.
Computer games have secret quests, some are unwritten. These quests are repair tools for pc and laptop. Most gamers don’t obey the quests, and keep away from the instructions during the games. If the quests are completed as instructed, legal performance tuneup happens. The tunings are supported by the computer, doesn’t cause overheating.
EVGA cards from the gtx 900 to 10 series we're some of the classiest design. I've always wanted to own one especially since they're some of the few who offered 2-slot non-behemoth cards back then.
I have a 980ti that started my journey, and although I have not moved on to fix GPU's yet.. I began to dive into learning about electronics repair w/ this 980. It boots up, but only when 1 of the 6 pin power connectors is hooked up. The other one does not seem to allow it to work/boot. So I suspected a bad MOSFET or something similar. A coworker bought the GPU on Ebay and when it turned out to have the issues the buyer let him keep the GPU and refunded the $ so he knew I had an interest in this type of thing and he gave me the GPU. So it does not cost me anything, but I'd love to get it working n throw that GPU in one of my servers for Plex or whatnot. My coworker knew I was into breathing life into electronics and I constantly take "broken" laptops or other devices and fix them to repurpose. So I can relate in the sense that a GPU sparked my interest in getting deeper into electronic repairs... and it's nice to pickup different tips from others w more exp. But I do feel it could be helpful if you explained more about why you're testing things... like showing why you'd test or suspect a certain part failing. And it might also help to explain and/or show where you expect the power to flow through the device so that people like me could understand the reasoning behind why you're testing the things you are... and it could help us when working on the next similar item.
If it is a waste of time - it still isnt imo! I get alot out of your content (my fav of the electronics repair channels) and its nice to see things done in real time sometimes even though your segments that you speed up are done well! Im lost in alot of the intricate stuff you deal with, but Im slowly working to one day not be as lost. Im not trying to reach your level or anything, but I imagine you werent either early on in your journey? If you have any recommendations on where/how to learn more, informally, then Id appreciate that as well. If you dont mind, Id like to know which microscope your running, it does very well and you must have it mounted very well! I need to work on the education side before worrying too much about removing any cores ehh? Anyway, I know your a busy guy, so if you dont get a chance to respond here, its a-ok. Ill be watching for your next video!
Thanks for the new video. Do you think it is possible in the past, that core may have got so hot, that some re-flow happened on the core itself to cause all of those shorts? It would be nice to X-Ray that core and see what it looks like
I just started out fixing some gpus as a hobby with different tools/soldeirng equiptment for smd repair and i am glad to hear that destroying a 1060 or similar isnt just my mistake...
im a broke college student, i need my msi 1660s to work so i can study, stumbled upon this channel while trying to fix my gpu and im so amazed to see someone at this level… i couldnt even trust my card to the people around my area 😂, im gonna support u ❤
This is how I learned component repair.
1. Learn how to locate a coil and capacitors that make a power supply on the board.
2. Learn what a short looks like on a multimeter.
3. Practice soldering.
How and Where did you learn This ?
@jameysummers1577 Same here, I first learned about power supplies, then power limiting and regulations, then power distribution into the components and their proper functions. And in the process I learned about soldering technology such as BGA, SMD solder or Reflow and so on. . .
This is insane, I was certain you had a background in electronic engineering or computer engeneering, but you are self-taught! genius
It's kinda impossible for someone without a good electronic background to do this. I can build and troubleshoot PC's with ease, can do electrical works and circuits but never can I do anything like this (without studying it from somewhere). Electronics is something that's really hard to be self taught and the max I can do is continuity check. This guy is an expert pro max ultra
thats how i started too. learned how to rebuild diesel engines when my truck broke. learned how to repair amplifiers when i wanted a big stereo but didnt have a lot of money. learned how to lots of things because it was needed.
@@wokeydokey6885 The first time I reballed and replaced any CPUs was just a passion project, no real background. All you got to do is want to and then buy the parts and equipment
@@wokeydokey6885the first time i did soldering is only because i dont have money to take my stuff to a repair shop and usually most of them refuse to fix that are actually very simple to work on or just lazy af (which is mostly the case in my area). I started repairing stuff with my dad's soldering iron, took me years to learn how to properly solder with the right amount of tin/lead and flux and a perfect dome point. Now im learning how to microsolder after i got a better but still cheap adjustable iron. Soon i will be trying to do hot air soldering once i have the money to buy a hot air station and maybe a better iron to go with as well.
Im doing all of this as a passion project and its really fun to do. You just have to be willing to do it and with good materials and equipment youre good to go. Educational background DO help but in some cases, its not that necessary in my opinion.
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I'm a medical doctor. The way you explain your thinking and approach diagnostics is not unlike what we are taught to do when diagnosing people. You're totally right - there's a meaningful difference between being 99% sure, 100% certain, and a 1000% right about complicated stuff. When lay people go to a doctor, they don't know what is wrong with them and trust the MD (and their reputation) to be dead certain about any conclusions they reach. The same applies to you - GPU microelectronics are complicated, and the majority of people will be lay people in this field. And therefore they trust you to be dead right on your conclusions. And you, Sir, do certainly deliver! Keep up the good work! Success lies ahead in your path!
IIRC his former job was medical related.
have you recovered some body from dead core?
thanks gamemaster85b!
"It seems we have a problem with the plumbing doc.. Alright remove the heart and see if the problem goes away!"
Same thing with HVAC..
This is like watching Louis Rossmann doing repairs on macs… Enjoyable to the max! I see this channel growing strong in the future. All the best from Serbia
Louis Rossmann is just extremely angry every single video. I can't watch him.
@@1992jamo He's gone through a very large amount of trouble, it's understandable.
@@Groaznic yup he's been doing really good things for all the repair business can't even blame him
@@1992jamo same and can't stand apple shite so its a win win !!!
znas li neko mesto gde ima jeftine neispravne elektronike, a da nije kupujemprodajem?
I find your structured way of repairing hardware like listening to classical music. Structured, calming and surprisingly pleasant.
I could not have said it better myself. His videos are inspiring.
ASRM for sleeping purposes.
Called troubleshooting, many professionals can troubleshoot
I really appreciate your thoroughness. I'm a retired auto mechanic. I use to see techs write down that they had done a bevy of tests that led to a conclusion when they actually had not. As an example. An engine that is overheating. If it's a common occurrence on a certain engine to blow a head gasket, then that's what their diagnosis would be. Even if it was just a faulty thermostat, the thermostat will get changed when replacing the head gasket, or replacing the engine. So whatever the problem really was, was never actually diagnosed. I always did the full set of tests, no matter how sure I was of where the results would lead me.
One time I asked a particularly crooked tech how he could live with himself. He said, "safe and sound knowing my kids and I have full belly's and a roof over our head". The service writers were happy to sell all the high ticket jobs he wrote up too, as their pay was based on the total amount of money they could sell each month.
I simply cannot operate that way. I ended up leaving the dealerships and working for small independent shops where reputation was everything. That's how I was able to sleep at night.
Good man. Hearing that certain people and business will go out of their way to rob people legally makes my blood boil.
I share your sentiments, both about making a solid diagnosis and the disdain for corner cutters. Personally it’s more of an ego thing that drives and pushes me to get a job done right, I know I’m no hack and I know I can be better than that. I take great pride in my work and can’t stand the thought of half-assing things, I’ve even chosen not to do something at all if I can only do it halfway or half right. I work as a vehicle maintenance tech for the USPS, and while it would be incredibly easy to half-ass the majority of things we do on our ancient fleet of postal vehicles since they’re so rough and worn out anyway I always try to go a little further and pay attention to the tiniest details, and my supervisors greatly appreciate it.
The fact that you do not give up and (as you mentioned) you ensure that everything is checked out is something not a lot of people consider doing. Keep up the awesome work, since, as I mentioned, your subscibers are increasing quite a bit! And I am pretty sure that not only for me, but for others also, the time you release a new video, it is a good time. The fact that you can understand anything like that is literally beyond me, how did you learn everything, did you go to a school or just messing around in forums?
Dude, he literally explained that in the video. So obviously you didn't watch all of it. Or even half of it. He is self taught. He bought a bunch of GPUs and just started hammering away at em. He killed a few, he repaired a few.
Just recently started watching you, I thought you had at least 10+ years of experience. Only a few years you have been at this? You are extremely talented!
My 1st gpu repair was on a GTX 745. replaced the fan and repasted the chip. Minor compared to grinding down the board and soldering micro circuitry into place. I come for the knowledge and hope it may help in the future
hey my current nitro r9 390 stopped working, not sure what it is, when i power on pc the light on graphics card is on (it gets power" but no fan spin (ik they may not spin if idle) and no display, been searching for a minute now, any ideas???
Even if today's repair was unsuccessful, I am glad the current GPU price environment means good guys like you can earn a bit of money repairing damaged GPUs. Then the fact GPU manufacturers are robbing us blind at least has one positive side-effect.
You can damn well bet that the cost for these repairs would practically pay for a new one. So there's no positive really.
@@mtpstv94 Depend onthe country. Here for example This woudl be overtaxed and transport etc and would cost 4 times than in USA, while the repair would be cheaper (since labor is chaper here)
@@mtpstv94 lol have you had your GPU repaired by him? probably not
No one should cost money.
I like the lesson you are teaching us. I certainly should follow it. Maybe not at work, because i dont have the luxury of damaging something there, because its not mine (i work repairing things like wachingmaschines, dryers, microwaves, etc). But with my own things, i definitely should be more insisting and dont give up that easily. Everyone makes mistakes but im always terrified of making them. I have to get over it at some point if i want to get better.
Btw. I love your videos, because they are so chill and i can just do my own thing and have one of your videos in the background and still learn from it at my own pace
I'm just a lowly software developer, so what you do is magic to me. Love your channel.
I'm just a lowly hardware guy, you software developers do the real magic
Heads up sir nothing low about it only different!!
@@scruffles87software development is insane, but low level coding is the most insane. Assembly is mental
I think for me the real magic is the microsoldering! I'm a hardware guy and can follow his diagnostics, but I struggle at times with through hole components, I genuinely cannot believe this guy's skills in soldering! Also, the way he casually reballs cores... my god, it's incredible!
@CompHwTipsAndTutorials so so true. I've always sucked at soldering. I recently tried to replace the joystick in a VR controller and realized my hands and eyes just couldn't do it and I've given up for good. This guy is unreal
I'm glad to see someone as dedicated as you doing real diagnostics and repairs, it warms my old heart. Sure, this one had a dead core but I've seen you do some remarkable repairs in other videos.
Real repair? I didn't seen him taking out electron microscope and fixing core.
all kidding aside. Long live to right to repair.
@@wetfart420 impossible
Thank you for ur hard work although I have no idea about how ur fixing these video cards.
But the fact that u explain everything about how the card is good at what and what design has problems about the heating really helps a lot!
Please keep it up thank you!
With out EVGA it's really hard to say what card to buy now everyone that u take apart seems to have flaws with their cooling.
anyone who signs off with "you know where to find me" is not messing about. salut.
first time ever seeing content this great, keep up the fantastic work buddy! truely a gem to this world
Loving the content . keep up the great work and im so glad your subs have grown so quick you deserve it!!!!
Also after watching this vid I thought your job entailed fixing GPUs motherboards etc but if you learned this on your own time then wow im blown away!!
i love that u go for 100 % to the best of you capability's, keep looking and maybe finding something is how you learn. I scrapped stuff that i later found the solution to and it does feel bad knowing that u could have fixed the other stuff :D
In the industry, there are good technicians and great technicians, only those that are great go the extra mile and spend a bit too much time, but in the end get the job done right, the first time. You my friend are a great technician and probably one of the best I have watched and will continue to watch.
i just stumbled a few days ago over your channel and i like your video. you are doing great
Please make a detailed video about where and why you probe on different points on the pcb. Also its hard to understand where exactly you are probing so a little magnifying those areas would really be great. Keep the great work :)
I second this, I have no idea why he choses specific points to measure for each diagnosis and I would love to understand that.
He didn't explain anything
your channel is the best, no blah blah blah, no BS, no victimism, begin to end, no cuts no black magic... kudos on that and best regards from Brazil.
Great work. I started making decoders then working on amps with 3KV and 1amp. Schematics and boards are laborish at times having to flip from side to side. Sound cards for below the noise floor signals are pretty easy these days since you can buy the kits online.
Hey man been enjoying the videos. I was wondering(if you have not already, I didn't see any) would you be willing to do a video on your workstation and all the common and not so common tools that you use. Just a run down (quick or I'm sure most of use would love In depth) of tool/materials you use, prefer, tips and try to avoid. Maybe even links for some of the things you highly recommend having on hand for those just working on their own cards/learning and even for those already ahead of the curve. Im sure a lot of us already know the basics but still love to hear it from someone like yourself
Maybe some day
Well wow, props to you. I wonder if you already had previous experience or knowledge in electronics, I’m pretty bad when it comes to volts, ohm, resistances, capacitors and everything about circuits. Anyway thanks for this video and keep it up 💪🏻
Keep watching repair videos. Electronics Repair School (youtube channel) is really good.
The Bob Ross of gpus I guess.
Great job man
I like Bob Ross 😄
Lots of fluffy little shortcircuits.
Wild.. I fix PCB's too.. But the fact that you do wild things like grind into these 6-10 layer boards blows my mind. Been binging on your videos and picking up all kinds of tips. You rock. Dziękuję
Excellent! I have a couple broken cards lying around myself, never knew how to proceed. Now I see how to take it one or two steps further.
I just started in repairs. Subscribed 👍 Your soldering skills are amazing.
Thank you very much for explaining, I felt that you have a wonderful personality just by listening to your explanation.
I very appreciate your ethics! Thanks for your work and please continue to share videos like this
I just realized how much information you provide to everyone to get into this. You are a genuinely awesome individual and I love watching your content. Thank you!!!
Thanks for the full walk-through. I had the brain knowledge on this, but lack of hands-on. This helps me a lot.
Thanks for answers bro I appreciate it. As a guy who soldered something maybe twice in my life i am really amazed by your skill.
I just found this channel today and I'm glad I did cause it's f-ing amazing!
This is so calming, amazing, and inspiring.
Thank you for what you do!
great origin story, one of these days ill have to look into what memory tests are, how many different ones there are and where to find them as an intro to learning more
I enjoyed hearing about your story. Thanks for sharing.
For the algorithm! Also what a legend to not only learn repair but to customize all the tools and 3d printed holders/mounts!
You must have worked your ass off and had a lot of fun to have this expertise, great work.
oh those sleepless nights over the smallest details. i too have that problem which is why its best to do things right the first time. great videos!
Great video, I found your channel through yt feed. I really like it. Didn't know these kind of repair can be done. I thought the company would load it into their machine to do all the test
Recently came across this channel, have zero clue how to do what you're doing but I find it fascinating.
Thanks for all the great content. and enjoy watching your repairs. I do have a question, have you ever done a video on the equipment that you use, the type of Flux, Solder, and cleaners that you use. Thanks
No
Very interesting to hear your story and yes, I did learn something definitely. Although I have almost no clue what you're doing when measuring resistances and stuff even despite the fact I study CS in Poland (where it's like 50/50 CS/Electronics), maybe because I always found it unbelievably boring and useless so it was a study -> pass -> forget process for me, I find it very interesting to watch you use this knowledge on something I'm interested in which is GPU diagnosis & repairs. Though I would lie if I said our knowledge is on the same level. With how complicated it was for me to comprehend the very basics of electronics when having 0 experience with it, I have a hard time wrapping my head around how you can self teach that stuff. Hats off to you and you people in the comments who shared some of their stories on how you self taught something yourselves - yall motivate me to put my hands on my car and learn and sort it out on my own.
I already did that, with my car. All the mechanics said no to me wanting to replace the heater core inside my car(Freelander 1 Td4, 2003). After so many rejections, I was like "you know what, screw the mechanics, I am fixing this myself". I took it upon myself and in one day, I finally did it.
CONGRATS ON 50K SUBS :)
Always amazing job you do keep up the best work thankful for these vids :) there always great and learn stuff from them keep it up !
You are the best man!! If only i'd knew you exist few years ago, when my GPU died, you are a life saver. I had to trash it because no one was able to identify problem. Keep rocking man!!😎
Mad props foe even trying
A true artisan. Not really doing it for the money, more for personal growth/satisfaction. Respect. 👍
we've been blessed by daily uploads
Man love your videos, I watch them everyday for relaxation :D I would like to see in your channel tier lists. By generation, by manufacturer, by model all ways of tier lists would go (I think that may be a good clickbait as well hehe :). As you are ze best GPU repair specialist your opinion of tiering cards according to part analysis, build quality, failure rate from experience, etc, would be outstanding.
Amazing work and integrity. Subbed.
I'm so glad to see more people post their repair jobs, that's all I want to see on TH-cam
amazing skills, you make it look so easy
i hate ball grid array so much ive never even tried, you inspire me to have a go ill start with qfn though!
took me ages just to be able to swap 0.5mm pin pitch quad flat pack chips as its so hard not to get shorts between the back of the legs where solder wick cant get to it
but then i never learned to use extra flux till youtube (self taught tv, video, audio repair in the 90,s)
Amazing work everytime! Keep it going 😀
Another awesome video. I love watching them :)
Amazing work, very entertaining your the best. I have a bad Nvidia 3060 that works sometimes, but not with a load, I might be sending it to you to look at.
ah man, i have nothing but component repairs on my mind right now, i want to be able to repair and not just replace. but you make it look a peice of cake haha. i build and repair PC's and its therapy for me now days, the last 18 months or so due so many things gone/going wrong and bad mental health. so to be able to just keep going and learn something extra is what im "trying" to do. gone as far as buying tips for the dremel gas solder i got given and buying a new multimeter so far haha. watched and watching a few of your vids now thankyou. oh i have 2 classic gaming boards with cpu sockets needing replacements if you wanted ;)
You make your videos such a pleasure to watch. Some other repair youtubers are so arogant like that Northridge guy. Hes good but hard to listen to. Keep up the great work!
You re a true master, old skool! :)
Greetings from a master, old skool :)
Great work
Thanks
Another great video northwest!
So when there's a short on two or more rails, given they are separate until they reach the core, it is likely the core, is what I take away from this vid, right? Of course also super entertaining stories and walkthrough as usual. I'd love to know how much you made on those flipped cards bought for a few hundred in bulk during the pandemic, must've been a pretty penny!
Actually a short on pex alone is 95% dead core. Short on memory can be a shorted memory chip.
@@kikihun9726 dont really know much about electronic but if the card post when plugged in with pcie alone but the computer doesnt boot at all when 2x8pin power supply is plugged in, that means the core is fine right ?
Plus it shows an image on screen telling to plug 2x8pins in
Yeah, he tested it at the end. He had low ohms to ground on the core itself, so thats all he needed to know right there.
Brings back good memories fixing cards multiple times when our overclocking sessions go sideways :-). It's useful to take a good look with microscope on the GPU die, since shorted chip often would have visual discoloration or cracks on a surface. You see cracks or bubbles coming from the edge - no need to troubleshoot the PCB (unless you need a donor for another GPU).
At 0.30 i really thought you would start that meme maya hi maya haa maya ho maya haha 😂😂😂.
Love watching videos 😊.
Best of all, this board still will not become landfill. It`s parts will also keep a few other boards in working condition. That is always a win.
Bro you are inspirational!
I d love to do the same, learn everything but i'm a student and sadly, no time to do that ! Keep the hard work the channel is blowing 👍
Dude, I've watching your videos and kudos to you sir. You work with GPUs the same way I look into whole systems. Leaving no stone unturned.
Having said that, I hope you can give me some idea as to what couldve happen to a GPU I have.
The GPU is an evga rtx 2060, 2 years old. Purchased NEW. Never used heavily (only "old games") and in pretty good condition overall.
There was a power outage and the PC was turned off (obviously) no UPS but a basic stabilizer only.
When the power came back the PC turned on, nothing out of the ordinary. Went into a game and as soon as the map loaded the whole PC went kaput. Dead.
After that, the PC wont post (1 long beep 2 short ones. VGA error) EXCEPT it does SOMETIMES. And when it does. i can run heaven benchmark, play games, stress test the GPU. No artifacts, no black screen no nothing..... But then again, SOMETIMES it goes to a black screen and the card seems to "dissapear" (I can hear the sound windows plays when a peripheral is disconnected, and if I switch to the iGPU I can see theres no GPU "connected")
I know its nigh IMPOSSIBLE to say what could be wrong with it over a comment. But do you have ANY IDEA as to what could've caused that behavior? I mean a dead GPU is dead. But what about one that SOMETIMES works and when it does it SEEMS to be perfectly fine. Yet sometimes doesnt even get recognized by the system...
I would really appreciate any guidance on where to start (electrical, memory, core) cause I have literally no idea.
Sorry for the long post.
TL;DR: Card boots SOMETIMES and works FINE. Sometimes it doesnt boot at all. And sometimes gets "disconnected" randomly and dissapears from device manager. No artifacts or nothing.
Thanks!
This is one of the best how to channel on ne web !
Very nice vid! I’d love to be advanced as you tbh. I wish I could have the ability as you to buy a messed up or un responsive 4090 or 3090 and fix it and use it for myself instead of buying 2000 bucks for a new gpu. Your skills is impeccable!
I'm just happy to see someone around computers who is smart enough to use a hand driven simple screwdriver.
I've got an old 1080ti that fried. Thanks to wonderful people like you, I will be attempting to fix it. Thank you!
Did u fix it?
@@LordScrumpus yeah, just needed a scrub with alcohol 😅👍
I really like your videos! Insane, what you can do and how deep your understanding of these kind of repairs are.
Just out of curiosity, I have seen someone who swapped vram on a 3070 and upgraded it from 8gb to 16gb, do you mind to do a similar video?
I think the making of and testing it in some games might be interesting!
Hi thanks your videos are very informative, I also have a gigabyte 1070ti that just went dead on me while using it, sad thing I bought it during covid and the mining time and overpaid for it about 380 us dollars, R6500 in my country. I took it to someone who fixed gpu's but unfortunately, he could not fix it. According to him it is fixable but he did not have the equipment to fix it. I bought a Evga 3080 in the last week still under warranty but still mourn the loss of all that money I lost on that 1070ti.
Nice video sir one thump from my side.
Thanks 👍
If you're saying you've learned everything through trial and error in just a couple of years that's damn impressive. To anyone curious about trying old school voltage injection to reveal faulty components but don't have a thermal camera, you can also wipe a bit of 99% isopropyl on parts of the board then watch for an area that dries especially fast. Not perfect but more helpful than you may think.
You have to admire the man's optimism and care for computer parts.
I had a single slot Galax Katana GTX 1070 for many years, now it’s been running for a few more years in my partner’s PC. Great little card. Damn thing won’t die.
Thank you for another nice upload.
Thank you kindly.
Cheers m8.
This is the first video i need to watch :)
I have to call BS. You didn't mention watching at least 5 TH-cam videos first, so we know you're lying!! 😀
All kidding aside, it's not just self-teaching.. You have a gift. Thanks for doing what you're doing!! It's inspiring. And I am amazed.
Computer games have secret quests, some are unwritten. These quests are repair tools for pc and laptop. Most gamers don’t obey the quests, and keep away from the instructions during the games. If the quests are completed as instructed, legal performance tuneup happens. The tunings are supported by the computer, doesn’t cause overheating.
EVGA cards from the gtx 900 to 10 series we're some of the classiest design. I've always wanted to own one especially since they're some of the few who offered 2-slot non-behemoth cards back then.
😂😂😂😂😂 @ 11:15 "1000% is needed when 100% doesnt work" i ❤ this guy
I have a 980ti that started my journey, and although I have not moved on to fix GPU's yet.. I began to dive into learning about electronics repair w/ this 980. It boots up, but only when 1 of the 6 pin power connectors is hooked up. The other one does not seem to allow it to work/boot. So I suspected a bad MOSFET or something similar.
A coworker bought the GPU on Ebay and when it turned out to have the issues the buyer let him keep the GPU and refunded the $ so he knew I had an interest in this type of thing and he gave me the GPU. So it does not cost me anything, but I'd love to get it working n throw that GPU in one of my servers for Plex or whatnot.
My coworker knew I was into breathing life into electronics and I constantly take "broken" laptops or other devices and fix them to repurpose. So I can relate in the sense that a GPU sparked my interest in getting deeper into electronic repairs... and it's nice to pickup different tips from others w more exp.
But I do feel it could be helpful if you explained more about why you're testing things... like showing why you'd test or suspect a certain part failing. And it might also help to explain and/or show where you expect the power to flow through the device so that people like me could understand the reasoning behind why you're testing the things you are... and it could help us when working on the next similar item.
your very good at troubleshooting the hard way.
If it is a waste of time - it still isnt imo!
I get alot out of your content (my fav of the electronics repair channels) and its nice to see things done in real time sometimes even though your segments that you speed up are done well! Im lost in alot of the intricate stuff you deal with, but Im slowly working to one day not be as lost. Im not trying to reach your level or anything, but I imagine you werent either early on in your journey?
If you have any recommendations on where/how to learn more, informally, then Id appreciate that as well.
If you dont mind, Id like to know which microscope your running, it does very well and you must have it mounted very well! I need to work on the education side before worrying too much about removing any cores ehh?
Anyway, I know your a busy guy, so if you dont get a chance to respond here, its a-ok. Ill be watching for your next video!
Increadible, we just looking on a genious work
You deserve more. Respect.
Could you make a video about your soldering techniques and technology some time? It's awesome to watch you, and I'd like to learn more from you.
There should be plenty already out there.
Hard work and discipline pays off.
Thanks for the new video. Do you think it is possible in the past, that core may have got so hot, that some re-flow happened on the core itself to cause all of those shorts? It would be nice to X-Ray that core and see what it looks like
This man is a legend!
I just started out fixing some gpus as a hobby with different tools/soldeirng equiptment for smd repair and i am glad to hear that destroying a 1060 or similar isnt just my mistake...
We all start somewhere :) Mine was Laptops and fixing my family and friends.
How many family and friends you killed before getting the hang of it?
Same for me - laptop power jack replacement.
@northwestrepair 9:26 that's a Seek Thermal IR camera, right? What model in particular, Compact, XR or Pro?
im a broke college student, i need my msi 1660s to work so i can study,
stumbled upon this channel while trying to fix my gpu and im so amazed to see someone at this level… i couldnt even trust my card to the people around my area 😂, im gonna support u ❤
Hope it worked out for you bro
Thanks for the mini class. :)