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im a volunteer at my local freegeek i cant tell u how meany old working laptops and TVs i saved from there. i got 2 dell latops with 1050s, a MSI laptop that was upgraded from a GTx 970 to a 980, a Rift S VR headset! a very very rare sony google TV thats 55in. u cant even find one on ebay only the 24in-32in models, i got 2 Zunes from there one works and the other is a parts zune, i even got a samsung 55in 1080p for $5 becuz it was going to be recycled and it full works! so what u r saying about "u have to be there first is 100% true" heck 9 times out of 10 i go to do work withoutr wanting to buy something and i end up buying something.
Andy! Thank you for initially fixing my laptop.... but a replacement? You won't believe me if I said I literally burst out sobbing. AND with spoiled upgrades? I cannot express how much your extra effort and time means to me. Wishing the Greatest Technician To Ever Live well, and nothing but the best. Much love 💕💕
And the laptop he is replacing yours with is a more than Solid system. Specifically in both terms of build quality and performance, especially now that he has upgraded it. He truly is “THE BEST TECHNICIAN THAT’S EVER LIVED!” Just such a good guy. I’ve been having issues with my iPAD PRO’s USB-C inputs and microphone and I’m probably gonna send it to him.
@@darkknightgamerz6969 Donations shouldn't require a reply. I appreciate this guy, his garbage humor (I mean it, I love it), and the message he sends about repairing and maintaining devices.
You're a good man for going out of your way to make sure your customer didn't get completely screwed over. That's why you're truly the greatest technician that ever lived
My OG 55” A1 LG OLED just went black screen one day a couple years ago. I love that TV so much I didn’t want to toss it out in an era of disposable electronics. I discovered a local TV/stereo place and they diagnosed a faulty PSU, fixed me up for $150 and that TV is still in my living room today. Repair shops are awesome (sometimes)!
I respect the one year warranty policy. It's low risk really to you as the owner and it gives the customer a nice warm fuzzy. Honestly, how many times have you had that situation bite you in the greatest ass that's ever lived?
I also run a repair shop and I only sell business class laptops. It just makes sense to offer a 1 year warranty. Even if you say you only have a 30 day warranty, any customer would be p)ssed (and rightfully so) if their computer crapped out on them after 31 days or even 6 months and you told them oh well, pay me hundreds of dollars to fix it. The truth is the parts for business class laptops are usually pretty affordable and the repairs are easier than consumer grade laptops so it's not a big deal if you do have to honor a warranty. You can get an 8th gen refurb for around $200 and if the motherboard dies you can usually get a replacement for $40 - $80. To answer your question though, most business class laptops I sell last for 7-10 years, though people usually want to upgrade after 3-5 years. Only a tiny percentage of business class laptops fail within the 1 year warranty period. Probably less than 1%. You do have to properly refurbish them though. You know, put in a new SSD and replace the thermal paste at the very least. One thing they didn't do in this video is put the computer through full diagnostics, which is what I do in my shop. I own a copy of PC-Check and PC Doctor Service Center, both of which are professional technician diagnostic software. I run full test of the CPU, GPU and RAM overnight to make sure there aren't any problems. You can make do with free tools, which is what I did for many years, but having the professional technician diagnostic software helps narrow down intermittent problems and reveal issues that haven't reared their ugly head yet. This channel does a lot of things right but I don't agree with everything they do. But every shop does things a little differently. Sometimes you can't afford to do everything "right" depending on your customer base and costs. That's why I'm in a more expensive area, so I can charge enough in order to do everything right. This guy had to start a TH-cam channel because obviously they can't afford to do things right even working out of a fricking Subway. Computer repair is a dying field because everything is such cheap garbage nowadays. It would be difficult to stay in business if you were in a lower to mid income area.
I’ve sold close to probably 500 laptops and only had 2 come back for an actual hardware failure. I always laugh when a customer brings in something I sold them 8 years ago. The benefit it’s done to my reputation is worth way more than if I were to just have sold them a shitty consumer laptop and made a bit more profit.
@@thelbtlover Do you include any software in your builds? I prefer to pre-load Firefox, Chrome, and LibreOffice on the computers I resell, but am having trouble maintaining stable drive images across different models. If you'd be so kind to share, what do you use for drive imaging?
I agree. Just got my refurbished Lenovo thinkpad T480 (i7 and upgraded to 32Gb RAM) from eBay and now I can't go back. This thing has amazing upgrade potential and feels soo sturdy. Got it for 250€ + 40€ (for RAM). I highly recommend.
Dude really is the BEST technician that’s ever lived. All jokes aside, the most kind hearted technician that’s ever lived as well. His dedication to his customers and the importance of the right to repair for both preserving the rights of consumers as well as the planet is so important and admirable. Just all around great guy.
THE MOST HUMANITARIAN TECHNICIAN THAT EVER LIVED. No but seriously you’re a total class act man nothing but respect for you and the way you help people out. Glad I found your channel and look forward to your videos.
Damn, this is so nice that you guys can just go there in America and just buy laptops from Recycle centers and here in Romania when I wanted to get a Intel 4th Gen motherboard and cpu for a small project they told me that they don't sell "Trash"😢 😢
@@silviunebunya4967 Și cum as putea mai mult creativ în situația asta? Am încercat sa trimit mailuri la firme care as putea avea surplus de laptopuri dar nu am primit nici un răspuns 😢
i had a dell latitude which was running windows xp with core 2 duo but the windows installation was screwed and i hammered it. that thing was bulletproof too
The 3537-s 3737-s 5537-s and 5737, are extremely reliable machines. Some of the best dell has ever made. Even with heavy use they can last a decade with no issues. Clean the paste and keep using it. It even has great linux support.
@@SalemTechsperts a btw : when I said ‘make me a mod’ on Friday’s stream, I wasn’t being a jerk-off … just knew you couldn’t do anything from your end, and was thinking about kyboshing the spam … carry on ~ & watch those tourists ! 🤨
This is the first youtube video I've watched of yours after viewing so many of your shorts, I just had to give it a try after seeing your short on this. Not onky are you The Best Technician That's Ever Lived, but you've definitely put a smile back on the customer's face guaranteed. Great work Andy, keep it up!
Paul Daniels works and lives in your country and is a top repair fella for laptops, especially Apple stuff. I'm sure you could find out more about his repair business by looking online.
From across the pond, in the UK, thank you. The world needs more Techsperts like you. No one I've watched goes above and beyond like yourself. Not only that, you show a side to the busines that no-one likes to show, nor accept. I hate to admit watching your videos whilst drinking takes the pain away from my own job as an IT tech but it really does. Thank you! :) P.S. I'll be a supporter before long. Keep up the good work (and pray I can get my finances under control and strop buying broken/old tech)!!!!
The attitude of putting things on a credit card and working hard to pay it off has been with me culturally growing up. I was lucky to make sure that I had the money every time and never went into debt, never had to pay interest. I'm moving soon and having to eat into my savings a little bit, which is scary. Maybe if your store ships to Canada I might get a refurbished laptop from you guys!
In general, no, this wasn't your fault. But good helping the customer, because they didn't deserve that, nor did anyone else who had their shit stolen from the lobby that day. The person who should be paying for that is the apartment complex that let that happen. You should send them the bill for the laptop.
It is not a stretch to say that you are a diamond in a sea of plastic with the fine work that you're doing for the community and the passion that you exude. You truly are the greatest Technician that's ever lived
honestly man mad respect to you because i had an old thinkpad a few years ago and it had several issues one of which was a overheating issue and while i wanted to fix it early i brought it to a few tech repair places just for it to get mutilated and come back in legit scraps. if i could trust my local repair shops the way i trust you (because i see your process isnt a scam) i would be happy to buy something used and upgradable.
You're a great guy man. I hope everything goes well for you and that this channel continues to grow and you can keep helping people and providing an honest and reputable service fixing PCs!
This is why it is a good advice for you to remove your harddisk, SSD or M.2 out of your device before send it to any repair service via mail or walk-in. Or at least backup to other storage then wipe data if you still can do it on the device by yourself. But since most people did not know this. Even some people who want to do it but their device is too complicate/fragile to do or do not want to risk any damage to the device by themselves, it still a risk like this happen to anyone. If not possible to get data out or move to somewhere, try walk-in at any nearby reputable or trusted repair shop may help prevent this problem. Avoid mail-in if possible unless you have no choice or tried all options left only this as last resort to do (you can purchase delivery insurance for peace of mind at least).
Hey it's me again, the guy who watches your sponsorship portion without speeding up/skipping to help you out financially on my end. Love your stuff, keep em coming!
Local repair tech here Houston Texas. Since I started in January I've watched 2 repair shops close down. My old man has 40 years of experience but had no clue how to modernize. Updated the computers we sold from 9020s, to recent enough 3060s, and increased the price we went the route of less customers but more money. No fake reviews here 🗣️. I keep telling the old man he needs to make a TH-cam cuz unironcoally computer repair shit always pops off
Because of.you i enjoy cleaning and repairing my own computer and laptop, and also saving money for repair, i even use your suggestion in buying old stuff but worthy to save money its so good that if you pick the right stuff that you wanna and its a 2nd it will last almost forever it depends on your usage. Just like what you said im using your technique in everything it is reliable and efficient thank you for that i hope your bussiness will continue 😊😊
Man, I love this channel Gonna yap my story a lil bit My sister was looking to buy a laptop about this time last year and she asked me about some listings on laptops. She didn't exactly tell me what she wanted it for, so I just chose the sturdiest affordable laptop that was there (Dell precision 3520 for about 500 usd) and it pushed me into the life of searching business grade laptops (around the same time I started to watch salem). Since she didn't really used it that much, she decided to give it to me since I was going to need it for school (I had a Lenovo Ideapad s145 and it just wouldn't cut it for my area (civil construction)) and it's just perfect. I did however noticed that the temps were getting pretty high so asked an expirienced friend for help and changed the thermal paste, but turned out that this specific model has a problem of overheating so that didn't really change much. But while we had it opened up, we noticed that the chipset didn't have any thermal padding so that just might fix things a little bit (still don't have money to but it though), but overall, I don't have any complaints about the laptop. Love it. Nowadays I go around recommending my family to go for used good condition laptops instead of the shop laptops since the price difference is actually insane (a decently speced laptop can sell for 450-600 usd on retail when in shops the same laptop is 1200 usd, which I find absurd but do understand the pros and cons). All of that is just to say buy used business laptops people, it actually is worthwhile, and most of the time it just needs a bit of repairs and maintenance but nothing drastic so it's a good purchase! Anyways that's what I had to say, this comment prolly wont get noticed but at least I try to put the word out there. If you read this much thank you for your time and have a great day!
I agree, a good local PC repair shops are the best. I got my Dell Precision from that shop and at a later date I asked them to upgrade ram and change HD for SSD. When they changed it they even cloned windows to new drive for free (I paid first for just upgrade and forgot to mention clonning at first, and I was willing to pay extra for this because i was not sure if I can do it myself). And i must say, its so good laptop I am still using it 3 years later with no repairs in meantime. (I just wonder if i should change thermal paste after all this time because sometimes it does get hot). Edit: I actually tested it with cinnenbench 23 and it got 4300 score in multi core which is its normal performance and warmed up only to 82C, so it only feels hot for my knees when I use it on my bed for last 3 years.
Love seeing your long form videos! And you're kinda an inspiration to me as i enjoy building PCs and/or working on them whenever i'm called on to help and I'm working on giving my used Panasonic Toughbook CF-54 a few hardware upgrades. Have you ever worked on a Toughbook laptop, btw??? Anyways, thanks for being The Greatest Technician Thats Ever Lived and keep being awesome!
Your message hits home with me. And what you did for your client goes above and beyond. Kudos to you. I've been buying used computers for years. And I don't think I've ever bought a laptop new. I also refurbish machines for friends and locals who can't afford it and need a cheap computer to just get online and connect with family. I'll swap out the hard drive for an SSD and sell it to the end user for pretty much what I paid for it. If the computer was given to me for free, the cost to end user is only about $40. Would I ever get into computer repair as a career? Probably not. I'll keep the noodling around with them in the basement an enjoyable hobby.
I got a refurbished T490 about half a year ago. Did exactly what you said. Just IGPU in a 8th gen I5, quadcore with up to 4.1Ghz, i think 8520U or something, 16 gigs of soldered RAM,with an available slot for upgrading. Plenty for what i do (some programming, office use, TH-cam and playing Pokémon Reborn and other fangames) . Upgraded the NVMe to a 1TB one and repasted it. Total, was like 400€, and i happened to start interning in the shop i did it, so data backup and OS installation was free 🤪😂. Also loved how simple it was to do the repaste. The Asus K55VM (third gen I7, GTX 630M dGPU) i had before was a pain to repaste. Thinking of getting an heatsink from a dGPU model so that the temps are better and don't have to run the fans all the time.
I'm sure your customer appreciates what you've done here (I hope). To be giving them something that is not only significantly better than what they had, but also coming out of your bottom line is incredible. I know I appreciate seeing the work you do because not only is it amazing to see your quality of work, but it has also helped me as well. I am way more thorough with my PC and laptop now when it comes to maintaining them and cleaning out all the swamp gooch. The amount of gooch that had built up in some of the parts would make The Gooch Collector proud.
Business isn't always good, we had 1/5th of our dell latitude 3420 fail on us out of the box, even the 5420 and 7420 were completely bad from what we heard
That whole Gen was notoriously defective. I blame the chip shortage for all the defective tech made in 2021. GPU’s, laptops, TV’s, cars, we’re seeing them every day.
This is the kind of shop that gains loyal customers and fans alike. Good job for going the extra mile. You didn't have to do what you did, but you probably have a customer for life!
I have learned so much with watching your videos. From shopping for specs to how I can repair parts that aren't a pain. You're doing more than just repairs, you're passing on that racoon like knowledge to use simple folk
You guys are making me deja vu. Bought exactly second hand business laptop on ebay. Still having support by the manufacturer. It had Win11 pro fresh installation, but I upgraded nvme with 4x the capacity and installed Linux. Since then it had also BIOS and TPM flashed, too. Working well. I bought it to experiment with Linux, first time. I didn't repaste this one but since this adventure I revamped my over 15 yo laptop and that one was repasted. Running like new, on Linux also. Feeling empowered.
Sir, your sense of morality is commendable!! Thank you for setting a great example of how to be an excellent person!! Few people would bother to do that! :) You made my day!! :)
The Think Pads are really nice laptops for business use. I have a mid range MSI gaming laptop, Ill be lucky if it lasts 2 years, but I do try to take care of it. My boss has a 10+ year old ThinkPad, bought used, that he uses to operate a Pass Through device for reflashing automotive modules. That ThinkPad is indestructible. It gets beat around in his toolbox and under the hoods of cars and still works great. I do believe hardware limitations will cause him to have to upgrade at some point soon, but that Think Pad will still be working like new when he does.
I don't usually comment but I'm actually really glad i started watching you I've learned alot and it's help solidify my decision to grab a laptop from my local repair shop. Good to know I can help out
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im a volunteer at my local freegeek i cant tell u how meany old working laptops and TVs i saved from there. i got 2 dell latops with 1050s, a MSI laptop that was upgraded from a GTx 970 to a 980, a Rift S VR headset! a very very rare sony google TV thats 55in. u cant even find one on ebay only the 24in-32in models, i got 2 Zunes from there one works and the other is a parts zune, i even got a samsung 55in 1080p for $5 becuz it was going to be recycled and it full works!
so what u r saying about "u have to be there first is 100% true" heck 9 times out of 10 i go to do work withoutr wanting to buy something and i end up buying something.
The Kindest Technicion that has ever lived
The snail took his soul
Question, what the make of the dashboard screen Lupe has in his whip?
Andy! Thank you for initially fixing my laptop.... but a replacement? You won't believe me if I said I literally burst out sobbing. AND with spoiled upgrades? I cannot express how much your extra effort and time means to me. Wishing the Greatest Technician To Ever Live well, and nothing but the best. Much love 💕💕
So sorry about your laptop being stolen mate! He really treated you well.
Sorry to hear about your laptop mate. I hope you forward this kindness onto others.
Its cool to see business take care of their customers. The laptop they sent you sounds like itll last you years!
And the laptop he is replacing yours with is a more than Solid system. Specifically in both terms of build quality and performance, especially now that he has upgraded it. He truly is “THE BEST TECHNICIAN THAT’S EVER LIVED!” Just such a good guy. I’ve been having issues with my iPAD PRO’s USB-C inputs and microphone and I’m probably gonna send it to him.
You might just be one of his Best Customer That's Ever Lived. Best of luck to everyone reading this
The Unluckiest Laptop That's Ever Lived.
no. it is big black computer.
well at least the customet gpt a upgrade
@@pyaehtetaungits a BBC
bbc yum 😋@@pyaehtetaung
The nicest technician that ever lived.
"I won the gulag" totally took me off guard, and i spit out my drink, laughing.
Same, I spat out my tea
same
I'm old. I didn't get it lol
@ARCx9 when you die in COD Warzone* specially.
Lupe the supergulag winner 2024
i love the non tech related clips in your vids, makes its so much more human than other channels
They're my favorite part of the video tbh. The rest is just work to me.
Agreed. It's informative AND entertaining.
This kinda shite is what I'm on YT for and Mr deliveres every time
Thanks for help people you Legend
Thank you for supporting me!
The nicest technician that's ever lived.
5 dollers with no reply wow
@@darkknightgamerz6969 Donations shouldn't require a reply. I appreciate this guy, his garbage humor (I mean it, I love it), and the message he sends about repairing and maintaining devices.
@@darkknightgamerz6969 imagine getting ratioed by the original poster of the comment. Anime profile avatar btw 🤡.
@@georgiabulldog8665imagine thinking that saying "anime pfp 🤡 " is an insult, you are no older than 12 my g
Thank you so much dude. You’ve been with me from the beginning, don’t think I don’t remember you!!
You're a good man for going out of your way to make sure your customer didn't get completely screwed over. That's why you're truly the greatest technician that ever lived
My town still has two independent TV/stereo repair places, thankfully. Both have been open since the 80s.
I love this
My OG 55” A1 LG OLED just went black screen one day a couple years ago. I love that TV so much I didn’t want to toss it out in an era of disposable electronics. I discovered a local TV/stereo place and they diagnosed a faulty PSU, fixed me up for $150 and that TV is still in my living room today. Repair shops are awesome (sometimes)!
Here you go man. Buy Lupe something nice with it 😊.
I'm gonna buy him so many bottles of fish oil
@@SalemTechsperts Buy Johnson baby oil instead, I heard they sell like hot cakes, they must be good.
50 gallon drum of lube from AliExpress
😂😂😂@@SalemTechsperts
@@SalemTechspertsBro is about to start the Lupe party. Everyone’s wife is invited
I respect the one year warranty policy. It's low risk really to you as the owner and it gives the customer a nice warm fuzzy. Honestly, how many times have you had that situation bite you in the greatest ass that's ever lived?
I also run a repair shop and I only sell business class laptops. It just makes sense to offer a 1 year warranty. Even if you say you only have a 30 day warranty, any customer would be p)ssed (and rightfully so) if their computer crapped out on them after 31 days or even 6 months and you told them oh well, pay me hundreds of dollars to fix it. The truth is the parts for business class laptops are usually pretty affordable and the repairs are easier than consumer grade laptops so it's not a big deal if you do have to honor a warranty. You can get an 8th gen refurb for around $200 and if the motherboard dies you can usually get a replacement for $40 - $80. To answer your question though, most business class laptops I sell last for 7-10 years, though people usually want to upgrade after 3-5 years. Only a tiny percentage of business class laptops fail within the 1 year warranty period. Probably less than 1%. You do have to properly refurbish them though. You know, put in a new SSD and replace the thermal paste at the very least. One thing they didn't do in this video is put the computer through full diagnostics, which is what I do in my shop. I own a copy of PC-Check and PC Doctor Service Center, both of which are professional technician diagnostic software. I run full test of the CPU, GPU and RAM overnight to make sure there aren't any problems. You can make do with free tools, which is what I did for many years, but having the professional technician diagnostic software helps narrow down intermittent problems and reveal issues that haven't reared their ugly head yet. This channel does a lot of things right but I don't agree with everything they do. But every shop does things a little differently. Sometimes you can't afford to do everything "right" depending on your customer base and costs. That's why I'm in a more expensive area, so I can charge enough in order to do everything right. This guy had to start a TH-cam channel because obviously they can't afford to do things right even working out of a fricking Subway. Computer repair is a dying field because everything is such cheap garbage nowadays. It would be difficult to stay in business if you were in a lower to mid income area.
I’ve sold close to probably 500 laptops and only had 2 come back for an actual hardware failure. I always laugh when a customer brings in something I sold them 8 years ago. The benefit it’s done to my reputation is worth way more than if I were to just have sold them a shitty consumer laptop and made a bit more profit.
@@thelbtlover Do you include any software in your builds? I prefer to pre-load Firefox, Chrome, and LibreOffice on the computers I resell, but am having trouble maintaining stable drive images across different models. If you'd be so kind to share, what do you use for drive imaging?
I agree. Just got my refurbished Lenovo thinkpad T480 (i7 and upgraded to 32Gb RAM) from eBay and now I can't go back. This thing has amazing upgrade potential and feels soo sturdy. Got it for 250€ + 40€ (for RAM). I highly recommend.
Same. I got a 580 a couple years back. i replaced both batteries and that things will last all day.
Dude really is the BEST technician that’s ever lived. All jokes aside, the most kind hearted technician that’s ever lived as well. His dedication to his customers and the importance of the right to repair for both preserving the rights of consumers as well as the planet is so important and admirable. Just all around great guy.
I assume most shops without channels would have a much harder time doing this. Thanks to warthunder for sponsoring good customer support.
Oh man brutal. All their data. Hopefully they backed up all their personal stuff :(
He copied the 512gb ssd to the 2tb ssd so they should have got all their data back hopefully
@@ap3xd126 i think he meant the 512 gig in the thinkpad
@@kab43 I think he's thinking of the data that was on the stolen computer, which is a Dell. I believe he kept the old 512GB and cloned it.
@@PapaVanTwee5even if he cloned the old drive, he wouldn’t have kept the data. That’s a MASSIVE liability.
All that p...riceless independent research. Yeah.
THE MOST HUMANITARIAN TECHNICIAN THAT EVER LIVED. No but seriously you’re a total class act man nothing but respect for you and the way you help people out. Glad I found your channel and look forward to your videos.
Damn, this is so nice that you guys can just go there in America and just buy laptops from Recycle centers and here in Romania when I wanted to get a Intel 4th Gen motherboard and cpu for a small project they told me that they don't sell "Trash"😢 😢
daca esti putin creativ sunt multe firme care nu se mai folosesc de echipamente mai vechi si le vand ori incredibil de ieftin ori chiar pe degeaba
We have shop that sells refurbished laptop with like 30 days to 3 month at most warranty. They go form 200$-1000$.
@@silviunebunya4967 Și cum as putea mai mult creativ în situația asta? Am încercat sa trimit mailuri la firme care as putea avea surplus de laptopuri dar nu am primit nici un răspuns 😢
@@mukithasan9684 I guess it depends on the region you live
@@silviunebunya4967 I usually don't have that good luck with this sort of stuff 😂
Me: Please two more years, I still play War Thunder.
My Dell Inspiration 3537: Let me die.
Me with Dell Inspiron 3511 with a broken hinge, screen, audio jack, right click touchpad, and 3,000 pieces bezel: ☠
As long as it plays music and po*n it's NASA to me.
i had a dell latitude which was running windows xp with core 2 duo but the windows installation was screwed and i hammered it. that thing was bulletproof too
@@rickianlive mail in repair time?
The 3537-s 3737-s 5537-s and 5737, are extremely reliable machines. Some of the best dell has ever made. Even with heavy use they can last a decade with no issues. Clean the paste and keep using it. It even has great linux support.
We need more repair shop like this, hope my country have a repair shop like u guys. It's hard to get an honest repair here❤
dude same!
3:18 the five stars at the top right of the sceen got me cracking😂
As someone who lives in NYC, I have stuff delivered to my work's address if it's small enough.
I don’t blame you
One thing I've noticed watching Salem Techsperts and Rich Rebuilds videos, bodies decompose fast as fcuk in Massachusetts..
people in complexes steal some crazy stuff … recently, a guy stole a couch ~ yes, an entire couch from an apt lobby !!
I lol’d and now I feel bad
@@SalemTechsperts
a btw : when I said ‘make me a mod’ on Friday’s stream, I wasn’t being a jerk-off …
just knew you couldn’t do anything from your end, and was thinking about kyboshing the spam … carry on ~ & watch those tourists ! 🤨
No need to feel bad, its funny. @@SalemTechsperts
How tf do you steal a couch
@@Imhim918
it was from Amazon, so I’m guessing it wasn’t top quality …
I’ve never bought a couch labeled ‘some assembly required’ , tho’
You are the greatest man that has ever lived, helping out a customer like that is a big boss move!
Kudos on you man!
That add break was so perfect. "How much is it?" Cuts to Obama " 5$ is all it takes..."
Don't judge me, i have a fever.
Hahahah that’s actually perfect
This is the first youtube video I've watched of yours after viewing so many of your shorts, I just had to give it a try after seeing your short on this. Not onky are you The Best Technician That's Ever Lived, but you've definitely put a smile back on the customer's face guaranteed. Great work Andy, keep it up!
I really do appreciate your business practices
Everytime Lupe dies he revives inside the shop, like its his checkpoint or something 😂😂
Thanks for being a nice an honest person,, the world needs more like you.
Holy crap thank you so much 😭 I’ll make sure to put this towards the next person in need
Repair instructions unclear, I let my laptop get stolen and lost track.
Watching all the way from Australia here and I wish we had a repair shop here like yours
Same here. I'm also watching from Aus and wishing for a repair shop near me like this. 💯
Paul Daniels works and lives in your country and is a top repair fella for laptops, especially Apple stuff. I'm sure you could find out more about his repair business by looking online.
This is the GREATEST VIDEO ever made. I swear, that bit at the start in the office and casually slipping that PC case into your bag.
You guys slay
the greatest video that's ever lived
From across the pond, in the UK, thank you. The world needs more Techsperts like you. No one I've watched goes above and beyond like yourself. Not only that, you show a side to the busines that no-one likes to show, nor accept. I hate to admit watching your videos whilst drinking takes the pain away from my own job as an IT tech but it really does. Thank you! :)
P.S. I'll be a supporter before long. Keep up the good work (and pray I can get my finances under control and strop buying broken/old tech)!!!!
This is a rocking laptop, sure the guy is going to absolutely cook anything they need to do on it.
The most generous technician to ever live.
Awesome customer service right there 👍 love to see it.
"I won the Gulag" Just too funny
brother you are incredible . the fact that you go so out of your way to help someone in a shitty situation is something i can learn as well
The attitude of putting things on a credit card and working hard to pay it off has been with me culturally growing up. I was lucky to make sure that I had the money every time and never went into debt, never had to pay interest. I'm moving soon and having to eat into my savings a little bit, which is scary. Maybe if your store ships to Canada I might get a refurbished laptop from you guys!
You truly are the greatest technician that ever lived, my repair shop GOAT
that tbw info from crystal mark is such a good info! never knew thats how you know if its still good or not... thank you man!
small correction: the GPU failure was in that the silicon die disconnected from the rest of the chip
I KNEW someone would correct me on that as I was saying it, you can see my hesitation 😂
@@SalemTechspertsthat's okay man, everyone got it wrong back then
My oven didn’t care what failed it just knew 15 minutes at 350 would fix it long enough to get me through the next week 😂
The sweetest technician that's ever lived ❤
In general, no, this wasn't your fault. But good helping the customer, because they didn't deserve that, nor did anyone else who had their shit stolen from the lobby that day. The person who should be paying for that is the apartment complex that let that happen. You should send them the bill for the laptop.
It is not a stretch to say that you are a diamond in a sea of plastic with the fine work that you're doing for the community and the passion that you exude. You truly are the greatest Technician that's ever lived
The nicest technician that ever lived
7:49 I really hope you left that on there lol
I did
That scooter driver should be hired by redbull 😂
honestly man mad respect to you because i had an old thinkpad a few years ago and it had several issues one of which was a overheating issue and while i wanted to fix it early i brought it to a few tech repair places just for it to get mutilated and come back in legit scraps. if i could trust my local repair shops the way i trust you (because i see your process isnt a scam) i would be happy to buy something used and upgradable.
I hope this helps❤.
Thank you Mustafa!! It definitely helps! You are 👏
W War Thunder for continuously giving you money for sponsors lmao
You're a great guy man. I hope everything goes well for you and that this channel continues to grow and you can keep helping people and providing an honest and reputable service fixing PCs!
This is why it is a good advice for you to remove your harddisk, SSD or M.2 out of your device before send it to any repair service via mail or walk-in. Or at least backup to other storage then wipe data if you still can do it on the device by yourself.
But since most people did not know this. Even some people who want to do it but their device is too complicate/fragile to do or do not want to risk any damage to the device by themselves, it still a risk like this happen to anyone.
If not possible to get data out or move to somewhere, try walk-in at any nearby reputable or trusted repair shop may help prevent this problem. Avoid mail-in if possible unless you have no choice or tried all options left only this as last resort to do (you can purchase delivery insurance for peace of mind at least).
Hey it's me again, the guy who watches your sponsorship portion without speeding up/skipping to help you out financially on my end. Love your stuff, keep em coming!
Big respect to small businesses who do right by the little guy. ❤️ It's a huge gesture when your margins are thin.
Thanks for the tip. Also love this channel.
I love the fact that you appreciate your viewers , you're so humble and you hustle trust me❤
thief got a hinge problem
Local repair tech here Houston Texas. Since I started in January I've watched 2 repair shops close down. My old man has 40 years of experience but had no clue how to modernize. Updated the computers we sold from 9020s, to recent enough 3060s, and increased the price we went the route of less customers but more money. No fake reviews here 🗣️. I keep telling the old man he needs to make a TH-cam cuz unironcoally computer repair shit always pops off
Because of.you i enjoy cleaning and repairing my own computer and laptop, and also saving money for repair, i even use your suggestion in buying old stuff but worthy to save money its so good that if you pick the right stuff that you wanna and its a 2nd it will last almost forever it depends on your usage. Just like what you said im using your technique in everything it is reliable and efficient thank you for that i hope your bussiness will continue 😊😊
Man, I love this channel
Gonna yap my story a lil bit
My sister was looking to buy a laptop about this time last year and she asked me about some listings on laptops.
She didn't exactly tell me what she wanted it for, so I just chose the sturdiest affordable laptop that was there (Dell precision 3520 for about 500 usd) and it pushed me into the life of searching business grade laptops (around the same time I started to watch salem).
Since she didn't really used it that much, she decided to give it to me since I was going to need it for school (I had a Lenovo Ideapad s145 and it just wouldn't cut it for my area (civil construction)) and it's just perfect. I did however noticed that the temps were getting pretty high so asked an expirienced friend for help and changed the thermal paste, but turned out that this specific model has a problem of overheating so that didn't really change much. But while we had it opened up, we noticed that the chipset didn't have any thermal padding so that just might fix things a little bit (still don't have money to but it though), but overall, I don't have any complaints about the laptop. Love it.
Nowadays I go around recommending my family to go for used good condition laptops instead of the shop laptops since the price difference is actually insane (a decently speced laptop can sell for 450-600 usd on retail when in shops the same laptop is 1200 usd, which I find absurd but do understand the pros and cons).
All of that is just to say buy used business laptops people, it actually is worthwhile, and most of the time it just needs a bit of repairs and maintenance but nothing drastic so it's a good purchase!
Anyways that's what I had to say, this comment prolly wont get noticed but at least I try to put the word out there.
If you read this much thank you for your time and have a great day!
Thanks for wisdom for being a good and loyal technician Mr.SalemTech Godbless to your repair shop 😁
God tier that WT sponsored you, bless Gaijin and your content friend, love your videos and the goals you have! Greetings from Alaska :)
2:03 nice spot! thanks for keeping it in the video
15:11
I thought you gonna throw up a hairball 😂
My throat just decided it had enough 😂
I agree, a good local PC repair shops are the best. I got my Dell Precision from that shop and at a later date I asked them to upgrade ram and change HD for SSD. When they changed it they even cloned windows to new drive for free (I paid first for just upgrade and forgot to mention clonning at first, and I was willing to pay extra for this because i was not sure if I can do it myself).
And i must say, its so good laptop I am still using it 3 years later with no repairs in meantime. (I just wonder if i should change thermal paste after all this time because sometimes it does get hot).
Edit: I actually tested it with cinnenbench 23 and it got 4300 score in multi core which is its normal performance and warmed up only to 82C, so it only feels hot for my knees when I use it on my bed for last 3 years.
Loool Lupe 24:57 ?? "Redguard153 my uuuhh... Yes, my fellow African" 😂😂😂
Thanks! you are truly greatest technician that ever lived
Love seeing your long form videos! And you're kinda an inspiration to me as i enjoy building PCs and/or working on them whenever i'm called on to help and I'm working on giving my used Panasonic Toughbook CF-54 a few hardware upgrades. Have you ever worked on a Toughbook laptop, btw??? Anyways, thanks for being The Greatest Technician Thats Ever Lived and keep being awesome!
Your message hits home with me. And what you did for your client goes above and beyond. Kudos to you.
I've been buying used computers for years. And I don't think I've ever bought a laptop new. I also refurbish machines for friends and locals who can't afford it and need a cheap computer to just get online and connect with family. I'll swap out the hard drive for an SSD and sell it to the end user for pretty much what I paid for it. If the computer was given to me for free, the cost to end user is only about $40. Would I ever get into computer repair as a career? Probably not. I'll keep the noodling around with them in the basement an enjoyable hobby.
I got a refurbished T490 about half a year ago. Did exactly what you said. Just IGPU in a 8th gen I5, quadcore with up to 4.1Ghz, i think 8520U or something, 16 gigs of soldered RAM,with an available slot for upgrading. Plenty for what i do (some programming, office use, TH-cam and playing Pokémon Reborn and other fangames) . Upgraded the NVMe to a 1TB one and repasted it.
Total, was like 400€, and i happened to start interning in the shop i did it, so data backup and OS installation was free 🤪😂. Also loved how simple it was to do the repaste. The Asus K55VM (third gen I7, GTX 630M dGPU) i had before was a pain to repaste.
Thinking of getting an heatsink from a dGPU model so that the temps are better and don't have to run the fans all the time.
I'm sure your customer appreciates what you've done here (I hope). To be giving them something that is not only significantly better than what they had, but also coming out of your bottom line is incredible. I know I appreciate seeing the work you do because not only is it amazing to see your quality of work, but it has also helped me as well.
I am way more thorough with my PC and laptop now when it comes to maintaining them and cleaning out all the swamp gooch. The amount of gooch that had built up in some of the parts would make The Gooch Collector proud.
Business isn't always good, we had 1/5th of our dell latitude 3420 fail on us out of the box, even the 5420 and 7420 were completely bad from what we heard
That whole Gen was notoriously defective. I blame the chip shortage for all the defective tech made in 2021. GPU’s, laptops, TV’s, cars, we’re seeing them every day.
@@SalemTechsperts Are Latitude 5310's and 5310 2 in 1's (2020) defective too or not?
That crossover with Rich was top notch. Greatest crossover that's ever been filmed
16:40 "and mine" 😂
These very entertaining glimpses into a repair shop life are appreciated
Thank you!! I’m glad I can show you my world
ThinkPads (at least X13 and E14 series) get notoriously hot. Do NOT use these on your Lap to avoid burns.
"he going to hospital close enough" got me laughing my lungs out
This is the kind of shop that gains loyal customers and fans alike. Good job for going the extra mile. You didn't have to do what you did, but you probably have a customer for life!
I have learned so much with watching your videos. From shopping for specs to how I can repair parts that aren't a pain. You're doing more than just repairs, you're passing on that racoon like knowledge to use simple folk
Sorry to hear that, I hope you recover your customer laptop , I NYC has problem with theft
The ride you took to the recycling center was just amazing and hilarious 😂
You guys are making me deja vu. Bought exactly second hand business laptop on ebay. Still having support by the manufacturer. It had Win11 pro fresh installation, but I upgraded nvme with 4x the capacity and installed Linux. Since then it had also BIOS and TPM flashed, too. Working well. I bought it to experiment with Linux, first time. I didn't repaste this one but since this adventure I revamped my over 15 yo laptop and that one was repasted. Running like new, on Linux also. Feeling empowered.
Love how much you two play with the skeleton and you're in Salem.
2:24 the greatest horn to ever live
Bro insulted New York City..... ROSSMAN is gonna love this.....
😂
14:00 that's why I recognized the laptop you were working on, because as a business laptop, all of my teachers at school have it😂
It was very kind of you to help your customer with a good laptop.
Great choice. I got a Lenovo t580 a couple of years ago. I haven't looked back since.
See, this vid perfectly encapsulates why I’m subbed. You make this living on this rock suck less. Much love to ya 🖤
Sir, your sense of morality is commendable!! Thank you for setting a great example of how to be an excellent person!! Few people would bother to do that! :) You made my day!! :)
The Kindest Technician that has ever lived♥️
The Think Pads are really nice laptops for business use. I have a mid range MSI gaming laptop, Ill be lucky if it lasts 2 years, but I do try to take care of it. My boss has a 10+ year old ThinkPad, bought used, that he uses to operate a Pass Through device for reflashing automotive modules. That ThinkPad is indestructible. It gets beat around in his toolbox and under the hoods of cars and still works great. I do believe hardware limitations will cause him to have to upgrade at some point soon, but that Think Pad will still be working like new when he does.
The greatest humouristic technician that's ever lived 😂
+1 sub, you're amazing!!
I don't usually comment but I'm actually really glad i started watching you I've learned alot and it's help solidify my decision to grab a laptop from my local repair shop. Good to know I can help out
I will never not be subscribed to you because of your integrity. Keep it up man, you’re truly the greatest technician thats ever lived
Stolen in NYC? Whaaaaat, no way 😂
That does suck though.
Good on yah Gooch Destroyer 9000👍
NYC being a shit place, who would've thought!?
20:43 this is why I respect you man,
Plus you make me laugh
new sub here, first saw yall on tiktok. bro might be the kindest technician thats ever lived
I love that the Gooch Collector music is a real video I can find on youtube! Its such a great song!