Step 0 for safe data recovery in Macbooks & Macs (in Australia) is to send to Paul Daniels c/o Charlton Towers, QLD. Another difficulty worth noting about this job is that it is hard to get 'known good' spare parts to swap in & swap out for diagnosing problems / "isolation testing" - because Apple products are just too expensive to have just waiting on hand for troubleshooting, and they don't use commonly available, standardised parts for operational redundancy (vital for anyone running a business).
I like the way you set up different info monitor screens (temp and your head shot) would like to see more of a 3/4 to full front view for the head shot. extremely captivating to see you facial expressions. I also really like to lack of a voice-over.
I don't tend to talk to myself much during the repair process when I'm not live-streaming :) In future though, I need to get a better audio source, even as general background noise, because it was a bit "dead" and I didn't want to overlay with music of any sort.
Great when i saw someone sharing this link on Discord i thought it will be a NO FIX. It’s great for two things : 1- The Client will learn to make backups 2- The board is functional again and the computer is not yet trash !
Nicely done! Seeing this makes me think that our collective ability to continue to repair electronic devices is likely limited to another 5-10 years. Back in the day I used to repair 386/486 motherboards… simple by today’s standards. Parts seem to be on the verge of being too small to manually manage. Perhaps it is just that my hands (and eyes) are starting to get a wee bit too old, but I can’t see electronic devices being anything close to serviceable in a decade. Then again, who the heck knows! :)
I remember in the early 90's people were greatly concerned with the advent of surface mount parts appearing that we'd lose the capacity to repair electronics; I believe that we've bottomed out now in the pad/pin densities that we see on the iPhone type components (01005 etc) but suspect that we'll just see more and more consolidated functionality going in to a single chip; so from that perspective, yes, we'll lose the ability to repair the inner realm of the chips understandably but hopefully we'll retain the ability to repace the chips - that said, a lot of those consolidated functionality chips need firmware and that's where things are likely to become more unstuck ( SMC, T2 etc ).
@@pldaniels very valid point. It may be we replace more and more “all encompassing” components rather than specific “single purpose” components. Still, worries me that there are less and less of us know what what a capacitor or resistor are for, vs what we had 20+ years ago. Enough ramblings from me! My best to Mrs D and he cats! Cheers Richard
Often ends up that way - can make it difficult if customers "find out" and then are all uppity over the cost of the job considering the part is worth less than a cent :|
I've done a few before, and I do like the style myself, but I wanted the audio levels to be a bit higher, my bad, didn't have the mic in the right area.
Hi, just came to say thanks for this great video. i bought a faulty mac mini m1 and went straight to the component you took off in this video and low and behold the exact same part had shorted on it, but on mine it also took out the one below it as well, so this is another clear case to me of apple using these components that fail on puropse. Also is there any way to find the value of the one's next to it to find out the value of the one's i removed or are they unlikely to be the same values? i plan on keeping mine so would like to fit new components. Anyway thanks again, made my repair even quicker.
Hi Paul, how much voltage & amps did you inject for this one? Working on similar, getting no heat spots (except cpu) w 1.5v 2.5 amps. Appreciate any help!
Unfortunately without boardviews or schematics we cannot know what the values ( capacitance and voltage ) are of the part, however, in most cases such as these the loss of this component does not sufficiently impact the overall operation of the machine to warrant replacement.
Left it without the cap. The PMIC setup was similar to other M1 machines but since I didn't have any boardview/schematic I didn't want to take the risk of installing an inappropriate cap size. Due to the small physical size of the cap relative to others existing on the same rails, it was a smaller gamble to just leave it off.
I wish it was more the norm to have a success as seen in this video. Too many times you encounter a dead end and you need those boardviews and schematics to guide you through the unseen.
Nice work with no files available there Paul. Well done
Kitty working in the garden, Paul working in the shop. Good repair, happy customer. Thanks for the video.😎
I must say, you made fast work out of that one. The Mini is a tricky one to fix. Excellent work!
Great stream and job Mr Daniels 👍
Silent movies are becoming popular again - yesterday Dave Jones, now you :)
Dave Jones going with ASMR is a strange thing; the man was born to hold the beacon of "Aussie" talk.
Step 0 for safe data recovery in Macbooks & Macs (in Australia) is to send to Paul Daniels c/o Charlton Towers, QLD.
Another difficulty worth noting about this job is that it is hard to get 'known good' spare parts to swap in & swap out for diagnosing problems / "isolation testing" - because Apple products are just too expensive to have just waiting on hand for troubleshooting, and they don't use commonly available, standardised parts for operational redundancy (vital for anyone running a business).
I like the way you set up different info monitor screens (temp and your head shot) would like to see more of a 3/4 to full front view for the head shot. extremely captivating to see you facial expressions. I also really like to lack of a voice-over.
Mr. Daniels,
I usually post these fast forward no voice videos as I have a crappy voice, but this time I was missing yours :)
I don't tend to talk to myself much during the repair process when I'm not live-streaming :)
In future though, I need to get a better audio source, even as general background noise, because it was a bit "dead" and I didn't want to overlay with music of any sort.
Great when i saw someone sharing this link on Discord i thought it will be a NO FIX.
It’s great for two things :
1- The Client will learn to make backups
2- The board is functional again and the computer is not yet trash !
Nicely done!
Seeing this makes me think that our collective ability to continue to repair electronic devices is likely limited to another 5-10 years. Back in the day I used to repair 386/486 motherboards… simple by today’s standards. Parts seem to be on the verge of being too small to manually manage. Perhaps it is just that my hands (and eyes) are starting to get a wee bit too old, but I can’t see electronic devices being anything close to serviceable in a decade.
Then again, who the heck knows! :)
I remember in the early 90's people were greatly concerned with the advent of surface mount parts appearing that we'd lose the capacity to repair electronics; I believe that we've bottomed out now in the pad/pin densities that we see on the iPhone type components (01005 etc) but suspect that we'll just see more and more consolidated functionality going in to a single chip; so from that perspective, yes, we'll lose the ability to repair the inner realm of the chips understandably but hopefully we'll retain the ability to repace the chips - that said, a lot of those consolidated functionality chips need firmware and that's where things are likely to become more unstuck ( SMC, T2 etc ).
@@pldaniels very valid point. It may be we replace more and more “all encompassing” components rather than specific “single purpose” components. Still, worries me that there are less and less of us know what what a capacitor or resistor are for, vs what we had 20+ years ago.
Enough ramblings from me! My best to Mrs D and he cats!
Cheers
Richard
Nice work getting it going
One sticking little capacitor wow
Often ends up that way - can make it difficult if customers "find out" and then are all uppity over the cost of the job considering the part is worth less than a cent :|
@@pldaniels It's definitely hard breaking the news to the customer that it's a couple cent part What time in experience pays off
Amazing stuff. Thanks!
great job
Hehehe, I did not expect an ASMR video from you Paul 😀😀😀😀😀
I've done a few before, and I do like the style myself, but I wanted the audio levels to be a bit higher, my bad, didn't have the mic in the right area.
Great video thanks 🙏
Hi, just came to say thanks for this great video. i bought a faulty mac mini m1 and went straight to the component you took off in this video and low and behold the exact same part had shorted on it, but on mine it also took out the one below it as well, so this is another clear case to me of apple using these components that fail on puropse. Also is there any way to find the value of the one's next to it to find out the value of the one's i removed or are they unlikely to be the same values? i plan on keeping mine so would like to fit new components. Anyway thanks again, made my repair even quicker.
I have Mac mini m1 device power on but not showing display any pictures
same, just Amber flashing light
Hi Paul, how much voltage & amps did you inject for this one? Working on similar, getting no heat spots (except cpu) w 1.5v 2.5 amps. Appreciate any help!
0.9V 1A I usually start at.
If the CPU is getting warm then it's likely the CPU is dead.
@@pldaniels Thanks Paul!
Doesnt the faulty part need replacing? Why was it needed in the first place if it works without it?
Unfortunately without boardviews or schematics we cannot know what the values ( capacitance and voltage ) are of the part, however, in most cases such as these the loss of this component does not sufficiently impact the overall operation of the machine to warrant replacement.
Tired of us pestering you in chat? :D
Nice work as always dude :)
Too many PCH-death doomsayers.
Nice job Paul! So, did you replaced the cap or leave it without a cap?
Left it without the cap. The PMIC setup was similar to other M1 machines but since I didn't have any boardview/schematic I didn't want to take the risk of installing an inappropriate cap size. Due to the small physical size of the cap relative to others existing on the same rails, it was a smaller gamble to just leave it off.
U are the man! Question, you just removed the cap, but didn't replace it?
Because it's an unknown uF size and voltage it is safer in this instance to not replace it.
8 min repair... money shot!!! :)
It uses CD3218s for USB-C mux?
Seems that way :(
Well that was easy ;) But then, thats what a pro does.
I wish it was more the norm to have a success as seen in this video. Too many times you encounter a dead end and you need those boardviews and schematics to guide you through the unseen.
Even their mac minis are built like trash? is this a common thing you see paul./ broken mac minis?
Dam crapacitor again!!.
I'm sure the manufacturers are making poor quality parts.