This is the most extreme fix i've seen in your channel, how did you manage to know that adding this resistor would fix the problem!! I really enjoy this masterpiece of efforts 👌
Wow ... how important it is to have the product layout. How much easier your job is. I can't get enough of forgetting what you post ...... I wish you good health from Romania.
Hope you have a great time with your family! I wanted to say that I LOVE how you get happy when you repair boards. I do the same stuff on car ECU's and I always feel the same excitement when I repair things. Great to have you on youtube and as a fellow technician. Respect!
Iam a plasterer by trade but I find watching you fixing electronic so complete I got no skills but my heart say I must go in repairs can You advice a 50year-old guy always a pleasure to see your videos may your business go from strength to strength God bless
It's always great to see a paperweight come back to life. Looking back I wonder how many things I threw away that needed a tiny little resistor put back in place. Thanks for the content!
Alex, thank you for all your content, I have been following you for a while, a silent follower. I must thank you very much, iv learnt so much from you and have recently repaired things for customers I would previously never have dreamt of, micro soldering repairs such as flex cable trace repair, remote control fob repair. Your content is amazing and extremely useful to people like us. Thank you again and please keep it up.
I always watch your videos in my “Morning Routine”, which is around 3:00 PM here, and missed your videos last week. As I’m watching it on my Smart TV I can’t see or write comments so I was unaware about your holiday. Sounds like you had a great time with your family and you’ve deserved it. I even think your holiday should be longer for all your hard work, but that will only the workload and stress as the “Mail-inn’s” keep piling up. Glad to have you back though though!
Most important thing in this world is family. We are lucky if we are spending some time with family in between hectic schedule. This is the video i was waiting for a long. Great work and very knowledgeable. Thanks
Alex I always enjoy you videos. I was able to for your logic to find the problem, however in this case is not clear why you had to add an extra 100K resistor to enable the SSD power. I understand what it does, but was the cause of the problem?. Surely the 100K resistor did not run away by its own!.Why did it stop working? Thanks and keep doing what you do
''something'' is pulling down the 3.3V SSD_Enable rail to 0.5-0.2V now Alex notices there is a second path for 3.3V SSD_Enable and opened the gate of this closed path by adding the 100K resistor. no the 100k was never there before, and your confusion comes from the fact that alex didn't "Fix'' the problem ofthe first path he instead forced 3.3_enable signal onto an other path
I don't understand the problem or the solution. I guess he's saying that the resistor was damaged in some way but don't we EXPECT a voltage drop across a resistor? Additionally, was the added resistor placed in parallel or in series with the allegedly damaged one? I suppose knowing what voltage level to expect for a valid enable signal helps....
It was a nice logical chase for the problem, but indeed, if the resistor was good it seems to me it would still not work, maybe a trace problem... Anyway, it worked, and the valuable information here is the logical thinking.
Haha, this is what repair is all about. the troubleshooting part got me into repair. I understand plenty were a bit disoriented by what's going on, rewatch the video and pause to understand the thought process of fault-finding. now when it comes to the repair: something is pulling down the 3.3V SSD_Enable rail to 0.5-0.2V now Alex notices there is a second path for 3.3V SSD_Enable and opened the gate of this closed path by adding the 100K resistor
@@Trading_sos same source not same line. The best way to understand what's going on is to download schematics and boardview software it's freely available on the internet Good luck.
@@mohsentabouna6401 hello, am fairly new on the channel and am having problems obtaining schematics and board diagrams for mostly apple laptops, can you pls help me with a link or website where I can get both. Thanks in advance.
This one was tricky. The way you narrowed down the issue was just pleasant to watch. Can't even imagine diagnosing this without a schematic. All the love from Turkey.
as I mentioned before, same source voltage (3.3v), not the same line ( different states ). The best way to understand what's going on is to download schematics and board view software it's freely available on the internet Good luck.
It is because these two resistors (actually one resistor and other is a placeholder) use different 3.3 V to power SSD drive. You can find the schematics easily, just type 820-00165. Originally, on the motherboard was only R1696, and it used 3V3_S3 (3.3V in S3 state) to power SSD. R1620, which was omitted is supposed to use 3V3_S0 (3.3 V from S0 state). When Alex soldered R1620 on the board, this resistor provided 3.3V to power SSD but from S0 (working state of the laptop). So, the primary fault was not "large enough" to catch the source PP3V3_S0 (or better, this fault didn't prevent laptop to enter S0 state).
I was about to call the store today to make sure you were ok lol. I know I don't know you, but your videos have been a huge inspiration for me. For that, I thank you kindly.
Welcome back! We glad you had a nice time with your Family. We missed your videos, but you need to take time and relax! We appreciate all the hard work and intuitive videos what makes changes in our life!
Welcome back. This video is a lot different to the videos you mostly upload. I love it when we learn using schematic to diagnose because sometimes that's the only way we can fix and yet I am seeing dislikes. I wonder what people wanna see on these videos.
Welcome back! I was not aware that you're on vacation and just called this morning 9:00 AM to ask are you OK.. Announcement said working hours are starting at 11:00 AM then after a while I saw this video. Glad to see you back.....
Welcome back. Coming back to work after a vacation is always hard but getting that first fix is always making the work worth it. I always feel good when I fix something that was quite daunting, but the relief and satisfaction of the success always move me forward
I’m struggling to fix a MacBook black 2007, that’s insane what a resistor could do.... I trying to understand the schematics and yours videos are helping a lot!!!!
Ohhh alex i am happy, you are back. Hope you and your family had a lot of fun and everybody is healthy. You needed this, time with kids and family, recharge your batteries, relax and enjoy….everybody needs a break from life. and now back to work. There so much to do…really nice that you are back. I missed your excellent work and your explainings. Thx for that video, it was a very good one.
Welcome back Alex! I was beginning to wonder if everything was ok. It didn't occur to me to check the community tab until you mentioned it here lol. Glad you and the family had a good time. It's been a while since we last visited Legoland but will again if we ever get any grandkids.
Welcome back Alex! Glad to hear you had a great time with your family. I’m happy to see your uploads again and would wish you the best of luck managing your time to work on all the new devices that were mailed in.
Glad you had a good break Alex. I used to worry all the time about taking time off when starting my support business, was worried about every potential new customer I may have missed and they gone elsewhere. Now I don't worry, I actually have the next 2 weeks off, most customers are happy to wait until come back and understand. Only this week a customer bought a laptop to me and the next day he dropped down dead! It reminds me that my son is always number one over everything, I have food and a roof over our heads so while I enjoy work, it is not all there is to life. Enjoy time while you can
I am very glad you enjoyed your time off. Of course there is a lot of work in the queue now that a couple of days passed. I wish for you that the vast majority of those inquiries are easy fixes that only take a couple of minutes. Of course I might be wrong, but still am hopeful.
I hope you and your family enjoyed your trip. Nice and great job done. That's the advantage in having all the data about a device. Together with your knowledge and experience it's possible to do some magic.
It's very instructive to follow you Alex but I don't understand how did you arrive to this conclusion : adding a resistor where it was empty "by default" (so it was engineered this way to be working) fixing the issue when the other resistor appears to be working correctly... how did... what? lol And how did you arrive to a value of 100kΩ?! Just because they are in parallel so better add the same resistor and change the value to 50kΩ in the circuit that was not designed this way? And still it's working xD I can't believe it but it's very satisfying!!! I'm from Montreal and I'd like one day to have my own repair shop also. Thank you and continue your marvelous work! And great gear overthere switching camera views hehe
Welcome back! I've just seen this new video when i was starting to serving the first's *mates* (argentinian/south american infusion), the perfect time to watch to you in my free time!. Greetings from Argentina!
it is nice you are back and you enjoyed your holiday. Fantastic work Alex , I didn't think you could add resistor and fixed that way. I would never come up wit this solution. Regards out belgium
Family time is always important in life and in a relationship and good health. glad to see you back Alex, hope you and the family had a blast and good memories that will never forget. ;) wish you all the best to the next vacation to come in due time.
You work very hard Alex taking time off must be very difficult for you especially when you know what you're going to come back too but you have to find time for yourself and your family money and work are not everything am glad to see you back though I did miss the uploads .
I m from India I like your repairing video and addicted that I love micro electronics and your smile when job it done thanks for better experience for micro electronics
Welcome back. hope you have rewarded yourself well and enjoyed time with family, you deserve a lot after a long work and sharing your knowledge with us.
Welcome back Alex. In this video a couldn't understand clearly what was the problem and what component cause the voltage drop. Anyway, great fix again.
I always enjoy the smile after a repair. Everything is awesome!
I know right!
Like him customer
Super sir
totalmente de acuerdo, la sonrisa al acabar las reparaciones es el resumen del trabajo duro bien hecho
Ja dem kann ich nur zustimmen. Immer perfekte Arbeit 👍 💪🏼
This is the most extreme fix i've seen in your channel, how did you manage to know that adding this resistor would fix the problem!! I really enjoy this masterpiece of efforts 👌
Family is so important. Ive been away with my fam now for almost 7 mos to work overseas. All our hardworks is for our family’s future
I love seeing the delight on your face when you find a simple answer to what could potentially have been a complex problem for anyone else.
You needed that time off, you work hard and deserve it.
yip, he really deserves it
Facts
Wow ... how important it is to have the product layout. How much easier your job is. I can't get enough of forgetting what you post ...... I wish you good health from Romania.
Hope you have a great time with your family! I wanted to say that I LOVE how you get happy when you repair boards. I do the same stuff on car ECU's and I always feel the same excitement when I repair things. Great to have you on youtube and as a fellow technician. Respect!
Iam a plasterer by trade but I find watching you fixing electronic so complete I got no skills but my heart say I must go in repairs can You advice a 50year-old guy always a pleasure to see your videos may your business go from strength to strength God bless
It's always great to see a paperweight come back to life. Looking back I wonder how many things I threw away that needed a tiny little resistor put back in place.
Thanks for the content!
Nice to see you back. I following you from Glasgow, Scotland. Though this is not my profession but I love fixing things.
Alex, thank you for all your content, I have been following you for a while, a silent follower. I must thank you very much, iv learnt so much from you and have recently repaired things for customers I would previously never have dreamt of, micro soldering repairs such as flex cable trace repair, remote control fob repair. Your content is amazing and extremely useful to people like us. Thank you again and please keep it up.
I always watch your videos in my “Morning Routine”, which is around 3:00 PM here, and missed your videos last week. As I’m watching it on my Smart TV I can’t see or write comments so I was unaware about your holiday. Sounds like you had a great time with your family and you’ve deserved it. I even think your holiday should be longer for all your hard work, but that will only the workload and stress as the “Mail-inn’s” keep piling up.
Glad to have you back though though!
it always amazes me how adding or removing 1 resistor fixes almost all the problems
What a great way of troubleshooting the issue...no other repair shop will do such kind of troubleshooting...hats off to you
One of the best repairs from you, I love how much knowledge you need to fix Macbooks.
Most important thing in this world is family. We are lucky if we are spending some time with family in between hectic schedule. This is the video i was waiting for a long. Great work and very knowledgeable. Thanks
Alex I always enjoy you videos. I was able to for your logic to find the problem, however in this case is not clear why you had to add an extra 100K resistor to enable the SSD power. I understand what it does, but was the cause of the problem?. Surely the 100K resistor did not run away by its own!.Why did it stop working?
Thanks and keep doing what you do
''something'' is pulling down the 3.3V SSD_Enable rail to 0.5-0.2V
now Alex notices there is a second path for 3.3V SSD_Enable and opened the gate of this closed path by adding the 100K resistor.
no the 100k was never there before, and your confusion comes from the fact that alex didn't "Fix'' the problem ofthe first path he instead forced 3.3_enable signal onto an other path
I don't understand the problem or the solution. I guess he's saying that the resistor was damaged in some way but don't we EXPECT a voltage drop across a resistor? Additionally, was the added resistor placed in parallel or in series with the allegedly damaged one? I suppose knowing what voltage level to expect for a valid enable signal helps....
He "stole" the 3.3v needed to activate the chip that send 3.3v to the ssd, I'm not sure about it maybe someone expert can explain that better
@@antbuch8699 the other 100k resistor was not damaged: he measured an was within tolerance
It was a nice logical chase for the problem, but indeed, if the resistor was good it seems to me it would still not work, maybe a trace problem... Anyway, it worked, and the valuable information here is the logical thinking.
Welcome back. Hope you enjoyed your holiday. We all need a break now and then when we work for our selves.
Haha, this is what repair is all about.
the troubleshooting part got me into repair.
I understand plenty were a bit disoriented by what's going on, rewatch the video and pause to understand the thought process of fault-finding.
now when it comes to the repair:
something is pulling down the 3.3V SSD_Enable rail to 0.5-0.2V
now Alex notices there is a second path for 3.3V SSD_Enable and opened the gate of this closed path by adding the 100K resistor
Im confused. Isn't it the same line. Current will follow the path with lower resistance anyway.
@@Trading_sos same source not same line.
The best way to understand what's going on is to download schematics and boardview software it's freely available on the internet
Good luck.
@@mohsentabouna6401 Thank you Sir. Looking forward to learn more.
@@mohsentabouna6401 hello, am fairly new on the channel and am having problems obtaining schematics and board diagrams for mostly apple laptops, can you pls help me with a link or website where I can get both. Thanks in advance.
Great to have you back Alex, I was having withdrawal symptoms, which is not good
part of me wishes I had a job like this. it seems very rewarding
I'm in the same field... It is both rewarding as well as a bad headache
When u pray for rain u also have to deal with the mud.
@@idreess007 nice one
@@idreess007 rightly said
@@idreess007 sure beats cold hard machine work IMO
This one was tricky. The way you narrowed down the issue was just pleasant to watch. Can't even imagine diagnosing this without a schematic. All the love from Turkey.
Welcome back Alex.
Why the output of 2nd resistor is not being pulled down by the primary fault?
seems like both paths to 3.3v on ssd are not same
as I mentioned before,
same source voltage (3.3v), not the same line ( different states ).
The best way to understand what's going on is to download schematics and board view software it's freely available on the internet
Good luck.
It is because these two resistors (actually one resistor and other is a placeholder) use different 3.3 V to power SSD drive. You can find the schematics easily, just type 820-00165. Originally, on the motherboard was only R1696, and it used 3V3_S3 (3.3V in S3 state) to power SSD. R1620, which was omitted is supposed to use 3V3_S0 (3.3 V from S0 state). When Alex soldered R1620 on the board, this resistor provided 3.3V to power SSD but from S0 (working state of the laptop). So, the primary fault was not "large enough" to catch the source PP3V3_S0 (or better, this fault didn't prevent laptop to enter S0 state).
@@asv5769 but will it continue to deteriorate and cause a second failure?
@@tschupbach most likely not. If S0 fails, the laptop would not boot anymore.
I was about to call the store today to make sure you were ok lol. I know I don't know you, but your videos have been a huge inspiration for me. For that, I thank you kindly.
Hope you had a nice time with the family. And its good to see you back can not wait to see more from you.
In those videos worth for me only 1 thing to see Your smile and happiness once the job is done, I always wait for this moment......Makes me so happy!
Welcome back! We glad you had a nice time with your Family.
We missed your videos, but you need to take time and relax!
We appreciate all the hard work and intuitive videos what makes changes in our life!
Welcome Back Alex, its good to take time off with Family . am sure you came back re-energized ,great video!!!
Welcome back. This video is a lot different to the videos you mostly upload. I love it when we learn using schematic to diagnose because sometimes that's the only way we can fix and yet I am seeing dislikes. I wonder what people wanna see on these videos.
All your videos are amazing and the way you work is amazing. I follow all your videos and learn every day.🇩🇿🇩🇿
Hai hello sir.Iam a tv technician.There's a lot to learn from you sir.good job.keep smiling
Welcome back! I was not aware that you're on vacation and just called this morning 9:00 AM to ask are you OK.. Announcement said working hours are starting at 11:00 AM then after a while I saw this video. Glad to see you back.....
Welcome back. Coming back to work after a vacation is always hard but getting that first fix is always making the work worth it. I always feel good when I fix something that was quite daunting, but the relief and satisfaction of the success always move me forward
I’ve been trying to stay more positive like you always do. I gotta tell you, I am feeling better every day.
Guess you done this type of thing a million times, good to see it still makes you smile when you win. 😊
I’m struggling to fix a MacBook black 2007, that’s insane what a resistor could do.... I trying to understand the schematics and yours videos are helping a lot!!!!
Great to see you back on the job Alex. Hope you all had a great vacation. Thank you for another great video.
Hope you enjoyed your vacation with your family.Good to be back 👋🏻
Welcome back sir, I hope you had a wonderful moment with the kids
Searched your videos everyday. I didnt saw your msg. Great to see you again. Need videos every day😎
welcome back sensei Alex...... you were missed, glad you had a great time with the family. 👍🏼
Welcome back. I hope you relaxed a little bit from all the hard work you do.
Hope you and the family enjoyed your holiday. Videos as always better than factory.
Good to see you back Alex, short vacation better than nothing, now back to the battlefield. 😉👍
Ohhh alex i am happy, you are back. Hope you and your family had a lot of fun and everybody is healthy. You needed this, time with kids and family, recharge your batteries, relax and enjoy….everybody needs a break from life. and now back to work. There so much to do…really nice that you are back. I missed your excellent work and your explainings. Thx for that video, it was a very good one.
A man who spends time with his family 👪 is a real man
I always like your videos before I even watch because I know I'm going to learn something new, your a legend at what you do.
Great to see you back I wanted to visit you at logo land but lost two family members and just lost my mom sunday night !
glad you finally took a vacation. Welcome back Alex.
A well deserved welcome back Alex, let's get back to the good old lesson's.
Excellent thinking.
Welcome back Alex. It is good to be back after having wonderful off days. You should do that every 3 or 6 months.
Welcome back Alex, you deserved that time with your family. Awesome work as always!
Awesome to see you back. I hope the family enjoyed the vacation.
Welcome back Alex! Hope you had a good time
Welcome back to the daily grind. Glad you and the family got some well deserved time off together.
Welcome back Alex! I was beginning to wonder if everything was ok. It didn't occur to me to check the community tab until you mentioned it here lol. Glad you and the family had a good time. It's been a while since we last visited Legoland but will again if we ever get any grandkids.
Welcome back Alex! Glad to hear you had a great time with your family.
I’m happy to see your uploads again and would wish you the best of luck managing your time to work on all the new devices that were mailed in.
Great to have you back! Glad you got the time with your family.
Glad to see you back even happier to hear that you and your family had great time
Nice work Alex. Showing these videos shows that there is more than meets the eye with component level repairs.
This one leaved my head scratching but after some comments I think that I understand better know. Great job as always
Welcome back, happy to see you, i wish if you could explain more why you added an extra resistance thnx
Addicted to your video 📹
Every time i watch your videos i learned a lot of procedure nice man thumps up
Glad you had a good break Alex. I used to worry all the time about taking time off when starting my support business, was worried about every potential new customer I may have missed and they gone elsewhere. Now I don't worry, I actually have the next 2 weeks off, most customers are happy to wait until come back and understand. Only this week a customer bought a laptop to me and the next day he dropped down dead! It reminds me that my son is always number one over everything, I have food and a roof over our heads so while I enjoy work, it is not all there is to life. Enjoy time while you can
I am very glad you enjoyed your time off. Of course there is a lot of work in the queue now that a couple of days passed. I wish for you that the vast majority of those inquiries are easy fixes that only take a couple of minutes. Of course I might be wrong, but still am hopeful.
I hope you and your family enjoyed your trip.
Nice and great job done. That's the advantage in having all the data about a device. Together with your knowledge and experience it's possible to do some magic.
Sir how r u place can lm hlpay me
It's very instructive to follow you Alex but I don't understand how did you arrive to this conclusion : adding a resistor where it was empty "by default" (so it was engineered this way to be working) fixing the issue when the other resistor appears to be working correctly... how did... what? lol And how did you arrive to a value of 100kΩ?! Just because they are in parallel so better add the same resistor and change the value to 50kΩ in the circuit that was not designed this way? And still it's working xD I can't believe it but it's very satisfying!!! I'm from Montreal and I'd like one day to have my own repair shop also. Thank you and continue your marvelous work! And great gear overthere switching camera views hehe
i love how youre so happy that you fix things , shows you really love fixing things
Wow, the power of the schematic, well done.
I do hope Right To Repair catches on!
And welcome back
Welcome back! I've just seen this new video when i was starting to serving the first's *mates* (argentinian/south american infusion), the perfect time to watch to you in my free time!.
Greetings from Argentina!
I'm still not sure what the real problem was with the board... Good to see you again!
The manual solving many issues
Good job 👏
I missed you last week
absolutly brilliant work !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! if i lived near you id never be out of the shop , i love watching your vids !!!!!
Missed the Videos last Days. Good that u had a good time with ur Family
فنان ومبدع واسلوب علمي في العمل ماشاء الله
it is nice you are back and you enjoyed your holiday. Fantastic work Alex , I didn't think you could add resistor and fixed that way. I would never come up wit this solution. Regards out belgium
the feeling when you fix something and it works is good and i love it when i see the reaction on your face
Wonderful diagnostic with full energy after the holiday.
I'm a tech but this guy is my mentor through his videos
Good to have you back , how was your holidays..
Welcome back. Great step by step. You’re an amazing teacher
Family time is always important in life and in a relationship and good health. glad to see you back Alex, hope you and the family had a blast and good memories that will never forget. ;) wish you all the best to the next vacation to come in due time.
Glad you had fun, good to see you back!
Great to see you uploading now. Thanks. Glad you had a great time.
You work very hard Alex taking time off must be very difficult for you especially when you know what you're going to come back too but you have to find time for yourself and your family money and work are not everything am glad to see you back though I did miss the uploads .
Finally Alex is home. I was happy when i saw the notification. Great to see you again. Thank you and as always "better than factory" brother
I m from India I like your repairing video and addicted that I love micro electronics and your smile when job it done thanks for better experience for micro electronics
Family first. That's why I watch your channel. Excellent job!!
Nice to see that its not always the replacement of a faulty component but the addition of one that solves the problem.
Glad you enjoyed the getaway.
I wish I had more understanding about electronic components. Keep up the good job
Great to have you and your videos back I was bored without it also hope you had a good break.
Nice to see how you troubleshoot using schematics Alex. Wish I lived closer so I could come over for lessons!
Good to see you back. Hope you had tons of fun.... another amazing informative video...
Welcome back.
hope you have rewarded yourself well and enjoyed time with family, you deserve a lot after a long work and sharing your knowledge with us.
Welcome back bro,
I fixed my Seagate 2tb hdd board issue with ur help, thanks a lot.....
Good Job Sir. I like your videos a lot. Wish I have that kind of talent and intelligence of repairing.
Welcome back Alex! Glad to hear that you had a great time with the family. Awesome video thanks for lesson.
I'm frorm indian I watched every video sir u r great electrical Engineer I'm big fan and poor fan 🙏
Welcome back Alex. In this video a couldn't understand clearly what was the problem and what component cause the voltage drop. Anyway, great fix again.
Laptop is working because you are amazing. Greetings from Braga, Portugal. Thank you.