Trying To FIX A SWITCH With DAMAGED USB-C Traces | Prior Repair Attempt

Can't win em all bud.......did you say at the beginning that you get hate mail? Seriously...... some people have got nowt better to do obviously
I'm trying to fix a diagnostic tool for my Citroen it's called diagbox but I'm a little out of my depth, but watching you trouble shoot is giving me some confidence to have another crack at it 😊

what thermal camera is that ?

I have no expertise in any of this, but could it be as simple as a bad battery?

Send it to Vince?

Looks like someone played around soldering on this thing and messed up quite a bit and you fixed it

I never thought I would say it's too big either. But I think we are talking about different things.

Hi StezStix, what kind of hot air tool brand are You using.

Little known fact... Texas is actually its own country with it's own philosophy on life that differs from the USA. That being said... GOD BLESS TEXAS! YEEEEHAAAA!!

Your videos are super entertaining. Keep up the great work. May I ask what video editing software you use? Best wishes

Dont think the hot air did anything to the usb plug... its more likely the fact its moving every time you touch it....
Did the original owner use a cheap crappy charger on it? They can do alot of damage when they let go....

You seem tobe using the continuity checker (buzzer) to diagnose a short circuit. I dont know your meter but typically the buzzer will operate across a few hundred Ohms, maybe even 1kOhm. When you get a buzz make sure to look at the meter to check you really have zero Ohms or something really close.

Hi Steve , I really enjoy your videos. I have never ever repaired anything electronic successfully. I wonder if you used an oscilloscope somewhere you might find the problem and repair it?

I have the same multimeter. The beeps make my dog go nuts. Thinks it’s her beeping collar

Good work well done for keep going

Well done darling. I love your process and intuition and you publish when it did not work out! That is pretty awesome.

I approved this video. Ref# Q67C

It’s so hard to work on anything without a schematic. I suppose they aren’t available for many consumer items these days.

Feel like there was too much soldier in the center of both of those chips. The first one had a blob squeeze out and feel like that might have shorted at the edges. I could be wrong but when i seen these done before with the correct amount of solder they essentially self centered by themselves but yours seem to float around and not center.

toasty

Always try holding the power button for 45 secs while it's plugged in before you do anything else, this causes a reset on the protection Circuit. I had to do this on several nintendo switches this make things not charge or turn on until you do this reset method.

I believe you roasted that usb-c connector... (haven't we all!)

northridgefix, sir! he has 1 million videos with this kind of repair

How does that even happen?

Btw, those Max chips go bad frequently, but the amperage makes me think it’s a bad CPU.

Bon boulot mec,
Même si ta pas réussi

Could i send my switch to you? Got a problem with the sd card reader i replaced it but it still not right i think it needs someone with a bit more experience

Far too much use of the word wow in this video

Thanks for these vids. I love that you show all the successes and frustrations. You inspired me to dust off my soldering iron and fix some gadgets around the house!!

Where do you get your microscope from looking good

Cool! I am here in Texas. The Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex area!

I'm really enjoy with this video thank you so much but man it's not worth it and took a lot of patience😢

Man, this is a perfect example of why solder mask shouldn''t be removed with a Dremel. A small scraper, used with a pulling motion, will not only do a better job (as it provides flat contact along the edge's entire width, compared to the point contact of a rotating bit), but is far more controllable, both in terms of less aggressive material removal AND it not trying to 'walk' on you.

Use the wrong too, get unsatisfactory results.

Love this content and your approach is amazing, can’t believe I watched a whole video this long, I became so invested😊 did you ever get it fixed ?

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I enjoy your videos. They are educational and also make me smile 😊. I wish I hadn't thrown away my electric music keyboard before finding your videos. ☹️

Other dude trying to fix it I bet shorted that cpu out. This is why I hate working in things are others that try that don't know what they doing. They just cause a big headache for us. Should charge extra for it too

He said wow when he saw the balls.. LUL

I also had a switch like that. I identified liquid damage on it from the get go and a fried CPU. I did similiar to you and worked on it as a testing and learning board I guess. It had a very similar situation to yours. Great Effort!

I love the light hearted content of these fixit vids. You make the end users experience fun and we are rooting for you to persist. Keep up the good work and keep em coming Steve!

i thought i saw 2nd layer damage under the usb-c port ?

Great effort! Needs redubbing to fix the reference to anything 'solid' though!

Keep at it. Your soldering needs a bit of work. But keep practising and you will get better at it in time. Clean up your flux, dont use sharp pointy objects to point(you litterally wrote on chips/components). Cover up the components around the chip you are working on, that way they dont blow away. Dont use that much of a airflow. Tornado not needed. 1st chip has most likely solder bridge under the chip, 2nd is on crooked, one pin off.

why am I so entertained by someone trying to repair small electronics?.... 45 min of nothing? hell yea!

Is there a follow up vid to this one Steve?

Update??

Fan mail time...uggg blurred, 😂