What you said in 14:44, I learned that the hard way. Soldering not melting to my hand getting burned, it turns out that my iron was 40W and my ceiling fan was too powerful to let it reach melting point. I had to replace it.
WEP sending you a free piece of equipment, no strings , shows a few very big things: 1 - they support your channel, if not directly, then by simply 'you have their approval' - that shows they have good taste. 2- they are extremely confident their product will work with your needs 3- they really want your professional feedback, as someone who uses products like theirs often. - nothing like using other products at around $200 US to fix a $1.5K+ product. (also love the random explosions, they make me chuckle) If I am ever in need of an airflow station - I will definately re watch this video and remember WEP
Your channel is such a breath of fresh air and some of the only content that puts my OCD brain at peace. I always learn something new unlike the majority of mindless content on youtube. I know this level of content isn't the sort of thing that everyone can properly appreciate and understand, but I am so deeply grateful that you continue to make it and wanted to say my most heart felt thank you! :)
❤❤️ 💙 Remember life's adventures are better with true friends and partners. Our distance is nothing but a space in time. I hope to get a Direct response from you soon enough, thanks. 💙❤️😊
I see your subs are now rocketing up faster than the temps on your new hot air station and deservedly so. This has now become my favourite repair channel. It's a combination of your skills, video production, clear explanations and magnetic personality. There are not many repair channels I've discovered with this particular winning combination so you'll now get your silver play button in no time now and then beyond. In fact I'd start working on a patreon channel if you don't already have one. :)
Making it look easy is a bad and good at the same time. The bad thing is that kids think they can do it as well. The good thing is that they deliver work for the techs :)
@@northwestrepair I know all to well. I do laptop boars since two years. If it's not a north ridge fix short, you're in for some heavy thinking sessions.
I know just enough about reballing chips to know that it can be a complete pain in the arse, even WITH the right tooling . The precision and [enhanced] speed and zoom that we get to watch you work in is absolutely amazing. And it doesn't matter if they're you're balls or someone else's, they're all someone else's balls to us ;)
I honestly have to ask myself why I like watching these GPU repair videos so much, but they are very entertaining to watch and really like the investigation part when trying to figure out the problem. Also, the music tie in is always well done.
Your old hot air station (with a blowing fan inside the gun) is suitable for mobile phone PCB repair and for soldering BGA balls when you reball it (because of the low air flow). It struggles to deliver the heat quickly on thick boards (leading to damages most of the times). But your new one is way better for reflowing the GPU because the air flow is stronger and it delivers the heat onto the PCB quickly.
I been following you for about 6 months now and every video you post up on RUclips are great. I appreciate you for your patience and knowledge in fixing all types of Graphics cards. Just your knowledge in general blows me away. Keep making these videos because they're so awesome to watch. Thumbs up
I love this level of production quality. Just enough information in the small text to get tons of information, good flow to the video, but not so overdone that things become cheesy
Awesome repair as always. Also appreciate you going over the hot air station and giving us a view of your equipment. I have same soldering iron and do think it proper but have similar off issues as you displayed with the hot air station.
❤️ 💙 Remember life's adventures are better with true friends and partners. Our distance is nothing but a space in time. I hope to get a Direct response from you soon enough, thanks. 💙❤️😊
You make me not totally sure (for a split of a second) that we are apes and the world would be better without us and we shall not reproduce. I'm starting in your profession, but man your level of knowledge and dexterity is GODLIKE. One thing I observed is that you have the same problem with noise like me (like every one who has high IQ) and to be able to concentrate and reduce noise you lock yourself up in a basement or something like that. Apes are noisy
Great fix! I recently sent my card to a big store in my country for repairs. I didn't have high hopes, and indeed, they couldn't fix it. Instead of admitting their inability, they tried to obfuscate the situation, making it sound like a mystery of technology that someone like me couldn't comprehend. They told me, 'You opened the card and droped the VRAM cooler. The VRAM was too hot, causing damage to the surrounding circuits.' (im opened the cars 8 month ago to replace dried paste, it work fine till recent, the thermal pad still there im not remove it, i dont know what other part is vram cooler outside of main heatsink that it contact to with pad) When I inquired about the possibility of repairing it, they once again resorted to vague technical language, instead of 'This card is broken too badly and cannot be repaired' they say 'This line of products cannot be repaired.' what line? try tell me that whole product line of some brand that somehow cant be repaired or what
I'm wanting to get into this. bit of a financial hit but i don't want to have to buy things a second time. Watched this to see what air station you use. First half of the video i'm look and rewinding, that's not a wep 993d but then, it comes into action. I guess that's a good air station to get. I was about to start buying and constructing your first station you improvised. Glad a watched this video. Thanks.
I do not pretend to understand one tenth of what you do but by gosh I do love watching you do it and I could watch you for hours on end. The delicacy and intricacy of surface mounted technology boggles my mind.
Well done and thanks for the perseverance, Alex would have given up, and added the card to donor supply with an attempt fee. Also like how you test your stuff, no cutting corners.
Not really a "comment" but just that I'm so IMPRESSED with the ability you have to keep your hands steady while you are working with really tiny objects! I thought I had steady hands but then again I'm not working with objects in the hundreds or even thousands of millimeters! Great job!
Man, this video shows your editing skills and effort is just getting even better. I like the text explaining what you are doing, I am sure newcomers will love it. Also very nice review, not forced, not hiding the small text, thumbs up from my part aswell.
❤️ 💙 Remember life's adventures are better with true friends and partners. Our distance is nothing but a space in time. I hope to get a Direct response from you soon enough, thanks. 💙❤️
You got the air station just in time. Looking at the base at 11:48, it seems like you could have unscrewed that U-shaped metal clip near the bottom of the base. It looks like that metal clip was what caused the tip to not sit properly. You can just remove the two screws shown in 11:52 of the video.
Your videos are very informative and I will say entertaining. Thank you for making them. I can't say I learn a lot but at least I have a limited understanding on how a video cards work.
❤ ❤️ 💙 Remember life's adventures are better with true friends and partners. Our distance is nothing but a space in time. I hope to get a Direct response from you soon enough, thanks. 💙❤️😊
❤️ 💙 Remember life's adventures are better with true friends and partners. Our distance is nothing but a space in time. I hope to get a Direct response from you soon enough, thanks. 💙❤️😊
I'm new to your channel dude and I'm loving your content. Totally blown away by your knowledge and skill, very impressive. Its just a shame I live in the UK as I'd have liked for you to check over my GPU. Keep the great work!
Why do you mix existing solder with leaded solder before using wick to siphon it out? /me knows nothing about soldering Also, it's really nice that you describe the steps in the video. Otherwise for uninitiated (like me) , you just do some things and I have no idea what.
I am new subscriber and appreciate your videos. Now the only question is since EVGA is gone. Which vendor generally uses the best construction. thanks.
Hi, this video was more intersting because it shows the working limit of your smd rework station. And you replace it with new rework station. But I also viewed a video of your pre-heater modification, you have added an infrared ceramic upper heater. You made it with lot of efforts. My question is that, why you are not using it? and why you are still using air flow upper heating method?
you should buy Atten-ST862D, the sophistication of this Atten series is that there is a button to turn off the heating element on the handle but not turn off the wind so that the heating element cools down, the wind can turn off automatically when the handle is placed on its base 👍
Nice one... for the corroded Soldering pads on the board you can always use an Fibreglass Eraser Pen. This will remove corrosion instantly without applying heat and wick :-)
those solder pads are almost microscopic in size, using a fiberglass pen will certainly cause more damage (rip pads and solder mask). Even using a solder wick aggressively can also cause damage.
"I don't trust another man's balls" ------northwestrepair--2023....sage advice Sir.
"I don't trust other man's balls."
Words to live by.
Trust no shifty balls.
It was just an excuse to "reball"!
The first explosion on the core scared me since I'm watching this video at 3 AM with headphones. lol.
What you said in 14:44, I learned that the hard way. Soldering not melting to my hand getting burned, it turns out that my iron was 40W and my ceiling fan was too powerful to let it reach melting point. I had to replace it.
WEP sending you a free piece of equipment, no strings , shows a few very big things:
1 - they support your channel, if not directly, then by simply 'you have their approval' - that shows they have good taste.
2- they are extremely confident their product will work with your needs
3- they really want your professional feedback, as someone who uses products like theirs often.
- nothing like using other products at around $200 US to fix a $1.5K+ product.
(also love the random explosions, they make me chuckle)
If I am ever in need of an airflow station - I will definately re watch this video and remember WEP
I suggest going for the Atten862D the clone of the more expensive Quick861DW.
Your channel is such a breath of fresh air and some of the only content that puts my OCD brain at peace. I always learn something new unlike the majority of mindless content on youtube. I know this level of content isn't the sort of thing that everyone can properly appreciate and understand, but I am so deeply grateful that you continue to make it and wanted to say my most heart felt thank you! :)
❤❤️ 💙 Remember life's adventures are better with true friends and partners. Our distance is nothing but a space in time. I hope to get a Direct response from you soon enough, thanks. 💙❤️😊
Hi dear, you know am wondering why am not really getting any response from you. Hope you doing good lately?
@@GRATIANHarcoltmaybe she's not into weirdos 😂
Or stalkers
I'm also quite ocd.
Those text explanations are a nice addition for new viewers not familiar with the process. Good idea!
You’re the most generous technician I’ve seen in my life❤️, other people want money to share this knowledge online!
i dont want money for knowledge. I received it for free but it took a long time so i do not share all my knowledge in one go.
The explosions are always worth a good laugh!
I see your subs are now rocketing up faster than the temps on your new hot air station and deservedly so. This has now become my favourite repair channel. It's a combination of your skills, video production, clear explanations and magnetic personality. There are not many repair channels I've discovered with this particular winning combination so you'll now get your silver play button in no time now and then beyond. In fact I'd start working on a patreon channel if you don't already have one. :)
Love that you describe your way of thinking through the troubleshooting process. Very interesting to see how you figure out what the problem is.
You make it look so damn easy.
Yep, looks easy but far from it aye 😂 I just replaced a micro USB port for a game and it was pretty tricky for my beginner level
Making it look easy is a bad and good at the same time. The bad thing is that kids think they can do it as well. The good thing is that they deliver work for the techs :)
Its not.
Its hours of work.
@@northwestrepair How long have you been repairing video cards?
@@northwestrepair I know all to well. I do laptop boars since two years. If it's not a north ridge fix short, you're in for some heavy thinking sessions.
As an embedded systems engineer, your skill and logic and trouble shooting astonished me bro, keep it up ❤❤
I use a WEP soldering station that I picked up on a whim on eBay because it was super cheap one day. I love it!!
well done sir :) your skill for repair is amazing
Thanks for adding the on screen comments describing what you are doing in the process of the repair. I think these are a great addition 👍👍
I know just enough about reballing chips to know that it can be a complete pain in the arse, even WITH the right tooling . The precision and [enhanced] speed and zoom that we get to watch you work in is absolutely amazing. And it doesn't matter if they're you're balls or someone else's, they're all someone else's balls to us ;)
I honestly have to ask myself why I like watching these GPU repair videos so much, but they are very entertaining to watch and really like the investigation part when trying to figure out the problem. Also, the music tie in is always well done.
Always love these videos even when Im not a technician! I hope I can get in this line of work. Please do not stop sharing your skills!
Your old hot air station (with a blowing fan inside the gun) is suitable for mobile phone PCB repair and for soldering BGA balls when you reball it (because of the low air flow).
It struggles to deliver the heat quickly on thick boards (leading to damages most of the times).
But your new one is way better for reflowing the GPU because the air flow is stronger and it delivers the heat onto the PCB quickly.
Exactly.
@@northwestrepairhi 👋
@@northwestrepair What brand do you think is making the best 4090s now that EVGA is gone?
@@northwestrepairwould a YIHUA 862BD+ be enough for this job?
or a 995D+ EVO
It was good to see your workbench setup and equipment at 10:02. Any chance you would do a short video to show it off in more detail?
Maybe.
I been following you for about 6 months now and every video you post up on RUclips are great. I appreciate you for your patience and knowledge in fixing all types of Graphics cards. Just your knowledge in general blows me away. Keep making these videos because they're so awesome to watch. Thumbs up
same time, totally agree
I love this level of production quality. Just enough information in the small text to get tons of information, good flow to the video, but not so overdone that things become cheesy
Yet another card saved from the landfill. Love your work. And I love your hotplate. Love from Norway. Love your work man. You are doing an awsome job.
Glad to see you grow this fast tony, congrats on the sponsor.
Awesome repair as always. Also appreciate you going over the hot air station and giving us a view of your equipment. I have same soldering iron and do think it proper but have similar off issues as you displayed with the hot air station.
❤️ 💙 Remember life's adventures are better with true friends and partners. Our distance is nothing but a space in time. I hope to get a Direct response from you soon enough, thanks. 💙❤️😊
I liked the text explanations you placed in there while doing the different steps.
You make me not totally sure (for a split of a second) that we are apes and the world would be better without us and we shall not reproduce. I'm starting in your profession, but man your level of knowledge and dexterity is GODLIKE. One thing I observed is that you have the same problem with noise like me (like every one who has high IQ) and to be able to concentrate and reduce noise you lock yourself up in a basement or something like that. Apes are noisy
Great fix! I recently sent my card to a big store in my country for repairs. I didn't have high hopes, and indeed, they couldn't fix it. Instead of admitting their inability, they tried to obfuscate the situation, making it sound like a mystery of technology that someone like me couldn't comprehend. They told me, 'You opened the card and droped the VRAM cooler. The VRAM was too hot, causing damage to the surrounding circuits.' (im opened the cars 8 month ago to replace dried paste, it work fine till recent, the thermal pad still there im not remove it, i dont know what other part is vram cooler outside of main heatsink that it contact to with pad) When I inquired about the possibility of repairing it, they once again resorted to vague technical language, instead of 'This card is broken too badly and cannot be repaired' they say 'This line of products cannot be repaired.' what line? try tell me that whole product line of some brand that somehow cant be repaired or what
i jumped everytime you did an explosion. You are a master at the surprise effect
I'm wanting to get into this. bit of a financial hit but i don't want to have to buy things a second time. Watched this to see what air station you use. First half of the video i'm look and rewinding, that's not a wep 993d but then, it comes into action. I guess that's a good air station to get. I was about to start buying and constructing your first station you improvised. Glad a watched this video. Thanks.
I do not pretend to understand one tenth of what you do but by gosh I do love watching you do it and I could watch you for hours on end.
The delicacy and intricacy of surface mounted technology boggles my mind.
Great repair!!!! Good job and thanks for sharing!
I really like the button on the handle. It’s very convenient when you need it.
I don’t own this one but they need to fix that handle problem with the auto shut off. The button just saved itself though in your case.
I agree.
I think a switch like with my old station would be a good solution.
Instead of this button, I'd like to see a simple rocker switch.
Well done and thanks for the perseverance, Alex would have given up, and added the card to donor supply with an attempt fee. Also like how you test your stuff, no cutting corners.
Congrats on the company reaching out!
Thanks for the description of operations you made during the video
Very entertaining and so educational. I sure like your music it goes perfectly with your work.
Great work as always man keep up the coolest vid card fixes . Love the work and vids you do bud keep it up !
I loved this video. Adding the text description was genius.
Impressive troubleshooting and patience my friend,well done.
Your always very thorough on d process of d repair.. Very informative indeed..
Not really a "comment" but just that I'm so IMPRESSED with the ability you have to keep your hands steady while you are working with really tiny objects! I thought I had steady hands but then again I'm not working with objects in the hundreds or even thousands of millimeters! Great job!
Man, this video shows your editing skills and effort is just getting even better. I like the text explaining what you are doing, I am sure newcomers will love it. Also very nice review, not forced, not hiding the small text, thumbs up from my part aswell.
❤️ 💙 Remember life's adventures are better with true friends and partners. Our distance is nothing but a space in time. I hope to get a Direct response from you soon enough, thanks. 💙❤️
You got the air station just in time. Looking at the base at 11:48, it seems like you could have unscrewed that U-shaped metal clip near the bottom of the base. It looks like that metal clip was what caused the tip to not sit properly. You can just remove the two screws shown in 11:52 of the video.
Kudos, for being so skilled and having so much knowledge, wish my soldering skills were even 20% of yours :)
You’re amazingly good with balls Tony.
Keep up the good work mate
Thank you for the upload.
Sorry mate. I just love watching you bust a gut over these things. Good score on the WEP too. You deserve it!
Yeah i am overdue for an upgrade.
You got lots of balls to fix that chip that way.
Nuttin but balls 😁
Those chips had some balls on them.
@@axi0matic😂 really 😊
About as entertaining as board level GPU repairs can get .. Thanks for the Video ;)
Your technical skills are unmatched! Fantastic job!
yooo I want a brand deal with WEP too 👀👀👀 XD awesome fix man, keep it up!
the new text overlays are nice!
what a very nice repair. TOP NOTCH ENGINEERING
I get goosebumps watching your channel.
Your videos are very informative and I will say entertaining.
Thank you for making them. I can't say I learn a lot but at least I have a limited understanding on how a video cards work.
Thank you for the great video. Amazing, you make it look so easy. Keep up the great work.
Great videos! I have a good basics of electronics and I am learning the proper usage of tools of both hardware and Software!
❤ ❤️ 💙 Remember life's adventures are better with true friends and partners. Our distance is nothing but a space in time. I hope to get a Direct response from you soon enough, thanks. 💙❤️😊
Have a blessed day and thanks for sharing 👍😊
Great work, really cool to see your expertise grow in every video
Very smart gentleman, I admire his work ethic and knowledge for real. Such great content 👍👍👍
Your videos really urges me to learn how to fix electronic components even though I have no idea on how to do it lol
❤️ 💙 Remember life's adventures are better with true friends and partners. Our distance is nothing but a space in time. I hope to get a Direct response from you soon enough, thanks. 💙❤️😊
Another Great Watch!!
Love these videos.. always give me a tickle to want to start doing it myself. But for now i won't
great video,great repair not sloppy and no constant going on about buying from their online store
We reaching for the stars with this one, great stuff
We close enough 😂
i don’t trust other men’s ball 😂😂😂 1:12
Usually I see large BGA station like a wardrobe, this is tiny! And it works!
Another excelent repair. Im wondering if i could mail myself for a memory replacement aswell. Too much weed during college... 😅
yet another gem of a video !
Did PNY refuse to fix this?
Edit: oh yeah with three memory chip like that you can't blame the manufacturer.
yeah
@@GRATIANHarcoltenlighten me
I'm new to your channel dude and I'm loving your content. Totally blown away by your knowledge and skill, very impressive. Its just a shame I live in the UK as I'd have liked for you to check over my GPU. Keep the great work!
Oooh yummy amtech. You make hours of video or even days for us to watch in minutes also very entertaining, thank you i enjoy your videos a lot.
Always fascinating to watch him fixing GPUs.
First time seeing a single fan 4090 XD. GJ btw
absolutely love your content man keep it up ❤❤❤
Gotta love some new & useful tools!
Good stuff 👌
Always entertaining to watch
you got Patience to not give up on that card... .....your ..almost at 60k now,,,, growing 2k a day... told you,, going to be big RUclips star soon.
Why do you mix existing solder with leaded solder before using wick to siphon it out?
/me knows nothing about soldering
Also, it's really nice that you describe the steps in the video. Otherwise for uninitiated (like me) , you just do some things and I have no idea what.
edit kudos for the tunes and nifty inline angled captions during the montage
Jesus, what a nightmare of a card. This is one of those repairs that can really frustrate anybody. Superb job though!
Good stuff fellow technician
I am new subscriber and appreciate your videos. Now the only question is since EVGA is gone. Which vendor generally uses the best construction. thanks.
Hi, this video was more intersting because it shows the working limit of your smd rework station. And you replace it with new rework station. But I also viewed a video of your pre-heater modification, you have added an infrared ceramic upper heater. You made it with lot of efforts. My question is that, why you are not using it? and why you are still using air flow upper heating method?
you should buy Atten-ST862D, the sophistication of this Atten series is that there is a button to turn off the heating element on the handle but not turn off the wind so that the heating element cools down, the wind can turn off automatically when the handle is placed on its base 👍
this thing does exactly that.
lmao that editing card explodes from SUPER MEGA GPU TESTER. Full blast
This is an awesome job!
Where did you learn the skills you utilize doing this?
The explosion always give me a frighten but I like it 🤣🤣🤣
Another great repair video ❤
Nice one... for the corroded Soldering pads on the board you can always use an Fibreglass Eraser Pen.
This will remove corrosion instantly without applying heat and wick :-)
those solder pads are almost microscopic in size, using a fiberglass pen will certainly cause more damage (rip pads and solder mask). Even using a solder wick aggressively can also cause damage.
Nobody should trust another man's balls. Sun Tzu AKA Tony.
love these repair vids
Very cool to see you get some love from a company. Glad it worked out for you. The right tool is super important.
you are a show of magic and humor
Nice video, good cool background music! I like it.
Excellent video as always.
"Never trust another mans balls"
- Einstein or something
To solve this issue with magnetic sensor I added 3 additional sensors in to the handle. Add replace magnets in the stand to stronger from old HDD.
I did the same for xtronic hot air station.
But even with that it's not bullet proof.
Two sensors inside the handle would be ideal I think.