1 How to find short circuit component without spending $6k on FLIR cam.
Louis Rossmann's laptop repair session is recommended for tracing a shorted component by injecting current and spotting the part that heats, including with evaporating alcohol.
Topic
board repair
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2 Reballing flip chip GPUs is BULLSHIT - the truth about dead laptop GPUs & repairing them.
A Louis Rossmann video arguing that reflowing a failed graphics chip is a temporary fix at best, cited when someone hopes to revive a dead board.
3 Gigabyte cracked PCB repair
Shown as proof that badly damaged multilayer boards can sometimes be saved, and as a realistic picture of the skill that such work demands.
4 Should you put your phone in rice? Only if you want to buy a new phone
Linked as practical guidance from Jessa Jones on device repair, with mentions pointing to liquid damage and a segment on anti-static wrist straps.
5 Every pad is broken! Extreme HDMI port repair for an Xbox Series S!
Shared as a worked example of rebuilding damaged connector pads, showing that such boards can be saved and how much skill and equipment the job takes.
6 Fix iPhone 7 Plus Won't Turn On After Water Damage - Rosin Smoke Method
Shows a trick that uses rosin vapour to reveal hot components on a board, suggested as a fault-finding option when no thermal camera is available.
7 Gigabyte 980Ti G1 GAMING-6GD Repair
Walks through a common graphics card fault and its repair, including bridging burnt ferrite beads with a zero ohm resistor, and is shared with owners of affected cards.
8 Asus Tuf 4080 SUPER already broken
Linked as an example of what a difficult circuit board repair looks like, useful for judging how serious trace damage may be.
