The truth behind a repair business
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I came to this channel for the electronics, fell in love with the 'dodginess', and stayed for the life lessons.
Exactly Chain Breaker. Sorin has clearly seen the tougher side of life and he learnt a lot. He is much more than electronics, I'd go as far as to say he is a philosopher.
Sorin you are an absolute genius when it comes to repairing the electronic junk you get in your shop, You have my utmost respect for the work you do and the smiles you give us while you do it, many thanks kind sir,
Sorin: best electronics repair entertainer on youtube. Big smile on yesterdays vid !
This is the Best Electronics repair channel on CZcams. I have watched countless hours of these videos right from the start. I have always done laptop repairs myself but since watching this channel I can now confidently carry out component repair, I fault find on boards (with no schematics) , I have even fixed Plasma TVs which is a big step going away from DC to AC. I have also done a "dodgy" repair in the past, the first one is the best. I had no 3.3 at pin 13 on a laptop, the pin was connected to the power switch on the other side of board so a break in the board somewhere. I used jumper wire from other side of board and glued it down. That was about 10 years ago...It still works now fine with no fire and smoke.
Sorin, thank you for all the videos and repairs you bring us 👍
I work as a eletronics repair man in Brazil, and Sorin is rigth, you need to make it running.
you are so calm when it's a frustrating job that you make it fun and funny... you are very knowledgeable
i wish, that when i was in college - i had him as a professor...
Its not Dodgy, its a work around. I've been watching you since you was repairing TV's, about 4 years.
Your site has created a family and loyal following.
That's not because of repairing electronics. That's your personality.
I had a heart by-pass in 2012 they took an artery from my leg to fix my heart, now my left leg is not as strong as it was, but I'm still alive and happy. Hey it Worked!
everytime i watch you do repairs, im so relieved that it would be up and running with a 99% success
You are great!! the way you solve problems is genius and shows the amount knowledge you have I love everything you do man don’t change you are great!
Exactly. Repair can actually be boiled down to 2 types:
1. High-end repair services that do things purely as intended, as close to perfectly matching and spec as it comes from the factory.
For this type of service you'll be paying A LOT OF MONEY. A lot. The owner tends to have A+++ equipment to pay for, the exact replacement components are expensive, etc.
2. All others, lol. The goal with the rest is to get the device working again AS CHEAPLY AS POSSIBLE. Not for the repair person but for the customer! Their $600 device stopped working a month after the warranty expired and they can afford about $75 to get it fixed. Do you turn them away? No.
They'd rather have a 10% dodgy *but effective and lasting fix* than no device at all.
For such a cheap repair, the repairman often cannot afford A++ equipment or official components from Mouser or whatever. They salvage from other broken devices and make their own fixes if they must!
Why? The customer is poor and you have to clear enough profit from the cheap repair to live on. This is 95% of repair shops on this planet. About 5% are the deluxe, high-end places using $1500 soldering stations and such.
Actually it boils down to only one type. The first type that you mentioned doesn't exist in businesses as a consistent rule.
@@roseelectronics4582
No, they do. I mean, by percentage you're right but they do exist in somewhat decent numbers. I've been in a few just in my relatively small locale. They exist but they're much less common, so yes and no.
They're the type to own an insane amount of equipment (too much, most times) and are usually people with degrees in engineering or the like. Guys that can easily draw the schematic of a board they look at for 20 seconds.
Those shops charge a ton because you're getting A+ repair on A+ equipment from an A+ technician. They may fix a local municipality's aging networking boards one day and your PS4 the next and an airplane's navigation computer the day after. I know these guys.
Yet, they do make up a very small percentage of the repair business because repair is mostly a necessity gig. You *could* buy a new laptop but you can't afford to spend $1000. So, you spend $100 at the local repairman who is almost always a member of the 2nd list. As stated, their job is to get it working for the lowest cost to you and highest profit to them. So...it's done on C-grade equipment. The repairman can be A+ but is usually D-B grade in ability. Etc.
Why? Necessity. People slobber all over a guy like Louis Rossman and he's not even in that 1st category. He'd be about the best you can ask for from a shop in the 2nd. He's fine. He's in NYC so he'll charge a lot but you get solid repair work done.
There is a Canadian guy on CZcams that is much closer to the 1st group. Carlson's Lab (or something similar). Smart guy, very talented and overflowing with equipment he'll mostly never use. He'll also charge a LOT for any job he takes because you're going to get it back literally better than factory.
@@DannyWilliamH First type should be named "restoration" or "refurbishment" and second - "repair". That would eliminate most of controversy in this business.
I understood this "truth" the very first time I saw one of your videos, Sorin... I was looking for ways to repair a hinge that had broken off it's screw posts. The hot glue trick convinced me right away that it's the result that counts! Nobody looks inside to see if the repair is 'pretty', as long as it works, they are happy! It blew my mind that it could be so simple... Thank you!
Repairing is an art,there are so many ways to fix a problem you have to use your imagination and create!!.
Check indians how they repair if you think Sorin is dodgy you will be amazed
Bro, I'm an Indian who runs a repair centre. We bring back dead boards back to life at a fraction of the cost of the machine. No complaints from customers, no one has died till date as a result of my repairs, and maybe even, I've saved the environment a little from e-waste!
You call it dodgy, in India we call it " Jugaad", which means working with what you have. Sorin is 100% right here.
Electronics are your friends😍🔥i came up with a business because of your videos, KEEP THE GOOD WORK SORIN, Greetings from KENYA🇰🇪,
READ MY COMMENT😂
Sorin, this dual mosfet is FDMS3660S it is a fairchild/ON semiconductor (22CF 070D), you can buy it even on AliExpress, i m specialist on searching burning parts :)
like always good job, i will be happy if you see this comment.
Sorin is great stop apologizing, you are most honest person I know.
When I started as an electronics tech apprentice doing repairs on PABX circuit boards, the overseas engineering teams made us do ECO (Engineering Change Orders) to fix design faults.
When I worked on industrial electronics, pro alarm systems, military gear, VT100 & Wyse monitors, Dataproducts pro line printers, PICK & Vax/Vms mainframe circuit boards I did the same ECOs.
In fact, I caused a worldwide ECO on an old employers industrial IP67 computers because they were blowing up in western Australia mine sites reaching 265vac so I had modified the SMPS so it could cope up to 280vac & never had a return fault from mines & they won millions in orders over competitors.
When I was working for the same employer, a store guy at a brewer customer put a forklift through a panel display accidentally.
Problem was, the panel display held the only copy in Australia of a brewing recipe & no one had backed it up.
I was tasked with getting it up and running, not to repair it but to suck the program out otherwise christmas beer supplies in Australia for a famous beer here would be delayed till late January.
I had soldered up about 110 thin & tinned wirewrap wires to recreate all the severed address, data and control lines to wake up the soldered PLCC SMD Motorola microcontroller.
After about 10 days I succeeded and sucked the program out and beer supplies were only affected by 1 week.
As for the pro & dodgy way of repairs, if you're under costing pressures ie retail consumer customers you don't gave the luxury of repair time before the customer rejects the repair or goes elsewhere where some other dodgy repairer can succeed.
Sure, watching channels like Sorin, piernov, Louis Rossman, Paul daniels, Defpom, Haseeb electronics, Trx bench, Mikes radio repair & others has taught me so much more but for heavily damaged boards or tough repairs its always a dilemma & gets far worse as economies shrink making people question viability more.
Having being in both camps, the lines are blurry & even designers do dodgys.
If you feel that dodginess is confined to electronics repair, oh lets not go into automotive, consumer appliance servicing or construction where bridges & buildings have fallen due to insufficient concrete in the mix.
People mock techs for dodgy repairs but even designers do dodgy things.
Open up most modern clock radios & similar consumer level gear & see the littany of design mistakes they do like putting 5W resistors or hot heatsink mounted transistors/mosfets near electrolytic caps causing them to shorten their life or even Apple placing high voltage pins close to 3.3v logic datalines on the macbook display connector
I've done it all from Circuit trace foil PCB repairs, ECO bodge wires, redesigned circuits, upgraded SMPS caps with far better Nichicon ESR 105c specs, used green conformal coating so am sympathetic to all camps.
Finally, I'm also tasked with updating servers (windows & linux) bi-monthly on the 3rd week of the month (never 2nd week as that's "patch tuesday") & wished I had 1 euro for each time IT people & stacks of MSPs had claimed they had been doing this constantly & they amazingly get completely embarrased, shouty/angry with me by calling them out over their dodginess claiming excuses like "Rdp is dodgy" or a bug which had existed in an old patch so if people think Sorin is dodgy, I can show u a few MSPs & IT guys who'd win an Oscar as I dare them to click "Check for updates" once more & then be shocked how a 2nd batch of hidden updates starts piling through
You are doing great work and helping us many people.. Dont take these negative comments seriously. ایناں نوں رَج کھان دیا مستیاں نے.........
You are legend...... 👍👏👏👏
Sorin, please don't change! You are an inspiration with your "unconventional" solutions!
Thats what i like most, you have so much knowledge to find a way to fix something, even though you do not have the exact component in stock. You, my friend, are a real repairman! Thats not dodgy, thats using bare knowledge! So much to learn here, I just love your Videos! All the best for you and your Family. Thank you very, very much! Greetings from a german fellow! 💚
Dear Mr. Sorin, what you are doing is FIXing things. we can all do replacing things but when you show us how to fix things that is what realy matters.
I can be realy smart and get new mother board and "call this laptop fix and working" but what you are doing is epic.
Dont ever change....
You do not need to explain yourself carry on the great work - thank you
The purpose of the repair is to give a device a second chance to life. Keep it out of the electronics cemetery. As long as your repair preserves the functionality of the device it doesn't matter how you do it.
You are a great troubleshooter, keep doing your good work and ignore the a**holes that work with gloves and fix one laptop in 8 hours.
Unfortunately, in most developed economies, due to high labor charges, a lot of electronics is simply nor repaired as its cheaper to replace. As you say poorer countries cannot afford to replace. People have the skills to troubleshoot carry out repairs with what is available. The UK is very lucky to have someone like you that can repair stuff, at a reasonable cost.
Sorin: your channel is the best in all CZcams because it’s a real video’s. Please keep going in the same way.
Sorin,
I just wanted to say I appreciate all the free content you are giving us! You have a great attitude and wish I could work with someone like yourself! :)
Many thanks from NZ
Even manufacturers use wires to fix something, look at some circuit boards from around the 70's/80's you can find quick fixes sometimes haha
Hello sorin, im one of your student who is learned on how to repair a motherboard.. im a Filipino and im so very believe in your talent sir..i want to be like you sir..i loved to repair a motherboard..
Hi Sorin, I always like your singularity to repair, it just original
Hey 👋 Sorin, I'm not the first but definitely not the last. Enjoy all your videos. Did you realize that you have 222K subscribers right now? Imagine 222K!
all electronic's man in the planet are folowing
Yes! 223K subscribers. It's amazing. Congratulation. (Unfortunately Sorin still didn't show for us the big youtube play button what he got from google after 100K subscribers.) My opinion is Sorin the best teacher and great person.
Greeting from Serbia Sorin!!
Am from Ethiopia and 56. Sorin, even though I see this video lately you may see it again one day for the future. You know You are smart and Your level of knowledge is diversified and has a tremendous depth because you knows how electronic parts work and you have also good designing capability to tell you the truth. with out deeper knowledge you can not redesign and solve problems. you are fully confidential that you take a voltage from CPU supply! can we get an other person who have done this and give life for a dead laptop before you did? people say dodgy because you use jumpers, how this going to be new? we are using a lot of jumpers fixing phones. Dodgy or what ever the laptop is working perfectly. can we say the manufacturer dodgy because the laptop made by them is burning out? Thank you!
Sorin, you have to ignore those jealous people! They dont understand simple electronics. If your car battery is empty (lost power rayl) and you take another car (useing another power rayl) and use jumperwire (using that damn ONE WIRE) to give kick on dead battery (to replace that dead power rayl), then this is not dodgy. If you do the same thing with electronics, then its dodgy. Thats wrong word what people use too much. I know, this is not looking good (pretty) but it works the same way as it worked before. That blown power rayl is made to act as a fuse, to give atleast some protection and stability for rush and surge of power usage.
That dodgy style is cosmethic thing!
Good work!
You have taught many of us here how to repair an item without access to special schematics or tools nor officisl spare parts. Thank you and I hope you continue with this.
It is easy for people to criticize your work when they hide behind their screens. Couse they lack the knowledge or understanding I hope they do not discourage you from doing more videos.
Best of wishes and many thanks sorin for your many videos and tips. And many thanks for future videos you do.
Thank you for all your videos. Very informative and has helped me to repair my grandsons iPad and my wife's laptop. Was quoted just under £300 for both to be repaired but managed to do it for £26, a saving £274. If I can do it being as I am 60 this year, with your help I'm sure everyone can do the same. God bless you.
Sorin, the critics are wearing white coats and goggles and still in the laboratories. You have clearly experienced a more difficult life and learnt that everything cannot always be done according to the manual. Replace the description 'dodgy repair' with 'unorthodox repair'. If the fix is effective and long lasting then that is all that matters. You have my upmost respect as an electronic expert and a great person with a wonderful sense of humour.
Sorin you are a very good teacher. Just imagine how much electronics would have been thrown away without your work
Thanks Sorin , If you fix something, it does not matter how its fixed . It matters that it works . ; - )
the heat is dissipated the moment you touch the board or large metallic surface, you are a diamond sorin, keep up the good work ,you are so resourceful
Hi Sorin , great job . A wonderful teacher
Te apreciez Sorin! Am invatat foarte multe din clipurile tale si aplic aproape zilnic tot ce ai explicat .Lucrez si eu intr-un service si habar n-ai cat de mult m-ai ajutat sa repar unele laptopuri cu diverse probleme la placa de baza.Multumesc si multa sanatate!
If this would be my laptop, I'd probably done the same, eventually. Also, whenever my hinges will crap out, I'm sure I'll be fixing them with hot glue. I learned a lot from you.
And you're right about the capacitors. Most capacitors are there for stabilization of power lines. Those are mostly 'spread out' so they also suppress RF radiation. So, if one misses, no big deal, indeed.
This type of CZcams videos is the best.
Exactly right, people advertising business will never show you that! thats the big difference between Sorin and others. It's electronic repair school, REAL REPAIR. We appreciate the knowledge you share
Sorins like the little bit crazy uncle you looked forward to visiting when you were a kid! Could listen to his stories all day long. Keep up the good work and hope you take this the correct way, as a huge compliment 🙂
Hi Sorin. Thanks for all the uploads. I love the way you talk about the elections. Like: "This is a nice laptop" "This is a beautiful heatsink".
It shows a lotl of respect for the designers and it's always good when people acknowledge others hard work.
Fyi I'm not a designer
my real good teacher any time i learn more every videos
Hi Sorin, so you can get the Amtech 559 flux from Replace Base for around £15.20 for 10cc syringe - I’m a phone repairer myself and use them as my parts supplier - being a national company they have a reputation to maintain and seriously doubt they would seek fake supplies. Hope this helps keep up the great work and thanks for the inspiration to get me started.
(£15.20 + vat) with trade account
Hi, I have some questions about phone repairs and part supplier. Please tell me if you will see this comment :)
I run a repair centre in India. We sometimes bring back dead boards back to life at a fraction of the cost of the machine. No complaints from customers, no one has died till date as a result of my repairs, and maybe even, I've saved the environment a little from e-waste! You call it dodgy, in India we say "jugaad", which means working with what you have.
Sorin is 100% right.
I enjoy ur videos. Your videos blessed my life and I believe it have done same to other. Electronic repairs is all about creativity and u re the best I found. Such an honest man. Subscriber from Nigeria.
Hi Sorin, yes you doing a dodgy job(only looking dodgy) but people don't understand that to do something like that you need a lot of knowledge. You are the best !
Thanks for posting. I enjoy watching you videos. You have a great amount of skills and knowledge.
You are a natural with electronic repair. Some people have a natural aptitude for engineering. Thanks for the video’s I have learnt so much.
great attitude, and teacher. thankyou.
listening to Sorin is like having a conversation with my Dad, he was in charge to keep radio station and news paper press running. He had bast knowledge in electronics and electromechanics. Shortcuts in my side of the world are called the Mexican way!!! much love Sorin keep spreading the knowledge.
I really like your videos because you show us how to repair anything even if you don't have that specific part. I feel like I learn a lot more about eletronics with your out of the box solutions then just replacing parts. Thank you, Sorin!
Sorin. You have fortunately become a sort of celeb in your field. This is what happens. Why, because what you do not many others can and they don't like it, so they do what they do. Just you keep doing what you are doing, you have a big fan base right here.
This channel is remembered when u do not get components or a solution to fix a motherboard.... A very experienced person who saves a motherboard or gadgets. U give them lives to live some more months or if not years.
It was a nice job.
You are absolutely right. Its only entertainment! Thank you for this.
I don’t understand that you use a wire.
Normally you use some aluminium piece from the food you eating above the laptop 👩💻 you are a man that recycle the trash from the food and there is nothing wrong with it. It works even better then the factory makes.
If it’s getting a little warm it smells nice to.
I always what’s you videos because it’s the way you do not my way but your way and I like it.
It’s a repair not a replacement parts video. That’s too easy .
If they can do it better then let them make a video and I will give them a bad comment because I don’t like them.
You are a friend for the most of us and want just you because we like the way you do it.
Sorin thank you for the great help always
Greetings from the fans
Every one who is in repair business is doing these stuffs very frequently but they will never accept but Sir you are a great teacher and person who never Afraid to say the reality hats of to you sir good job”Thank you very much “❤️
25:25 you're the best youtube teacher on electronics repairs. Thanks
you have my respect for the work you do.thenks for your video.
YOU FIXED IT.So you are STILL THE TOP MAN.
all it matter it WORK RIGHT !!!
Hi!! I dont agree with some of the comments here u do ur job and u do a great job u fix hardly every device u get without schematics and u do it cheap! Theres nothing wrong with this because most of the customer dont want spend much money for repair often they want the cheapest way to fix a device and in this case i dont now any better than you!!!
For Soldering i use the Ersa I Con 1 Station and i am very happy with it u can programm a lot of temperatures and ranges and it has lot of power so it heats up very fast if u contact a PCB but i am afraid u wont like it cause its expensive in every case even tips and spare parts arent cheap but again i am happy with it!!
BR
I understood perfectly your speach Mr. Sorin, about the Manufacture design dodginess and thank you for your generosity in sharing all your knowlwdge!
I love your videos, you inspired me on my repairings.
Much love from Italy and keep up the great work 😀
Ps. Born in Constanta, I appreciated a lot your video in romanian!
Sorin. I am always amazed at how you fix electronic devices. Don't worry with negative comments. If you didn't repair it creatively, it would go to the junk pile. You demonstrate knowledge that shows how much you understand electronics. I always look forward to your videos. Keep on modifying.
Charles from USA, Georgia.
sorin, you not only learn electronics but also philosophy which I loved more than the electronics learning. appreciation ❤️
You are telling the whole truth, Sorin. Agreed.
I enjoy watching your videos especially your "can do" attitude to repairs with great enthusiasm and humour. Most other repairers I encountered simply offer to "replace the motherboard" as a simple but expensive solution which in many cases can be regarded as "beyond economic repair"
Sorin keep up the good work , I enjoy watching your videos , when others say dodgy I say genius, you love repairs and tfindings solutions on problems and man that makes you smile
There is a big difference between an "ideal world" and the "real world". In an ideal world, everything is perfect, not so in the real world.
I worked 25yrs as an Electronics Engineer for a very large well known car manufacturer. When the production line stopped, stop watches started.
It did not matter HOW you repaired the fault, it mattered that the fault was repaired as quickly as possible.
All these "experts" that think we live in "ideal world" wouldn't last 5 min fixing faults in real world land.
ur great teacher, most of my repair skills and my shop build and develop day by day because of you
I can do that also,,im using wire,jumpering from power supply to another using also a diode specially on when i need a 1.2 volts from 1.7 volts..the important thing is, it is working..thats the important..
You fixed it, you made it work, with absolutely no help from the manufacturer, who by the way seem to be happy for it to go to the waste and have the user buy more junk from them and some how Sorin is the bad guy! manufactures really don't give a damn about the consumer or the environment, it's all about the money and someone like Sorin should be commended.
In Kenya🇰🇪 thats not dodgy but Professional🔥
bro unachoma. hehehe
@@kevinmugambi465 😂😂😂
I agree, the job must be done quickly. Time is money and you cannot spend an entire day for a 50 pound job
13:42 "Цигания" in Bulgarian, pronounced the same way! 🤣 Glad to see you're not taking these comments seriously. 👍 Thank you for the entertaining videos. 💖
Genius man... I always watch your video and learn
Like I keep saying. It’s only dodgey if it doesn’t work lol. Sorin’ knowledge is priceless, ty for your tutelage and time. You have taught me more than my teachers in school lol.
Sorin, You are the best.So don't worry about the bad coments.Best Regards From Macedonia.
The most important thing is making a stable repair,else is not important.fix has been done.I'm with you.
Hello Mr.Sorin , so between the choice of throwing the laptop in the garbage or using it 1 or 2 more years i would choose to use it regardless of the way how it was repaired , as a customer i don't care how that laptop was fixed , overall if its working everyone is happy , i also work in a factory with this kind of job and i understand your point of view dealing with customers and having dozens of more junk coming everyday of the week and a boss that keep saying "this needs to be done by the end of this day", greetings from Romania ( domn-profesor xD ) i appreciate the sharing of your jobs and teaching each of us how to deal with different kind of faults that otherwise would have been a big headeache for us until we figured it out! I wait for future videos in English or RO, despite the language you still remain the best teacher for me! #everybody will be dodgy at least once in their life#
You know what I got to admit Sorin you are too good bro, I steal ideas from you always 🙏🏾…That thing of supplying the cpu section with that missing power rail was superb…much respect man
hey am watching ur channel also brother
I benefit watching your teaching style and way of life. The fact that you don't get triggered is especially awesome as society seems to be provoking a generation of triggers. Thank you Sorin.
ISO 9001: Good quality is making the customer happy. And that is exactly what you do Sorin. Don't make repairs take more time or be more expensive than the customer expects. Sorin, you're the best!
Best entertainment on you tube :-). Thanks for sharing.
trust me there is a lot of people trust you for everything like me .. keep going and don't look back you are the hero
you put time for clear the misunderstanding thank you legend
You have such steady hands.
You really inspired when we stuck😊 thank-you sorin🤞
i don´t want to see how somebody swaps top or bottom case to screw hinges or just buying a new motherboard to replace the broken board, you do exactly what we want to see.....repairing something that others throw away, keep up the good work
Best Flux is topnik RF800 i used it for repair BGA chips repair, its liquid and you can easy add it under the chip. After that i just reheat chip around 220-250 C and job is done. No need to remove chips and doing Reballing and other things. Its Long term Repair. ;)
The CPU manufacturer will set the design rule for the CPU and power requirements or even specify the power supplies to be used, The manufacture of the laptop follows that design rules
On the powersupply-topic: Sadly I have seen manufactures shorting out on for 10 cents difference in manufactoring costs. They even market it as 1A constant but its only around 0.5A constant load. So i guess in the future more and more manufactures will cheap out on parts just to raise there margin. And because of that it will be harder and harder to repair boards that way. By the way: Great job - realy loving it!
Greetings from Germany,
Simmie
thank you sorin for all helpful videos that you made i really appreciate that and i learned a lot from you, keep the lights up
if someone speaks the truth, that's a good thing, which is why i rated this contribution as good. thank god sorin is also very honest. great go on!
honestly you are my hero repair master, did you remember the day when SD CARD slot that make laptop was not turn on?...
i have same trouble with my laptop before, but after watching your video, "me just unplug the SD CARD and my laptop back alive...
but actually i am abandon that laptop for 3 month before...
Northridgefix or louis rossman are the ones to get the amtech flux from, and rossman and northridge both order very large quantities from amtech direct, its apparently a slow and laborious process but yes the amtech flux is widely regarded as the best in the market and is available from both of their youtube channels
its hard to tell you anywhere else to buy it from because of the amounts of fake amtech out there, amtech wont sell it themselves without a merchant account,