Fixing a Broken Gaming Monitor for CHEAP - DIY

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  • @LinusTechTips
    @LinusTechTips  Před 5 lety +543

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  • @dennisbett747
    @dennisbett747 Před 5 lety +4135

    I love Alex's ingenuity at being cheap and also getting Linus to pay for it if his plan doesn't work. I wish i was that clever

    • @TimeFlyBy
      @TimeFlyBy Před 5 lety +55

      That's not ingenuity nor clever, it is just opportunistic! Alex taking advantage of LTT money like "I don't care, not my money" makes me sick. If I was Linus, I will sell the monitor to him full retail price, so he learn not to scam people for his own interest.

    • @dennisbett747
      @dennisbett747 Před 5 lety +463

      @@TimeFlyBy Calm down. It's not that serious and besides because Alex wanted a cheap monitor, Linus got a video out of it. It's probably going to bring in way more money than what the monitor is worth

    • @theXlegend17
      @theXlegend17 Před 5 lety +245

      @@TimeFlyBy The proletariat Alex outsmarts the bourgeoisie Linus

    • @SigmaHayate
      @SigmaHayate Před 5 lety +148

      @@TimeFlyBy if Linus did NOT make a video out of this monitor and also have Alex showing in the video then monetize it with ads. It's a win-win situation, why call it a scam? Alex give an idea of fixing a broken monitor (because he works for Linus, it's his job), he also works on ordering and researching and participates in the fixing process, not just Linus. How can you sell it with a full retail price after everything he's done? BTW, be realistic, it's actual Linus's money and whether this monitor could be fixed or not, he could earn some money from the video, so Alex say "I don't care, not my money" is acceptable although it sounds a little rude, but regard to their relationship in LTT Media Group, they seem to have a good friendship so the way he says that is just OK

    • @Chaosdude341
      @Chaosdude341 Před 5 lety +129

      @@TimeFlyBy I certainly hope this is trolling. Linus has praised Alex's value to LTT on multiple occasions, and values his employees. This is an extension of that, and a way to generate content. The authoritarian boss isn't one that keeps people around. I certainly hope you're not in charge of anyone with the way your tone read from your comment.

  • @pniehusde
    @pniehusde Před 5 lety +871

    A make your own monitor video sounds really interesting, I would love to see that.

    • @Nanorisk
      @Nanorisk Před 5 lety +10

      Phil N there are tons of driver boards on Taobao, for dirt cheap even.

    • @CheapBastard1988
      @CheapBastard1988 Před 5 lety +6

      Especially dual driver setups with high resolutions and refresh rates but HDR and freesync 2 may be a bit of a stretch for that kind of setup. Also maybe a way bigger panel than ordinary gaming monitors but response times for those panels may not be optimal.

    • @mahound9
      @mahound9 Před 5 lety +2

      Built my own twice. Made a nice wood case for one, with a 1366x768 LG panel from a rekt laptop, hangs on the wall. Made another handly handheld one out of a little 800x600 digital picture frame I found busted in a parking lot. Even has built in speakers. Used LVDS/flatlink adapter boards from eBay and other scrap parts. Pretty straightforward.

    • @Kirinketsu_
      @Kirinketsu_ Před 5 lety +1

      bezel free monitor wall Plz

    • @ThisNameWasntTaken
      @ThisNameWasntTaken Před 5 lety +2

      Any of you guys know any good build guides to build something kinda matching 2019 standards from aliexpress parts?

  • @gulinotm
    @gulinotm Před 5 lety +2530

    "So what are our chances?"
    "EIther 100% or just not at all"
    So....you mean 50/50

    • @VitalVampyr
      @VitalVampyr Před 5 lety +80

      If you assume that both scenarios are equally probable then that is what he means. There's no basis for that assumption though.

    • @gulinotm
      @gulinotm Před 5 lety +9

      @@VitalVampyr Yeah, i just thought it was funny.

    • @zakstar5453
      @zakstar5453 Před 4 lety +2

      @@VitalVampyr r/woooosh

    • @Nightlii
      @Nightlii Před 4 lety +48

      r/ihavereddit and that wasnt a r/woooosh

    • @haziq6587
      @haziq6587 Před 4 lety +22

      @@Nightlii you became the very thing you swore to destroy

  • @BruceLeedar
    @BruceLeedar Před 5 lety +836

    "Doctor, what are my chances?"
    "0% or 100%, depending on whether this is the right organ."

    • @VAX1970
      @VAX1970 Před 5 lety +26

      50:50

    • @prestonferry
      @prestonferry Před 5 lety +17

      Vax Buster you should’ve put a slash instead

    • @leojei
      @leojei Před 5 lety +37

      “Where did u get the organ from?”
      Doctor: “AliExpress”

    • @KytosTV
      @KytosTV Před 5 lety +2

      TLDR: 50%

    • @anthonyi3328
      @anthonyi3328 Před 5 lety

      oh man lol..spit up beer on that one sir :)

  • @alihaider-jz1vt
    @alihaider-jz1vt Před 5 lety +1709

    8:18
    "I kinda wish we'd taken a picture"
    Has a video of the whole process

    • @TheMagicQsGaming
      @TheMagicQsGaming Před 5 lety +53

      Not zoomed in to specific spots though.

    • @Lambda_Ovine
      @Lambda_Ovine Před 5 lety +45

      That is being recorded and written in the camera's storage, and at that moment not immediately available because they are in the middle of the video...

    • @alihaider-jz1vt
      @alihaider-jz1vt Před 5 lety +21

      @@Lambda_Ovine it's a joke man

    • @kip7855
      @kip7855 Před 5 lety +25

      ali haider a very shitty joke

    • @jahcrispie7676
      @jahcrispie7676 Před 4 lety +1

      @@Lambda_Ovine They could just cut and watch it back...

  • @sufyan3481
    @sufyan3481 Před 3 lety +236

    LINUS: rgb is working on both stand and monitor
    RGB: turns off

  • @MikeEvans94
    @MikeEvans94 Před 5 lety +214

    "This has been too easy, I'm a little concerned" is definitely something that should be on a shirt

  • @bbggakkba
    @bbggakkba Před 5 lety +520

    Linus: I wish we took a photo before we took it apart
    Camera guy: am I a joke to you?

    • @Markle2k
      @Markle2k Před 5 lety +13

      Which of the three camera guys are you talking about?

    • @SS-zi6nf
      @SS-zi6nf Před 5 lety +16

      The other two camera guys: are we a joke to you?

    • @yosifvidelov
      @yosifvidelov Před 3 lety

      @@pandasdreamlygon The fixed cameras themselves: Are we a joke to you?!

  • @jatovitcg8355
    @jatovitcg8355 Před 3 lety +76

    Thank you very mutch for this Linus. My glass desk recently broke on me and my 27" Dell S2716DG monitor fell to the ground and got busted. I found the panel on Ebay and was able to replace everything without problems and its good as new. Now for the desk i know never to go glass

    • @aBunnyThatWillChewOnYourCables
      @aBunnyThatWillChewOnYourCables Před 2 lety +5

      Is it stil working? :)

    • @jatovitcg8355
      @jatovitcg8355 Před 2 lety +24

      @@aBunnyThatWillChewOnYourCables yep 1 year plus and still strong. Havent had any issues with it. Even upgraded my PC and stayed with the same monitor i fixed

    • @dirtydan8746
      @dirtydan8746 Před 6 měsíci

      @@jatovitcg8355where did you get the panel mine just fucked up and I’m running around trying to find a place to fix it but I can fix it cheaper I’m down

  • @momi193
    @momi193 Před 5 lety +7731

    Step 1: Buy a broken monitor for 120$
    Step 2: sell the stand for 999$
    Step 3: Profit

  • @phineasjack5180
    @phineasjack5180 Před 5 lety +443

    should make the diy related things a series: AIY: Alex It Yourself

    • @IngwiePhoenix
      @IngwiePhoenix Před 5 lety +15

      I wish Linus would actually read it. Giving the employees some space of their own and their creativity would be great, with their own little series that contribute to the channel. I'd really love to see someone like Anthony going balls to the wall with Linux, for instance. All that software-nerd stuff :).

    • @Werepyre_Lestat
      @Werepyre_Lestat Před 5 lety +5

      @@IngwiePhoenix That would be good, but they would still have to get the budget approved by Linus.... And he would want to supervise his money being spent. He is REALLY cheap after all....

    • @tomekjanasinski370
      @tomekjanasinski370 Před 4 lety +1

      LOL

    • @RenemarWee
      @RenemarWee Před 3 lety +1

      Good stuff

  • @peterpaulyap7970
    @peterpaulyap7970 Před 3 lety +34

    5:09 "Trust us, we're professionals." so much meme potential with this one.

  • @nightthemoon8481
    @nightthemoon8481 Před 5 lety +1593

    linus: releases video fixing 120$ broken monitor from ebay
    ebay broken monitor sellers: *doubles the price*

    • @pinklightninggaming7353
      @pinklightninggaming7353 Před 5 lety +40

      they really can't otherwise they are selling them for the price of new gaming monitors

    • @nightthemoon8481
      @nightthemoon8481 Před 5 lety +22

      @@pinklightninggaming7353 i mean 240$ plus like 100-200 to fix it still way cheaper than the price of a new one

    • @Camtcan
      @Camtcan Před 4 lety +3

      @@CiceroFMYT still almost $200 cheaper

    • @wildkev1010
      @wildkev1010 Před 4 lety +16

      @@Camtcan Yeah, but it's not a sure fire way of getting a working monitor. $200 isn't worth the risk to MAYBE get a working monitor at the end of the process. It's cheap because you're taking a gamble on it possibly still not working after your done. Then you're out all the money you put into that broken monitor.

  • @YunisRajab
    @YunisRajab Před 5 lety +197

    I would like more these videos that cover second-hand salvaging of pc parts and accessories

    • @alexabarca6248
      @alexabarca6248 Před 5 lety +1

      Nice profile picture

    • @microtasker
      @microtasker Před 5 lety +1

      I know a guy that buys pallets of RMA'd computer equipment and fixes it for profit.

    • @rather-reverend
      @rather-reverend Před 5 lety +2

      That.
      I got into LTT years ago because I needed help learning to build a custom WC loop. It seems like that DIY material has trickled off a bit over the years in comparison to reviews (excellent), industry news and general (admittedly hilarious) silliness.
      But I'd love to see more stuff like this. I love the DIY aspect of electronics, and I really appreciate folks who can help me learn to do stuff. (For instance, I recently tripped over the cord on my out-of-guarantee xps 15 and did some major damage. Instead of ebay-ing it for pennies on the dollar, I just ordered a replacement palmrest and screws and found a guy selling a used AC/DC unit. There's probably a video out there showing me how to do it - but if LTT did one, I'd just feel that much better about the challenge.)

    • @yattasuccess9212
      @yattasuccess9212 Před 5 lety

      @@mmavcanuck They do get rich off of videos that people want to see though. Consider that.

  • @TheSecretman82
    @TheSecretman82 Před 2 lety +23

    I mean… Alex using LTT to supply him with computer parts like his Monitor is actually really smart. This is actually the kind of thing that a budget-oriented gamer would consider doing, making it an interesting and valid video for the channel, while ALSO allowing Luke to use LTT’s funding to acquire his toys, so long as his idea works. And, let’s face it. In the case of this project, Ad Revenue ALONE on this video probably paid for it even if they broke it.

  • @Dylan-fk5kb
    @Dylan-fk5kb Před 5 lety +355

    Linus is all their sugar daddy. Always be footing the bill for everything.

    • @zubairsaifi5850
      @zubairsaifi5850 Před 5 lety +9

      He don't cares he'll probably make quite a few grand bucks with this video

    • @celchronicles
      @celchronicles Před 5 lety +14

      @@zubairsaifi5850 look, there's always a cost associated to the revenue. The fact he's earning revenue doesn't mean he's getting a profit, nor that implies the he doesn't care about the cost.

    • @tarkitarker0815
      @tarkitarker0815 Před 5 lety +5

      @@celchronicles no he clearly doesnt make profit as you can see they only moved 2-3 times in the last 6 years and linus can buy tens of thousand dollar expensive tech.

    • @thewhitepanda60
      @thewhitepanda60 Před 5 lety

      @@celchronicles but i is highly likely to be this way.

    • @rohitjudo
      @rohitjudo Před 5 lety

      @@tarkitarker0815 The revenue is high, but so are their costs. Linus invests most of his earnings back into his business

  • @timojohn9773
    @timojohn9773 Před 5 lety +801

    Alex is the smartest guy ever.
    Also Linus: "I wish we took a picture"
    Proceeds to get filmed with an 8K Camera

    • @krazypinoy6495
      @krazypinoy6495 Před 5 lety +15

      I was literately saying the same thing...lol

    • @lulzor5
      @lulzor5 Před 5 lety +24

      Wanted to take a reference photo of the internals of the screen to confirm they didn't fuck it

    • @jakesnussbuster3565
      @jakesnussbuster3565 Před 5 lety +18

      They aren't able to just go look at the footage willy nilly lol

    • @MichaelKire
      @MichaelKire Před 5 lety +1

      Also the fact that you can pull raw stills from the 8k video

    • @Furyfoe
      @Furyfoe Před 5 lety +9

      @@MichaelKire Yeah with alot of digging after processing, 30+ mins of work over a quick glance at smartphone photo gallery? Not the same thing

  • @SheepAmongG.O.A.T
    @SheepAmongG.O.A.T Před 5 lety +30

    "What do you think our chances for success are today?"
    "It will either work or it wont"....brilliant.

  • @smartmonkey777
    @smartmonkey777 Před 5 lety +1665

    I love how every episode with Alex , feels like Linus is testing Alex to see whether or not to finally fire his ass,

    • @morsletum5348
      @morsletum5348 Před 5 lety +121

      He wouldn't fire him after spending that much money on him.

    • @UPsideDOWNworld321
      @UPsideDOWNworld321 Před 5 lety +74

      Alex does not a good job solo but on these builds and repairs Alex fits right in!!!! firing him is dumb he makes good videos just not solo

    • @TN-6969
      @TN-6969 Před 5 lety +25

      I don't follow Linus so I don't know what their relationship is like but can see that Linus isn't really happy with that guy. Especially the part where he says he was gonna buy the monitor from Linus. And when it worked he did a woohoo and Linus' face after he kinda mocked that woohoo.

    • @smartmonkey777
      @smartmonkey777 Před 5 lety +9

      @@morsletum5348 all those tools Alex got , they aren't his . Even so id still fire some one even after investing 50K in them. better to take a short term loss than a long term one.

    • @smartmonkey777
      @smartmonkey777 Před 5 lety +5

      @@TN-6969 Yes , i distinctly get those vibes. I don't follow Linus either just some of the more interesting videos.

  • @azioprism3635
    @azioprism3635 Před 5 lety +418

    *After LTT uploaded this video, Ebay took a full plastic surgery on the used broken monitors section.*

    • @jgrigg1720
      @jgrigg1720 Před 5 lety +24

      Crap, now I need to wait a year till prices go back down.

    • @Henry-fu2hc
      @Henry-fu2hc Před 5 lety +3

      @@jgrigg1720 lucky for me it will take a year to get the money for it

    • @martin-iy5fr
      @martin-iy5fr Před 3 lety

      hey i dont have to wait!

  • @gene7511
    @gene7511 Před 5 lety +138

    1:30 Be kind, rewind
    me, who just skipped the sponsor: I feel personally attacked

    • @TheFourthWinchester
      @TheFourthWinchester Před 4 lety +3

      That is also the name of one of the very best channels on CZcams.

  • @treemaniscool
    @treemaniscool Před 5 lety +1338

    "what are our chances?" "either 100% or 0%"
    we call that a 50% chance alex xD

    • @furezj
      @furezj Před 5 lety +19

      Damn. You got to this before I could.

    • @nchls1343
      @nchls1343 Před 5 lety +127

      No it's not
      You could either win or lose a lottery, it doesn't mean it's a 50% chance

    • @rzzle8586
      @rzzle8586 Před 5 lety +9

      @@nchls1343 it's like on or off

    • @DrWurzeli
      @DrWurzeli Před 5 lety +95

      as young sheldon would say: "you confused possibilities with probabilities"

    • @mbolchunas
      @mbolchunas Před 5 lety

      I was gonna write that!

  • @compub3ar
    @compub3ar Před 5 lety +1149

    Alex: "I'm cheap"
    Also Alex: "Please blow tens of thousands on my new workshop, k thx"

    • @litapd311
      @litapd311 Před 5 lety +90

      That's why he's not the one paying for it :p

    • @MrHendrikje
      @MrHendrikje Před 5 lety +30

      And eventhen he has stuff from times before most of us was born because it was likely cheaper
      And.. if not; Linus paid. Alex paid nothing, sounds pretty cheap to me

    • @amaizen4817
      @amaizen4817 Před 5 lety +23

      @@MrHendrikje when you talk about the super old thing he had, its not coz its cheap, its just because it was really good, as far as i understood that

    • @dulingen
      @dulingen Před 5 lety +11

      @@amaizen4817 Bridgeport is the best ones out there as far as i know.

    • @timbox74
      @timbox74 Před 5 lety +11

      I think your fellow country man "Russell Peters" would have a few view on who is 'Cheap'... I think Alex is 'Thrifty'....Smart he would say... Used his head....

  • @bernardopatrao4255
    @bernardopatrao4255 Před 5 lety +8

    i'm can so relate to Alex.
    Too cheap to pay anything new when i can "fix" everything in some "NotSoPerfectWay", but as long is cheap and it works i don't mind and i got for it. Even though i regret some times.
    Ergo my "home assistant device" being an used old phone hanging in the ceiling receiving voice commands and running tasker to execute them manually on the display and using a Broadlink transmitter to blast IR and RF.
    Which i recently discover that they already come ready to run from your google assistant in your on phone.

  • @saiprasad8078
    @saiprasad8078 Před 5 lety +703

    All of a sudden after this video , broken monitors are selling for more than MSRP 😂

    • @emooki886
      @emooki886 Před 5 lety +9

      jyeahh I manage to buy (online order xD) 42 broken monitor in time!

    • @TheRaven123
      @TheRaven123 Před 5 lety +6

      Are you guys sarcastic or not? I really cant tell.

    • @thewhitepanda60
      @thewhitepanda60 Před 5 lety +4

      I just made 26210 $ by selling 141 fixed monitors.

    • @MumbysBar
      @MumbysBar Před 5 lety +5

      Been repairing TVs and monitors for years. Plenty of places do this. It's not going to affect the prices at all.

  • @DoSGamingNetwork
    @DoSGamingNetwork Před 5 lety +197

    Setting that monitor on the edge like that is a bold move around Linus.

    • @76TyranT76
      @76TyranT76 Před 5 lety +4

      Let just say I was on edge too fearing the worst when I saw they did too.

    • @lukewhite9237
      @lukewhite9237 Před 5 lety +4

      I guessing he was only allowed to hold his children as babies over a surface of soft pillows

    • @umut2362
      @umut2362 Před 5 lety +6

      If it falls, he can easily kick it to make it fall gently

    • @hlevolve
      @hlevolve Před 5 lety

      I kept waiting for it to get knocked off lol

    • @FR4M3Sharma
      @FR4M3Sharma Před 5 lety

      *ANXIETY*

  • @cdurkinz
    @cdurkinz Před 5 lety +18

    15:35 lol his new monitor perched precariously on the edge there... good video. Funny that everything went up in cost after it haha.

    • @foxypsycho
      @foxypsycho Před 4 lety +4

      OMG that was killing me how dangerously close it was placed on the edge of the counter😬

  • @UltravioletNomad
    @UltravioletNomad Před 5 lety +133

    Linus should make a video testing if his bath water improves water cooling, he'd make a killing.

  • @15fakeaccount
    @15fakeaccount Před 5 lety +535

    Others: Getting scammed at Wish
    Linus: Getting working products from Aliexpress

    • @Wrathlon
      @Wrathlon Před 5 lety +43

      Honestly I repair and flip laptops and Aliexpress is amazing for spares.

    • @Jaid6n
      @Jaid6n Před 5 lety +5

      Wrathlon you should send me a free monitor :)

    • @LightBringer81
      @LightBringer81 Před 5 lety +24

      You shouldn't compare wish with AliExpress... 🤔

    • @15fakeaccount
      @15fakeaccount Před 5 lety +5

      @@LightBringer81 I know, but other youtubers just likes to shill that site.

    • @Luxim1
      @Luxim1 Před 5 lety +12

      Honestly, Wish is way more sketchy than Aliexpress in my experience

  • @tovvels1002
    @tovvels1002 Před rokem +1

    This was literally the most accurate intro I’ve ever watched on CZcams😅😂😂

  • @jortand
    @jortand Před 5 lety +228

    omg I love Alex "oh ye this whole video is just so that I can get a cheap monitor"

    • @sht3219
      @sht3219 Před 3 lety +8

      I wouldn't go out of my way to check for dead pixels on a monitor that I couldn't warranty return. Just enjoy your blissful ignorance for as long as you can.

    • @somedude2856
      @somedude2856 Před 3 lety +2

      @@sht3219 copied

  • @totalbaddie
    @totalbaddie Před 5 lety +221

    Yo, def make a vid on the making your own monitor. Will watch 100%.

    • @Shocker99
      @Shocker99 Před 5 lety +3

      It's super easy. But panel, buy PCB connect together. Done.

    • @michelterres
      @michelterres Před 5 lety +7

      if you have an old laptop that you will not use anymore you can take out the screen, use the code written on it's back to find the controller board and build a stand for it

    • @SheIITear
      @SheIITear Před 5 lety +3

      @@michelterres Ye, you can also make diy transparent screen using one

    • @aiaartemis6039
      @aiaartemis6039 Před 5 lety

      they have

    • @Lambda_Ovine
      @Lambda_Ovine Před 5 lety

      That was almost English.

  • @Yallstupidkidsgetofftiktok

    You know the channel is legit when the repairs are done in the kitchen

  • @r.j.bedore9884
    @r.j.bedore9884 Před 5 lety +68

    I for one would love to see a full on, ground up, build your own monitor video. Please.

    • @bretthermance8154
      @bretthermance8154 Před 2 lety

      there is! I just saw one a few months ago. look for it on CZcams somewhere.

  • @r8Dest
    @r8Dest Před 5 lety +41

    In my experience, the most common part to fail on a monitor is the power supply. That has proven to be significantly harder to repair/replace than a panel. I'd be very interested to see LTT give it a shot so I can learn. I'm about half way through replacing one of the field effect transistors on the monitor PSU, and my fingers are crossed...

    • @theairaccumulator7144
      @theairaccumulator7144 Před 2 lety +3

      These guys using an iron would be terrifying...

    • @k.o.t.o.n.
      @k.o.t.o.n. Před 2 lety +1

      why monitor monitors motherboards covers have to be from aluminium, to be so heavy, i dont understand, ther isnt any good spec light portable high build quality monitor... nly cheaps are light with bad specs

  • @88Spint
    @88Spint Před 5 lety +15

    Gotta say I quite enjoy watching you guys just getting stuff to work out that you intend to use yourselves. Makes it a bit more interesting.

  • @w04h
    @w04h Před 5 lety +303

    Linus (who dropped 10k$ Xeon and disassembled 500k$ camera we don't know where it ended up):
    You broke 1000$ motherboard
    Alex: *chuckles*

    • @iliyanjivraj841
      @iliyanjivraj841 Před 5 lety +20

      The red was 40k and they just posted a video on it.

    • @almarc
      @almarc Před 4 lety

      500k? It was a 30k camera.

  • @Askejm
    @Askejm Před 5 lety +440

    Linus: Buys a petabyte of storage
    Also Linus: *Reuses tape* 7:00

    • @MyAndrey98
      @MyAndrey98 Před 4 lety +16

      Economy is the key!

    • @abeginnerspov5968
      @abeginnerspov5968 Před 4 lety +2

      Cuz he ran out.

    • @morosis82
      @morosis82 Před 4 lety +4

      Pretty sure he didn't buy that petabyte of storage

    • @kyle_mk17
      @kyle_mk17 Před 3 lety +3

      @@morosis82 I mean, he does HAVE the petabyte of storage.

  • @thesteelrodent1796
    @thesteelrodent1796 Před 2 lety +2

    I once had a Viewsonic monitor where the backlight would flicker and randomly turn off. That turned out to be faulty capacitors in the integrated power supply, which luckily is a lot easier to fix than the other parts of a monitor, because you generally don't have surface components in the high voltage parts - you just have to be careful to not short anything in that section. But with the actual panels, as long as you can get a replacement, you just have to be careful to swap it without bending it, cracking the edges of the glass, or damaging the tiny connectors

  • @undr_guv_surv
    @undr_guv_surv Před 5 lety +152

    With all the spending they do Linus says "try to salvage this tape here"

    • @TexasTimelapse
      @TexasTimelapse Před 5 lety +1

      @@saulgoodman2018
      Business expense

    • @zwz.zdenek
      @zwz.zdenek Před 5 lety

      That tape is made of Chinesium. You can't get one quite like that locally.

  • @StopChangingUsernamesYouTube

    While panel replacement is always worth looking into, it's a good idea to be cautious about picking a panel. You run the risk of having a worse backlight (in the case of panels with integrated backlights), noticeable amounts of dead pixels, worse contrast, and all sorts of other things that the original screen went through a QA process over. When you go to the bottom of the barrel, it's always a toss-up. You might get lucky and get the exact same experience, you might have a mediocre monitor at the end of it that just works, and you might wind up with another dead screen. Could've been surplus output from the same factory, could've been a clone from another factory, or it could be a genuine part that didn't pass QA.
    To be clear, I always at least try, but there've been cases where I had to go through two or three screens before a laptop finally looked happy again.

  • @alancrome3684
    @alancrome3684 Před 5 lety +25

    I love the dynamic sometimes.. Linus is literally like the dad of LTT. Always making I paid for it jokes and generally handling people like they are kids xD it's great

  • @Amber57499
    @Amber57499 Před 5 lety +35

    Yaaay, I can finally get an awesome monitor for cheap! Let's go open up ebay!
    Wow, the Acer XF270HUA for 50€! Looking good so far!
    Yes, the panel only costs about 160€, 210€ in total for this monitor is a great deal!
    WTF, 150€ shipping cost?
    Same thing happened for every other monitor I checked. Not worth the hassle, at least not for europeans.

    • @Dennis0824
      @Dennis0824 Před 5 lety +2

      Amber57499 , you might want to try eBay in the UK. I have found that shipping costs from the UK into mainland Europe are pretty reasonable.

    • @tonan8888
      @tonan8888 Před 5 lety +2

      @@Dennis0824 I think he's talking about the panel shipping cost from China.

  • @jaggsta
    @jaggsta Před 5 lety +171

    meanwhile refurbished HP Omen 27" GSYNC 1440p 165hz is $258 buy it now on ebay.

    • @Rev8
      @Rev8 Před 5 lety +26

      There's no free lunch. Those HP panels are usually garbage tier

    • @incediumignis
      @incediumignis Před 5 lety +21

      @@Rev8 its gsync compatible and gsync compatible monitors have been tested to extreme lengths beforehand so you know that this specific monitor is solid

    • @Rev8
      @Rev8 Před 5 lety +4

      @@incediumignis well it's your money, but I've seen the reliability / QC of those monitors. I doubt it will last.

    • @introverttechnologist8899
      @introverttechnologist8899 Před 5 lety +47

      I'm the guy that is selling those on ebay. What are the odds i would see this comment. Message me on ebay if you don't believe me.

    • @lucassherfey6728
      @lucassherfey6728 Před 5 lety

      @@Rev8 Agreed, I got a cheap HP Omen 25" and it was a good price for a 1080p 144hz at the time. But. In hindsight I wish I paid a bit more for a monitor that worked better without ghosting issues

  • @DordiHOTS
    @DordiHOTS Před 4 lety +5

    Love watching alex and linus work together. They both have the same mentality when it comes to working on PC's lol, I have it too. Build first, read the manual later. Just get it going you know. I mean who reads the instructions anyways?

  • @unity7749
    @unity7749 Před 5 lety +155

    Where's my part 2 for that workshop gear linus?
    Edit: thanks for so many likes

    • @ccmi2081
      @ccmi2081 Před 5 lety +2

      yeah..

    • @williamkarels4402
      @williamkarels4402 Před 5 lety +7

      It's been like 3 days, have you ever worked in a shop? It takes a while...

    • @amaizen4817
      @amaizen4817 Před 5 lety +6

      @@williamkarels4402 its been 3 days since the video released, who knows how long it actually has been ready

    • @icanhaslolsplz
      @icanhaslolsplz Před 5 lety +2

      We will most likely get a shop tour soon. They probably only have it halfway set up.

  • @BonkedByAScout
    @BonkedByAScout Před 5 lety +8

    You guys should do a DIY monitor, find some cheap no-name driver board that can connect to a panel, get a power supply, then make a housing and stand in that new shop, or 3D print a case or something

    • @Kirinketsu_
      @Kirinketsu_ Před 5 lety +1

      or turn the side of a pc case into a monitor and shove it in apples face.

    • @Stalast.
      @Stalast. Před 5 lety

      Dude even just the thought of building my own monitor excites my cheap ass. I would love a video like this

  • @jeraldehlert7903
    @jeraldehlert7903 Před 5 lety +2

    "Let's go to work and play with computer parts!" (and film it)
    You guys have the best job ever.

    • @Desperado9064
      @Desperado9064 Před 5 lety

      I myself like computer specs, but when I have to physically replace something, then I'm like hell no, fuck it.

    • @mahadehasanyt
      @mahadehasanyt Před 5 lety

      whats stopping you my nigga?

  • @skupire6547
    @skupire6547 Před 5 lety +5

    Back when G-Sync was first announced, i modded my VG248QE monitor to support it with the G-Sync DIY module, like they said, its actually incredibly simple all of it. Hardest part was getting the plastics off, everything else was a breeze.

  • @MisterRorschach90
    @MisterRorschach90 Před 5 lety +9

    I have literally been waiting 2 years for you guys to take apart a high refresh rate monitor. It’s literally one of the only things online that you can’t find anyone taking apart. Ifixit won’t go anywhere near 144hz monitors.

  • @coolmemesbudd
    @coolmemesbudd Před 5 lety +19

    I got a functional Samsung 1440p 144hz 27” 1800r for $50.
    Loose menu button navigator
    Small spot of light seeping through at the bottom.

  • @robertmapes
    @robertmapes Před 5 lety +132

    Linus: "Trust us, we're professionals."
    *next line*
    Also Linus: "We got some attachment doo dads here. What are they called again?"
    Entertainment at it's finest 😀

  • @bill1294
    @bill1294 Před 5 lety +179

    it's either all in 100 or nothing Lmao. you mean 50/50? too good

    • @sjm4306
      @sjm4306 Před 5 lety +14

      @@meliohe5080 That's assuming the likelihood of repair is a binomial distribution, which it most definitely is not considering the failure modes of a device as complex as a monitor.

    • @TheGauges420
      @TheGauges420 Před 5 lety +2

      Why do people think possibility and probability are the same things?

    • @TexasTimelapse
      @TexasTimelapse Před 5 lety

      I caught that too

    • @ryanb509
      @ryanb509 Před 5 lety +1

      @@TheGauges420 Because they both start with p so good enough right?

  • @OfficerCaptain
    @OfficerCaptain Před 5 lety +3

    Linus and team please make side note about what parts you wouldn't want damaged. Like the boards in the back. Looking to upgrade my monitor and thought I could give this a shot to save some cash.

  • @marcusveno5121
    @marcusveno5121 Před 5 lety +59

    amazon return auctions has them for like $1-$20

    • @MrHXCPancake
      @MrHXCPancake Před 5 lety

      Where do you buy those

    • @marcusveno5121
      @marcusveno5121 Před 5 lety

      @@MrHXCPancake if you look Amazon return auctions in your area there might be a place that has them.

    • @mayooudd3480
      @mayooudd3480 Před 5 lety

      MrHXCPancake liquidation probably

  • @sabi8749
    @sabi8749 Před 5 lety +425

    LINUS* - breaks the sponsored Monitor.
    Sponsors - What!!!!!!
    Linus - MAKES A VIDEO ON IT.
    SNEAK - 110

  • @Jackson-fl7du
    @Jackson-fl7du Před 3 lety +3

    15:47 , the nices thing Linus ever said in his channel

  • @Natewu188
    @Natewu188 Před 5 lety +30

    *Skips sponsor segway*
    *Intro: Be kind, rewind*

  • @MrCykko
    @MrCykko Před 5 lety +4

    Alex was so happy in this episode, it's so cute!

  • @Major_Mason
    @Major_Mason Před 5 lety +22

    "Its all or nothing..."
    So 50/50? Right Alex? 😂😂😂

  • @FryNOR
    @FryNOR Před 5 lety +38

    I have a dead ant inside my Asus MG28UQ 4K monitor and it is driving me nuts.

    • @johnzombi2854
      @johnzombi2854 Před 5 lety +6

      Me too and it's right in the middle of the screen..

    • @sorry7436
      @sorry7436 Před 5 lety +14

      lmao make a video 😂

    • @76TyranT76
      @76TyranT76 Před 5 lety +27

      Now that's having a bug in the system....

    • @FryNOR
      @FryNOR Před 5 lety +8

      @@sorry7436 Here you go, this is before it died. over the next days it fell a bit further down inside the panel. czcams.com/video/jojhKR41Zu4/video.html

    • @chemicalbuz
      @chemicalbuz Před 5 lety +6

      @@FryNOR that's sick 😂😂😂

  • @Yalikejazzboi
    @Yalikejazzboi Před 5 lety +105

    Damn, this video took down panelook (at the time of writing this comment).

    • @xPorkchops007x
      @xPorkchops007x Před 5 lety +1

      I'm dumb I've always pronounced it pane-look

  • @eoinmcnulty5363
    @eoinmcnulty5363 Před 4 měsíci

    7:40 it's just a specific flat flex cable, they are relatively easy to find replacements. Counting the pins required is the difficult part.

  • @jarrod7465
    @jarrod7465 Před 5 lety +7

    7:10 I had a faulty samsung tv and the guy who came to repair it under warranty accidentally touched the mainboard after removing it
    Got zapped pretty bad lol (but he was fine)
    That stuff is no joke.

  • @SpartanDusk
    @SpartanDusk Před 5 lety +59

    When your designated engineer calls a 50-50 chance a 100-0 chance of success lol

    • @digitalk68
      @digitalk68 Před 5 lety +8

      you can't distinguish possibility vs probability, do you?

    • @SpartanDusk
      @SpartanDusk Před 5 lety

      digitalk I’m pretty sure people who aren’t engineers or scientist wouldn’t know it off the top of their heads. But I’m sure you’re going to tell me

    • @TheGauges420
      @TheGauges420 Před 5 lety

      @@digitalk68 well him saying either 100% or 0% is absolutely disingenuous, because that's not true with possibility vs probability either, now is it? You'd have to know the percentage of panels that are just bad from factory, and that would be your percentage for success, say 1/50 panels are automatically bad, that means you'd have a success rate of 98% which is not 100% nor 0%. You need to understand if you either win or you don't, that's a 50/50 chance, unless you somehow have an ability to directly affect the outcome, which they don't.

    • @feha92
      @feha92 Před 5 lety +1

      @@TheGauges420 that only works if the panel becomes broken (or repaired) during the repair with that probability. The case in the video is that they have a panel, it either works or it doesnt, so depending on if they bought a panel that works, its either 100% chance it will work (a panel that works will work), or 0% (if they bought a broken panel, it wont work).
      Had the repair been one where they could easily mess up and break it, the answer would not have been "either 0% or 100%", but rather something more like "either 0% or 70%" (say, if 30% of working panels break during the repair). This is why Hard drive repairs used that clean room.

  • @Life_Bot
    @Life_Bot Před 5 lety +22

    Linus logic: using the phrase 'talking about" always leads to a smooth and transition

  • @edwardhoffenheim3249
    @edwardhoffenheim3249 Před 5 lety +7

    "What are our chances?"
    "Like 100%. That or it doesn't work"
    This man has just rediscovered 50%

  • @WarriorsPhoto
    @WarriorsPhoto Před 5 lety +21

    Okay, thanks to Linus and His team. I have now found myself a way to find myself a high end monitor. Which I have no need for at this time. But, hey that's what projects are for. (:

    • @WarriorsPhoto
      @WarriorsPhoto Před 5 lety +1

      Mario This is also a good point Mario. Thank you.

    • @OKANGUVEN99
      @OKANGUVEN99 Před 4 lety

      @Mario This is a year old but Buying used monitors is also a pretty decent idea. Unless you drop them monitors are very hard to brake so a used one could be great too.

    • @TheGauges420
      @TheGauges420 Před 3 lety

      @@OKANGUVEN99 monitors are NOT hard to break. You can accidentally move it the wrong way and it will break. Dont get me wrong, I'm all for buying used, but do NOT suggest it as a sure-fire way of getting something that works, because it may very well not.

  • @jordanw5163
    @jordanw5163 Před 5 lety +56

    Repairs the expensive monitor, puts it literally on the edge of the desk in a way it could fall with the slightest tap... I'm getting déjà vu

  • @Fapen
    @Fapen Před 5 lety +6

    The Linus + Alex chemistry is always a great treat to watch :D

  • @1asdf2jklasdf31
    @1asdf2jklasdf31 Před 5 lety +5

    With be kind, rewind you got me 😁
    I am really sorry for skipping ads..

  • @cecil5
    @cecil5 Před 4 lety +29

    4:31:
    Linus: "You want a real man's screwdriver?"
    4:37
    Linus: "I don't think that suction cup's going to work"
    The people at ifixit who decided to sponsor LTT: 😡😡😡

  • @mariokladaric4746
    @mariokladaric4746 Před 5 lety +12

    "Its either 100% working or it doesn't at all"
    So you mean 50% chance ? Haha

  • @power21100
    @power21100 Před 5 lety +15

    Him reading the script on the laptop while hiding it is so funny 😂

    • @MrHendrikje
      @MrHendrikje Před 5 lety +2

      This is likely not even scripted. He was probably looking up the specs and things. No real need to script these video's. Wasted resources.

  • @Johansen1000
    @Johansen1000 Před 4 lety +1

    $180 saved compared to buying a brand new for $600, that's not unheard of to find a brand new monitor that's 30% off, no gambling involved, no breaking a monitor apart and reassemble it again yourself, and you still have the warranty. Like the last monitor I purchased was a $400 1440p 144hz and was on sale for 26% cheaper.

  • @a121535
    @a121535 Před 5 lety +160

    Meanwhile in China assembly factory, one worker watch this video about two amateur fixing a monitor and says "what a noob. "

    • @EffortlessEthan
      @EffortlessEthan Před 5 lety +32

      yeah right before he jumps into a suicide net because he has to use his imagination to watch the video

    • @VarietyGamerChannel
      @VarietyGamerChannel Před 5 lety +5

      @@EffortlessEthan Only if he's working for Apple

    • @Paultimate7
      @Paultimate7 Před 5 lety +19

      He wouldn't be saying anything. He would have finished his 30th LCD build in the same time. No time for calling people out, got monitors to assemble.

    • @watchling
      @watchling Před 5 lety +4

      Meanwhile, Louis Rossman watch this video and goes "Yeah I remember doing some repair on that level when I was five years old."

    • @erenkruger7496
      @erenkruger7496 Před 5 lety

      Yeah if he really get the access to google.

  • @barefeg
    @barefeg Před 5 lety +64

    Engineering degree ✔️ understands probabilities ❌🤔

    • @rehmsmeyer
      @rehmsmeyer Před 5 lety +4

      Dude, it's definitely either 0% or 100%. No other way to state that.

    • @deepakgupta-sq3dj
      @deepakgupta-sq3dj Před 5 lety +2

      @@rehmsmeyer thats what 50% probability is called.

    • @TheRhoaric
      @TheRhoaric Před 5 lety +1

      @@deepakgupta-sq3dj without knowing the weights of failure to success it can only be called pass or fail. You could say a person will die with the surgery we need to perform but it has factors that make it 10% or 90% success rate. I think they would only have a true % value after having 10 or more tries on the same monitor type with the same issue.

    • @twentylush
      @twentylush Před 5 lety +2

      Its going to 100% work 50% of the time

  • @paulhenderson9332
    @paulhenderson9332 Před 3 lety +2

    7:18 "I could die." -Linus
    ***cheerful music kicks in***

  • @WesBWhitacreIII
    @WesBWhitacreIII Před 5 lety +22

    That feeling when you just get done ordering a new monitor, and then see that exact monitor in the thumbnail of a broken monitor repair video. =S

    • @FinalStigma
      @FinalStigma Před 5 lety +6

      ...Which means you now know how to fix that particular monitor if you accidentally break it. Good for you.

    • @-SP.
      @-SP. Před 5 lety +1

      You could always return it?

    • @SomeDudeOnTheNet
      @SomeDudeOnTheNet Před 5 lety

      @@-SP. Not worth it anymore, broken monitors shot up in value after the video got posted and now only for very specific monitors you will make any type of savings. For popular monitors or any that are worth anything, you will actually lose money if you try to do this.

  • @jp71889
    @jp71889 Před 5 lety +10

    "What do you think our success chances are with this thing?"
    "They're either 100%, or nothing.. it's all or nothing."
    Sooo, 50%? :D

  • @MrCougar1825
    @MrCougar1825 Před 5 lety +1

    i always take a pic first always even when working on a car cause when your working on so much at once and talking to someone else you just forget were it was its easy to take something apart not so easy finding the same spot it went when dealing with little wires to put back together

  • @patchfile
    @patchfile Před 5 lety +4

    Ironic, I woke up today and my monitor was not working. Turned out to be the cable, but still funny you do a video on this on the same day.

  • @jackielinde7568
    @jackielinde7568 Před 5 lety +50

    It's not a Linus Tech Tips video until Linus breaks his toys... Wait? He bought it broken? Deliberately shelled out cash for a broken monitor? Well, okay then.

  • @jmd448
    @jmd448 Před 3 lety +1

    Thanks, you saved my broken 4k monitor from the trash. :-)

  • @xpeng121
    @xpeng121 Před 5 lety +5

    You can even build a full function monitor on taobao( aliexpress)
    You just need one drive board and a good panel and a case (

  • @RTouch10
    @RTouch10 Před 5 lety +60

    - What are our chances?
    - well, we either succeed or we don’t succeed.
    No shit.

  • @MrDersuper
    @MrDersuper Před 4 lety

    Best monitor color calibration tips by Alex!! Take a piece of white paper, match it with the display and adjust the RGB

  • @RealAadilFarooqui
    @RealAadilFarooqui Před 5 lety +4

    When I saw their Gaming Rig, I was Burst into Laughs

  • @addinnaufal898
    @addinnaufal898 Před 5 lety +9

    Me at 2 am that should've sleep
    *Ah shit, here we go again*

    • @yunirang2045
      @yunirang2045 Před 5 lety

      Addin Naufal it’s summer :)

    • @addinnaufal898
      @addinnaufal898 Před 5 lety

      @@yunirang2045 sadly there's no such thing as summer here..

  • @kitcar765
    @kitcar765 Před 5 lety

    i turned an old imac into a monitor via a ebay circuit board - works a treat and my twin imac desk looks good, with one being a windows rig under the desk

  • @curse1592
    @curse1592 Před 5 lety +20

    alex looks at linus like he's his abusive step dad

    • @skomallama2.070
      @skomallama2.070 Před 5 lety +4

      that’s specific... are you okay lol?

    • @smartmonkey777
      @smartmonkey777 Před 5 lety +1

      @@skomallama2.070 Every episode with Alex , feels like Linus is testing Alex to see whether or not to finally fire his ass, so i can kinda see why he says that.

  • @whatabeautifulchaos
    @whatabeautifulchaos Před 5 lety +309

    "I kinda wish we took a picture before we took everything apart..."
    you guys took a video....

    • @shaunclarke04
      @shaunclarke04 Před 5 lety

      Alexander Vartzbed too much editingcputting multiple clips tograther

    • @PLK123
      @PLK123 Před 4 lety

      not of the actual insides

    • @averyshaham1697
      @averyshaham1697 Před 4 lety +2

      its raw footage, its not helpful

    • @seba.4926
      @seba.4926 Před 3 lety

      take a pic so he can see the cable routing

  • @aaronVgames
    @aaronVgames Před 3 lety

    The exact monitor I have and broke over 8 months ago.
    Now that I found this video and Ima try to fix it myself.
    Might try to do a video on it... Maybe... Yes!
    Wish me luck!

  • @kalibisaboss7232
    @kalibisaboss7232 Před 5 lety +16

    Handling a very expensive machine
    Alex: what pump is this?
    Linus: oh, its the new one

  • @sakaraist
    @sakaraist Před 5 lety +5

    Love the Alex-Linus Videos of them pretty much just hanging out

  • @coffeepickles8978
    @coffeepickles8978 Před 3 lety +1

    I got this monitor for $300 on eBay without too much trouble and it is fully functional with no dead pixels so maybe in some cases look for deals on eBay before doing something like this

  • @andreiarg
    @andreiarg Před 5 lety +13

    Yeah, how about no. I'd rather stay safe and buy brand new or get a deal on ebay at an auction. I don't really feel like it's worth saving 100USD on a display and risk a lot of stuff.

    • @Arachnoid_of_the_underverse
      @Arachnoid_of_the_underverse Před 5 lety +7

      Yep quite agree but on the other hand if you have a faulty quality monitor it might be worth the risk of fixing it rather than making land fill.

    • @amaizen4817
      @amaizen4817 Před 5 lety

      well it can be more, if all goes right it can be 300+USD but i can see where you are coming from, i'll probably get my first good monitor as a new one too, but i like tinkering and will probably look into this after that

    • @Boomer.Roberts
      @Boomer.Roberts Před 5 lety +3

      I mean you can buy a good condition used Aorus monitor on Amazon for around $480 after taxes (USD), so their costs here of ~$420 is not worth it at all imo. If I could save like $150-200 off that used price then I'd be pretty interested, though...might still look into it more. I like tinkering, but I very strongly don't want to deal with the possibility of having wasted money on a broken monitor that can't be fixed with a simple panel swap.

  • @thomasg1150
    @thomasg1150 Před 5 lety +7

    My friend bought a £150 monitor(1080p 60Hz) for a £1800 PC. I couldn’t help but laugh.

    • @thomaspin3493
      @thomaspin3493 Před 5 lety

      Thomas G11 he could have got 144hz for that rip 😂

    • @Brooks__EU
      @Brooks__EU Před 5 lety

      Always depends on what you wanna do :D

  • @claimedlizard3209
    @claimedlizard3209 Před 3 lety

    i recommend searching "monitor as is" and your preferred panel specs into Ebay for best results