A VIEWER sent me this FAULTY Docking Station | Can I FIX It?

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Many Thanks to Adam for sending this faulty MagBac Docking Station over to me. He says it stopped working and now the power supply flashes green, instead of a SOLID light.
Let's open this bad boy up and see if we can work out what's wrong!
Hope you enjoy!
Steve
PS. I'm not an expert in repairs at all. I do this for fun, and it may not be the best or safest way to go about repairing broken stuff. I'm pretty good at melting plastic though. Please don't copy me - I'm an idiot.
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@StezStixFix 8 месяцев назад

Stupid MagBac

@Simon-dd4gk 8 месяцев назад

Looks fixed to me. Done!

@SovietCaptain03 8 месяцев назад

How can he add a comment 2 days ago😂😂

@RadimentriX 8 месяцев назад

try it on your steam deck? you can put external screens on that with the usb-c so it should work with that hub?

@pfear8340 8 месяцев назад

@SovietCaptain03 It gets uploaded for Patreon members' and other paid memberships to view and comment earlier than anyone else.

@davevanoerle3879 8 месяцев назад

It's clearly fixed, just hook it up like you did and put a sd card or USB stick in it. It will show up on your pc ! Good job !!!

@beterthanlife 8 месяцев назад

@StezStixFix It was me who sent you the dock. Can confirm it is not thunderbolt and should work with any usb-c device. I used to use it with a HP laptop. Iirc the light on the front should be on without anything plugged in. Great video btw - was really interesting to see how you approached identifying the issue. All the best from Fife!

@iK1tK4t 8 месяцев назад

Don’t even believe it was you to be honest :)

@Dsbarrynl 8 месяцев назад

Why would be say he was when he wasn't, that just dont make any sense 😂

@davidhannum9017 8 месяцев назад

@@Dsbarrynldon't bother, some people are idiots. There really is no arguing with them. Best thing to do is let them think they are right

@theinstallerguy786 8 месяцев назад

Where abouts in Fife, I’m in Leven?

@McTAnGuS 8 месяцев назад

@@theinstallerguy786 Jeez how many fifers in one niche place. I'm just up outside Anstruther 🤣

@CTCTraining1 8 месяцев назад

Well done Steve ... I’m guessing that the reason that the shorted mosfet didn’t glow brightly was because the psu was tripping off and so not much juice was reaching it ... probably a bench psu on current limit might have been clearer. Still, you managed to pinpoint it which is the important thing. Maybe use something non-conductive as a pointing/prodding tool 😀 Keep up the great work 😀👍

@Deliz1 8 месяцев назад

The music during the soldering was especially rock *solid* this time, cheers!

@wisher21uk 8 месяцев назад

Brilliant Steve another “SOLID” fix thanks

@renegadetx82 8 месяцев назад

Absolutely love your videos! I have done so many repairs with your lead that normally I would NEVER have attempted! You are awesome!

@Fuzzy-88 8 месяцев назад

Steve! Love your style man, never change 💙 I've only been subbed a few months but went back and watched a huge chunk of your content and I absolutely love the progression of the entire channel. Question for you Steve, what got you into electronic repairs?

@ppartsx 8 месяцев назад

i like how the wire weave soaks up the solder, looks neat

@idlevalley 8 месяцев назад

I love your channel. I learned how to solder because of you. I like your style :)

@markgreenhalgh8344 8 месяцев назад

I feel a CD release of all your raps coming soon 😂

@dickebohne6537 8 месяцев назад

🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢

@ryanmercer3352 8 месяцев назад

Bloody hope not...

@darrengarvie8832 8 месяцев назад

In time for Christmas 😂

@deathtrap1976 8 месяцев назад

I've felt a shiver of terror on my spine with the mere idea of that release.

@Thekidfromcalifornia2.0 8 месяцев назад

It would have to be a cassette.

@ronlevin2339 8 месяцев назад

this is main power mosfet. You do not need to use the same one. Any mosfet with same polarity and current will do the work. You can find them in any donor laptop, power supply, power bank ....

@mtshark7 8 месяцев назад

Nicely done Steve!

@zKaltern 8 месяцев назад

So.. By the looks of your Device Manager, you have an AMD laptop. Because Thunderbolt is designed to work with Intel boards, AMD (unless it has a specific card) won't be able to detect the dock as Thunderbolt, and will (if the dock supports it) fall back to a standard USB-C dock. The fact the laptop detects it as a USB dock suggests to me it is working correctly - only way to be sure is to plug it into a Thunderbolt enabled PC or laptop. But I suspect you've fixed it anyway. Nice.

@StezStixFix 8 месяцев назад

Aaaah, thank you, yes that makes sense! 👍

@jnharton 8 месяцев назад

@@WhiteG60To be fair there is some degree of compatibility between USB 3.x and Thunderbolt (USB 3.1 combined with USB-C can support an alternate thunderbolt mode), but afaik it has always been really hit and miss. -- The sticking point is that it was really hard to know whether you could use any particular device+computer combination.

@gamercat1894 8 месяцев назад

@@StezStixFix From what I have found and it looks like the same one that you have gotten. It is a docking station that works Universal so it will work with Mac (Thunderbolt) Desktop and laptops (USB)

@medes5597 8 месяцев назад

@@gamercat1894yes, but the usb has to be Thunderbolt compliant and not every laptop has thunderbolt compliant usb ports. No ones suggesting it isn't universal.

@gamercat1894 8 месяцев назад

@@medes5597 okay. It was just what I found about the product.

@jsm879 8 месяцев назад

I too belted out Don't Look Back in Anger when it was played on the radio today!😁

@pds8475 8 месяцев назад

I'm actually surprised that you was able to find the MOSFET with it's own power supply. The flashing LED means it was tripping. This usually means the faulty part doesn't have enough time to heat up because the power supply is detecting a fault and shutting off power. DC variable bench power supplies how ever do not care if there is a fault and keep outputting the power regardless. Giving the faulty component a chance to heat up.

@oldguy9051 8 месяцев назад

Faulty components don't necessarily heat up.

@bruwin 8 месяцев назад

@@oldguy9051 They do when they fail short like this did. But it's clear it wasn't getting as hot as it could have, which is likely because of how the overcurrent protection in the power supply was working. It was staying off just long enough to let the short cool a bit before coming back on. It was almost acting like a PID controller.

@dh2032 8 месяцев назад

i was thing the same, what a well designed power brick, going safe, am wondering as it one of the plug it in and leave it pluged in? things, what would happen, if it was just left, left doing it low green flashy thing? for days, week, until some noticed it was not working, next time a laptop/phone was pluged in to it?

@TerryLawrence001 8 месяцев назад

Either input works, be it Thunderbolt or USB. It just matters if the device you connect can use all of the hardware in the dock and the drivers are installed on the device.

@TerryLawrence001 8 месяцев назад

Perhaps the other chips inside would be a clue as to who the real manufacturer is. i am sure magbac is some strange made up name for branding a generic docking solution.

@Tim_3100 8 месяцев назад

Intresting never seen a mac docking station great video

@jnharton 8 месяцев назад

They definitely exist, though being based on Thunderbolt limited the use of them to Macs which supported it. Apple's always doing something weird and proprietary.

@cliff_hewitt 8 месяцев назад

When you are looking for max temperatures with the thermal camera, have a look at the range on the right-hand side of the display. The max is there, whereas your guess under the crosshairs might not be the max. Just before you took it out-of-shot at 5:45, the max was 41.1 -- 5 degrees higher than what you found.

@quanchyplimp 8 месяцев назад

I have a similar product made by Targus. The fact your PC recognised at as a hub is good, as it IS a hub for all your laptop peripherals. Connect a monitor to it via HDMI, plug a keyboard via USB and a mouse via USB and voila, you have a working dock. I used mine with 2 monitors. I stopped using it because of graphics issues, this maybe due to the fact my laptop is 10 years old and uses an outdated Nvidia chip with Intel onboard graphics, even with all graphics drivers updated, problems persisted that are not problems when laptop is used normally.

@WrinkledPlatypus 8 месяцев назад

Great song at the end

@TBL_stevennelson 8 месяцев назад

Using the same meter as me, you gained a new sub lol. Great video

@Boogie_the_cat 8 месяцев назад

Im dyslexic so i thought the name in the thumbnail picture was "bigMac" Happy Easter Bunnicula

@Fluffski2006 8 месяцев назад

Hi Steve. Can i just say, putting a cold IC on a very hot pad can damage it (Thermal shock), What i would do is heat up the pad with the IC already seated. This will heat them both together. :) Just a thought.

@joewentworth7856 2 месяца назад

Have you measured the air temp coming out of your hot air gun? I wonder if lower air flow gives more time for the air to heat up to the desired temp . If the heating element is underpowered that would explain the problems when you turned up the air flow. ...

@coondogtheman 8 месяцев назад

Steve it has an HDMI plug on it. Plug it into your telly and see if it displays anything. It has a micro SD card on it so maybe it can read files off the card. Throw some pics or mp3s on it.

@Ea-Nasir_Copper_Co 8 месяцев назад

Great fix! What is it? 😅

@franckozon 8 месяцев назад

Nice

@colinbailey6236 8 месяцев назад

❤ this channel

@LievenRobert 8 месяцев назад

You can plug a higher end Samsung smartphone (S22 works for sure) in with a USB-C to USB-C cable and it should work with a monitor or two monitors. As well as charging, mouse and keyboard usage

@teslasapple 8 месяцев назад

Can’t believe you solid tested a MOSFET 😅

@synthaxx7313 8 месяцев назад

Heya Steve, might want to give that dock try with your SteamDeck. I've been using an HP thunderbolt dock with it, and can use all of the functions of the dock (audio, networking etc) without issue. Worth a shot?

@belzebub16 8 месяцев назад

That will 99.99% work, because the Steam Deck does support USB-C DisplayPort.

@alanbarker2279 8 месяцев назад

Was going to suggest the same.

@minmogrovingstrongandhealthy 8 месяцев назад

Wtf is this device even suppose to do?! I watched this video in parts and as a conclusion even the dude repairing it doesn't know. I honestly would sell the damn thing and move on, seems like a pointless and overall useless device for many of us ...

@TerrisLeonis 8 месяцев назад

@@minmogrovingstrongandhealthyIt's basically a bunch of ports including monitor connections and power, which plugs in with a single USB-C. This means you can have a full setup on your desk - monitor, keyboard, mouse, network cable, laptop charger - then plug your laptop in with a single cable to both charge the laptop and use all the accessories, turning the laptop into a desktop with a single plug. Going somewhere? Just unplug the laptop and go. These are commonly used in businesses with "hot desk" arrangements, where each desk will have monitors, keyboard, mouse and network, but you bring your work-assigned laptop to any available desk, plug it in and start working.

@imaginitivity7853 8 месяцев назад

They also reduce the fatigue on the connected devices ports

@Mephiston 8 месяцев назад

Damn, a year later and your sub count was still 117K subs? Slow year! I joke, nice work as always Steve.

@Hazmatguy117 8 месяцев назад

When you look that good, you don’t have to “know” anything.

@rickseiden1 8 месяцев назад

Try using one or more of the other ports. Plug in an external monitor to one of the HDMI ports, plug in a micro-sd card. That kind of thing.

@cjh0751 8 месяцев назад

Just like the Roadrunner, multim iter goes 🐝 p 🐝 p.

@dominikschutz6300 8 месяцев назад

You could copy the hardware id in device manager (properties) and google the driver. Maybe windows installs the wrong one :)

@Cassandra_Johnson 8 месяцев назад

It clearly has a USB hub inside, but if you connect via usb-c, I am pretty sure you should at least be able to check the networking part (cable), you might even be able to hook up a display to it.

@sethtanner1 8 месяцев назад

Tidder = legend

@JimBear 8 месяцев назад

Cute bear!

@cjh0751 8 месяцев назад

Did you check the capacitors again after replacing the mosfet. They'll probably need changing as well. I'd like to see a follow up. Liking you vids my Mandingo.

@NotAHandle22 8 месяцев назад

There is a third option. I like to see the disassembly, so I mute instead of skip. 😆

@gerardmccabe4978 16 дней назад

The music is tremendous!

@markroberts7263 8 месяцев назад

When is the album coming out Steve?

@skullcompco 8 месяцев назад

Don't encourage him lol

@laurentiurosianu 8 месяцев назад

It might work with a Nintendo switch. But make sure you use a thunderbolt cable. A normal usb c to c cable will not work(for display for example

@Hairy_Lee 8 месяцев назад

Thats deffo a USB C dock. Additionally, I used to plug my galaxy s8 phone into a dock for the desktop experience. Some phones play properly with docks and you can output to a display and have all the benefits that come with it

@PMCRetroGamer 8 месяцев назад

@12:48 better than factory 😎

@ssilver2342 8 месяцев назад

Should just need standard USB-C - thunderbolt shouldn't be needed for this. It's acting like a USB hub and it looks like everything was detected. nice work! solid!

@BadgerSquatch 8 месяцев назад

So big, So mean 💕💕

@Skyspace187 8 месяцев назад

I'll make a comment about USB-C and Thunderbolt Docks. Cables matter! Thunderbolt 3 normally needs to be 19-20 conductors and no more than 24" in length I belive. However, most Thunderbolt docks also allow USB-C which only requires 12-14 conductors and up to 48" for PD. Just did a lot of docking research and troubleshooting when our university moved to newer models of Dell having Thunderbolt 3/4 and the various docks people purchased and used over 2020 through today at home and work. Most of the Dell Docks limit it to 12-14" for the cable length to avoid communication issues in Thunderbolt 3/4. Thunderbolt Standard says 3 meters (10') but I've never had success with users replacing these cables with cheap knock-offs or longer cables and/or extension adapters. Most of my Thunderbolt 3/4 cables are less than 20".

@raven95AL 8 месяцев назад

your steamdeck should works with that

@fluffybutt38 8 месяцев назад

Most newer phones will do video out also.

@TheGhostAvatar 8 месяцев назад

Thunderbolt typically supports USB connectivity. For example Thunderbolt 3 (which was the first to use the USB-C connector, instead of its own) supports USB 3.1 Gen 2. So yeah, if you plug it into a USB connection, it will still work. You just wont get the benefits of Thunderbolt. But I don't believe this unit is thunderbolt, since it doesn't have the symbol near the port to identify that it is a Thunderbolt port.

@DigitalDiabloUK 8 месяцев назад

I couldn't see the thunderbolt ⚡so may just be a USB-C with DisplayLink, or, DP over USB-C pass thru, in which case you should be able to connect up a screen via the displayport and accessories.

@dazzypops 8 месяцев назад

Try plugging it into your phone, then add a keyboard, mouse, usb stick, hdmi to tv etc to test it.

@sosaix 8 месяцев назад

It aint complete until I hear Munkyjo from Tokyo

@6BlackWings 8 месяцев назад

Ever try SMD solder paste?

@arch1107 8 месяцев назад

it is just tiny sodder balls floating in flux, it makes some jobs easier but nothing special

@FoolHardyQueso 8 месяцев назад

Love the vids, but you should get a multimeter with less annoying sound

@nicoful86 8 месяцев назад

The Lenovo thunderbolt docks refuse to do anything without a thunderbolt connection, I presume that's the case here as well

@PITAProductions 6 месяцев назад

I went to your channel to try and ease my hangover and all I get is BEEEEEEEEEEEEEP

@dh2032 8 месяцев назад

there are plug adapters on eBay, that would connectors , but that that would been an interesting to see, it working doing something? anything or nothing? but the your video, said it was a USB3.0 HUB, that's right, everything USB something? If your started plugging things into the available port sockets and see what happened?

@alaaaburub3984 8 месяцев назад

Connect an apple using a banana and it should work 😂

@emmabentley7945 8 месяцев назад

Steve, you need a Macbook Pro ❤

@rovermg25 8 месяцев назад

First time I didn’t skip the rap 😅

@GeeEmJay 8 месяцев назад

These types of device register all the integrated hardware as USB devices (the display adapters will be displaylink devices, etc.) They will all connect to a root hub within the device

@belzebub16 8 месяцев назад

These hubs almost never use Thunderbolt, but USB-C DisplayPort, so that you can connect peripherals and monitors up to it. Why they call them "Thunderbolt" Docks is because a Thunderbolt Port will always support USB-C DisplayPort (and more), so end-users will not falsly use it on a USB-C port lacking that feature and then return it/complain about it.

@auzzierocks 8 месяцев назад

Has to be connected to a laptop yeah, that way the GPU can be directly connected to it via PCIe. On just a PC with an external GPU, you won't get video out as the internal GPU is disabled, you will just see usb, but you should see the extra ethernet port in device manager. If it were thunderbolt, the usb C uplink port on the dock would have a lightning bolt

@MrBumlicker 8 месяцев назад

Should have played the song ...... " return of the mac "

@Dennn90 8 месяцев назад

Should work with higher end android device like Galaxy S10, 20 or newer, my S21FE works great with docking station for Dell laptops, including sound, usb, display port output. Also should work with Nintendo Switch.

@brandoncolemire4220 8 месяцев назад

Wait, there are actually people who skip the raps?!? Moops

@FixerUK 8 месяцев назад

Plug it into a Granny Smith and see. 😁

@milescarter7803 8 месяцев назад

I don't see why it wouldn't have a fallback USB 3.1 mode, as well as being Thunderbolt compatible. Maybe plug a surplus USB Mouse or storage in and see if you get anywhere. Thunderbolt as a whole seems pretty finicky, it has been rebranded as "USB 4" and anyone can add it to their PC. Whether Intel provides working drivers seems to be another matter entirely. I've got a Lenovo T480 that worked with an Orico NVMe dock, which I plugged an RX6400 into using a "mining" M.2 to PCIe x4 adaptor. But sadly the Lenovo was using a x2 lane Thunderbolt controller, so it was a bit bottlenecked.

@dieterf.8826 8 месяцев назад

Don't you have a steam deck? Just attach ist and see if HDMI works. And put a SD Card in the slot, if that is found too, it works.

@owomushi_vr 8 месяцев назад

use your steamdeck

@AmstradExin 8 месяцев назад

In theory this should just work with USB 3. You may not get all the features like the HDMI ports. but everything else should just work fine.

@JVerschueren 8 месяцев назад

For a repair like this you need a PCB heater, like a Weller WHP 200 (so some cheap Chinese knock off probably, because the Weller ones are 850 Euros or something stupid). It's stops the heat you put into the area you want to solder from "wicking away" into the ground pour of the PCB. I made a delightfully dangerous, Big Clive style, mains powered one, which, for obvious reasons, I won't share, but it's saved my bacon numerous times since I made it. I had put a 96-pin connector on a fairly thick, plated through hole, multilayer PCB (with internal power and ground planes) and, unfortunately, it was the wrong kind: male instead of female. Wouldn't come off again, even with a solder sucker and hot air. Built the hot plate and finally got it off again, 6 to 8 pins at a time... total nightmare. But, later, for SMD components featuring large pads it worked a treat and still does.

@arch1107 8 месяцев назад

not really, no, the pcb heate heats a big board to make things easier, but it is needed for big chips, that tiny thing was remived and installed no problem no traces broken, no need for that

@maicod 8 месяцев назад

Please don't look back in anger

@jchapalee 8 месяцев назад

stupidity is a constellation

@MrMurdock2021 8 месяцев назад

You should be able to use it as a usb 3.0 hub

@holyhelga 8 месяцев назад

unleaded solder seems to be a pain to deal with

@bradallen8909 8 месяцев назад

It is.

@rimmersbryggeri 8 месяцев назад

Probably needs to be a thnderbolt compliant usb outlet on the computer to get the thunderbolt. And also a thunderbolt compliant cable. Contraty to other commenterstatements there are amd based systems that support thunderbolt. Like for example ASUS mini pcs but it needs to be compliant all the way down the line. You can have thunderbolt over usb-c but unless the computer has a thunderbolt controller its a no go and usually not all outlets are compliant either.

@jnharton 8 месяцев назад

The big issue is that having a USB-C connector doesn't guarantee that the USB controller supports all the /potential/ functions that are defined in various versions of the USB 3 standard. Alas, unlike USB 2 (aka 2.0), we got USB 3.0, 3.1 Gen 1, 3.1 Gen 2, 3.2 Gen 1, and 3.2 Gen 2. And worse, USB 3.2 can support multiple "lanes" (think PCIe style).

@rimmersbryggeri 8 месяцев назад

@@jnharton Yes that is almost exactly what I said.

@northernninjarunner5506 8 месяцев назад

Working fine plug a USB mouse, Ethernet cable to test

@dazzlelaacarpentry-dazzlefpv 8 месяцев назад

At 6:14 is that a random blob of solder

@Fatpumpumlovah2 8 месяцев назад

BRO!!! DESOLDER THE OLD UNLEADED SOLDER AND RESOLDER!!

@shambleslongplay3566 8 месяцев назад

the melted solder ball tells you that mosfet got really hot. and is likley your culprit.

@MrTracker1995 8 месяцев назад

I believe you can connect your phone if it's android

@MrBumlicker 8 месяцев назад

By Mark morrison

@MasterJediSean 8 месяцев назад

as far as I know thunderbolt works with any usb c devices.

@tlaim 8 месяцев назад

It should work through usb. Just plug it in like you had it, then connect it to a tv.

@RichsRandomRetroReviews 8 месяцев назад

I think it's just USB 3.0. If it was Thunderbolt it should have the lightning logo next to the USB-C port. If it doesn't have the lightning bolt, then it's not thunderbolt and it's just regular USB.

@jnharton 8 месяцев назад

Unfortunately USB 3.x is plagued with all kinds of weird symbols both main and secondary.--- There is a lightning symbol on some laptops' usb 3.x ports that simply signify that power is available even when the laptop is powered off. Also, the presence of a battery symbol sometimes indicates that USB Power Delivery (PD) functionality is present. And that means that the connected devices can negotiate how much power is provided.

@roscoe454 8 месяцев назад

sing getting swifty-rick and morty tune

@L555HEP 8 месяцев назад

You know people are normal when they sand a letter.

@toolsarecool 8 месяцев назад

Now THAT typo made my day. 😂

@onesandzeros2u 8 месяцев назад

Why do we have to be a resident of the UK, and use royal mail?

@redditch11b 8 месяцев назад

Plug a fairly modern Samsung phone into it and it and it will start Dex

@jackal242 5 месяцев назад

It's a USB-C hub. NOT a Thunderbolt hub. Thunderbolt is a protocol that runs OVER USB-C. I think you've confused the two. Just plug in any USB-C device and check to see if the hub is working. Simple test.

@fu1r4 8 месяцев назад

Checking if the solder was solid was totally useless. Those short legs shouldn't move at all even if they wasn't solid ...

@cheex18 8 месяцев назад

Anyone else find it ironic that Steve is unhappy with his peeping multi-meter but also is looking for content for shows.... 0.O

@Apreche 8 месяцев назад

Buy an old broken thunderbolt laptop. Fix it. Then use it to test this dock.

@janskeet1382 8 месяцев назад

It''s a hand written letter. That is so sweet. ♥

@Inugamiz 8 месяцев назад

It actually looks like that. That "thing" is mostly used to display a laptop on multiple screens at once either via mirror or extended. It detects it as a USB Root hub since... is a hub.

@jnharton 8 месяцев назад

If it's a "root hub" that suggests that the dock contains a USB controller that uses thunderbolt as it's connection to the system

@mattwright1054 2 месяца назад

Bet I have something you can't fix. Microsoft controller, starts working fine then after about 5 minutes of use d-pad and ABXY stops working. Can't find any solutions online 🤷🏻‍♂️