Asus Laptop Black screen after charging connector replacement - FIXED 

You are a very rare person on RU-vid who will actually admit his mistakes for all to see and then make it right. I never saw somebody actually do that. First of all most RU-vidrs don't read the comments or skim through and give a few one-word replies. I never saw anyone take the advice of a commenter, then admit their mistake for all to see in a video response! That act reflects the depth and strength of your character and shows your willingness to learn even when you already have a mountain of knowledge gained through experience. I see how excited you get when you get a project fixed, you smile and still get satisfaction from your work even after repairing thousands of boards. God bless you and thanks for sharing your knowledge.

This is awesome that a community can get together and fix a problem. "We did a great job!"

Thanks for this concluding video. That blob helps for modular debugging. If you see HP G1,g2 series there are several blobs which helps to disconnect a whole module without removing the components .. this way you can test each module separately.

We can all miss things from time to time, especially when they are microscopic. Just shows what a great community we have here. I can manage basic soldering, I have never tried microscopic components though. The biggest thing I take away from these videos… my ASUS laptop could stop working at anytime for no obvious reason 😂

Amazing that the viewer has seen that tiny detail. Great community and great fix ones again

Better than the factory blob 😜 Nice job and community help.

You show the great human side of working on repairs..not afraid to ask for help....you are the man! John

Your channel saved me $200. I was able to repair the logic board for my garage door. Thank you.

Also thought about this blob, so we are here to help you - one of 100 times, but You helped us more and more, and share your knowledge! Glad it is running well of one tiny thing, that's life, expect the unexpected!

You re the best. Absolutely professional, I appreciate you listen to the comment from the community and showed this video to every one, and I would like to give many thumbs up to the community

Over the years I've noticed these 'blobs' on a lot of different electronic items, always suspected something like isolating parts of the board was the reason but now I know. Thanks - great video.

I love watching your videos. Im learning to do micro soldering repairs and the look of satisfaction when you are successful is what its all about. Great job.

I have just literally watched yesterdays video and imidietly got notodication about Northridge Fix posted new video! Thats great! I am happy that I was able to watch continus of yestersays repair. Also shoutout to that great person who discovered the problem! You are superb

Nice work n great shout for showing us a real life issue. Great work between Alex and the community. Great to see you didnt hide such a simple issue which can keep many laptops working in the future.

Thank you so much for your videos. I am sure I have been bit by this before. I know have one more diagnostic in my tool bag thanks to your informative videos. I have an ASUS ROG Zephyrus right now that the screen quit after I replaced the DC charging port! Been banging my head against a wall for a week. Thank you again.

That's the meaning of "we" instead of "I". A lot of us trying to help ends in a really happy "family" fix.

Love that,, being humble, acknowledging individual... Love your videos, stories and education. Keep up the great work.

I realy have much respect for you. you take hints from your viewers. the most dont do that, what is for someone like us normal. we take hints and advices, even as professionals. Great Jobs you do.

Nice job. And this is a great example of why you use the word "we" instead of just "I". Both the repair community and yourself fixed this together. Oldirdey, good eye's man ; )

That’s was a great spot from the viewer, I would of easily missed that. Great stuff and great video/fix👍

Your the man of boards the king of repairs even without comments you’d fix anything unless it’s cpu related 🤘🏻 no beating northridgefix

Thank Alex for this video i watched it 2weeks ago but now i fix the laptop for my client, she brought the laptop with a white screen and at first i thought it was a screen issue and i tried to change the screen but i found that her laptop screen was working fine then when i dissasemble the motherbord i got the corrusion on the board and with you video the laptop i can see the picture ,thank Alex big up to yourself much respect am your fan from EASTER AFRICA #RWANDA Kigali#

What an incredible insight Well done

Excellent. And that's why you say "We" , You are not afraid to say you had help from others in your work. Keep up the good work. (I do laugh at your humor, do more)

Great spot viewer! I use such solder blob links in my designs, they are very useful(and free) but always try to position them so they are not next to something that may be removed and inadvertently unsolder it (as it’s invisible with no component left behind). I guess large scale manufacturers don’t expect others to be messing with their product so don’t concern themselves with others trying to fix them (usually without info!) they want you to buy new which is against all eco and money saving mentality. Keep up the great work Alex (my Alexa just chirped up.. no Alexa, I said Alex! Lol technology sometimes!!) 🤐

Best electronics channel and Community on RU-vid and thanks our Teacher Alex for his patience

Great catch 'Oldirey' . Great video and nice to see a smile on your face Mr. Northridge. And you didn't get hit by any flying batman toys.

Like I did comment before in another video about you, you did credit who deserved it. That's why I personally don't mind when you say that you do an amazing job, when you do it. This time, that guy deserved the credit, amazing job he did with that very good observation.

Brother, yesterday I wanted to write that, you should take this fault as a challenge & should solve it. So in future, you can easily solve it. I forgot to write that comment yesterday. Thanks to your subscriber that he/she pointed out the exact fault & you paid attention & finally solved it. Love to see your vlogs. So much to learn from you. I have one question, don't you get android phones for repair ? I never saw you repair any android phones.

Awesome to get that feedback and find the mystery :-) I have seen that type of blob method to create mode switching and save on dip switches. Radios and clocks that are made for multi countries often can blobs the set band plans and display conventions.

Saw the video yesterday, no idea, and that viewer, defenitly have amazing eyes on detailes.

Thank you for a very interesting series of videos. Please keep on posting. Best wishes from Oxford England

Outstanding, great detective work.

Well, I guess I was 'partially right', that's where I thought there was a component missing. Unfortunately My internet service here is so bad that I can't use high resolution in videos so it was very hard to tell if there was one there or not. But that's where I thought the problem was because I could see the traces so I knew it was important that it have something across it to complete part of the circuit. Glad you found it, it only made sense that it was an issue in that general area since it came in working, and the port is the only thing you worked on. Good Job! 👍

What a finale! The mystery solved! It was caused by the Blob! Wonderful to see and all credit to the subscriber who spotted it. Mind you, I have dated a few blobs in my time... Bravo!

Its always nice to have a final video. thanks

Alex, this shows how many care about you and as humans we all make mistakes. “ it takes a village “. Happy restful Sunday

Essentially the question boils down to another similar question : why do 0 ohm resistors even exist??? I mean why do you need a resistor when a trace is fine? I remember asking myself that question a lot in my student days, I thought : this is stupid! When you really think about it, the 0-ohm resistor is a genius invention. A solder blob like that (solder jumper) is basically a FREE 0 ohm resistor (not that they are really expensive, but 1 million times $0.001 is not negligealble). Here's what you can do with it : - back in the day, multilayer boards weren't a thing, and drilling vias required expensive machining tools, and cost extra money. Back then, the "holy grail" of board layout was to achieve a no-via design on a single or double-sided board. And 0-ohm resistors help : they allow you to "cross" a trace with another trace without a via. Pretty neat right? - troubleshooting / debug : sometimes, we are not sure if we will need another 1k resistance in series, so we put a 0-ohm resistor and if need arises, we just update the BOM : the PCB doesn't change. - multifunction boards : sometimes, a single board is designed to perform multiple functions. Where on one is a 0-ohm resistor, on another one is another value, or nothing at all (open-circuit). - unit testing : sometimes, you need to perform unit tests on a modular PCB. In that case, you isolate that submodule on the board by disconnecting it from the rest (connected via a 0-ohm resistor). Then you test and validate your submodule in production state without affecting the rest of the board. All in all, it is a very useful tactic.

Good job Alex the Greatest Repair RU-vidr business lol. I'm impressed

great work..good to see the laptop working....thanks to the commenting person as well***😊

Beautiful work as always

Wow. Rewatched the other video and amazing find. Good job.

Great job! Sometimes they add those jumper pads like that so you can isolate part of the circuit easily. Not sure what the benefit is of doing that there?

Great job and excellent observation skills to the subscriber👍

Thanks for the closure on this!

I love those jumpers. They make debugging so much easier when you can isolate parts of the motherboard.

Amazing very incredible. Your fans have really a good eyes. Incredible job, very good videos. I love it. Greets

Great lesson in catching the tiniest of details.

If you're interested in that commenter's name, it's an American saying "OL" (typically spelled out without caps and with a generalized meaning of old, in a joking-ish way). So the name was basically implying "Old Dirty" = "olDirdey". In the southeast it's not uncommon to hear someone reference someone else as "Ol' Boy". Appreciate your content, don't let the bad stuff overwhelm the good stuff!

Just watched the other video and now I got the notification that you've fixed the problem 🙂 noice 🤗

Hello! Now you can open the heading "repair by photo" thanks for the video. good luck with the repairs!

Good job Alex and thanks for sharing. This is like Peer Review in research papers

I was waiting for this

Bravo olDirdey👏👏👏👍

Community makes good work, I wish you all good, and for you all.

Great outcome!

You learned something very specific for that laptop,that you will remember the next time you do the same repair .

Great work by the person that spoted this 😀😀👍👍

Man it was so hard to catch, anyone would remove that blob accidently, i bet i would spend a day until i find it. Even if you follow your steps back which is the best way to solve it.. Good job..

Congrats on the fix :)

Well thanks for the second part,,,and much appreciation for a comment from #oIDirdey,,u have eyes my friend,,Thanks

Good morning from Germany ! 🇩🇪👍

Amazing, very useful comments

Great conclusion!

I thought and I knew you would fix it. 😏. Love your vids and many comments as I learn new things.

Great fix diligent pays off

Nice. Customer will be happy ;)

Hi bro from France, have a Nice Day. Thank's for this movie.

Very good, helpful!

great job to the community and you for fixing the problem. also next time blur the users information when you upload the video!

That was a great catch.. wow.. thanks so much for sharing,

Great pick...

Thank you so much brother

Good job, you are amazing man

💪💪💪 team work!

excellent work

Thank goodness a few "Scientist's" keep track of you. Have a most awesome weekend!

كنت عم استناك

Great job 👏 thanks

I really like your video you are very humble nature I am from Pakistan

When I add blob in pcb's I tend to do the opposite: the copper trace is here by default and I can cut the trace to measure current (or other purpose). I find solder blobs unreliable in production and if I really need to have a trace open then close, I add a zero ohm resistor.

wow very well done for sure was a tricky one

nice, great job

Wow well done 😀

Great Job!

Nice catch. Obvious once pointed out Being aware that that's a thing rather than 0 R link...we all learn every day

Thanks for your help to our idol.

Very nice sir ji

wow i haven´t seen that till you point it out 👍

Awesome job bro keep rocking bro 👍👍👍

Well done.

There is no doubt with you .

الحمد للہ Another nice job done

You must give a tip to that man who help you, to inspire all to share good idea...

Great pickup from that commenter...bloody great eyes. Thats a big trap too...excellent outcome

Nice work

You are great in the world 🌍

Muito bom! Preciso o olho do seguidor do canal! 😄😄😄

Good job

Man, I really loved your critique of the comments. It made me laugh.