Expensive LG UltraFine 5K Monitor Thunderbolt Repair with Style 

I was happy that I could put a new HDMI port on a friend's PS4 and a new micro-USB port on my son's Blue Yeti Microphone. .. . This was over the course of 3 weeks. Meanwhile, Alex has worked on 300+ devices in the two that I had carefully worked on. Thank you Alex. I absolutely love your videos. You are an engineer/artist and make this work look easy. This is not easy work if you are in-experienced. If I am ever in LA. I will definitely stop in and shake Alex's hand. Not just for congratulatory efforts, but in hopes that some of his knowledge somehow transfers to me through a handshake. I joke, but seriously good job, Alex. The work that you do is absolutely amazing and its strangely therapeutic to watch these fixes!!!

I have the same monitor and broke this connector off recently. Pads looked impossible to repair so I ended up buying a new board. Bravo to you for repairing this one, really impressive 👏🙌

"Let the grinding begin." That almost put tears in my eyes.

You are so skilled man, it is really satisfying watching you perform surgical repairs with such precision! Thanks for the great content

Very precise soldering work.. Job well done!!

I am still impressed how you restored those broken pads at 1:13 with just bridging... I thought that never would work. 😮

If soldering was an Olympic event you'd be the undefeated gold medalist

I am amazed at times how people can do such damage to their devices. Parts that are sturdily attached that for some reason get destroyed. I have electronic devices I bought years ago that are like new. I keep them clean and store them in safe places. But, that's what keeps Mr, Alex in business.

The whole point of having USB-C was so that repairs are easier, but they always add some degree of proprietary-ness to the port and charge a lot for repairs. Great job Alex, keep up the great work

Like a surgeon. Steady hands for days! Bravo. Very nice work.

10:01 what a badass repair man! :D 😂

I love the Shades Alex! great humor and you are a slick troubleshooter! Nice job as always as I learn from you.

Ahahha. I was not expecting sun glasses just after mentioning the UV light 😊. Have a great day

I enjoy watching your videos, they are very educational. Watching you work gives me inspiration to get into this field. Working on a broken device, then to see it operating after all is done, is a good feeling for me. Respect

Nice work 👍 Glad that you protected your eyes as it is not always possible to place the UV light flat on a PCB, as in this case. I found that it did not take much reflected UV to make my eyes painful when not wearing UV400 glasses. The eye pain would really interfere with your working day. Keep up the good work Alex 👍👍

I could tell how excited you were when you first used the grinding pen and pad strips. its like you found the best instruments for your abilities and lets you be even better than better than factory! nice work.

I love your technique and would definitely trust my stuff in your hands. I been watching for a few weeks and already learned so much.

Your policy is fair. Enjoy your videos, I haven't heard of 'tinning' in a long time.

8:28 gave me chest pain just watching how close those tiny wires are and the precision he has to place them. KUDOS!!

Just sitting here and being amazed of Alex's surgical precision when working on those tiny copper pads. Any online courses from Alex about surgery? HAHA, but beside that hats down, work done as excellent as it could be

Awaiting "Better than factory" and magically it happened! Awesome hand technique!

You are the MAN. You should have been a surgeon instead. You have very steady hands, your precision always amazes me.

Nice solider work!

Great job!! You make it look so easy but its really not! Your hands are so steady, you could easily be a surgeon. Thanks for sharing all this knowledge.

Your videos make me wanna start my own repairshop

Your working skills is awesome bro keep rocking bro 👍👍👍

Great work as always Alex.

Enjoyed the fix

as you always say better than the factory 🏭 salam to bigboss

You dont get enough credit for what you do and just how well you do it.

Great video! Been Learning alot man thanks! It's very interesting and satisfying watching you work.. Ive been watching for about 4 hours straight now.. it's surprisingly calming and just takes my mind off everything..

That's some really cool reconstruction work. Good job!

Repair with style aaand signature smile))

Amazing work Alex! I love watching these videos

Como siempre muy buen trabajo , acabado mejor que de fabrica...

Now running to buy my soldering paste!!!

looking fresh with those sunglasses !

Supper perfect ! Alex keep going that is a good work!

Awesome HightTech Technician! New subscriber here!

A familiar word (Amazing) job Alex, you look like soldering King with them sunglasses 😎 🤴🏻 Highlights on youtube is to see Alex work on those circuit boards just like a boss 😎

Best part..... the tanned with uv Light 😎

That is some super precise work right there. Impressive. Definitely better than any factory. :)

just learned how to get rid of annoying solder in holes.

Awesome job as usual...

wow I never heard of those strips. very nice video. Thanks

You should have a playlist on your channel just dedicated to this monitor.

The work's so good you gotta wear shades. 👍😎

Alex its time to replace that ESD mat 😂

This video is entertaining, informative and I love it😊

Also sometimes the customer doesn't know the truth. For eg. they swear black and blue the plug is bad but really is just the cable. But this is the only device that uses that cable so they can't test it properly. Or trying to use an old hdmi 2.0 cable on there new 3.0 tv. Cable worked fine before, tv must be bad. Or you get stuff like computer slow, plz fix. And it could be almost anything from bad start up programs to dying hdd... it's impossible to debug these things over the phone, but it only takes about 3 secs when it's in front of you to just know what the problem is and how to fix it because you look at and fix this stuff day in and day out, the customer does not, just just want there stuff fixes. And that's fine, they have money, we have skills. No further questions are needed.

Cool dude and easy peasy!! Right?

Awesome work like always... Another "EASY JOB"... LOL with UV light is like you are working on the beach... lol. HI from Uruguay ...

I like you Videos. G'day from Australia.

like art this rebuilt connector

"I always tell the truth. Even when I lie." Reminded me of Scarface when you said that some customers don't tell the truth. 🤣🤣

Love the Specs😁

Very nice work alex. And you are right, every company use other connectors. It does not matter if its usb-c or micro-usb. There are so many differnt models. 😂 10:08 alex build a new meme. A "better than factory"-meme with sunglasses. Thank you for the video, great job. Greets

good job mate.

Cool dude with the sunglasses on. Made me laugh. Great job, simple and effective.

I can’t unsee the skull in the bottom right leg you soldered at 12:58

Great master 👏

if i ever would send anything to repair to you. I would send it in complete. Just to see your true success smile.

better than factory..excellent job

perfeito! Mas vê se trabalha com a ponta de ferro mais limpa, usando a esponja vegetal.

batter than factory work 👍

Amazing work and amazing style, love it 🤣

You crack me up.. sunglasses.. lol.. the repair is crazy small and tight..

Absolutely love watching you work. Master at your techniques!! Keep it up man. What MIC setup are you using?

This man reminds me of my math teacher jokes😂

Cool sunglasses, Buddy 😂

awsom sunglasses 😎 great job

Masterful!

You look cool in that glasses tho😍👌🏻

" biggest question of the century, where's the connector?" Haha

“How much flux do you typically use in a day?” “Never enough.”

Why you tell them from the beginning send the whole device to you and you will have no problems I think because you can test it ! Best thanks for the video!

How do you avoid overheating the solder point of the pad to the ground down circuit when you solder on the port. As the distance of the pad to the solder point is so short.

@10:01 is the magic!

I saw the customer put a complaint on reddit r/soldering 😂

Looks original.

how does the heat from the hot air gun reach the underside of the connector (that is pressed onto the pcb)? is there something else going on that's hard to see in the video?

Nice job, best thing since sliced bread that grinding pen. Then the shades, what's next flip flops and shorts. Waste not want not on those pads.

I expected to see the monitor fully working with style... Gucci sunglasses!

you are very talented sir, very very

as usual good and good work

Better than factory indeed.

Looking giga chad in sunglasses

Nice work 😎

Hi good teacher, my positivo BGH lap top has died after replacing hard driver unto another ones from unknown source. What can l do in order my machine turn on again?

Para que un equipo con usted no tenga arreglo, tiene que ser que le pase un auto por arriba, y aun asi creo que pudieras repararlo saludos

Better than Factory 👍

I'm quite good at soldering but the microscope takes it to another level. Stuff this small is mind numbing.

indeed sir like pro

I bought an LG monitor from apple five years ago... 27 inches - 4k the socket where the thunderbolt connects fell off - can you fix it ?

Did the customer say it worked after being installed? I'm curios, since you couldn't test it.

Sir, I am your subscriber and following you through. I have a question here; Before working on electronics, what is the first thing I have to do as a safety measure in dealing with electronics?

Nice job 😎😎😎😎

Hello Alex great job you are an artist with lots of skill, from a young age I’ve played with Electronics I think like your nephew, but not enough skills to do your job!

GREAT JOB AS ALWAYS ALEX .....sunglasses cool dude ... joe uk

Should wear the glasses more 😎