Laptop killed by the card reader 

Please don't be sorry. I have honestly enjoyed this time with you doing detective work and finding the killer. Also, probably some people with this HP model will be happy to have the guidance and a good look at the disassembly. Thank you for sharing Sorin.

Hello. Many many years ago ( circa 1992 ) I used to use a small independent computer shop. The lesson I learned is to strip all computers from motherboard and try to get to get a boot. Everything attached to the main board can effect a boot sequence because a component could have a short. The post test is trying to protect the main board. When PCs had individual modems and sound cards, they would short out all the time, especially the modem that would suffer from a surge bring down the whole system. Good job. Neal in Atlanta

Thank you Sorin, two videos in one day. Great job

Thanks, Sorin. Truthfully this was one of your best. I would bet that this saved a lot of people hours in diagnostic time. You methodically tracked the problem down in 30 minutes. You're one of the best teachers out there...

It wasn't nonsense. I'll keep in mind to check if other attachments are good. Thank you Sorin.

Sorin, you are to harsh with yourself. It was an excellent example of step be step fault finding, taking note of what you see, asking yourself why that leads you to the fault. It was a very good video, watch every one of them.👏👏

it wasnt nonsense.its amazing video.thenks

Hey we learned something so don't feel bad.

It wasn't nonsense!Job Done!!. Everything can happen even this kind of damage.Thank you again Mr. Sorin!

Its still a pleasure to see you repair a laptop. Need a long video reparing day for fun

Making sense out of nonsense is the hardest job of all! Watching you work is how I learn to be a better tech. You teach me how to keep stuff level in flight and holding altitude!

tremendous break down of finding the fault thanks sorin for posting this :)

Great job. You are the best. Many people ignore checking the attachments and declare to the customer that the laptop is dead and advise buy a new one.

No sense video? No Sorin this is a live saver for everyone. You teaching how to properly check a laptop before start to remove Ic's or capacitor. Good video . I'll watch it again because I really wanted to learn how to diagnose and open those laptop. You see is not a waste time.

Te salut Sorin tocmai din România! Îmi place ceea ce faci și te urmăresc cu plăcere.

Thank you Master Sorin. The Best teacher of electronics!

The light from the power button comes out of the right speaker. Its innovative! I love your videos. Thank you for sharing with the community.

Well haha Sorin ,we actually did not see the keys all working only the enter key .there could still be liquid damage on keys or even other cables. Now i always check EVERY key because of a few i MISSED,i had assumed they all worked ,but i was wrong,a few were gummed up from soda.Now when i take off cables i spray them ALL with the contact cleaner,but only when i see liquid in the system.thanks for the video,Sorin,it simply shows even an expert can miss a small detail.

Hi, youre a genius! I had a Dell 15 laptop that also had water damage from a client that was quoted 500 pounds to replace the motherboard and they coudnt afford it so they asked me to have a look at it.I tried all the normal tricks in the book, nothing worked. I saw your video and thought let me take another look at the laptop even though this is a Dell and yours is a hp laptop. i found the card reader on a small board along with a usb port. Removed the cable and it worked. Cleaned the ribbon cable and connectors, reconnected everything and it works! Thanks so much!

Thank you for another great video teacher Sorin!

You are spot on with your conclusion regarding style, HP are very good at the aesthetic element of laptops. Unfortunately, it's the rest of it where they fall short.

That was a fascinating piece of work! No need to apologise because I was riveted by the mystery cause of the fault, which you masterfully discovered. Bravo! Brilliant!

Great video! It was the touch pad with my old HP, the ribbon was damaged and the whole laptop would not start. All the way I was thinking touch pad and damaged ribbon. This is typical HP any related device that does not work kills the whole laptop. My Folio 13 blinks 3 times on the cap lock LED, I suppose this model blinks on the power LED, these are error codes you can lookup. This was not a trivial repair. Very well done!!

It is not a nonsense , because we learned something new. Thanks !

Thanks master. Learned again.

It was still educational! Many thanks for your time.

You are the only repairman I know who puts all Screws back in

Great job, Prof Sorin. I loved your detective work. Few weeks ago, I found that my Toshiba card reader was dusty. I vacuumed it. After seeing your video I am thinking to give it a try and disconnect it. It is not a waste of time for us as we are learning. However, since you are paid based on the jobs you fix, it took away lot of your valuable time. Charge the customer the entire time you spent in your detective work. We the viewers who are here for learning applaud your sense of humor, teaching style, and the method of approaching to diagnose the problem. Keep up the good work, Sir. God bless you!!!

Figured something out to help diagnose my laptop, by what you said just before apologizing for the video. I'm sure this video was helpful for many more. Thanks.

Your every video is informative Sorin sir. Don't call them waste of time. They are priceless for us learners. 🙏🙏👍👍

Sorin, I did my first electronics repair today! the display was looking wacky on a humidistat at my job. been watching your channel for about a month non stop. it was just a cold solder joint i spotted right away, but it was a beginning step on my journey. love your channel thanks

Mr. Sorin, Thanks for this video, Great job!!!!! I like your analisys of this faulty HP.

Thank you Sorin

Number one TOP job Prof.

You have the best and only PC repair channel on the internet. We all appreciate it greatly.

No need to excuse Sorin, it is exactly your thought process what teaches us how to diagnose from the ground up, I prefer long videos with an explanation that short videos that skip the whole resolution process, that is unrealistic

dont be sorry mister sorin i always learn from every video you put in this channel no matter what the fault is thanks for sharing :)

You're the best. We learn so much from each video, makes us realize that you are human like us and struggle sometimes to make repair..

Great video! Step by step ... troubleshooting is always a methodical endeavor. I am now hooked on this channel. Thank you for this.

Your video is a reminder to remove all non essential interfaces before diagnostics. I used to do this with faulty desktop pc's, but its easy to forget in haste. Never say sorry sorin.

Thank you for the video! I think it is still worth it! Isn’t shorted SD card reader the same as shorted keyboard (I remember you had such a video too)? I mean, both are essentially USB connections going to PCH, which sees that something shorted and it breaks the startup sequence (laptops goes on and off in loops), right? If so, then it can be anything like touchpad, fingerprint sensor, USB extension boards, etc…

The USB controller (in most systems is the south bridge) from the board is what controls the SD Card reader and likely anything that has to do with devices and power (other than then CPU/GPU) in almost every system.

great video, we learned that micro usb can stop your lap top

The lights blinking usually have messages depending on the manufacturer. Always checkout the forums

Well done!

You started by talking about good design, and then the SD card reader 'killed' the laptop. :p All design went into the shell of the laptop and nothing in the chipset protection. Really good video though. :)

I`ve Repaired many of these.... The problem or mistake you made was when you disconnected the battery and charger you supposed to hold the power button for 10 secs these laptops don`t use a coms battery but it uses a capacitor. That is why the laptop came on after the coms discharged....

no nonsense - great thank you.

this is not nonsense video it is experience for me. thanks for the video and the lesson.

I once had similar issue : cleaning the connector and Flex solved the problem

Still an interesting video, very pleased to see it.

Inspector Sorin. Great job again.

we learned something new, good video. I have the same with a lenovo S21e do you have one lying around? greetings piet

Sorin don’t apologise you great and worth a million

It was good for me! I have a similar case in my lab a few months ago. Thank you for sharing.

Your video is awesome. Great skill. Hp internal shorts circuit auto protection. On off on off on off. Mostly cause by shorted power rail. Especially USB power rail.

Great video!

Chiar foarte bun si informativ !!! Multumim.

When I see signs of liquid inside, I always inspect motherboard. Especially if someone else was there before me. And when I do this I always unplug cables severally and check if laptop comes to life. That can save a lot of time.

Ohhh very very good, incredible.

great video master sorin

GOOD VIDEO , IT SHOWS US TO TEST RIBBON CABLES FIRST

Hi Sorin,very nice and informative channel! Did U ever had alienware alpha r1 mini pc with ylod issue,if U ever get in touch with this please make a video.keep on going...

Nice job! Greetings from Hungary! :)

i always like the videos. that way i know when i have seen them already

Great Video Sir, Additional troubleshooting skills learned. thank you!

Hi there , it was very useful & informative tutorial video .thnx

I would have tried cleaning the connector and plug with alcohol and toothbrush. Maybe it will cleanup and work?

Don't be sorry, you found the problem, we all learned. :D

one thing I believe if someone brought a device to you for repair and you spend time on it then you deserve something in exchange to your time and effort, you did the checking and you give a working laptop this is what matter and this is fair because they could not use it again without your fix.

Thanks for a very informative video!

Thank you, was informative. No need to apologise. Who else thought that was "magic" smoke was coming from the laptop when it was vape smoke it passed over the screen.

Don't be hard on yourself Sorin, this is the nature of electronic repairs, there are different paths to take, you eventually found the right path, this is more important, we all have being there :-)

Two in one day!! Effin bonus!! 🤘🏻🤘🏻💕

SuperTech!! Methodological repair procedure. 1. Check Power. 2. check MB power feed. 3. Check BIOS 4. Check connected peripheral untis. Bingo!

It's not nonsense it's logical deduction fault finding.

Great job as always and thank you for your time to show to all, can you fix large display cards as in times today there is a very sad shortage of display cards. So the market for repairing them is very good at the moment.

Very good, experience for us all that you never stop learning

4K aussie dollars, yep madness if it leaks/bleeds out light to next port.

Don't be sorry, I learnt a point, even youself learnt something , thanks

Hello Sorin, i dont understand, why you say, you are sorry for this video, as similar tech like you (minus tons of experience), i could say lots of my jobs are similar, sometimes even wraping everything up and simply sell refurbished Dell to customer instead another two hours with some faulty mobo. I like my job for it. Every day is different. Thanks for this video.

You are great as always 👍

Awesome thanks

Thanks Teacher Sorin for one your best videos now that i know about a Hp Spectre x360 15-DF0004NA I'll go out and buy one.

The BIOS is checking the SD reader for boot media and freezing.

They're still releasing laptops with shiny screens? Damn, crap...

Great video

I had a similar experience. The issue was the fingerprint reader.

This is a great video!, it give us ideas on how to diagnose the laptops, we always learn some thing.

Great excellent👍 Does anyone know where can download schematics for notebook /laptop

lately i have solve same problem like this, i see the ribbon cable darken, no short capacitor just the chip shorted, because the daughter board have other peripheral i have unsoldered sd card reader chip and laptop is fine.. the sd card reader chip sorted 3.3v rail same like wifi in pcie..

no wonder ur the best👍👍👍

Hello ,the title remids me that "video killed the radio star"

It was a good video , Sorin

Hi broth how you doing.... thanx a lot for all the top videos. I just have a quick question.. when testing a power board sometimes we have to put power to the board there for if possible can you please let me know how many volts and amp can I add to the board. The power board I'm referring to is led tv board thank you

Good video for sure dont worry. This laptop like you told is around 1000/1500 euro's. Cardreader can be fix np.

For those who dont know, how hdmi connectors look. They have cutouts for a reason probobly cutouts make them more complient and dustproof. And designing perfect light barrier in that case would be waste of time... and top of the line HP would be hp elitebook or zbook not spectre. spectre are designer laptops.

I've been an IT guy for 25 years and when I grow up, I want to be just like you. Nice work on these laptops! And, I like that cool electronic screwdriver.

Sorin, Do you place it all together yourselves? Or someone from the shop

WTF Mr. Sorin changed his beloved IPhone 8....