For repair, please contact me by following the link in the channel ABOUT page. Buy me a candy at paypal.me/tonynameless Tools, schematics, boardview files etc are available here drive.google.com/drive/folder...
or dont go there at all i dont say hes doing a bad job or so all i say is if it takes to much time to fix it he wont even try to fix and its a no fix with a high bench fee
I dont know man I tried watching a random video the other day and he went on some rant about the connectors being faulty and breaking off of the board when the customer clearly cut it off because he wanted to solder the wires direct for some stupid reason. If you cant tell the difference between something being broken or cut that doesnt give me much faith.
I keep saying this. Better buy a new card than go to NRF. You'll spend more money and waste time without getting a proper diagnosis. There's a repairshop in my country with 95% success rate. They reball, replace resistors, replace chips other than drmos, etc. Northridgefix doesn't even have an ultrasonic cleaner
I finally learned what the problem with the 2mm pads was and why it didnt work. It was because they were NEVER 2mm but instead 2.25 from factory. So now i always check pads size instead of trusting the label.
NRF business model is simple: fast and easy repairs = fast and easy money. Complicated repairs like data recovery, digging several board layers to fix a crack or reballing a core with stripped pads underneath it will result in the device returning for warranty. Krix fix Germany no longer provides some of these repairs because it is time consuming and mostly likely will return for warranty. I think you already encountered this with GPUs you have repaired. Once you start thinking about saving time and money, you would appreciate his approach 🤣
Also, Alex has a huge overhead. Warehouse with offices, staff of 2, located in expensive Cali. If he would work on a GPU for a full day, let alone 3 days, he would go bankrupt. As a mater of facts, if he wouldn't sell tools and get a YT add revenue income, he wouldn't make enough to begin with.
NRF business model works because there aren't many shops that do repair to the component level. YT is their positive avenue of exposure. Everything else is so so to really bad. And it doesn't take much to understand why. As Alex has said, family comes first.
I too, know that feeling very well 😑 I have an EVGA rtx 3080 that wont post and after many close inspections and stabbing every possible component with my multimeter, Im completely stumped on whats causing the problem. I need to send it to Mr. GPU Guru Guy here. I have a Dell rtx 3080 to send as a spare donor gpu too but mostly just to see his reaction when seeing what happened to it. Im 99.9% sure its beyond repair but I'd Still be curious enough to know what his opinion is.
Another great repair tutorial, really enjoy these. These gpus should come with a matrix that lists pad thickness, would save a lot if time. Another lesson from the gpu master. Cheers...
It's amazing to me how many failed electronics can be so easily fixed by skillful, insightful, and dedicated technicisns. I'm a long-time electronics hobbyist, and modern-day consumer electronics are still pretty daunting. Helps to have the right quality tools and knowledge/experience! :) Good job!
I fully agree. Since the pandemic, I learned how to solder electronics and Ihave done myself basic repair, like recapping boards, replacing diodes and transistors… fixed a lot of stuff that would need to be replaced and gone to landfill. I can clearly see the planned lifecycle for products…. Expensive TVs using cheap capacitors that saved the OEM a couple of dollars in a product that costs $1000 and will surelly fail within 5 years, of course after the 1-2 year warranty period. Meanwhile, I have some electronics from 1980 and early 1990s that still run sperfectly - and guess what? Good japanese capacitors. So our engineering evolved, we have CAD and other modern tools, but somehow and intentionally we make less reliable products
I love watching tony fix stuff others have deemed "no fix".... Northridge fix is an amateur compared to Tony, I've sent him many GPUs and he has fixed every one of them. Thanks Tony, keep up the great work!
Hey there , yah I get it you’ve re-balled more gpus than NRF replaces shorted mosfets and it’s probably boring for you, something you can do in your sleep. But it’s so satisfying to watch you do that every time ! Plus you have to remember your new viewers who never saw you work before . You literally make it look easy. Try an not skip it if you can ! Cool ! Thanks !! Love your vids !
I have that exact card and I have swaped to 2mm thermalright pads and they worked nicely for 6 months, less than 14c delta to the hot spot. However, the backplate uses 2.5mm pads, not 1.75, not even 2mm. Then I blocked it with a biksky block and have been running it fine since then. Solid card. Original cooler is pretty anemic for it.
I'm embarrassed that I plan to send my two cards to Northridge when I was new to the channel.😄 Eventually, I found other GPU channels and this channel the last one subbed.
It was causing core to overheating and shutdown due to overheating long before it would post so it would have no power by the time you get to the memory test. Pads may have contributed to the problem because core was pressed on one edge.
@@northwestrepair The temperatures at the end were really good, hot spot crept up to about 73 then dropped a bit to 72-71. Only 11 degrees delta between core and hot spot, and memory temps way cooler as well. Nice job with the pads!
It's kinda ironic because I didn't know ur channel until in one of Northridge videos, he mention you about a clever and sneaky editing when repairing a melted plug. Now I only watch ur videos and unsubscribe him. Lol
What’s your lab setup? Tools you use. I would like to make a power supply like you have. Any plans on it? Also. Are you just using an old motherboard for testing. Thanks. Great videos.
Hey there, I wanted to mention that your discord notification sound keeps tripping me out, I keep thinking someone had messaged me until I realize it's from your video. lol!
@@northwestrepair I don't need emojis I need answers lmao. Surely you must have a hopelessly damaged but still somewhat working card laying around. That could actually work as a sarcastic video.
Thanks for the video. Just a small request -- any way to filter out the discord beep notifications from the audio track?. It causes me to pause your video multiple times to see if I've got messages 🤣
13:56 they accept it because they can charge a diagnostic fee. here is a better question, why would you send your GPU to them in the first place? you see their videos, you know they don't have the equipment for this. why send it? if there is a bad memory module or a broken solder joint on mem or core, they do not have the equipment to do anything about it.
I think they really should be honest about what they can repair or not. I don't think it's respectful for the customer to accept a product íf you don't have the materials to repair it .. .
@@BobDevVthank you for your nice comment. Now refresh the comments and see that I responded to myself when I reached the end of the video. Who is not paying attention now?
