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HP X360 Spectre laptops – They Just Die
HP X360 Spectre laptops – They Just Die
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Modern HP products suck.
You can use the drilling tool to extract the item
Laptops overheating is a common problem. They blow up components all the time from long usage.
Can't win them all.
That is cool.
a laptop should not die this way except HP sacrificed reliability longevity to achieve this form factor
i loved this one to much haha. jokes were good. good video
This laptop is designed to be plugged in and not moved at all whilst plugged in. Seen alot of twisted usb c ports on these resulting in dead tps and jlh.
Any idea what made it break in the first place? Users fault? Bad design? Bad luck with poor quality components?
That's sad… fried layers
Hello. After the big Boss disassembly the laptop and you repair the motherboard, do you repaste the CPU am GPU?
Alex if you have time could you please tell me based on your experience what the best make of Laptop would be to buy? Thanks in advance..
What if you grind the two mosfet with grinder is it be possible to fix ?
First HP is a shit brand and you should not buying anything from printers that they locked with silent FW updates to PCs that are bad designed. If the mosfet weld so bad to the trace the design is terrible.
That's not a Hiroshima, it's a Fukushima. THat was A LOT of heat when it popped.
What if.. to take a dremel and grind the mosfets or other "fried stuff" off..
one must use letcon and heatgun at the same time
Well done again Alex, greetings from UK
Alex, are any laptop manufacturers worth a darn these days? Seems like they've all gone to garbage.
Sure was glad to get my NF fix in, was going into dt’s, Thank you Alex
what if you had a mini circularsaw that you can align directly with the board (so the circular saw is flat on the board) and saw those components off?
I will never buy another HP product ever again after the last support issue I had with a laptop. Under warranty, took 5 weeks turnaround, and 6 chats/calls. Ridiculous.
I had a x360 once, the screen is more fragile than the phone, don't think it's gorilla glass. And the weight of the laptop is many times more, so the screen cracks easily if you drop it.
Most importantly, the tablet experience is worse than an iPad, laggy and apps not optimized for tablet.
No Fix… Diag charge.
HP Spectre laptops – an example of terrible engineering
I've had a computer repair business for 16 years and over the course of those years customers would bring me laptops of all brands. I ended up with a literal STACK of HP laptops in my closet. Either a GPU would die or hinges would break or the screen backlight would fail or the board would fail and they would just leave them with me and go buy a new laptop. I would NEVER buy ANY HP product. Everything they have ever made has been absolute shit…except for maybe a first gen laserjet 4.
When I have such a repair, I use the Dremel grinding and polishing disc to sand the transistor down to the pad so that all the pads are preserved if they are not already short-circuited internally
Kentucky Fried Circuit Board!
Interesting to see that the donor board has two different MFG MOSFETs. One being Alegro Microsystems
Best bet is to grind the mosfet down to the pads. little messy but it's the only way to do it without doing more damage.
finally! new video! very good repair!!
Don't buy HP Notebooks always Hopeless Damage if it is broken Repair lvl 0.
Those HP X360 Specters are pure trash, those mosfets always die, even when they're running ok those mosfets run extremely hot, melting the plastic lining. Every single Specter that came in is either bad fused mosfets or brocked charging ports on the diamond model! POS HP!
i would watch this just because alex rapping the sponsor text lightning fast
Not better than factory.
Very interesting to see what is practical in terms of repairs and when you should throw in the white towel. Thank you Alex for this video!
It's nice to have so much business that you can decline hard jobs
Finallly new video
The component flew and joined The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension.
remember to boycott Starbucks and Cocacola products, Alex
god those x360 laptops designed to fail…
I had one of the diamond cut ones and was underwhelmed. It always had the fan roaring and felt hot. Then it just died – with the caps lock flashing. After a lot of faffing I got ti to boot but as soon as it was warm it died again with a gibberish pattern over the screen. I won't touch HP stuff now.
You made it clear at the start that these are a major problem and you made the right call in declaring a no fix.
That looks like an attempt from the manufacturer to prevent third party repair of their systems.
This video shows the exact reason why hot air stations are seen as unrefined, bludgeoning tools and a new type of tool is needed to apply direct heat to failed components. Hot air has its place in modern electronic repair but there is a clear need for alternate heat applying tools. The problem of course is that the market for a new type of tool for a niche specialism within a niche specialism (component level repair in micro electronics repair field) is miniscule and manufacturers really only make money when they can mass produce a product. This needs the soldering industry to look at the needs of the repair technicians and to find a new way to deliver the high temperatures needed directly to components at board level without the 'splatter' effect of hot air.
Alex, the video and sound are out of sync.
A sad day. Another doner board is now available to help others.
🙏👏👏👏🙏
Board is bricked