Northwest Repair YouTube channel
Shares rank 38 of 48 YouTube channels by recommenders
People recommend it for board-level repair videos, especially BGA chip replacement and trace and pad repairs, and for learning how to handle big chips.
People recommend it for board-level repair videos, especially BGA chip replacement and trace and pad repairs, and for learning how to handle big chips.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Strong BGA chip replacement skills
“He's a beast at BGA replacement, if you want to learn how to handle big chips he's the one to watch.”
Comment from 16 Oct 2026 in “Is Liquid Metal Killing Our PCs? Scientific Analysis and a 2-Year Test [video]” “He's a beast at BGA replacement”
Comment from 17 Oct 2026 in “Is Liquid Metal Killing Our PCs? Scientific Analysis and a 2-Year Test [video]” Detailed trace and pad repairs
“Lots of trace repairs (including below the surface), pad replacements, etc.”
Comment from 17 Feb 2026 in “PCB Rework and Repair Guide [pdf]” Good for learning big-chip repair
“He's a beast at BGA replacement, if you want to learn how to handle big chips he's the one to watch.”
Comment from 16 Oct 2026 in “Is Liquid Metal Killing Our PCs? Scientific Analysis and a 2-Year Test [video]” Changed perception of PC repair
“NorthridgeFix and countless others have worked to change that perception.”
Comment from 26 Oct 2026 in “The Curse of Soldered RAM”
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| Northwest Repair YouTube channelThis page | 5 | 0 | 100% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
4 of the 5 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“NorthridgeFix and countless others have worked to change that perception.”
“He's a beast at BGA replacement”
“He's a beast at BGA replacement, if you want to learn how to handle big chips he's the one to watch.”
“Lots of trace repairs (including below the surface), pad replacements, etc.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.