Noticed that immediately, any corsair unit from that generation of power supplies uses all black cables so I think it could have been the wrong pinout or something. But after I heard it was RMAd once it makes sense to replace it for a nicer unit anyway. Having better efficiency and less ripple is great for stability and overclocks too.
Apparently, you’re not even supposed to mix cables from the same psu manufacturer. I like standard black cables, and I keep all of my boxes and extras until I sell or junk a part, so I can’t say I’ve confirmed this.
@@Bunta1987qwerty I've confirmed this by killing some of my parts before haha. I used a sata power cable from one evga psu on a different evga unit, and it killed my ssd. Fun
Those red ends on the PCIe cables were an instant red flag to me. I have the same PSU tester and when a computer doesn't power on I test it first. So much easier to rule it out.
Yep. Those cables are From a PowerSpec 750w unit if Im correct. Which means the viewer made an oopsie, not once, but twice it sounds like since they said they RMA'd the previous unit.
A 100% this! Those red ends on the cables are not from a corsair PSU. That guy is lucky he didn't fry his card, I swapped cables like that and cooked my 980ti.
I really love the fact that I'm getting better and better at diagnosing the problem myself, thanks to Fix or Flop! I suspected the PSU pretty much from the beginning. Either that it doesn't have enough power to support the card or is downright broken. It's seriously extremely fun to watch these videos, because I learned and still learn so much about how to recognize problems and how to tackle them. So, thank you so much for this series!
That red connector PCIE 8 pin cable was either an aftermarket cable or it didn't belong with the Corsair CX750M PSU. Corsair doesn't have red connectors for their units.
The original PSU was plenty of power. Those cables are the likeliest culprit in my experience. Probably for a different PSU with a different pinout. Lucky it didn't fry the PSU, the GPU, and everything else... Don't mix cables and PSUs from different manufactures. (Cable Mod, etc, are Really clear about buying modded cables for the correct PSU, because the pinout really Really matters.)
@@matbailie3816 Actually that Corsair CX750M 80+ Bronze PSU that only have (1) 6 +2 PCIE connection for the CPU and (1) PCIE connection for the GPU is not a compatible PSU for the 220W EVGA 3070 XC3 that have (2) 8 pin connections. Sufficient PSU wattage but wrong PSU model. This is why they were using another PSU manufacturers single dual PCIE 8 pin cable.
@@awturbosp That’s fair. I built mine just for a hobby. I do work from home on my PC, but it’s remote from another machine, so technically I could do my work on a potato, because it’s really the PC at the office that’s doing the heavy lifting haha. I use the power of mine mostly for games.
Brando I to built my first PC in 2021, Jan to be exact, it had a Ryzen 5 2600, 16gb ddr4 3200mhz ram and a GTX 1650, however I upgraded since and now I have a Ryzen 5 5600g, 32gb ddr4 3600mhz ram and a 3070ti FE. The difference it made from my old rig is ridiculous and I absolutely love it!
@@GregSalazar you missed front fans, are exhausting, all fans in the case are exhausting (if im not wrong) and that is a problem no air will be moving int.
I don't remember corsair ever having red connectors on any of their cables. I bet it's the completely wrong cables. It's also a red flag that the cpu power connector is sleeved but the pcie power connector isn't.
Great One Greg! I believe the cables are from a PowerSpec PSU. I personally have a 650watt unit from the same brand, that came with identical cables. Thank you for all the great content my man. ☺
I instantly looked at them and thought they were the issue, I've never once come across a Corsair power supply with red PSIe connectors, and I've installed quite afew of those CX models.
15:10 (For The Owner) when your fans are oriented in this fashion, the dust builds quickly. With all of your fans set to exhaust, it’s pulling air in from areas that may not have dust filters. With this H500/510 case, optimal airflow is from front to back. Being you are using an AIO, the top exhaust fan isn’t really necessary. Clean build overall 🫶🏾
Thanks Greg, I had a similar problem with a different brand PSU , it worked all day with an RX580 but when I switched to an RX5700XT it would crash out due to the PCI rail OCP despite being perfectly suited to the application. They replaced it under warranty with a better unit . the cables on that Corsair dont look very Corsair to me but I havent used a CX series PSU in quite a while
I used to hobby build PCs for myself, and for friends until I learned my lesson. I kind of gave it up in 03 and got, I guess tech-shock when I decided to build one about nine years ago to clear my head after my dad died, I'm completely self tought and still at the "thingy fit's in the doodad" stage. The tech difference pre and post millennium is jarring, and scared me off building again, I felt like Scotty in the TNG Enterprise. Anyhow I decided to give it another try since my pre-build gaming laptops just aren't cutting it anymore, I plan to build a gaming system I can just stream to any point in my home network because I just like the convenience of a laptop without it sounding like a 80 year old asthmatic geezer. In a nutshell, I found your channel and been chomping through your past content, and videos like this really help me out on what the heck is happening, so thank you **tips hat**
As soon as I saw it was a Corsair PSU I knew what the problem was... they definitely mixed cables from another power supply. He's lucky it didn't kill something. Had to fix a system not to long ago where their uncle built them a system and did that. Ended up killing a nice SSD. The PSU is probably fine, just check the pinout for the cables. I'll bet money that they're wrong. But like you said, an older CX750m isn't really worth anything.
Thank you so much for your great simple to understand videos. My Grandkids swear I am older than a dinosaur and use a laptop almost as old and slow, but gradually I am getting an idea what I would really like to have in a desktop that would actually last several years and not get error codes system doesn't meet minimum requirements to upgrade.
These flip or flop videos have helped me grow my computer technician skills immensely! Without your videos, I wouldn’t have known how to check issues I’ve had with installing new parts and what/how I should test when I get an error! I built a $2800 i7 13th gen 4070ti build that looks SSSWWWWEEEEEEET (as you say it), and I attribute it to your teachings. P.S. I used SCDKEY to upgrade to windows 11 for 2+ OEM keys for my two rigs and a few other friends’ rigs!
I have the older version of that case. I got it several years ago from Cyberpower ( during one of the years I was too lazy to build my own system because I built so many for friends) Anyway the one i have is still one of my favorite cases. It has the stock green underglow and the Razer logo on the front lights up too along with a razer logo on the PSU shroud down below . Mine is a bit bigger than that one as it has the large Hard drive cage for multiple hard drives at the front, and because of that it limits the size of the GPU I can use. Been thinking about turning it into maybe a server rig for crafting/survival games for my friends, and subs to play on with me. Anyway great video Greg!
Excellent work once again Greg. You might be bang on about the cable set being incorrect, I don't think any CORSAIR PSU comes with cables that have red connectors.
Was going to reply with the same, and I know Tt and Corsair use different pinouts, plus Tt sometimes uses capacitors in the cables. You're probably right about using the wrong brand pcie connectors.
Yeah right from the time Greg showed the PSU that was a Red flag for me, plus they are solid 8pin plugs not 6+2pin like every Corsair PSU I have ever seen has.
A dead card usually will let the system power on but won't show a image, sounded rather like a short or power supply rail failure. I would have tested the power supply first (that's usually what I do when I see lights but no power on (stand-by 5v but no 12v once power button is pushed). Great having a power supply always ready for fast cable swapping and checking if you are a PC technician
Very similar issues to what I've been experiencing. I don't know enough to fix it myself but I guessed the PSU initially just like in the video but the RGB still lit up and so I moved to the GFX card. I didn't have a 2nd rig to independently test the card. I just dropped it off to Best buy for the geek squad to test it for me since I suspected the GFX card was the issue. MY card is a 3080Ti founder edition thou. I'll update this when I get it back to see if it was a PSU wiring issue like this one here. Great work and you've gained a new fan/Sub!
Thanks Greg. I built a rig last month from spare parts and a new MB. It has behaved similarly. Every component seems to function, and allowed me to install Windows and backup some old HDs. However I still experience power on issues. The power supply is 11 years old, so I will buy a replacement.
Lol his aio backplate was on backwards as well. You can see the tapered part of the screw that's supposed to go through the board is sticking out backward when you look at the back of the board 🤦♂️
@@jeffreyparker9396 I was going through my outside shed an found my old tektronix portable oscilloscope from the 1970's. In the shed since 2003. It was one of the first battery powered solid state scope with a tube display. I wonder what it is worth? It probably need all recapping!😲 Too old (75) to start on a project like that!
@@wallychambe1587 wow, it actually might be worth quite a bit, there are people who collect the old ones like that. I don't, I actually just got a new one for some power supply testing.
@@jeffreyparker9396 I just looked it up and it came out in 1964. I got it used in the 70's Looked on Ebay, asking $120 for parts. I think a capacitor popped in it and blew the fuse so I would sell it for parts if some one wanted to restore it.
I was yelling power supply at my phone when watching this and felt like I just beat Smough and Ornstein with 1 hp the entire battle when you diagnosed the issue finally. However, I am often doing things like that and am wrong about it so. I’ll just say great video, Greg, and I’ll shut the hell up.
the nice thing about the fix or flop is that i think that the problem is something i've seen before until it turns out into something that I didn't give much little thought about
You just got to love those fully modular PSUs when you only have to use the cables needed and store away the rest and modern cases make cable management so simply clean and easy. The rule of thumb is never to mix PSU/cable brands, I stick to Seasonic, all my PSUs are either their Prime or GX range depends on whats in stock and prices.
Good work Greg , From a practicality stand point ,it was good that it was the power supply and not the video card. Let us said ,that is never the video card unless it is the video card!
Those PCIE cables are Thermaltake... I can recognise them since I have the exact same ones and they probably shouldn't be used with other manufacturer's PSU unit...
G'day Greg, Those 2x solid 8pin Red PCIe Plugs look out of place & at 4:10 you can clearly see PCIe printed on them making me think they are the area of the problem, a CX750M should have Black PCIe 6+2 plugs (Like the NZXT ones) & generally Coloured Solid 8pin are PSU End which is why they have PCIe printed on them. I wouldn't say it was the PSU but the Cable he used causing a Short that upset the PSU, Very lucky the owner didn't Kill everything.
That’s a nice looking build! You keep saying "It's not my best work" If you saw my cable mismanagement, you wouldn't care that it's not your best work. :-)
Another good video. So glad I started watching this series. Was helping a friend do basically a complete rig overhaul and ran into some issues. At one point it wouldn't even turn on. I remembered to try clearing the CMOS and that at least got it running again. Still can't figure out why it won't post with XMP enabled, though.
Dude, for you to contact Corsair, and include it in your video was above and beyond anything you really had to do. I imagine they would be much more willing to quickly replace the viewers AIO due to the exposure of your content. If it was left to him, he may not ever have gotten a new one. Love your content by the way 👌
On my previous rig I had the very same power supply and it died after 6 months. I didn’t bother to get a replacement with Corsair warranty. I upgraded it for an EVGA supernova instead. But again. No corsair psu has red connectors.
im 3:47 in the video and i think i already see the issue the gpu had black/red power cables and the corsair as far as i know has never had connectors like that but TT has my guess is he used random cables he had thinking it was from that power supply when it wasnt the correct ones... will update to see if i was correct once video is done
Uhoh. AIO mounted to front of case with hoses running from of the top of the radiator and not from the bottom. Big oof! That's how you get air in the pump and damage it. 15:35 confirmed bad pump. Called it!!
Had pretty much the same happen to my old rig. It was a RM850, about 9-10 years old (yellow label, not the newer white design). Poor little fella, did me proud all those years o7
Well the 3070 does pull alot more power then an IGPU so maybe thats why you were able to get into bios. The Corsair CX series seems to have some frequent issues though I dont know if that PSU is just old but as Corsair fanboy i have never seen the stock cables having red connectors in past 8 or so years. Maybe its an old CX series thing or those cables dont belong to it. Allso Corsair PSU's can have issues with cables that are not the same ''GEN'' as the PSU it self. They make custom cables and different gen cables fit into them but they can cause issues. I once had the wrong ''GEN'' (i think not sure) cables and has black screen issues with them. Anyways other cables fixed the issue. PS: Corsair PSU's do not have flat cables. SO im pretty sure that those CPI-E cables DO NOT! belong to it.
First few minutes had me as a motherboard issue. Usually in these kinda issues, the board would still light up and do stuff, even when something else, minus the PSU, is dead, but the fact the motherboard was dead silent is what pushed me in that direction I must say though, this was definitely a unique situation
It's hard to tell if it's the problem from the video, but the way that AIO is mounted may be causing that sound issue. Gamer's Nexus did an awesome video on AIO Mounting Orientation and how that can impact performance / sound of the unit. Definitely worth checking out, as this AIO may be salvageable. Either way, good on Corsair sending a replacement.
my first thought at 8mins in when the card powered on was, its gotta be the PCI slot on the customers motherboard. It's very rare in my experience but it does happen
Having built over 400 computers, as soon as I saw the red end of that PCI-e power cable, I thought "that's the wrong cable". That is likely from an EVGA, or Antec psu. There's nothing wrong with the Corsair PSU, except using the wrong PCI-e power cable. Greg should finish the testing by getting the correct PCI-e power cable and verifying the psu is good.
at 11:17 you said corsair psu, as soon as you said that i knew it is the wrong cables and i've NEVER seen red pci-e connectors from corsair far as i can remember
That rig is very similar to mine _(though I am upgrading platform very soon),_ z390 Aorus Ultra mobo, i9 9900k, Corsair H100i Pro, EVGA 3070 XC3 Ultra. I have a Corsair CS750M PSU and it died a few years ago, luckily it was within warranty when it went, and Corsair sent me a new one that appeared to be a brand new units and it hasn't given me a single issue since.
Thank you for fixing my buddy’s PC! I personally know the owner of this rig. We been friends for about 12 years now.
Please ask your buddy to not use different cables from different power supplies!
Tell him to flip his aio around and also the fans at the front too, there's no intake, only all exhaust fans.
@@wallychambe1587 see, this is my fault for going through the comments about 34 seconds into the video, i just can't help myself LOL
@@UlrichLeland I came here to suggest the same thing. Odd that Greg wouldn’t have changed at least one fan to intake as all are exhaust.
Make sure that they flip the front fans since they are set for intake and not exhaust. Greg forgot to swap them.
I noticed that the builder was using a thermaltake cable with a corsair PSU. Really important to not mix and match cables
YOU GOT THAT RIGHT!!🤩🤩🤩🤩
Noticed that immediately, any corsair unit from that generation of power supplies uses all black cables so I think it could have been the wrong pinout or something. But after I heard it was RMAd once it makes sense to replace it for a nicer unit anyway. Having better efficiency and less ripple is great for stability and overclocks too.
Good catch
Apparently, you’re not even supposed to mix cables from the same psu manufacturer. I like standard black cables, and I keep all of my boxes and extras until I sell or junk a part, so I can’t say I’ve confirmed this.
@@Bunta1987qwerty I've confirmed this by killing some of my parts before haha. I used a sata power cable from one evga psu on a different evga unit, and it killed my ssd. Fun
The best part of the Fix or Flop series is the fact that there is no annoying music. Thank you Greg for that and please keep it that way :)
Pretty much the only repair series I watch now. Thanks Greg!!
Thanks for the support!
@@silverwerewolf975 Type computer repair into TH-cam lots and lots of jelly tots
@@silverwerewolf975 Same question here.
Those red ends on the PCIe cables were an instant red flag to me.
I have the same PSU tester and when a computer doesn't power on I test it first. So much easier to rule it out.
Same. Wrong cables would be my best bet.
Yep. Those cables are From a PowerSpec 750w unit if Im correct. Which means the viewer made an oopsie, not once, but twice it sounds like since they said they RMA'd the previous unit.
@@deadly_mir lucky they didn't actually cause damage. It would feel so terrible to blow a new gpu with the wrong cables by mistake.
A 100% this! Those red ends on the cables are not from a corsair PSU. That guy is lucky he didn't fry his card, I swapped cables like that and cooked my 980ti.
is it available on amazon?
I really love the fact that I'm getting better and better at diagnosing the problem myself, thanks to Fix or Flop! I suspected the PSU pretty much from the beginning. Either that it doesn't have enough power to support the card or is downright broken.
It's seriously extremely fun to watch these videos, because I learned and still learn so much about how to recognize problems and how to tackle them. So, thank you so much for this series!
That red connector PCIE 8 pin cable was either an aftermarket cable or it didn't belong with the Corsair CX750M PSU. Corsair doesn't have red connectors for their units.
The original PSU was plenty of power. Those cables are the likeliest culprit in my experience. Probably for a different PSU with a different pinout. Lucky it didn't fry the PSU, the GPU, and everything else... Don't mix cables and PSUs from different manufactures. (Cable Mod, etc, are Really clear about buying modded cables for the correct PSU, because the pinout really Really matters.)
@@spankbuda5760 this is the correct answer. I knew immediately that wasn't a Corsair cable.
@@matbailie3816 Actually that Corsair CX750M 80+ Bronze PSU that only have (1) 6 +2 PCIE connection for the CPU and (1) PCIE connection for the GPU is not a compatible PSU for the 220W EVGA 3070 XC3 that have (2) 8 pin connections. Sufficient PSU wattage but wrong PSU model. This is why they were using another PSU manufacturers single dual PCIE 8 pin cable.
@@spankbuda5760 Wasn't it a 3070?
Corsair PCIe leads are typically black so I'd bet they're donor cables from a different manufacturer.
I’m a console player, a Mac user, and haven’t built a PC since I was a kid, but for some reason I am hooked on this series. Great channel Greg.
I built my first PC in 2021, it’s been running smoothly ever since, and it’s fast! 10600k and a 3070 OC. It was a fun project, black and white build 👍
@@brando3342 that’s great man. I’d love to do a build, but just have no reason for it.
@@awturbosp That’s fair. I built mine just for a hobby. I do work from home on my PC, but it’s remote from another machine, so technically I could do my work on a potato, because it’s really the PC at the office that’s doing the heavy lifting haha.
I use the power of mine mostly for games.
Brando I to built my first PC in 2021, Jan to be exact, it had a Ryzen 5 2600, 16gb ddr4 3200mhz ram and a GTX 1650, however I upgraded since and now I have a Ryzen 5 5600g, 32gb ddr4 3600mhz ram and a 3070ti FE. The difference it made from my old rig is ridiculous and I absolutely love it!
I love how Greg says " its not my best work " and his cable management still looks 10 times better than my best
one of the best series on youtube 😎
Much appreciated!
@@GregSalazar you missed front fans, are exhausting, all fans in the case are exhausting (if im not wrong) and that is a problem no air will be moving int.
I don't remember corsair ever having red connectors on any of their cables. I bet it's the completely wrong cables. It's also a red flag that the cpu power connector is sleeved but the pcie power connector isn't.
I believe those pcie cables are thermaltake cables, not corsair. I don't think corsair uses red on their cables but I could be wrong.
Great One Greg!
I believe the cables are from a PowerSpec PSU.
I personally have a 650watt unit from the same brand, that came with identical cables.
Thank you for all the great content my man. ☺
I instantly looked at them and thought they were the issue, I've never once come across a Corsair power supply with red PSIe connectors, and I've installed quite afew of those CX models.
Good stuff Greg! Reaching out to Corsair and them taking care to owner is super awesome!
15:10 (For The Owner) when your fans are oriented in this fashion, the dust builds quickly. With all of your fans set to exhaust, it’s pulling air in from areas that may not have dust filters. With this H500/510 case, optimal airflow is from front to back. Being you are using an AIO, the top exhaust fan isn’t really necessary. Clean build overall 🫶🏾
I was ever so slight annoyed you would leave the AIO in there knowing it was on the way out but bam you also sorted that too, amazing!
It'd probably work fine when mounted on the top of the case, if that was possible. Unfortunate that the case doesn't allow for that
nothing changed though at my side, you plans are
@@iikatinggangsengii2471 what
Did you even watch the video? Corsair is replacing it for them for free.
@@paulmeyer1001 Did you read the whole comment?
Thanks Greg, I had a similar problem with a different brand PSU , it worked all day with an RX580 but when I switched to an RX5700XT it would crash out due to the PCI rail OCP despite being perfectly suited to the application. They replaced it under warranty with a better unit . the cables on that Corsair dont look very Corsair to me but I havent used a CX series PSU in quite a while
I used to hobby build PCs for myself, and for friends until I learned my lesson. I kind of gave it up in 03 and got, I guess tech-shock when I decided to build one about nine years ago to clear my head after my dad died, I'm completely self tought and still at the "thingy fit's in the doodad" stage. The tech difference pre and post millennium is jarring, and scared me off building again, I felt like Scotty in the TNG Enterprise. Anyhow I decided to give it another try since my pre-build gaming laptops just aren't cutting it anymore, I plan to build a gaming system I can just stream to any point in my home network because I just like the convenience of a laptop without it sounding like a 80 year old asthmatic geezer. In a nutshell, I found your channel and been chomping through your past content, and videos like this really help me out on what the heck is happening, so thank you **tips hat**
As soon as I saw it was a Corsair PSU I knew what the problem was... they definitely mixed cables from another power supply. He's lucky it didn't kill something. Had to fix a system not to long ago where their uncle built them a system and did that. Ended up killing a nice SSD. The PSU is probably fine, just check the pinout for the cables. I'll bet money that they're wrong. But like you said, an older CX750m isn't really worth anything.
yeah that red reminds me of the old EVGA cables
And this is why non modular PSUs are good for those who aren’t really sure what they are doing.
@@Th3Fly1ngCow they're actually from a PowerSpec 750w unit it seems, at least from the research I done
Good job, the psu tester really did it's thing. The only thing that bothers me is that the front fans are set to exhaust, instead of intake :D
Wow! Really brave to cable-manage BEFORE you tried it! Great work.
Thank you so much for your great simple to understand videos. My Grandkids swear I am older than a dinosaur and use a laptop almost as old and slow, but gradually I am getting an idea what I would really like to have in a desktop that would actually last several years and not get error codes system doesn't meet minimum requirements to upgrade.
My thoughts immediately went to power supply when the led's lit up but nothing else since they're on different rails. Good catch.
Greg is basically all of us when trying to diagnose and fix these rigs.
Great content as usual
Fantastic Troubleshooting!
These flip or flop videos have helped me grow my computer technician skills immensely! Without your videos, I wouldn’t have known how to check issues I’ve had with installing new parts and what/how I should test when I get an error!
I built a $2800 i7 13th gen 4070ti build that looks SSSWWWWEEEEEEET (as you say it), and I attribute it to your teachings.
P.S. I used SCDKEY to upgrade to windows 11 for 2+ OEM keys for my two rigs and a few other friends’ rigs!
That guys cables i wanna hire him lol
Hey Greg really love watching these fix or flop videos, basically a nightly routine to watch some episodes! Been a fan for a few years to.
Nice catch. That system looks so much better now.
Nice job Greg. I have that same Corsair CX750M and the cables do not have red connectors and the lengths are nylon tubed.
I have the older version of that case. I got it several years ago from Cyberpower ( during one of the years I was too lazy to build my own system because I built so many for friends) Anyway the one i have is still one of my favorite cases. It has the stock green underglow and the Razer logo on the front lights up too along with a razer logo on the PSU shroud down below . Mine is a bit bigger than that one as it has the large Hard drive cage for multiple hard drives at the front, and because of that it limits the size of the GPU I can use. Been thinking about turning it into maybe a server rig for crafting/survival games for my friends, and subs to play on with me. Anyway great video Greg!
Excellent work once again Greg. You might be bang on about the cable set being incorrect, I don't think any CORSAIR PSU comes with cables that have red connectors.
I feel the same, Thermaltake power supplies typically use red pci-e connectors.
Was going to reply with the same, and I know Tt and Corsair use different pinouts, plus Tt sometimes uses capacitors in the cables.
You're probably right about using the wrong brand pcie connectors.
Yeah right from the time Greg showed the PSU that was a Red flag for me, plus they are solid 8pin plugs not 6+2pin like every Corsair PSU I have ever seen has.
I do not think so either. Bought several Corsair PSU's in the past couple years, one is that exact model to, and I did not get cables like that.
Yes they dont
Working your way to that 1M Sub Mark! Thanks for another interesting video Mr. Salazar.
A dead card usually will let the system power on but won't show a image, sounded rather like a short or power supply rail failure. I would have tested the power supply first (that's usually what I do when I see lights but no power on (stand-by 5v but no 12v once power button is pushed). Great having a power supply always ready for fast cable swapping and checking if you are a PC technician
really love watching these videos
Very similar issues to what I've been experiencing. I don't know enough to fix it myself but I guessed the PSU initially just like in the video but the RGB still lit up and so I moved to the GFX card. I didn't have a 2nd rig to independently test the card. I just dropped it off to Best buy for the geek squad to test it for me since I suspected the GFX card was the issue. MY card is a 3080Ti founder edition thou. I'll update this when I get it back to see if it was a PSU wiring issue like this one here. Great work and you've gained a new fan/Sub!
Thanks Greg. I built a rig last month from spare parts and a new MB. It has behaved similarly. Every component seems to function, and allowed me to install Windows and backup some old HDs. However I still experience power on issues. The power supply is 11 years old, so I will buy a replacement.
Lol his aio backplate was on backwards as well. You can see the tapered part of the screw that's supposed to go through the board is sticking out backward when you look at the back of the board 🤦♂️
Good stuff Greg!
Captain Greg at the rescue. Love you're videos
Wow, I looked at the price of your PSU tester, If I had a full time shop I would consider it but at $590.00 it is too steep for me! 😁😁
I can get the same measurements from a $200 oscilloscope and have that useful for many other things as well.
@@jeffreyparker9396 I was going through my outside shed an found my old tektronix portable oscilloscope from the 1970's. In the shed since 2003. It was one of the first battery powered solid state scope with a tube display. I wonder what it is worth? It probably need all recapping!😲 Too old (75) to start on a project like that!
@@wallychambe1587 wow, it actually might be worth quite a bit, there are people who collect the old ones like that. I don't, I actually just got a new one for some power supply testing.
@@jeffreyparker9396 I just looked it up and it came out in 1964. I got it used in the 70's Looked on Ebay, asking $120 for parts. I think a capacitor popped in it and blew the fuse so I would sell it for parts if some one wanted to restore it.
Hi Greg, all of his fans were exhausting air, I believe it would have been beneficial if top and bottom should have been intakes, great video.
I noticed that too!
Great video again Greg and thanks for the great lessons, and it was totally a close call
Great video as always
Thank you Greg, i was a total computer noob about a year ago, now i am pretty much a backyard pc mechanic.
really appreciate you for these type's of videos
Thanks for watching them!
Fantastic series, keep it up sir greg
Great video Greg.
Nice job! Very informative. Thanks!
I was yelling power supply at my phone when watching this and felt like I just beat Smough and Ornstein with 1 hp the entire battle when you diagnosed the issue finally.
However, I am often doing things like that and am wrong about it so. I’ll just say great video, Greg, and I’ll shut the hell up.
the nice thing about the fix or flop is that i think that the problem is something i've seen before until it turns out into something that I didn't give much little thought about
You just got to love those fully modular PSUs when you only have to use the cables needed and store away the rest and modern cases make cable management so simply clean and easy. The rule of thumb is never to mix PSU/cable brands, I stick to Seasonic, all my PSUs are either their Prime or GX range depends on whats in stock and prices.
Good video. Liked it, thank you.
First time watching it day of post and for some reason it’s more satisfying lol. Your doing awesome job greg
As soon as i saw the red pcie wires with the corsair psu, i knew there was some mix match stuff... Always use provided psu cables!!
Amazing vid, keep it up!!!
Well done Greg! I thought it was the psu. Good video.
Great episode!
Great video! Please continue with the series. Helpful tips on troubleshooting 😊
Good work Greg , From a practicality stand point ,it was good that it was the power supply and not the video card. Let us said ,that is never the video card unless it is the video card!
Got me motivated of building PC! Keep it up, Greg!
Hey a new upload yay!
another great vid! thank you
Those PCIE cables are Thermaltake... I can recognise them since I have the exact same ones and they probably shouldn't be used with other manufacturer's PSU unit...
G'day Greg,
Those 2x solid 8pin Red PCIe Plugs look out of place & at 4:10 you can clearly see PCIe printed on them making me think they are the area of the problem,
a CX750M should have Black PCIe 6+2 plugs (Like the NZXT ones) & generally Coloured Solid 8pin are PSU End which is why they have PCIe printed on them.
I wouldn't say it was the PSU but the Cable he used causing a Short that upset the PSU, Very lucky the owner didn't Kill everything.
That’s a nice looking build! You keep saying "It's not my best work" If you saw my cable mismanagement, you wouldn't care that it's not your best work. :-)
Another great video, keep up the good work!
Love your videos keep up the good work!
oh yes its Fix or Flow time again really enjoying the series keep them coming
Another good video. So glad I started watching this series. Was helping a friend do basically a complete rig overhaul and ran into some issues. At one point it wouldn't even turn on. I remembered to try clearing the CMOS and that at least got it running again. Still can't figure out why it won't post with XMP enabled, though.
Dude, for you to contact Corsair, and include it in your video was above and beyond anything you really had to do. I imagine they would be much more willing to quickly replace the viewers AIO due to the exposure of your content. If it was left to him, he may not ever have gotten a new one.
Love your content by the way 👌
Aren’t the fans on the Aio also set to exhaust air, so there are no intake fans🤔
We literally addressed this in the video.
As always Greg, thanks for what you do. Fun following along.
On my previous rig I had the very same power supply and it died after 6 months. I didn’t bother to get a replacement with Corsair warranty. I upgraded it for an EVGA supernova instead. But again. No corsair psu has red connectors.
i only watch gregs video when i get that pc related content craving.. Greg is the best after all
Nice job. 🎉
im 3:47 in the video and i think i already see the issue the gpu had black/red power cables and the corsair as far as i know has never had connectors like that but TT has my guess is he used random cables he had thinking it was from that power supply when it wasnt the correct ones... will update to see if i was correct once video is done
Nice job on the repairs.
Uhoh. AIO mounted to front of case with hoses running from of the top of the radiator and not from the bottom. Big oof! That's how you get air in the pump and damage it. 15:35 confirmed bad pump. Called it!!
Nice detective work, well done. I'm actually surprised it was the PSU---Corsair's are pretty good stuff
exactly the same issue i had, have not watched why in the video yet but my issue was a faulty Crucial SSD...the ssd also didnt work in an dock.
Thanks to you I noticed a lot of TH-camrs doing the same videos where they attempt to fix viewers PCs 😁
Had pretty much the same happen to my old rig. It was a RM850, about 9-10 years old (yellow label, not the newer white design). Poor little fella, did me proud all those years o7
Looks like a PowerSpec brand PCIe cable.
Great video as always Greg also awesome that corsair sent a replacement
Another amazing video love this guy.
This is one of the few series I click like on before I even watch it as I know it will be that good.
Great video! Its very educational, as always.
Well the 3070 does pull alot more power then an IGPU so maybe thats why you were able to get into bios. The Corsair CX series seems to have some frequent issues though
I dont know if that PSU is just old but as Corsair fanboy i have never seen the stock cables having red connectors in past 8 or so years.
Maybe its an old CX series thing or those cables dont belong to it. Allso Corsair PSU's can have issues with cables that are not the same ''GEN'' as the PSU it self.
They make custom cables and different gen cables fit into them but they can cause issues. I once had the wrong ''GEN''
(i think not sure) cables and has black screen issues with them. Anyways other cables fixed the issue.
PS: Corsair PSU's do not have flat cables. SO im pretty sure that those CPI-E cables DO NOT! belong to it.
First few minutes had me as a motherboard issue. Usually in these kinda issues, the board would still light up and do stuff, even when something else, minus the PSU, is dead, but the fact the motherboard was dead silent is what pushed me in that direction
I must say though, this was definitely a unique situation
It's hard to tell if it's the problem from the video, but the way that AIO is mounted may be causing that sound issue. Gamer's Nexus did an awesome video on AIO Mounting Orientation and how that can impact performance / sound of the unit. Definitely worth checking out, as this AIO may be salvageable. Either way, good on Corsair sending a replacement.
I see what your talking about, if the air is trapped on the intake side of the tubing it cold never bleed out with that layout.
Tieing the tubing to the chassis ceiling only makes that worse. No part of the flow should be higher than the highest part of the radiator.
Gotta be those pci-e cables for sure Corsair do not use those red plugs on any modern PSU that I have seen!
Nope, had quite a few Corsair PSUs and they have never been red.
ive owned a couple corsair psu's and a cx650 and ive never seen a red pcie cable like this , I'm thinking those were the wrong cables for the psu unit
my first thought at 8mins in when the card powered on was, its gotta be the PCI slot on the customers motherboard. It's very rare in my experience but it does happen
If the replaced PSU is modular/semi-modular,i'll go for a not standard wires connector.
A VERY easy way to check is with the voltage meter.
7:36 what was that spark? Where did it come frome?
Having built over 400 computers, as soon as I saw the red end of that PCI-e power cable, I thought "that's the wrong cable". That is likely from an EVGA, or Antec psu.
There's nothing wrong with the Corsair PSU, except using the wrong PCI-e power cable. Greg should finish the testing by getting the correct PCI-e power cable and verifying the psu is good.
at 11:17 you said corsair psu, as soon as you said that i knew it is the wrong cables and i've NEVER seen red pci-e connectors from corsair far as i can remember
That rig is very similar to mine _(though I am upgrading platform very soon),_ z390 Aorus Ultra mobo, i9 9900k, Corsair H100i Pro, EVGA 3070 XC3 Ultra. I have a Corsair CS750M PSU and it died a few years ago, luckily it was within warranty when it went, and Corsair sent me a new one that appeared to be a brand new units and it hasn't given me a single issue since.
The red on those PCI-e cables makes me think they're from a Thermaltake PSU, could be why the issue is only when they're in use.
@@keithc2390 yeah , never saw corsair psu has those red connector