Fixing a Viewer's BROKEN Gaming PC? - Fix or Flop S1:E10
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This first season of FoF is going far into the teens and possibly the 2X/3X episode range! We've received so many local submissions. Thanks for the support. You're ultimately the reason we can provide these services to viewers in the area free of charge. Stay tuned!
it's a great show.. love it..
Legit my favorite thing to watch on this channel: keep it up!
I’ve recently discovered this channel and just can’t get enough. It’s showed me that I don’t actually know much about hardware. I just wish I could get my gaming pc to Greg from Canada!
initially the cable management looked like done by some spider
Why don't you start a patreon for this? Have your fans fund your trip
What a difference in what this person brought in, and what they are getting back. I can only imagine how appreciative the owner of this system will be. Another great video Greg. Really enjoy every post in this series. Keep up the great work.
Thanks, Hollis! It's thanks to all of you!
Honesly, I'd be angry. I'd want to build that thing myself. Just give me the parts, lol
@@Stinker4583 building addiction denied
I am extremely appreciative of it. He even got me able to run HL:Alyx.
While most properly will be so am I not sure if a full on unasked for Case replacement is a good idea given that for a number of reasons (be there looks or sentiment feelings) could a orignal owner want to keep his technically worse case.
The fact you're bringing rigs back to life with some quality of life upgrades for FREE, it's just such a generous and wonderful thing you're doing. Keep it up Greg! Don't forget, you're the best!
Not really generous if he makes far more than it costs him :) Still good content tho.
@@jayjay31337 It is generous, considering others would just content it as is without changing components to maximize profits. (probably if there were other content creators like this)
@@jayjay31337 would you gather spend a few hundred dollars buying a new part thats broken + labor which at times are over charged?
@@jayjay31337 Still not a lot of people does that.
@@jayjay31337 It's not? Him taking time out of his day to fix strangers rigs for free isn't generous?
More ketchup and mustard In this pc than a hotdog
Plus that crap thermaltake psu model usually gets noisy (fan) @40% load 😅
Nice, but I prefer ONLY some yellow mustard on my dogs, but I get your point ;)
Even if the PSU worked it needed to go - just because of the wires( or spend way too much Sleveing them)
@Rob Mikels its pretty good with bacon or sausage rolls
@@wsketchy you have lost your rights breakfast meats.
I LOVE the work Greg did, it is honestly the best Gaming PC I've had my whole life, and he even made my computer run 100x better, faster. Fantastic job, couldn't have asked for a better fix.
Also to mention, the PC was a hand-me-down, and all BestBuy had was that TT AIO. I am definitly going to upgrade MB, Processor and Ram later down the road. But for now, it may be low-end to current Gen, but it's running everything 10x smoother, and I can even play HL: Alyx now.
Thermal Take instructions are like trying to read Hieroglyphics, I threw the manual away and TH-camd it. Missing screws, I wasn't aware as the uploader wasn't too thorough.
Yeah a lot of computer instructions suck. The ones for my corsair rgb fans were horrible. I also had to watch a video haha.
replacing a PSU ain't gonna make your PC 10x faster bud.
@@YumiSumire i assume he means compared to his PC before that one? would be the only thing that makes sense lol
The second I saw that PSU and "it doesn't power on" knew it was the PSU
Thermalfake amirite
I was yelling at my screen PSU! the first moment he tried to power it on
Yep. Either it's playing up due to RAM (which can sometimes be the case, some boards will power cycle on and off if the RAM is 'out' by even a few mm) or it's immediate that the PSU is suspect; FIRST thing he should have done was run that PSU on the tester.
@@blackknight50277621 No, it's still thermalTAKE, as in take out your components along with it.
I knew from how the power cut off immediately after being powered on. Designed to prevent further damage it will cut its self off as soon as something goes wrong (well suppose to). Guy is lucky that rest of the system didnt get fried. Last time i had a psu die on me it took my 2tb hdd with it that had somewhat important stuff on it (seagates data recovery covered it but found nothing)...
Dude must be in heaven when he got it back. A crazy case upgrade and a freaking titanium PSU. He's got everything ready to upgrade that CPU. RX 580 gang! Also send that PSU to Steve at Gamer's Nexus they'll take care of it lol
Man seeing that PSU makes me feel bad. I gave a friend a similar Thermaltake power supply before he moved away, simply as I swapped to a 80+ platinum unit from evga. Seeing this video is just feels bad for me.
@@SynthSy dunno a 80+ Bronze that came with 5 year warranty dont imagine it costs much and still has that as for the rating well that is just power efficiency
it will still explode mind you i run a platinum but we won most expensive power in europe 2020 so i have an interrest there
Oh, definitely in Heaven. It's amazing with how smooth everything runs now. My boot times used to be around 3-4 minutes, it now boots up within 1-2 min, sometimes even below that. Every time I power the computer on, I act like a kid on Christmas.
rx 480 gang when
Greg, that idea? Of rigging out a van, or one of those mobile home on wheels things? and doing a cross country fix your PC series......you should do it! Would make for an interesting series. Respectfully Yours, R
I'm sure many of his subscribers would help fund that
If he needs help with that I actually have built sprinter van homes lol. my little brother has built them as well and currently lives in one in cali. I second the motion to do this.
Don't knock RVs/ Campers more space to work than a van and you'll be able to cook in it instead of having to only buy fast food
Come to Canada eh?!!!!
He has a great case and a new power supply and a good GPU. He just needs to spend $200 on a Motherboard, CPU and memory and he is better off than most people who don't have a GPU. A RX 580 with 8GB is a good place to start.
A new 10400F plus B-series motherboard, and 2x8 GB DDR4 3200 and he gets a nice system to upgrade later when GPU prices become something rational again (sigh...maybe 2-3 years?)
People like to dump on old hardware but realistically a 580 8GB is good enough for even most new games at medium settings 1080p 60hz. Super enjoyable experience for probably 99% of people.
We bleeding edge enthusiasts are really just a very vocal minority when it comes to the overall customer base I would think. Hell my last 2 upgrades have netted me zero real world performance. I'd still be getting the same 144 FPS at 1440p in all the games I actually play on my old 7700K/1080Ti build, which I upgraded to a 9900K/2080Ti, which I upgraded to a 10900K/3080.
@@ImOnyxRS I bought a 570 like 2 weeks before lockdown in March 2020 for $140 now it's worth close to $300... I'm still happy with it, although I will probably upgrade it within the next year or so.
You should make a Fix or Flop shelf/cabinet for the background of all the bad components that you have replaced. Of course name it somewhere "Fix or Flop". It would look pretty awesome IMO in the background when you make videos/stream. Unless you already threw away bunch of those components. It was just a thought and would show that you've helped tons of people with their PCs. I wish people didn't buy pre-bulits but built their rigs themselves. They would gain lots of knowledge and would be able to troubleshoot themselves, would save a good chunk of $$$ and would be able to customize their rigs to whatever they desire. It's much easier than it looks for us builders with 10 or more years of experience... although I was already overclocking, modding and troubleshooting with my first build back in the day. It's much easier now "with decent mobos" it will throw you a code or at very least show you tiny LED light to which component is bad or has some kind of issues. I wish, we had those things back in the day.
He probably returns the defective components to the original owners just in case but that does sound good Like a trophy wall lol.
The flops
You should Repost this on Every Fix/Flop video maybe he might see it and respond if it is Boosted.
@@PRhymeExample Maybe Sinister Red is right. Maybe he does return components to original owners. I can try reposting though.
Not everyone can afford all those parts :/
Hey Greg, I really like the van idea and driving around the country to help people. I definitely would watch that.
I’d need the help I couldn’t even tell you how many issues I’ve been having in the past month with my pc it’s to the point where I just want to get a whole new pc due to the issues I’ve been having
@@sobei7133 what issues do you have? i can help you troubleshoot them
I am a manufacturing engineer that specializes in circuit board assembly and soldering. I call that tell-tale smell "a sign that your day is going to be terrible" when it happens in a factory.
I also am not an electronics expert (ironic, I know) but that's why we have test/electrical engineers. They tell me which part let out the magic smoke and my job is to figure out how the manufacturing process went awry and hopefully prevent it from happening again.
So what do you think of gigabyte power supply manufacturing
That HAF 912 is a legendary case... RIP (the upgrade is very worthy tho ^_^)
Still have one packed away in a storage closet...can't bring myself to simply toss the OG lol
Still using one.
Good memories with the HAF 812 here! I removed the optical drive and hard drive cages and built my first custom water-cooled loop in one a few years ago. Rocked a i5 7600k and a GTX 1080ti and just recently sold it for about double the amount I put into it. Good times!
@@jsekits . Sell it and let it have a new life with someone else.
my HAF 922 (bigger model) is still under my desk (sadly for it It hasn't run once since I got my new laptop earlier this year)
it ran very well for many many years (i5 3570k OCed), and it has always been insanely cool with a nice cooler master hyper 212
Whew - at least the PSU only took it's self out (instead of pulling a "Gigabyte").
lucky viewer
psu didn't kill anything else in the build
i have this same problem on my last pc but my mobo sparks, u can say it blew up my mobo lol
That is why we should always get branded and 80+ certified psu's (bronze is must )
@@ashwath23 It has nothing to do with reliability or protections
@@ashwath23 Branded like Gigabyte?
@@Oriaks yes gigabyte 🔥🔥 ..... 🤣
I've done IT for about 15 years. I respect the fact you're up front, honest, and showing people the proper way to isotest and just do basic maintenance. This video is extremely straightforward and I respect that.
Holy, that 802 is an amazing case! I was looking to buy it but couldn't in Canada. It's amazing for both silent operation and airflow. I totally recommend it to others!
Yes it's excellent. I just got one a few weeks ago, slapped some parts in there and it's so easy to work on. It runs cool and quiet while looking good doing it.
I wish I could shop at baby Gap! Nice shirt Greg. JK..I’m breaking balls, I do like the cool cat! Love your channel
LOL, no joke this shirt is definitely too small now 🤣
I feel like Greg gets the same satisfaction from solving and fixing one of these PCs, just like how Rescue Dogs get excited when they find someone buried in the snow after an Avalanche.
As soon as I seen that TT PSU, I expected it. Just never had good luck with their PSU's. Least the owner didn't have any hardware damaged from the PSU. Never want to go cheap on the PSU. Awesome case though! Looks like a brand new pc for the owner!
My brother had the PSU before me, it lasted him about 6 years before he handed it off to me.
I was thinking exactly the same when I saw that psu. I've had many psu's over the years and the worst one was Thermaltake.
It caused some random crashes and for some reason that psu internally shorted a few times and caused system to power off. I had to insulate the psu case cover myself to keep using it as I was still saving for a new one. Luckily it didn't break anything else with it...
I still have Enermax psu that I bought after that and it still works fine in my home server even though it's around 10 years old and it has been used heavily over the years.
My TT PSU fried my GPU and MOBO.. It's on my personal black list, becouse I heard many times about their bad PSU's
Thermaltake sucks
I have a Thermaltake 450W with only Ryzen 1800x + Mobo without GPU and it popped under cinebench.
Replaced the fuse and still Thermaltake popped the fuse.
2:10 i def thought you'd charge.
that's a great principle :)
Please don't ever stop this series! Haha. I'm learning so much. I've been able to upgrade my PC multiple times thanks to your info and it has also become therapy to me too!
If you enjoy this, then you should really get PC Building Simulator.. it's exactly what he's doing .. you take over a computer repair shop, and accept which client emails you want to fix .. they send you their computers and you have to diagnose the problem and make the repairs with real world components/brands.. it's super addictive and if you havent played it, then you owe it to yourself.
Love this series. Learning new stuff other than just replacing parts.
You have a high moral standard, my friend. I could see many people happily charge MSRP for parts, while making sure to remind people that the "labor" is free to get sympathy. I really respect that you are honest about the fact that companies send free parts around constantly for advertising, so you don't feel comfortable charging anything. Much respect, brotha.
Mr. Salazar can i ask something?
If my pc slows down every restart and file transfer causes bsod or drops from 100mbps to kbps and shows unexpected store exception and memory management does that mean i have to change memory sticks?
Sounds like a dying storage drive.
I want to see a Be Quiet ITX case.
Also, there is enough extra case for Greg to climb in lmao
Hah I remember having the same exact PSU and the same thing happened. I'm glad you hooked the person up with some new parts, they'll be happy for sure!
Not surprised, that is a bad PSU and it wasn't good when it was brand new either. It's one of those "slap big wattage number on it, cut lots of corners on the components and design, then sell to unsuspecting people for really cheap" models that were quite popular a while back. At least it's not one of the PSUs that completely removes all the filtering circuits to cut costs and claims 600W out of a 250W unit, but I doubt that makes you feel any better when it bricks. Well maybe it does, at least it doesn't look like this one bricks the entire rest of your PC with it.
Was the person who brought this PC in brain damaged? Like look at that wire management.
That cable management reminds me of my first pc build :)
i love the vids where you tear things down. before you i didnt know you could take a gpu apart and re apply thermal paste, thank you for that
Pentium with an AIO? WTF? The AIO is like double the price of the damn CPU...
Must've been a gift lol
It's a very cheap AIO.
Thermaltake PSU, that would have been my first step to this troubleshoot. I've had mostly bad experience with their PSUs, particularly the cheap and/or old ones.
I've seen that exact model crap the bed more times than I should of.
I have a thermaltake 1200 watt psu - been going strong for at least 12 years only cleaned it once !
Thermaltake is very hit or miss with quality. My system’s thermaltake $50 PSU has been going strong for years, whereas I’ve seen friends’ systems exact same model die in a few months.
@@herbetrono4373 tr2 tho? those would fail out of nowhere.
@@herbetrono4373
Your single good experience doesn't invalidate my half dozen or so bad experiences. There was one time I thought the issue was the TT PSU, but it was a fried motherboard. A month or two later I was replacing the customer's motherboard again along with the thermaltake PSU... That'll teach me.
Wait did you replace a HAF 932 case? The HAF are the best airflow cases even by today's standards. If I could get a HAF X over the be quiet case any day.
Yes, I replaced the HAF case. The 802 is still fine for airflow, and the three 140mm PW2 fans are great.
I always hope he asked if he could replace the case - I love my msi mag forge 100r even though its a cheap case and if he changed it I'd be very unhappy even if he'd replaced it with a £500 case free of charge.
preferences because the haf looks horrible
@@GregSalazar do you ask?
Of course I do. I've already discussed this in an older video.
Now see if that were a specific model Gigabyte PSU you'd have no eyebrows getting that close to smell it. Wait...too soon? 🤣
On a serious note, you do some outstanding work, sir. Such positivity in these negative times is both heartwarming, and encouraging. Thank you.
this episode of FoF was my favorite. The visual change of that old case and the fix of the "twister" esque cable management on top of the PSU was awesome to see once it was all put back together. Great job, Greg.
P.S. also the long term goal would be awesome! keep your head high and settle for nothing less than great.
7:30 "It's not like it can be an issue with the power supply scince its not modular"
5min later; "it's the power supply"
nice knowledge there.
I love your series
Thanks for the support! :-)
Tips :
1. If you can hear a long tiiiiiiiiiiiiiii from your PSU. There is a leak in one of the caps.
2. If you can smell something fried it's most likely the MOSFETs under the heatsink.
3. You can also get 24v, 8.7v, 7v, 21.7v,19v from your PSU.
That PC's problem is obvious. It is full of Thermaltake products! 😃
@@spod2998 👍 As soon as a saw that TR2 PSU , I said "Rut Roe!" lol
In addition to your DMM, you may also want to pick up a capacitance tester. When you opened that PSU, the first thing I'd check after allowing bleed-off, is those caps on the side where you smelled the magic smoke.
That transformation was incredible it literally looked like a brand brand new system, that case is a great choice too. Mounting the card vertically was a great choice too. I really enjoy this series I’m glad it’s growing!
The vertical mount is bad for the aiorflow and blocks the other PCIe slots.
@@tyaty I was more referring to a look standpoint but sure that’s another way to look at it
@@GaryA1682
Also, the HAF 912 did not really need an upgrade at all. Greg only did it because BQ sponsored the video.
not if it has sufficient clearance from the side of the case. also i don't know anyone that uses the other PCIe slots@@tyaty
Ez tip..don't save money on power supply
Hey mate, regarding the sponsored section with Windows Activation codes - Are you able to do any kind of decent video on the topic, how to set it all up properly and what kinds of codes to go for, what sites to avoid, etc etc
Love these vids by the way :) keep em comin'
That was a very well placed ad at the end 😂. You flipped the PSU switch and ad popped up like it exploded on you. Glad you are ok. I’m going to go change now.
My previous job use to be a part of a tech support team and part of the job was diagnosing PC hardware issues, watching your videos brings back a lot of memories. Love your videos Greg, your approach is to fixing hardware issues is clean and professional.
That Cool Master computer case is least a decade old design if not more. I know this cause I built a computer system for my mother using that computer case a decade ago.
I been around PC's since MS-DOS version 1 and have the knowledge to do electronic repair as well. In the past someone had a motherboard let the magic smoke out and I was able to repair the motherboard.
...Wait, you're running his gpu via a x1 riser? Works fine for mining, but will kill gaming performance, am I missing something?
I'm all for a cross-country series! I have a system that needs troubleshooting hardware-wise, but don't have to time to drive all the way to Florida.
Great video, but man does it trigger my OCD when I see actual vertical GPU mount on the case and You not using it 😂
ah i see the problem now its a Thermaltake psu or any $50 or lower psu i litterly had a 50 one explode so know i have the corsair cx 750m and no issues since.
if you decide to bring back the FoF on tour and you came into my town in Missouri i have about 3 PC's that need fixed that i have no idea how to trouble shoot.
nice one Greg i'm always learning something from your videos....thanks buddy
As a retired tech your Fix or Flop series is must watch video streaming. I am totally enjoying your diagnostic skills and your step by step logical troubleshooting. This is my go to TH-cam channel and I find I am seeing time fly by as I enjoy each video. Well done Greg!
After you discarded the GPU I immediately knew it was a PSU issue!! Thanks for these videos Greg. Watching you From Argentina 🇦🇷
The info is one reason why I subscribed to your channel. You’re a great ETHICAL youtuber and that means a lot. Keep up the good work!
Totally forgot about that SSD bay, my PSU cables are tucked in there LMAO
Your videos helped me a lot and I'm excited for the near future(after college) to open up my own shop and giving quality services.
This is by far my favorite series of your of videos. As a technician (copiers and printers) I enjoy the process. We call that the Sherlock Holmes method of diagnosis. Eliminate what it isn't. Whatever is left, however unlikely, must be the answer.
Just stumbled across this. You remind me of a more humble version of Linus. I'm a fan!
The fact people would drive 3 hours to give you a shot at repairing their computer says a lot about your reputation.
The Scdkey is bs. Wasted how ever much it was to get it and it doesn't work. What do I do now greg??
Just be glad you don’t have to diagnose my low end toaster from over 10 years ago.
For some reason, I didn't notice your t-shirt until almost halfway through. Great t-shirt Greg.
Thank u for helping this person out Ik u made them very happy
I never own my own pc. and a great friend of mine gave me his old pc. it haves a Rx590 ryzen 7 2700x 32 gb of ram 1 tb nvm 1 tb ssd and a 500 gb hd. what would be a good upgrade to start keeping a eye out for. not trying sound ungreatful for what my friend did for me. just figured that i wold invest some of my own money in to the build he gave me
Thats a really good build considering today prices and considering the fact that a friend gave it to you.
It depends of what are you doing with the PC. If you game you can sell the 590 and buy an used but better GPU ( i dont know, gtx 1080 or 2060 if you want Ray Tracing or AMD equivalent cards ). Sure GPU prices are insane but you can sell the 590 for a lot. You can also sell the CPU and buy a 5600x which is way better for gaming.
But if you work the story is different. It depends of the kinda of work you do. If you need more cores you can upgrade to some Ryzen 3xxx series ( for example the Ryzen 3900x with 12 cores will be an excellent upgrade for work ).
Sorry my english btw, its not my native language. Hope i helped you :)
Tip your servers and tip your Salazars! This is so awesome. You’re really doing a great thing here :)
When that happens to mine I take the ram out and put it back in, it fixes it.
Wow, this is amazing
seems like I need to send my shitty pc to this magic man for a Makeover
We here in India also love your content
My pc sucks. I wish I can great pc.
You’re a good man, Charlie Brown
Everyone buys the smallest cheapest Motherboard its hilarious.
made that mistake, made new pc with all new parts that i wanted...so then the motherboard i just wanted one that was compatible with my cpu and went with the stores recommended option for a motherboard to suite my cpu...it was the cheapest one there and after 6 months it fried itself.
i done some research online and the one i got recommended was very, VERY poorly rated, it couldn't even overclock even though it said it could and the motherboard was designed very poorly (and it was suited for a 10 gen intel cpu but couldn't handle mine)..... for a mere $25 more i got a waaaaay better customer rated motherboard FROM THE SAME SHOP. the first and last time i will listen to advice from a shop employee ever
I bought a windows key from the sponsor's website and the key didn't work :(
"And cable management literally takes minutes"
Cable management can turn a 10 minute PC build into hours. It's the single most time consuming part of the build.
Especially in a small build. I built my current PC in a Corsair mini-ITX cube case (older, can’t remember model number) and the cable management took WAY longer than building the PC. If I had just slapped everything in there like the good old days, I would have been done in an hour. It took a day and a half.
@@AtomicAJ74 my last build was in the NR200. Cable management took a couple of hours to get it just the way I wanted it.
More GPUs need to implement the hot-swappable fans. I loved that on my XFX RX 580, you could buy the fans at Best Buy.
Meanwhile I am using my potato PC for the last 10 years with a pentium processor, 2gb ram and a cheap PSU🙂
This guy must have been in cloud 9 when he got back his upgraded PC🙂 Very lucky guy🙂 Even a normal 80+ bronze certified PSU costs more than a 100$ in my country🙂🙂 Dude sure is lucky❤️
Another great video Greg!
Yikes………that’s a gaming rig? First off…….crappy PSU. I don’t know who makes the Thermaltake PSU’s……….but they’re not very good at all. Cheap components. My only issue with vertical GPU mounts is that I have no access to anything really. GPU has to be removed to get to anything.
Yeah, I've been pulling my hair out on my server PC, It'll crash randomly, sometimes it'll crash right away, or a week later, or month later, no amount of stressing it seems to make it crash, swapped out parts, bought parts, it still kept doing it, I decided to hook up my volt meter to the molex plug and I caught it!
At idle it'll run at 11v on the 12v rail, stressing it it'll go up to 11.5 and even jumps to 12.4v suddenly, or drops below 11.3v under load. At idle though I caught some drops below 11v, saw 10.6v at one point although the system didn't crash but 11v or lower is a problem. But months and month and I finally replaced the PSU and all it good. I was abought to retire the server.
Great job Greg! always love watching these episodes very helpful!
Quick question for anyone here, and Greg if it comes up. I really liked the look and everything of the Be Quiet! Silent Base 802, but when I checked compatibility with my motherboard (Asus TUF H370-Pro Gaming (WI-FI) ATX LGA1151 Motherboard), I came across an issue. I'm seeing be quiet! Silent Base 802 ATX Mid Tower Case has a front panel USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type C port, but the Asus TUF H370-Pro Gaming (WI-FI) ATX LGA1151 Motherboard does not have sufficient USB 3.2 Gen 2 or Gen 1 headers. The case USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type C port will not be usable. Is this something to worry about? Is there a work around? Or is there a different tower that could be recommended?
I love these videos, this is a type of profession I want to get into (Repairing computers ect, it's mostly undoable since most of the business' don't earn much profit), so i'm a little proud of myself when i looked at the build and heard the diagnosis and thought "Sounds like a power supply issue." Love these man!
i like your work Greg , love from India, i saw your videos Daily
Big fan of the FoF and PCDC videos and what you do for your viewers, keep up the great work Greg.
I thought it was a power supply issue when I saw it would only turn on for a fraction of a second. You learn a lot watching these videos heh.
I just sub'd recently, cpl vids ago. Watching you giving to your community......awesome......more reason to watch.
Been enjoying these so much!
Those stupid Thermaltake PSUs are CRAP. Holyshit I had pulled my hair with those cheap craps it's not funny.
I had the Cooler Master HAF 912 Black Edition back in the day and it was such an awesome case. The entire HAF series was great and when people on TeamSpeak would say "I've got a Cooler Master HAF X", people would go "Woah..that's a nice case.." because it was so 'modern' for it's time. Cooler Master even did the 200mm fan in different LED colours, blue, green, red and I think, white. I swapped mine stock red one out for a green one and bought all green LED 120mm fans from Cooler Master :D
Luckily no Gigabyte style fireworks in the PSU. Unfortunately ive seen that firework in my ThermalTake Toughpower DPS-G 650W PSU(the gold shrouded non-RGB one). It killed almost my entire PC. :(
I really like seeing all the cool build and tech videos people do but seeing reasonable/affordable machines be troubleshooted has been the biggest help for me as a beginner builder. Love it!
Hey hi Greg and community! I have an issue so rare! Maybe you could help me, in short words, after using my new pc sometimes the task manager says “GPU usage -1%” and then the PC freezes, and the only way out is force restart! Please help! Yes i have updated everything, drivers etc,
Rx 6600 xt
5800x ryzen
Everything is new, no PSU issue :(
This video hits home. I bought a cooler master 650w gold psu but didn't work with my setup (r5 2600 and a rx 580 8gb) it wasnt pushing enough wattage.
So geek squad had to put a corsair 750w bronze in my case instead, I've message you few weeks ago.. I hope you'll see it one day in your Gmail lol
Much love from Fort Lauderdale ❤
I've repaired power supplies, but in vintage computers where you can't get them anymore. Anything made n the last 20 years is going to be easily replaceable unless it's a prebuilt with a proprietary PSU.
Hey, i have a important question. I recently got a brand new PC, and it seems to be working fine, when I am running games and discord in the background. My processor is a ryzen 7 5800x, and my power supply is 750 watts, and my motherboard is a phantom gaming 4 b550. When i run this game called APEX LEGENDS, and discord, at the same time, my pc shuts down and restarts after some 30 seconds. I tried reinstalling, uninstalling, and running both apps. I did not update my bios yet, but i am thinking i should. I believe my default bio is 1.2, but i dont want to harm my computer since this issue occurs only when im running 2 apps, and my whole system shuts down. Should I update my bios, and is it even possible, since some people are saying my phantom gaming 4 b550 motherboard cannot be updated. I am confused, please help?
okay so, i have my gaming rig which i take to florida (west palm) every so often when i visit family, and ive had issues recently. i flew in from England, my rig was working perfectly and when i hit the states, the system powers up but goes straight back off. so i left it and when i came back to england, it works absolutely fine. the power supply works on 115V-240V on my EVGA PSU. and its only 1 and a half years old. and its done that twice. ive checked with my power supply tester and all comes up as perfect on both 115V and 240V. so i have my doubts its the PSU. and i dont have another PSU to test the rig with. its running a GTX 1080Ti and an i7 7700k. it only does this when its on 115V AC which is really strange.
Man that's the ol HAF 912. I'm actually doing a New school meets old school build with one with some modern argb, 10900/z590/3080 or 90
Depending how much I like it I may transfer my current build in it
Hey Salazar! The client doesn´t tell you how get that issue with the psu and how long of used does it have? Bc i have the same PSU (Thermaltake TR2 600w) and i have 1 year used and sometimes i overclock my graphics card (RX 580 8gb) and for now i dont have any issues. You recomend switch my psu or wait for a better upgrade? Thanks for you all videos dude!
I wish I lived in central Florida (I'm literally an ocean away) but I'd have loved to see what you made of my old GPU. It's a GTX 1070 that is running at PCIe 3.0 x8 on every motherboard I have tested it on (1x ryzen, 2x intel, 2 ITX so no lanes being used by something else). Card works fine apart from being in the wrong mode. In all honesty I was selling the card as it was hardly getting used, but the buyer returned it as faulty and made me aware of this issue!
Anyway that's neither here nor there, really enjoying the content - keep it up :)
PSU failer was the start of the death of my last PC. *DO NOT VAPE* in the room your PC lives in. The vaporised liquid will condense on cold surfaces such as your windows, mirrors and most importantly here, the inside surfaces of your PC!
I hadn't opened my PC for a long time as it was a very old build, but had been working flawlessly for years prior. I was happily gaming away when all of a sudden this *THICK* white "smoke" started billowing out the back of my PC! There was also this smell of fried electronics (you'll know the smell I mean if you've ever smelled it before).
My initial reaction was to kill the power from the switch, as the PC was still running normally at the time, what was surprising considering the amount of "smoke" pooring out of it! However after looking further into it, I now understand why. Over time, having vaped in my room, it had all condenced around the fans and anywhere that was cold like the case's metal and glass surfaces, and dripped down and pooled up at the bottom of my PC case!
I opened up the powersupply to see the damage (not advised unless you know what you are doing; It can hold power for hours after being turned off in the capasitors and give a fatal shock if treated incorrectly). What had happened was the vape juice had condenced around the cold PSU fan shroud, the condenced vape juice had then traveled down all the wires inside the PSU and over time corroded the protective plasic wire coverings and shorted out the PSU fan wires (luckily is wasn't the mains wires or it could of been sooo much worse).
When you short an electric circuit, the short will heat up immensely. Vape juice is mostly made up of the same thing as what you put in a "smoke" machine, so I had basically inadvertently turned my PC into a supercarged smoke machine and filled my entire room with fake smoke lol.
I replaced the PSU and cleaned everything else up, but vape juice had got into so many of the other components I ended up having to build a new PC. In the space of a month or so I went through 3 second hand mobos and 2 second hand gfxs cards, got a new CPU and bought a load of new ram, but something just kept destroing components. I had basically replaced everything but the case and the SSDs and disk drives by the end lol. It continued acting real funky and just wasn't worth spending any more effort on after the second set of replaced parts started failing too (it had lasted me like 13 years at this point)!