Fixing a Viewer's BROKEN Gaming PC? - Fix or Flop S1:E17
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People who lie to try get free stuff SUCK x'D
My old pc does not boot to windows takes me to blue recovery screen. I tried a flash drive with windows on it like you did here but would not take it. It's a 8 yr old pc and would like my files from it. I have built a new computer recently , but would like to get the old one back up.
Thanks for all the help with looking at my build. Hopefully my confusion helped out others with similar issues when it comes to reinstalling windows.
Hey Ty! Congrats dude!
how is the pc now?
you are silly on the way you put those fans
@@linchy2679 not everyone is a master builder leave him be everyone makes mistakes...
your "backwards" fan setup made sense fwiw the front is a restriction and having it as an intake; the dust would have collected up in the grate and suffocated the system of fresh air over time. that fan setup was best case as it was. as the exhaust, you'd never have to worry about that becoming restricted with dust. fans will always suck in dust, that's life
Tyler seems like a good faith guy, he seemed just as confused as you Greg. Hopefully it's all smooth sailing from here!
I feel for Tyler. Recently I had an air-conditioner repairman come out because of a loud weird noise the heat exchanger was making. When we turned it on to demonstrate it, it wasnt making the noise. It had been making the noise for weeks. I looked like a complete fool to the repairman. He couldnt find anything wrong. The airconditioner never made the weird noise again.
@@danielmcauliffe7046 Damn that sucks.
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Considering the Intel to AMD platform swap, perhaps the viewer was used to plugging the video cable into the motherboard instead of plugging it into the GPU? That would explain the "no post / no video". Honest mistake that a lot of people have done when switching from having an iGPU to no iGPU
Yeah but the viewer's old cpu was an i3 9100f which doesn't have an igpu
@@ven0m558 Oh wow, you're totally right. It totally skipped my mind haha. Thank you for the correction!
@@ven0m558 still does not mean that the owner as a not experienced user would not use wrong port.
I saw that few times when dealing with computer of friends and relatives. Mobo has a port, and even though CPU does not support it- newbie would not know.
Guys, you're all forgetting that it worked at first and that games would run a lot slower off of an iGP...
More then likely, the culprit is probably his monitors backlight burnt out or his monitor died. His computer worked fine for a bit then all of a sudden it doesn't and won't boot. But since it booted right up here, its very likely the monitor or maybe he was using a faulty display/hdmi cable. Either way, it would appear to him as a computer no boot when in fact the computer was working fine, he just doesn't have a monitor anymore.
I would also like to point out that the owner claimed it happened after a crash. But a "crash" can be interpreted as different things by different people. Something as simple as a power surge followed by a brownout could cause his computer to reboot and may be considered a crash by him. His computer survived, but it may have killed his monitor. It would explain why he thought his computer was the problem. If he didn't have a light on or other external stimuli to indicate a power flicker, it wouldn't have even looked like a power out and would appear to just be a computer crash. Just a possibility.
Greg! Congrats on the birth of your new child!
Thank you so much!
So...we aren't gonna talk about the Porsche or the Ferrari in the garage?! Beautiful cars, man! Great video in the series as always. This is just like real life...sometimes things don't go the way you think with PC troubleshooting. And Greg is a real down to earth guy, he could have easily edited this to make the problem exist, showing him fix it easily but he kept true to his word and actually did what he promised.
I think we should talk about it! It’s now very clear this channel is not his only source of income. Holy hell….
@@drpittbull right!? Holy hell I instantly was like he's not even a fraction of the size of LTT and he's smaller than Jay and GN as well. Either he has a solid side hustle or his wife crushes it. Not sure which one. I do really well myself (over six figures) but no way in hell could I afford a Ferrari and a Porsche and a house where I live. Dude is STACKED
When you see the old daily drivers in the garage being a Ferrari and a Porsche.... you know Greg's been doing it rough. I'm jealous as. Keep up the good work mate.
I'm always amazed at everyone's cable management skills. I personally just get it to the point where they're just not visible in the front and shove them all in the back and make sure they're not blocking fans.
Bro organizing cables is such a chore, my front looks so good but the back panel 😬
Right? Cable management pretty solid, fan orientation screwed, interesting decisions
@@ryanroche6169 mine too especially with the Corsair fan hub and four extra 120ML fans
So far I have been running my Intel to Ryzen PC for 1 1/2 years, did not do a reinstall and have had zero issues with windows or Linux Mint for that matter. Installed the new MB and CPu drivers and it's worked like a champ.
Thoroughly enjoy watching this series and trying to diagnose the problems myself before you figure out what's going on. It's a fun exercise with the handicap of not being able to physically get your hands on the system!
The fan arrangement made me lol. You're a good dude, doing it right to make sure he wasn't taking advantage.
I know some that has one 240 rad with one fan in and one fan out on the radiator.. 0 logic.
@@hollyc5417 Working, yes. Better airflow, not a chance, unless you like shooting hot cpu exhaust in to the case.
@@x8jason8x Negative air pressure is pointless, which is what he was left with.
@@authoritariangentleman7570 Um... yeah, I think that's what I said... minus the fact he had the d-15 fans pushing to the front of the case, which is why I said he was essentially filling the case with hot air... Intake/exhaust is done front to back for a reason, after all. I'm kind of confused as to why you tagged me to say that?
Edit, when I say he, I mean the PC owner. If you meant Greg's finished configuration, that's 100% incorrect, heat rises.
@@x8jason8x Heat does what you tell it to do in pc cases. Heat rising is only really a factor when you're passively cooling stuff. The owners initial fan setup was totally fine and to minimize the dust it would have been fine to just put some custom dust filters.
one thing that would make this series a 11/10 is seeing the reactions of those who sent their pc's for fixing, loving these! been binge watching
Sounds like you were a fan of Pimp My Ride. What do you think folks, should Greg change the show's name to Pimp My PC and show owner reactions?
@@the_dark_defender lmao, i dont think ive ever seen an episode of pimp my ride sounds dope tho
I upgraded from intel to amd about a month ago and have had a bunch of bsod’s so I should probably reinstall windows lol since I didn’t do that before
Yeah it seems like you may need to. I went from a intel system to a Ryzen system and just threw my SSD back in the new rig and it hasn’t given me any problems.. maybe I just got lucky
@@Chris-sm4jv idk today my pc just randomly restarted while playing vanguard and when i play overwatch i often get a bsod (cant remember what error)
@@JEMODZ hmm yeah that’s odd. I would definitely try a fresh install of windows 10, it will most likely fix the problem.
@@Chris-sm4jv just go to device manager, select view and "show hidden devices" and all the old drivers will show up (greyed out to show they are no longer connected). Manually uninstall them one by one and you have a clean build again. Also as a sidenote Ryzen users should be careful to install the chipset for their motherboard so they can benefit from the improved performance and customized power profile. There can be quite a few to remove but it is more convenient than a clean reinstall would be.
@@Chris-sm4jv your still probably losing performance your just not aware
I did have quite a few issues plugging my computer into certain power plugs in my house due to the amount of electronics plugged into that specific breaker. Ran a heavy duty surge protector (actual 20A rated Surge protector, not basic power strip) to another room's power plug, haven't had any issues since.
Sometimes dirty, weak power will cause weird issues to your system.
Yup, have a outlet that caused blue screen, went to different outlet. No problems in 3 years
I suspect bad/weak extension may have been my issue, a few months ago i installed a kill-a-watt at my outlet because I wanted to give mining a try (ive since given up on it) and it was blocking the outlet for my monitor so i installed an extension between the outlet and kill-a-watt so i could plug in the monitor. After some time, i kept getting random reboots. and it was inconsistent. it would work for a few days, and then either restart or just wouldnt boot/post. I swapped the PSU and PSU cables, MOBO and RAM, those didnt fix it. I just recently removed the extension and kill-a-watt and so far its been good.
@@mizouse02 I actually keep a kill-a-watt on just the plug on my industrial Surge Protector, because from time to time I do some competitive overclocking, and in verifying they ask for peak power draw from the wall
@@mizouse02 Congrats on finding a solution. kill-a-watt are used for measurements and shouldn't be kept installed or else they will more than likely cause a plastic smell, just fyi :)
For me, I had a bad outlet and not only it caused reboots but if a relative kicked on the wall, boom, reboot. guessing old house needs rewiring. Even if we stop mining, some fun solutions and troubleshooting steps we've been involved in.
In my experience Win10 is rock solid when it comes to hardware swaps. For context, I've run the same Win10 for over 6 years, swapped 3 cpus and mobos, at least half a dozen video cards, and I never did a fresh install and it always worked perfectly. The latest swap was a 7700K to a 5600X (with new mobo of course) and Win10 didn't care, it booted up and ran flawlessly for a whole year. (It finally died when I tried an upgrade from ye olde bloated Win10 to the new Win11, it didn't like that at all... so a brand new fresh Windoze for the first time in 6 years). I also did an i5-8600 to an old Atom N*something (single core with HT) and Win10 still didn't care.
Great video as always, Greg! Super educational. That cable management time-lapse of the back panel was soooooo satisfying. So was the flipping of all the fans.
I just really stumbled across your channel, and not quite knowing a lot about pc’s I can appreciate everything you’re doing for people and insighting them on how they can fix their issues!
Great looking PC for a great series! 👍 keep it up Greg!
I don't care if it's the same platform, I always do a clean install when doing major changes like swapping a mobo. Besides, after a certain amount of time a clean install isn't' a bad idea, regardless.
I always do a clean install because I don't like windows being bloated
@@knownnuisance7512 Yep, the bit rot is inevitable. Even if you're not swapping parts. After some time, a clean install is a good idea.
I generally do a fresh install once a year on my Editing PC,
with all the updates to Windows, Programs & GPU Drivers over a year it is nice to just have a Totally Fresh Install, like Fresh Linen on a bed🥰
True , unless it's a board from a same manufacturer with same chipset
Did a swap several times like from B450 prime to B450 tuf - works like a charm.
@@ihorbychkov8742 Yeah, that should be fine. Should be as if nothing really changed.
I stopped working on other computers years ago and I love watching you and others work on them. Keeps me refreshed. I did the same things you're doing so keep on doing what you're doing.. . and I'll keep watching.
Great idea, and love this series! Will definitely tune into this.
for me personally I've done some platform swaps and not had problems. as long as it says on boot that its setting up system devices it should work without reinstall.
I wonder if he was getting that and a long black screen start because it was setting up and thought it was not booting, doing it a few times got it done by the time Greg started it the setting up was finished?
Generally switching from intel to amd shouldn't cause windows to not boot because when you switch motherboards windows will go through the driver detection steps at boot and it will use the generic plug and play drivers and should boot normally with no drivers. Also your windows license will reset it's self to a non-activated state.
I love the videos and the great work you do! Very knowledgeable, even for those who work in the field! Keep up the awesomeness!
I appreciate that!
Appreciated the video, and i really like that you were able to make this situation into a lesson of switching from intel to amd, i literally spent last night setting up a new amd system and i put in my spare gpu and psu tonight so i can at least start it up to get windowws goin on it an such, so this video was kind of a perfect topic for me to run into before i switch my drives and good parts from my current pc. Look forward to more of your work.
This is such a cool channel!!! For those of us who have years between upgrades/complete new machines, this helps immensely!!! Instead of just seeing someone put together a new machine that works perfectly, you take garbage and make it smell like roses giving us good info in the process!!! Good on you Greg!!!
Well, you know your Hardware, but Software is another thing. Updating drivers CAN fix Issues, but also introduce some. Reinstalling Windows can break registrations, leading to reinstalling many thing or even losing Data. For example If you format your Bootdrive for the reinstall, you can lose Bookmarks, Passwords or Savegames (if they arent in the Cloud).
Yes Windows-Setup brings the option to "Update" or installing while keeping files. But that also keeps broken registrations, if those do make problems.
And before asking Questions, I do build PCs by myself and i'm the "Techie" in the Family. My first PC Build was 17 years ago. And i used PCs even before that. Do YOU know Floppy Discs? XD
I switched my system from Intel to AMD the day I got my 3080 over a year ago and surprisingly haven't ran into any issues or crashes at all. Contemplating doing a fresh install just to see if there's a performance gain now.
I mean if it aint broke, I did the same thing no issues for me either
You'll probably see a performance gain but it will most likely be from your old install having all sorts of windows-crud that your new system won't have, yet.
Great series, this video helped alot i just upgraded everything except my drives and then kept getting bluescreens and reinstalled windows cleared everything up and fixed all that
I've really been enjoying these tech videos, and I think you're doing a good job! Thank you for the great content
Hey Greg, love this series, I have one suggestion. Maybe you can ask viewers who want to get their PC fixed to make a short video showing their problem and then you can determine if it's worth your time. And if you spot the problem in the video, then you can simply reply with the solution so that the viewer can fix it themselves. Anyways, just my 2 cents keep up the great work.
Intel to AMD pre-Windows 10 necessitated a backup and reinstall. With Windows 10 though, it really does seem to be nearly bulletproof, even with a completely different chipset. I was surprised when I let my boot drive boot by accident rather than tap the F-key to choose to boot from usb right after changing from Z390 to B550 and it did a bit of combobulating before booting up just fine.
Low key showing the Ferrari and Porsche in the garage too. Love it.
It’s funny how a lot of PC guys are also car guys. Must scratch a similar part of the brain or something 😂
I really enjoyed this playlist. I hope you do more! Although I am a little embarrassed that my system probably qualifies for a deep clean based on what you describe as 'dirty' in some of these videos!!
Do we think the owner might have put the display/hdmi cable into the motherboard?
Also, wondered if you installed the chipset drivers before running your benchmarks?
Congratulations on the new addition to your family!
Exactly what I did with my new Pc, the old cable in the mobo trick lol
Always excited for a new episode! Keep up the great work!
this is the 10th ep i watched today. am learning ALOT heheeh..thank you greg ^^
Greg this video helped fix my pc that was broken for 2 months. I had taken it to the shop and they said it was going to cost $150 to fix it!!! I was going to give up on it assuming it had a bunch of major issues. Thank you so much man, I love this series and the PCDC series. Please continue to pump out more quality content
Well, I did a dirty swap Intel > AMD and I have no issues at all.
You have to uninstall all MOBO related software and drivers before the swap and you're good to go.
Having two windows install drives connected at the same time will likely break both. I ran into this problem when I cloned my dads HDD to SSD and then put the HDD back in the system to use as a secondary drive. I didn't clean the disk properly and so it still had the boot information on the HDD. I had to manually repair the boot sector/files on the SSD after using fdisk to clean the HDD.
They weren't connected at the same time. I handed him the second SSD and told him to swap them out if he wanted to recover any files.
@@GregSalazar Nice.
i have workt with computer for 5 years now and i still learn so much from this Thank you Greg
Great Videos. I Work on computers from time to time and these videos give me some free troubleshooting tips and things to look for next time I work on a PC. Thanks for all the free content.
It's always best to start with a fresh install, but switching platforms without reinstalling doesn't cause as many problems as it used to. Windows 10 is very resilient when figuring out the new hardware and installing the required drivers accordingly. There may be a performance hit, but that's the same when comparing any old Windows install to a fresh install, even if you haven't changed platform. I usually just run cleaner utilities (CCleaner, DDU etc.) after swapping, to wipe the old drivers and registry entries, and then it's good to go.
Completely agree here. Pretty much since Windows 7, you can transplant a boot drive in any platform and it will usually work just fine. It may have some errors but as ReD DeV points out, you can run utilities to clean it. OR do the next best thing and grab the drivers from the motherboard download and run the uninstallers with those drivers. As long as you do some proper clean-up, it's not hard to do or even remotely unsafe.
Said this in a few other comments, but plenty of folks _have_ experienced issues after migrating boot drives from Intel to AMD and vice/versa on Windows 10. I've even run into it myself - which is why the safe recommendation is to start fresh. Keep sensitive files and games on a standalone HDD or something and it saves reinstall time as well.
Yep, Microsoft did a decent job trying to make Windows, which internally is kinda a mess, more resilient. But in general, it's probably not a bad idea if you have had the Windows install going for a while to just reinstall anyway. Windows tends to accumulate "cruft", whether its weird settings inconsistencies or just random software you installed over time (especially if some drivers or software with kernel modules don't handle platform swaps as well. I know anti-cheats can complain if you change a major part of a system).
Great job salvaging this video, really enjoyed it.
Another great episode. Even small things are worth presenting and may help many viewers identify issues they might have as well.
fwiw I've moved SSD between old intel systems and newer, as well as crossover to AMD Ryzen. no issues.
my main system has gone from c2d, to c2q, to i5 3gen then 4th gen then ryzen 1st gen. no issues.
yeah win7 was hit and miss on this but win10 handles it much better.
maybe there might be a performance hit because of old drivers lingering but afaik they shouldn't even be loaded if the hardware they were for is missing. noting I've even noticed, at least.
same i just reinstalled drivers went from intel to amd
my 9 year old mobo died a month ago and i went from an i7 3930k (from 2011) to a ryzen 1600 (i intend to do a new pc build when gpu prices come down, this was an old spare from my brother pc) and i didnt reinstall windows. i was prepared to do a full reinstall but ive just been to lazy since it works fine
Was going to say the same thing. Previous versions of windows may cause problems, sure, but win10+ I've had no problems swapping entire platforms on existing installs. Not to say it 'can't' cause a problem, but it's unlikely. Presuming you will have issues is a bit disingenuous.
Greg, I love 💕😘 this series, thank you,
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Just love to watch you rock things back and forth in front of the camera
I’m glad I watched this video. I’m about to switch to Ryzen and I’ve never heard of needed to reinstall windows when switching platforms like that.
Amazing! I was thinking about starting a PC repair business do you have any suggestions/advice for me? Anything helps. (Love your videos man)
I don’t own a pc repair business, but I do work a job in the hardware repair industry that does include PCs sometimes. My best advice is to have a good understanding of how to deal with customers. Not every customer is going to know how to explain problems and there are some who will be downright rude, mean, or just difficult to deal with. Just be prepared for that. It would be your business so at the end of the day you can deal with them how you want. Personally I try to remember that the problem isn’t always “solved” just because you say it is solved. It is often solved when the customer feels comfortable that it actually is. We don’t always fix machines, we sometimes fix people to!
@@trafficoan1811 Thank you!
Dang... The fans had my OCD going the moment the PC was revealed.
"OCD" yeah
The best video you have made, the fact that there was no MUSIC, it made all the difference . I fantastic video!
I don't know why but the speed up process at 14:32 sounded very therapeutic for me. Almost like ASMR in a way. Nice touch. 👏🏼
This is the best series on TH-cam by far. Thanks for the great content my guy
Another gem of a vid to add to de collection.
As always, thank you for teaching so that we may continually learn from you.
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I very much enjoy this series, it is why I am a subscriber. Please keep it up!
Oh dear its the snow edition of thermaltake's S100, i love this case so so much😍
It's a great thing that you're checking to make sure that people aren't just fishing for free upgrades but I would recommend against posting your methods of doing so to prevent others from parroting the same thing going forward. Keep up the great work!
Glad I was just binge watching these cause I was planing on upgrading from an i7 to Ryzen. good to know
love the play list learn more and more about pc watching these. now BIG question is. when you gonna change your sub number on the shelf ?
yup i subbed. great video. Handled it like a professional!
Love this series so much!
You're videos have really inspired me to step it up in the cable management department
Another great video Greg.
When you mentioned the fans backwards thing, I saw OCD kicking in. LOL.
A lot of these new cases these days are more form over function. I removed the clear plastic screen from the front of my case, and modded up a fly screen cover to replace it. Temps dropped by around 12-15 deg c on both my CPU & GPU. Airflow is king when it comes to cooling.
Keep the great video's coming.
i have a thermaltake s300tg snow, its like the step up version of this case. its a case focused on noise, and with very very good thermals. its made out of some sort of steel, very heavy with really tight tolerances, and with filtered intakes. i am not using fans on the front, but i do have side intakes next to my mobo. if i ever needed more airflow than i already have, i would put bigger fans, like 140 mm perhaps, on silent mode, but it dont think its very necessary.
At least the s300tg seems quite functional. i have a feeling this thermaltake case here is more budget oriented while still keeping some premium quality to it.
Ferrari & Porsche?! I could swear I remember a video about an Audi a while ago! Maybe that was the Science Studio mo-beel & these are the Salazar mo-beels lol😎
Yep the HAL (hardware Abstraction Layer) can get hosed when you switch CPU Architectures, not all the time, but its still a good idea to reinstall when switching.
AWESOME VID, IM INTERESTED IN THE CARS IN THE GARAGE!!! 👍
2:13 - I have 2 of those Crucial MX500 1TB SSDs installed in my main PC because they're so good.
I've found that depending on the monitor you're using if your graphics card isn't expecting an output to a display port it may not give you an image. In fact, I use a dual monitor setup with Display port and every so many months have to actually disconnect the Display port cables from the back of the monitors and put it back in again because the computer loses communication with the monitor.
I've had the same issue not long ago, I switched from AMD to Intel, got a Z590 Godlike (not a cheap board) and was all excited to install it and I was in a restart loop and was shaking in my shoes from fear. Long story short did a clean install of windows and everything is working perfectly
Another well done video. Always like watching your videos. Thanks for taking the time to do everything you do.
Love this series!
Just so people know, with windows 10 (probably won't work with windows 11 or if you have your drive encrypted) It's handy to have a Linux live USB so that you can connect a windows drive and boot into Linux so that you can pull your files off a drive you don't want to boot and transfer them to a drive you can use to put them on your new install. If you have a problem with your windows installation and you are somewhat handy with computers it can be pretty handy to troubleshoot as well.
16:00 That's a nice garage! I like the Porsche :D
this video series helps a lot of pc users and pc enthusiast .. thank god greg is doing this for us XD
This was your BEST video ever. My son and I switched out systems over the years. We had problems a few times in the past just moving over the drives with his windows and games. When we could not get things to work we ended up doing full new installs for the pc's. It fixed it but we never guess it was the windows having old intel / amd drivers mucking it up. Thanks for doing this video.
Love the series, Greg, but I think you forgot the music for the cable management time lapse.
Nice 360! I’m actually looking into one atm good so see a car and pc guy
I had an ssd is used for pc building with amd and intel and drivers for both nvidia and amd gpus that never gave me issues surprisingly. I will say its not as important but some may experience issues tranfering a drive from a previous build if it used an older motherboard. Some use different bios compared to modern uefi which changes how the boot drive gets configured when installing windows.
I recently switched my entire pc, put my old sata ssd in, went from an fx-4300 black to an i5-6500. Had some weird performance dips in the beginning but since replaced my drivers 👍🏻
Great work your doing here. Its really nice to see that if you live local, you could get your Gaming PC fixed. That's cool man. I just wish I lived in Orlando Florida. I have been having issues with my Gaming PC, since I started to upgrade the dam thing. As you can tell. I'm not an expert, or financially stable, :(
I really like your videos. Isn't it enough to boot into safe mode and uninstall the previous chipset drivers?
Would have been nice to see what correcting the fans did for the thermals. Nice video, thanks.
I think it was mote about dust management, but yeah a comparison would have been interesting. That fan cable wrapped around the fan though…
I am learning so much from this series... I have another question that is slightly related: I currently have a b350 board and got my hands on a b450 board (both asus rog strix Gaming-F). When I switch chipsets, do I also have to clean install windows, or is it sufficient to just install the new chipset drivers (assuming everything else stays the same)?
11:47 has me dead hahaha the classic backwards thumbdrive
Hey Greg! I love your videos. I have a question: How would you go about cleaning an AIO radiator? Can you go the lazy route without removing the pump?
seeing you fix all this makes me wish i had one of my old pcs to diagnose
Great advice on reinstalling Windows when switching the CPU from Intel to AMD or vice versa.
Dang. That'd be a little treat for me getting all my stuff back up if I went to AMD Zen 3 (which i wished to do, but didn't do cause of the prices that were not adequate, went to i5-10600KF instead) :D
Nice video either way! Been watching these series for a little while now and they're great! 🙌
not gonna lie, one of my fav parts of these is seeing you cable manage peoples builds
I've yet to have an issue with taking a boot drive from an intel system and using it on a ryzen one or vice versa. I've used a single windows installation in many different machines for troubleshooting or for a drive to boot off of to clone installations, though I haven't used the installation itself to run games or benchmarks. Definitely could be an interesting topic to experiment on.
Anyone looking for actual debugging tips for Gaming PCs: Greg Salazar has a series named “Fix or Flop” where he works through his process on every PC for finding and fixing errors, though he often has to replace parts since all PCs are donated. He just wants educate and to fix PCs for people.
I wish I could have seen this about 4 hours ago. I switched from a intel to the same AMD 5600x and had a issue with actually loading into windows I tried everything other than reinstalling windows. But after almost giving up i just decided ill try. after a missive headache of installing and windows installer barely working, it finally installed and now everything works great.
I was about change my platform from intel to amd and ended up in this video, what a coincidence that i can prepare to reinstall my OS later and moving my important files to hdd
I swapped from Ryzen to intel with the same boot drive but did have to delete all the system files for AMD and change the chipset drivers and such. Never had problems since but reinstalling windows is always a good suggestion! A fresh wipe always helps with all sorts of performance issues :)
I came across your site three days ago and have been glued to it . It's nice to see something different i would like to ask you one question i'v always kept my O/S on a separate ssd and all other files on there own ssd so any virus will wipe out windows and leave my other files alone , what i would like to know is this true keep up the good work Bob from sunny Seaford East Sussex England 👍
Since he was getting no signal on monitor and the only things different when you tested it were the monitor cable and monitor used I'm inclined to guess that the problem he was having was down to a bad cable, bad monitor, or possibly a damaged port on the gpu (since we don't know if he was using the same port).
you are doing great greg
Hey, Greg. Great video, as always.
Just wanted to ask where I can get a tool like the one you use to clean the inside of the PC.
hey greg.. at around @6:35 when you flipped the power switch in the back, there was a quick light flicker along with a pop like sound that happened that was visible through the CPU fan. Likely nothing, but just wanted to point that out. I had a pc do something similar to what was described as and issue, I unpluged and drained the power, it sat for a while and when I hooked up and flipped power on it did that and just worked. but eh I digress
Holy crap!! , Just look at all those placement of fans as intake from the back to the front!! No wonder it is broken.