Fixing a Viewer's BROKEN Gaming PC? - Fix or Flop S5:E8
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Welcome to Fix or Flop! We're up to Season 5, Episode 8. This viewer's gaming PC is broken! Can it be fixed? By the way, if you live in the Orlando, FL area and have an issue with your PC, apply to have it (possibly) fixed for free today! gregsalazar.com/fix-or-flop
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at 1 mil subs Greg should shave his head
I'll be the baldest mf you've ever seen for 1M subs.
@@GregSalazar a wise man once said : "PG brother."
@@GregSalazar what eyebrows too? lol
@@GregSalazar Can I shave your head?
@@GregSalazar Crystaldisk is broken on windows 10 Microsoft wont let me use it
I have been an IT professional for over 25 years and I literally never saw a speaker plugged in like that, definitely a new one on me.
I dont even understand the logical purpose of plugging in something like this.
@@knifeuu777 Debugging issues with beep codes which computers still emit
Nor have I. Almost nobody plugs in a speaker at all anymore. Motherboards don't include them anymore. I keep a couple around for diagnoses.
Haven't even seen a speaker for 15 years, but I guess that's what can happen when people don't read the manual and just plug things in randomly
especially when the speaker port on the motherboard says in giant letters speaker lol. but hey I get it, new to tech and such.
The fact that he just lived with windows being in Spanish despite him not knowing it is utterly insane to me
It's so easy to Google how to change the language too😂. Younger people don't know how to do things for themselves anymore.
@@AshtonCoolman 100% facts
@@AshtonCoolmanThey don't know the dread of playing Pokemon without Google
@@AshtonCoolman Some OE copies of Windows just come in one default language that's not possible to change. In this case, no choice but to use another key and do a fresh install if not happy with the default language.
Based on the orientation that you gave, that jumper was acting as a jumper to 3 positve terminals. The reason the CPU light was tripped was likely because of the voltage irregularity. Kinda nuts that it didn't fry the board, but I guess that's what those fail safes are for, to keep the system from actually booting and drawing real power that would definitely fry the board. Good catch!
The speaker has two wires only.
@@johnt.848 two actually functional wires, the other two are for grounding
I agree, board probably just seeing something weird with the power and throwing an error but ultimately not hurting it.
This is why you don't eyeball while building your PC. Not all pins operate the same. GGs.
Even PSU pinouts on the SUPPLY side of a power supply aren't standard across even the same brand. That's why PSU manufacturers always tell users NOT to interchange cables.
Just a quick note greg, the boot EFI partition is still on the HDD and if the HDD is removed the Windows wont boot. Probably best to delete all partitions from windows install menu so that the windows EFI partition is created in SSD as well.
I think so too. I don't know why Microsoft programmer think that the EFI partition has to be made on another drive than the OS itself. To me that is just plain stupid. Only connect the drive you want to install Windows on. Install Win10. Disconnect that drive, and connect the drive you want to install Win11 on. After install you can connect all drives. No problems with having your EFI partition on another disk, so when you have to replace a drive you won't run into any problems.
I reacted to this as well. I hope he did do a clean wipe of all drives and installed a blank Windows 10/11 so the EFI is correct.
my first though when he reinstalled. sometimes windows installer trys to be smart and installs bootloader not on the drive you chose but the one already existing or set as first priority in bios/uefi.
I ALWAYS remove any secondary drives when installing windows.
Greg, NEVER install windows with more than one storage drive installed (because windows then chooses to put EFI partition on a random drive), now this poor souls has EFI partition on HDD, so when he removes the HDD, or when it dies, the whole PC will not boot anymore.
Noted for the future and will remedy this for the owner should the problem arise.
I doubt that. I've been installing Windows in my system with multiple drives and the EFI is always on the main drive. Maybe because I make sure the other drives don't have other partitions. I also use diskpart to wipe any remaining partitions in other drives.
Maybe that's what I did. I bought an NVME M.2 SSD and installed Windows on it while having other storage devices installed. I was going to take two of the SSD's out since I don't use them but when I remove them and boot up the PC I get an error saying Windows isn't installed. Maybe part of the Windows install got put on one of the SSD's.
I love this series. It's fun to guess what's going to happen, and then be surprised at weird random things, like a speaker being plugged in to the wrong pins! I did not see that coming!
The ghost is back with that damn power strip
16:23 Oooo Greg I hope you did a proper windows reinstall (and it looks like you did in 19:35), since it looks like when you installed Windows on the m.2, Windows placed the boot partition (the EFI partition) onto one of the existing drives (most likely the Toshiba hard drive). This has been a cause of major pain back when I was helping friends out with upgrading their computer w/ a small SSD as a boot drive, and even though it shouldn’t affect functionality, it will if the drive w/ the EFI partition fails or gets removed. I usually wipe the drives completely during Windows install so that there’s no lingering EFI partitions around, or if the old data is important, just unplug the drive during Windows installation
Every episode of Fix or Flop has either a reoccurring theme or just something completely unexpected, which is why I love this series
Those are leftover partitions from previous windows installations, in order to remove them you need to use DISKPART utility
Weird that in disk manager you can't delete it, only way is in windows installer. You bet when the owner removes/replaces the drive the windows won't boot.
oof, i've had similar issues with that before. I gotten myself a new m.2 drive (had to use m.2 to pcie adapter cuz mobo was old) but for some odd reason it kept putting the bootloader into my older 2.5 inch ssd instead of the new m.2 one
i was so confused as to why i kept getting a bsod at the bootloader saying it couldn't find its efi lmao
Also I noted that the partition E wasn't set up correctly. There was a small 900MB partition that wasn't merged with the main one, and of course that random EFI partition. Better to use something like Partition Wizard to clear everything up.
I often recommend that you don't even connect the 2nd drive until the OS is installed on the primary disk. Avoids this issue completely.
Shoutout from the Philippines. I love watching your videos on PC repairs. A future reference.
I appreciate the support!
should go into Diskpart and do a clean on that old spinner. Kill all the partitions.
Always great watching these
Keep doing these. Love em. I can't tell you how many times Ive had issues with my own PC and I come back to your videos and usually you diagnose the same problem I have. Very helpful
Always love these!
Based on what you were seeing it was grey/rebooting right after login, which would be when the windows music happens. So as originally connected that would be sending voltage out that + speaker to the + reboot. You nailed its cause perfectly.
@GregSalazar great video as always. Learned a few new things from you AND the experienced viewers in the comments! Many thanks to all of you! Also nice upgrade. Exactly what the system was missing with these big installation sizes of some games these days. Keep going Greg 💯
Have always enjoyed your content. Very entertaining and funny, and I'm always learning. Much luv from TN!
So informative this series .
Keep up the great work mate 👍👍
So excited to see a new Fix or Flop! I've been itching for a new one every time I see a video posted. I love this series!
This was a great one! I love these types that make you think and learn! Great video!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I learn something new every single time I watch these!!! I've never seen a speaker like that.
Nice catch! Never skip the basics.
I'm always here for my guy Gregg fixing PCs.
Hey Greg! Just wanted to thank you for these Fix or Flop videos. I was able to diagnose a bad power supply in my system thanks to your troubleshooting methods. I don't live in Florida so naturally I don't qualify to have you fix it for me but your videos are the next best thing!
Woulda loaded Win 10 on the SSD and called it a day. But giving him a new 1TB M.2 was a very nice thing to do. You are a very generous person.
I just love this troubleshooting videos you make Mr.ScienceStudio dude, learn so much from this.
I always enjoy your videos. Of course the best part is seeing Raymond.
should have deleted the partitions in CMD so that you can get the full space, nice catch with the speaker
Yeah, I was confused that he didn't do that.
he could repartition it in disk manager as well but on old disk that 960mb could be error point excluded by someone i did that on one fo my disk back in a day and it was runing at least 5 years fine (after that i upgraded to more storage)
Truly my favourite series to watch on YT!
Love the twist to every episode
That harddrive was super into Bayblade 24/7 "Spinning it out at the speed of sound".
Looking forward to the next one as always, keep them coming.
Using the screen capture was so much nicer than filming the portable monitor! Appreciate y’all’s work!
Great job...not too long i was able to help diagnose my friends pc thanks to u...after he upgraded from 5600x to 5800x3d...pc wouldn't post or power on...cant really remember...since it was just the CPU he changed...told him take out new CPU n check if the pins are bent...bingo bent pins...he straightened them but it still didn't fix the problem...told him i believe ur cpu is dead after he put his original CPU back in n everything worked as normal...he took it back for a new CPU...installed it...n his PC has been running fine...the work u do definitely teaches us ways we can self diagnose our pcs before having to kick out alotta money to computer repair shops
Thanks!
Still like seeing there are still new problems in each episode. ive been building PCs since the windows 95 days. I started as a kid and taught myself hardware and software. These videos are good for people that are advanced in building computers and new builders alike! Keep up the great work Greg. ❤
excellent man!!
love this series good sir keep it up
Nice find on the speaker!
Great Video. Thank you for sharing
Nice job once again
I've been a subscriber for years, and I have to say that Raymond is an awesome sidekick to Greg!
I like these videos. Fix or Flop is a good idea. Keep it up.
Thanks! Will do!
Great video!
Ahhhh it wouldn't be a Greg show without the Power Strip not switched on trope !! ...
Ya think by now he'd learn to check it before recoding starts ... lol
If you're not having a lucky day, then you are good at this sort of diagnostic work. I always enjoy your work!
I appreciate it!
My 120G drive from 2008 finally bit the dust last week. It will be sadly missed.
Love the series
Congrats on this one!
Very interesting video. Speaker issue and Windows auto repair was something new to the issue list. 🤔
Hi Greg, It's Sunday, and you are making my day. @1:16, good luck, Greg. If you need a Spanish translator, you should have no problem, as you live in Florida. Just go to a house that has new roofing being installed. @20:33, HHD Aug. 2013, Holy Cow!
Thanx for the video. These videos should be on HGTV as Computer Flip or Flop 🙂
What program did u use to check the info of all the drives?
Great series so far btw!
Well done 👍
Very nice catch on that speaker hahahaha. Easy to miss, for sure.
Very unexpected that was the issue but hey learned something new so pretty happy.
At the start of the video, i took a guess and thought it was cpu, saw it was a 3600X and thought it was yet another dead amd cpu.
But a speaker connected in the wrong place was a refreshing surprise xD
Always something new to learn from FoF :D
Looking forward to the next video :D
Just a tip Greg. When cleaning drives. Please use command prompt and use diskpart to completely remove the remaining disk partitions. The secondary drives don't need those partitions. Only the main drive needs it. I have multiple drives in my system and it's better for drive performance.
That little speaker was definitely causing an issue and well done in finding that! That was a tough one! Things plugged in wrong are some of the most difficult to find because of the lack of familiarity with the system. Compound that with a completely unrelated problem made it even more difficult! Well done Greg! 70,000 plus hours on a HDD!!! That's crazy! Only goes to show how well things were made back in the day.
Yay, the next episode!!
Great find for the troubles with that speaker. One advice - you can use diskpart in cmd in windows to clear off all the previous partitions of the drives. (You can even do it during the windows installation > shift + f10 > diskpart > list disk > select disk 0/1/2 whatever you want > clean).
Good job Greg
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Finally, iam caught up😅. Just found your channel last week and ever since, I have been watching all fox or Flop❤videos…Keep up the great work and ignore all the online trolls
Wow, I would not guess that issue. Nice catch! Two tips: 1: in the future unplug other drives to avoid "dual boot", you can fix it later with commands, but it's a hassle, 2: to wipe a drive that had windows on it, use diskpart in the command line. use diskpart list, then select disk (number) and then command clean. It will wipe out "locked" gpt drive.
16:30
Why didn't you clean all partitions with diskpart?
The primary partition - 99% of the available storage - was cleaned. I couldn't delete the remaining, tiny partitions within Disk Manager. 100MB isn't much of an issue and didn't wanna fiddle with additional software to clear it.
@@GregSalazar diskpart (usage: "delete partition override) is part of Windows. Not saying you did a bad job though :)
@@GregSalazar Use command prompt Greg. Knowledge is power.
For that hard drive in order to remove those extra partitions load up diskpart, select disk x, clean. That will fully wipe the drive to add a full partition
I like how u didn't bother to use diskman in cmd to remove that efi partition, it just looks like u glanced over the context menu and thought "oh, i cant delete this". U can do a override partition removal using diskman to remove protected partitions.
Another awesome video sir
Thanks again!
Don't feel too bad about not being able to get into the power supply prison cell, that case has been a pain in my ass for 3 years now 😂 Great video! So glad for all of these, quite a few tips have been helpful when my own beast starts to act up. Keep up the great work!
I think it would be awesome to watch Greg do a fix or flop video live.
Have you tried using Hard Disk Sentinel for drive checking?
Btw I've been following your channel for a every long time now and this is the first time in like 3 months I get you on my feed for some reason, I don't know what the hell is going on with TH-cam algorithm but I guess the only way to get notified about channels I like is by turning on notifications...
YEAH A NEW ONE! *jumps up and down* By the Way i love this series so much, I watched ALL previous Videos, when i found the Series ^^
I enjoy these videos
Maybe Raymond could be Kato and play tricks on you at the office through out the day of work - Great work Greg, Love the shows (UK)
Yeah, I had a similar issue when my laptop's M.2 SSD broke, so this was a very familiar problem. Good thing the HDD could still be saved, even if for just a short time
Hey Greg, I had one for your 'Fix or Flop' but I can't afford the gas to Drive to Orlando Fl.
3:20 the mysterious power button ghost is in the new house!
Hi Greg! What is the application that you use to check the usage of hdd? Thanks alot..
It looked like you left the HDD and sata SSD connected while installing Windows, and that the efi partitions aren't on the nvme.
By disconnecting them during installation, you ensure windows uses the nvme for everything.
Sometimes contact points in old PC PSU connectors gets dull with carbon, we can connect/disconnect the connector a few times to hopefully solve GPU related issue. Particularly when PC shuts itself down and GPU fans run at full speed with no display.
What's better than tinkering with hardware, then having a break and watch Greg tinkering with hardware. :D
After watching this video I downloaded Crystal Disk Info and holy, my laptop's HDD has almost 12 000 power on counts !!
I've been daily using that laptop for 7 years. I recently finally upgraded to a proper PC with an SDD. Can't go back to that slow laptop now haha
Great video as always ! :)
What is the tool you use to clean out dust and hair? Like the one used in this video?
9:37 that POST is actually the VBIOS POST in action, some GPUs doesn't have them but the good ones have it, they work in low power situations like this one and can give you advice on what is wrong.
the power on count also goes up with system sleep and potentially when it enters deep sleep. Mine hit 1500 within the year and it’s a secondary drive that’s idles a lot.
Would be nice to see a new season of pc/dc this summer.
Whoa, that was a sneaky one - well spotted!
Great you could help his little brother.
thank you for fixing my pc i am grateful that you can fix it and it is on a youtube channel
I have had this issue with my latest pc.., had to disconnect the sata HD so my pc could even detect the M.2 ssd for windows installation....everything was good in the bios though , only problem was during windows setup menu
Why not use diskpart to do a complete clean of the drives, then build new partitions in Disk Manager? It'd get rid of the bad EFI partitions that you don't need any longer on the old drives and would be educational to those that watch these.
I did have a similar issue with the 2070 super, one of the fans would spin at max rpm when the card reached a certain temp. I suspect some connection problem inside the card. I did rma it and got a replacement that didn't have any issues.
i do like seeing these videos with strange and wacky issues, my guess was it crashed a couple times or so and someone tried to use the speaker to debug. Its nice that the owners arent charged at all but at the same time it is nice to see some repairs that arent just throwing parts at the rig.
What vacuum are you using for the cleaning part? I thought using vacuum on electronic parts is a no no.
CrystalDisk gives you a estimated life left on the left side, showed 70% left on that SSD. The HDD had that info cut off in the footage, but it should at least give you a decent idea of life left. I'd also look for any reallocated sectors on the HDD, that's a REALLY good indication of drive health.
Nice upgrade on the nvme. I thought you would install W11 on the SSD and be done
that speaker is a menace!