Fixing a Viewer's BROKEN Gaming PC? - Fix or Flop S4:E4
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Welcome to Fix or Flop! We're up to Season 4, Episode 4. This viewer's gaming PC doesn't POST! Is this something we can fix? 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.co...
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Owner of the pc, I can’t express my gratitude to you for fixing the pc. It’s always been my dream to have my own pc and now it’s come true partly because of you.
Happy for you bro. Always good to see the younger generations building their own and being in touch with the tech. It's no reason to be ashamed for asking for help, I needed a lot back in the day. That's a seriously beefy rig, I'm envious, enjoy it.
@@POLARTTYRTM Thank you, I have definitely enjoyed it a lot
@@POLARTTYRTM I fully agree that there's no shame in asking for help. I've built several rigs over the years. Always with help from others since I'm low vision.
A beast of a build for your first PC
You did a good job. The BIOS thing is relatively new and it is extremely annoying how manufacturers are handling it. Enjoy the rig, it's got years of fun in it.
It's great to see someone so young building their own PC. Especially since he did make a good effort to troubleshoot it himself.
I completely agree!
I guess not all kids are bad.
his daddy bought it, but yeah respect for trying to build pc on ur own
I build my first pc when I was 11. 6 years ago
@@haky6737 don’t assume what you don’t know pcs are cheap doesn’t mean his daddy bought it be nice 👍🏽
@@DentSideDee71 rtx is cheap? buddy did u even watch the video?
I have been teaching my son about PC repair since he was 5-6yrs old, and now that he is 14 he fixes all his friends PCs.
Thats nice!!
That's awesome. Nicely done!!
so good
Made me smile. Thank you for sharing!
That's pretty awesome that at 14 they wanted to build their first PC. I didn't build my first until I was in my early 20s. It's so helpful that the next generation of builders have so many TH-cam videos to help them build and troubleshoot, and sometimes have someone who can help them when all else fails 😊
I'm glad Greg was able to help this young builder out and get his system working...
When I was 14 ( 1985 ) - the computer scene was nothing like it is now - LoL If it was I probably would want to build a machine :)
I didn't build my first PC until I was 19. This was in 2019, and I'll never forget the feeling of euphoria I felt when I pressed the power button and the system posted on the first try. 4 years later, and I have now built 6 PCs. I wish I could do it all the time, but money doesn't grow on trees, so it's a very special occasion when I'm able to build a system.
I wanted to start building PCs when I was 14, but being 14, I didn't have any money to spend on computer parts. I doubt I'll ever become a parent, but in the alternate universe where I am a parent, I'd get my child into PC building at a very young age. My father built a couple PCs in the 1990s, but he had abandoned the hobby by the time I was born in 2000. Oh well.
Unlike my dad, I'm never going to give up on the hobby. I'll be building PCs until the day I die. I find it very relaxing and therapeutic to put a PC together. I just wish I was able to do it more than once every two years. 😞
@doabrad1850 Nice. Keep at it. I have now built 10 pc's half of them were personal rigs others were for family or friends. Take Care and Blessings for you and your family.
If the power was to go out while flashing and the motherboard has qflash will it be able yo flash again?
@@INFINITEShoobes Hello. If the MotherBoard has a back-up bios chip: you could do a flashing for the backup chip ; but most likely not what was the main chip.
that kid sounds so sweet, nice to see him getting into building pcs early
Maybe he wanted to upload kitten murders?
You don’t know why he wanted a pc!
Lol
Just kidding.
Any kid that is trying to PC build at 14 is ok in my book.
@@planexshifter why even comment this
They didn't even have PC's When I was 14,🤣🤣I was learning about radios and electronics!!
@@wallychambe1587 "I was learning about radios and electronics" 🤓🤓
Big W for saving this gpu from combusting down the road. Feels like this has to be the another highlight for this episode.
What an insane build for a 14 year old. His parents must have a lot of money or he worked a lot and saved up money. But really cool that teens still build their own PCs, I love it. BIOS updates are an issue many don't think about so I don't judge him about that. Same with fan placement. It is his first own build rig and for that he did a great job!
That's what I was thinking. At that age I was saving up Christmas and birthday money just to try and get whatever the new $300-400 console was. It was the only money I got as a kid. No lawn mowing money or allowance. And this kid just builds this PC, has issues, and is able to buy new parts to try out on the fly?
One of my great nephews is 16, plays the piano and is about to graduate from high school! Been taking college course classes!😲😲
Yeah when I was like 16 or 17 I saved up a lot of money and built good a midrange pc
I respect that at 14 this kid was able to build it still, and even troubleshoot it farther than most adults can.
Big respect to be quiet! Going to be using a ton of their products in my am5 build.
one thing AMD did right with the AM5 platform was to make all boards support bios flashback.
hopefully intel does te same thing next gen
Let's see what Greg has for us today 😁👍
BIOS... had that issue in the past couple of times. Thank you for the video 🙂
I hate the fact manufacturer's update the bios right form the getgo. That's su stupid, I doubt it's his fault, he didn't know
@@chrism869 yeah sadly it is true and necesarry. For example BIOS can have some bug or you bought some latest CPU where BIOS does not have it on its own list and that is why it wont boot. It is good to update BIOS when you buy a motherboard but read its description on the web page. The worse it is, if you do not have flashback to be able to flash bios without correct CPU where in that case supportes CPU needs to be putted in so you can upgrade it. There is more to this but I went through it roughly.
Great series, by far my favorite PC binge-watch series on TH-cam. I appreciate all the tips I've picked up from watching this series. Really enjoy your channel thanks for all the great content...
In brief summary, dram light could mean faulty ram slots, faulty ram, faulty cpu memory controller, faulty motherboard, or incompatible bios version
IDK why but I always love watching this series. Even when its this simple or something super complex, its always fun to watch. I really like the small upgrade the viewer got with the fans as well will probably make a huge difference over time for temps.
I think Manufacturers should make sure their products sold are up to date, so consumers don't run into this kind of scenario. First time builders don't have previous gen CPU's lying around to do this bios update.
two of my fav repair guys are you and carey holzman, you both keep it real and dont make everything sound over the top / complicated i love it
I wish more motherboard manuals would link to the online repository of bios and walk them through what bios works with what cpus better, so someone who was new at building pcs could figure this out. I remember when I first started building pcs during the pandemic and trying to pair a 5600x with an older am4 mobo was a nightmare. TBH even now when I buy older b450 mobos to pair with 3600x or newer cpus for budget builds I have to keep a ryzen 2700 around incase I have to dig around said mobos bios to update it to the latest correct bios, its a pain and I know what im doing lol.
I had this exact same problem... old motherboard bios (same thing).. but I have a 2080super and a 13700kf... the place i bought it from installed the new bios for me... got it back and it only booted half of the times. what I did: Replaced ram with something that was on the approved list, still only 50% boot.. I moved the m2 from the slot nearest the gpu to the others... Unpluged and pluged all the things. (I have the asus thor 850W psu). Nothing worked. So I sent them back to the place i bought it. Still waiting on the funds back. Any good ideas on what I could have done?
once i seen the 600 series motherboard with 13th gen i figured it was old Bios. that TUF H670 is $180 dollars you can get Z690/Z790 for that price or less currently.
Where do you stand at with MSI not wanting to warranty their AIOs for being faulty that you covered a while ago to where you in the end said you are boycotting MSI. I plan on building a new PC and was going to avoid MSI for the AIO reasons and planned on using ASUS but with what's happening now with them I'm not sure which to pick.
So is there any way to know what bios version is on a board before buying it? Seems there's no way to fix this problem without having an older CPU, that seems like a terrible overnight by the manufacturer
Sucks older manufactured boards ship with outdated bios and if you're unlucky enough you have this issue and have to have an older chipset to socket in just to update the bios.
0:11 If the owner just read what the part picker said, it would have warned about the bios. Part picker shows boards as compatible even when they may possibly need a bios upgrade before they will work. The warning is pretty hard to miss. Happened to me on my last build as I wanted to use an older board on purpose to save money
The weight of those beefy graphics cards doesn't look good. Modern cases really should start including an additional brace in the rear.
Duuude these parts are craazy
How the hell could a 14 year old afford those parts?! I'm 19 and even i don't have a PC that strong haha
That's a solid fix, and a solid upgrade. I like the choice of CPU cooler. I don't like liquid cooling, and that cooler looks pretty beefy---with a fan behind it, I'm sure it moves some heat
yo someone parked their yacht in that pc xD
thats one big ass gpu
Been here many times. Also, pretty impressive that a 14yr old built and began troubleshooting this!
Nice gesture fixing the fan configuration and cable management.
One thing that could have helped even further is to repurpose the original front fan as top-left exhaust instead of removing it. Couldn't hurt.
While he can't overclock, he can unlock the power limit so the CPU will boost to the max turbo speed for longer. Set the long and short duration power limit to a higher value like 235w, the 13600kf will boost to their max clock for longer.
Asus Z690 TUF Wifi is $180 currently same as Tuf H670 $180 not sure why he would of bought that overpriced motherboard.
@@jaggsta yea, he could've gotten a Z690 board for the same price or cheaper. I'm running a MSI Pro Z690-A DDR4, it was only $120.
@@jaggsta Maybe he found it on sale somewhere or something? Or they were temporarily out? Both are true for why I got the CPU I have.
I had this problem with a guy's 10th gen motherboard and 11th gen chip. Had to swap his old processor back in and then update the bios and swap back. That said...
Your cable management is triggering me. You have the graphics card cable going OVER THE FRONT and then down. I think it should go along the top and then through the same hole as the rest of the cables. My cable management sucks, though, so I'm not judging... just saying.
should have put the extra fan on his cooler tower for air pull
I mount my CPU fans on the left out of habit. In most boards the RAM is way too close to the fan, when it's on the right. And I had the fan basically vibrate a stick. Which caused random bluescreens. Once I put the fan on the left. It never happened again. But I still have the fan pull heat from the HS. Not pull air from the rear. Boards should add another debug light "Firmware".
Lets goooo. Greg is back at it again with another banger!!
Very good video lots of useable info. Big thanks to Be Quiet for the sponsor. NICE!
Awesome video as always Greg!!
Also, from my understanding the intel 600 series chipsets in terms of overall features go Z690, H670, B660, H610
We found a unicorn! It's pretty rare to find a PC builder that skipped the prebuilt step. Nearly all of us tend to start with upgrading/refitting a prebuilt before going straight to building it from the ground up. Kudos little man.
that's true. My first was a custom pre-built. I picked out the part and had it made for me and shipped to me in 1-2 weeks.
You don’t expect your tech to be so outdated when it comes new.
Ironically, I did expect it on the motherboard I got. But then it turned out it had the latest BIOS, and the problem turned out to be a weird compatibility issue with the monitor, which was weird to me because the same monitor on the same graphics card worked just fine in another computer.
Kudos to BeQuiet for stepping up. Makes me feel good for buying BeQuiet coolers and fans.
I'm here crying with the same issue, just finished the build tonight. Everything works, fans spins but screen is black. I immediately came to your chanel for help and this must be faith. Now cross fingers that this works for me as well, but it will have to wait till the morning. I'm dead tired.
Do update us on your adventure. All the best.
Im addicted to these videos!
Never stop fix or flop
Pretty good build. Some things I would tell him is: get a board with a flashback feature next time. Saves a lot of headaches in the future. Also don't cheap out of the psu. Did that on my very first build years ago and yes: Really regretted it. I bring that up because I'm currently on the hunt for a new 1000w+ psu.
I love this series so much. I’ve been binge watching it in preparation for my new build, which I just finished today. I pretty much had the same problem, but it was AMD instead. Luckily I knew what to do because I’ve been watching your videos. Thanks for making them. They are extremely informative and enjoyable.
This was a GREAT troubleshooting video!👏👏👏 That outdated bios would definitely catch MANY people.
A beautiful looking pc 🥰👍💪. Great to see another happy pc gamer back to doing what they do best 🤣😅😂. Great work Greg for helping these gamers with their PCs issues and to Be Quiet and other sponsors for their contribution 🥰😇🥳🎊
I am happy to see some one spending the time to build their own system. A little bit of learning that goes a long ways. Thank you for helping clarify things, I spent time to teach a friend how to build their own computer MANY years ago (they are illiterate/can not read or write) so I sat with them reading the manuals and explaining everything to them as they put it together, (back in the 386 era of computers) since then, they have always built their own.
thanks to BE QUIET for Helping support this play list , we love this series
it happened to me before on my ASUS ROG Strix B550-E Gaming WiFi. I had a power outage. 😂😂 Ordered a replacement BIOS chip, removed the old one using hot air and soldered a new one. Still works like new.
This is such a classic problem. I am glad to see some companies find a way around it. I had the same thing happen on my Z170 board going from a 6700K to a 7700K 4 or 5 years ago. And going from a core 2 duo to a quad core years before that. And upgrading from a 1700mhz AMD Athlon to a 2100mhz AMD Athlon back on a Soltek SL75 board back in the early 2000s. And going from a 500mhz processor to an 866mhz processor pentium 3. And going back to when I started working on PCs going from a 266mhz to a 333mhz Pentium 2 in 1998.
I will never, ever buy a MB without The q'flash feature. Had a normal Update stallout, without a QFlash feature my MB would be bricked
I kept eyeing that misaligned back fan with a bit of worry, the satisfaction when you moved it down lmao
Always worth checking the motherboard website online to learn which CPU's are supported out of the Box, and if newer CPU's are supported with an Bios update, if it doesnt support your intended CPU, if theres no bios flashback support buy a cheap no thrills CPU that deffinately will post as well ive had to do this myself with AM4.cant remmember the exact name something like Athlon II 200GE or something.
PC shuts off after 5 min of light gaming
Heating up, but I have replaced thermal paste, water cooled with Corsair AIO (pump is running)
Also, random black window loads and disappears upon turning on
Any help?
AMD Ryzen 5 5600x
Asus B550 F wifi motherboard
Corsair vengeance 3200 ddr4 kit
Corsair 750w gold
Corsair h100i
Msi 1660 super
I had an Intel 13th gen build give me a no post recently because of socket pressure, that hung on DRAM led... I highly recommend the contact frame replacements, standard LGA 1700 sockets are just horribly uneven latch pressure. Why the debug LED registered DRAM instead of CPU, who knows?
For future reference, 600 series mb have 12th gen support, 700 series mb have 13th gen support. They won't usually be updated unless they get a mb revision. ie. R.2 stamped on the MB bottom rear. or the mb gets a v.2 with mb updates.
Also, when testing RAM, it is a good idea to test with non-overclocked RAM. ddr4 uses 1.2v, any higher is considered overclocking. I mean, you wouldn't diagnose a problematic PC with a known overclocked CPU? That would nuts! So, you should do the same for RAM.
I know you did a series on bad CPUs, but you were using overclocked RAM at 1.35v, this can expose a weak RAM controller, that would otherwise work on a standard 1.2v DDR4 sticks. I'm sure at least one of those faulty CPUs still work. I mean, the CPU QVL standards measure will let not cherry CPUs through, or get lower binned and could easily get a weak, but fully function memory controller, until you plop in OC RAM, then BSOD or no post.
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Another great vid! Thanks for the playlist! Much appreciated!!
What I wish MOBO manufacturers would do these days is have a simple VGA chip on the board, so they board can boot into the BIOS without a CPU, RAM etc, running from a ROM chip to do so. This would be an easy and safe way to ensure BIOS upgrades would happen when QFlash doesn't work. A simple 640x480 VGA chip isn't going to break the bank, cost will be buttons. The CMOS when Posting if it doesn't detect RAM/CPU it should boot via the VGA chip and separate ROM chip to enable access to the BIOS easily, also it could do this if there is a fault.. to show a log on what a fault was also.
Guess it wouldn't be efficient in manufacturing I guess.
13600 with a 4070ti on an old DDR4 MoBo 🤦🏻♂️ Plus a not well connected GPU and a “reversed” CPU cooler fan…kiddo didn’t know what he was doing..smh
Loving the Scorpions album cover in the background- great album!
I have an old Hyper 212 Evo cooler on my aging FX-8320e. The fan, while still working, was getting loud and whiny. I replaced the fan with a beQuiet! Pure Wings 2 fan and it runs just as cool (cooler actually, but that might have just been from spring cleaning) and darn near dead silent. Love their fans.
BIOS flashing is a nightmare. I didn't have the privilege to build my own PC, and had to watch a technician finish it instead. I later discovered that the Motherboard was running F5 bios version which was actually stock. I tried to flash my Gigabyte B660 DS3H AX DDR4, yet chickened out at the last moment. I used their @BIOS tool instead, which allowed the PC to connect to their Servers and obtain the latest stable bios version and automatically flashing it. Now, it's compatible with 13th Gen Intel CPUs, if I ever wanted to upgrade the CPU.
Nice work, and, quickly done! ( this fully compensated for the time you swapped mainboards for a fubar pump another time!) :)
I had a similar issue with my MSI Z790 Tomahawk but with the LAN drivers . The integrated intel LAN controller and the WiFI controller wouldn´t show up and no matter what I couldnt get the drivers installed with windows installed. Just like you did with the NVME drivers I had to manually inject the drivers before installing Windows. That solved the problem. Even with Win11 installed and bypassing the by microsoft forced internet connection I couldnt install shit because Windows 11 locks you out after restarting if you try to skip the networkconnection via console.
But MSI does include the drivers for the Intel LAN controller on the USB stick that comes with the MB. So it seems to be a known issue with the Z790 chipset.
K cpu naturally has higher clock and can be undervolted through some B series board. Also overclocking is a dumb old days thing for normal users tbh.
I don't see any issue using a K cpu on a B board.
Edit: And 13600 is just a 12th gen revamp, 13600K is the true 13th gen that has more L2 cache and better performance over 12th gen.
Use a UPS when updating BIOS or a Power Outage could brick your mobo.
Hey 14 year old. You did a good job for your 1st PC. He must have forgotten that this was YOUR 1ST TIME!!! FLORIDA MAN
I expected it to be a bios issue when he said he has a dram led with no boot. I had the same thing back when I put a 3770K on my ASUS P5KC. It's annoying, because I also spent a good deal of time messing with ram (I mean, that's why the light is there no?), but I ended up figuring it out after trying to put the 2500K back in and some googling. Funny thing though, when I went for the BIOS update the thing failed, got to 100% and everything, just never booted again, just dead.
It's really great to see hardware vendors like be quite willing to help out with this series.
Great job as always-
Your channel really does help- My PC wouldn't post after I moved to a new location, I followed your step to solve it, it was the bios. But I think the mother board was damaged during the move.
It did post to a safe bios, but I had to leave it running 24/7 or I would have to repeat the process.
I was going to upgrade soon anyway, so I upgraded to a 12400 on a B660 Tuff gaming board, a big jump from a 10400 and I can upgrade to a 13600k when ready to do so.
13:50 No need to lower the exhaust fan - warm air tends to rise surprisingly quickly with little inertia IME, so you might even consider moving it to the top entirely, fan bearings permitting. Now in the lowered position it might be drawing in warm air from the other components better. If in doubt, temperatures would have to be watched in use, but that's fine-tuning, alongside XMP, C-States, ASPM and such.
I got a Silent Wings 4 140 mm as an exhaust fan recently, and the rubber nibble mounting definitely gets a thumbs up from me. It's holding on well even in elongated holes (which is more than I can say for one-sided Noctua rubber nipples, an NF-A14 with those slides down immediately). The fan itself has the kind of premium feel that you expect at its price point, too, and dare I say it's pretty sexy-looking?
Nice video. Take care that the BIOS is often the problem BUT when i change/update the BIOS or DDR4 settings on my Gigabyte X570 board then it sometimes needs 3-5 times rebooting before it posts. So it looks like everything is wrong until it (trained?) is just fine after several times rebooting :D
I got a question @Greg Salazar , Any chance you will start including their reactions when you're giving them the pc's back? That would be awesome
I know how he feels, the first rig I built was twenty two years ago this month and I found the first CPU I bought a AMD Athlon 64 FX-55 , ah the good old days of 40 GB hard drives. Always learn something new, every day.
I have one of those be quiet! Silent Wings 4 in the small form factor, low power consumption media PC, that I'm watching this video on, and it really is very quiet, efficient and very affordable.
I have a B660 Mobo with the same CPU, but I knew it it would be incompatible, so I ordered a 12100F, updated teh bios and sent back the 12100 :D
i love this series and help me. recent fixing younger brother PC. PSU bork. got replacement, got NO video out. he never experience that. test GPU, fine. remeber ram slots can be werid, was in your playlist. and bam it work. A1 and B1 just didnt work at all. bad that working single channel but atleast it works.
Greg, may I ask if this was a Corsair Airflow 4000D case? I am looking for one with the best possible airflow, and that looks decent enough.
By the way, the mobo is just like mine, it is a rock stable one, working well with an i7-12700F.
I'm going to get flamed hard but... I don't care how old you are. If your going to bother tackling a task educate yourself 1st. This was a easy, searchable, and obvious problem to solve. I know they said "PCPP" said it was good to go. But always check the MB literature for compatibility. Never rely on a third party. I stared working on engines at 5, yes 5. I had a yz50 dirk bike and my father made me do all the maintenance at 5. He tought me and I learned at 5. At 14 I was buying fixing and selling computers, small engine things, and working at my dad's dealership doing oil changes, break jobs, tires, and other lub tech duties. I don't think I'm special I just always wanted to learn and when I faced a problem I read manuals, service bulletins, and other peripherals to help me through. I did not have The luxury of the internet in the mix 90's and if I got stumped my job was taken from me and I did not get paid. So again I learned how to critically think and problem solve.
Hiya, Greg! I really enjoy this series, and I was curious about some things.
Where applicable, could you investigate correlations between episodes? The reason I ask this is because I feel like most instances of CPU problems were with AMD chips, for example. I just think it might add a little hidden insight as to what to expect when you're preparing a new rig.
Thanks!
My first build 3 yrs. ago did the same thing. I was happy everything had power fans work lights work but no post. I first check the ram & had graphics on CPU so I removed the graphics to check that. Eventually I realized I had the just released CPU & had to do a Bios update for the motherboard to get it working. Lucky my board had Bios update & did not have to get an older CPU. Before I built my 1st PC I watched a lot of your videos, plus others like Paul's Hardware & Jays two cents. Thank you & all the rest who post these learning videos which help us a lot.
I just upgraded from the 5600x to 5800x3d on a Tomahawk B550 mobo yesterday, updated bios did everything right and got the red light on cpu after trying to boot. Double checked everything was seated and plugged in correctly and still got the red cpu light. Tried one more thing which was just removing both ram sticks then re-inserting them and then it booted and everything was all good! Any reason why that would of solved the issue?
I dont understand how the manufacturer can possibly expect an average builder to have an extra cpu laying around .... Im currently dealing with a Dram light and an asus tuf board. But i have a 12400f.
All platforms that support multiple CPU gen should have motherboards with usb bios flashback feature.
Greg, I have AMD Ryzen 5 3600 CPU on a MSI Tomahawk Max B450 board. I was cleaning the PC and I took the CPU cooler, a Noctua NH-U12 A to check the thermo paste ,you guessed it the CPU was stuck to the cooler. I used alcohol and cotton swaps to loosed the paste and as able to get to remove the CPU. I put the CPU back in what I thought was the correct orientation, however when I went to turn it on, it was dead as a stone . I did some reading and someone said if the CPU is not in the correct position ,the machine would turn on. I removed the cooler again and removed the CPU. I hit the power button and the machine turned on . I looked at the CPU pins and it looked like you of them was bent. I straightened the pins, well as far as I could tell. When I power the machine up I get DRAM led light . Before all this happened the computer was running fine . I may have still a bent pin ,or the controller chip in the CPU is bad or the board may be damaged. What do think ,I have ordered a new board and CPU
Look at Greg man.... SO INSPORATIONAL !!!!!
DRAM LED with the same cooler I've onced used which is probably a mounting preassure issue
Be quiet are some of the best fans on the market. I've had their Silent Wings 3 and those are dead silent, and very quiet even on high rpm. Very good for a quiet and efficient cooling . One thing I personally don't like is the PWM control - I'd much rather have regular old 3PIN connected to a manual RPM controller, than have to bother with setting up PWM standards in BIOS - it's tedious, especially if you have multiple fans (I have 9 in my case) and especially if they are of different brands or RPM rating - you need higher speed or static pressure fans on your radiator and higher airflow or lesser speed on your case (depending on case ventilation) .
I would love for you to do a tutorial on PWM fan profiles, what do you think is optimal. Leaving it on stock motherboard settings is usually not enough for gaming sessions - fans rarely ramp up, while the temperature goes nuclear... I'd rather have higher noise and lower temps than risk overheating.
Just threw the CPU and Mobo into PC partpicker, and it gave a warning that a bios update might be required for the CPU to work.
New builders, remember to read and understand the potential issues/incompatibilities before proceeding, and if you don't understand, find someplace to ask. You can avoid a lot of headaches that way.
Well from you showcasing the fans. I'm actually legit going to use them for replacement fans coming up in a build upgrade. Already Sourced them out as fans. So yeh, Sponsoring helps.
I look forward to these vids every week, now officially my fav YT show
really easy fix, a trap for newcomers to the hardware scene.
but Greg I kept looking at that GPU sag... I wish you had put one of the $10 brackets in there, still a good little airflow upgrade for the viewer :)
Just upgraded to a 5800x 3d and the pc wont power on after the upgrade. Bios has been updated to support the new cpu. I tried putting back in the original ryzen 5 3600 it still won't power on. Any suggestions?? I get rgb lights on the board and that's as far as it goes.
was confused why pcpartpicker wouldn't tell you about this issue bc i had the same one with a ryzen cpu when i made my current build. added the mobo and cpu to a new build and it does say if you have an older BIOS that you'll need to update it to v2004 at least to work with the 13600KF. i do get why it might have been worded confusingly bc it starts off the warning saying that it does work, but ends it with the caveat of having to update the BIOS.
Good job Greg, this kid is gonna be very happy. I know what this kid went though we've all been there when you run out of idea's and lost as to what is causing the problem.👌👍
I know pcpartpicker mentions that the BIOS may not be compatible with the cpu when using an 600 chipset mobo with a 13th gen cpu. Did he really overlook that part
I had the same problem with my R5 5600X, i had heart attack when my pc didnt want to turn on XD and then i found out that i need to update bios for this CPU
Manufactures need to add another led for CPU incompatibility. This would help a lot of frustrated PC builders.
The AMD board I got would have required a CPU to flash it, but luckily this was during the time when you could get AMD to send out a cheap loaner chip to perform the bios upgrade.
That said, I didn't wind up needing it, as it already had the latest BIOS on it. But I was ready to do it the second I had a problem. It just turned out to be something else.