Found this PC on eBay for £10 "Buy It Now" and paid £7.50 for shipping. Machine was only listed as a few months old but not turning on, seemed worth a shot to see what parts I could get out of it!
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@camerongray15156 жыл бұрын
*Please read before commenting* - I'm going to attempt to answer a bunch of things that people keep continuously commenting so I suggest you read this first before commenting something that has already been done a million times :P *Comment:* "You said you had a glass of water in case it went on fire, if you put water on an electrical fire you'll die.etc" *Response:* Yes, it would be stupid to pour water on it if it was still live however I'd have disconnected the power first, notice how quickly I pulled the power cable out when I first noticed smoke. At that point it's nothing more than a bunch of plastic/fibreglass on fire. I could have also used a powder fire extinguisher I had nearby but this would have cost money to replace and would have made a complete mess of the room. *Comment:* "You talk too fast" *Response:* Yes, I know, I talk fast generally and was rushing this video. I've tried to improve on this in my newer content including investing in higher quality audio recording hardware to improve speech clarity, this was recorded using the built in microphone on a pretty outdated camcorder in a room with pretty poor acoustics. *Comment:* "You're shaking too much and that deeply upsets me for some reason" *Response:* Yes, I was somewhat shaky in this video, probably a combination of me rushing and also because I was filming this shortly after carrying this machine home on the bus from work which meant my arms were pretty tired. *Comment:* "You're an idiot if you didn't know that the /4 on the end of the RAM stick model number was the capacity" *Response:* It's not particularly easy to notice these things when most of my attention is focused on creating the video rather than deciphering model numbers under pressure. This is also something that is different between manufacturers and I hadn't really dealt with much Kingston RAM in the past. Also notice that towards the end of the video (26:08) I pointed out that the /4 meant the capacity after I'd had more time to look at it off camera. *Comment:* "A PSU having an 80mm fan or voltage selection switch doesn't mean it's junk" *Response:* Agreed, I was a bit harsh with that statement. However, having a voltage selection switch does indicate that it's at very least a pretty outdated design and outside of a few models, 80mm fans are pretty uncommon on retail PSUs nowadays (although still used in some OEM machines). The combination of the two along with the low weight of the machine and cheap punched metal fan grille was generally what made me assess it as being pretty rubbish *Comment:* "That Winpower PSU isn't junk/That FSP PSU is junk" *Response:* The Winpower is junk IMO, it'll work but it's the bare minimum that you'd get away with, it's far below the quality you'd get in pretty much all OEM machines from Dell/HP.etc. The FSP isn't amazing but it's a pretty solid PSU, they don't really sell on the retail market which is probably why people don't recognise the name although they are very common in many OEM machines and also make PSUs for other well known brands (pretty sure several EVGA ones are made by FSP) *Comment:* Did you find anything interesting on the hard drive? *Response:* I make a point of fully wiping any drive that comes into my possession without going through someone else's personal files, sorry for being boring! And finally, no, I'm not going to give away this hardware (this also goes to people who have emailed me asking for the hardware for free) - I've scrapped the hardware that didn't work and I'm now using the majority of the working hardware in various machines I have or keeping them as spare parts. I also realise this video is not my finest work, you'll notice that my newer content is much better!
@noka19796 жыл бұрын
Cameron Gray its the nature of the internet. You can never please everyone. I thought the video was great. you dont speak to fast for me. Maybe its because i am irish lol. You will always get the know it alls and haters
@rickyspanish78516 жыл бұрын
dont bother with stuff like this its the net
@Ozspanman6 жыл бұрын
Em.
@Barry-vn6uq5 жыл бұрын
Suggest you read this long arse nonsense before commenting? You have lost the plot mate. Erm... The video was ok but it was a bit pointless. I got this for a tenner, I got 4gig and an SSD plus hd with a shit case. End of. Half hour was definitely not needed for such content.
@camerongray15155 жыл бұрын
I fully agree it's a crap video - it was rushed out of an evening with no scripting and very little editing right when I was just starting out on KZfaq. I never intended for it to get any sort of significant traffic. For some reason KZfaq keeps promoting it resulting in people commenting the same nonsense over and over again.
@kiroma07 жыл бұрын
Started playing, switched to another tab "Oh that's an SSD!" *QUICKLY SWITCHES TABS* WHAT
@AshenTiger7 жыл бұрын
kiroma the me tbh
@PanduPoluan7 жыл бұрын
Totally worth the 18 quids :D
@xehP7 жыл бұрын
yeah man, an SSD for £10?! that's a bargain within itself.
@RobertFierce7 жыл бұрын
I got a 120GB ssd and it's barely enough for windows 8.1 and 30 free GB for the OS to run properly without slowing down the system. I'd say 60GB is not useful at all unless you use it to transfer data from your house to friends or other way around. Don't get me wrong it's better than nothing but not great.
@MJ-kc4ek7 жыл бұрын
Robert Fierce Lol windows 8 is shit, get windows 7
@kylekittredge7 жыл бұрын
I got a computer the other day out of a dumpster opened it up and had a 256gb SSD talk about a fine I was so happy
@kylekittredge7 жыл бұрын
a find
@TheBcoolGuy7 жыл бұрын
Kyle Kittredge You can edit comments.
@blakecasimir7 жыл бұрын
A shame that in the UK that's technically illegal if attempted at recycle / dump sites. :/
@bbc67 жыл бұрын
A shame that you nasty fuckers are picking through trash? lol fuck off
@porkfreegaming52787 жыл бұрын
Nice!!!
@technottr3vor1117 жыл бұрын
nice steal for only 10 pounds!
@zenniz19927 жыл бұрын
Those FSP power supply are really reliable and cheap as well.
@jcfawerd7 жыл бұрын
FSP and Delta are both the OEM manufacturers focusing on power supplies. So they are reliable.
@xr6__7 жыл бұрын
I have an FSP power supply and it's pure rubbish. It keeps shutting my system down. Can't wait to get a new PSU.
@xr6__7 жыл бұрын
It's most likely worn out because I've an i5 build with a gtx 960 and it's a 500w psu
@HappyBeezerStudios7 жыл бұрын
Got a pretty nice one. 350W 80+ and 322W on the 12v rails. Cost me 15€ including shipping after rebate.
@sergiofreitas93687 жыл бұрын
I think Delta ones are better but FSP is still good!
@BillyF2LJeffs7 жыл бұрын
But did you find any decent porn on the hard disks?
@Crashandburn9996 жыл бұрын
Be sure to run a file recovery program to see what they tried deleting.
@nermainmerl32846 жыл бұрын
i bought a 1TB for 10$, 98% health , found illegal porn inside(not even deleted), destroyed it in microwave, asked refund.
@LLLegitimacyyy6 жыл бұрын
/r/thathappened
@LarrysUniqueHandle6 жыл бұрын
why not watch it its fucking great prob
@epicgamingwmiguel75976 жыл бұрын
Nermain Merl damn rip microwave
@GamerDave20087 жыл бұрын
Power Supply Damage appears to be from lightning strike. It was hit so hard that while the fuse element went instant plasma and the expansion of plasma metal exploded the glass body and plasma then condensed quickly to the PCB. Plasma is conductive and so in that instant that it got hit the fuse still allowed that spike most likely from lightning strike to blow the MOV and leg damage on other component looks like pitting from an arc. The part that you didnt know the name of is a MOV used to protect circuitry from spikes. www.circuitstoday.com/metal-oxide-varistor-mov
@camerongray15157 жыл бұрын
Ahh, thanks for the info, very helpful! A lightning strike (or some other power surge) definitely does seem like the case - That would also explain why the board was fried!
@grimvee71027 жыл бұрын
I actually took a winpower psu out of an old PC made by cyberpower from 2007 or something. pretty much the exact same issue with popped fuse and fragments of whatever rattling around inside. Its the second one I have came across, they don't seem to have a life expectancy over a few months lol.
@KazunaiOwO7 жыл бұрын
Jourdan Louis qqqq
@SaltyCuntno17 жыл бұрын
yeah i gotta agree with you on that, defiantly got hit with a surge of some kind
@PanduPoluan7 жыл бұрын
+GamerDave2008 Nice analysis! Yeah, that would also explain why no parts from the blown fuse were found in the PSU. So, in essence, the PSU died outright in the siege, and that one cap on the mobo sacrificed itself to prevent other components on the mobo from getting fried. Probably not so successful, though. That cap is probably the only visible victim, and other components already got burnt. But they did good to save all the other components. CPU, RAM, SSD, even VGA, they all survived.
@jasin186 жыл бұрын
You've inspired me to take this up as a hobby, thank you!
@sendhd7 жыл бұрын
17:01 You said you have a glass of water on standby I hope you don't mean for the fire that might happen. You should never use water on an electrical fire.
@camerongray15157 жыл бұрын
+Atolisk I'd have obviously unplugged it first :P. There's also a difference between a major fire on something running at mains voltages and a small pop on a motherboard. For something so minor I'd have rather avoided the expense and mess of setting off an actual extinguisher.
@totalrandomtechnolog7 жыл бұрын
As long he doesn't pour it over the power supply but only the motherboard it should be fine. It's fairly low voltage so he won't get eletrocuted also.
@AVelociraptor7 жыл бұрын
totalrandomtechnolog If you use 100% pure water it wouldn't do a thing, water isn't a good conductor it's the minerals inside the water that conducts well.
@PanduPoluan7 жыл бұрын
Cameron, makes sense. Although for my own piece of mind I'd still have a mini hand-held extinguisher (the in-can ones to be kept in the car) at the ready :-)
@danielhall89437 жыл бұрын
Atolisk Water is a terrible conductor of electricity. Pure water is actually agood insulator. However, water is agreat ionic solvent: liquid in which ionic compounds can dissolve easily. It's those dissolved ions that can conduct well - and when watercontains many dissolved ions, those ions make a good conductor.
@deathextreme97 жыл бұрын
That power supply was killed because it was plugged into 240v when set at 120v, and blew the shit out of the fuse
@ScarlettStunningSpace7 жыл бұрын
Please make this a regular series. I would be really entertained by these long and interesting videos. Video enjoyed! :P
@justa45696 жыл бұрын
I am 16 years of age and have actively been working with computers ever since I was about 8 and watching this entire video helped me a lot with older hardware for computers thanks very much and have a good day.
@nscantling7 жыл бұрын
@11:40 That green component with the corner blown off is a Metal Oxide Varister. They are typically used as one side on the incoming power and the other side to earth so that if you get a large enough voltage spike the resistance on the MOV collapses and shorts to earth rather than the voltage going through all of the components on the load side. [Edit: after posting I noticed another comment where the same information was posted.]
@pulesjet7 жыл бұрын
Looks to Me the MOV and Fuse took a serious power spike. The MOV did what it was intended to do DIE a quick Death in hopes of saving the Fort. The Computer. LOL My bet is the power supply is selectable and they plugged it into 220 while it was switched to 120.
@RobertFierce7 жыл бұрын
Exactly.
@qumefox6 жыл бұрын
It was either that or the result of a lightning strike.
@Mansare946 жыл бұрын
We had these power supplies in school, kids used to switch the button on the back and there'd be a big bang and smoke. I can only assume somebody did the same thing, probably one of their kids.
6 жыл бұрын
Not MOV but NTC :)
@welshtony15 жыл бұрын
Wow I just watched a video almost 3 years old, GG KZfaq for recommending it haha. That being said fair play you had a good deal there. The SSD alone was well worth the £10 especially 3 years ago. Good video :) new sub here
@GEORGE-jf2vz2 жыл бұрын
Love it when these kids build a few computers and all of a sudden they become 'experts'.
@buzzjump94227 жыл бұрын
adolf put his name on the ram
@Techformative5577 жыл бұрын
That Hard drive will probably outlast every other component..I have a Hitachi 7K500 from 2005 that still runs fine
@TheBcoolGuy7 жыл бұрын
Techformative Not sure what brand it is, but I have a PC with a harddrive from November 2000, and it works just fine.
@daevster66637 жыл бұрын
Techformative my money is on the cpu
@LateNightFire7 жыл бұрын
yea. i have a hard drive from a prebuilt dx 4840. 1tb western digital green. its not top of the line. but its still running fine.
@louisarius96727 жыл бұрын
CanadianToastGaming Well, it's still some space for storage. Really nice :)
@vubhuhjkbhubohjb7 жыл бұрын
The Hard disk is my dad's original XT runs fine from '83
@iGame6137 жыл бұрын
The explosion may have been due to flicking the red switch on the PSU. I learnt that mistake once on a old dell LMAO you get a huge pop and it trips the surge protecter in the main switchboard of your house!
@soxlime7 жыл бұрын
Water and electricity very good man keep up the googd work!
@tektitetv7 жыл бұрын
The red voltage switch on the PSU is not a sign of its age. My modern PC has one.
@MrOpenGL6 жыл бұрын
It's a sign of sloppy design. Modern flyback/forward converters are always multi-voltage, the voltage selector switch is present only in half-bridge converters which is no longer used in modern power supplies as it's less efficient.
@coxie7 жыл бұрын
Interesting video but you said "emm" about a million times. You really need to work on that.
@dalama11617 жыл бұрын
Christopher Cox European, it's in his nature.
@StinkyAimer7 жыл бұрын
emm
@onlineidentity68266 жыл бұрын
Why criticize ? He got off his arse and made a video. How are your videos ?
@Terry100X6 жыл бұрын
People should be able to criticize. It's like saying you can't critize a president if you aren't a president or haven't been president before.
@rickyspanish78516 жыл бұрын
Terry100X couldnt of said it better
@kcinplatinumgaming25986 жыл бұрын
Interesting video I been fixing pcs for nearly 3 decades and its so true how some shops cut corners when it comes to cheap components they simply don't care .. but at least you got some decent parts out of it in the end.. best being the solid state drive only small but it will do !!
@JohnnyStashh6 жыл бұрын
i dont know why i found this video so interesting, great haul.
@michvod7 жыл бұрын
Cut the shorted cap off the board with side cutters and try the board again. If something is getting hot, then it is shorted. I repaired quite a number of these boards and usually FET shorts or the NIC chip goes and after removing it will work again.
@mattym1296 жыл бұрын
michvod this is what I was thinking - rip that cap off and see if it boots!
@lacucaracha1111117 жыл бұрын
u know u are from the uk when you throw "bloddy" around xD
@PanduPoluan7 жыл бұрын
You scored there! I'm envious ... well, not really, but STILL!! :D
@SiggsGBR5 жыл бұрын
"That's a Maplin sticker, they're an electronics shop in the UK. They're getting better" I'm watching in 2018 and Maplin went into administration this summer xD
@carbaretta99247 жыл бұрын
it pains me that the motherboard says 'made in china' in comic sans.
@KazunaiOwO7 жыл бұрын
Carbaretta thats not comic sans
@predatortheme7 жыл бұрын
Jokes on you, every pcb you have is made in china
@TheGtadrian7 жыл бұрын
Carbaretta Its a non-serif tipography, like Helvetica
@Maze-7 жыл бұрын
Tf that's definitely not comic sans
@SkyRainGames6 жыл бұрын
Glass of water on stand by? I assume in case of a fire, but if such fire occurred it would be electrical. Lol don't use water, fire extinguisher would be best
@camerongray15156 жыл бұрын
It's low voltage and I'd have clearly pulled the plug first. In hindsight the chance of the fire being anything you couldn't just blow out is almost nil however pouring water on it after disconnecting power would have been preferable than setting off the powder fire extinguisher that I also had relatively handy. If I'd set that off I'd both have to pay a fair bit to replace/recharge it and have a massive job to clean up the powder that would inevitably get clogged in all the PCs running in the room.
@andyteoh35906 жыл бұрын
Use sand if don't want use fire extinguisher. Easier to clean than powder
@isair817 жыл бұрын
In every computer I've ever built, I've always used Corsair PSU's, and I've never had one fail. Harddrives, RAM, etc.. sure, but never a PSU. In fact, I could probably dig out my old computer from storage and re-use that PSU if I wanted to!
@EbayNomad5 жыл бұрын
When he gets excited over an SSD and you realize your in 2018 and he’s in 2016
@moichol9387 жыл бұрын
You speak way too fast
@SuperMartinCC6 жыл бұрын
He is Scottish, I'm thinking maybe Aberdeen (CameronGray1515, correct me if I'm wrong) which they all speak relatively quickly ,I have friends all over Scotland and can keep up with him.
@farben_5 жыл бұрын
He sounds like when you change the youtube speed to x1.5 or higher.
@user-xx4js9du4j7 жыл бұрын
You sound like a cool guy, you remind me of my brother he knows everything about computers and all that stuff Tech savvy !!!
@mulreay8 жыл бұрын
Nice haul, you always seem to find the bargains :-)
@undeny71186 жыл бұрын
Woah your super hyped about this, but holy what a good find!
@shitpoststreet56107 жыл бұрын
why did he have a glass of water prepared for an electrical fire?
@X3nnoha7 жыл бұрын
TheMemeTrain he could unplug it first :)
@PanduPoluan7 жыл бұрын
He'll need a drink of water after he turned off the power and let the fire die out on its own. :D
@Dancefmlivecom7 жыл бұрын
Yea Not bad for a 10er
@steveg4iwr6 жыл бұрын
Some grumpy folks watching your channel. Keep up the work its good fun 😊😊😊
@markitzero127 жыл бұрын
When I go to yard sales I look for either cheap computer parts or even cable/satellite boxes that are DVR units for cheap, they often range from 160GB-500GB for the ones that I have seen. With cheap/bad power supplies I when I salvage them before trash I will often salvage the Fan even if it a cheap fan and if the capacitors are of a good make. I also look if there is a stash of calculators because some times I have found a PDA/Palmtop like I found a HP 95LX for $1 and it works.
@Embattled52117 жыл бұрын
Given the condition of the computer, and the price it was sold for, that hard drive probably has some personal information on it, if you have some software to view deleted files. It would be easy to steal their identity if that was the case.
@mistytaylor19836 жыл бұрын
Ethan Snider y wood u want2
@ayylmaotv6 жыл бұрын
Misty Taylor free roblox membership
@fakehandle6666 жыл бұрын
No balls he does it
@gp3runescape6 жыл бұрын
$10 free identify nice
@Ascendance20016 жыл бұрын
The Front fell off?
@camerongray15156 жыл бұрын
Some cases are built so that the front doesn't fall off at all :P
7 жыл бұрын
As a PSU expert, i'm impressed that the "manufacturer" of this power supply even bothered to include the Y Capacitors in the entrance filtering stage. The green thing that got it's corner blown off is a Thermistor. Its used to regulate the input of the power supply when you start the computer hot (I.e the computer was running for some time, you shut it down from the power and start it back up). Other point is that this PSU claims to have two separate 12v lanes, which is such a ridiculous lie it cracked me up, plus, they didn't even bother to use a diode package on the 12v lane, they just hacked two diodes in place and called it a day. All of this is actually expected on a chinese psu such as this one. The two "Y" Capacitors (Blue things) and the Thermistor(Olive green thing that got blown): 12:13 *This PSU would have NEVER, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE be able to supply 500W*, at max 180W and that is being generous, because also at 12:19 you can see that they used 4 plain diodes as a full bridge rectifier, instead of a package containing 4 four diodes inside. Also, because they hacked two plain diodes for the 12v lane, forget the "16A+16A" they wrote in the label, those are probably two 3A diodes is series, yep, only 6A on the 12v lane (Seen at 13:00). Pretty much the whole label is a lie, and i can't believe that companies that to this (Which are countless) don't get prosecuted over fraud, because that's what this sort of "product" (i would actually call it "electronic fecal matter") is.
@t0nito5 жыл бұрын
Someone must have flicked the switch to 110V to make that damage.
@flippy081007 жыл бұрын
Sad to see how this is probably nearly as powerful as a Switch components-wise.
@amuricanmayo7 жыл бұрын
Yes, but a switch is as small as a tablet with a built in screen
@murraykilgour96716 жыл бұрын
And it couldn't run any of switches big games
@trickyok6 жыл бұрын
You’re actually disabled if you think this can keep up with a switch by any means
@jelleptic6 жыл бұрын
Good luck getting doom 2016 to run on this
@k.morris2316 жыл бұрын
rly nigga
@unsignedmusic6 жыл бұрын
Can you add English subtitles?
@stevenbaez84576 жыл бұрын
That's really smart! I can't understand his japanese
@andresgallardo52256 жыл бұрын
Man, maybe he said that because he's not an english native and for people like us it's pretty hard to understand the british accent with a crappy mic like that
@stevenbaez84576 жыл бұрын
Andres Gallardo Cornejo im not a english native,Im spanish
@stevenbaez84576 жыл бұрын
Andres Gallardo Cornejo and i know that you too.Mi amigo.
@stevenbaez84576 жыл бұрын
Andres Gallardo Cornejo BTW he was saying because he talks too fast
@RexKuro7 жыл бұрын
I think you should make this a thing, random PC/Laptop buy with a budget with PnP around £30 and see what you really can find for your money, That set up with a new PSU and Motherboard could of returned a lovely return, like you used it for in the first place a lovely home media PC it had the storage and it had the OS speed. I would love to see more of this sort of things.
@NikolasWasHere6 жыл бұрын
I dunno why but i always loved cases that come with vents on the side for fans
@Brodaty_Brodacz7 жыл бұрын
how can i get free Pc ? cant find the f thing in UK
@blakecasimir7 жыл бұрын
I've asked around at a few, they all said people are not allowed to take stuff unless the centre specifically has a section for stuff that gets sold / given away.
@xKynOx7 жыл бұрын
Depends on the tip,there is 1 local to me that put items out for people to take or you can wait by the tip entrance and ask people what they are getting rid of, people usually will give you it rather than tip it.
@Chakont7 жыл бұрын
LidlWifi That's an awful thing to do...
@David_Quinn_Photography6 жыл бұрын
Just keep looking
@Robeight6 жыл бұрын
I've pulled working PC 's from dumpsters on the side of the road.
@Chris-yy7qc6 жыл бұрын
Man, try to speak slowly & clearly. You sound like the video is played 2x speed.
@ramboti64026 жыл бұрын
Chris slow down the video ;D
@editapetrauskiene2776 жыл бұрын
Chris just try out this on 2x speed
@Biffo12626 жыл бұрын
I can barely understand his mumbling. In fact I cannot understand any of it.
@thetechoasis21796 жыл бұрын
Americans no doubt. was fine for me
@fleshTH6 жыл бұрын
I found it refreshing that he was speaking faster. A lot of times I have to turn videos to at least 1.5x because people talk too slow.
@Nat-qb6ft6 жыл бұрын
I got my PC second-hand, and was told it wasn't working. I opened it, and there was a WinPower PSU, with an interesting smell! I replaced it with a Delta Electronics one and re-installed Windows, and it worked perfectly!
@AGuinnessDrinkerFromTheUK7 жыл бұрын
I go through the PC scrap (WEEE Waste) pile at work for all those useful bit and pieces. Amazing what I find that's still sealed in packages.
@8qBIT7 жыл бұрын
SPEAAAAAAAK SLOOOOOWWWWWEEEERRRR PLS!
@mistytaylor19836 жыл бұрын
AM. AM AM AM AM AM AND AM.
@VGA_Guy7 жыл бұрын
I have never seen a fuse fail in such a spectacular fashion.
@Plan-C6 жыл бұрын
Worth a shot. You could bodge a leaded capacitor onto the smd pads if you can be arsed but my guess is the vrms probably couldn't handle the chip long term, esp if it was overclocked.
@marlonrauscher59107 жыл бұрын
Please talk a bit slower😂
@Jusu.siltsu7 жыл бұрын
ur hands shaking
@infectedtourtis25607 жыл бұрын
KalloXX hes cold, it is england after all xd
@bloepje7 жыл бұрын
That green thing looks like an overpower protection, that short circuits the line (if the voltage is too high) before it can get into the machine. The fuse will blow at the same time as the short happens. So it actually works, but you still have to replace the PSU.
@parranoic6 жыл бұрын
I had a power supply blow in my face 2 weeks ago because that voltage switch :/
@03urukhai767 жыл бұрын
You should consider speaking a little slowly. I really didn't understand most of the things you said. Cool video but man, you really speak too fast.
@DBluetheRenegade6 жыл бұрын
Fake
@Nathan-sd7ij6 жыл бұрын
your evidence?
@smittenthekitteninmittens26796 жыл бұрын
i thought so too...the ebay listing said "collection only"...have you ever tried getting an ebay seller who put that to mail you an item??...they 99.9999999% will not.....especially for something so large and fragile..because it just isn't worth the hassle...also only a fucking moron would leave an ssd drive in a computer like that..leaving yourself out of pocket and potentially wasting your time mailing a computer knowing full well it definitely be returned damaged ..i smell bullshit!!!
@markolsen74386 жыл бұрын
I pulled an eMachine out of a dumpster 2 years ago, though not a great machine, but it was free. All that was wrong with it was the processor fan had fallen off. Its owner most likely tossed it because it would overheat and shut down. It took 15 minutes to change the fan to a more reliable one and my wife is happy with her new computer. Oh did I forget to mention the machine was still under warranty?
@dipi717 жыл бұрын
Watching this is like getting a like a box of chocolates. Nicely done. Subscibed. Cheers!
@MaverickMMMX7 жыл бұрын
STOP DOING WEIRD SOUND WITH YOUR MOUTH AND SALIVA!!! ITS SO DIGUSTING!
@RF-wc4bb7 жыл бұрын
MaverickMMMX lol yehhh
@100notmccakemario56 жыл бұрын
Kenny S he was just saying
@noka19796 жыл бұрын
Hitachi drives are seriously good. They last 10 plus years. Have went through loads of others and still have my Hitachi drives
@RicksRoads6 жыл бұрын
That case must've been towed beyond the enviroment
@plebetopro57866 жыл бұрын
The green thing is an MOV. It is a protective device meant to explode. The small black box is most likely an Opto Coupler.
@SrWolf905 жыл бұрын
Anodia formerly towards good capacitors, I have an emergency light with an anodia capacitor manufactured in 1982, it continues to work perfectly in 2019, and it's plugged in 24/ 7h, at it the capacity is still good. I always prefer a Japanese capacitor a thousand times, but the old capacitors of Anodia surprised me a lot about its durability.
@noka19796 жыл бұрын
Hey just found the channel... love the content
@AndyMitchellUK265 жыл бұрын
Well, the fuse definitely blew!
@blingking5016 жыл бұрын
I got a xfx 680i motherboard for 20 quid when they where 150 second hand. It was posted on eBay as "green black mother board pc". I didn't know what it was tbh but as soon as I saw the sli logo I bought it straight Away!
@InterstateLoveSong6 жыл бұрын
FYI the last number on the KVR number on the ram is the capacity. Not sure if anyone else commented. 4GB. Sold as a single 4gb dimm. A 2x4gb kit would end in K2/8. 2 being number of sticks and 8 being total capacity. a 4x4gb kit would end in K4/16.
@alxjones7 жыл бұрын
I have a pretty decent, name-brand power supply from only a few years ago that has a voltage switch. I wouldn't really take that as an indication of being ancient or low-quality.
@Dolnor7 жыл бұрын
Fuse blown like that usually indicates a local lightning strike on the power pole...traveled and fried the power fuse. Probably tripped/fried the house fuses too.
@101m4n6 жыл бұрын
That component looks to me like an NTC thermistor, they are used as inrush limiting components in some power supplies. When you first start the system the thermistor is cold, and has high resistance, it then heats up as the system runs, and the resistance drops. They usually get very hot, having a fan blowing on one is actually probably not a good idea either, as they are kinda supposed to be hot. Never seen one in a switched mode computer power supply before though...
@blakecasimir7 жыл бұрын
I would throw that Winpower PSU away with no remorse. But only after cutting off the cables. Useful for electronics projects. :) Worth keeping the fan(s), heat sinks and power switches too. 60~GB SSDs are still tremendously useful as OS-only (+ some apps) drives. They take much less time to image and backup than 128GB drives.
@Joehawkins6097 жыл бұрын
Glass of water on standby for possible electrical fire? Well done genius hahaha
@jimsinnovations27374 жыл бұрын
what i do when i find boards like this is i use my voltmeter to find the short, and replace the caps an what not but ya not for everyone i get it, but after reading all the comments an stuff i felt compelled to write a comment lol but anyway good job on the video man keep it up
@fakehandle6666 жыл бұрын
I don't know why everyone in the comments are complaining, I enjoyed the video.
@uweinhamburg6 жыл бұрын
£10 for the PC, £8 for the transport, £40 damaged to a totally scratched desk (put a blanket or some cardboard under it!) - but still a nice buy ;)
@shinjisan20157 жыл бұрын
That PSU has been hit by a massive power surge, most likely a lightning strike. The lack of a surge arrestor was the main cause of the failure, not necessarily the cheap PSU.
@dustinschings70427 жыл бұрын
The voltage selector switch is still a very common thing, in the USA at least. But considering most come from Asia, I'd say it is common in other regions as well.
@RetropUk6 жыл бұрын
Dustin Schings can’t say I’ve seen one here in the last decade. Most proper power supplies should be auto sensing now but of course if you buy cheap junk......
@AtariBorn5 жыл бұрын
@@RetropUk Most budget cases from Newegg and TigerDirect have cheap PSUs with the old vvoltage switches.
@RetropUk5 жыл бұрын
@@AtariBorn Yikes. Guess they're working through bargain basement old stock. I work as an IT manager so I get to see quite a lot of kit but tend to stick to brands with decent enterprise support so I'm getting, Dell's, Lenovo's, HP's, etc.
@hackdesigner5 жыл бұрын
Thanks @Cameron Gray, nice video. On top of other "FAQ"s I'd like to mention that you were really risking your fingers when touching those power line elements when powering up on FSP. It could be extremely hot - giving you deep burns; it could blow your fingers off, etc.
@camerongray15155 жыл бұрын
When do you mean, if you mean later on when I was checking the board outside of the case, the power was turned off and I was checking to see if any components had got hot, at 18:07 you can hear me checking to see if the power is off before touching it.
@hackdesigner5 жыл бұрын
Yes, 17:80 and further. Honestly, I couldn't understand that phrase until you pointed it out :) All right, the power is off, one less thing to worry about. My point is that 1) it could still be very hot much hotter than you experienced - 20 seconds before you say "I feel smoke". I would be extremely reluctant to touch a smoky part of hardware with my bare fingers after the power was ON for a while; 2) despite the power is OFF now, you can't really know what happened to the capacitor, and if there is a chance that it carries the charge on the OUTER shell now. I'm not saying this is likely to happen, but hey I just don't think it's worth risking.
@camerongray15155 жыл бұрын
I understand your concern however it is highly unlikely that I'd have been able to sustain any sort of injury - I was tapping components quickly to ensure they weren't extremely hot before placing my fingers on them for extended periods of time, at any rate it's not like it would give me serious permanent burns, if it was that hot I'd have felt heat radiating off of it. I'm much more likely to burn myself cooking! A capacitor like that is tiny and even if fully charged wouldn't provide any more than a slight tingle, it's not like I'm sticking my fingers across one of the large electrolytics in the PSU! With these things there's always a balance between being careless and being so cautious that you can't actually get anything done. It may not come across partially well in this old (and pretty crap) video however I do have a decent amount of experience with this sort of thing and know how to work safely.
@TheAsjdj7 жыл бұрын
On ram you can always see how much capacity it has by the lab, on that ram stick is 4Gb by locking at the "/4" in the end is says 4Gb in total. I use to work with building and service computers so I learned what to look for
@joshhill36917 жыл бұрын
Asjdj same 😁
@deelan_7 жыл бұрын
Thats the same Mainboard my PC uses, and i'm happy with it.
@aidanmco6 жыл бұрын
That is CRAZY for the price! An fx and an SSD for $20 is the deal of a lifetime 😮
@retrox6847 жыл бұрын
i like that case. Probally because it has a big power button. Also great find
@LemonChieff7 жыл бұрын
£10 you could have bought 10 of those power supplies with that much money! Honestly looks like a great bang for the buck computer. It's cheaper than the ssd itself. So that's nice I guess.
@furryface10575 жыл бұрын
finally he's putting it on
@JuryDutySummons6 жыл бұрын
Great deal!
@googleisshittoss6 жыл бұрын
My heart always sinks when i see Gigabyte boards...always have nowt but trouble with them
@twogitsinacar48117 жыл бұрын
The components in the PSU is a or looks like a Varistor, which is there to reduce inrush current. the device blown out of the board looks like it might be an Opto-Isolator, both components are easily replaceable
6 жыл бұрын
The green component is... was a NTC resistor used for in-rush current protection (while those scary capacitors charge up to 300V)
@ryantoomey6116 жыл бұрын
The failure in the power supply looks like it may have been plugged into 240 volts with the switch set to 120 volts. This likely also caused a high-voltage power surge to be sent to the motherboard which sealed its fate. The green component that was blown looks to me like an MOV.
@SkylerGhostly6 жыл бұрын
A thermal gun is always a good tool for testing shorted components if nothing perceivable to your eyes stands out. Shorts and failures usually will get hot and show up on a thermal gun.
@Bonswally5 жыл бұрын
Those winpower psus are perfectly reliable, budget power supplies. They probably manufacture a lot of the fancy looking units out there branded as corsair, antec etc.
@camerongray15155 жыл бұрын
Winpower are not a reputable OEM, they are a low end brand of generic PSU, I've never seen one that I would consider sufficient quality for even an extremely basic machine. Corsair/Antec.etc units are made by much more well known, reputable OEMs such as Seasonic, FSP, Delta, ACBel.etc which are generally pretty good units, miles ahead of "Winpower". Even PSUs in prebuilt machine from known brands are better. Ultimately it's up to you if you want to use such a low end unit however personally I'll never risk my own hardware with something so basic and wouldn't feel comfortable lumping someone else with it if I'm building a machine for them.
@Bonswally5 жыл бұрын
I'm sure it doesn't provide the rated 500w, but they're fine. Enthusiasts worry too much about psus. You're likely to go your whole life without ever seeing one fail.
@camerongray15155 жыл бұрын
The issue is not just how much they can provide, they often lack various protection features. For example, I've had a cheap PSU melt its wiring due to a short circuit as the unit didn't have any form of short circuit protection. Additionally when they fail they often take out other components with them. The way I see it is that for £20 more you could get a significantly better unit (with a warranty and known manufacturer) so why cheap out on one of these unless you are a system builder/repair technician cutting corners to increase profit? Off the top of my head, in the last 4 years I've seen probably about 5 PSU failures and out of them, only one was from a reputable brand (and had been running 24/7 for around 10 years). Even the cheapest prebuilt from a reputable manufacturer will use a better PSU than this. I'm not going to go out and buy a top of the line 80+ Platinum Corsair for a office build, but I would have no problem spending £30-40 on a basic unit from a known brand.
@Bonswally5 жыл бұрын
Well I've seen 2 or 3 fail in about 25 years. Maybe I'm just lucky.
@mechagenide46127 жыл бұрын
My guess would be someone switched the voltage on the back of the old PSU to 110v and blew that and the mobo - turned out to be a nice purchase for £17.50 - well played
@darkelemental7 жыл бұрын
Ive had this problem before, all they have done is change the voltage switch on the back of the power supply, i did it once on an old roosewell power supply, it is the American voltage setting that causes the fuse to actually blow up so ive seen that sort of explosion before. It usually kills the motherboard
@EliranC6 жыл бұрын
Believe it or not, I once went to repair a computer at a very rich neighborhood, so after I found out the problem was only the screen unplug I was like "mahh whatever", took minimum visit and went home, on the way I saw one very fancy computer case literally torn apart next to a garbage can. I wen't to check and apparently someone got mad at their computer I guess (lol), found asus 1070 GTX plugged in and core i7 6700k, 2TB hard disk and some crappy gigabyte! Ironically enough, I am using the graphic card and the CPU right now and sold the disk/motherboard after making sure they are fine! :)