All those beeps were Morse Code for 'Clean me'.

Challenging no POSTs are always interesting to watch!

I used to fix computers in the -00's and absolutely loved the debugging and troubleshooting. These days I prefer just watching professionals at their job and get a kick out of trying to guess what's wrong before you solve the issue. I really enjoy these videos, thank you!

I was like yelling reset the backup bios when he didn’t do that

BIOS chips can't live with them, can't boot without them!!!! nice video Graham

As Northridgefix says, it's not "I did it." It's "We did it." All your success belongs to us.

Thank you for the programmer recommendation. 👍 BTW, 5:22 this assumption made an ass out of me *once* . A motherboard refused to forget its settings no matter how long I kept that jumper in the shorted position. CMOS reset worked only when I removed the battery, turned it sideways and used it to short the 2 pins for 5-10 seconds. Also, *very* important - when you turn off a PC (or any device) to do hardware manipulations, *always* hold the case power button pressed in and even pump it a couple of times to completely discharge all residual electricity from the caps. This is why even when you just turned the PC off and unplugged the power cable when you go to press the button, fans will still try to spin and the MB's power indication LED is still glowing. 😉

these are the ones i really enjoy trying to second guess you and trying to get to the fix before you never got there yet but i live in hope😁

You wouldn't believe what I've seen. This one time doing a favor for a mate cleaning out his PC I slid off the cover. What I found inside was the thing of nightmares which still haunts my dreams. There was a dust ball the size of a large house cat laying in the bottom of the case in front of the PSU. I hauled that out and spotted the CPU cooler which had little trails that the pet dander had left in the dust caked beneith the fan. The graphics cards heatsink wasn't any better. The power supply was chock full of dust too. I honestly can't say how it managed to survive being blocked up like that but I got it all cleaned up like new. There was dust and hair in every nook and cranny of that machine though. We had to chuck the optical drive in the bin. There was no way to clean the optical path without buggering it up.

Incase you didn't notice, when you rebooted into UEFI-A, 38:04 there is an option to flash the A -> B like there was before to B -> A incase you really did want to update both, with out having to use your USB drive. Theoretically this should also back up any customized user settings (XMP, overclocks, etc) in UEFI setup to the other EUFI chip.

omg that extra clip at the end. I love it too!

Second time I've watched this one, but the first time I stayed on to the final comments about the phase activity LEDs. Love your enthusiasm and energy 😀

Tip for you from 16 years of working with Beep Speakers: Eff em! Get a cheap LED (3v White Strawhat is best IMO) and solder it to a standard connector and put it in the place of the speaker! You can just watch the LED pulse then and it'll show you visually rather than audibly, and that makes diagnosing easier.

"Singing a whole tune" brilliant! You took us the moon & back with this one & I loved the trip!

Boot up on backup bios. When in the bios, switch to the main bios and reflash it. You nailed it at 33.45.

The joy you evidently experience when it's all sorted out, brilliant!

Great diagnostic video, enjoyed the ride! Looking forward to the next one.

this is why motherboards need two bioses, love this bios setup it was always a life saver. I to have fixed by flashing chips with the 341 programmer, i think it was called that. TechYesCity did one about Bit ROT where he fixed a mobo by simply reflashing the chip with a new copy. Anyways great videos, big fan

Thank you for giving me ideas to fix a no post situation I am facing right now. Thanks for your hard work and dedication to the craft!

I just found your channel and have been really enjoying your videos. I like hearing your troubleshooting explained in detail speaking to even beginner levels like me. So many channels expect viewers to be at their knowledge level. Thanks for bringing us along with you

Back in pentium 3 age I made a Bios hot switch between a dead mother board and another live... because flash process fails and brick my board in a first place. I booted the OK, with PSU ON, boot DOS 6.22, then I changed chip memory, and run a bios update IN DOS. It ran like a charm... :)

In my ~30 years of building/repairing computers, I have NEVER witnessed a CPU fail. Like you said, it's never the CPU. Lol

Very interesting video, love your repair videos, keep em coming!

man, just discover your channel and love it! troubleshooting step by step the way you do, explain so good different possibilities and specific things about electronics, chips, etc. Thanks

i really enjoy these videos ♥ as always fantastic job

Great video again. I really enjoy watching the videos you make about fixing and building pc's. I also learn from your videos so I can improve my own pc building and fixing skills. Thank you sir

Interesting one, great that you were persistent enough to actually find the issue and solve it properly, i'm sure a good number of b&M repair shops would have just called it a day and said the motherboard needs replacing.

Great video, and I applaud the coffee cup choice as well. Yay.

Quick tip: If your MB doesn't have a 'clear cmos' button, short the battery connector when you remove the battery for reset. It'll do that when you touch the positive to negative on the battery holder/connector.

Hi Adam thanks for sharing your vast knowledge and experience

This is the stuff I like - well I like all your stuff - but especially this type of troubleshooting videos - keep it up!

One thing I have learnt about this Always pull all accessories first Pull battery and clear bios And start from ground zero

your shows are awesome and I learn a bunch thank you

I really enjoyed this one, Graham. It might have been frustrating, but the challenge made for interesting viewing. Thanks mate.

Great detail in troubleshooting! Great Video!! Thank you

Excellent troubleshooting lesson ! Thank you ! :)

This was a fun and interesting fix, wish you had a ton more similar to this one

Enjoyed this one mate. Cheers.

Love your new place!! Hello from Fort Worth, Texas USA

i love my 290x that card is a thing of beauty

Nice, a fun video again finally!

Great content as usual

Love these videos!!

Great work.

Nice one Graham ! and I love the shirt!

As allwys sir,a most exellent diagnosis

Too close to home, oh brother in repairs - I have an older Fatal1ty MB with a Gen 2 CPU. My last boot failure turned out to be a bad optical drive. That old system still does my favourite games with no mouse lag and makes me smile a lot. Glad you're looking good and good health to you.

Great job! Thanks for sharing!

Thanks for several reminders

Well done mate. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

It is interesting, how tricky some stuff can be 😁. Thx for the video 😁😁😁

new subscriber - i like your videos and articulation when explaining.

Perfect video!

Nice fix Graham... would've fooled me that one, it's good to learn

"Take everything with a pinch of salt"....good advice!

Thanks for the video mate.

I like that where you can go to b and reprogram a. That is a really nice feature.

Great I like these kinds of diagnostics videos

5 secs in and I'm screaming CMOS BATTERY

great job!!

Another Great Video Thank You

I love wonderful microsoft updates bricking my bios. Such fun.😁

Another great vid, Graham. Hope to see you & Caradog live next weekend!

Quite enjoyed that video

good video. a corrupted bios can do alot of funky stuff. you got the good luck of the draw that that particular mommyboard had two bios chips and at least one bios was working. i know some manuals dont recommend updating bios but the motherboard manufacturers recommend you update the bios to at least a non beta as there are updates that the manufacturer have implemented to fix small bugs theyve found. if not for the backup bios that wasnt corrupted and bios chips that had been soldered into place the board replacement would have been required. people, update your stinking bios and also keep your pcs airdusted and replace your darn cmos battery every now and then, as their charge cycles are finite and can eventually wear down to no use

Well done! Interesting problem.

That was great! 😉Thank you

Cheers Graham ... Enjoyed it ... Rabbit Holes are always the best Vids ... Have a nice Weekend Away ... Noel

The DDR3 DIMM should be on slot A1 and A2, not B1 and B2 like wee see in the bios. But no problemo, for the french man i am, your english is crystal clear and your channel interesting for somebody like me who's working for 32 year in IT and electronic and who's going to leave sooner is job to make the same job as you.

When did Shaggy start fixing computers?! ZOINKS!

I remember the days when you had 2 bios chips, an odd and even bios chips and even the keyboard had its own separate bios - back then the beep codes actually meant something specific other than memory - a good start is to pull every single card and cable out that isnt absolutely needed to boot - I have seen bent pins on ps2 and usb ports and even on one occasion a duff MS optical mouse prevent a system booting and cause it to sit there beeping on an opti chipset board - BIOS beep codes are specific to the brand of Bios can be specific to the board, in days of old you would get a schematic and list of beep codes at the back of the manual to point you in the right direction - back then there were IRQ and DMA jumpers to set too...

No post are the best vids..... Corsair powersupply never die..

nice work!

Tip: When removing CMOS batt short holder terminals to discharge cap(s).

good stuff, i just happen to come by your video watched the whole thing very interesting :3

It's fun when it finally works...Success

Nice video!

the best video

Always fun to see someone doing my old job! But you are much better then I was! 😁😁 So, I became a musiscian....

I feel your process is fine. I would do it about the same more or less.

Thanks again.

Goatman did it again.

That PC used to be my dream rig. Even down to the case.

Nice video. Video card pretty sweet.

those cooler master are super popular in older 1155 builds, people was super obssesed with heatpipes

Great video. These give me the confidence to carry out repairs on my own PC's and laptops. Thanks

Popping that Saphire card on that Mini board was like breeding a Great Dane and a Terrier.

Good video

Thank you Sir :)

LOL... I have to admit, I've spent oodles of time troubleshooting... most of the time I"m in heaven and having fun

Never the cpu is what I used to believe too until I found a cpu that a child had looked at removed stuck to the heatsink and reinstalled without lifting the tension arm. The crushed pins looked as painful as you imagine 😂

BIOS Selection Jumper (BIOS_SEL1) (see p.6, No. 24) his motherboard has two BIOS onboard, a main BIOS (BIOS_A) and a backup BIOS (BIOS_B), which enhances protection for the safety and stability of your system. Normally, the system works on the main BIOS. However, if the main BIOS is corrupted or damaged, please use a jumper cap to short pin2 and pin3, then the backup BIOS will take over on the next system boot. Ater that, use “Secure Backup UEFI“ in BIOS setup utility to copy the BIOS ile to the main BIOS to ensure normal system operation. For the sake of system safety, users cannot update the backup BIOS manually. Users may refer to the BIOS LED (BIOS_A_ LED or BIOS_B_LED) to identify which BIOS is activated currently.

Love me some Adamant IT on a saturday. Just got done installing and enjoying my 5900X two days ago, time to relax.

Nice video, thanks :)

Intel ME is the management engine that runs with "Greater than God" access and supervises the memory access by the CPU. If the ME firmware gets altered by malware, it is effectively a Rootkit that cannot be removed.

Jeez you look like my grandson and this was a good video to watch and I would update my Ivy Bridge build but the budget cannot stand up to it.😉

good one!!

It might need, reapplying some Arctic Heat Sink Compond, and some dust cleaning. My computer nothing, disassembled some parts, did the vacuum cleaner mode, manually cleaned everything, fan and etc. And it started right up and more quietly.

Finally a "proper" PC for a change :) Good stuff.

one thing i learned working with a H97 system that didn't post was to dust it out, i did that and it posted and worked no issue.