Fixing a Viewer's BROKEN Gaming PC?

Fixing a Viewer's BROKEN Gaming PC? - Fix or Flop S2:E14

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@GregSalazar 2 жыл бұрын

IGNORE any comments from accounts requesting contact via Telegram or any other app. We're working on a way to smoke them out, but until then please report and ignore. Sorry that it's come to this! KZfaq doesn't seem to care... at all.

@johno9163 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for that information Greg. It answer a question or two that I was wondering about.

@salenstormwing 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I got those a few times and totally knew to just report them as Spam and to report their channel as Impersonating you.

@lightgod2255 2 жыл бұрын

I think is the battery in the motherboard is the issues.

@candidosilva7755 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the heads up its on almost ervery chanel i watch. And yeah youtube does not seem to care about bot acounts.

@IIHydraII 2 жыл бұрын

Check ThioJoe's latest video, they're tightening their spam detection :)

@johno9163 2 жыл бұрын

The toughest part of the Fix or Flop series....is waiting for the next one.

@thedungeondelver 2 жыл бұрын

Right?! Can't wait to see what the next one brings.

@lesdoodis121 2 жыл бұрын

I'm addicted as well for sure

@Hatkid_39 Жыл бұрын

if i was living near him, i would intentionally break my pc 💀

@chrism869 Жыл бұрын

The first gen stuff, always a power cycling issues, I had one motherboard fail on me

@crosstech1 2 жыл бұрын

I've had a lot of experience with first generation Intel platforms. In my experience I've seen the same kind of symptom when the CMOS battery goes dead. I would honestly recommend trying to switch out the CMOS battery to see if you get any kind of post. It could also be that when the CMOS battery went dead it could have taken out the BIOS. Unfortunately these old boards don't have dual bioses or else it may have been possible to reflash.

@wallychambe1587 2 жыл бұрын

Ahh, yes he didn't check the CMOS battery voltage, great point on an older board, I recently had to replace the battery on a 2015 laptop that I was upgrading!🤩🤩

@timothypeart3116 2 жыл бұрын

thought the same about the battery recently got a new/old stock dell prebuilt did the same thing replaced the battery and was greeted by the windows 7 setup wizard

@bobbymoss6160 2 жыл бұрын

Very good point. Maybe Greg is just tired.

@zrkn1 2 жыл бұрын

I hear you, I'm sitting here screaming "check the battery" ect. Are you kidding me!!!!

@orrygel 2 жыл бұрын

I was just going to type this but I think you hit the nail on the head

@P2PC 2 жыл бұрын

This sort of power cycling problem can be indicative of a bricked BIOS. The EVGA board from the video (P55 LE) looks to have a socketed BIOS chip, I would have looked for a cheap USB programmer to re-flash the chip. I have also seen many listings on eBay for replacement BIOS chips for the P55 LE which are sub 10 bucks, it would be worth a shot for a follow-up video.

@RandomTechVideos 2 жыл бұрын

Or just a bad CMOS battery on those old Intel boards...

@LimbaZero 2 жыл бұрын

I think those flash chips start do have bit flips after 10-15y. so maybe reflash before system is 10y old

@mnunez10 2 жыл бұрын

@@RandomTechVideos that's what I was going to say.

@t8z5h3 2 жыл бұрын

@@LimbaZero what your saying should be impossible as bios is physically burned into the chip... or at least that my understanding.

@LimbaZero 2 жыл бұрын

@@t8z5h3 If it's eeprom or flash then they will die over time. Search for bitrotting or bit rot. Also Adamant IT has many videos where he reflash bios to old motherboard to fix them.

@LabelsAreMeaningless 2 жыл бұрын

Big cases are very easy to work in, especially for beginners or people with big hands. It also gives a great opportunity for good airflow not blocked by junk.

@richard_d_bird 2 жыл бұрын

yes

@wayland7150 2 ай бұрын

It also makes your computer look impressive. I set up a customer with an old Packard Bell gaming case. It was huge but the GPU space was taken up by drive bays. Fortunately he used a small GPU.

@chrismcgraw3399 2 жыл бұрын

i would probably look at the battery on the motherboard to see if it has a decent charge or if it has to be replaced because these can sometimes do a lot of strange things like this when they have to be replaced. you should probably get replacement batteries for diagnosing such systems and these are pretty inexpensive and easy to get and as you always say : always try the easy stuff first .

@adamtajhassam9188 2 жыл бұрын

I would of tried the last latest update on the bios from the manufacture website. :)

@chrismcgraw3399 2 жыл бұрын

@@adamtajhassam9188 the motherboard was not even posting so i doubt you could update it since it had no bios flashback function on that board. the bios chip may be simply dead

@JSLEnterprises 2 жыл бұрын

The cmos battery runs the primary clock that everything on the system works around. If the battery is dead, the comp will never work right.

@TheFlamerGamer3 2 жыл бұрын

with the computer as old as it is, the CMOS battery was one of the first things I would check. even if it doesn't look bad. cheap enough to try.

@scottcol23 Жыл бұрын

@@TheFlamerGamer3 yeah, and even if you don't have a new one on hand you can still pull it and see if the symptom changes. Then put back in and test. I've had an old AMD system that refused to post. I pulled the cmos battery and tested it with my tongue which passed so I put back in and it posted. My guess is that the little spring that contacts the positive pad got corroded even though it looked great. And just moving it fixed it. Now when I troubleshoot "worked when parked" issues, part of my pre inspection includes re seating the battery.

@PeteKay 2 жыл бұрын

ya know Greg, with machines like this one you'd can make an entirely different video showing it's performance. It's pretty cool to look back on older, nicer rigs like this one -- that is if you can fix them. Just keep some gaming drives ready for these builds so u dont have to access user OS/personal stuff.

@74656trekkie 2 жыл бұрын

I would try reflashing the BIOS. AdamantIT has some great videos about how to program the flash chip with an external programmer.

@SFearox 2 жыл бұрын

Maybe the bios was corrupted.

@epicgameRAAM15 2 жыл бұрын

@@SFearox That is one of the things to cross my mind.

@Fantasillion 2 жыл бұрын

I was just about to say that it looks a lot like a bad BIOS update on these older platforms.

@MrRickytuk 2 жыл бұрын

Wow. I had a Obsidian 800D and the same creative soundblaster. That volume knob was cool, it felt retro even at the time to change the volume on your PC using a knob.

@thelaughingmanofficial 2 жыл бұрын

I still control my audio volume with a knob, it's on the keyboard though.

@bearpreme 2 жыл бұрын

love these videos greg! they gave me confidence to build (and possibly troubleshoot) my very first rig a few months back and it’s been smooth ever since :) keep it up!

@Sirshrimptoast Жыл бұрын

3:39 Just you popping your head out and saying “Hey, how are you doing?” Instantly brought a smile on my face :)

@puddleduckist 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, what a massive case for such little hardware. Enjoy these fix or flops the most Greg! Your the best!!!!

@MasterN64 2 жыл бұрын

The sound card blocking the fan so much hurts me on a physical level.

@hugsanddrugs 2 жыл бұрын

And then also not hooked back up correctly... :/

@jordanlazarus7345 2 жыл бұрын

the 1660 being choked out by that dinosaur of an i5 is more painful

@zowlgd Жыл бұрын

Ikr lmao. Should be fine tho it’s not gonna be running anything too crazy with that cpu

@mikesmith3771 Жыл бұрын

Working on getting a new one but my 1660 super has to live with a i3 7100

@grocksauce7422 Жыл бұрын

Agreed

@Tolerate 2 жыл бұрын

Really enjoy these videos, teaches us all a thing or two about alternatives in fixing our very own PCs.

@user-qw9fy9js2o 2 жыл бұрын

Keep up the great content Greg! Due to your videos and methods I have gotten the confidence to help diagnose my friends PC problems. Can be frustrating while also very rewarding! Cant wait to see you hit 1 mil subs

@stefansahlin9476 2 жыл бұрын

I have had surgery on my hand, and will be on sick leave for 12 weeks, and you are saving my days with all your troubleshooting and deep cleanings. Of course I subscribe, and keep up the good work! Greetings from Sweden :)

@holofan4994 2 жыл бұрын

It's pretty cool seeing older hardware still getting use.

@thelaughingmanofficial 2 жыл бұрын

Is it really surprising considering the prices on new hardware?

@malakae 2 жыл бұрын

Always love these videos, I enjoy the content and it helps me keep my pc running happy and healthy. If something goes wrong, I'd hopefully be able to fix it.

@oosbsolee8299 Жыл бұрын

Love these videos! Appreciate it Greg 🔥

@modestasstankevicius6471 2 жыл бұрын

Greg, really nice that you're considering helping people out with older platforms. Not only going for mainstream builds fixes. Cheers

@sandmann521 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Greg, I have yet to watch the video, but am commenting now because I know you often hang around comments for the first hour or so. Just want to say that this has turned into one of my favorite PC-related series on KZfaq. It was a great idea from the start and has been well executed. I've enjoyed watching you get more and more experienced with troubleshooting each system, and I'm wondering, do you have plans to try making a general troubleshooting process guide video? You could make a really great resource for the PC space. I'm envisioning something where a user posting for help in a forum could be told, "Go watch this video and follow every step, then report back." Just a thought. Keep up the fantastic work!

@liberteus 2 жыл бұрын

"I am really not looking forward to this one" such an honest moment, and you don't edit it out, you let it out spontaneously and we feel for you because for sure these kind of issues are nightmares to troubleshoot. And that's why without even watching the rest I pause and comment: I already know it's going to be another great episode! Thanks Greg!

@michaelreed9048 2 жыл бұрын

I could watch these for days... always a joy when another one pops!

@henrymmene4470 Жыл бұрын

Great content watching from another time zone. Learning a lot from your series.

@Large_Sarge 2 жыл бұрын

This case was my first PC build in 2010. It was around $300. Corsair obsidian 800d I think. It was meant for water cooling and running multiple gpus which was the thing back then.

@chanunwee4898 Жыл бұрын

So what? What should we do?

@tr4nnel752 Жыл бұрын

@@chanunwee4898 I thought it was interesting a-hole.

@GR-cd2kx 2 жыл бұрын

I finally guessed one right! This is one of my favorite series, Greg because I learn something new every time. BTW I would have put the sound card on a lower slot for more free airflow to the GPU. Looking forward to the next one.

@meusana3681 2 жыл бұрын

You can't put it on the lower slot, thats a PCI slot, u need PCI-e x1. So the slot above the GPU would have made sense. 17:06 there are 3 PCI-e x1 slots, the one below the PCI-e x16 is occupied by the GPU, so that leaves the bottom one (two down from the gpu, that blocked the airflow) and the top one, which was the original config anyway. So idk why he didn't just replicate that.

@KYRSZ-gd1qt 2 жыл бұрын

You should know that he forgot to check the CMOS battery on the 'dysfunctional' mobo. It is highly possible that the power cycle issue was being caused by a bad CMOS battery. It happens all the time.

@chrism869 Жыл бұрын

Let's watch Greg struggle to open the motherboard out of the bubble wrap

@DasLooney 2 жыл бұрын

Man was that case hella thick, Greg! Reminds me of my old dragon case that would give me a hernia anytime I looked at it! Awesome video as always! Glad to see that you had to order some spare parts so that you now have as every tech loves additional hardware to test out more systems! Great job buddy! I did think it was the motherboard. Once again your troubleshooting skills are epic.

@fredricklomax3674 2 жыл бұрын

Always enjoy watching your Fix Or Flop thanks

@justsumguy2u 2 жыл бұрын

I was actually surprised it was the mobo---EVGA has a pretty good track record for reliability. This was sort of a history lesson in a way. Back in the mid 2000's, that was a sweet rig with great specs....but of course, time marches on, and what's hot today becomes tomorrow's history lesson

@meusana3681 2 жыл бұрын

There is nothing wrong with that board apart from a negligent owner that didn't care about doing maintenance on 10+ yo electronic hardware. a 1$ battery change would have avoided this situation, and the board still isn't dead. It just doesn't know which gates to open RN. Reflash and donzo. So in summary, your surprise is based on faulty info, and a bias towards EVGA. I'll tell you right now, I don't trust any company, but back in late 2000s companies actually had intentions not to deliver crap products. Literally half the boards on the market RN are like 3-6 layer PCBs. Back then we had 8-12 layers PCBs and still they bent, somehow manufacturers have realized moving into a problem actually profits them. modern LGA hold down clamps literally bend the CPU IHSs. How tf have we gone backwards?

@Alvin853 2 жыл бұрын

Could be a corrupted BIOS on that EVGA board, apparently that is something that can happen. Some of those older motherboards have socketed BIOS chips, so they can be easily replaced, but finding an exact match could be tricky these days, and you'd still need some way to program the chip with the correct BIOS. For newer BIOS chips there are programmers available that you can clip onto the chip and connect to a different computer to read/write the contents of the BIOS chip.

@lightgod2255 2 жыл бұрын

Nah, I believe is the battery on the motherboard that’s needs to replace. Since most battery on the motherboard last 3 to 5 years, after that you need to replace the old to a newer ones.

@taggerman6867 2 жыл бұрын

Had a similar issue on a Z97 motherboard I was working with. Thankfully, that sucker had Dual BIOS.

@christophervanzetta 2 жыл бұрын

@@lightgod2255 It’s bit-rot lol. Stop guessing

@MrGreenYeti 2 жыл бұрын

I want to thank these videos for giving me the confidence to be able to diagnose the issues with my pc yesterday after it stopped posting when I installed a new a cooler. I went through all the steps and knew to look out for the EZ Debug lights to know what to focus on. Turns out all I needed to do was reset the CMOS for some reason as the VGA light was staying on. Not sure why that happened after just replacing the cooler, but I'm glad it was an easy fix.

@SynapseDisruptorZ 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Greg! Always enjoy your content.

@StormagedonBOD 2 жыл бұрын

I need that case in my life. Totally not compensating.

@GregSalazar 2 жыл бұрын

@Acedemonlord 2 жыл бұрын

I want it just to fill with hard drives and make a massive storage server, but just to make people angry use an itx MB with a pic card to allow more drives

@RainMan52 2 жыл бұрын

The Corsair BBW

@docdat3468 Жыл бұрын

For 20$ i also would take it ^^

@AlexandeRSciswoR 2 жыл бұрын

I still think that the best April Fools video would be: Breaking a Viewer's WORKING Gaming PC. Also, unrelated but MrBeast video and now Greg video?! Holy shit, what an awesome Saturday!

@GamerErman2001 2 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of when Tronicsfix made an April Fools video about the perfect amount of thermal paste and basically destroyed a non-working PS4.

@Sigurther 2 жыл бұрын

🤣

@prereax8047 2 жыл бұрын

I had no idea those to shared a lot of viewers. Made my night 😀

@YaBoiHunterr 2 жыл бұрын

As someone who would love to own a computer shop this series has given me so much insight and valuable knowledge and scenarios. Truly appreciate every single of of these.

@nelsonmediacreations 2 жыл бұрын

As always, great fix Greg! Love this series please keep it going. I have a soft spot in my heart for the blue Gigabyte MB, almost zero failures and tons of success 🥳

@AmyGrrl78 2 жыл бұрын

I wonder if the bad Motherboard has a bad BIOS flash or corrupt BIOS. But he didn't mention anything about the BIOS. Maybe the board doesn't have a BIOS Flashback Feature.

@mattio79 2 жыл бұрын

The fact that it never posted is a clue that this might be correct, but if the BIOS is the culprit, the cycling would not be happening. This is 100% a power-delivery issue.

@onomatopoeia162003 2 жыл бұрын

probably what it is..

@christophervanzetta 2 жыл бұрын

@@mattio79 no it’s a bois issue lol

@H3LLGHA5T 2 жыл бұрын

Judging by the age of the board, I think the CMOS battery just died. Check the voltage of these on old boards.

@Dennzer1 Жыл бұрын

Unreal he didn't check this, or that eprom idea. CMOS battery though, is a no brainer, you would assume,.... Why is Greg so bad at this while being otherwise good? and calling a Core series "from the early 2002s, " ...cringe.

@joemacleod5799 2 жыл бұрын

I'm still using a Corsair 800D too...no need to change....need the space for my cooling loop....same one since Nov 2014. I enjoy the content. Nice to see someone helping others!

@Vegasvacation14 2 жыл бұрын

Yay! My favorite videos from you Greg. Keep these kind of videos coming. 👍

@cptwhite 2 жыл бұрын

Dust the CPU pins with a detail brush very lightly in the direction of the pins, then blow out with compressed air if possible. Do the same with the RAM slots and the PCI-E slots, I've got two "dead" motherboards working by simply doing this. One had a single fragment of dirt ingess in the CPU socket (which I missed on multiple inspections, and only noticed under a microscope on about the 5th inspetion), the other was brought back to life be cleaning out the DIMM slots. Case reminds me of a Thermaltake F51 Suppressor I inherited last winter, just ungodly huge.

@rickspoelstra7279 2 жыл бұрын

Also you could reprogram the Bios chip just to be sure

@juansnow5897 2 жыл бұрын

Personally i think its either a dead cmos or a failed chip, on older boards its common, especially not posting at all if the battery is dead and if its the original battery it’s gonna either be dead or too low a voltage, not seen one of these boards for years, I remember doing a clear cmos by taking the battery out once and it wouldn’t post until i put it back in, I’m glad that issue went away with later gens

@benroberts2222 2 жыл бұрын

Is that case missing MB standoffs on the right side/front? That seems like it could lead to a lot of flex on the PCB

@gummibar368 2 жыл бұрын

yeah you saw that it bent alot when he puts in the 24pin connector. Should be fixable with some new screwable standoffs. I wonder why he didn't bother fixing that.

@giantheman16 2 жыл бұрын

this is nostalgic, ive rocked an i3-540, 2c 4t way way back... and a blue colored 1156 intel mobo ... this brings sweet sweet gaming memories ... thanks for your service greg

@catalystguitarguy 2 жыл бұрын

When a motherboard has an onboard power button should you still be using the pins to jump start it?

@GregSalazar 2 жыл бұрын

It doesn't matter. Either way. But jumping removes another failure point if the physical power button is bad.

@UnknownUser_0000 2 жыл бұрын

The King is in the house!! I hope you enjoy your holiday weekend and time with your family. Cheers bro. 🍻

@GregSalazar 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers, man! Thanks for watching!

@zellar1 2 жыл бұрын

Very nice!! Nice to see an old PC in your shop!

@colinallen39 2 жыл бұрын

Always interesting content Greg thank you buddy

@VincentADK 2 жыл бұрын

I love how big the case is and how tiny the gpu is. 😂

@nushnume 2 жыл бұрын

it's almost as big as that sound card.Still,i don't think this was the original configuration this case had.The owner probably had parts laying around and threw them together,i mean there is an EVGA motherboard that looks to have been mid to high end,with RAM that has agressive heatsinks but the CPU has a 10$ cooler along with a modular Seasonic PSU so it does't really make sense

@reverendcoffinsotherson5807 2 жыл бұрын

That's a big boy indeed. Wow. I wouldn't have the space for such a huge PC.

@Blubb5000 Жыл бұрын

Great repair videos!!

@SVegito1 2 жыл бұрын

ive learned so much from these videos thank you so much

@GregSalazar 2 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad!

@WouterVerbruggen 2 жыл бұрын

Have you tried to replace the bios battery? I've seen plenty of boards which didn't boot because the battery's voltage was too low, I'm dealing with board from this period regularly.

@jeffreyjohnson5964 2 жыл бұрын

I 2nd this. I bet anything the symptoms very one model of motherboard to another. And finally it's old enough.

@mattio79 2 жыл бұрын

You might inadvertently cause a GPU issue by putting the sound card so close to the fan. I'd have put it one slot further away for airflow purposes.

@MisterGiGs 2 жыл бұрын

I was going to say something similar. However, the sound card cannot be placed any lower. That sound card is PCIe, the slots further down are old school PCI, so is incompatible, it could however go above the GPU like how it was placed in the original motherboard. I also wondered why it was placed as it was to choke out the GPUs airflow.

@mattio79 2 жыл бұрын

@@MisterGiGs It's PCIe X1, so it can indeed go above the GPU. If there is any shorting concern, a coating of liquid electrical tape (like Plastidip) can be put on the back of the GPU like a conformal coating, or even the tails of the THCs can be trimmed, further reducing the chance of a short.

@daytimerocker3808 Жыл бұрын

I love the older gen high end boards with power button/reset buttons on board, clear cmos, memory refresh even this board has holes for 775 and 1156 so when u upgraded you could use your old cooler. Would have been a nice little upgrade to get him the i7 870 for only 10 bucks more.

@Mr.D.J.Anderson 2 жыл бұрын

thx Greg, Loved it, I'm still running a 4790k so seeing some older tech was great.

@z4v3k 2 жыл бұрын

17:43 you seriously put the sound card in front of the single fan GPU? I know the customer can change it back on top or you probably switched it back after, but come on it's so irrational.

@CAOSWOLFIII 2 ай бұрын

Until you look at it and realize it doesn't impede the fan at all as the fan is on the side pointing down.

@z4v3k 2 ай бұрын

@@CAOSWOLFIII I should have put a timestamp at 17:43, he put the sound card in front of the graphics card, it was behind it originally as it should be.

@katlynch2334 2 жыл бұрын

I cant tell you how much I am addicted to these videos!

@sillyz9578 2 жыл бұрын

I never noticed the Sempiternal vinyl you had - Kudos points to you for now being my fav tech tuber lol

@iazeemabbas 2 жыл бұрын

I had the same soundcard back in my 2nd i7. Had a phenomenal time using it

@christopheredwards4428 2 жыл бұрын

I haven't fixed a pc in 20 years and nothing has changed only newer parts, love the series keep up the good work

@oib0y 2 жыл бұрын

I still have my Obsidian 800D sitting right here. It's housed several computers over the years. When I first got it my intention was to put in a custom water cooling loop but well, it never happened. I'm loving my newer 5000D with my latest hardware. A much more practical size

@fidazaman3155 2 жыл бұрын

My previous system was an core 2 quad, MB is P7N SLI, ddr 2x4, GPU- MSI 580 Lightning Extreme edition. It had the same problem. Used it from 2008 to 2015. I will try to fix the problem using this video as a guideline. Thanks brother.

@philthyphil1017 Жыл бұрын

Ironic how we're all saying CHECK CMOS GREG! and yet on other videos people are all like "why take the time to check CMOS OMG"..... love it. Love the channel. Love PCs.

@rHinosYth Жыл бұрын

The case is amazing!!! :)

@ITuffe 2 жыл бұрын

That smile at the end when the PC boots , priceless! 🤩

@Mhothan Жыл бұрын

3:38 made me actually lol! Always great content!

@byteme0000 Жыл бұрын

Omg those huge old hernia-inducing cases that held a half-dozen spinners bring back unpleasant memories. Almost the only systems I build nowadays are ITX (and the very occasional mATX). Thank goodness for M.2 SSDs... best thing ever.

@NismoPWNS 2 жыл бұрын

wow that's a big boy! i like seeing the older platforms in these videos

@egmccann 4 ай бұрын

Nice... I've got an i7-860 I *just* finally pulled out of my Coolermaster 690 II this morning, actually. It was still working, running like a champ.

@The.2.Minute-Man Жыл бұрын

Hi from Aussie .... Easily the best computer repair channel on the planet .. ( as always Liked )

@naomy1701 Жыл бұрын

and i thought my old rigs Gigabyte B75M board is old, but this one beats it by 3 years lol and still works, great quality i dare say (my own B75M also still works, just got semi retired due to upgrading to a new gaming rig, but its amazing how long those old motherboards are working!)

@SoMiSongbird Жыл бұрын

Oh I love older PC's, rocking a 3rd gen i7 it still slaps I like seeing these get attention and being used still, this whole episode reminds me what I went through with my old system this year actually though it was almost doing the same except there were times it worked fine, I suspected my board was dying because I tried different rams different CPU and the problem persisted I didn't have a board or a different PSU to test though, so I was pretty sure it was the board, wrong, it was my power supply, lol. PSUs and Boards when they are malfunctioning or stop functioning have very similar symptoms. PCs are sooooo crazy when it comes to troubleshooting.

@willn8664 2 жыл бұрын

Are you able to do a spin-off followup series to Fix or Flop where you dive deeper into the broken components that were replaced in previous Fix or Flop episodes? Like for example soldering? If possible of course. Or like when you mentioned in this episode a follow after you sent the item to EVGA.

@xerxesYt123 2 жыл бұрын

props to the person that did the closed captions, that also gave me a laugh

@johnpaulbacon8320 2 жыл бұрын

Nice job on the fix. Good video. With the age I thought it was the MB - most of the time cpu's don't fail as often especially with older hardware.

@meusana3681 2 жыл бұрын

CPUs are the opposite of cars. They either break in the first hundred miles, or almost never.

@taggerman6867 2 жыл бұрын

I immediately recognized the case from PC Building Simulator. In the IT Expansion, that case comes up so much, especially after the off-site visits that involved said case. Imagine having to lug that monster around, holy hell.

@RRReviews10X Жыл бұрын

Shipping it with a CPU in is always nice too because it protects the pins and socket.

@JimONeill 2 жыл бұрын

Anyone else hoping the motherboard would be fine just to see Greg's frustrated reaction? I love those moments when Greg comes across a problem that involves a more deeper examination and investigation. Fix or Flop is like a mystery thriller but for PCs. Detective Salazar is on the case (pardon the pun).

@MetalMilitia6g7x 2 жыл бұрын

I've had two of these EVGA P55 FTW boards paired with an i7-860S. I managed a full 1.5 ghz overclock and was stable for 2-3 years until the board started dying. It would power off randomly which became more frequently then had similar behavior at the end with this board you have where it'd power cycle. I hunted for another p55 ftw on ebay and slapped everything back together and oc'd to 3.75ghz and gave away to my friend... Really great memories with that setup. I miss that era where if you were brave and patient you could be rewarded with some nasty overclocks!

@Jimmyjames6988 2 жыл бұрын

Great video Greg, if you want I may know the issue with that motherboard, I won't say the owner tried to update the bios but if it was it could have corrupted and then if you look at the board it looks like evga added a socket to be hooked up externaly to the tools to reupload a bio's that works and is stable just looks like that may be the issue. I could be wrong also.

@SuperTubensenf 2 жыл бұрын

Would have loved to know what the issue was with the board! Really enjoying the videos btw.

@Kindaslow83 Жыл бұрын

this series is very helpsome! i am a complete noob when it comes to hardware. but i just managed to dissasemble gaming laptop. deepclean it, repaste, put it back together again and it still works!! yaay. and the idle temps has gone down by 20-30 degrees celsius!! its only 14 months old with a 3070 mobile in it, but the factory paste was rock hard and bone dry, and when i got it i was gaming in quite a dusty environment. so now it great. gaming temp has also gone down a large amount. from 86(max templimit i set in sw) to 68-70 celsius peak temp on gpu. thx

@Bluelagoonstudios 2 жыл бұрын

I have the same case, the Corsair 850D, it was equipped with an i7 950 CPU with LGA1366 socket, now I build a ryzen system, with a custom water loop and a lot of RGB, and that is pretty much where it was build for. Also, the swapable HD bays made it easy to change drives. But yes, it breaks your back, it's a typical, stand and don't move case. But the airflow is very good, from the bottom to the top.

@A1000TONFBI 2 жыл бұрын

As always an excellent video. Was rewriting the BIOS not a viable option?

@ewardtv2019 Жыл бұрын

I had that issue a long time ago and replaced the cmos battery and that fixed the problem.

@echowhiskey419 Жыл бұрын

Massively dig that motherboard color!

@Jules_Diplopia 2 жыл бұрын

What a lovely big case. I had no idea if it was the board or the CPU, both were so old.

@koolgaming876 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome channel you have here

@Eekers73 2 жыл бұрын

my answer was the MB , after the first 4 secs of the vid , when the unit powered on and off , probably when they upgraded the case they forgot a standoff on the case and when they screwed down the board or added the ram or the graphics they pushed too hard and it severed a connection on the PCB , 4 secs lol , but ive been building computers for over 30yrs so i knew this .. :) , nice work on the troubleshoot , keep it up

@archit7401 2 жыл бұрын

18:46 Greg sees the lights turn off again😂😂

@mutasimrahman6833 2 жыл бұрын

In my experience, when a PC keeps experiencing this exact issue, it usually has to do with the CPU. Either the CPU isn't in the socket all the way, or the power cable for the CPU isn't plugged in or plugged in properly. I love this series for this exact reason, because I can further expand my knowledge on different symptoms and their solution. Keep it up Greg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@KYRSZ-gd1qt 2 жыл бұрын

It's also important to check the CMOS battery as well. This 40+ dollar solution could have only cost 2 dollars.

@Websitedr 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah the case is large but also helps with having space for larger water cooling setup if he gets to that. I'm still using my 900D got a decade ago and it can rock the massive 360-420-480 rads in push/pull without any clearance issues.

@iddan1205 2 жыл бұрын

Use to run SLI in case's like this....I miss SLI /Cross-fire.

@user-wf8bc4iy8m 2 жыл бұрын

good work ❤️

@jasonroos5781 2 жыл бұрын

thats my exact case and i love it. i also have a 1st gen i7 still running in it.

@thekangaroo1880 2 жыл бұрын

As soon as I recognised some of those albums in the backround I knew you had some good taste.

@billstathakos 2 жыл бұрын

Watched the first 10 min and it reminded me of a system I debugged 15 or so years ago. Found they had installed an extra post in the case for the mainboard.

@daystarcreations Жыл бұрын

I love your content, im new into building pcs and your content is an inspiration to me. Thank you.

@ryogahibiki3838 2 жыл бұрын

Hey greg, many thanks to putting CC (closed captions) because for being deaf and to understand whats the problem on the pc. Basically u're like PC whisperer (jk) i had that issue many years ago and i thought it was my PSU after many power outage and in the end it was the mobo and socket PCI-E dead, and i had to buy almost everything, new mobo + CPU + memory ram as u mentioned before if the mobo and cpu is dead. Keep it up the good videos!