Hi everyone, this is my pc in the video. I am forever grateful to Greg for fixing this for me, the original problem in the build was constant boot cycling, not the motherboard being fried. I suppose I accidentally plugged the floppy cable in while I was putting it back together and was too sleep deprived to notice. As for the GPU, it is long gone now and replaced with an actual on brand 2080-ti. I know the computer was dirty as I did not have any compressed air or cleaning supplies and the case is way too small to get in there and really clean. If you have any questions lmk.

@SoficalAspects

7 күн бұрын

No worries, mistakes happens in life - the important part is understanding why they happen. Enjoy your upgraded working PC!

@Cromwell_506

7 күн бұрын

GG on the PSU man.

@stephenhood2948

7 күн бұрын

I had bought a few prebuilts before, but decided to build my next PC. While building it I told myself there is no way I would leave the plastic on the AIO coldplate. Got the motherboard in the case and realized I didn't put the AIO backplate on the motherboard. Took it back out, threw the backplate on and promptly proceeded to install the AIO with the plastic on the coldplate. Luckily I caught it right away, so it was just a matter of a bit more thermal paste, but the moral of the story is mistakes happen. Don't sweat it.

@adamjbarry

7 күн бұрын

Spoiler alert!😜

@pharmdiddy5120

7 күн бұрын

I know all about how long it takes to troubleshoot a wonky system. By the end of the day you're in no shape to put it back together sometimes. Congrats on the new system! Hope you get a long life out of it :)

I see Fix or Flop, I click watch, I click like, I comment to boost the algorithm, I'm a simple man.

@GregSalazar

7 күн бұрын

Much appreciated!

@KrastyoKrastev

7 күн бұрын

Same

@greggmacdonald9644

7 күн бұрын

Same. I do wish he didn't use the grey-market/borderline illegal CD key site as a sponsor though.

@Big_boom90

6 күн бұрын

Why not? Do you want people to pay full price for windows? ​@@greggmacdonald9644

@fireaussie7511

6 күн бұрын

@@greggmacdonald9644 does it work though?

After you've put everything together and you have to wait a few seconds when you power on for a POST. The more seconds that pass the more your brain is running at 100MPH wondering what you've done wrong. Then you get a POST and feel mightily relieved ... Been there many times before and it still gets me every time.

@MrPruske

3 күн бұрын

server motherboards can take minutes to post depending on how much ram is installed. -sigh-

The power supply sounds like hell but at least it's rgb.😂

@NewTestamentDoc

7 күн бұрын

love the sense of humor!

@sdHansy

7 күн бұрын

that's an double negative, if you ask me.

@stephenhood2948

7 күн бұрын

RGB PSUs are a bit cringy, but honestly as long as it lets you play games it is what it is. I love some RGB, but RGB in places you will never see is a little WTH??

This channel and Northwest Repair are KZread treasures.

My favorite part of these is watching how confident Greg is. I cant so much as reseat my RAM without having some kind of existential crisis and Anxiety that doesn't go away until everything is back up and running. Great to see and will always be happy to see a fix or flop.

@jdspencer60

7 күн бұрын

you just gotta get in there and get your hands dirty. but use all the old school car mechanic techniques. lay everything out in a pattern so that you can reassemble it in reverse. stuff like that. It's not that scary once you've swapped your processor a couple times and flashed your bios successfully a few times lol

@williehrmann

6 күн бұрын

My old system had uptimes of 600 to 800 days because I was afraid restarting alone would bring it to never Start up again. That happened a lot. Needed to run Windows repair which also failed a lot of times. Chkdsk helfen sometimes. Mind you my hdd Was from 3 Systems Backwards from 2004. The win 7 install from 2009 and Was in 3 systems before and never updates because Updates didnt work. Was a 3770k, 16 GB ddr3, 1070 and Windows 7 rig. I upgraded in 2022. That very hdd is still now in my System and running. It shows low health but it works as side storage to my m.2. I think the bearings ran down over the 20 years of constantly spinning so it vibrates a lot. so much so that even with decoupling my whole Bigtower will vibrate violently when it turns on and starts spinning. I'm surprised that the head can still read data from there.

@jamesm5883

6 күн бұрын

Lol, I'm the same way!

@scvic2006

6 күн бұрын

All I’m gonna say here is my generation is built different.

What are the odds that a company spreading malware would call itself 51 RISC?

@michaeloneill1360

6 күн бұрын

Yeah, isn't RISC short for 'Reduced Instruction Set Computing'? Read: High End Non x86 Professional Server Hardware?? How dare they Bastardize that Acronym???

@bumbaclot813

6 күн бұрын

Lol I needed a laugh. Thank dawg.

@AnonymousUser-ww6ns

4 күн бұрын

Who the hell buys this GPU knowing that it has malware in the drivers. This is why off brand GPUS are not worth it.

When I was younger, only ever had 1 PC in the home. And you are right, makes troubleshooting tricky since you don't want to just waste money buying parts. Now days, we have a few different PC's. And that has made troubleshooting so much easier.

Let me tell you, as soon as I saw the PSU at the start of the video, I expected a swap. What I did NOT expect was a 1000W Titanium replacement lmao. Thanks Greg for another great video!

Seeing these videos being uploaded.. makes my day! Love the work Greg!

@GregSalazar

7 күн бұрын

Glad you like them!

You're so right about having extra components to test on. I used to test on a friend's system if I had problems (and vice versa) but these days people use laptops so when my system refused to post and I got VGA light on my ezDebug LEDs I didn't have a system to test my GPU or Mobo. Stuck with a dead system and guessing it's my mobo that's dead. It really is a blessing and privilege to have extra components for testing when there's issues. Great educational video as usual Greg (incredibly jelly about that new PSU/Mobo)

Im in love with that Be Quiet! black psu,looks great

Love this stuff, appreciate you Greg!!

Great video as always! Been watching this series for years, and hopefully much more in the future!

Great video. Many thanks to educate some of us!!

As always a great series to watch! I've learned a lot in trouble shooting from your videos that have helped me out in some of my own snags along the way. Keep it up man!

That was a real nice one! Post after post, you just keep on getting better.

This video was informative and very interesting that I've now watched it twice....waiting for the next one

This is splendid work mate

Love this series

Got the same psu for my 13900k and 4080 combo, be quiet products are so beautiful. Always love seeing some cleaning done in the FoF videos, so satisfying to see a clean system. Looking forward to the next one :D

@TriforceOfCourage97

7 күн бұрын

i bought the 1200 watt one. its great.

Love your videos man its helped me learn a lot and allowed me to actually troubleshoot and fix my own build a few months ago.

I love this series. Love everything about it. Trouble shooting. Really helped me think through and not panic when building my new build when the windows install kept being crazy, I had to factory reset twice but got it figured out.

Thanks for taking us for the ride with you Greg.

I love watching these videos. I'm new to PC building and I've learned a lot by watching these videos, thank you Greg!

Great video. As always wonderful job on the fix :)

Hope this keeps on going and gets better in the future!

Love this channel!

Hey Greg, I love to watch a man who loves his work! Enjoyed your video as usual.

I love watching these videos right before bed

With that floppy power connector on a usb header you either short 12v to ground, so the psu would shut down immediately. Or you send 12v onto the 5v rail, which almost certainly breaks stuff all around the board...

@simply_the_dev7588

3 күн бұрын

Wouldn't that destroy mosfets and transistors?

@WouterVerbruggen

3 күн бұрын

@@simply_the_dev7588 the 12 V short to ground? A -7 V on those parts should typically not be deadly, at least on the timescale in which the PSU shuts down and all caps discharge I would say. But I'm a physicist not an electrical engineer

Hey Greg, again a nice episode with straight forward and logical troubleshooting. Thanks for this content. I love to guess the root cause and how you will approach it. Keep doing this great stuff. This helps the systems owners and gives us a lot of fun.

Awesome video as always :)

Great job!

Vey nice. I was holding my breath for the start, and it did start :-)

Once again a top notch troubleshooting video, love the contact. Heads up to your sponsers as well, I updated to a bequiet 1200 watt because of yiour videos.

man i love these videos.

Greg this series of Fix or flop is so unique , not many tech savy's do it this days , keep this amazing content coming we appreciate you my friend 😁

Just got home, checked youtube and POW! Man like Greg vid is out!

Wow, that went a direction I didn’t expect, never would have thought a power supply in a prebuilt would have a floppy disk power cable!

Love seeing my exact MB used in a project.. 😍

10 minutes n checked in for fav series.lets goooo

Glad to see that rig running smooth sailing again. That PSU is a massive, MASSIVE upgrade. That thing will last for eternity. Ty Greg for this awesome content! Always love your Fix or Flop videos.

Really enjoy your fix or flops! Once you showed the screw going the wrong way, I suspected a motherboard short. Keep up the good work.

This is going to be a good video. Keep up the good work Greg

@GregSalazar

7 күн бұрын

Thanks, I'll certainly try!

Very nice work! :) Loved this fix or flop with a mini PCDC as well! :) I was boggled at the floppy cable connector going onto the USB which probably did blow the board. I suspected user error (it's one of those things that can easily happen if you're in a rush) as the cause which was indeed the case. Luckily everything is back up and running! Success once more :D

Greg you are awesome and humble AF.

This was fun, thank you Greg 👍

@GregSalazar

7 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Absolutely love these videos 😶

Before the end, I was hoping it was the fan controller that was making all the other things not working but glad everything worked out. Great job again Greg and hoping for the next episode!

Earliest I ever been to one of these vids Greg love watching these on my free time

That Gamdias PSU wanted to be a house fire when it grew up.

Always better to err on the side of caution than to tempt fate. Great job Greg.

Back to the basic's, great job.

Great video You kicked my OCD into high gear when you showed the APU fan and the black sticker was not centered haha.

Michigan here.. really a great video. I like the ones that show how some small mistake can cook components. I have been lucky to not kill anything to date but I did connect cables up wrong in the past and it took days and lots of stress before realizing my errors... guess that is why the motherboards come with manuals.

I just really love this series. Most KZreadrs (companies excluded) don´t really do this. Like just showing how to fix something is soooo valuable and also important.

Greg you're a beast my dude, thank you for bangers, you teach us something new every day

@GregSalazar

7 күн бұрын

I appreciate that!

Thanks to Greg, Be Quiet and pc donators for their effort and components in making these videos possible 🥰🥳💪😇👍

i heard the power supply omg throw that is a freaking nuke lol

My favourite series ever

6:47 i have no idea how someone con look at THAT and think "yeah, that's def how its supposed to go"

Nice job🤘🏻🏁

Muito obrigado, Avanco Social, pelos seguidores de excelente qualidade!

That original Phillips HUE light strips failure due to using wrong PSU cables was what got me to subscribe to the channel

Floppy power into a USB header. That's a new one.

Yes another Fix or Flop Now my evening is set thank you Greg

I love getting a 2-for in Greg's videos. FoF AND PCDC (well not deep but still cleaning!)

Good job Greg, as always

Don't blame ya for not plugging your stuff into that MB. Great stuff Greg!

@AnonymousUser-ww6ns

4 күн бұрын

I would have trashed the Asrock motherboard as it did short out.

dont mind me just here casually binge watching this series, every day on lunch

Muito obrigado, Avanco Social, pelos seguidores de primeira linha!

Another nice FIX!!! I wonder if anyone has kept a Fix vs Flop statistic?

Never been this early, can't wait to see it! Edit: A very good job, and you are right about the pain of not having components on hand. When I was on holiday visiting my girlfriend in Mexico (from the EU myself) I had no parts on hand. Bought a new PSU and motherboard because they were the most likely. No react to even the screwdriver power on, but the USB still had power. "Luckily" it was only the PSU that died, so the motherboard got exchanged for a new SSD, she only had 240GB

The only thing that drove me crazy is those off center stickers on the fans! lol...I know they are cheap but you would think they could do better than that...Great video as always!

Great video as usual Greg! Are you going to be doing another season of the deep cleaning series?

What I dont get is that people start building thier pc (Uprebuild exclued) but then cheap out on PSUs and then wonder when thier PC gets fried. I would never, how budget or high end a system is, make a sacrafice with power supplies, because at the end of the day, a bad cheap power supply makes your overall costs even higher with fried components. I dont get it how such PSUs even end up on the market when they are doomed to fail from the start.

@TalesOfWar

7 күн бұрын

A bad PSU can do far more than just fry your PC parts. It could fry your entire house.

@IggyHitokage

6 күн бұрын

@@TalesOfWar Nothing like waking up (or not) to a house fire because you were too cheap to spend $50 more.

@TimBoundy

6 күн бұрын

A lot of people don't realise that a cheap PSU can fry things. It takes some prior knowledge to be aware of it.

@DuneRunnerEnterprises

6 күн бұрын

Indeed. No-one wants to pay an extra, for a beefier PSU.

@milescarter7803

5 күн бұрын

I literally just had this happen. The input capacitor died. It was like $4 for 10 new ones. But we did lose the motherboard, CPU and 2 graphics cards 😢. Thankfully it was only a $60 board (even though it was a Z690), a 12100T and GTX 970/RX580. (*If" you know what you are doing the input capacitor replacement is pretty simple and brought my PSU back. It has successfully run a Dual X79 board since the re-capping. Don't mess with the PSUs they can kill you.(

I use the handle of a screwdriver to knock the IO shield out, keeps the fingers safely away. 😊 Love your channel Greg, keep up the great content. 🎉🎉🎉🎉

i miss the cleaning videos when you clean the dirty PCs lol still love the entire channel

Another enjoyable ForF video - the techie's answer to a Sherlock Holmes story. BTW, Greg, getting away from PCs for a moment, you ought to do a video on your watch collection someday. I know I'm usually checking what you've got on your wrist during these videos.

Well done Greg!!! That was a tough one and , you're right! I was glad that you mentioned the ability to have extra components to use as a test bench that most don't have at their disposal. It really irritates me when content creators just gloss over the fact that most people don't have rooms full of spare parts to play with to diagnose a system. I don't know why that bothers me but it does. I also would like to give you much respect for what you do (and yes we know your sponsors help greatly with the costs) because it's rare to see someone just reach out to people to help and not expect anything in return. Imagine what our world would be like if more people did this type of thing? I do it all the time but my expertise is in construction and renovation. I've helped build dozens of Habitat For Humanity houses over the years and worked in areas effected by tornados and hurricanes all over the Southeast and Midwest and have been volunteering now for about 15 years. At 64, I'm finding I can't do the things I did just ten years ago but I will never stop trying to give back to my community in some way. That's how I'm built. It gives me hope to see the younger generation doing the same kind of thing! Love the channel and I'll keep watching cause even though I'm old, I still learn new things every day! Keep up the good work!

Another case handled like a pro.

Gratidão, Avanco Social, pelos seguidores de excelente qualidade!

My previous desktop build used the same motherboard and a 5600. When I did my current desktop build I bought enough components so that my wife now uses the old build. She doesn't game so I didn't leave a discrete graphic card in it. Both the old PC and my current one (AM5/7600/7900 GRE/32GB 6000 RAM) work great for what we want them to do.

Can’t wait for the Charlotte Microcenter videos👍🏻

This one was an expensive one Greg. The IBP PSU is ridiculous levels of overkill, I would consider it a lifetime PSU for most people. The buzzing noise was indicative of the power supply failing but I think the motherboard was fine just before the rig was sent to you. However, once the user reassembled and plugged in the floppy connector to the RGB connector on the motherboard and (probably) power cycled it for the last time that was the coup de grace for it.

@WirrWicht

6 күн бұрын

IBP PSU?

@charliesretrocomputing

6 күн бұрын

@@WirrWicht i guess he meant be quiet?

@WirrWicht

6 күн бұрын

@@charliesretrocomputing Maybe, but is IBP not a shorthand for "I buy power"?

@charliesretrocomputing

6 күн бұрын

@@WirrWicht I thought so...

what a cute lil gigabyte :) Thanks Greg !

Love American Megatrends splash screen lol

Yea if everything else worked on a different machine i would just condemn the Mobo, especially you tried it with a different PSU. great video i always learn from your Fix or flop, also PCDC encouraged me to take my OLD GPU and a PSU apart and clean 'em before building a PC for my Dad with those.

Although clearing the CMOS was clearly not going to help this PC, I'm going to add my support for that being part of the normal process in other videos. I just had to RMA a brand new MSI board, which went painlessly until FedEx took two weeks to deliver my board, and upon finally receiving it, I could not get a POST. It would constantly cycle between three separate codes and keep the DRAM light lit until you powered it off, regardless of what RAM was installed (which was still an improvement over before the RMA because it wouldn't even try to start up any CPU). One CMOS clear later and the board finally worked. Anyone who complains about clearing the CMOS has no idea what they are doing and should be ignored.

The first power on is always the most nerve wracking, Hoping you put all the cables in correctly and didn't kill anything some how in the process of putting it together.

I'm a simple man. I see Fix or Flop videos, instant watch.

A Matrix Fan So Awesome 💯

It's true that alot of people do know how to troubleshoot the issues with the PC, but in reality the saying "I can't afford to try" is real. Since back then when I never had any spare parts to use for troubleshooting it was so hard to fix broken computers. 😂

Great video, I can't believe that berg connector was plugged into the USB header.

@AnonymousUser-ww6ns

4 күн бұрын

I couldn’t believe either like why in the hell did he do that.

Just started the video and I see the bomb in this build xD Its the psu

I could hear that sound from the psu before it got amplified cause it was loud as. But then I have incredibly sensitive hearing. (I can hear dog whistles and ultrasonic pet deterrents.)

2024 Greg? Tech tuber of the year.

I am having the same issue with my 5960X rampage 5. I will be ordering my MB/CPU replacement soon.

On my AMD Builds, I always use the APU Instead of the CPU.... the Ryzen 5 5600G works fine for gaming and I always go with a MINIMUM of 16GB of memory so the APU shows at least 2GB of video memory for the system. I very rarely use a GPU in the newer builds unless it is required by certain games and applications. Nice video Greg! Stay Safe!