Fixing a Viewer's BROKEN Gaming PC? - Fix or Flop S5:E15

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#FixOrFlop

[@oook1670]

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]

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

[@Quad_Quest_CostaRica]

GG on the PSU man.

[@stephenhood2948]

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]

Spoiler alert!😜

[@pharmdiddy5120]

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 :)

[@Beezzzzy_]

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

[@GregSalazar]

Much appreciated!

[@KrastyoKrastev]

Same

[@greggmacdonald9644]

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

[@Big_boom90]

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

[@fireaussie7511]

@@greggmacdonald9644 does it work though?

[@Sid-Cannon]

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]

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

[@baronnucleus401]

I do air conditioning work. Every time you cut power and turn the power back on, there is a 5 minute time delay before the equipment starts. It is the longest 5 minutes of your life. Greg just triggered me in those few seconds of waiting for it to post lol!

[@ChairmanMeow1]

@@MrPruske I have a 128GB system on an Asus board, takes 90-95 seconds to boot. Drives me nuts.

[@scottkeough7126]

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]

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]

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]

Lol, I'm the same way!

[@scvic2006]

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

[@mozzjones6943]

Something that seems to slip away in these PC build/fix videos is grounding. Static is still a real component killer, and only takes a small zap from your fingers (which you won't see or feel) to kill a ram stick (commonly) or motherboard or CPU or even GPU at the worst end! Just be cautious and touch anything that's grounded before you handle your business. Just touch the edge of your case or the metal parts of components or edge of PCBs before handling anywhere else to equalise any potential build up and you'll be cool.

[@jasonportula]

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

[@NewTestamentDoc]

love the sense of humor!

[@stephenhood2948]

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??

[@themightypen1530]

This channel and Northwest Repair are KZbin treasures.

[@floydlooney6837]

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

[@michaeloneill1360]

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]

Lol I needed a laugh. Thank dawg.

[@AnonymousUser-ww6ns]

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

[@jeremyschillinger917]

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.

[@nextcornerman]

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!

[@ichibi87]

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)

[@Eric79-f7i]

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

[@WouterVerbruggen]

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]

Wouldn't that destroy mosfets and transistors?

[@WouterVerbruggen]

@@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

[@Gushtyy]

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

[@rikvanb2214]

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

[@GregSalazar]

Glad you like them!

[@Devo_gx]

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

[@b9bot148]

Keeping your rig clean will help temps and reliability. I'm always cleaning my dust filters about every couple of weeks. A power duster is a great tool to get to do a more in-depth cleaning of the case like every 6 months. A clean PC is a happy PC.

[@Miniputt_999]

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]

i bought the 1200 watt one. its great.

[@PaulLemars01]

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]

IBP PSU?

[@charliesretrocomputing]

@@WirrWicht i guess he meant be quiet?

[@WirrWicht]

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

[@charliesretrocomputing]

@@WirrWicht I thought so...

[@Itbankrock]

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.

[@Jamoca5020]

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

[@walterlegere1403]

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!

[@blademasterzero5295]

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!

[@pklemming]

When diagnosing issues without removing the initial hardware, I use and endoscope to my phone. It makes it a lot easier to see what is going on in hard to reach places, plus you have a light-source too. Spent 20+ years building and fixing Pcs, even down to making gart drivers.

[@michaelthompson9798]

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

[@glenndavis341]

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. 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@gianf.9215]

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!

[@hodaboy1]

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.

[@bumbaclot813]

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.

[@ragreen2]

My previous desktop build used the same motherboard and a 5600G. 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.

[@EmilChristensenHeaton]

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 😁

[@gamerforever5105]

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

[@mactep1]

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

[@RaimaNd]

I've the dark power 13 1000W aswell since few months. Costs like 250 Euro. It's absolutely great. I use it with a ryzen 9 7950x3d and gigabyte 4080 super aorus master. That setup uses as much watt as my old build with a i7 9700k and 2070 super windforce.

[@quantumreality215]

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

[@edison3571]

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.

[@RAYMOND122918]

Surely you update to a newish bios for the rig when you use a new motherboard, to help with the power options, and security concerns if nothing else.

[@johnhudson7055]

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

[@AnonymousUser-ww6ns]

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

[@Nosi75]

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.

[@anoniem1987]

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

[@BubbyLive]

4:05 That "Uh Oh" got me dying

[@ralithorn3798]

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

[@derekf1283]

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

[@-Noble]

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

[@johnnycruz117]

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!

[@jamesbrassfield8409]

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

[@GregSalazar]

Thanks, I'll certainly try!

[@jx9737]

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

[@LTG12]

Had a similar issue a few months ago with my psu. We had power issues in our neighborhood and it took out my PSU and my GPU. Got a new GPU and I heard that sound and I also thought it was coil whine so I swapped out that psu for a friends which did the trick for a while then it also start making that sound because the power issues weren’t over. Don’t understand what happened because I had my pc plugged into a surge protector but from what I was told the voltage was fluctuating and that’s what did it for those pc components. Should out to the guys in your discord Greg for helping me out. Keep doing the good things that you do 🙏🏽.

[@Yuriel1981]

You need to get a sinewave UPS. It will regulate the power coming in and make sure it is on the same frequency that your PSU is using.

[@LTG12]

@@Yuriel1981 thanks man ill have a look int one.. my pc has been fine since tho but id hate to lose any parts to my electrical company.

[@epicsgamer1998]

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.

[@rocketbunny2k24]

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

[@CoreyPL]

Greg, Ryzen boards always take a long time to post for the 1st time or when CPU or RAM is changed :) A tip for testing the motherboard with minimum risk - buy a buzzer (internal speaker), every motherboard have pins for it. For motherboards without digital or LED error code signaling this is the simplest way of testing if motherboard is at least alive. You don't even have to put CPU or RAM in it. You only risk PSU, which you've already connected. Also always test motherboard out of the system with the least components and cables connected. So many times I've seen shorts to the case, fried fan PCBs tripping safeguards, cables degraded after time etc. Not to mention obvious ones like damaged PSU or GPU.

[@Roobotics]

That Floppy Molex connector being plugged where is was in that USB header, means either +5 to +5 and +12 to GND, or +12 to +5 and +5 to GND happened, depending which way it was plugged in, neither of which case, is likely recommended.

[@fallenphoenixfilms]

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

[@ianokeytv5382]

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

[@brucepreston3927]

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!

[@hill2hell]

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. 😂

[@KingcoleIIV]

Greg you are awesome and humble AF.

[@_Sn0_]

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

[@tspawn35]

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.

[@MaheerKibria]

Training memory can take a lot of time on Ryzen I’ve seen it take 30 minutes. Also as a side note occasionally giving the motherboard a few days for the capacitors to discharge can bring back the motherboard. Not always but if the voltage is wrong at a cap it can keep it from booting even if nothing is actually damaged.

[@JamesDavidWalley]

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.

[@sudoertor2009]

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.)

[@aliensounddigital8729]

Switch out that horrible psu for a corsair, seasonic, superflower, fsp, or be quiet!. Would never trust gamdias psu's ever. The default should be gold only or higher. Usually only go with trusted brands with good rep. The off the wall brands will get you in trouble most of the time.

[@GregSalazar]

Yep! We did!

[@warwagon]

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

[@Impactz]

“51 Risc(k)” while using that card 😆

[@Shrapnel-dg3hd]

There are 51 Risks for running that 51 Risc GPU

[@savagezerox]

You're working on carpet. Wear an electrostatic band connected to a ground...like to a grounding point if you have one near you, or attached to a 'banana jack outlet plug adapter' you then plug into a surge protector/power strip.

[@ericcardinal4788]

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

[@michaelsoutherland3023]

That DRAM-less WD BLUE SN580 is excellent for thin and light laptops. 0:50 Blows away the previous SN570 and SN750, even choose it over the SN770. Note: Pick something like a Crucial P5 Plus or Samsung 980 Pro for desktop PC boot drives since power efficiency isn't everything.

[@yourfavoritelawnguy2722]

Be Quiet and SeaSonic Both make some Great looking and well made PSU's. No stupid rpg for the basement brick, just a nice finish and all the nice components.

[@AnonymousUser-ww6ns]

Yep quite so

[@jarnom85]

I had AsRock B650M PG Riptide that was half dead DOA, brand new. Only 1 memory channel worked, if i plugged 2 sticks or ram it wouldnt boot. After that i have tested all mainboards before i put them into case and build system on it. It's not guaranteed that brand new sealed box parts are working, so i still recommend testing them.

[@johnstancliff7328]

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!

[@Junior41180]

Thanks for taking us for the ride with you Greg.

[@gamerforever5105]

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

[@jdspencer60]

Love American Megatrends splash screen lol

[@TalesOfWar]

Looks like the system integrator that made this cheeped out on some bits and the owner is paying the price. Also the board will have told the PSU to shut off. PSU's don't have any smarts unless it's using the new 12pin connector on a native ATX 3.0 PSU. Any trips will either be from the board or physical safety features in like fuses and stuff.

[@Cjking1]

I love watching these videos right before bed

[@ProVest97]

If I were going to give a pc to someone to fix for free, I would at least take the time to clean it out somewhat. Good job in repairs Greg.

[@oook1670]

i am the owner of this rig, trust me i wanted to really clean it but i have no compressed air or cleaning supplies. I did try my best to take out most of the gunk and dust but it proved difficult to clean it and i did not wanna cause any further damage.

[@frailtyproductions]

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

[@sammorrow8420]

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

[@RaiderJake69]

Love this series

[@nocturneuh]

This was fun, thank you Greg 👍

[@GregSalazar]

Thanks for watching!

[@Beisepimp]

Well, it's not always the best idea to connect every cable you will find on a power supply. :D I'm also having one of these AliExpress GTX 1660S , it's working fine also with the official drivers. 🙂

[@TheHardneckmc]

The Spanish is coming out of you adding a 1000wat psu to that build. Like adding 20grand chrome rims to a Honda civic.

[@JoshOB21]

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

[@michaelwoehl8822]

Back to the basic's, great job.

[@lpconserv6074]

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

[@akr4s1a]

I do want to say, laptop GPUs reballed onto Desktop GPUs are hella cool with the proper community Frakenstein drivers, my NAS has a 3060m for video transcoding and other GPU tasks and it's great, super performant and power efficient but I also intentionally bought one knew what I was getting.

[@Rich_Jamison]

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

[@AnonymousUser-ww6ns]

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

[@ghiellie]

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

[@blahorgaslisk7763]

Power related problems can be fun. You just have to have the right PSU. I worked sa a PC technician for about 40 years. In that time I saw a lot of interesting problems on parts customers returned, most common were motherboards as the company I worked for sold those. Now I remember a few where capacitators on the MB caused the problem by shorting power to ground. Now using almost any modern PSU it would just switch off when the current got to high. However the PSU I used when testing was an industrial unit without really any safeties. This was a 460W PSU that I managed to run a 8 CPU Athlon server on once. I don't think 460W was anywhere close to what it could deliver. Anyway a number of motherboards I tested started with a bang as a capacitator was blown sky high. Now this wasn't a repair in our opinion but we returned those motherboards to the manufacturer with details so they could be replaced. Still, a brutal PSU can sometimes "wake" a MB that has died. But a few times it also burned traces on motherboards which is a less than optimal result when testing parts.

[@WELSHYTECH]

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

[@Cheezzepuff]

I laughed when he said, "Only fan." Yeah I'm 13 mentally. 9:33

[@kikihun9726]

Try to measure those pins with multimeter in resistance mode. You can find out and say some more intresimg things with it.

[@GGigabiteM]

I will never understand people in intentionally plugging the berg floppy power connector into random headers on the motherboard. I myself have encountered this twice in my 30 years of computer repair. I don't remember much about the first system I encountered it on, but it was some generic white box Pentium 4 system. The berg floppy power was plugged into a random header on the sound card, and the IDE CD-ROM drive was plugged into the floppy port on the motherboard using a 34 pin ribbon cable. Miraculously after these issues were fixed, everything worked except the header on the sound card, the traces going to the header had blown up and vaporized and acted like a fuse that protected everything else. The IDE CD-ROM required some surgery on the IDE connector due to bent pins from the 34 pin ribbon cable being smashed into it. The second system was from a few years back, a customer of mine gave me an old white box Athlon 1000 system that was dead. Upon inspection, again the berg floppy power was plugged into a sound header on the motherboard. This time though, it caused a half inch square hole to be blown in the motherboard, down 3 or 4 layers deep. I did some intensive cleaning to remove all of the soot and vaporized metal and amazingly the motherboard started working again, sans the integrated sound, that whole area of the board no longer existed. Don't be a smooth brain and randomly plug connectors in you have no idea what they go to.

[@wateryevents960]

Here is the order I pick my parts in: PSU/case, CPU/MB, GPU, ram, boot drive, monitor, mouse/keyboard, storage drive. If I can't get the tower built in one trip, follow this list, getting the best parts you can at each step. You will have a solid build.

[@IAmStillNotMatthew]

Those screws remind me of my previous PC in a Zalman case. So little space for cables on the back I had to hold the PC case between my legs so the back panel will line up properly for the screws. I still have the case, it's sitting empty, tried to sell it for ~12€ with the only person interested wanted to get it delivered to the other side of the country with shipping being on me lmao, but yeah, the side panel is BENT and the screw holes are elliptical now lol

[@clayton8816]

You could maybe use one of those CPUs from previous episodes, assuming you still have any, that had only one working memory channel and pair that with the trusty XFX card and some cheap DDR4 memory to test the board.

[@dr.shrimppuerto-rico2649]

I had that exact same "coil whine" buzzing problem from a brand new "EVGA 210-GQ-1000-V1." I have no idea what caused it and there were never any performance or booting issues with it. I did end up replacing it with a "be quiet! Straight Power 11 Platinum 850W" after the whining got too obnoxious though. Best decision I ever made lol

[@AnonymousUser-ww6ns]

Yeah EVGA still does make PSUs but the warranty is lackluster at only 3 years along with charging $100 for mediocre products. Yeah bequiet is better and has 10 year warranty if I’m correct.

[@pharmdiddy5120]

Pure cringe for an overspec PSU? No way! They've got a really nice upgrade path now. Great video :)

[@j.p.h.8126]

Man i did not expect a floppy power cable connected to the board. I thought for sure it was a RAM or bios issue.