Fixing a Viewer's BROKEN Gaming PC? - Fix or Flop S2:E15

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[@ayn89928]

Daddy salz

[@noitora99]

Ayo 🧐

[@NkeliteYT]

What?!

[@slipperyblank_]

🤨📸

[@DeerJerky]

I have many questions

[@wrightsolution]

sussy child

[@N7Trekkie]

Hey Greg, a friend of mine had a problem like this last month. For him, it was the sata data cable itself, the drive was perfectly fine. In your case, I'm sure it could be either the ssd or the cable that's causing the issue, just wanted to pass along the knowledge.

[@strohhuttv8848]

I had recently a similar problem my SATA SSD cable got slightly disconnected with my SSD and that caused my PC not to boot but I figured the problem really fast because the PC is new and worked yesterday... Also my motherboard had a red light on the storage indicating is a SSD/HDD storage problem.

[@WolvenSpectre]

Another possibility is a bad SATA port, there may be a bad solder on the Board.

[@newolku]

I have had a sata cable die on me before too. Found out real quick when linux refused to boot

[@OriruBastard]

Yeah, remember to change cables by time to time. At one point I thought I was really unlucky with PSUs, till I realized, hey maybe power chord is the issue or the power outlet. It was one big AHA moment for me around 7 years ago.

[@Gorgen2k]

Yeah also had a 1tb hd years ago witch i tought was about to die, but it was a red sata cable that was bad. As soon i changed to a new cable it was alive again, and still spinning today.

[@Matthew-vl8cd]

GREG: I came straight to your channel to say thank you! My computer has its first error today that I had to troubleshoot: no video signal + VRAM & CPU motherboard LEDs, and I was able to do it because of these videos. I reseated my RAM and cleared the CMOS and now my computer works again! These videos seriously help people, thank you!

[@ai_square]

That's a cheap SSD, but then probably a SATA cable issue since you've eliminated another issue which was a problematic SATA port when you changed the mobo.

[@imo098765]

@@beastmode7955 and the port was swapped when he swapped the entire mobo

[@jonmayer]

The cable is more than likely the culprit. I have had many sata cables fail. They're usually ones I've used in different systems for years.

[@scottellis5911]

I use a cheap 240 SSD on my rig it's around 5 years old still sectors are perfect

[@tibib0ss]

This series has by far been the best example of real life scenarios that can happen to anyone with their pc. PC building will forever be a trial and error kind of thing and it requires alot of patience to fix. Out of all youtube pc channels this one really has taught me the most

[@unxpecteddd]

This series is so informational for me and i learn alot, its also pretty fun to try to guess what the issue is before you can. thanks for this cool series Greg.

[@Run187]

* a lot..

[@hedonistic_mushroom]

Man, I just love that you keep running into these esoteric issues right and left. Also love that your channel's solution for different series of content is to create playlists for theme. Other KZbinr create outright new channels (LMG has like 5, granted their stuff is actually varied). Keep it coming, Greg!

[@ryogahibiki3838]

Seeing all the whole video until the SSD was the sole culprit with a sata cable but mentioning "2.5" Kingston SSD" on CC, and seeing the physical SSD in 10 seconds of the video, i realized, that's one of A4XX which its easily broken, because 3 years ago, there was many complaints of that exact Kingston A400 of driver failure or sata cable faulty or lack of DRAM and speed or the SSD doesn't do post. That's why i always knew of those Kingston SSDs is not reliable what happened in the past because of those A4XX. Anyway good video greg! Keep it up, its still kinda intriguing, also i thinked the same about the video card but in the end, video card was all ok.

[@luqmanajikusumo3312]

not to mention A400 also known to be counterfeited. so it's also possible that A400 is the counterfeit one

[@philreypaderogao3520]

had thos A400's, didn't event last 3 months...Started slowing down on read/writes speeds until my system won't boot anymore

[@Namika07]

Omg our old fam pc had a new kingston ssd(128gb) as its boot with win10 (was win7 before) just got upgrade it worked, went home it didnt work had no idea how pc work back then so we didnt bother getting it fixed for 5th time...now planning to get a new pc imma avoid kingston now (this was like 2019 maybe)

[@Tomazack]

Had one in a laptop a few years ago. Very satisfied with the upgrade from HDD until it just flatout died on me.

[@EXPERIMENTONGOD]

Yep, those Kingston's are crap, a Crucial MX500 will only cost a few bucks more and it has DRAM and it's way more reliable

[@leif-erichansens2635]

Really enjoying this series, great educational value ! I ran into this with a bad SATA CD-rom, keeping the system from posting. I got over 20 years of experience and I really appreciate that you are "teaching" the general audience some trouble shooting, while you learn yourself. And yes, during all this I also learned something, no matter how experienced you are, you are learning all the time.

[@NonLegitNation2]

I absolutely love this series, I like it better then the cleaning videos, overall I love troubleshooting videos and I think everyone else does too and that's why this series is so successful and we keep coming back.

[@jimwatson1013]

Greg, when you solved the long hang time issue. You had SUCH a big self indulgent grin and you deserve it, cos you explained the concept and It sounded possible and then you proved your hypothesis which was so wild to find in the first place so for you to think it and then prove it. Nah you deserve to be super pleased about that solution well done man.

[@zachcanreed8549]

Greg as a new PC builder I LOVE this series. Just watching you go through the diagnosing part is helping me learn so much. Part of the reason I wanted to build my pc was because I wanted a better understanding of how everything works together and this playlist is helping me learn a ton! Keep up a great work brother!

[@FIGHTERSCHOICEArcade]

Absolutely love this series!!! I have learned so much from your videos! Keep up the great work!!! 😎

[@tsiturbotsi]

Okay so this was a good one for me. I didn't know a drive going bad would make it hang going into BIOS. Even after troubleshooting tons of PC issues I never came across this one. Like you were talking about at the end this is why I always watch all your videos all the way through because you really make sure you find every detail of the problem instead of just getting a post and calling it good. Love this series!

[@NukeBreath]

Dude I absolutely love this playlist. I didn't see that coming. I have been pretty good at diagnosing some of the problems you've had before with other systems. I don't think I would have caught this one. Awesome. On an other note. Sad to say I can see other repair type services just saying hey you need a new this or that and not putting in the effort to find the real problem. Can't wait for the next one.

[@TheMitchellFloyd]

Great job Greg! I love this series and it's very awesome to learn of all the different ways cp's can go wrong! Keep up the great job!

[@JGoose-oy9qo]

Really like this series! Thanks for the step by step troubleshooting explanations, really learned something new 😀

[@lorduggae]

The more complicated the system, the more things can go wrong. Good work as always, I love troubleshooting vids

[@joelthenoob9868]

Every tech KZbinr: SSDs speed up your pc. This pc:

[@OrDuckVet]

Awesome as usual! Keep them coming Greg. Such a great playlist and so original!

[@candidosilva7755]

Nice video greg im Always waiting for this séries to watch and learn something in the process.

[@jerryspann8713]

Your videos will never get boring. Every video you post is very informative and educational and has information that helps people fix their computer.

[@juanmendez76]

Man it’s good to see your reaction when you know what the problem is and you test it to be true. I see your passion for what you do!! Keep it up man!!

[@GregSalazar]

I appreciate that!

[@felipeespina6978]

Man I really appreciate your work. It's very informative and in a easy language. Congrats

[@Thiagovnd]

I love this series and the way o tackle the issues. I'm learning so much. Thanks a lot.

[@angelrbarajas]

Currently I'm 38 seconds into the video, I had this issue before and all I had to do was update my motherboard bios and it was fixed!! Let's see if this is somewhere along those lines.

[@angelrbarajas]

I have the MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk motherboard and was also having the VGA light come on when I initially installed it, I did a bit of research and came to the conclusion that the motherboard may have just needed an update and so I installed the latest version of the bios onto a USB drive and installed it, and it worked perfectly fine from there on out.

[@Vodska101]

Nice

[@wombatcombat3770]

interesting, i had something similar with my mobo, but it was a ASRock z490. VGA problem, and it took ages to find out why it won't post. the problem was the RAM, for some reason it was not happy with one of the Trident Z sticks and the unhappy one had to be place on a specific dim slot to work. maybe i should update my bios like you did and it will fix the problem.

[@RedRingOfDead]

@@wombatcombat3770 like we said. Updating bios is important. I would do it ASAP. But take the needed percussions

[@angelrbarajas]

@@wombatcombat3770 I would definitely do that before moving on to other methods of trial and error! Saved me from buying a new motherboard lol

[@Viking8888]

I love trying to diagnose these PC's before you get to the actual issue, so keep em coming!

[@DASONVEGA]

i know Grey feels once he got the problem solved. is just emotional.. Love the channels and i learned alots.. Thanks Greg!

[@EinhanderSn0m4n]

This has been some of the most incredibly educational teaching material I've seen on the internet, and I've been online since BBSes and dialup. You're doing God's work, Greg!

[@griff3961]

That button on the back of the B450 was a BIOS Flash Back Button. To clear the CMOS on that board, you need to jump the JBAT1 header (bottom right near the front panel connectors). The B450 is likely fine and probably just needs an updated BIOS.

[@funkysmokee8764]

the owner can do what he wants with it.

[@tobbe5189]

@@funkysmokee8764 obviously

[@tecnowsis]

Hey man, i'm from Brazil and really love this fix or flop vídeos. Congratulations on your work, i'm learning a lot about hardware and fixing problems. Keep going with your job! Greets!

[@richardstratman2107]

Nice Video - - Keep them coming - I like all the trouble shooting variations!!!

[@MarcoGPUtuber]

When I watch a Greg Salazar video, I never feel tricked.

[@warchief313]

i've experienced this before actually, i had the same symptoms wherein the system appears to be working fine and looks normal, fan curve has lowered but still no display out, turns out a small little capacitor had broken off behind the chipset die, soldering a new one fixed the problem ironically enough.

[@puddleduckist]

Looks much better with the case Greg! Great job as always!!

[@g00ie]

Hey Greg, great series, it's become one of my favorites. Thank you

[@Lythe13]

Hey Greg, I have a laptop I would love you to look as it's blowing my mind. It's an Acer Helios and it's got some odd issues, If you power it on while it's plugged in it will boot loop nonstop but works fine if unplugged, after the boot it charges just fine and will work just fine. Another issue is if you move it any the keyboard will act like you are mashing keys constantly. The screen will also go in and out. No water damage or anything like that. This all started after playing New world when it first came out. If you would be interested in looking at it let me know.

[@SlyStarling]

Umm... how do you not understand the email process? Sorry if this comes across as rude just curious since he mentions it plenty of times haha

[@Daimaah]

I think I read somewhere that having an M.2 drive would disable one of the SATA ports (if memory serves me right, it was the first (either 0 or 1) on some boards, so if the disabled SATA port was used for the SSD, that could be causing the slow boot during POST.

[@TommyAgramonSeth]

I remember this from my mobo's manual, if one (or both) M.2 slots contains a SATA M.2 drive, certain on-board SATA ports are disabled (first and/or last). PCIe M.2 drives won't cause that issue.

[@darthllama1]

Yes, this is the issue. I would bet good money that if he plugged that 'slow' SSD into SATA port 3 it would work just fine. Even though his M.2 drive is a Gen 3 NVME, many boards will disable the lanes for the first SATA port when that slot is used. The delay is because the PC was figuring out which of the 2 drives to disable.

[@BobStoneBoi]

Correct, it should say in the manual. My m.2 installed in MSI bag mortar b660 ddrr will disable my sata 8 port as stated in the manual.

[@WolvenSpectre]

On my new one the M.2 takes out SATA Ports 5 and 6 because NVME needs 2 lanes of PCIe

[@ToobxSox]

i was a diagnostic tech for on highway heavy duty diesel trucks for 4 years and i enjoy this series very much, reminds me of the good old days and the thrill of the hunt. Keep up the good work Greg.

[@gohangoku3447]

You are really fun to watch. Keep up the good work, put food on the table for your family and this content for us.

[@tonybeckett66]

This is one of my favorites on KZbin, would like to see you go on the road with the series

[@alexiv-mt7tg]

loving this series

[@bikerchrisukk]

So great to see that after all your experience, there's still a great smile on your face when you figured about the SSD 👍

[@tratness9009]

Geez you are patient. Waiting for every boot and coming to a final answer. I was so long until you brought up that hard drive idea. Never even thought of that. Love trying to solve the puzzle while I watch.

[@rynosraceroom66]

Yea thx so much for this playlist . Helps a ton🤘🏼🏁

[@Fizark88]

I watch all the series in 3 days ! Never get bored, love it. Keep going 💪

[@youtubeaccount1233]

so much to learn from this series

[@risistor318]

Still here, still watching, still liking the series! 👍 But a part of the appeal is you and your personality. You come across as a humble and friendly bloke which we all like. So, keep up the great work and please keep teaching us 😊

[@esbenrasmussen4289]

This series is pure YT genius. It always gets clicked immediately. Problem solving is an important skill, and you teach the first rule, don't assume anything, very entertainingly

[@DynamicAFK]

It is crazy how many no post issues coke up and it’s always nice to see the fixes too ☺️ love the videos Greg ❤️

[@Large_Sarge]

I really appreciate your honesty while addressing feedback in the comments even when it's negative. Referring to the "taking advantage" bit. I love this series. It helps us learn how to troubleshoot in case something goes wrong with our rigs.

[@shetho1]

Hey greg keep up the fix or flop videos i could watch pc repair videos all day i allways learn alot from them

[@b.w.6919]

I work do similar IT work for an enterprise, so there's a lot more consistency between the different rigs our shop comes across. In our shop, reseating RAM is right next to reseating the CMOS battery in terms of how likely it is to be the culprit. It doesn't always work, but it's a step that's effortless and doesn't require other components to be removed to perform. Thanks for the video, Greg. Great work. :)

[@leerigs4180]

its your thought process, that keeps this series interesting, plus keeping the mistakes in the videos. makes it entertaining :)

[@MrToofs]

Love seeing the good intentions behind these vids🖤

[@dcabral00]

I love this series! Thank you for what you do.

[@RaceAgnstTme]

I like how he has so much patience and tests every peripheral and theorizes the problems along the way. Makes it very fun and educational. Most ppl prob throw their PC after so many tries.

[@BeardedLearza]

found the play list really informative and fun to watch. thank you for doing fix or flop

[@chashernx]

Thank you Greg These episodes are awesome. It is a wonderful learning experience and fun to watch. I flip PC’s and use a mix of new and used parts, so it’s great to follow along and learn. There have been times when I thought the board I was using was broken but now I have gone back and pulled a board and found out the Ryzen chip was incompatible. Or the same issue with tue Ryzen 5 3600, had to replace the chip and my sons system is fine. This is a great form of content, keep up the good work.

[@couredelion1027]

Hey brother just wanted to say that you’re amazing. The charity you exhibit during these videos is amazing. You’re one of my top 2 tech channels I watch and please keep It going. Can’t wait till you go out of state for your PC repair videos.

[@suppmiker]

Great Video! That case looks so nice! Keep on killin it!

[@brianrobinson3961]

I love this series!

[@CrunkyOMan83]

Never tired of these videos

[@W4V3RN]

I respect the grind man, keep it up

[@Unspoken_Myth]

i always love the fixorflop videos i learn so much thank you

[@venandis7833]

I love this series, troubleshooting is always so fun.

[@jessiecrisporot4075]

very informative man, good job 💯💯💯💯

[@lstommy]

Wow this is new. Made me rethink a lot of problems I encounterred in the past :)

[@Refused27]

love the series! keep up the great work!!

[@barados2006]

I think these diagnostic videos are really informative. Keep on making them. Fed up with channels doing high end builds which most people cant afford.

[@heronorvillain]

Even though i don’t have any PC issues and dont live in the Orlando area, i still want to give you a big bear 🐻 hug for doing this in the PC community. 🙌💪 i am also surprised at the different unique issues that have shown up. Kudos Greg. 😎🤘🤘👍keep it up.

[@SynapseDisruptorZ]

Love these videos. I learn a little more each time!

[@Nogamers9057]

I'm enjoying learning from this series. So when I get to my pc build. I'll have some knowledge. Thanks man for baton rouge la.

[@Collin_J]

That build looked so clean in the new case!

[@anthonygonzalez2398]

Its great to learn with you.. Nice Job.

[@fredsmachinewerks4811]

I have to say that your videos are very informative and very interesting. I get real kick out all the issues that appear. But its nice that some of those motherboard have a diagnostics which help Your video's very cool and thumbs up that you take your time to do this kind work. Keep up the great job that you are doing. Cheers

[@tatt2jon]

Love this series!!

[@dkerchner]

I really enjoy this series of videos

[@colinallen39]

Great video as always Greg always look forward to these

[@auntmaryspals7978]

I'm a 60 something year old woman who has been tinkering around with computers since 1998. It's so interesting to see you solve problems that I've run across many times, but also new issues that I have no experience in. This is better than watching Jeopardy!

[@GregSalazar]

Hahah I very much appreciate that! Feel free to toss any knowledge my way! :-D

[@CL-gw3ws]

Good work Greg as always :) Had nearly the same Probs in the past with these Kingston SSD.

[@cvddl3s]

love this series

[@dan_gb4496]

Love this series

[@imtrashbmx8834]

So glad my brain went to the lower PCIE slot then you pointed that out idk if that was the fix yet but still a cool thing to recognize when troubleshooting!

[@Mhothan]

I love all the great content that you put it out. I found you because I had a cooling issue that I solved thanks to your vids, and now I'm hooked on the PCDC. Thank you sir! BTW I love the Bring me the Horizon album on the wall!!!

[@JD-ux6fk]

I'VE NEVER SEEN THIS PROBLEM BEFORE!!!! Love this show!

[@demondice1505]

Great job Science Studio!

[@steezykane4738]

Love these fix or flop videos

[@ILiketurtles68]

Learn something new everyday. Good job Greg.

[@raffyluvmiharu]

Looks like Greg learn a few thing today, that major component like motherboard or chip might not be the main problem but as simple as the SATA SSD or cables. Thank you for each new Fix or Flop series, it help me troubleshoot my pc too

[@lesabre1972]

It is a nice learning curve.

[@JoaoPinto-1983]

I love this series, hope never ends

[@Wrigglevision]

Still lovin’ this series. Even in situations where you end up with familiar culprits, the journey there is never quite the same from one PC to the next, plus some builds can offer up inspiration to users who are looking to chase a certain aesthetic (an unintended bonus).

[@demonfox79]

Troubleshooting broken systems is never boring Greg, it is not always the usual sometimes hardware surprise you. nice job buddy see you in the next one :))

[@danielrobles6503]

I used to work in a PC repair shop when I was a teen-ager. Whenever we had issues where we couldn't get the computer to post. There would be a list of things we would always try first, it was almost always due to a single component causing the issues. RAM was the main reason for most of these problems, replacing or reseating them would fix the issue. When that didn't would disconnect all of the other components except the graphics card and Cpu, we would usually find the culprit. Great video, really took me back to those days

[@isoluc11]

BIG FAN for a long time of your content. Just saying that i did purchase a black 500DX 2+ years ago. And i am still loving it.

[@Zomif13d]

Greg, as someone in the IT field, and who doesn’t specialize in hardware I appreciate this playlist. This helps me in a professional matter. I would love it if you had a playlist of the variety of “Intro to gaming pc hardware.” With all of the variety and quality of components it’s a bit daunting for new enthusiasts to want to build their own machine if they don’t know they’re not built low quality components.

[@Dj-sf7or]

Always a pleasure watching you fix someone pc greg, keep up the good work

[@GregSalazar]

Thanks for watching!

[@Mike_from_Canmore]

Great content. Effective troubleshooting is a surprisingly uncommon skill. Most people get frustrated very easily.

[@N7Biotic]

Watching these videos have made me very vigilant in what make of components to buy. When I got my PC back in late 2020, I made sure only to pick the known components from the list (yeah I got a pre-build). I noticed they really like to shove cheap brands down your throat (or saying recommended drive for this build) when chosing parts. For those who aren't into tech it can be a easy mistake to choose cheaper brands, as they don't know what to expect from them. I've been using Samsung and Seagate storage drives for years and years, and they haven't let me down yet. NEVER go cheap on SSD/M.2 drives.