Fixing a Viewer's BROKEN Gaming PC? - Fix or Flop S3:E6

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#FixOrFlop

[@GregSalazar]

UPDATE: Golden triangle sizes and fonts both vary on authentic AMD chips: twitter.com/gregsalazaryt/status/1592635966044639232?s=46&t=TVyeHxdN5wQyknjxbvwShw Sleuths in the AMD subreddit have apparently confirmed the 3950X to be fake. I’m having AMD take a closer look at it for verification. This would be the first time I’ve run into a counterfeit Ryzen chip. Keep an eye out. Will link the post below to help others out with the tell-tale signs of a fake: www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/yufrbp/looks_like_fake_ryzen_chips_are_still_in/

[@yernatea4490]

nani?

[@ryan24_31]

You just don't buy from a 3rd party...Amazon isn't the one selling that CPU. They haven't since late 2020.

[@quatro008]

Im here because of the reddit post. And now im getting back of the reddit post because of the update. Lol. Ps: keep doin what you doin greg more power!

[@Fixlation]

assuming he paid the $600 for the 3950x why doesnt he just get a 5800x3d instead for $400~ (if he can get his money back on a presumed fake 3950x)

[@rbitrossome]

Ah, man, that sucks. If he bought it from a 3rd party seller he might be out of luck. He probably wouldn't have found out if he hadn't been on your channel, though!

[@AaronL548]

That's a smart person, assembling a gift before it's gifted to make sure its functional. This is exactly why you bench test parts ASAP.

[@lilvipr2005]

Always bench test.

[@Odysseus1999]

Smart dad

[@ajfergy5569]

yeah and he can make sure it can run a few games at good frames too... maybe 10 or 20 games

[@nowloadingvids1972]

such a cool dad

[@Baldwin_media]

indeed. couple years ago during the start of the crazy gpu shortage i bought a msi prebuilt for my son for Christmas. i went through the whole thing before Christmas to make sure it would be good to go.. right after posting it would blue screen.. tried multiple things. turned out to be a corrupted windows install. after a fresh usb install it was fixed and ready to go.. it would have been super disappointing for him Christmas morning if i didn't check it.

[@tonybeckett66]

The variety of issues being presented is why I love this series, great detective work.

[@GregSalazar]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@hovanthecool1995]

This is why I stick with Intel 😅.

[@mr.lunatic3157]

@@hovanthecool1995 🥶

[@FynnR]

@@hovanthecool1995 how is this related? There are counterfeit intel chips too.

[@count0nz]

Agree i know a lot of stuff but not that much on the newer stuff so this keeps me updated and allways good to learn new skills ;-)

[@kingofthenerds4708]

what a smart dad for testing it beforehand. I can remember as a kid in the 80s a lot of times I never even got the necessary batteries for the toys I received. I'm really looking forward to building my stepdaughter a gaming rig when she gets more into the games on pc.

[@samimermer1982]

I built my son his 1st rig this year and he used my old one for 2. He doesn't want to 1v1 me on Overwatch :)

[@oghomelesskid]

even if she doesnt get into gaming. as a kid, having a good computer is crazy underrated

[@kingofthenerds4708]

@@oghomelesskid oh she has a laptop for school, tablet for drawing etc just the only thing she has for gaming is a switch. she already asks me about the games I play and to show her what I'm doing when she sees me building and tinkering.

[@slite3276]

@@kingofthenerds4708 your lucky for that, i built my first pc back in march and ever since i did some of my friends (who play on ps5 and series x) want to get into pc gaming and make their own build… at that point its their $$$ and i dont wanna mess something up lol

[@ppal64]

So you think other dads would just connect everything and not start it it up?

[@christiancryder1999]

I love these videos cuz you show, literally, you can be wrong, and it's ok. A lot of computer repair people won't admit fault, but you do with no hesitation. Good on you!

[@baronnucleus401]

I have always learned the most when I burn stuff up lol

[@PLr1c3r]

You should inquire if AMD offer advanced RMA's, they will ship out the replacement chip ASAP and charge you for it and credit the payment for the chip once received and tested.

[@stewieboo]

20 years with computers, and I still learn something new every day. Thanks for this. Take love.

[@MaStRMmm98]

Hi, do you think you'd be willing to make a long form video going through basic troubleshooting ideas you use for fix or flop. I know you cover it in the videos, but having one video with all troubleshooting moves would be majorly helpful. I had to troubleshoot a rig for a friend who is completely in the dark regarding PC stuff. I had to jump between 3 or 4 videos since I myself am not perfect and can't remember everything off the top of my head. But some basic things to be covered would be greatly helpful to many people.

[@SofaKingA]

Yeah that would be great. Im building a pc for the first time and as the parts are showing up I'm starting to wonder what happens if this doesn't go smoothly. 😑

[@TheLikesofMee]

Once the both of you learn the basics, then you carry that along with everything in life. You troubleshoot most electronics in the same way. From computers to dryers/washers /cars/ air conditioners etc. So once you learn the order of operations for said unit, you will be using that across the board. Get a good work mat and a good set of tools and a voltage meter to start with. Then you can start adding items like a psu tester, spare mobo and cpu and gpu. Best of luck fellas

[@The_Pink_HUNTer]

Physically its easy... simply narrow down the sources of error bit by bit. -Clear cmos -Check connections. -Plug out all conections from the frontpanel, sata, keyboard, etc... -Then gpu, if you have a intern grafic cpu plug the monitir on the mainboard otherwise replace gpu -take out all ram and try one stick in one chanel for every chanel and stick -check psu -change and CLEAN(pins) components thats are sus In basic you only need cpu, mainboard and one stick of ram, from there it should be easy to find the error. And sometimes it helps by simply rebuild it back...

[@DanielH212MC]

What a beautiful rig, that's a lucky kid with a good dad.

[@buninvasion7023]

Really liked how that build looked. I have one in an O11d with similar parts (Exact AIO and fans) myself, his cable management is great. And special shoutout for the flipped AIO rad so the tube goes on the left to not block the rgb fans (I've seen it in so many O11D builds with the tube going to the right over RGB fans which is fine but i prefer it not going over the fans for aesthetic reasons.) Always loved your troubleshooting methods greg. this also teaches us not to short cut it and assume which part is broken before doing a full troubleshoot and end up replacing the wrong part :)

[@fridaycaliforniaa236]

A dad that builds such a beast with this amazing B/W colors combo. Omg, this dad deserves a reward !

[@SPG8989]

oh yes zen 2 in 2022.....BEAST bahahaha

[@guyknightley3499]

@@SPG8989 A Ryzen 9 3950X is still a god like CPU dude. lol

[@shreyasdharashivkar8027]

@@SPG8989 Yeah, because it is for gaming bozo

[@fliporflop7119]

Never knew a cpu can cause a system to behave like that.

[@stevenking997]

you never knew a cpu could cause the system to not start?

[@voidmarvel2682]

@@stevenking997 Got a lot of experience haven't you oh keyboard intellect.

[@stevenking997]

@@voidmarvel2682 i asked a question , no need to get ur panties in a twist.

[@steveblease]

Not necessary at all

[@zmuk3727]

yes, modern cpus intergrate a lot of components that are required for the system to power on. not to mention the fact if it's shorted, it will most certainly pull the rail down and cause various issues, depending on which rail is shorted.

[@SlyStarling]

This is why I like Greg, he's always willing to do as much as he can to get people's PCs up and running, they are also very entertaining to watch!

[@Ricardo-dg4eg]

not only is it a good idea that you're fixing these rigs fo free (intentional "fo") but viewers can check out other viewers SWEET rigs!

[@williamcricket7931]

I wish I had a dad like that lol, I had to work to build my computer.

[@stevenking997]

and you'll value it way more and keep it in better shape than if someone gave it to ya , so that isnt necessarily a bad thing.

[@justarandompepe8961]

you learned how to work for stuff you want, thats worth so much more. we all know how spoiled kids who get everything they want turn out, don't we?

[@stevenking997]

@@justarandompepe8961 well said.

[@williamcricket7931]

@@stevenking997 I guess so.

[@williamcricket7931]

@@justarandompepe8961 Usually yes

[@thefallengaming9556]

I rebuild pcs for my friends and stuff now at a slight charge in the west virginia area now thank you for the knowledge man

[@cyphaborg6598]

It's not often a CPU dies but Ryzen chips seem to be more often the case.

[@lordofwhip]

Zen 2 has been a massive headache due to that , the major culprit being the r5 3600

[@wasdc]

I think that most custom builds feature Ryzen chips... OR you are correct and Ryzen chips fail more often.

[@tamasayo]

it's a fake one, that's why

[@lumiereeclair]

So far it's only been the zen 2 CPU's that die. So far no zen 3 CPU's have died on fix or flop.

[@bobbymoss6160]

Some people are just luckier than others. I've been building systems for 25+ years and have never had a failed Intel or AMD CPU die on me. I've built 3 Ryzen systems in the past 2 years, all perfectly fine from build to boot.

[@oui_ofc9751]

I love the ten second 7:51 - 7:61 highlight view Greg was pushing acrossed if you caught it or not.

[@nbrowser]

I went thru the warranty thing with AMD with my 5950X, I had to send it from Vancouver BC Canada to Florida for RMA....it actually didn't take too long for the process to go through.

[@count0nz]

Reminds me once in the Late 80's was working in a small computer Supplyer. and this guy poped in with a Dead Floppy drive. And we where Tecnicly Closed for Chrismas. but i just grabed a new drive from the Stock and Swaped his into my Pile of to be Realigned / Fixed Drives. We ise to get 8080 Boards missing Ram etc from China all the time. so my Job was to test and Fix them before sending out to Customers.

[@Seventeen76]

You're a great fkin guy Greg. Much props for biting the bullet and taking a loss (even if it's only for a short while) to help out your fellow man. Humanity benefits greatly from having good dudes like you in the world. Be easy, and keep on keeping on brother! Peace ✌️

[@user-my5nr3il3q]

I built in this case the other day actually, there's quite a few hidden connectors that came in this case, had to pull them all out and found a few more to plug in before the power button worked. I hate this case and love it at the same time LOL. But, as part of this series you should consider cleaning up the wiring (my OCD talking) after you've fixed it, if there's time!

[@nemanjasalihamovic9701]

Damn thats a great looking pc

[@chefbusby5285]

I built a system and it was amazing. Did a case swap and it worked for a week. Never got it working again. Pull it out of storage a year later. Decided to rebuild it and put it into a whole new case. Still no dice. I finally figured out the problem was one of my cable mod extensions. The one to the 24 pin was the problem. It was just dead

[@personaldronerepair6141]

I get as much joy out of watching this series as I did when I binge watched Breaking Bad. Keep 'Em Coming !!

[@jeffwalker7185]

In the UK, Amazon will deal with a warranty issue within the first 12 months of purchaing an item. I had a USB CCTV camera that failed 11 months after I purchased it and, after contacting Amazon, they organised a return and issued a full refund. Our legislation is such that the warranty responsiblity lies with the vendor, not the manufacturer.

[@BReal-10EC]

Have you had any correspondence with AMD about testing the bad Ryzen CPUs you have collected?

[@GregSalazar]

Nope, no official comment from them yet.

[@Rahiko1]

Glad I came across this playlist. Very helpful

[@adamtowsley3526]

I think that was a fake 3950x Greg… the arrow in the bottom left is bigger than the 3950x should be. Earlier ryzen chips had that bigger triangle and zen 2 and 3 had a smaller one.

[@gandalf6700]

I always check the front panel connectors to check if they are mounted probably .. had 1 pc i troubleshooted that was forgotten to plug in so it was a easy fix hehe :)

[@Aces50001]

Thank you for these videos! My pc crashed when I was updating my motherboards bios, and it wouldn’t boot anymore. I did some troubleshooting that I learned from you and managed to fix it!! Turns out what fixed it was removing the 4 ram and leaving two of them in when I boot. Now my pc is working with all 4 sticks of ram!

[@BrianS756]

That thing looks so sweet!!!!! I wish my pops would build me something as awesome as that bad boy. But I'm 40, and he'd just be like "buy your own shit!!". lol

[@Blackirby]

I'm worried with this Zen 2 cpu failing. My PC been restarting by itself and I think my ryzen 7 3800xt es responsible for this. Greg if you are thinking in investigating about this, it would be very interesting.

[@Kurzei]

If I could I'd give an extra like just for Greg popping up at the beginning

[@jmt5887]

this is such an amazing playlist. Greg you do such great work on teaching potential issues like this with builds. it is always fun to watch how you go through the troubleshooting. I definitely learn with you.

[@GregSalazar]

I appreciate that!

[@LonkiGames]

This here… is another Greg Salazar BANGER!

[@richardbean7703]

I absolutely look forward to your Fix or Flop, Greg. I also love your sniffing-out approach, which makes this series much more enjoyable.

[@thedandyp]

That's gotta be something like 5 or 6 dead Ryzen 3000 CPU's, in this playlist now. The number of them sold was crazy high, but that's starting to become a thing.

[@GHOSTERING]

Yeah and most of them are Ryzen 5 3600 and they are the most popular one so that's strange. I have my old Ryzen 7 3700X that worked for 2 years and a half and he still working as a brand new. I just upgraded to a 5800X3D, but that's weird to seeing those processor die for no reason.

[@jcspamcan]

I have been thru the AMD CPU return process. It's a pretty straight forward, if needlessly cumbersome, process. Read the requirements, fulfill them, and you'll have a replacement CPU in a few days.

[@kevinintheusa8984]

The idiom is actually "dead as a doornail" but you were close. Great video.

[@bulltron8926]

I have a pile of brand new parts waiting to be assembled that I have bought over the last 7 months or so. I'm well past the return window from Amazon which is where I bought most of them. Here's to hoping it all works out!

[@steveblease]

Wow, that's a bad way to build

[@bulltron8926]

@@steveblease well, i know they are all compatible, i just dont know if any are DOA. But when you are building on a budget piece by piece you kinda dont have a choice. SO, Bad way?...No, just not ideal.

[@flipicaneze]

I used to think this was the way to go, but nowadays I buy in groups. Case, power supply and cooler first. Then CPU, RAM and motherboard next. Then GPU last. Then lastly all my case fans and stupid accessories. I do have tester GPUs and power supplies on hand to make sure the components work.

[@spankbuda5760]

Yeah, you have a buying problem.

[@trr4gfreddrtgf]

@@bulltron8926 Honestly just save up and buy them all at once... Not worth the risk of having a DOA part go past it's return window.

[@97BuckeyeNut]

I can't believe how many dead AMD CPUs you've come across in this series. It actually makes me concerned to make an AMD purchase.

[@davidodea5799]

The problem with the AMD Zen 2 failures is that 99% of the builds that you receive, and fix, are in fact, AMD. If it was an equal 50/50 split between received platforms, I wonder how many Intel chips would be defective? I'm betting a few.

[@jmugurr994]

I had to use the AMD return process for my 3200G after it failed. I just sent a description of the issue and they requested a picture of the IHS to make sure it wasn't abused. They sent me a replacement in about 3 weeks.

[@Kwachiii]

This series is amazing, I am learning a lot about different parts and how to troubleshoot it

[@justsumguy2u]

Yet more broken AMD junk to add to the pile.....not even slightly surprised.

[@nathan91217]

Even at 4 months... honestly, Amazon might still take it. I've returned things well outside the return window like that no issues. Just have to reach out to customer service. Long shot, I know, but still worth a try! (Btw I used to work for Amazon,)

[@DaftFader]

I think it depends where you live, and if Amazon have an agreement with the manufacture/distributor to handle all returns on their behalf. We have a default 3 year minimum warrantee for any electrical goods here, but IK some places it's just 1.

[@lumiereeclair]

The viewer loses nothing by asking, and I've had personal experience with Amazon bending over backwards to make their customers happy.

[@spankbuda5760]

Listen, this person 3000 series CPU wasn't purchased on Amazon 4 months ago for the price that I'm seeing on Amazon right now vs. the price and the newer generation CPU's that he could've purchased for the same amount or even less. Heck, since he was in the PC buyers market and watching Greg videos he should've know that AMD was coming out with their 7000 series CPU's which will drive down the cost of their previous generation CPU's. He used the xmas story to tug on the heart strings for sympathy. Greg just need to change his policy.

[@DaftFader]

@@spankbuda5760 spanked too much buda more like...

[@AJ3H_TECH]

The requirements for the CPU warranty is crazy I contacted them, they wanted a list of everything I tried to resolve the problem. and then wanted the board name current bios on the board then they wanted you take a picture of the CPU on the board with the part and serial number clearly visible. So I took my losses and just bought a new CPU because I knew that's what it was, but in all fairness I had it in a MSI GAMING EDGE X570 WIFI board I also learned to stay clear of those as well

[@Exteliongamer]

Greg any opinion about those melting 4090 cables ? Would love to hear ur insight about the situation

[@ILiketurtles68]

Melting cables is bad.

[@techluvin7691]

Good job with the tester before tearing things apart.

[@DasLooney]

Wow! What a wild one that one was! Dead CPU. That's another AMD bad/damaged chip, Greg; do you have any concern at the number of chips you've seen AMD wise with problems that they may have some sort of higher fail rate than an Intel chip, Greg?

[@GregSalazar]

Will be reviewing the issue in greater detail in a dedicated video here soon. It is definitely something worth noting.

[@DasLooney]

@@GregSalazar Yeah I figured you'd be concerned, you've mentioned it on a past 1 or 2 shows. It may be that you/we're seeing more problematic AMDs vs Intel because that's what your viewers are using more but dunno. If anyone can catch/discover this potential issue it's someone like you!

[@CosimaNonymouse]

After seeing all these Zen 2 issues, I really, really hope Zen 3 won't come up with the same issues down the line. So far, so good but I don't appreciate how hot they can get, I feel a bit pressured to get it water cooling.

[@jimflagg4009]

Really should bench the stuff outside the case with your RAM, PSU and CPU before you put a board in. Then you can next put in their CPU, then their RAM, then their PSU to eliminate the problems outside the case.

[@syahirshahrul9520]

been enjoying this series so far learn a lot from you thanks for uploading this content!

[@dblgonzo]

I had a fan controller from Phanteks that would not allow the PC to power on when it was hooked up to SATA power. The only other head scratcher of a random shutdown on an older PC. Sometimes the PC would turn on and then randomly shutdown and restart. Sometimes it would run normally. I swapped out everything. I thought it was a bad MB. So I upgraded to a newer system. When I put all my old stuff on a test bench it worked with out issue. I then put all of my new hardware in the old case and started to have the same issue. Turned out to be a faulty power button on the case. I sold all my old hardware and offset some of the money spent on the upgrade.

[@sith_gamer1010]

I think you have seen that flashing with the motherboard in a previous episode

[@Mr.Cheese423]

The little delay made my heart drop lol

[@jeffreygrindle6396]

R5 5500 is such a great budget CPU and it looks like he's got it paired with a 3060ti which is not a bad pairing at all

[@CareyHolzman]

How many bad Intel CPUs have you replaced?

[@catalystguitarguy]

Hopefully he can get that cpu replaced. Even though the 5500 is technically zen 3 still it is a 5600g with disabled GPU and half the cache of the 5600 and lower clock speed that the 5600 as well. It’ll certainly work for a kids gaming pc but what a difference between performance. Maybe the owner can get it returned and grab the X3D chip instead and just max out the gaming performance of the platform.

[@cryofuel3504]

These videos confirm why I stay away from AMD, I’ve never had an issue with Intel.

[@Deadsayer]

I mean, the PSU is a pretty obvious first step in this situation. The rig wasn't powering on even a little bit. That's what I would have checked first as well.

[@Falney]

I had a rookie mistake yesterday. Something so simple some one that knows what they are doing shouldn't make, yet I did. Or does that just mean I don't know what I am doing? I was installing a new GPU in my machine and I accidentally unplugged the front panel and when I went to plug it back in, I went on autopilot and plugged the connectors into a USB point on the board. Needless to say, when I clicked the power button nothing happened. It took me all of 10 mins to realize what I did. 10 minutes of sheer panic. I guess I am lucky I didn't kill the usb on the mobo.

[@Syntax.error.]

In 20 years of building PC's I have never seen a dead Intel CPU but even myself have seen a few dead AMD Ryzen CPUs. This is not normal and AMD should step up and tell us what is going on.

[@wallychambe1587]

Since 1998 I have seen two bad intels and Carey Holtzman had a bad Intel not to long ago on his KZbin channel!😲

[@mzwandula]

I use a R9 3900x since March 2020 now, it went trough several boards and cases, never had any issue with it (except the stuttering caused by fTPM that hast been fixed by AMD ). Strange that you had that many issues with Zen 2. A friend also had issues with a R7 3800x, but after bathing that in Isopropanol and Aceton while brushing the pins it rans just fine again (crashed early in Windows installation). So I suspect the owner of bricking the CPU (or he bought it already bricked). I doubt that he bought the CPU new recently, does not make any sense to me buying a old chip for a new platform. Rather would buy a 5900x instead, less cores but approx the same speed I guess. Nebertheless, I presume the chip has been bought used or has been reused from an older rig of the owner and he shredded it in the process.

[@spankbuda5760]

Exactly! Who in the heck buying a brand new 3950X on Amazon for their new build today unless you have gotten a great deal?

[@Senpaization]

What I noticed the most here is that the mounting brackets he is using for the 3950X, it looks like he is using the wrong brackets because I have yet to see a AM4 mounting bracket from corsair with 4 Points of screw down. It looks like the TR4 brackets that are currently on there. Usually for AM4 they use the typical Clip mounts with the original brackets on the motherboard. Could it have died from overheating? Its clearly working again but for how long with the new cpu? Just a thing I noticed, I looked up corsairs newer h170i cappelix and even that one still has the clip mounts for AM4, and then theres the brackets like the ones here in the video for TR4.

[@waitandhope]

Very interesting

[@Everdreamjustplays]

Hey Greg, My MSI x570 Gaming Edge Wifi just had a similar issue due to bios (Confirmed by MSI) this could be an issue with bios if it was flashed recently. mine was totally bricked and I had to replace it with a TUF x570 (only thing I could find) this is apparently an issue with MSI bioses (my board was less than 6 mos old.) (Added note: this was a 5950x that was originally though went bad but turned out to be bios, system was flat (no lights, power anything.)

[@WarhavenSC]

Man. With the number of 3000-series chips you've found issues with, I'm glad I skipped straight to Ryzen 5000 series. o.O

[@landmine36]

Fix or Flop playlist should just be renamed to dead Ryzen Cpu's killing rigs, playlist.

[@Youtube-Censorship-Police]

if you were a doctor you would be one of the good ones and probably save a lot of lives, not that saving a rig is a bad thing lol but your detective work and dedication is awesome! anyway, great job!👍👍👍

[@MrBudgetOrientedMan]

Another Ryzen CPU damn...Why um not surprised...Dont get me wrong they make good cpu's but they have so many problems....And kudos to you for the great video as always...

[@jimmahT]

Thanks Greg

[@Behdad47]

I fixed my aunt's 15-year-old laptop by reseating her DDR2 ram and checking the CMOS battery. Where did I learn that? Right here on Greg's channel. Psivewri's videos also helped a lot. This is the training I never asked for, yet I got it for free. Thanks a bunch \m/

[@Mih-sl5gh]

Imagine if the kid sees this video before they get it

[@ynsignia]

Wow, that CPU is toast. That's also a pricey one. The one I have, an R5 3600 is 2nd hand but works perfectly fine.

[@PK01234]

Ok, I'll pick you up, tell who you need to tell, and wait for me out front

[@Joshua-1986]

It’s funny how all these cpu issues come from amd don’t think I’ve ever seen one of your vids and it’s been an intel chip

[@Venoxium]

Have you asked AMD at any point *why* Zen 2 chips seem to be failing? Is it just because a lot of people own Zen 2 chips so we're seeing a lot of failures or ?

[@plop31]

My 2cents, They trying to keep it under the radar because it can be the biggest flop of the history of CPUs

[@rbitrossome]

@@plop31 It was a fake CPU. Most likely someone put a 3950x lid or stenciled the info onto an AM4 Athlon chip that's no longer supported by B550 BIOS.

[@plop31]

@@rbitrossome lol a fake cpu....

[@douglasdippold8235]

The R 7 5800x outperforms the R 9 3950x at less than half the price, same socket, next generation. AMD's pricing scheme is upside down, they should be almost giving away their 3000 series CPUs at this point.

[@rotony1]

Very nice series, I learned a lot from your experience.

[@tjp4342]

Geez. Ryzen - Fix or Flop ... AGAIN! On another note, son is going to love that PC! Looks great! What an amazing Christmas gift from his Dad

[@brykanst9071]

first thing i would have checked is if front panel was plugged in correctly

[@GregSalazar]

We always check it along with DRAM seating and CMOS clearing. Not all of it is shown in video.

[@d.mat.zero6525]

i use to be a BIG corsair buyer n user (i have fans, 4 DIMMS vengeance rgb pro, keyboard, n mouse) but when i had a problem with their icue software just dropping the connection with all the parts i asked on the Forums on their site n was told by one of their techs that if i dont know what im doing i shouldn't be buying these things. I'm not not 100% tech savvy, but fans, keyboard, ram, mouse are not that hard. i had them installed a YEAR ago n everything worked great. then one day a few weeks ago it all just stopped, i didn't mess with the software (aside from updating it) i didn't mess with the gear it just stopped. n i was basically told "tough one figure it out yourself". i sorta got it figured out, i uninstalled icue n reinstalled it, it's still it buggy tho. im prob just gonna drop icue all together n just just different software.

[@markissboi3583]

How many AMD Cpu's is that now Reggie Looks in draw oh i have about 10that r fooked never booted new :) fook off amd you low cut chit kickers never liked them - cheap dont cut it anymore Why i,m Green Nvidia & Gigabyte mb no issues ok a fewwin10 conflicks here there but all work after a fix Nbn Issues turning off 8/12hrs etc IDK wtf but then goes ok for a month then Back to weird chit is the weather /the nbn who knows .

[@johnzome788]

I really like the looks of that pc.

[@my-yt-inputs2580]

You sure have seen ur share of AMD CPUs fail. As far as the 5500 goes, if the son is only using it for gaming I'm not so sure that the 5500 would be the better choice vs the 3950x. You should grab a few 5800Xs while their cheap. And maybe a few 5600Xs.

[@GregSalazar]

I'm not just gonna grab several CPUs out of pocket. Working with AMD on this and we take what they'll give us. 5500s are better than nothing.

[@trick0502]

Just realized something watching this video. My cheap a$$ h150i cooler came with the old mounting bracket. Of course the new style one is out of stock on their site. So, looks like I’ll never be able to get one.

[@DuneRunnerEnterprises]

Good job,Greg. All them failed AMD chips, what's up with them , keep us posted!!

[@wolfethegamer8102]

Hey does Radeon rx 570 series support ddr4 I was just wondering.

[@xdeftonesx]

I love how its pretty much its always AMD chips that fail on this playlist I’m waiting for the day an Intel chip fails

[@OLDMANGAMING1970]

i had the same thing happen. the funny thing was i put the first cpu back and it started working again.

[@tamasayo]

Is it just me or does the chip look fake? First, it's strange to see a brand new Zen 2 chip that was manufactured in early 2019 being sold in late 2022, plus the writing on the chip and the UG look fake. Could it be an old AM4 Athlon from 2016?

[@GregSalazar]

Even older Intel chips have different manufacturing locations despite being identical SKUs. All depends on the date and agreements in place.

[@tamasayo]

​@Greg Salazar After a quick search this is definitely an old AM4 Athlon, the best way to tell is to look at the golden triangle/arrow in the bottom left corner, which is larger on these older athlons than on the ryzen chips. This would explain why nothing happened, as these chips are no longer supported on modern AM4 chipsets/bios.

[@tamasayo]

@@GregSalazar Some more signs that it's a fake one : - Old flat IHS with no hole and chamfered edges (old design from FX cpus and first 2016 AM4 Athlons.) - "UG" not stamped in metal like on a real 3950X.

[@dannydebruijn]

These fix or flop video’s are 99% AMD CPU fails. Gives me a good reason to never buy an AMD product.

[@unknownx8164]

CPU Z is your friend when you buy a new component(or whole unit). Welp in this case you really need warranty

[@jimmybrannan7303]

I would have never thought it was the motherboard either, in this case, but it is so much simpler to just toss in a CPU just to find out instead of swapping the motherboard out, I would have done it really quick just to make sure. Plus.... I've been through the return process with AMD Miami and I believe the owner would have a better chance than you. They want the receipt for the CPU, a picture of the CPU sitting in the motherboard, a picture of your DNA string from 23 and ME ( just kidding), and more paperwork. But it's a pretty involved process to keep all the burnt up CPU's from hobbyist's from overwhelming them.

[@cardamomes]

Fix or flop has taught me so much. I'm not a pc builder by any means and it seemed very intimidating. I even had best buy assemble mine a year ago. But as I watched the fix or flop series, I learned about the plethora of mistakes they made. Things like not using dual channel RAM slots, installing my fans backwards... small things like that. Watching Greg disassemble and reassemble and test and retest over the past few episodes made me feel pretty confident about fixing all those issues I had myself and even upgrading a bunch of parts. Thanks for making it accessible. Love the content, keep it up!

[@kamikazee2239]

All I'm seeing from your videos is don't buy an AMD CPU ever, they would seem to have a high rate of failure 🤣

[@jonesgang]

I too would have tested the PS first just to rule that out. After that I would have checked the CPU for proper placement in the socket but might not have replaced it if all looked good. But now I know not to rule the CPU out right away.

[@chrismcdonnell7448]

Quality Control in Production of many products has gone downhill these past 3 years due to short staffing and high employee turn over. I'm not surprised by this issue. When the whole world's economy was shut down in 2020, I knew then it would take at least 5 to 10 years to get it back to where it was before the shut down.

[@tormarod]

Another Ryzen chip dead what in the world. This series should now be called "Fix or dead Ryzen"?