Fixing a Viewer's BROKEN Gaming PC? - Fix or Flop S4:E6

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Welcome to Fix or Flop! We're up to Season 4, Episode 6. This viewer's gaming PC doesn't power on! Is this something we can fix? By the way, if you live in the Orlando, FL area and have an issue with your PC, apply to have it (possibly) fixed for free today! gregsalazar.com/fix-or-flop
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[@JE-zl6uy]

A PSA for all: Your surge protector is good for ONE power surge before it needs the fuse replaced.

[@NickleForYourThoughts]

*cries in florida*

[@donnyboi1990]

idk about that I've tripped mine a few times(heater in the winter + 3090) and it still works. I never buy "power strips" though I always get legit $40+ surge protectors.

[@JE-zl6uy]

@@donnyboi1990 Those tend to have better breakers, but you'll notice a little light on the pricy ones saying "Protected" or "Fault" if that light is out, there's a little fuse you can replace under it.

[@SidDTheSimschannel]

Actually it depends on how bad the surge is, they can take smaller surges, just not the huge spikes, I lived in Wyoming Summer Thunderstorm land if you ask me. The power was always going on and off, its not when the power goes off that causes problems its when power comes back on is when a surge happens, because everyones connected devices are being powered on again all at the same time so may shut off and power on a few times, that is a surge this is what causes harm to computers. This is why in my bios I set it to stay off during a loss of power, the prevents the surge when power comes back online and helps the grid because it don't have to power that device back up again.

[@Spido68_the_spectator]

Laughs in 230V outlets. Although power surges are rather indepedant from that

[@SeniorRed]

My theory, it's W11's fault. On a serious note he should ask a professional to check the wiring in his house, more than one bad outlet can be bad news.

[@outa7192]

That doesn't make the pc not boot. I was replying to the operation system comment.

[@MrBeetsGaming]

​@@outa7192 I can assure you not powering on does in fact cause it to not boot....

[@outa7192]

@@MrBeetsGaming Power issues aren't related to operation system issues which is what I meant. And op edited their comment from, "My theory, it's W11's fault." To adding, "On a serious note..."

[@SeniorRed]

Dudes, this was a joke, hence why I said "on a serious note" afterwards.

[@outa7192]

@@SeniorRed Yes I understood that afterwards. Had to clarify so others don't think I was talking about the power outlets.

[@AAjax]

I think young Salazar did the important work in this diagnosis. Good job!

[@hawsroy]

these videos singlehandedly helped me feel confident in repairing my PC. thank you as always greg!

[@rogertheplumber03]

You didn't need to do that but, you are aces for giving him an new PSU .

[@aliensounddigital8729]

Better safe than sorry.

[@BlackholeU_U]

You spoiled it 🙁

[@mistermudpie]

@@BlackholeU_U you should know better than to look through the comments before watching.

[@shaneeslick]

@@mistermudpie Yeah on FoF videos I always wait until the end before scrolling down to not ruin the surprise, I like to see if my Diagnosing Skill is still up to it.

[@nonyabusiness999]

It's a way of getting the sponsors name even more into the video,he doesn't oay for the power supply plus probably gets a kick back for using the link....

[@maxtornogood]

The original PSU looks to be fine and you beef him up anyway, top work man! Hope he can solve his home wiring issues.

[@PatientZero_]

Your son helping is wholesome. He's gonna be a great tech KZbinr one day 🤙

[@Mandurath]

Cool that you mentioned the outlets and the power itself. Years ago, I had a nice APU that monitored our power. Not just what the things plugged into it were doing, but the power come into it. And it was showing some spikes coming into our house. We called the electric company, they said everything was fine on their end. So, I consulted a friend who is way smarter than me, and into electronics and things. Turns out we can have the electric company attach a monitor to our meter that looks at what we were concerned about, at no charge funny enough. The electric company didn't mention that when we talked to them. So, we called them back and they came out an installed it. After it ran for a couple weeks they came out and collected it. Then informing us that there was no issue. However, two days later there were trucks out from the electric company changing the transformers (and whatever else is attached to the power poles) on our street. They also installed a new meter on our house. Coincidence? I think not. Years after the above incident, our house had a lightning strike. Being dumb and lazy, despite it not being used anymore, never took down our TV antenna, a relatively big one from the days of broadcast TV. Over time its ground had degraded and this time it failed completely. The only things that were plugged in that we lost were all on the same circuit, the TV and our computer in that room. The cheap power strips failed to trip. Ended up needing to replace the outlets as well, as they were fried. The main PC with the newer APU at the time was fine. Its APU took the hit and did what it was supposed to. Now, we have a power monitor/surge system on our houses breaker box, every outlet is GFCI, and everything that matters is either on an APU or a quality surge protector. If all of those fail, then chances are I have bigger problems. And the antenna was scrapped a right after the strike.

[@murixbob]

Stuff like that is one of the reasons my surround sound system is on furman power conditioner.

[@amandawilson2595]

Have whole house surge protector on house that I put in this year!!😁😁

[@riblaglaunti1719]

These fix or flop videos are by far my favorite, hope to see more soon. Also, really suprising this one. I thought for sure the power supply would be cooked.

[@MarcoGPUtuber]

And Greg comes in with another banger of a video

[@adamtajhassam9188]

Exactly...

[@RaimaNd]

I love the interaction between you and your son. What a great father. What a great kid. ❤

[@Nogamers9057]

Greg is great to learn from. I love to watch this to learn more about hardware. love that he did this with his son.

[@YonkersDolphin]

Man, I really enjoy watching your videos. I get home from work make some food and get my seat ready to enjoy a good ol fixing. I enjoy learning so much from you! Thank you for that

[@user-vl5sx5yg6l]

I keep learning watching your 'Fix of Flop ' series after years of building and working on computers, thanks for featuring this series 😀

[@Boba_Fett1980]

You say you're not the best in the business, but you actually are Greg ! Keep it up ! Your work helps so many people, even beyond who you kindly help in these fix or flop videos. I've become more confident in doing PC repairs and you've helped many others as well !

[@NormAtWork]

The whole "compooter" thing made me LOL because I myself call them "pooters". Looks like the PC could also use an appearance in the PCDC playlist. Big fan of the Corsair PSUs - great value for the mone. Great job as always. Keep it up Salazar & Son Compooter Fixing Co!

[@leocatz]

Loved watching this video. Reminded me of my electrical engineer dad letting me 'help' when he was working on rigs. Of course, his rigs were amateur radio transceivers and we were dealing with vacuum tubes, but the important help I provided and the father/son moments were still the same.

[@DiegoPCMR]

I have say it, and will say it again. These videos are pure gold. You can say whatever you want about the troubleshooting process, but these videos my friends contribute a lot to the pc builder’s community and to general troubleshooting processes.

[@cbrew1138]

Love your positive energy and the fact that we as viewers get to learn how to trouble shoot with a positive teacher! thanks Greg and Greg!

[@GregSalazar]

Thanks for watching!

[@MagnumSkyWolf]

I love these videos even though there wasn't anything really wrong its still informative as to what steps we should take. Also cool kid

[@smrivals4881]

your kid is so cute. i loved how he wants to help you with the PCs. Keep up the great content!

[@SKLL3TR]

greg is the hero we need in a world full of darkness

[@adamtajhassam9188]

wrong - we DO NOT NEED A world full of darkness! We need more light!

[@FadxdWxrld]

@@adamtajhassam9188 huh?? they never said we needed a world full of darkness what are you on about bro bro?

[@yelnatsu]

@@adamtajhassam9188 greg is the light 💡 (or one of the lights idk)

[@smipy]

Be Quiet is the darkness

[@Alberos]

Yeah, but he's full of "Dark Power"

[@Leithkoras]

My favorite video so far !! Great son and dad teamwork !! ❤

[@Baduruzwi]

Really loving the videos and learning a lot from them! I hope one day I can find a way to work on and clean computers for a job! Never really had a passion for anything but I feel like I would really enjoy something like this!

[@RuruFIN]

Even after building PCs for about ~20 years, there are times I learn something new from Greg which helps with diagnostics :)

[@scarface_pt]

I found your channel when searching about Fractal’s AIO flaw, since i have a Lumen S24 cooler. And I really love how confidently you are with PCs! Hope that someday I can open some kind of PC repair business! 💪🏼

[@GregSalazar]

We basically already have said business - we just don't charge for any work performed (nor for replacement hardware).

[@scarface_pt]

@@GregSalazar Well… you do! And a very successful one as far as I can see! ;)

[@thesegacampgamerandwerecam7504]

Man I haven't been watching these for a While...... I been busy with other Stuff! I'm glad your still Fixing People's PC Greg I wish I lived in Orlando when my Windows 7 Laptop Quit Working I ended up throwing it out!

[@RQUKOfficial]

Your little helper did a sterling job. 10/10! :)

[@richardr6788]

Love the videos and seeing a more experienced techy doing troubleshooting. With all the variables in play and that strip and outlets ruled out it does sound like the power lead. In UK where I am there is a fuse in the power lead so would think that got surged and blew. If you had his cable that could have been ruled out.

[@NimrodNo22]

I once had a similar problem, shut down while gaming and it was loud and didn't start again. I was already preparing sending it back still having warrenty the next day turned it on and it works since then flawless (a year ago). Such a "natural" smile by your little prince :D

[@sebastian05000]

👀 Sebastian at the end of that letter. Great video like always wholesome as well and awesome that you are making your kid learn about PCs.

[@TJWolf]

WOW I love these Fix or Flop. You and your son were Great

[@jwgaming75]

Dude, letting you kid help....that was awesome! I've done the same thing when replacing parts and stuff on computers. Thumbs up to that!

[@joshuaaguilar946]

i love this channel, i've learned so much. thanks greg ur awesome

[@victoresarey4036]

These and other videos made me so much more confident going into becoming a entry level pc gamer. Got a late 2021 alienware aurora r10 ryzen 5 5600x rx 5700 xt for 350 bucks plus 50 for shipping, great deal

[@SlyStarling]

Not a bad deal hardware wise. Alienwear though is a bit iffy

[@victoresarey4036]

@SlyStarling it runs well. I added a aio, vram heatsinks, took out the hdd and added 3 sticks for a total of 32gb of ram. I only play project zomboid so it runs it amazingly haha

[@dragonman910]

​@@SlyStarling most of the time Alienware prebuilts don't have very good cooling. Unless of course you add better cooling.

[@SlyStarling]

@dragonman910 Thats if you can, some alienwears have that much proprietary shit that nothing can be saved haha. But either way, looks like he managed to get it working from the comment above yours so all good

[@markschrama7218]

I can´t wait to see more videos like these, even though this wasn´t a hard one it was still fun to watch. And thats one hell of a good new PSU!

[@ijac]

Really great to see the little one learning the next generation fix or flop you tuber.

[@michaelthompson9798]

I think Greg’s days are numbered 🤯as his protege is definitely nipping at his heals with pc repairs etc 💪👍🥰

[@carladnan6488]

2:37 thats a big W sir not pretending to fix this thing for free for good deeds ONLY and actually letting us know its a win-win situation for both you guys and the pc owner.

[@Jay_the_Caffeinator]

Awesomesauce video, Greg! Nice to see you getting the next generation of computer hardware repair technicians raised. Sadly my kids didn't want to go that route. :( Oh well.

[@johnpaulbacon8320]

Great video. Awesome job by little Greg :)

[@harugrin]

Nice to have an assistant on the shop! Very helpful, isn't it? Peace and long life! 🖖

[@SextonHardcastle85]

I love when your kids come in to help. So adorable.

[@Seventeen76]

Give me family oriented wholesome content like this any day over a bunch of benchmarks.

[@teamcompurepo2251]

Thanks for the upload Greg.. Greetz from Belgium.. your"e the best!!

[@GregSalazar]

Thanks for watching it! :-)

[@StepPanda]

Damn, this feels so strange. I had this exact same situation happen to me a couple months back, i was vaccuming too close to my PC, i heard a loud pop, and then my rig wouldn't show any signs of life afterwards. Like the customer in this video, my monitor worked fine in the outlet on its own, and i even swapped out the power board my pc and monitor were connected to and nothing would work. Ended up taking it into a repair shop as I didnt have spare parts on hand, and it worked fine for them right away. Brought it home and it booted no problem. Still cost me $140 to learn that difficult lesson that nothing was technically wrong. But it was definitely a weird experience and i got no good answers from it but i'm thankful i'm not the only one with that experience! Amazing video like always!

[@aznplantify]

including your family on the channel is so cool

[@Jwalker76]

While the computer is fine, I think in a case like this it's worth swapping out that power supply. Big thanks to be quiet for supporting Greg.

[@fede-x-mza9126]

Greg thank's for sharing your knowledge , awesome videos with you kid Saludos from Argentina.

[@SwampFox178]

Highlight of the week right here! Thanks Greg

[@GregSalazar]

Thanks for watching!

[@auntmaryspals7978]

Years ago, we were having electrical problems in the mobile home park where I lived. Brown outs and surges were occuring frequently. One day I was sitting near my computer and we had a surge that blew a hole in my surge protector and set my curtains on fire. I was amazed that my computer, and my home for the most part, was unharmed. Called the fire marshall that day.

[@DueM]

customer: I've tried nothing and I'm all out of ideas.

[@user-kq6ix6jt1c]

good job. suggesting they add a UPS would be another preventative measure for similar issues also. hard to rule out a line short or weak breaker without electrician

[@SensibleClem]

Reminded me of my own ordeal few months back. Swapped everything from my RV05 to an Alta GM1 and my room went 'pop' as soon as I flipped the switch. Tested at other locations in the house, replaced the cable to the rig and every time there will be a trip. Send to a local PC shop and it tripped their test section as well. In the end, it was a pass-through cable from the Alta GM1 to the Psu that was the culprit. A $2 fix.

[@SkateClipsAndTips]

Is the micro center series on hold for now? I was loving that series as well as this one

[@GregSalazar]

We're making an announcement tomorrow! :-D

[@SkateClipsAndTips]

Also I knew to look towards the PSU as soon as he described the symptoms. Maybe the psu did it's job with his power strip and prevented the system from turning back on. He did mention it didn't turn on with another outlet either, so maybe his breaker box triggered and shut off the outlets within the surge area

[@recordatron]

Always find it funny when you're sat behind the camera gesticulating and pointing at the PC like your reprimanding a poorly behaved pet or something haha. An entertaining video as always!

[@GregSalazar]

You should see what I look like when I do it hahah it's definitely cringe-worthy.

[@DumbIn3D]

That there is a great father. Glad to be subscribed!

[@johnstancliff7328]

Love the motherboard! a MSI B450-A Pro.... love that board! nice video! good job Greg!

[@Lowe505]

these videos are so interesting i look forward to viewing every time a new vid comes out thank you Greg.

[@Madcore.]

Greg Salazar, I have had this same issue with a customer new PC I built for them, There system was turning off when connected to a cheap power strip, I told the customer to plug into the wall and do not use the power strip still same problem. So I told them to try a different outlet in a different room.. BINGO the PC stopped randomly turning off. They got an electrician out and found bad wiring in few of the room of the house. It was an older house like 25 to 30 years old. This can happen 100%

[@mathmexican4234]

I once thought my computer was having issues when it turned out to be my monitor was turning on fine but the back light (or whatever the terms are) was bad. I just didn't have multiple monitors to check at the time. All mistakes are just learning opportunities!

[@siq41]

Very cool , in my experience I believe it was the power strip that burned. I liked the fact that you replaced the power supply.

[@anthonywyatt8060]

Awe, glad you had your expert helper on hand to give you a hand with this one. :-) It's often the simplest solutions that are overlooked in our industry Greg, because most of us who've been doing this for a while, see, and start to think, "It can't possibly be that simple?"...When in actual fact, we can't make that assumption. Totally glad the user didn't lose out on anything and the rig was unaffected by the surge. Awesome to see that the surge protector did its job and took the hit for the system and didn't take it out in the long run. Hopefully the user was able to square away the strip & outlets at his home when he received the rig back. Thanks for this video, and all the work you do. Big fan of your channel.

[@GregSalazar]

I appreciate it, Anthony!

[@brianfessler12]

@Greg - I am a technician in Houston that has this type of problem with PCs at my company due to unreliable power. I have experienced this type of issue myself but especially with Dell desktops. We normally pull the power cord > press the power button while disconnected > plug back in an turn on the PC. This normally drains any power from the MB and restores the state of the machine to normal. I wonder if this happened naturally during the time it took the machine to get to your home for troubleshooting. -All the best! Brian F.

[@kyleleseberg1948]

YOUR AWESOME GREG. Happy fathers day my guy

[@bikedoc4145]

So glad Greg had help fixing this Compooter 🤣

[@graxo3752]

His breaker probably tripped and he didn't know that was a thing you can check lol. 😂

[@viperrcr]

If he has a resettable surge protector, it may need to be reset by the reset switch or simply unplugging it for a 1/2 hour might reset itself depending on how the manufacturer made it. Like someone else suggested, test outlets with a lamp. If there is power, then the next step would be to replace the power cable IMO. Great video!

[@kqrmabury]

God I love these videos, great work once again👌🏻

[@jacktryhards3014]

thats what i like bout u greg, keep it up

[@itsKtoday]

I really like this series and I hope the person that sent in the pc doesn't feel bad. It still helps determine what the problem is so now its a process of elimination with either the outlets or surge protector.

[@ranmasaotome7613]

Okay, this video was too wholesome. :)

[@rmorenberg]

great video also great seeing your son's input he will build someday

[@craigbomer8962]

I had almost the exact same problem in my kitchen. At some point, a previous owner had installed a dedicated 20a receptacle above a counter. Never had a problem with it, but we only used it for phone chargers. When we remodeled the kitchen, I tried plugging in my Ryobi battery charger and it would light up like it was on, but would freak out and reset itself in loops when you tried to charge a battery pack. Since the outlet had "worked" up until that point, I assumed the charger was bad and went and got a second one from the garage and it behaved the exact same way. I checked the voltage at the outlet and got 120 volts and an outlet tester showed a properly wired outlet. I switched off the breaker and pulled the outlet out, no problems at the connections to the outlet. I swapped out the outlet temporarily with a known good one and the battery charger STILL lost it's mind when trying to charge a battery. I was stumped. I pulled the cover off the breaker box and checked the breaker connection, it looked fine. Since the outlet was a special 20 amp rather than the standard 15 amp, it had it's own breaker. I took the breaker out of the box and found the problem. The contacts on the breaker that slotted over the spade on the buss bar in the box must have been making poor contact for I don't know how long and had burned/arced a lot of the material off of the spade of the buss bar. The breaker was barely making any contact with the buss bar at all. The circuit could handle the piddly 2 amps a phone charger was pulling, but not whatever a Ryobi 18v battery charger pulls. Your client could have a similar situation going on with the supply breaker that feeds the outlets in that room.

[@Stevenzao]

I work with PC maintenance and once I had the customer's power cable short right in my face. Nothing terrible happened, a few sparks flew around, replaced his power cable and everything worked fine. So even if it's a very unlikely problem, you should NEVER rule it out. Best regards!

[@Bratfalken]

In Europe where some, if not many, houses have 3 phased power into the building, if one breaker goes and there is some usage like 3 phased stowes or heathers that runs simultaneus, then you can get some seepage of low volt power going back into the outlet and give a computer that goes on and off all the time. To protect from this I have added a remote switch in line with the power surge protector, so that it can't start until I fix the breaker!

[@jimrello7878]

your kid cracks me up, good job

[@restothis917]

Could it be an older house? A little story here. I owned a house that was built in the 70s. At some point, there were some improvements made. All of the outlets on the outer walls were replaced and rewired. In the center of the house, there were some load-bearing walls. It separated the kitchen from the living room and in between was a walk-in pantry. I had my rig on a desk in the living room against that wall. What I did not know, or even consider, those outlets were never improved. They were regular looking 3 pronged outlets BUT there were not grounded. There wasn't much for regulations back in the 70s and without having a proper test done on 2 specific outlets I would never have known. It would cause all sorts of problems, including odd inconsistent shutdowns. Once I moved the rig to a proper outlet it never happened again.

[@mcalhoun73]

Several things here. Most rooms are wired on a single breaker. It could be a bad breaker. Also, we don't know the age of the home nor the condition of the outlets in the home. We have all seen older outlets get loose making for a poor connection and that PC is pulling more current than anything else in the room more than likely. A bad breaker will also cause the same issues. You are in Florida...In the middle of summer...central air units cutting on sometimes (especially without a soft start kit or funtion) pull a lot of current. It wouldn't be a bad idea to get an electrician to come check things out.

[@GregSalazar]

Yep. Was more or less getting to that toward the end of the video. Inconsistent power delivery in a particular room should be traced first to the outlet and then to the room's breaker.

[@TOFMDrone]

a lightning strike hit a distribution box down the street about 20 years ago. my PSU's fuse was blown with a lot of smoke coming out the back of it. luckily the damage remained with a broken PSU was a shocking experience

[@unknown4mat584]

Can wait to see him really helping and fixing with dad in the future

[@Eternalduoae]

I'm wondering if there was some sort of overcurrent protection breaker in the PSU that needed some time to reset before working again. It could be that the elapsed time between the surge and the retest in the property was not enough to let this happen... or maybe the PSU needed to discharge somewhat before it reset. Just a theory. Either way, replacing the PSU is probably the right call.

[@Taskforce22]

Believe me, power cables definitely can and do go bad. I've had it happen personally before, and replaced a few for other people that had shorted. The circuit breaker did its job and tripped in every one of those cases thank goodness. And that sounds like a good example of one shorting internally. I'd start with just replacing the power cable. And since you're giving him a new PSU, it should have a new power cable included, I hope you gave it to him as well. The plug and surge protector are likely just fine. If it was throwing the circuit breaker and not tripping the surge protector, it could be an overload on the circuit. Either way, I'd start with a new plug.

[@patrickeastman1639]

yeah man those old powermac towers with those clear cables were notorious for catching fire lol ive seen it happen a LOT

[@johnpaulbacon8320]

One time I had this very strange power issue with my pc. I tried everything I could think of - other then replacing the "Power-Cable" that goes from the wall to the PSU itself. Eventually I was suggested to try a different PSU-cable and that was the problem. As for what happened to the cable - I never found out. The cable itself was a very high end and rather thick cable. It originally came with the PSU i was using at that time a - An 80+ Gold FM 1250w PSU that was a very high end unit. With a replacement cable system started working like new and the PSU went on t serve me a total of 9 years out of it's 10 year Manufactures warranty. It was passed on to a friend and last I knew - it was still working after 12+ years of usage.

[@GregSalazar]

Oh of course they can! Just not very often. I've _never_ run into this issue in my years of troubleshooting, building, etc. But it doesn't mean it shouldn't be checked which is why we mentioned it :-)

[@KrastyoKrastev]

Thanks Greg!

[@Beary98]

Before we fixed our old house wiring.... Displayport cables shocked me. Special. It's feasible there was some weird, goofy interference with a bad ground on that circuit and the system.

[@adonnisnathan3556]

Hi Greg, great vid! Had a similar issue with my son's pc. Strangely enough, was working an evening and when he tried to boot up in the morning, nothing. Thought it was the power supply but didn;t smell anything odd. Plugged into a different outlet and still nothing, Luckily I unplugged the power cable and tried a differnt one and voila! What caused it to short out is still a mystery. Maybe the same in this case.

[@milboludeces]

Strange electricity issues here. Similar happened to me years ago in my mother's house. I remember that my PC turned off without any reason, and it won't turn on again unless I switch the outlet, then came to the original outlet and booted normally.

[@georgehubbs1747]

That's quite the helper you have there. Make sure to pay him well, milk and cookies for starters! God bless you both and have fun! Good work guys!😁

[@DutyGeezer]

Awesome little guy!

[@OblivionOne]

It sounds similar to an issue I had years back, which ended up being dirty power from old un-grounded outlets. Most things worked fine, but anything with a sensitive power supply would have all sorts of weird issues.

[@Dan-Simms]

Good job mini Greg!

[@seanladrido7736]

The plot twist in the end made this episode somewhat wholesome. Goes to show that Greg and the owner are only human, unlike most tech influencers nowadays who seem far out of reach.

[@ddforrester]

Grag, would you consider investigating the claim of these Titanium class efficiency ratings? Next time: Using a Kill-A-Watt meter turn on the rig with the old Corsair PSU and compare those readings with the newer unit? Great content as always sir!

[@adrianstephan4011]

Little Greg is blessed with an amazing dad

[@gregfisher216]

Your son is too cute ! A good UPS instead of wonky power strip . Good trouble shooting Greg! I will say it again ,great series!

[@David-yx3bd]

Yeah he really needs to try another room that's on a separate breaker. If he has AFCI protection on certain rooms in the house, but not others? Try one that's not on an AFCI protected line. I have a garage setup because the rest of the condo is on AFCI (except the kitchen and I wasn't doing that), and the builders who built this place picked probably the twitchiest AFCI's they could find. Even with power strips and/or a UPS trying to smooth the load, anything drawing more than maybe 250-300W dynamically? Meaning that load will shift slightly up and down? They are tripped because they think they are seeing a loose connection. Edit: Love the special helper.

[@sidewinder86ify]

Nice upgrade on the PSU.

[@EricMcL216]

My son is one year old and it is a dream of mine to one day, build a rig together with him. That was so awesome!

[@RVail623]

There are replacement (wall outlet to PC) power cables that use 14 gauge wires, instead of the standard 16 gauge wires. The PC owner should probably invest in one of those red/green/yellow LED $8 outlet testers, that can detect if the hot & neutral portions were wired incorrectly. Older homes may not even include a ground portion, so that would indicate a need for simply replacing the wall outlet with a properly grounded 3-prong wall outlet. As someone else mentioned: double-check the breaker box for possible corrosion induced by sparking between the breaker and spade on the buss bar.

[@iskate40]

Another Greg Salazar banger