This customer return was due to the problem I created.... or was it??

[@stevenwilliams6638]

Been watching your videos for awhile. The consistency, and quality of your content is a breath of fesh air with all the bubbly gum drop tech tubers out there. Keep up the great work.

[@DLMtechgarage]

Thanks bro!!

[@shadyonej]

just found your channel bro . i run a very small pc business and i enjoy your content

[@DLMtechgarage]

Appreciate you, bro! Glad you're enjoying the content.

[@kharandros]

Great video as always. When showing system specs someone's Gmail address was readable onscreen 😮

[@DLMtechgarage]

it was an old account they don't use anymore but yea I need to be more mindful of that. Thanks

[@0o9ijnbhytgr]

i love de MacGyver stuff, i am all for fixing it for as cheap as possible 👍

[@ghosttheoremproductions5469]

I don't do the ultra-budget stuff as part of my regular flips/builds but upon request I've done some funkiness to get someone a system when they wouldn't otherwise have been able. AMD gpus have regular pinout 4-pin fan headers so several times I've gotten those XFX RX 570/580 cards with bad fans (stock fans on those cards suck) and modded in a pair of AM4 cpu cooler fans. The shroud holds them tight to the heatsink, the wattage draw is low, and they cool better than the stock fans.

[@reggiedixon2]

When people say "get a dirt-cheap Dell or HP office machine and put a decent graphics card in it", this is the kind of proprietary hell they gloss over. Tales of older hardware, before Christmas a friend of a friend had his office PC fail. Completely standard hardware, realised the PSU had failed, picked up a second hand Corsair PSU from eBay 25 quid. Next problem, his secretary said it was unbelievably slow. She was right, realised the HDD was likely on its way out so put in a Crucial MX500 500GB for 50 quid. Still not brilliant so examined the CPU, discovered it was some unbelievable Pentium garbage. Checked the motherboard GA-H61M-DS2 and found it was 2nd & 3rd gen intel. Looked at my box of old CPUs and found a 3rd gen i5, put that in and the PC was transformed, secretary thinks I am an IT god. Gave them the CPU free so for £75 they are saved being ripped off by another Pentium salesman.

[@speedyboishan87]

Pentium D or whichever Pentium CPU you have is bound to be slow or not upto the standards of today's technology. A faster or much addequate CPU is recommended.

[@reggiedixon2]

@speedyboishan87 I think you missed the point

[@Alpha-ms9nj]

I have a box full of cables, extensions, adapters etc. I call it the spaghetti box, and I say the same thing that I'll organize it someday but someday never comes lol. Good easy fix there and good tip to document your work and projects.

[@Scott-gx4rc]

Yea same here, never gonna organize that crap. Lol Did organize all the screws(fan screws, mb screws and stand off's ect tho)

[@johnpaulbacon8320]

Nice job on this fix. I would try to get the part that would fix the problem - the cheapest. IF that be a OEm or Aftermarket part that would work in place of the OEM. As for the fan issue - had you tried plugging the 3-pin fan adapter on the 4 pin fan header with the adapter - covering the 3 pins from outer most to inner most from both sides of the header?

[@Frog3136]

On old hardware like - spending money for 'form' is wasted. Creative solutions that work keep this equipment going. My one rule was never use adhesive - always use mechanical connections.

[@IceCreamePudding]

Heads up , you forgot to blur out the login email at @ 3:15 in the Settings window.

[@facelessvaper]

My missus uses one of those DP to HDMI adaptor, same brand by the looks. Use is for a Huion drawing pad, not missed a beat yet & it's been 2 years this month.

[@DanielDiaz-rc2sy]

gracias for the content, excellent as always

[@DLMtechgarage]

Much appreciated!

[@usernotfound-h2v]

As long as the psu has its own fan in the back you don't really need that tiny fan just to replace the original fan that was meant to suck all the hot air inside the psu and blow it out,you can use one of those ol jumper bridges from an old motherboard's clr cmos or something and bridge the fan header. That way the pc won't give any fan error anymore

[@Machistmo]

You should Record the serials, specs and work performed in a database so that you can pull it up at a glance. Chas-Is? Its Chassie, like Cassie. Say it with me in a future video. CHASSIE. Disable the Post alert for fan error. in the bios

[@randomasiankidineuwest]

Bro really said they not like us. Haha 13:05

[@pauli311]

Your content rocks!!

[@DLMtechgarage]

Thanks!

[@jamesharvey44]

Another possibility for your buddies video failure could be a failing HDMI cable on his end. If you have a good spare, toss it in as well.

[@mr2miach]

The way you pronounce chassis is (cha see) not (cha sis). It's probably one of those words you've heard before but not seen it at the time you heard it so you took a valid guess and how to say the word. Thank the English language for things like knife where the K is silent and chassis where the "is" is pronounced as "see". Gotta love English. BTW, not blasting you, just correcting your pronunciation of a terribly spelled word thanks to English.

[@DLMtechgarage]

all good. I know my English is terrible some times lol....

[@helmut3356]

What a messss!

[@Soddus.]

u show his email around 3:30 btw

[@Soddus.]

3:00 sorry

[@mikenelson6630]

I still wonder about the 'no video' problem. It may very well be that the adapter you mention was indeed bad, but I thought I might have seen a VGA port on the back of the machine. If so, could it be possible that he was plugging his monitor into the back of that, and that port isn't working? Either way, if that's the case, I'm sure you will hear about it.

[@Soj_89]

You could have just dismissed the error message and stopped it appearing in BIOS, and just seen if everything worked at reasonable temps reliably.

[@bmanrockwell2174]

I would like to know if this would work. Should, right?

[@Soj_89]

@@bmanrockwell2174 On Dell systems it totally would work (I've had error codes for similar issues). Haven't personally used HP systems but I'm fairly confident they're similar.

[@Hairold-oh1un]

Use a jumper on the fan power pins....

[@bmanrockwell2174]

I was wondering about this idea

[@DLMtechgarage]

interesting!!

[@Hairold-oh1un]

If I remember correctly there is a setting in the B IOS that turns it off. as well.

[@lmcdon11]

I wish my area had a better facebook marketplace electronics selection but in the middle of farmland and Amish where Walmarts is Our hardware selection/HAHA its just bone dry here maybe a phone every once in awhile is on there but hey i do have access to good farmland produce "farm to plate"

[@SimonBannow]

Those kids deserve an upgrade or at least some RGB craziness!

[@WeatherMan2005]

i think you might have missed the point about saving money

[@Sevunteen]

I have a cord box too, its a wreck. Check this out bud. I got a Quadro RTX 5000 Ada 32gb on the marketplace for ..... 350. 🙃It was like getting a brand new Vette for 20 grand, lol. Im stoked its going to do wonders for my LLMs and generative AI.

[@DLMtechgarage]

That's a great deal! I'm sure it'll be a beast.

[@waregeeksny]

It's dusty as heck.

[@Allen811973]

Me I would take the cpu out stick in another motherboard and put it in a reg case just me thing then you can open up more options

[@michaelrowland2590]

Wow my pc has intel core i7 7700 running win 11 home use rufus tool upgrade it

[@Addeatt]

Your buddy about to get a zillion emails

[@CoMmAnDrX]

Buddy's getting more dick enhancement and car warranty extensions emails

[@CantankerousDave]

Not how you pronounce chassis… I get a CPU fan error on my desktop every time. The POST sequence runs before the fan can get up to speed, so it thinks it’s not running at all.

[@molly_mallard]

Set BIOS to ignore that error, or buy a new fan.

[@catherinemorgan2741]

Good day Sir

[@buggerlugz6753]

The top of that looks like he's had it against a radiator.

[@DuneRunnerEnterprises]

It's fiiiiine.

[@origamifolder2255]

Huh didn't know I got here this early

[@JacobVanStratenInnocent]

I'm thinking about dumpster diving electronics recycling places to find parts for one.

[@DLMtechgarage]

Ive gone dumpster diving many times and have gotten lucky........

[@garyr7027]

It wasn't your mistake given he had the computer for two years bro, you did nothing wrong... lol. Btw, a 3 pin fan will work on a 4 pin fan header, the only difference is it won't have any PWM control... cables quit fans go bad it's life.

[@molly_mallard]

Can't believe people would pay shipping costs for e-waste.

[@TheInevitron]

Think. If people are using it, it's not waste. It only becomes waste after people throw it away.

[@molly_mallard]

@@TheInevitron Some people keep bald / blown tires. They have trouble letting go of junk.

[@TheInevitron]

@ Terrible comparison. Functional computer parts that still work fine aren't the same as tires in such poor shape that they're dangerous. You're an incredibly dishonest person. If you can't make your point without making dishonest analogies, rethink whether or not your point is sound. Hint: it's not.