Fixing a Viewer's BROKEN Gaming PC? - Fix or Flop S3:E8
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This viewer's gaming PC was working just fine until he heard a loud POP! Now, it doesn't turn on. How broken is it? Answer: VERY BROKEN. Let's try to fix it! Welcome to Fix or Flop! By the way, if you live in the Orlando, FL area and have an issue with your rig, apply to have it (possibly) fixed for free today! gregsalazar.co...
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We want to thank the motherboard for taking one for the team and dying to protect the other parts.
"RUN YOU FOOLS"
Mother protected it's cubs!
No thanks to the PSU, though... It. Had. One. Job!
That’s why it’s called a mother 😢
I haven't finished the video, but I suspect a capacitor.
The original PSU is rated A-tier on LTT and powered a system that would have been fine on 650W... that is an extremely unlucky failure.
Was wondering the same... Could have been some kinda external factor..
Well, that happens sometimes even with good quality units.
From what he said in the pinned comment... it was lighting, and it struck.
Some EVGAs are not so good as they might look...
I've had a similar thing happen, the day after I build my PC it refused to power on. My 2 day old Corsair RM750x PSU fried itself overnight somehow
a deaf user from Argentina enjoys a lot your videos, really thanks for this content
wolesome
Thanks for watching! Much appreciated.
Green flashing light means one of the rails on the motherboard took a dump. Some boards are red that flash but most are green. Happens when there is a power spike that goes through the board. Protects the components like the gpu and ram and drives from further damage.
definetely a shorted component pulling standby voltage low
Unlucky, the PSU capacitor went pop & taken the motherboard with it.
But Lucky it went to Greg, Great work 👍
Wow Greg is so generous! Even though he said he would only replace 1 part he gave him 3 (if you include the sleeved extension cables). He’s also probably the best pc fixer on UA-cam. His videos are clean and concise and easy to understand. I’ve learned so much from him
Yes very much so. He shows it all basic and in words we can all understand. It’s like we are all hands on in his videos with him. Very educational and fun to see mostly every PC have its own unique set of problems and how they’re fixed. Very well done and captured.
he clearly dances around the most likely causes to make an actual video out of this... pop and doa pc, is almost always mb/psu, then it's just a matter of trial and error to figure out what else was killed then the first unit went. still it's solid content.
@@arizona_anime_fan Not dancing around at all. Jumping straight to what I _think_ is the cause could result in overlooking other problems with the build. For example, replacing the PSU immediately wouldn't have told me anything about the state of the motherboard (and may have resulted in damage to the replacement unit). It's important that we work toward minimizing variables vs. aimlessly replacing stuff without first isolating.
@@GregSalazar Solid rebuttal.
I just discovered this channel, Now I'm feeling like i need to call every PC gamer I know in real life and tell them to double check their DIMM slots. Every, single, time.
Don't need to check if you have 4 sticks!
This happened to me 1 month after I built my first gaming rig, my CX750 (Bronze) had a capacitor blow-out; fortunately I turned everything off right away. Made sure to look for anything burnt/fried on the motherboard, nothing found. In the end I just RMA it and got a CX750M to replace the bad CX750. Never had issues with the system again, but it was really scary when it happened, the pop was so loud and the system tried to reboot, was lucky and got away with only the PSU being toast.
I've once had a power supply that popped, that took ALL of my components with it. CPU, motherboard, GPU, hard drive, optical drive, _everything._ The only thing it didn't take was the ram.
Was the PSU under warranty?
@@ehdbom Unfortunately, no. Of course I would expect that of a power supply that wasn't even 80+ rated. A 450w, at that. That particular one was shoddy, even for 2011 standards. Lasted me right up until it popped and destroyed my computer back in early 2017. I've gotten new parts since then, but it still sucked.
I would still probably not use that RAM, cant be too happy...
I had the inverse happen. 2012 iBuyPower prebuilt with a Great Wall PSU. The PSU went out with a pop and a flash around 2017. Everything else was fine except the RAM and a single bad RAM slot on the motherboard. Replaced the PSU and RAM and it worked for another year until I built a new PC.
Had the same, only the optical drive and RAM survived. Well at least I had a good reason to build a new PC for myself...
Just wanted to give a huge thanks for making these types of videos. I did my first PC build last week and once complete I had 0 power going to anything. Because of these videos I was able to track down that it was actually a USB-C header that I had plugged in backwards (the guide I was following said it can go either way). Had it not been for watching these videos, there is no chance I would have solved it on my own. The tip of only hooking up MB + CPU and power, no other connectors got me to power on the board, and then I was able to narrow down my mistake. I was amazed that having a single non-essential cable plugged in backwards wouldn't even let the standby power get to my MB. Thank you so much.
I remember having a gaming computer years ago on a surge protector and a t-storm was moving through and I wasn't thinking anything of it, but lightning hit the house and caused mine to blow up :( it was a sad day.
Ooof :-(
yikes i feel that one bro when nature says no
it was probably only a power strip and not an actual surge protector. Most ppl don't think to double check that they are using an actual surge protector.
@@obrebel0 could be possible, but if lightening hits the house and your stuff is plugged in only Jesus can save them
@@obrebel0 plus I’m quite sure that surge protectors go bad
It's just nice to see someone helping others on the internet. People like Greg are why I still have hope for the future.
Watching you fix peoples broken systems reminds me of the first computer I ever worked on at school back in 2003. It was my first time working inside a system and I unplugged the HDD while the system was still on and plugged it back in, it send a surge through the whole system and fried it. Luckily it was an old and obsolete P1 system.
Probly took a power surge to the PSU. I use UPS on power strip surge protector combo. gotta protect those componenets. keep the videos coming.
Those are pretty useless as it doesn’t limit the current..
This is exactly what happened when I had a Thermaltake PSU die on me many years ago. Even had a Freezone Elite TEC Chiller and even it survived!
MAN I LOVE THIS VIDEOS, ever since I discovered the fix or flop playlist I am kind of addicted to it haha, I don know I just like it so much that I can watch them again, great video!
This unit was more than likely hit by a power surge. Look around the chips, and see if you can find a hole in one of them.
I’ve been watching these videos for 4 hours straight and I’m in love😍😍😍
Thanks a lot to you Greg. Just by watching your fix or flop videos from halfway across the world i was quickly able to identify a faulty motherboard in a brand new build in just a few steps! You sir are a life-saver!
This came as a bit of a shocker to me. EVGA makes a pretty solid PSU, and when they do die, they have pretty good protection on the outputs to make sure the rest of the system isn't affected. External factors, maybe? Maybe a voltage spike on the incoming power line?
I just want to thank you for your videos, I ordered a new cpu and two of the pins were bent when I got it and after watching your videos I had the confidence and knowledge to bend the pins back with a needle not having to send it back and wait another two weeks
Love these videos i pray for you Greg every time i watch a video and it comes down to replacing parts this playlist has teached me alot thank you bud
Thank you Greg for this series~ For all you do for the community~
It may be worth saying when you hear a "pop" the first thing you need to check is the Power Supply, and then the motherboard caps. Then the rest. In that order.
Trying stuff like swapping out RAM, CPU, GPU or disks carries the risk of having them destroyed by the malfunctioning PSU.
Awesome video greg! Had experenced the same issues many times with way cheaper PSUs in my client's rigs, good thing the psu did not took the cpu with it. I experienced a way worst issue with poped psu where a component in the mobo gave me the magic smoke 😅
When you said it smells like a smokers rig i knew the power supply was burned out. The sniff test is always useful when something suddenly stops working.
I put my rig as well as my network gear on UPS units. That helps prevent surges and quick hit power outages. But my network gear was fried 2x in the last 4 years during thunderstorms. A couple weeks ago I took a close look at the grounding stake where the coax enters the house. The wire was broken and the rod was all rusted. Drove in a new rod and replaced the wire with a new 12 gauge section. Just in time too. We had an April thunderstorm, with a strike so close I heard a snap before the lightning, followed by the thunder. And everything stayed up. Moral: check your ground on the internet cable!
Power supply be like... "If I'm going to go down, I'm taking someone or something down with me...". Another great episode Greg. Happy Holidays :)
Wow. We are so lucky to have you around, more so local viewers like these guys. Amazing job as always, this is so kind of you to completely give away those really expensive parts to the unfortunate guy.
Check with EVGA on that power supply. The G3 is normally a very reliable PSU and has a 10 Year warranty.
Right!!!! i was shocked to see that it was an EVGA G3 that failed but it can happy with any brand unfortunately. I currently have an EVGA 850GT which is one of the best PSU's out there. I remember a video by GamerNexus where they tested it under heavy load and it passed with flying colors as a top tier PSU.
In 30 years of PC tech, I've only had one PSU do the pop and burn: A 430W Thermaltake that lasted only 20 min. Thankfully, I was right there and I don't recall any other damage. This was in the early 2000s and the PC was not at all power hungry. I know even a respected brand can have a few lemons, but I have also had off-brand PSUs that lasted much longer. Though I am certainly no EE, I find PSUs fascinating, even more than GPUs (not a gamer).
Honestly I don't understand why these guys don't just call for warranty when their systems fail... Anyway, great job Greg! Cheers from Romania!
My guess it they don't even know what component to call for warranty replacement about.
Another great learning vid! Thanks Greg for tackling this particular build- always a new troubleshooting adventure!
Always recommend putting your PC behind a Power + Surge UPS and a good surge protector as well. Get a good one that will also condition the power so you don't have to worry about brown outs.
There is lots of lightning in Florida.
@@pctrashtalk2069 In my country (Netherlands) We don't have much lightning and most of the energy grid is buried below ground so here the risk is small. But it's never zero. Still i got away without protection as long as there are personal computers around (i am 53 using computers since 1984 never had an issue with fried components due to surges). It all depends on your location and energy grid and amount of times your energy grid get surges. But i am not stupid when there is an outage i would take the computer from the outlet because once it pops back on you can get a surge.
Yep, PSU probably took the board with it. Doesn't always happen, but this is why you don't cut corners on the PSU. But it's not like they did. Kinda' surprising being a EVGA G3. Not exactly top tier, but still, a pretty decent PSU. Maybe the board killed the PSU. The world may never know.
thanks for spoileing the episode.First comment under the video.
@@vikonemedia1 opening blurb states that the owner heard a pop. At that point, it's basically guarantied that's the PSU released the magic blue smoke. Taking out just the MOBO is honestly a good day when a PSU spits the dummy.
That is why you do not scroll down and read the comment section before watching the video lol! 😁
@@SkyForce6700 i didn't im watching on the phone so it pops down there first suggested comment and damn that wasnt fun
@@vikonemedia1 hryy boo hoo its a tech video not a movie come on
As soon as you said the owner heard a pop I knew what it was. A cap blew in the P/S and I'm not surprised the failure sent a boatload of current up the line and bricked the M/B. I've had it happen.
Love these series so much. After watching so many of them I feel much more confident in diagnosing PC issues if something ever went wrong.
Thanks for what you do Greg , you're a beast!
Greg, another informative and well-produced video, I always use a remote power switch, which is very inexpensive. I don't like sticking a metal tool anywhere near my MB. A video showing how to set up and use a test bench would be nice. The wall outlet you use for the PC should have a GFI installed. A UPS is also nice as it has an excellent surge protector. If you hear thunder, turn your PC off, disconnect the power cord, and then hide behind your sofa. I live in Florida, and I have to do this many times.
I don't have any pc problems but i love watching your fix or flop series. I've always been very intimidated with the goings on inside my pc, but you have a way with explaining things that took the mystery out of it.
I understand you're trying make a video that is instructive. But you spent way too much time fooling around at the beginning. Pulling all of the wires and plugging in a temporary power supply should have been the first thing you tried when somebody says there was a pop
Way back in the day (late 90s or very early 2000s) I get a phone call, friend asks me if it's normal that there was a pop in his PC, and that smoke was coming out of it. Yeah that wasn't fixable.
Pops in a PC is rarely a good sign.
I am shocked that a 850W EVGA gold rated PSU blew up like that. Goes to show that a rating isn't everything, even from a reputable brand. My 750W unit from EVGA was DOA but was quick to get a replacement.
What sucks is even if your brand new PSU is DOA, yeah they'll replace your PSU but they'll replace it with a refurbished/repaired one.
@@gmualum08 Nope, Amazon sent me the exact same model. Then gave me 30 days to ship the dead one back before being charged for the new one they sent me.
Very important to use a power bar with anti-surge protection. My previous TV fried during a thunderstorm. Luckily, I could fix it by changing the main board ($70 instead of 800+$ for a new TV). Got myself an industrial grade power bar, and it never happened again.
When you heard pop, chances of PSU fried is very high. And if your PSU confirm fried, other components may also fried.
Much better process this time around if you ask me. Youre refining it a bit *thumbs up*
Religiously watching your fix or flop series, waiting for the day my PC bricks it.
I'll be so ready 🤣
Great props to ASUS for their mobo taking all the damage and act as a fuse to protect the other parts of the team. ✌
BTW, EVGA only had one job... 🙄
This is the first sponsor clip ive seen that I would actually buy. My corgi and my moms Siamese cat will love it.
The new be quiet PSU and cables go very well with that be quiet cpu cooler
hey man your analysis is the best they can get for free tbh but you go out your way to replace thing that can cost up too 100+ and I GRATELY appreciate that since you want them to be able to game as soon as possible or whatever else they do. regardless i hope everything goes well and you make up for those "losses" youre a nice man :]
“Whoa what has this rig been through” 😂😂 idk why but it made me laugh so hard
I got recommended this channel because I have a broken/faulty PC but sticking around because you're entertaining
0:10 Reason why I stopped making popcorn in the microwave because I trust Greg.
I have only heard a pop when running a computer 3 times since the 1980s, one was a CRT monochrome monitor and the other 2 were PCU cap pops.
And POP it's fixed. well done Greg, Nice video.
I love this type of video, don't stop please!!
I had that exact EVGA PSU "pop". My wife called me at work and said it sounded like a firecracker went off in it. I spent the rest of the day fearing it may have taken my board or 6900xt with it. Fortunately the replacement worked and all was well. When I turned over the bad one a piece fell out that turned out to be part of a capacitor.
This goes to show that things can go wrong on even the most reliable brands, it's not likely to happen, but there's always the possibility. It'd be cool if we could see the inside of the PSU so we can see what exactly went wrong, although I understand why you wouldn't want to do that.
that psu tester is a life saver!
I never would have expected to see a vinyl of Breaking Benjamin's "Ember" in a PC centered video.
I love this case, the MSI Mag 100M, such a clean and nice case and it was so cheap.
I love the outcoming result... Those extensions fits like a glove with the asus rog mainboard... Cool video 👍
Greg your too generous to some people - Like this PC I would find out what the issues are - try my components then tell him/her what they need to replace to get the PC working then keep my components. Great videos - Love your channel thanks for all your hard work (UK)
I hope this does not come out the wrong way, but I've been waiting for the power supply check to show a fail this whole time. There have been a lot of different issues, and the power supply was never one of them. One more to check off the list!
Looks like that power supply lived up to its name. Supernova...
Hi greg!!! Been waiting i felt sad i thought the fix or flop playlist was already finished.
Glad its not. Godbless!!!
We upload an episode nearly every week LOL. Thanks for watching!
@@GregSalazar man!!!! thanks for the reply, solid supporter here since you're troubleshooting steps helped me out on my issues before
Good Job Man! , thank you for making these kind of videos for troubleshooting components and such.
>Viewer heard a pop
Oh a cap ABSOLUTELY died in there
Another Great Video Greg.. Keep up the good work.
i clicked on this vid. then i saw the case at 0:01 so directly at the start and gone "Oh thats my case! I use that rn! Lol"
Love the fireworks out the window🤣😂🤣
Earlier this year I replaced my 3900x with a 5900x (unplanned upgrade after my 3900x was broken during a cooler swap), and less than two weeks after installing my new CPU my PSU 'popped' (it was a Corsair AX760i). I had purchased a 750W Thermaltake PSU a few years before to repair my brother's computer and never ended up using it, so I held onto it as a spare. I got that connected and still no POST from the PC, so I was sweating bullets at that point. I ended up taking it to a Canada Computers for further troubleshooting, since I didn't have another x570 board and/or AM4 CPU to test with. Dreading a dead CPU and a massive bill, I felt so much relief when it turned out to be a second dead PSU! That Thermaltake must have been DOA, the only time I ever connected it before was to a different system that was also dead (motherboard in that case). Anyways, I am still extremely thankful my original PSU blowing avoided taking anything more out with it.
Ah the mag case..I wiped down my cousin's case with alchohol and it left marks on it..but I love these videos!
Great video again Greg greetings from the Netherlands
A pop always leads to suspect power supply. It is pretty rare in my experience to get a pop that doesn't include the power supply. The flashing LED on the motherboard indicates a short on the motherboard and I would suspect that something on the motherboard went bad creating a short and the old power supply didn't have proper protection and died because of it.
This one seemed like a challenge, but you got it
great episode as always!
Thanks for checking it out!
Gracias for the content, good to see a good family man and dad share important knowledge, and going above and beyond, very nice to add those sweet custom cables, and attenion to detail; orange stripe for cooler and psu, Feliz Navidades
Wow...I haven't seen a mobo s%#& the bed in ages...let alone an Asus one at that. Then again the PSU could of been the thing that went pop and took the board with it. Yet another educational vid for newbies to troubleshooting Greg.
Hey Greg. I live this playlist so much. Can I just throw in an opinion of mine? I think I prefer the episodes without background music, it’s a little distracting for me personally. Anyway, not like it ruined the video or anything. Good stuff! I’m sure people really appreciate you fixing up their rigs for them! 👌
It feels like it's been forever since I have seen one of these in the playlist. Nice little surprise youtube recommendation. Not gonna lie, I wouldn't trust any of those parts anymore until I ran extensive testing on all of them, even if they do work. I would also recommend a UPC or surge protector at the very least for this viewer.
I really like that power supply tester.
Well done Greg, another goodwill.
had the same thing happen to me, power supply blew , all rails popped like firecrackers pack and fried motherboard as well
I love this playlist!!!
Love your music choices
I was hearing small popping noises coming from, I believe the pci-e slot were my gpu was connected. It was a periodic pop, but was consistent in time between the noise. Replaced the MB and haven't heard anything yet. I also upgraded the cpu, so I'm not sure if it was just the MB's fault alone.
Finally after 3 seasons of fix or flop episodes the PSU was culprit.
Had this similar issue with my Asus Prime X470-pro, so I RMA'd it and got myself a new replacement motherboard.
Evga psus are pretty solid usually too...at least you know they will rma it for you no problem
that was a fun video. great job as always Greg!
First time i see my case in the wild!
i stopped the vid @4:08 as SOON i saw that psu i knew enuff. those are known to fail.
lets continue the vid ^^
Always have a good quality power supply in a computer otherwise it can take out everything. What a sad unfortunate series of events but had a great person fixing the computer.
Great job on the fix. Wonderful video.
I have a system I have used daily since I built it in early 2017 with this same Power Supply, 7700k CPU , Asus Maximus IX MB and a 1080Ti Strix GPU. I have never had an issue with it and its been 5.5+ years. That said, this does make me a little uncomfortable... I have built other rigs since then but it would suck to lose the rig for no reason. Its important to note that I also have always had it plugged into a pretty decent surge protector. Hopefully it won't be an issue. :(
The only thing worst than smoke is a POP!
"if you're looking for something to keep your pets entertained"
*shows Greg*
Hello. have watched many of your videos, great entertainment. I have actually experienced myself that a power supply has exploded in a test server/home server many years ago, switched to a new power supply and checked that everything else was ok. Booted up normally, everything worked fine after that. Maybe I was lucky, who knows. But come to think of it, there should have been some form of safety mechanism in power supplies that prevents this from happening, at least prevents the motherboard, CPU, memory from being destroyed.
What once happened to me: I got a random complete power shutoff in my appartment. I tried to just reset the breaker but it immediately was thrown out again. So I took everything of the powersockets, flipped the breaker on and step by step put back in all my electronics. When it came to my PC I had to crawl under my desk, with the tower right next to me adn when I plugged it back in it gave a HUGE bang and a big light, tight next to me, in my PC. I took it off the grid and began opening it and taking out the powersupply, where I saw that the bang and falsh happened. I opened the Powersupply - although, never do that! Don't be as stupid as I was - and I saw a really big capacitor that had exploded. Luckily nothing happened to me or anything!
It was a 6 year old BeQuiet Powersupply. But they do have 5 Year warranty and it lived up to it. So I bought a new one( also BeQuiet :) ) and installed it. My PC worked just fine! So whatever security this Powersupply had in place worked! Nothing fucked up my Mainboard or anything. But it was a scary moment :D
i did that a a brand new build with the brand new am5 platform luckly it was just a fan that got to much power i think had it for a while and no problems but when i plugged the fan back in would get a crazy noise from it but other wise no problems