I owned my own Electronic shop for 20 years in Canada and have been in the repair business for total of 54 year. That was a great repair and shows your dedication to the customer, thank you for putting this video online. Michael
Going above and beyond as is standard operating procedure for Adamant IT I've noticed. You're local customers are so lucky to have you and many of them probably don't even know it. Most computer stores would at best diagnose a motherboard fault and then just toss out the existing board. They would then perhaps upsell the customer on a more expensive replacement part with a decent markup, plus probably charge more labor than you did in actually repairing the board. So yay to no needless e-waste and another bravo job sir!
IMHO this was one of your all-time best videos. You were able to diagnose a very unusual and tricky problem while bringing us along for the ride. I really enjoy troubleshooting videos in general and this was a great one. Please keep up the excellent work!
Well done Graham, good diagnostics, thoroughness in checking the board paid off, most repair shops would have given up and sold a new motherboard. Hope your customer appreciates it, but at least you had a really interesting repair video out of it!!
i think this sort of repair work now, is getting very thin on the ground. Too many shops just want to the quick swop and away, rather than use skills on repairing, like people used to do. I fixed my PC speakers, with a soldering iron. That was thanks to Markus Fuller, who did electronic repairs, so a quick look at two mins if that with the iron and good as new.
Though after he found out it is a chip on the motherboard not any other part that is the problem unless he offers logic board repair services which he does. As most don't and only do part replacement not chip repair they would replace the part that they found to be faulty.
@@DJIInLondon As he seems used to finding the place the error is made it was quick. As most logic board repairs use cheap chips or no chip in this instance it really depends on how quick are the employee at finding the error and how expensive is the board for which one is objectively cheaper after all costs are accounted for. You still have to go through the majority of what he did to find the part that needs replacing as blindly going through a list will take more time then to do simple diagnosis like he did to get to it is a motherboard issue.
I'm not a computer Geek, but I love watching your videos. You're amazing, love to watch your diagnostics, methodical approach, which goes a long way towards explaining why you're so competent & successful in your career. Congrats!! I look forward to your next video.
@@josephmeholick1300There is always that one guy who thinks like you. For the 10.000th time it doesn't matter, if there is an air pocket stuck in the pump housing he can just rock the case back and fourth until it has moved to the radiator.
@@AutodidactEngineer Well this is in ideal position is one where the pump is the lowest point in the loop but as you say it doesn't matter, it this case you would hear gurgling but nothing more than that. The only thing I will say is that as the coolant levels get lower then you'll get more air working its way into the pump which can damage the pump, some AIOs have fill ports though so you can always top them up. I mounted my AIO in the top of the case which is the best place as you'll always get coolant flowing through the loop, but again as you said, it doesn't matter.
One of the most satisfying repair vids I've seen in a while. The only bummer is that the owner will never really understand what you did. Most repair shops would have just stopped looking as soon it worked in another slot.
Intermittent dry joints were the bane of my life for almost 40 years of electronic repairs so I am pleased to see I was not the only one. I used to suspect dry joints early in a diagnosis as it was usually easy to fix them. Well done to spot them.
Tons of electronic repair videos on here but this one really was most enjoyable to watch. When you nudged those pins and found them loose, that's what it's all about. Looked like the whole of that end of the socket hadn't been pushed down before soldering at the factory Great stuff!
I can say with a fair bit of confidence that the misaligned i/o plate and the broken solder joints have the same cause. When the expanding packing inflated, it pushed down on the gpu hard enough to not only bend the motherboard, causing the already substandard solder joints to fail, but it also bent the motherboard tray of the case.
@@ve4edj Right from the beginning that motherboard was screaming for attention. There are literally hundreds of copper traces on the bottom of the board that could have been shorting out. If this had been my repair I would have gone for that mobo first. Amateur Radio much? N4RGQ
That was really interesting. Loved how you patiently narrowed it down to some loose joints that also would explain the intermittent fault dynamic. Love this.
amazing to see you follow the traces and just kinda figure out the schematics...that stuff blows my mind...great repair and excellent to see a professional share their step by step approach and thought process...
Fantastic work brother . Love to see you work it through . I had a similar issue that only appeared when PC was standing up on feet but once I tilted the case on its side , The problem went away .
I build gaming systems and I am totally impressed by your troubleshooting skills. Methodical….on point…..and your soldering skills are far better than mine.
I so very much appreciate you actually looking to FIX things. instead of replacing faulty parts. you replace faulty parts of parts. I'm sure its more work but I do enjoy the whole "not throwing it away" thing. Well done
The NVME is maybe connected to the chipset in stead of the CPU. There are two slots closer to the CPU that probably connect to the CPU more directly. I see you fixed it at 55:00, good job.
Amongst your viewers, I’m sure that I am not alone in stating I enjoy your longer videos more as there is always more interesting trouble shooting. Great upload!
That was a great example of honing down on the possible problems until you find the source. Makes sends that the problem was intermittent, given the fault. Very enjoyable. Cheers!
As others have said, this video goes down as one of your best. Great commentary, logical diagnostic process and following through with the fix. Good to see the “Solid” test on the pins gave up the manufacturing fault.
Brilliant! That is some next level pc repair, anyone else would have scrapped that MB. You not only did a brilliant job but you also saved the customer some money and we all learned something too.
Fantastic diagnosis and repair! Basic steps to diagnose today's electronic problems are too often bbeing overlooked or skipped for the all mighty buck. Thanks for taking us along and take care!
Very good diagnostic and even a MoBo repair with tools at hand. Respect earned and freely given. I hope the customer was happy with the repair and the drive repositioning plus the proper PSU utilization for the load requirements of the 3080.
Nice! It is so much fun to ride along with you as you step through your diagnostic process. That was a brilliant bit of sleuthing. I can honestly say, as a Ph.D. biochemist, I am humbled by your analytical skills.
Great fix! Your customers are lucky to have you around. You went above and beyond to get a good and cheap fix. I think most shops would just sell another motherboard and call it a day.
Probably my favorite video I've seen you do. This video nearly has it all. The weight of that 3080 absolutely cracked those joints on the PCI slot. When you stand the case up that card will for sure sag. Should have a support bracket from factory with the card.
Impressionnantes compétences et savoir faire. Fente de GPU, entretoises de carte-mère, cablâge d'alimentation GPU et repositionnement correct de SSD, une réparation 4 en 1. Bravo ! Impressive skills and knowledge. GPU slot, motherboard standoffs, GPU power wiring and correct SSD repositioning, a 4 in 1 repair. Bravo!
Epic stuff. Nice to see you actually repair it as opposed to just saying - "yup need new motherboard" - I was following you until you got to the capacitors. Whilst a little over my head I got to understand what was going on due to your clear explanation.
Loved this vid. Wonderful to see you find such an unusual fault, but even better that you worked out the fix, did it, proved it and we all learned something. Respects
Amazing job. I think other electronics shops would have most likely just returned it to the customer and told them it was unfixable. Glad you dug deeper because it sounded like you were going to recommend replacing the motherboard.
Had a fairly similar incident with my old Asus P5Q Premium: I messed up and touched a 3.3v wire from the PSU's ATX connector to a 12v line (don't ask how, but it happened - NVM). The PSU immediately shut off but the bastard wouldn't POST anymore. Both of the 16x Pci-e slots died because of this: the GPU would only get detected in the 4x slots, so that jolt of 12v probably killed a data line on the NB...
What a great video. Once you found out it was the power to the GPU, I thought right a way there was a broken solder joint on the slot. Not knowing what you do, I would have checked the slot first for bad pin connection. Great job!
Crazy what a simple fix it was. I know that had the customer sent the PC back to Cyberpower, they would've DOAed the board and sent it back to MSI who probably would have stripped it for parts and called it a day, but a simple solder reflow due to PCIe 16x slots not being designed to take the weight of how massive GPUs have become is amazing and probably something you've learned overtime. Top notch work and you got a sub from me!
Your conclusion at the end was perfect for me, particularly if the PC was still new as it is so much less hassle to just get the motherboard replaced. Big kudos for finding and fixing the fault too. Loving the video's, Graham. Keep up the great work!
That’s excellent work Graham. You saved the customer the expense of a new motherboard with some old school board level fault finding. I bet it felt ace when you spotted those wobbly pins 👍
Yes another LFC video. Absolutely love watching this channel and the diagnosis process. Started watching the Twitch channel too which is great. Many thanks for the videos and streams.
At first I thought, just fix the motherboard and be done with it. But I stayed patient, watching the entire video and glad that I did. You are very meticulous in your troubleshooting, and I learned a few tricks because of what you showed. Thank you, you got a new subscriber and I look forward to watching your future videos.
Very unexpected... My first guess was a BIOS setting for the PCIEX Gen 3-4-5 that I've seen before but this is much more interesting and congrats for finding and resolving the issue. Let's me rethink and check my incoming faulted PC's just a little deeper now.
When it turned on accidently once on the slot I suspected there might be a power issue. First I thought the power supply which couldn't give enough. But the old obsolete card didn't start at all so that mainly said enough.
Great video, solid diagnostics and an interesting fault. Also no idea what you charge but all the little attention to detail like using the two 8 pins, moving the nvme ssd and of course actually fixing the mobo instead of swapping it that's some top notch costumer service man. You really are an independent PC repair shop poster child m8.
When you tried that other GPU and it posted I bet some PC shops would say it was the original GPU and say that was it maybe even try and sell them another. you looked further mate and found and fixed the fault, great work Graham as usual, top man.
You did great , the only thing that tiks me is when you noticed the pins being off , instead of just fixing those few you could have easy flux and added more soder to the both rowes for maximum support and connection.
This looks like the guy at northbridgefix in California. He is always checking these connections to Sockets. Anyway this was a perfect example of good diagnostic techniques. Well done.
Excellent repair. I've been building gaming systems since 1997 and have never run across this problem. With graphics cards getting heavier, it presents a problem for shipping. For shipping I take the extra effort to secure the cards so no amount of jarring will disturb the internals.
Great work, I would have guessed the graphics card, when plugged into its 12 V PCIe connection, wouldn't need the 12V on the motherboard, live and learn.
Fantastic video!!! Love your methodology once again. I must say that watching your videos has given me the confidence to transform the way I approach my repairs to a even higher level. Take a bow and keep up the excellent work...respect and regards.
That was an interesting journey, i was screaming "try the other PCIE slot" fairly early, but you got there. Nice job sorting the slot out though, i half expected you to bin it and get another.
Great video and repair! My theory is that since the motherboard wasn't seating properly in the case(misaligned I/O), when the assembler installed the gfx card, it wasn't seating properly, so he just forced it until it seated, which flexed the motherboard enough to break that solder joint....
I owned my own Electronic shop for 20 years in Canada and have been in the repair business for total of 54 year. That was a great repair and shows
your dedication to the customer, thank you for putting this video online. Michael
I think skills like this is a dying art now.
@@procta2343 : but still very much need it
This is why I love this channel. That was a masterclass. Satisfying.
Fantastic breakdown of how to diagnose, never assuming or defaulting, and then repairing a desktop pc. Maximum respect.
Going above and beyond as is standard operating procedure for Adamant IT I've noticed. You're local customers are so lucky to have you and many of them probably don't even know it. Most computer stores would at best diagnose a motherboard fault and then just toss out the existing board. They would then perhaps upsell the customer on a more expensive replacement part with a decent markup, plus probably charge more labor than you did in actually repairing the board. So yay to no needless e-waste and another bravo job sir!
The joy of finding the problem at 48:00 !!! Those heavy graphics cards need more physical support IMO.
Hell of a find. Thanks for taking us along on that journey.
IMHO this was one of your all-time best videos. You were able to diagnose a very unusual and tricky problem while bringing us along for the ride. I really enjoy troubleshooting videos in general and this was a great one. Please keep up the excellent work!
47:52 - That "Hallelujah!" moment when you know you've found it. A lesson in methodical diagnosis. Top man!
Well done Graham, good diagnostics, thoroughness in checking the board paid off, most repair shops would have given up and sold a new motherboard. Hope your customer appreciates it, but at least you had a really interesting repair video out of it!!
i think this sort of repair work now, is getting very thin on the ground. Too many shops just want to the quick swop and away, rather than use skills on repairing, like people used to do. I fixed my PC speakers, with a soldering iron. That was thanks to Markus Fuller, who did electronic repairs, so a quick look at two mins if that with the iron and good as new.
Though after he found out it is a chip on the motherboard not any other part that is the problem unless he offers logic board repair services which he does. As most don't and only do part replacement not chip repair they would replace the part that they found to be faulty.
Times money mate. A board is cheaper than the diagnosis cost
@@DJIInLondon As he seems used to finding the place the error is made it was quick. As most logic board repairs use cheap chips or no chip in this instance it really depends on how quick are the employee at finding the error and how expensive is the board for which one is objectively cheaper after all costs are accounted for.
You still have to go through the majority of what he did to find the part that needs replacing as blindly going through a list will take more time then to do simple diagnosis like he did to get to it is a motherboard issue.
@@procta2343 Well it depends, if it was in warranty, i would recomend use it before soldering...
I'm not a computer Geek, but I love watching your videos. You're amazing, love to watch your diagnostics, methodical approach, which goes a long way towards explaining why you're so competent & successful in your career. Congrats!! I look forward to your next video.
i do believe the aio cooler heatsink is oriented in the non recommended way could get air stuck in the pipe.
@@josephmeholick1300There is always that one guy who thinks like you.
For the 10.000th time it doesn't matter, if there is an air pocket stuck in the pump housing he can just rock the case back and fourth until it has moved to the radiator.
@@AutodidactEngineer Well this is in ideal position is one where the pump is the lowest point in the loop but as you say it doesn't matter, it this case you would hear gurgling but nothing more than that.
The only thing I will say is that as the coolant levels get lower then you'll get more air working its way into the pump which can damage the pump, some AIOs have fill ports though so you can always top them up. I mounted my AIO in the top of the case which is the best place as you'll always get coolant flowing through the loop, but again as you said, it doesn't matter.
Your commentary as you continued on with your repair was very entertaining, worth continuing, and amusing. Carry on, well done!
Can’t beat a lunchtime adamant IT upload
One of the most satisfying repair vids I've seen in a while. The only bummer is that the owner will never really understand what you did. Most repair shops would have just stopped looking as soon it worked in another slot.
Intermittent dry joints were the bane of my life for almost 40 years of electronic repairs so I am pleased to see I was not the only one. I used to suspect dry joints early in a diagnosis as it was usually easy to fix them. Well done to spot them.
Tons of electronic repair videos on here but this one really was most enjoyable to watch. When you nudged those pins and found them loose, that's what it's all about. Looked like the whole of that end of the socket hadn't been pushed down before soldering at the factory Great stuff!
You should be proud of your work here mate. You're the kind of skilled repairman everyone wishes for.
I can say with a fair bit of confidence that the misaligned i/o plate and the broken solder joints have the same cause. When the expanding packing inflated, it pushed down on the gpu hard enough to not only bend the motherboard, causing the already substandard solder joints to fail, but it also bent the motherboard tray of the case.
Yep I was screaming this at the screen the entire time. Too much pressure from the expanding foam
@@ve4edj Right from the beginning that motherboard was screaming for attention. There are literally hundreds of copper traces on the bottom of the board that could have been shorting out. If this had been my repair I would have gone for that mobo first. Amateur Radio much? N4RGQ
@@williamjones4483 Traces on the bottom of the board won't short to anything with 6mm standoffs. Sounds like you have no clue.
My thoughts too 👍 still a good watch tho
"Already substandard"?
Absolutely amazing find and fix. Love it when you post gems Like this. 👍
Can i give you 5 tumbs up Gragam? One seems not enough for this video. Oh i have to answer under a post, i cant post on my own.
That was really interesting. Loved how you patiently narrowed it down to some loose joints that also would explain the intermittent fault dynamic. Love this.
amazing to see you follow the traces and just kinda figure out the schematics...that stuff blows my mind...great repair and excellent to see a professional share their step by step approach and thought process...
Wow I love how you went above and beyond for the customer with the fixes at the end! Nice diagnosis and repair.
Fantastic work brother . Love to see you work it through .
I had a similar issue that only appeared when PC was standing up on feet but once I tilted the case on its side , The problem went away .
prefect example of the passion for electronics.. Great Job!
That eureka moment is the happiest I've seen you for a long time Graham. Nice one 👍
Brilliant job, Graham. Well covered with all of the appropriate camera shots. Very enjoyable to watch.
I build gaming systems and I am totally impressed by your troubleshooting skills. Methodical….on point…..and your soldering skills are far better than mine.
I so very much appreciate you actually looking to FIX things. instead of replacing faulty parts. you replace faulty parts of parts. I'm sure its more work but I do enjoy the whole "not throwing it away" thing. Well done
The NVME is maybe connected to the chipset in stead of the CPU. There are two slots closer to the CPU that probably connect to the CPU more directly. I see you fixed it at 55:00, good job.
Amongst your viewers, I’m sure that I am not alone in stating I enjoy your longer videos more as there is always more interesting trouble shooting. Great upload!
That was a great example of honing down on the possible problems until you find the source. Makes sends that the problem was intermittent, given the fault. Very enjoyable. Cheers!
As others have said, this video goes down as one of your best. Great commentary, logical diagnostic process and following through with the fix. Good to see the “Solid” test on the pins gave up the manufacturing fault.
In fact, this may be the best channel for repairs, versatile type. The content is getting better and better and there is a lot to learn. Best,
That was an amazing video. One of the best. Your detective work is super impressive and I'm sure you will have one very happy customer.
Brilliant! That is some next level pc repair, anyone else would have scrapped that MB. You not only did a brilliant job but you also saved the customer some money and we all learned something too.
Excellent find, repair and riveting video. The customer should be thrilled with your work! 👍😎👍
Fantastic diagnosis and repair! Basic steps to diagnose today's electronic problems are too often bbeing overlooked or skipped for the all mighty buck. Thanks for taking us along and take care!
That noise at the beginning might well be the most relatable reaction I've ever seen on UA-cam.
Very good diagnostic and even a MoBo repair with tools at hand. Respect earned and freely given. I hope the customer was happy with the repair and the drive repositioning plus the proper PSU utilization for the load requirements of the 3080.
Nice! It is so much fun to ride along with you as you step through your diagnostic process. That was a brilliant bit of sleuthing. I can honestly say, as a Ph.D. biochemist, I am humbled by your analytical skills.
Great fix! Your customers are lucky to have you around. You went above and beyond to get a good and cheap fix. I think most shops would just sell another motherboard and call it a day.
That was interesting... I cheered! When you found the fault... excellent job
Probably my favorite video I've seen you do. This video nearly has it all. The weight of that 3080 absolutely cracked those joints on the PCI slot. When you stand the case up that card will for sure sag. Should have a support bracket from factory with the card.
28:03 I have no confidence in this motherboard!!!! Good job Graham, nice deductive reasoning leading to a well deserved fix.
The most satisfying repair, well done Graham 👍
Loved watching that repair. Brought back good memories of older times. Congrats on repair.
Impressionnantes compétences et savoir faire. Fente de GPU, entretoises de carte-mère, cablâge d'alimentation GPU et repositionnement correct de SSD, une réparation 4 en 1. Bravo !
Impressive skills and knowledge. GPU slot, motherboard standoffs, GPU power wiring and correct SSD repositioning, a 4 in 1 repair. Bravo!
Epic stuff. Nice to see you actually repair it as opposed to just saying - "yup need new motherboard" - I was following you until you got to the capacitors. Whilst a little over my head I got to understand what was going on due to your clear explanation.
Well done Graham. Amazing piece of troubleshooting and repair.
Loved this vid. Wonderful to see you find such an unusual fault, but even better that you worked out the fix, did it, proved it and we all learned something. Respects
Absolutely "Pharkin'" Brilliant! You didn't give up & got it sortted.
Amazing job. I think other electronics shops would have most likely just returned it to the customer and told them it was unfixable. Glad you dug deeper because it sounded like you were going to recommend replacing the motherboard.
Had a fairly similar incident with my old Asus P5Q Premium: I messed up and touched a 3.3v wire from the PSU's ATX connector to a 12v line (don't ask how, but it happened - NVM). The PSU immediately shut off but the bastard wouldn't POST anymore. Both of the 16x Pci-e slots died because of this: the GPU would only get detected in the 4x slots, so that jolt of 12v probably killed a data line on the NB...
awesome work, loved how you diagnosed the problem and came up with a fix
What a great video. Once you found out it was the power to the GPU, I thought right a way there was a broken solder joint on the slot. Not knowing what you do, I would have checked the slot first for bad pin connection. Great job!
Crazy what a simple fix it was. I know that had the customer sent the PC back to Cyberpower, they would've DOAed the board and sent it back to MSI who probably would have stripped it for parts and called it a day, but a simple solder reflow due to PCIe 16x slots not being designed to take the weight of how massive GPUs have become is amazing and probably something you've learned overtime. Top notch work and you got a sub from me!
Your conclusion at the end was perfect for me, particularly if the PC was still new as it is so much less hassle to just get the motherboard replaced. Big kudos for finding and fixing the fault too. Loving the video's, Graham. Keep up the great work!
Best video yet. from start to finish, a great overview of diagnostically understanding an issue leading you to the fault. An enjoyable hour of viewing
That’s excellent work Graham. You saved the customer the expense of a new motherboard with some old school board level fault finding.
I bet it felt ace when you spotted those wobbly pins 👍
Brilliant that facial expression when you've cracked it,i know that feeling great content thanks again 😀
great seeing a repair rather than a replace , great job
That was excellent and very well done. Probably a lot would have just gone for a new mobo, but nice to see the solder iron 👍
This was excellent fault finding, reasoning and the repair was great.
I loved your diagnostic process on this one! All the steps were very logical and concise. Loved it, well done!!!
Yes another LFC video. Absolutely love watching this channel and the diagnosis process. Started watching the Twitch channel too which is great. Many thanks for the videos and streams.
I clap my hands when I you found the loose pins, good job.
This was a great watch, Thank You very much for sharing this! I learned something new.
At first I thought, just fix the motherboard and be done with it. But I stayed patient, watching the entire video and glad that I did. You are very meticulous in your troubleshooting, and I learned a few tricks because of what you showed. Thank you, you got a new subscriber and I look forward to watching your future videos.
Very unexpected... My first guess was a BIOS setting for the PCIEX Gen 3-4-5 that I've seen before but this is much more interesting and congrats for finding and resolving the issue. Let's me rethink and check my incoming faulted PC's just a little deeper now.
When it turned on accidently once on the slot I suspected there might be a power issue. First I thought the power supply which couldn't give enough. But the old obsolete card didn't start at all so that mainly said enough.
Great video, solid diagnostics and an interesting fault. Also no idea what you charge but all the little attention to detail like using the two 8 pins, moving the nvme ssd and of course actually fixing the mobo instead of swapping it that's some top notch costumer service man. You really are an independent PC repair shop poster child m8.
Wow. Amazing Troubleshooting and fixing skills. Hats off to you.
Nice! That missing fan was the give away. On a side note, both of my posts have involved fans :)
Adam, that was a great repair! Learned a lot about PCI-E slots. Thanks!
When you tried that other GPU and it posted I bet some PC shops would say it was the original GPU and say that was it maybe even try and sell them another. you looked further mate and found and fixed the fault, great work Graham as usual, top man.
well done mate, good save for the customer.
Excellent video, was begining to think the board being bent had cracked the traces.
You did great , the only thing that tiks me is when you noticed the pins being off , instead of just fixing those few you could have easy flux and added more soder to the both rowes for maximum support and connection.
This looks like the guy at northbridgefix in California. He is always checking these connections to Sockets. Anyway this was a perfect example of good diagnostic techniques. Well done.
Excellent repair. I've been building gaming systems since 1997 and have never run across this problem. With graphics cards getting heavier, it presents a problem for shipping. For shipping I take the extra effort to secure the cards so no amount of jarring will disturb the internals.
Love to see the "happy look" when you discover/succeed!
Oooh, nice find! Great diagnostic work Graham!
No, a lucky find would be if I found it. I learn a lot from you man you do an excellent job thank you.
Great work, I would have guessed the graphics card, when plugged into its 12 V PCIe connection, wouldn't need the 12V on the motherboard, live and learn.
That was a really nice fix. Well done to say the least. It wasn't lucky, it was methodical and clear thinking. Greetings from Arizona.
Great video - loved the methodical approach and the absolutely glorious moment when you find the fault - top stuff Graham.
Excellent Graham. When you found those bad joints I started laughing out very loud ;) Not something you would readily expect.
Love the bios battery removal sound😂
You, sir, are persistent. That's a great property to have! Thanks for great video.
This one was a good one. I para-socially felt that satisfaction from here. Great work.
Fantastic video!!! Love your methodology once again. I must say that watching your videos has given me the confidence to transform the way I approach my repairs to a even higher level. Take a bow and keep up the excellent work...respect and regards.
Maybe because the motherboard was bent is the reason the PCI-X slot was dry jointed at the 12V lines. Great fault-finding video.
That was excellent many thanks. Will catch you and the dog on Saturday.
This is the best repairs channel on youtube, great analysis and find
Thoroughly enjoyable video. Great diagnostics and glad to see you got it up and running.
That was an interesting journey, i was screaming "try the other PCIE slot" fairly early, but you got there. Nice job sorting the slot out though, i half expected you to bin it and get another.
Great video and repair! My theory is that since the motherboard wasn't seating properly in the case(misaligned I/O), when the assembler installed the gfx card, it wasn't seating properly, so he just forced it until it seated, which flexed the motherboard enough to break that solder joint....
But I'm glad it was the motherboard this time. Thank you for showing the repair ❤️
Phenomenal find! You deserve every bloody penny from that fix.
Very cool! Glad you didn't give up on it!
Brilliance through perseverance, its a fantastic feeling once you’ve found the problem, happy days mate !!
Superb video - a really interesting journey. Nice, super sharp, probes that you were using