Update on Luke's PC! We filmed most of this a few months ago and he's had his PC for a while now, so we checked in with him recently. He said it's all working great and he hasn't had any problems, which is awesome! I don't think we noted it in this video (it got cut for time), but we did end up replacing the power supply. NZXT sent one over to match his case! He's also in a more permanent residence now and his situation has improved greatly, which is uplifting to hear. Watch our video about the PC we repaired from a hurricane: ua-cam.com/video/4lDSdLkMC-8/v-deo.html WE WILL RUN OUT OF DISAPPOINTMENT T-SHIRT ALLOCATION BY THIS WEEK! Grab a 100% cotton shirt here: store.gamersnexus.net/products/disappointment-pc-t-shirt-2022-100-cotton-black And lightweight tri-blend here: store.gamersnexus.net/products/disappointment-pc-t-shirt-2022-triblend-black
Luke here: I'm writing this from the PC in the video. It took about 1 full year to get our house repaired from the fire. Endless conversations with insurance agents and contractors, getting permits from the city, living out of a hotel for 2 months, and then a rental home for 10 more. It was a nightmare. I'm incredibly lucky that the firefighters responded so quickly, and that we had insurance to cover everything. My advice to everyone: always have insurance, document your belongings (simple photos of your rooms and closets may be good enough, receipts are best), and have smoke detectors. Nobody was home when this fire started, but I luckily live in a large suburban area. If my neighbors didn't hear the alarms going off and then calling 911, we could've lost our whole house. I've been told that a fire can double in size every 30 seconds. It took firefighters 4 minutes to get to my house after they received the call. Although the fire was contained to my room, everything in the house was covered in soot and had to be replaced. EVERYTHING. Every wall had to be repainted, all carpet was trashed, the entire HVAC system replaced (you'll never get the soot out), wood floors, furniture, beds, clothes, everything. It doesn't matter if it was in another room with the door shut or across the house. Small amounts of soot gets everywhere. Since basically everything in houses is made of plastic, that soot is toxic and also usually carcinogenic. I reached out to Steve because I maybe thought it my be a good video idea, and that this is a unique opportunity where they may be able to learn something interesting and possibly help the community (which turned out to be true). This video was and is amazing. I was on the edge of my seat the whole time. I CANNOT express how downright respectful, thoughtful, caring, generous, and inspirational the GN team is. They did all of this and asked for NOTHING in return. I didn't expect them to send anything back let alone MY PARTS. They even offered to pay for shipping. After such a stressful time of my life, having GN (people I've looked up to and admired for a while now) provide such a wholesome experience made my whole situation just that much better. I could go on and on, but I hope it's abundantly apparent how thankful I am to Gamers Nexus and all of their efforts. The PC they sent back to me has had zero issues for what's now been a few months. Truly incredible all around.
Glad you are safe and that insurance covered (most) of your losses. I think very few realize what damage even a small fire does to a house until youve been through it. I am with you, you truly see peoples worth when something like this happens and GN and crew stood up to the plate and hit a home run.
If I've learned anything from this, it's that I'm definitely replacing my 22-year-old garage sale window AC unit this summer. Holy crap. I'm glad you got back into your home and that the damage was managed. Best of luck to you!!
As someone who lost everything to a house fire, thank you for doing this for him. The (not so) little things like this actually make a big difference. I cried when someone gave us a small coffee maker.
Bro I saw an apartment on fire while walking down the street at 6 am. It was loud, hot, insane, and some of the residents were standing outside in skimpy sleep ware bare foot. With no possessions left to them. They were also crying and holding each other. I gave them a blanket, and the socks off my feet since it was cold outside.
@Shionne honestly that would have been great. I had whatever was on my person at the time (not going to list it here. You never forget) It wasn't that long ago, and it hits hard sometimes. No old pictures, go to grab something and remember you lost it, family possessions are gone. Childhood keepsakes gone. It's hard.
@Shionne lost both of my dogs and both of my cats in the fire. Unfortunately i went hard in the "momento" side after losing everything. But yeah. The pictures and little things like the pocket knife my grandfather gave me are the hardest items for me now.
@@teh0theif Yea bro i went through that in may 2021 as well.... i literally had my wallet, phone, keys, and the clothes i was wearing... The whole house was destroyed.... No insurance... Still rebuilding life bro, gotta keep pushing
@@clothesclothes777 they literally had the housefire starting case, because they cheaped out on engineers and got kindergarden kids working on ground rails on a riser cable
This one is special to see as my parents lost everything to a fire last year including their 1yr old dog. It's really comforting to see what can be salvaged/restored from any horrible situation. Love what you guys did here. I'm sure it meant so much to the subscriber.
Just FYI, there's something called Soot Eraser Sponges that work absolute wonders at removing fire soot. I worked in fire restoration for a year and a half or so and they're really awesome little things. No water, no liquid, no nasty chemicals and works a treat. Obviously I hope you don't have to do this again, but for anyone else watching and happens to see this comment figured I'd throw it out there.
@@ConfidentialMeerkat They're not the same as melamine sponges (which are also great but more for general cleaning than soot specifically). They're more of a rubbery, very porous material, not the soft foamy stuff in a melamine sponge. And they're specifically marketed as soot removal :) We bought them by the pallet... they last a long time until you start cleaning entire houses with them.
@@GamersNexus Worth a try for sure. They're not magical, but the fact that it's just a dry sponge and you don't have to use water or chemicals makes them much easier to use. I've seen some really impressive results using them. Gosh I sound like a marketing exec for Soot Removal Sponges Inc. Some things do end up permanently stained though and there's nothing you can really do about it.
Seriously, huge thanks for helping someone out there ❤️ Or as they say, Thanks Steve! Jk. Thanks to everyone that helped on this case! Also ordered some things from the GN Store earlier this year, super excited to have it show up here. Love to support you guys ^^
GN surgery content is some of the unexpectedly best content on the channel. Good job, Dr. Mike and Dr. Patrick. Note: would be awesome to see blue lab coats in the GN store.
I often refer to working on any of our computers at home as "performing surgery." After all, when we work on a system to either upgrade or repair we are opening it up, playing with its innards, and patching back up to be good as or better than new.
I always love seeing stuff like this. I don't want to see anyone else end up in the same situation as this guy, but if they do, I hope you guys, and/or other channels are willing to help out.
GN still has a way to make their modern videos feel a bit like what they were doing a few years back in the house. Much respect to what you guys still continue to do
The old, stained case has a real look of an abandoned Aperture Science computer, you can't get weathering like that easily. Would be fun to see a build based on that idea.
When the floods hit Lismore in NSW, Australia, my house was completely gutted, and my PC was underwater for two days and sitting in horrible, humid conditions for another three days before I could get back inside and check it. The motherboard battery had corroded and leaked which rusted that area of the motherboard. The only components that worked after I cleaned them were all the drives (m.2, 2.5 ssds, and 3.5 hdd storage), and the 3080. The motherboard, CPU, and memory were all toast. We were homeless for a couple of months afterwards, and it took me almost a year to find somewhere to live and replace my machine. Doing these things for people who have been through that type of trauma is amazing. Great job GN.
This was amazing! I’m shocked that you saved the whole core and put it back together! Great content and it makes me feel all extra warm and fuzzy to support y’all.
It's mind blowing how durable these parts are to survive a literal fire. Also props for all you guys and your efforts cleaning up all the parts to that level of pristine conditions!
@@MrFallenone Exactly, and many of the components are designed to operate at temperatures much higher than the interior of the box would have experienced in the fire. It's really not that surprising to me at all.
Caps can be rated to like 120c for thousands of hours. Mobo caps can be like 80c rated? Funny anecdote about the OVH Strasbourg datacenter fire is that the electricity and internet kept runnig in the building and some servers temperatures got to like 95C for 20 minutes before they dropped. You can find pics on Twitter.
Love to see stuff like this, I wss absolutely heartbroken when I lost everything in the Australian bush fires. Shame I couldn't afford one of your aus bushfire shirts at the time. Love everything you guys do
Steve in all seriousness, you guys over there are the greatest. I grabbed food and drink and watched this like I would a Hollywood movie. What your team did for this young man was nothing short of incredible and I would also like to thank NZXT for sending over the parts. I found myself rooting for the motherboard hoping that it was going to boot. This is what a PC Community looks like at a time of a crisis!!!
I love when Steve and the Gamer Nexus team does this stuff. I's awesome when he give back to people like this and some of my favorite videos he makes to watch from time to time. I hope they keep this up for as long as they make content. :)
@@GamersNexus The fire destroyed them, you simply completed the "disassembly" process on them after the fact. Seriously though I would have wanted to replace everything clean at that point anyway, especially if the pads were coming apart at all. They could have already been dying before that anyway.
Thanks for doing content like this. GN as a brand really shows off the best side of the PC enthusiast community. I think these kinds of community pieces, the real crunchy "how do things work" pieces like the factory tours and the benchmarking methodology, and your hard hitting investigative journalism pieces really set the bar.
Both Mike and Patrick were great in front of the camera! Steve, in my opinion, you can easily rely on more people from GN to host videos. Also, thank you for this great video, it was amazing to see how much hardware survived the fire. And I'm happy to read in your pinned comment that his living situation has greatly improved.
I'm curious what was harder to clean, hurricane computer or fire computer. Also, I love that you did the intro/outro and then the team take over and don't just relegate them to the extras channel. They are a very personable and relatable crew and a pleasure to watch (even the little bit we do get to see of Andrew(like in the 4090 Taiwan video)).
The hurricane one was pretty gross just because the water caused some growth, but the fire PC was far more difficult to clean as the damage was just everywhere. The water damage was mostly isolated to lower parts of the system!
From my experience (this is literally the industry I work in) flood damaged electronics are easier to clean than soot contaminated but the failure rate is much higher, mostly due to the power being on when the flood hits. Direct thermal damage will write off anything, not much point in cleaning something that's melted but more often than not it's just corrosive soot that needs to be dealt with.
Same exact thing happened to me 2 months ago lost everything I had, my computer that I spent do much time building and even got 1st degree burns but am still here trying to come back to where I was.
This is so amazing to see, I can't believe that everything except the AIO and case was salvageable. The case as well with a lot more work than it's worth unless you can strip and respray it. Thank you for the second-hand oxytocin GN. More like this please
I have such an intense fear of housefires. Watching this is giving me an anxiety attack, but I can't look away. You folks are heroes for doing this for a fan!
just gotta be careful with everything, and be prepared because some things are unforseeable. Have an escape plan, and prep your family. Don't live every day in fear, but be prepared for anything.
Tldr Do not change anything when you are away/asleep. (Wireless maybe fine, depending on how much you trust temperature protection.) And try unplugging appliances/switch off breakers/switched outlet when not in use. I wonder if it was the heating element in the window AC that caught on fire... Usually they use heat pumps to generate heat, but I have heard some use extra heating elements that are prone to fire.
@@AaronShenghao My fears come from childhood experiences with apartment building fires in an era when smoking in bed was a common cause of fires. That's definitely not a threat in my house, but I do remain vigilant with other sources of ignition.
@@AaronShenghao could also be a bad cord, you'd be shocked at the cords I've seen people still use... I did a house call to repair a dude's pc, and the power strip he had it plugged into had BURN MARKS on it! One of the outlets on it was partially melted and everything! I told him to throw it away and promise to check all others in the house, how do you just ignore that with kids in your home?!
I don't know if your decision to repair and reuse the components was influenced by sustainability in anyway, but it makes me happy that you chose to do it regardless. Great work everyone!
I love that you were able to salvage all those components, and I love the new case, but would have loved to see the old case bead blasted and a custom paint job with flames on it!
Ultrasonic cleaners are so cool. The first time I saw one was in one of those EVGA visits, where Kingpin used it to clean a motherboard. I've wanted one ever since. Another great video and another great deed. I love this channel.
Yeah, I've wanted one for a while now, too, just added one to my cart/shopping list. Useful for a bunch of different cleaning applications, but I'd probably most often use for old parts like heatsinks and keyboard stuff.
They're awesome for things like this! Great at getting small debris off of components. I think we paid $600 for the one you see in the video (at the time we bought it), and IIRC, most of that cost was for the size. If you can do with a smaller size, like maybe you don't need to fit a motherboard, they get significantly cheaper. Lots of bike shops use small ones for chains, cogs, etc.
@@GamersNexus I think they can be a little bit difficult to understand? I think hearing sth from Louis Rossmann about taht the frequency matters for the components you put inside, especially for electronics? Do not know but cool to see the pc working again.
Thank you for doing this. I didn't realize the trauma experienced by my own fire until I saw this. It took me over six years just to recover again. This may seem like a small thing. But it makes a huge difference. So much loss
Thank you guys at GN for what you do with your journalism and for all the positivity you provide to your local and not so local community. Keep being awesome
I was really rooting to see that Gaming Carbon come back to life. It is a nice board to look at, and seeing it come back to life with just a few scars was for some reason heart warming.
Steve - Your team are incredible for what you do! Great Journalism Pieces and Awesome bits for the community! You and your team truly are a benefit for the community and industry!!
Great gesture, really appreciate you guys being able to do this sorta thing! My situation was definitely not as bad but I had my pc (also a H440 case) fall down the stairs while moving. Miraculously everything but the powersupply fan and the case is fine. But just goes to show how a little thing can just have a big impact on your life and for you guys to reconcile the happenings of life a little bit is awesome.
So proud of you guys, what a heartfelt positive reply to a subscriber. These are never fun to begin with, luckily there were no personal injuries and Luke and family are going to be okay from what I gather. I'd say the patina on that motherboard is worth a story!
Awesome work on this one, I was genuinely amazed that the motherboard was salvageable! I'd suggest passing the old case over to Jay to be blasted back to bare metal and repainted (perhaps with a phoenix motif) and then used for a new themed build. It doesn't matter how dirty something is if you strip it right back.
A tip on cleaning electronics using an ultrasonic with Branson EC: After you remove the boards from the cleaner, instead of using distilled water, cover the entire board in 99.9 IPA. This displaces the water and then rapidly evaporates. Finish blow drying with compressed air or a DataVac. Done, and the board is ready to return to service! Great video and effort, guys!
So I figured the CPU would be OK because you know if it gets to hot it will just Thermal Throttle...LOL! As for the Motherboard I find it ironic that it was the MSI Gaming"Carbon" Board! No wonder it still works! LOL! Great job guys!!
Firefighter here! A room and contents fire can easily get into quadruple digit temperatures Fahrenheit. The fact there's still plastic bits that aren't turned into lumps of slag means the machine likely was not exposed to thermal extremes of that magnitude but 5-600 should be enough to deform that CPU water block fan. The finishes being married up the way they were and the rust on other surfaces was likely flash oxidation from either suppression activities or water leaking from that AIO. Either way, good on y'all for checking. Everything over thoroughly. The PSU is a component I would just straight up replace. Too risky to chance it...... Everything else is worth a test. Maybe a new case is in order though.
I think it was definitely a good idea to replace the PSU even if it could have been saved, just considering they had been through a traumatic fire and the last thing needed is a PSU shorting out due to some unforeseen issue a couple of months down the line. Big props to you all at GN, you showed why it is that so many of us trust you and your opinions as youve shown time and time again to be trustworthy, humble and caring human beings. Thank you.
personally i think having the resurrected pc rebuilt in the old chassis with the fire stains would be so cool. I testament and reminder of the fire and a monument to everything and everyone who survived. Plus no other custom pc would ever look like yours
Wow! That motherboard is a champion! To see the amount of heat it took from the paint that came off and have it still working without issue is amazing.
It would have been cool to use the same case and maybe paint on some flames, but this is so awesome. The burn marks give all the components, the case included, some real character.
Kudos to you guys for supporting your viewers through hard times! Thank you. So glad it came out well. I have a workhorse NZXT case from 2008 that is a workhorse missing two legs! Thank to NZXT, great cases!
I absolutely love that so much of the original components were salvageable. Looking into that build, and seeing the fire scarred motherboard, what a memory. A constant reminder that even from a bad situation, good things can still come back to lift you up. I hope all ends up working out for the best for Luke, a house fire is no joke and could have been much more serious. Glad no one was hurt in the event. Great job with the salvage and rebuild GN, always love seeing content like this for sure. Cheers.
I had my apartment destroyed November 17, 2013 by an F4 tornado. It wasnt a house, but I also lost about everything. What GN did here is encouraging, hopeful, and just awesome.
Mike, Patrick, Andrew, Steve, and the whole GN team are great folks. The video is amazing and Luke's comments written using the resurrected PC are the cherry on top.
Can't believe that all works after cleaning. It is great to see how robust is modern electronics while we are still afraid that a bit more moisture will be problem :) Good job guys
I honestly did not think the motherboard was going to make it, nor the ram or GPU. I'm rather surprised that they did. I think the case of the PC actually contributed to it as it would have shielded a lot of the component from the fire. Excellent job on the restoration.
I'm really impressed that most of the important parts actually survived the fire! I was even more surprised with the GPU and I'm glad your team took the time in repainting it as well!
Cool to see that you guys actually managed to salvage most of the parts!!! Especially considering that they were pretty awesome parts to begin with. Big kudos!
Damn my apartment caught fire and my insurance company screwed me over completely. Haven’t received a dime. Been scraping together everything, new TV, replaced everything for our new baby that was coming, crib, baby clothes etc. I’m still wearing other peoples donated clothes, and I only just got a decently used PC for $1000 my car has been breaking down in the midst several times so I kind of regret getting it. I love that you’re showing support to your subscribers ❤️ wish I had this kind of support RIP to my kitty cat 😓
Went through a house fire 2 years ago, started from a cheap laptop charger in one of the roommate's room. The damage wasnt as severe in our room as it was that roomie's but it costed us a PC that my partner made. Seeing this hit me real hard especially with the pictures of luke's room after the fire. My pc weirdly survived and was Frankenstein'd with additional parts so my partner could use it for awhile. It took until last year til he could get another pc up to the specs of his old one. Luke, if you are reading the comments i wish you the best in your recovery from this fire, its a tough journey but still worth going through
As someone who had their house flood twice in 24 hours with the pc receiving a good dunking both times, I'm so glad to see the GN team help someone out. No doubt it means more than words! Luckily, 100% of my parts worked even though mine was powered on at the time and it was delivered doa from the insurance company (the GPU and hard drive needed resocketing to boot up).
Didn't think I would ever see the same case I have featured in one of your videos again considering how old it is. I bought mine back in 2014 and it's still going strong.
Love to see a system like this be brought back to life. It was absolutely satisfying to see almost all the parts get cleaned up and working again! Great job GN.
We had a fire in a garage a few years backs, it was a nightmare and it was contained to the garage. Same deal, we had to live in a hotel for like 5 weeks til insurance got us a rental home. We were in there for another 6 months. Glad this all worked out!
Just received my mod mat and mouse pad yesterday. Going to use the mod mat to clean my PC this week and have a build I have been waiting on for months (gpu) now that I have the mat and gpu prices are finally reasonable. Happy to support GN and the crew in any small way. Great people and always my go to resource for PC knowledge. Thanks for raising the bar on industry standards and ethics & thanks for helping Luke out. It's clear by his post that this meant a lot to him. Any update on what Vince may be planning? AMD needs to hire him and his crew.
Wow! Amazing work by Mike and Pat. Props also to NZXT for replacing the PS and case. Betting the owner was happy that the 3090 survived.. seeing how expensive it would be to replace that one piece. I think it's a Dell model too. Watched this vid from beginning to end.. Love the content GN!
I Have and LOVE the H440 case, I know its not the best in many ways but i just like it, and it is primed for some modding like in the front making it more open in stylish ways to match the slight case accent pieces, not just big circles cut out. and it disassembles completely to make painting each piece easy if you want to custom colour each piece. The vented sides on the panels would look great with an indirect glow out of them...
That's pretty impressive that all the major components still worked. I would still be curious about the power supply, not that I would trust it, but it would be fun to plug it in and see what happens.
I really didn't think the motherboard and gpu would work. I thought the card itself would work, but that the fans were melted and unbalanced. Great vid!
You guys are awesome! And major props for NZXT for sending a new case. Smart move, good PR. What a great story with a happy ending. More of that please 😊
Love when the crew can get together on a project that clearly means something to them. Having them all in the same place (at least in shot) is a rare occasion, and I'm a sucker every time. Keep it up GN, we love y'all
Glad to see you were willing to help Luke out! Also glad to see that most of the parts were salvageable! This was a great video and I learned a few things along the way.
Update on Luke's PC! We filmed most of this a few months ago and he's had his PC for a while now, so we checked in with him recently. He said it's all working great and he hasn't had any problems, which is awesome! I don't think we noted it in this video (it got cut for time), but we did end up replacing the power supply. NZXT sent one over to match his case! He's also in a more permanent residence now and his situation has improved greatly, which is uplifting to hear.
Watch our video about the PC we repaired from a hurricane: ua-cam.com/video/4lDSdLkMC-8/v-deo.html
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Thank you for helping him.
You should've tested the gpu with a gigabyte psu
I bet the psu blows up before the gpu
Luke here: I'm writing this from the PC in the video. It took about 1 full year to get our house repaired from the fire. Endless conversations with insurance agents and contractors, getting permits from the city, living out of a hotel for 2 months, and then a rental home for 10 more. It was a nightmare. I'm incredibly lucky that the firefighters responded so quickly, and that we had insurance to cover everything. My advice to everyone: always have insurance, document your belongings (simple photos of your rooms and closets may be good enough, receipts are best), and have smoke detectors. Nobody was home when this fire started, but I luckily live in a large suburban area. If my neighbors didn't hear the alarms going off and then calling 911, we could've lost our whole house. I've been told that a fire can double in size every 30 seconds. It took firefighters 4 minutes to get to my house after they received the call. Although the fire was contained to my room, everything in the house was covered in soot and had to be replaced. EVERYTHING. Every wall had to be repainted, all carpet was trashed, the entire HVAC system replaced (you'll never get the soot out), wood floors, furniture, beds, clothes, everything. It doesn't matter if it was in another room with the door shut or across the house. Small amounts of soot gets everywhere. Since basically everything in houses is made of plastic, that soot is toxic and also usually carcinogenic.
I reached out to Steve because I maybe thought it my be a good video idea, and that this is a unique opportunity where they may be able to learn something interesting and possibly help the community (which turned out to be true). This video was and is amazing. I was on the edge of my seat the whole time. I CANNOT express how downright respectful, thoughtful, caring, generous, and inspirational the GN team is. They did all of this and asked for NOTHING in return. I didn't expect them to send anything back let alone MY PARTS. They even offered to pay for shipping. After such a stressful time of my life, having GN (people I've looked up to and admired for a while now) provide such a wholesome experience made my whole situation just that much better.
I could go on and on, but I hope it's abundantly apparent how thankful I am to Gamers Nexus and all of their efforts. The PC they sent back to me has had zero issues for what's now been a few months. Truly incredible all around.
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happy for you, man! rock on with your system
Glad you are safe and that insurance covered (most) of your losses. I think very few realize what damage even a small fire does to a house until youve been through it. I am with you, you truly see peoples worth when something like this happens and GN and crew stood up to the plate and hit a home run.
If I've learned anything from this, it's that I'm definitely replacing my 22-year-old garage sale window AC unit this summer. Holy crap.
I'm glad you got back into your home and that the damage was managed. Best of luck to you!!
Wishing you good fortune and better days ahead. Congratulations on your new PC 🙂👍
As someone who lost everything to a house fire, thank you for doing this for him. The (not so) little things like this actually make a big difference. I cried when someone gave us a small coffee maker.
Bro I saw an apartment on fire while walking down the street at 6 am. It was loud, hot, insane, and some of the residents were standing outside in skimpy sleep ware bare foot. With no possessions left to them. They were also crying and holding each other. I gave them a blanket, and the socks off my feet since it was cold outside.
@@sauce777 Good man!
@Shionne honestly that would have been great. I had whatever was on my person at the time (not going to list it here. You never forget)
It wasn't that long ago, and it hits hard sometimes. No old pictures, go to grab something and remember you lost it, family possessions are gone. Childhood keepsakes gone. It's hard.
@Shionne lost both of my dogs and both of my cats in the fire. Unfortunately i went hard in the "momento" side after losing everything.
But yeah. The pictures and little things like the pocket knife my grandfather gave me are the hardest items for me now.
@@teh0theif Yea bro i went through that in may 2021 as well.... i literally had my wallet, phone, keys, and the clothes i was wearing... The whole house was destroyed.... No insurance... Still rebuilding life bro, gotta keep pushing
The irony of NZXT sending a case and power supply to the victim of a house fire is not lost on me.
are you thinking of gigabyte or did nzxt have the same problems?
@@clothesclothes777 nzxt h2 had a fire hazard with an improper ground iirc
@@clothesclothes777 they literally had the housefire starting case, because they cheaped out on engineers and got kindergarden kids working on ground rails on a riser cable
@@clothesclothes777 Must be new to GN as he covered this extensively.
imagine making stupid jokes on the expense of others misfortunes. clowns.
This one is special to see as my parents lost everything to a fire last year including their 1yr old dog. It's really comforting to see what can be salvaged/restored from any horrible situation. Love what you guys did here. I'm sure it meant so much to the subscriber.
man that's horrible, r.i.p. doggy😢
Just FYI, there's something called Soot Eraser Sponges that work absolute wonders at removing fire soot. I worked in fire restoration for a year and a half or so and they're really awesome little things. No water, no liquid, no nasty chemicals and works a treat. Obviously I hope you don't have to do this again, but for anyone else watching and happens to see this comment figured I'd throw it out there.
Awesome input! Thank you. We'll buy some and try them out on the case (he didn't want it back, so we still have it!)
@@GamersNexus im surprised you didn't throw it away after he didn't want it and you were done shooting the ending to this video.
I personally think the soot stains look sick, but obviously the person wouldnt want to constantly be reminded of their house fire
@@ConfidentialMeerkat They're not the same as melamine sponges (which are also great but more for general cleaning than soot specifically). They're more of a rubbery, very porous material, not the soft foamy stuff in a melamine sponge. And they're specifically marketed as soot removal :) We bought them by the pallet... they last a long time until you start cleaning entire houses with them.
@@GamersNexus Worth a try for sure. They're not magical, but the fact that it's just a dry sponge and you don't have to use water or chemicals makes them much easier to use. I've seen some really impressive results using them. Gosh I sound like a marketing exec for Soot Removal Sponges Inc.
Some things do end up permanently stained though and there's nothing you can really do about it.
Seriously, huge thanks for helping someone out there ❤️
Or as they say, Thanks Steve!
Jk.
Thanks to everyone that helped on this case!
Also ordered some things from the GN Store earlier this year, super excited to have it show up here. Love to support you guys ^^
GN surgery content is some of the unexpectedly best content on the channel. Good job, Dr. Mike and Dr. Patrick. Note: would be awesome to see blue lab coats in the GN store.
hahaha at the "surgery content." Computer surgeon is a fun job!
I often refer to working on any of our computers at home as "performing surgery." After all, when we work on a system to either upgrade or repair we are opening it up, playing with its innards, and patching back up to be good as or better than new.
@@GamersNexus i would have clear coat the case
I would probably buy a blue lab coat with a GN logo. $60, oh yeah definitely, $80-100, maybe, $120 definitely not.
@@dangingerich2559 I second the lab coat
My house burned down and lost everything, I know your pain and happy to hear everyone is safe , even friends giving me clothes was overwhelming
Thanks for giving so much to the community. Really appreciate it. Roman did something similar after the floods here in Germany. Love from Munich.
I saw that one! Roman does some great stuff over there.
@@GamersNexus you can't have the Dirty's gaming PC if your Video not starts in a Car Wash XD Roman has raised the bar
@@dennis3004psp Yeah that was funny af xD Roman casually cleaning a (seriously dirty) PC in a carwash xD
I always love seeing stuff like this. I don't want to see anyone else end up in the same situation as this guy, but if they do, I hope you guys, and/or other channels are willing to help out.
Thanks, guys... thank you.
In these trying times, it's beyond describing how much we need a feel-good story like this.
GN still has a way to make their modern videos feel a bit like what they were doing a few years back in the house.
Much respect to what you guys still continue to do
That means a lot. We try to keep that old vibe as often as we can!
@@GamersNexus Never change. I hope to watch you guys for PC related news for many years to come.
The passion is still there. The production is getting bigger and better but they are staying true to themselves instead of becoming a content farm.
@@BeersAndBeatsPDX yeah these guys are awesome!
@@GamersNexus There's no substitute for authenticity and truly caring about what you do - it totally shines through
This story really touched my heart. I love how Steve and the GN Team is always helping out others in need. ❤
The old, stained case has a real look of an abandoned Aperture Science computer, you can't get weathering like that easily. Would be fun to see a build based on that idea.
Yeah, the outside panels look cool. Maybe get some transparent protective coating on them and I could totally see it in a "distressed" build.
@@JustLiesNOR yup. I thought it looked sweet like that.
The cake is a lie....
Looked a bit like JayzTwoCents's Destiny mod.
That fire damage gives to that case lots of personality, shame it wasn´t used for the final build to tell an story of how resilient that PC was.
When the floods hit Lismore in NSW, Australia, my house was completely gutted, and my PC was underwater for two days and sitting in horrible, humid conditions for another three days before I could get back inside and check it. The motherboard battery had corroded and leaked which rusted that area of the motherboard. The only components that worked after I cleaned them were all the drives (m.2, 2.5 ssds, and 3.5 hdd storage), and the 3080. The motherboard, CPU, and memory were all toast. We were homeless for a couple of months afterwards, and it took me almost a year to find somewhere to live and replace my machine. Doing these things for people who have been through that type of trauma is amazing. Great job GN.
The case actually looked kinda cool after cleaning and tells a story.
i was thinking the same thing, id be keeping that case forever
I dont think you would want to be reminded every time you turn on your pc that your house burned down
@@lentho4382 yeah who knows what was lost you could be reminded of every time..
@@lentho4382 guarantee the pc he has now will do the exact same thing xD, every little thing is a reminder when that type of crap happens.
Phoenix would be a good name for the new build.
This was amazing! I’m shocked that you saved the whole core and put it back together! Great content and it makes me feel all extra warm and fuzzy to support y’all.
It's mind blowing how durable these parts are to survive a literal fire. Also props for all you guys and your efforts cleaning up all the parts to that level of pristine conditions!
They are in a box designed to protect them after all.
PC was like: oh we're on fire. ANYWAY
@@Felipe_9999 keeps playing COD MW
@@MrFallenone Exactly, and many of the components are designed to operate at temperatures much higher than the interior of the box would have experienced in the fire. It's really not that surprising to me at all.
Caps can be rated to like 120c for thousands of hours. Mobo caps can be like 80c rated? Funny anecdote about the OVH Strasbourg datacenter fire is that the electricity and internet kept runnig in the building and some servers temperatures got to like 95C for 20 minutes before they dropped. You can find pics on Twitter.
Love to see stuff like this, I wss absolutely heartbroken when I lost everything in the Australian bush fires. Shame I couldn't afford one of your aus bushfire shirts at the time. Love everything you guys do
Steve in all seriousness, you guys over there are the greatest. I grabbed food and drink and watched this like I would a Hollywood movie. What your team did for this young man was nothing short of incredible and I would also like to thank NZXT for sending over the parts. I found myself rooting for the motherboard hoping that it was going to boot. This is what a PC Community looks like at a time of a crisis!!!
I love when Steve and the Gamer Nexus team does this stuff. I's awesome when he give back to people like this and some of my favorite videos he makes to watch from time to time. I hope they keep this up for as long as they make content. :)
Mike is such a great and entertaining personality. Loved his commentary during disassembly and re- assembly lol
It's good practice to save the thermal pads.
... I destroyed the thermal pads.
@@GamersNexus It was the fires fault okey!
@@GamersNexus The fire destroyed them, you simply completed the "disassembly" process on them after the fact. Seriously though I would have wanted to replace everything clean at that point anyway, especially if the pads were coming apart at all. They could have already been dying before that anyway.
He certainly lives up to his title, cooler than other technicians.
Yeah Mike & the Patrick's are doing an Awesome job presenting their respective topics.
Thanks for doing content like this. GN as a brand really shows off the best side of the PC enthusiast community. I think these kinds of community pieces, the real crunchy "how do things work" pieces like the factory tours and the benchmarking methodology, and your hard hitting investigative journalism pieces really set the bar.
Its kinda amazing how many components survived. Great job GN crew!
You are such a kind soul to help people like this when life crushes you sometimes.
Both Mike and Patrick were great in front of the camera!
Steve, in my opinion, you can easily rely on more people from GN to host videos.
Also, thank you for this great video, it was amazing to see how much hardware survived the fire. And I'm happy to read in your pinned comment that his living situation has greatly improved.
seconded! They did fantastic, would love to see more of the GN crew in videos
Great to see another video by yall helping more people with their damaged setups. Love my setup now, and am forever grateful for GNs help.
Outstanding guys, as a firefighter I applaud you reaching out to help.
I'm curious what was harder to clean, hurricane computer or fire computer.
Also, I love that you did the intro/outro and then the team take over and don't just relegate them to the extras channel. They are a very personable and relatable crew and a pleasure to watch (even the little bit we do get to see of Andrew(like in the 4090 Taiwan video)).
The hurricane one was pretty gross just because the water caused some growth, but the fire PC was far more difficult to clean as the damage was just everywhere. The water damage was mostly isolated to lower parts of the system!
From my experience (this is literally the industry I work in) flood damaged electronics are easier to clean than soot contaminated but the failure rate is much higher, mostly due to the power being on when the flood hits. Direct thermal damage will write off anything, not much point in cleaning something that's melted but more often than not it's just corrosive soot that needs to be dealt with.
Same exact thing happened to me 2 months ago lost everything I had, my computer that I spent do much time building and even got 1st degree burns but am still here trying to come back to where I was.
Good luck mate. At the end of the day, you are the most irreplaceable thing, and you survived. Stay strong.
I'm in awe seeing so many parts still working after all this. Amazing job GN team!
Insane how well this worked out. Props to you guys.
It's crazy that so many parts still worked!
@@GamersNexus considering the damage done to the CPU cooler and the corrosion I had 0 expectations of the motherboard working lol.
This is so amazing to see, I can't believe that everything except the AIO and case was salvageable. The case as well with a lot more work than it's worth unless you can strip and respray it. Thank you for the second-hand oxytocin GN. More like this please
This is freaky awesome. You guys rock! Wish I had that equipment, knowledge and time to do all that.
It's great to be able to use our new space for these longer projects! Having a few extra tools has been huge in this stuff.
Wow! Super cool video! Another one hit out of the park! 2023 is starting great! Thanks Steve and the team!
I have such an intense fear of housefires. Watching this is giving me an anxiety attack, but I can't look away. You folks are heroes for doing this for a fan!
just gotta be careful with everything, and be prepared because some things are unforseeable. Have an escape plan, and prep your family. Don't live every day in fear, but be prepared for anything.
I have a father who was always hyper vigilant about fire. Which means I am a also a father who is hyper vigilant about fire. Lol.
Tldr Do not change anything when you are away/asleep. (Wireless maybe fine, depending on how much you trust temperature protection.)
And try unplugging appliances/switch off breakers/switched outlet when not in use.
I wonder if it was the heating element in the window AC that caught on fire... Usually they use heat pumps to generate heat, but I have heard some use extra heating elements that are prone to fire.
@@AaronShenghao My fears come from childhood experiences with apartment building fires in an era when smoking in bed was a common cause of fires. That's definitely not a threat in my house, but I do remain vigilant with other sources of ignition.
@@AaronShenghao could also be a bad cord, you'd be shocked at the cords I've seen people still use... I did a house call to repair a dude's pc, and the power strip he had it plugged into had BURN MARKS on it! One of the outlets on it was partially melted and everything! I told him to throw it away and promise to check all others in the house, how do you just ignore that with kids in your home?!
I don't know if your decision to repair and reuse the components was influenced by sustainability in anyway, but it makes me happy that you chose to do it regardless. Great work everyone!
I love that you were able to salvage all those components, and I love the new case, but would have loved to see the old case bead blasted and a custom paint job with flames on it!
That nzxt case at the end is the case I decided to get for my build in october 22. I LOVE IT. Best case I ever seen/used.
Ultrasonic cleaners are so cool. The first time I saw one was in one of those EVGA visits, where Kingpin used it to clean a motherboard. I've wanted one ever since.
Another great video and another great deed. I love this channel.
Yeah, I've wanted one for a while now, too, just added one to my cart/shopping list. Useful for a bunch of different cleaning applications, but I'd probably most often use for old parts like heatsinks and keyboard stuff.
They're awesome for things like this! Great at getting small debris off of components. I think we paid $600 for the one you see in the video (at the time we bought it), and IIRC, most of that cost was for the size. If you can do with a smaller size, like maybe you don't need to fit a motherboard, they get significantly cheaper. Lots of bike shops use small ones for chains, cogs, etc.
it's absolutely wild seeing pc components lowered into liquid on purpose lol, but the results were insane
@@GamersNexus I think they can be a little bit difficult to understand? I think hearing sth from Louis Rossmann about taht the frequency matters for the components you put inside, especially for electronics? Do not know but cool to see the pc working again.
@@Ruboka correct i believe they are available in 40khz, 80khz, 120khz, 240khz etc
Thank you for doing this. I didn't realize the trauma experienced by my own fire until I saw this. It took me over six years just to recover again. This may seem like a small thing. But it makes a huge difference. So much loss
Thank you guys at GN for what you do with your journalism and for all the positivity you provide to your local and not so local community. Keep being awesome
You guys... Just wow. That was so much fun to watch, and what a great cause. Nice of Nzxt too to send the case
I was really rooting to see that Gaming Carbon come back to life. It is a nice board to look at, and seeing it come back to life with just a few scars was for some reason heart warming.
I think it's called the gaming carbon soot edition!!
Great job guys! Turned out awesome and GN is truly looking out for ALL gamers. Love to see this kind of giving!
House fires are devastating. So cool that you guys offered to help this guy out
and the sky is blue
more news at 11
channels like this
going above and beyond like this.
gives me faith in humanity
now if we could only treat each other like we treat our machines.
Steve - Your team are incredible for what you do! Great Journalism Pieces and Awesome bits for the community!
You and your team truly are a benefit for the community and industry!!
Great gesture, really appreciate you guys being able to do this sorta thing!
My situation was definitely not as bad but I had my pc (also a H440 case) fall down the stairs while moving. Miraculously everything but the powersupply fan and the case is fine. But just goes to show how a little thing can just have a big impact on your life and for you guys to reconcile the happenings of life a little bit is awesome.
So proud of you guys, what a heartfelt positive reply to a subscriber. These are never fun to begin with, luckily there were no personal injuries and Luke and family are going to be okay from what I gather. I'd say the patina on that motherboard is worth a story!
Awesome work on this one, I was genuinely amazed that the motherboard was salvageable! I'd suggest passing the old case over to Jay to be blasted back to bare metal and repainted (perhaps with a phoenix motif) and then used for a new themed build. It doesn't matter how dirty something is if you strip it right back.
Make this an ongoing monthly series. Seriously great work Steve and team.
A tip on cleaning electronics using an ultrasonic with Branson EC: After you remove the boards from the cleaner, instead of using distilled water, cover the entire board in 99.9 IPA. This displaces the water and then rapidly evaporates. Finish blow drying with compressed air or a DataVac. Done, and the board is ready to return to service! Great video and effort, guys!
So I figured the CPU would be OK because you know if it gets to hot it will just Thermal Throttle...LOL! As for the Motherboard I find it ironic that it was the MSI Gaming"Carbon" Board! No wonder it still works! LOL! Great job guys!!
Glad I am not the only one to see that and giggle.
Very cool to see all the staff doing their own part! Great on screen performances
Hey, i would love to buy that case of you, stains and everything! that thing is battle hardened and i see a lot of life left in it!
who would ever thought that some of the computer tech can be so resilient ! fires, hurricanes etc its amazing !
Steve is living up to his title of Tech Jesus. Now he's even healing the sick PCs! 🙏💙
And his disciples Michael and Patrick?
We must protect this man at all costs so him and his team can do more awesome things like this.
Firefighter here! A room and contents fire can easily get into quadruple digit temperatures Fahrenheit. The fact there's still plastic bits that aren't turned into lumps of slag means the machine likely was not exposed to thermal extremes of that magnitude but 5-600 should be enough to deform that CPU water block fan. The finishes being married up the way they were and the rust on other surfaces was likely flash oxidation from either suppression activities or water leaking from that AIO. Either way, good on y'all for checking. Everything over thoroughly. The PSU is a component I would just straight up replace. Too risky to chance it...... Everything else is worth a test. Maybe a new case is in order though.
I think it was definitely a good idea to replace the PSU even if it could have been saved, just considering they had been through a traumatic fire and the last thing needed is a PSU shorting out due to some unforeseen issue a couple of months down the line. Big props to you all at GN, you showed why it is that so many of us trust you and your opinions as youve shown time and time again to be trustworthy, humble and caring human beings. Thank you.
personally i think having the resurrected pc rebuilt in the old chassis with the fire stains would be so cool. I testament and reminder of the fire and a monument to everything and everyone who survived. Plus no other custom pc would ever look like yours
Very cool! Genuinely surprised the mobo worked. The rest wasn't as surprising, but motherboards are always more resilient than I expect.
Great video, loved it! and thanks for helping someone in need, it's the uplifting video I was hoping for. Massive respect.
Wow! That motherboard is a champion! To see the amount of heat it took from the paint that came off and have it still working without issue is amazing.
It's awesome that you guys managed to salvage some of the parts for the new build.
It would have been cool to use the same case and maybe paint on some flames, but this is so awesome. The burn marks give all the components, the case included, some real character.
You all are awesome and it shows how much you care about people when you do something like this. Wish there were more like you all in the world.
Kudos to you guys for supporting your viewers through hard times!
Thank you.
So glad it came out well.
I have a workhorse NZXT case from 2008 that is a workhorse missing two legs!
Thank to NZXT, great cases!
Solid work by everyone on the team who helped get Luke's computer cleaned up and back to working order!
I absolutely love that so much of the original components were salvageable. Looking into that build, and seeing the fire scarred motherboard, what a memory. A constant reminder that even from a bad situation, good things can still come back to lift you up. I hope all ends up working out for the best for Luke, a house fire is no joke and could have been much more serious. Glad no one was hurt in the event. Great job with the salvage and rebuild GN, always love seeing content like this for sure. Cheers.
I had my apartment destroyed November 17, 2013 by an F4 tornado. It wasnt a house, but I also lost about everything. What GN did here is encouraging, hopeful, and just awesome.
Mike, Patrick, Andrew, Steve, and the whole GN team are great folks. The video is amazing and Luke's comments written using the resurrected PC are the cherry on top.
Awesome gesture and inspirational video. Thank you, GN team!
Can't believe that all works after cleaning. It is great to see how robust is modern electronics while we are still afraid that a bit more moisture will be problem :) Good job guys
I honestly did not think the motherboard was going to make it, nor the ram or GPU. I'm rather surprised that they did. I think the case of the PC actually contributed to it as it would have shielded a lot of the component from the fire. Excellent job on the restoration.
I'm really impressed that most of the important parts actually survived the fire! I was even more surprised with the GPU and I'm glad your team took the time in repainting it as well!
Cool to see that you guys actually managed to salvage most of the parts!!! Especially considering that they were pretty awesome parts to begin with. Big kudos!
Damn my apartment caught fire and my insurance company screwed me over completely. Haven’t received a dime. Been scraping together everything, new TV, replaced everything for our new baby that was coming, crib, baby clothes etc. I’m still wearing other peoples donated clothes, and I only just got a decently used PC for $1000 my car has been breaking down in the midst several times so I kind of regret getting it. I love that you’re showing support to your subscribers ❤️ wish I had this kind of support RIP to my kitty cat 😓
This is amazing, thanks for doing this! It’s super cool that the parts weren’t too damaged, really shows how robust PC components are!
Went through a house fire 2 years ago, started from a cheap laptop charger in one of the roommate's room. The damage wasnt as severe in our room as it was that roomie's but it costed us a PC that my partner made. Seeing this hit me real hard especially with the pictures of luke's room after the fire. My pc weirdly survived and was Frankenstein'd with additional parts so my partner could use it for awhile. It took until last year til he could get another pc up to the specs of his old one. Luke, if you are reading the comments i wish you the best in your recovery from this fire, its a tough journey but still worth going through
As someone who had their house flood twice in 24 hours with the pc receiving a good dunking both times, I'm so glad to see the GN team help someone out. No doubt it means more than words!
Luckily, 100% of my parts worked even though mine was powered on at the time and it was delivered doa from the insurance company (the GPU and hard drive needed resocketing to boot up).
Didn't think I would ever see the same case I have featured in one of your videos again considering how old it is. I bought mine back in 2014 and it's still going strong.
Very satisfying to see you help out someone who had some bad luck. You have a lot of class.
Now this is the stuff I like to see! Actually fixed a few PCs from a fire myself, and you would surprised with the outcome. Great stuff GN!
Love to see a system like this be brought back to life. It was absolutely satisfying to see almost all the parts get cleaned up and working again! Great job GN.
We had a fire in a garage a few years backs, it was a nightmare and it was contained to the garage. Same deal, we had to live in a hotel for like 5 weeks til insurance got us a rental home. We were in there for another 6 months. Glad this all worked out!
Just received my mod mat and mouse pad yesterday. Going to use the mod mat to clean my PC this week and have a build I have been waiting on for months (gpu) now that I have the mat and gpu prices are finally reasonable. Happy to support GN and the crew in any small way. Great people and always my go to resource for PC knowledge. Thanks for raising the bar on industry standards and ethics & thanks for helping Luke out. It's clear by his post that this meant a lot to him. Any update on what Vince may be planning? AMD needs to hire him and his crew.
Wow! Amazing work by Mike and Pat. Props also to NZXT for replacing the PS and case.
Betting the owner was happy that the 3090 survived.. seeing how expensive it would be to replace that one piece. I think it's a Dell model too.
Watched this vid from beginning to end.. Love the content GN!
I Have and LOVE the H440 case, I know its not the best in many ways but i just like it, and it is primed for some modding like in the front making it more open in stylish ways to match the slight case accent pieces, not just big circles cut out. and it disassembles completely to make painting each piece easy if you want to custom colour each piece. The vented sides on the panels would look great with an indirect glow out of them...
4:58 So glad about that mike bit with him wearing all those things lol
That's pretty impressive that all the major components still worked. I would still be curious about the power supply, not that I would trust it, but it would be fun to plug it in and see what happens.
I really didn't think the motherboard and gpu would work. I thought the card itself would work, but that the fans were melted and unbalanced. Great vid!
You guys are awesome! And major props for NZXT for sending a new case. Smart move, good PR.
What a great story with a happy ending. More of that please 😊
Awesome video. Love that you did not just go the easy way, bought all new parts and gifted them. Live the cleanup and testing
Big W for you guys!! Glad Luke was able to get his PC mostly salvageable. GN came in clutch.
Love when the crew can get together on a project that clearly means something to them. Having them all in the same place (at least in shot) is a rare occasion, and I'm a sucker every time. Keep it up GN, we love y'all
The H440!! Thats my case!! I did some panel redesigns to improve the airflow! Pretty neat to see other folks still use this case
Glad to see you were willing to help Luke out! Also glad to see that most of the parts were salvageable! This was a great video and I learned a few things along the way.