I love the Fix or Flop series, it's like watching one of those mystery or crime shows where you're trying to figure out whodunit along with the detective who's on the case.
@@kevinb9830 maybe, but it takes what 30 sec to do as opposed to taking out a GPU where taking out the card could take more let alone putting another in and hoping the right drivers are installed. Best case, it works, worst case, it did nothing and you move on. Also I'm pretty sure one of these, clearing CMOS did fix it.
I have a feeling your customer bought a broken system. Rather than fixing it I would have asked him if he wanted to ask for his money back. Although in the end a new replacement motherboard seems to have solved the problem.
Love these videos! I just love diagnosing and figuring out what/where the issues are and fixing them to the best of my ability, so this scratches a neat itch in my head. Keep it up, been watching *a lot* of these lately.
@@GregSalazar tip- Look out for pee stains or water marks on PCB when looking closely. If found change case or block the gap from where the rat may enter. Lost my mobo and graphics card this way.
If CMOS battery voltage is close to 0v, it means there might be issue with motherboard short circuiting, or the motherboard hasn't been powered on for a very very long time. Could be BIOS chip burnt in this case. You can try to get the BIOS chip replace.
yeah i agree only reason i even watch this guys videos is to watch how much shit he does wrong its funny to me and all the idiots in the comments that think they are techs it makes my day it really does most mb will boot with a dead bios battery and the time and date will reset every time you boot it
I've literally gone from zero knowledge about computers, to now having a good general grasp on how these things work! Appreciate everything you do for us Greg, love this amazing series
You know, as this series goes on, I find myself getting more and more skeptical that people are scamming for parts. I guess if it's only $100 you probably make your money back on the video pretty quickly so it doesn't really matter to you, but it takes away from someone who could actually probably use the fix or flop spot. I don't think I have ever encountered a motherboard where there was that many massive issues in one board... It's like they just threw in all the garbage parts they had lying around. Either way good job, and I love the series. I definitely have learned a few troubleshooting techniques from the videos and comments, even being a seasoned tech enthusiast.
@@iamarabicandiloveamericanp7137 I agree that the owner might not intended it as a scam, but hearing that is actually one of the reasons I feel like it was. The owner got scammed buying a used PC if it came like that and then passed it off immediately to Greg.
@@pwn0grapher you know thinking about you may be right he bought didn't work then sent it to Greg instead of getting a refund, he would get a brand new motherboard
This has become my favorite series on RUclips as of late lol. Your stuggles feed my need for drama without wasting my time keeping up with the Kardashians 😂.
I dig the Fix or Flop series that help others try or fix their damage /broken rig (let the customer / viewer know to change his case that gives him or her better air flow
Jesus that’s an awful case and really messed up build. Idk how you can do that to this poor pc. Whoever sold that to the new owner ripped them off lol. The original builder has no clue how to build PCs. Always love your videos mate! Always look forward to your videos :)
Hi Greg from the UK, Just found your channel enjoy your videos, you are one of the few people who do these sorts of videos who make them interesting to watch. Thank you.
18:30 a few months ago i had a similar issue. built a new pc for a friend and shipped it to him (graphic disconnected in a separate box) after receiving he put the graphic card and tried to turn it on - absolutely nothing. So as i went to him in holidays we changed the mainboard because it was the fault. Like some shaking while transport probably bent something and destroyed it. (Got replaced under warranty)
The bend pins could have shorted easilty, breaking something down the lines. You might also want to take a look at socket pinouts. Many pins are grounds, which are mostly redundant with each other. A missing ground or vcc pin usually has practically zero effect on the motherboards function. Also that battery voltage is surprisingly often an issue. Even if it's still some 2.8 volt some boards can give issues, at least around 2010 era boards that I work with commonly myself.
Hey Greg don't know if you will see this, but I have a crazy one. I left my pc on while sleeping. When I woke up it was frozen so I shut it off. Ever since, when I turn it on it will get to windows logo then shut off. I have reset cmos(even changed battteries), I have swapped RAM slots etc, and even re seated cpu and cleaned mobo. Never seen a pc boot to windows screen then shut off. I even swapped to old HD. It even shuts off in bios screen.
This one gave me flashbacks to my first build. I made most of the same mistakes as this build had (wrong ram slots, cable management was a disaster, I dropped the CPU on the pins and had to bend like 3 rows back, didn't tighten the cooler nearly enough, I could go on). Somehow that PC ran and it ran well enough to carry me all the way until I upgraded last year. Great video, really brought me back.
Which would be a clever ploy had the user sent in a mobo that wasn't selling for $30 and less used on eBay. There's been some builds where I wondered, but not really with this one
It amazes me how so many people have broken hardware. I've witnessed the death throws of a few mechanical hard drives and maybe one power supply over my years of pc building but man...
I enjoy all these videos it is one of my favourite things to do fixing a PC hunting down the problem piece by piece and I always wonder how did that random damage happen like this one did the person buy it broken?
This was a good one Greg, sad bending the pins didn't work. My guess is between the bent pins and the paste under the socket somthing probably fried under there
@14:31 No, Greg, symptoms of a weak battery are AFAIK auto BIOS reset and reboot, "crazy" sensor readings like a fan spinning at 60,000 rpm, even though it doesn't.
when I have to straighten pins on either cpu or socket, I use a utility blade. Perfect thickness for the gap between the pins. Hope this helps. God bless, stay well.
I would like to say that you could have tried to force turn on the motherboard with the power supply tester, just a suggestion for the future. Keep up the great work greg!
I had a horrible experience with Ekster recently, I get their wallets aren't crazy but the "Space grade aluminum" got scratched by a plastic charm and they refused to replace it. Otherwise its a nice wallet.
Got SO PUMPED when the CMOS battery check showed flat batteries, but I also cheered with you when the new board posted! HAHA Love this series, thank you for helping so many people!
I was going to ask why you didn't add a screw for his GPU in the close-ups, but I see at the end shot that you did :D good man, going above and beyond even with the little details.
Well, cpu socket pins dont just magically break while using your pc. This is purely user error. So someone somewhere along the line has been scammed. Keep up the good work.
17:50 - Er..Ever get that feeling like some folks are buying defective or for parts systems and sending them to Greg? Doesn’t feel fair as there could be multiple critical problems with them. Most of the time, it’s fair to start off the diagnostic process assuming you’re dealing with only 1 serious failure to resolve because the system was working up until a failure point
love these videos helped a lot when i built my pc and it didnt post, turned out to be a memory training issue...... had to post adding 1 stick at a time was weird (12th gen at release) but works well now! keep it up!!!
That's crazy I made a video on fixing the exact same type of board in like 2019 the bent pins were in the opposite corner of the socket and were a pain to bend back into place and I ended up having to use my phone to magnify the pins so I could see exactly how the pins were bent and they were bent all the way back and curled up. You doing this with no magnification is awesome to see.
Hey Greg, Awesome Video as Always, But I can't help but wonder if you are Being taken advantage of. Who Buys a PC 2nd hand and Doesn't want to see it working??? And if it was Working , how does this stuff happen, because if bent pins didn't work for you, How would it work If the PC was viewed working before it was Bought. ??? Cheers great Videos Enjoy your Holidays and Have a good New Year to you and your family.
I'm torn on things like these. They obviously should know they damaged the socket and just pretend like they don't know what happened. Seems like a good way to get a free fix for your own mistake at your cost.
I love this series. I have an ASUS laptop that has a problem (turns on but doesn't post) and is probably bricked. Unfortunately I live in Italy and there are no Salazars here... Why do we live so far apart?? 🙂
Case is a legend 👊🏼✌🏼❤️ he didn’t need cooling with those components. There’s an inch of perforated metal by the fans. I use the guts of this exact case for my beast build. Carbon tape and mesh cutouts give this case (and your stock $50 cases far better airflow than even a Meshify. I paid $40 for the case and about $2 for the mesh and carbon tape used to make top and front panels. Greg doesn’t have a case in house that could outperform it. His sponsors don’t have anything to ship him that can either.
That is just too sus for suddenly "My PC does not turn on". Like pins, thermal paste in socket side and mission I/O shield are just user errors. So feels like user did throw garbage parts to case and sent to you.
Watching all the PCDC to the end for the Algo, plus a comment for the engagement challenge. Been watching since the Hasewell Series videos my friend, very happy to see the channel going forward!
Usually, when a motherboard outright refuses to power up.. Its usually the southbridge at fault.. This is what gives the PSU the signal to power up, When power button is pressed... Also.... Shorted pins on CPU socket, Depending on which ones.. Can 100% damage the southbridge.. and its also very common to see the CMOS battery fully depleted when CPU socket pins are shorted together...
It’s very likely whoever sent you this PC did it so they can get a free replacement motherboard. They knew they screwed up by bending the CPU socket pins. What’s stopping a viewer from sending you a PC with a broken RTX 3080? Viewers can simply send you a PC with a known broken component and expect you to replace it for them for free.
Had a similar issue before, my speculation is the previous one current owner tried updating bios, bricked the mobo then damaged the bored further as they tried to fixed the issue with it.
One thing from me as i had similar problem. My newly built rig also didn't power up or post yet LEDs were working. All new parts. The problem was faulty PSU that had dead 12V rails. 5V for indicators and LEDs was ok.
These modern CPUs are pretty sensitive to socket pressure. So the bent pens have to be perfectly level with the rest of the pins else they may not make good enough contact. No surprise the mobo was dead even after you tried to bend them back. They probably aren't matching the length of the other pins anymore due to the metal fatigue and possible being off center as well so the standard socket pressure doesn't engage them properly anymore. The mobo might work again if the entire socket is replaced...but obviously you probably don't have the soldering equipment needed for that. :P
I still have that Gigabyte Z390 board brand new with a brand new i9-9900k I've just had lying around. I have enough brand new parts to build about 7 or 8 new rigs. I horde parts when they go on sale haha. Addicted. Use some for customers as well of course.
Been subbed for a long time. Just started watching this series. When i saw the i ❤ papa, just made me smile. Keep on with the great content. God bless you and your family.
Stumbled upon your channel last year and I absolutely love the series ! It keeps me itching for more where I watch older videos. Also keeps me knowledgeable as well as we have 6 high end gaming and editing rigs in my house 😅 and 1 server so far 😁
A battery is not required to power up a motherboard. All the battery is for is bios retention. Without the battery it will boot but you will have to set the date and time every time you boot. On newer MB's it will take a lot longer due to memory learning and may fall into a boot cycle. Because every time it resets from memory learning it will forget what it just did, and do it all over again.
Definitely a short, which is why the cmos battery was drained. I have original batteries running on older platforms. Gotta wonder if that paste at the bottom of the cpu, and possibly in the pins, was conductive.
I used to love this series, but as I’m now in my 5th day of trying to get my graphics card to work, it’s a little close to the bone. Looking forward to enjoying them again once my build is up and running!
@@bramhenry1163 Dropping the card in my daughter’s PC produced the same problem so I RMA’d it. Took a couple of months but got a full refund. Gave myself an upgrade to RX 6800 as compensation and it’s been fantastic. So back to watching the videos!
after watching your video on the dead evga psu i brought a new one for my pc cx750m which promptly blew the breakers in my house and never turned on again. waiting on rma now. thanks for the useful videos'.
My pc died last week, it refused to boot for some reason; after raging for a minute I remembered this series and tried some things. nothing worked until I managed to get into bios and saw the boot drive was missing. took out the m.2 and reinserted it into the mobo and it was able to locate the boot drive and now my pc is back in working order
what it seems like is someone bricked the motherboard trying to update the bios and then left it running with the rgb lights on which killed the cmos battery and made you run down the rabbit hole.
DAMN IT. He's done it to me twice now! Caught me saying the thing out loud with him and then calling me out on it....ah well. I'll do it again next video too.
can you fix my life
Try clearing the cmos
Someone help this person 😅
Have you tried turning it off and on again?
@@MarcoGPUtuberis it possible to learn this power?
Replace one part at a time and see if you get a picture out
I love the Fix or Flop series, it's like watching one of those mystery or crime shows where you're trying to figure out whodunit along with the detective who's on the case.
I'll tell you what it will never be - the CMOS! Otherwise the video would be a minute long lol
I also like the series, but can’t get, how people still buy crap from AMD..
@@kevinb9830 maybe, but it takes what 30 sec to do as opposed to taking out a GPU where taking out the card could take more let alone putting another in and hoping the right drivers are installed. Best case, it works, worst case, it did nothing and you move on. Also I'm pretty sure one of these, clearing CMOS did fix it.
The amd 3000 series were way more popular then intels equivalent at the time.
@@Bill30006 yes, that's my point. You will never see it because it wouldn't make a long enough video.
I have a feeling your customer bought a broken system. Rather than fixing it I would have asked him if he wanted to ask for his money back. Although in the end a new replacement motherboard seems to have solved the problem.
Hi,Greg!
Sometimes,the drain on the CMOS battery IS a sign of cerious electronic damage - the battery being shorted,and drained.....
Love these videos! I just love diagnosing and figuring out what/where the issues are and fixing them to the best of my ability, so this scratches a neat itch in my head.
Keep it up, been watching *a lot* of these lately.
Thanks for watching them! It allows us to continue doing this for free for folks!
@@GregSalazar tip- Look out for pee stains or water marks on PCB when looking closely. If found change case or block the gap from where the rat may enter.
Lost my mobo and graphics card this way.
If CMOS battery voltage is close to 0v, it means there might be issue with motherboard short circuiting, or the motherboard hasn't been powered on for a very very long time. Could be BIOS chip burnt in this case. You can try to get the BIOS chip replace.
a dead battery (0v) is not a dead short.
Or maybe it's a dead CMOS battery :)
yeah i agree only reason i even watch this guys videos is to watch how much shit he does wrong its funny to me and all the idiots in the comments that think they are techs it makes my day it really does most mb will boot with a dead bios battery and the time and date will reset every time you boot it
@@MrCougar1825I think older stuff are more dependent on the bios battery
u got it thats old school stuff
I've literally gone from zero knowledge about computers, to now having a good general grasp on how these things work! Appreciate everything you do for us Greg, love this amazing series
Favorite series! keep up the good work!
Glad you enjoy it!
These are so useful to learn how to fix computers thanks man
Thanks a ton for watching!
Good to see he didn't change the gpu, i feel like sometimes people who send thier pc to get fixed just wants to get an upgrade mainly on the gpu.
I’m getting the feeling people in Greg’s area are buying broken PCs and getting a free repair?
Or buying broken gpu then they put in on their rig then sends to Greg
You know, as this series goes on, I find myself getting more and more skeptical that people are scamming for parts. I guess if it's only $100 you probably make your money back on the video pretty quickly so it doesn't really matter to you, but it takes away from someone who could actually probably use the fix or flop spot. I don't think I have ever encountered a motherboard where there was that many massive issues in one board... It's like they just threw in all the garbage parts they had lying around. Either way good job, and I love the series. I definitely have learned a few troubleshooting techniques from the videos and comments, even being a seasoned tech enthusiast.
or it was a failed upgrade ... how do you bend pins on the mb?
The owner bought it from someone Greg said the previous owner took his 1660ti so I don't think it's a scam
@@iamarabicandiloveamericanp7137 I agree that the owner might not intended it as a scam, but hearing that is actually one of the reasons I feel like it was. The owner got scammed buying a used PC if it came like that and then passed it off immediately to Greg.
@@pwn0grapher you know thinking about you may be right he bought didn't work then sent it to Greg instead of getting a refund, he would get a brand new motherboard
This has become my favorite series on RUclips as of late lol. Your stuggles feed my need for drama without wasting my time keeping up with the Kardashians 😂.
Keeping up with the K-SKUs? With the 11900 Ks? With the deep Kool fans?
agreed, watching someone's broken gaming PC is always better than watching the kardashians
Greg talking about that old OLD 8th gen... Me looking left and then right with my 4th gen 4790K still running strong!
I still have a system with a 2nd gen i7 ive had since 2009, the things dont die.
Love that you actually go through your comments and like and comment back
ok this is crazy... i have the same cpu & mobo. with a 1070 ti. sheesh i need to upgrade. cant wait to see what you do here
As someone who use to work as a PC technician, i love this series!
Straigtening pins is SOOO satisfying (when they don't break, of course!)
I dig the Fix or Flop series that help others try or fix their damage /broken rig (let the customer / viewer know to change his case that gives him or her better air flow
Jesus that’s an awful case and really messed up build. Idk how you can do that to this poor pc. Whoever sold that to the new owner ripped them off lol. The original builder has no clue how to build PCs. Always love your videos mate! Always look forward to your videos :)
Thanks Greg, I love this series, educational and entertaining!
Who are these barbarians that keep bending motherboard pins? Did they install their CPUs with a hammer?
I usually hammer a nail in cpu to make sure it holds to the mobo
Hi Greg from the UK, Just found your channel enjoy your videos, you are one of the few people who do these sorts of videos who make them interesting to watch. Thank you.
18:30 a few months ago i had a similar issue. built a new pc for a friend and shipped it to him (graphic disconnected in a separate box) after receiving he put the graphic card and tried to turn it on - absolutely nothing. So as i went to him in holidays we changed the mainboard because it was the fault. Like some shaking while transport probably bent something and destroyed it. (Got replaced under warranty)
Amazing content as usual sir. A friend of mine just built his PC studying your videos.
Very cool series. I'm learning a lot. Though, I'm always rooting for outcomes where you are able to fix the issue instead of replacing it.
The bend pins could have shorted easilty, breaking something down the lines. You might also want to take a look at socket pinouts. Many pins are grounds, which are mostly redundant with each other. A missing ground or vcc pin usually has practically zero effect on the motherboards function. Also that battery voltage is surprisingly often an issue. Even if it's still some 2.8 volt some boards can give issues, at least around 2010 era boards that I work with commonly myself.
I love how you tried your best to bend those pins. Others may just replace the whole motherboard then charge customers for that.
Hey Greg don't know if you will see this, but I have a crazy one. I left my pc on while sleeping. When I woke up it was frozen so I shut it off. Ever since, when I turn it on it will get to windows logo then shut off. I have reset cmos(even changed battteries), I have swapped RAM slots etc, and even re seated cpu and cleaned mobo. Never seen a pc boot to windows screen then shut off. I even swapped to old HD. It even shuts off in bios screen.
This one gave me flashbacks to my first build. I made most of the same mistakes as this build had (wrong ram slots, cable management was a disaster, I dropped the CPU on the pins and had to bend like 3 rows back, didn't tighten the cooler nearly enough, I could go on). Somehow that PC ran and it ran well enough to carry me all the way until I upgraded last year. Great video, really brought me back.
I think the user sent you a bad board, and he KNEW the problem.
It's certainly possible....no way of knowing for sure
Which would be a clever ploy had the user sent in a mobo that wasn't selling for $30 and less used on eBay. There's been some builds where I wondered, but not really with this one
I have this exact case. I can say from experience. I have zero heat issues with this case.
The most usefull and loved series (in tech communities) this year, thanks Greg Salazar for coming up with such a useful videos 👍
Almost 1 month old content, but still content!
Hello from France for saying I'm watching this at 2:28 Am and if we had a person like you to help us it will be so helpful for everyone
It amazes me how so many people have broken hardware. I've witnessed the death throws of a few mechanical hard drives and maybe one power supply over my years of pc building but man...
I enjoy all these videos it is one of my favourite things to do fixing a PC hunting down the problem piece by piece and I always wonder how did that random damage happen like this one did the person buy it broken?
This was a good one Greg, sad bending the pins didn't work. My guess is between the bent pins and the paste under the socket somthing probably fried under there
@14:31 No, Greg, symptoms of a weak battery are AFAIK auto BIOS reset and reboot, "crazy" sensor readings like a fan spinning at 60,000 rpm, even though it doesn't.
when I have to straighten pins on either cpu or socket, I use a utility blade. Perfect thickness for the gap between the pins. Hope this helps. God bless, stay well.
I would like to say that you could have tried to force turn on the motherboard with the power supply tester, just a suggestion for the future. Keep up the great work greg!
I had a horrible experience with Ekster recently, I get their wallets aren't crazy but the "Space grade aluminum" got scratched by a plastic charm and they refused to replace it. Otherwise its a nice wallet.
Thanks for letting me know, since I might want a new wallet soon!
I was looking at these, thanks for the feed back. ill buy a ridge wallet instead.
I like that you showed the troubleshooting steps you take.
I actually thought the audio from my phone died during the intro because I wasn't expecting the pause before "Broken Gaming PC".
Got SO PUMPED when the CMOS battery check showed flat batteries, but I also cheered with you when the new board posted! HAHA Love this series, thank you for helping so many people!
Thanks a lot for another great job Greg! Kudos
Brilliant work, far more than I would be comfortable doing with my own rig. Bending pins makes me uncomfortable lol. Great work there boss!
I was going to ask why you didn't add a screw for his GPU in the close-ups, but I see at the end shot that you did :D good man, going above and beyond even with the little details.
You thanked me for watching, and I thank you for making such great and awesome videos.
I appreciate you.
Well, cpu socket pins dont just magically break while using your pc. This is purely user error. So someone somewhere along the line has been scammed. Keep up the good work.
Love this playlist and I watch every one of them. It is encouraging that there are still honest people in the industry like you.
17:50 - Er..Ever get that feeling like some folks are buying defective or for parts systems and sending them to Greg?
Doesn’t feel fair as there could be multiple critical problems with them. Most of the time, it’s fair to start off the diagnostic process assuming you’re dealing with only 1 serious failure to resolve because the system was working up until a failure point
thank u for the video series i love it much eventho sometimes just about "simple" fix
I love this series, Greg. Keep it up! Kind work for your fans!
i love this series im going to build my pc soon and am waiting on the motherboard to arrive hopefully i don't mess it up.
love these videos helped a lot when i built my pc and it didnt post, turned out to be a memory training issue...... had to post adding 1 stick at a time was weird (12th gen at release) but works well now! keep it up!!!
That's crazy I made a video on fixing the exact same type of board in like 2019 the bent pins were in the opposite corner of the socket and were a pain to bend back into place and I ended up having to use my phone to magnify the pins so I could see exactly how the pins were bent and they were bent all the way back and curled up. You doing this with no magnification is awesome to see.
I love what you do the world needs more people like you it is so awesome how you help people keep it up you are a hero 💪
Hey Greg, Awesome Video as Always, But I can't help but wonder if you are Being taken advantage of. Who Buys a PC 2nd hand and Doesn't want to see it working??? And if it was Working , how does this stuff happen, because if bent pins didn't work for you, How would it work If the PC was viewed working before it was Bought. ??? Cheers great Videos Enjoy your Holidays and Have a good New Year to you and your family.
That was a good watch, Greg. Very nice, and at least I didn't have to endure the tobacco smell of your last Fixing a Viewer's BROKEN Gaming PC. :)
You can force the board to power on by shorting the green wire to a black on the 24 pin, but you might not get more than just fan spin.
i literally just realized you have Starset and Breaking Benjamin vinyl on the wall! two of my favorite bands! awesome!
The guy who sold him this is evil
Definitely needed a new case
Watching your videos from France
Keep it up man, always a great content to watch !
Thanks, will do!
Oh un Français qui regarde !
I never miss a fix or flop video.
I'm torn on things like these. They obviously should know they damaged the socket and just pretend like they don't know what happened. Seems like a good way to get a free fix for your own mistake at your cost.
Ah yes, the Deepcool MACUBE $30 special. Built in it a few times. A surprisingly nice case for $30 but definitely needs better airflow.
I love this series. I have an ASUS laptop that has a problem (turns on but doesn't post) and is probably bricked. Unfortunately I live in Italy and there are no Salazars here... Why do we live so far apart?? 🙂
Greg you always do a great job analyzing and diagnosing the issues and taking the corrective action to fix these PCs!
awesome episode keep coming these videos.... love from Finland =)
Case is a legend 👊🏼✌🏼❤️ he didn’t need cooling with those components. There’s an inch of perforated metal by the fans. I use the guts of this exact case for my beast build. Carbon tape and mesh cutouts give this case (and your stock $50 cases far better airflow than even a Meshify. I paid $40 for the case and about $2 for the mesh and carbon tape used to make top and front panels. Greg doesn’t have a case in house that could outperform it. His sponsors don’t have anything to ship him that can either.
That is just too sus for suddenly "My PC does not turn on". Like pins, thermal paste in socket side and mission I/O shield are just user errors. So feels like user did throw garbage parts to case and sent to you.
Watching all the PCDC to the end for the Algo, plus a comment for the engagement challenge. Been watching since the Hasewell Series videos my friend, very happy to see the channel going forward!
Usually, when a motherboard outright refuses to power up.. Its usually the southbridge at fault.. This is what gives the PSU the signal to power up, When power button is pressed...
Also.... Shorted pins on CPU socket, Depending on which ones.. Can 100% damage the southbridge.. and its also very common to see the CMOS battery fully depleted when CPU socket pins are shorted together...
It’s very likely whoever sent you this PC did it so they can get a free replacement motherboard. They knew they screwed up by bending the CPU socket pins.
What’s stopping a viewer from sending you a PC with a broken RTX 3080? Viewers can simply send you a PC with a known broken component and expect you to replace it for them for free.
Had a similar issue before, my speculation is the previous one current owner tried updating bios, bricked the mobo then damaged the bored further as they tried to fixed the issue with it.
One thing from me as i had similar problem.
My newly built rig also didn't power up or post yet LEDs were working. All new parts.
The problem was faulty PSU that had dead 12V rails. 5V for indicators and LEDs was ok.
These modern CPUs are pretty sensitive to socket pressure. So the bent pens have to be perfectly level with the rest of the pins else they may not make good enough contact. No surprise the mobo was dead even after you tried to bend them back. They probably aren't matching the length of the other pins anymore due to the metal fatigue and possible being off center as well so the standard socket pressure doesn't engage them properly anymore. The mobo might work again if the entire socket is replaced...but obviously you probably don't have the soldering equipment needed for that. :P
And that is not 90usd job tho. Its not worth it.
I still have that Gigabyte Z390 board brand new with a brand new i9-9900k I've just had lying around. I have enough brand new parts to build about 7 or 8 new rigs. I horde parts when they go on sale haha. Addicted. Use some for customers as well of course.
Been subbed for a long time. Just started watching this series. When i saw the i ❤ papa, just made me smile. Keep on with the great content. God bless you and your family.
I didn't get an ad, Greg. Congrats on fixing the pc and well done, Merry Christmas!
Folks, Greg is good people, Greg tries and helps people...folks, be like Greg.
5:25 that damn bundle at the front of the rig moved on its own and I'm like "ah yes, nothing a casual exorcism can't fix" lol
Stumbled upon your channel last year and I absolutely love the series ! It keeps me itching for more where I watch older videos. Also keeps me knowledgeable as well as we have 6 high end gaming and editing rigs in my house 😅 and 1 server so far 😁
A battery is not required to power up a motherboard. All the battery is for is bios retention. Without the battery it will boot but you will have to set the date and time every time you boot. On newer MB's it will take a lot longer due to memory learning and may fall into a boot cycle. Because every time it resets from memory learning it will forget what it just did, and do it all over again.
This is why people, who don't know what they are doing should always give the job for the one who knows.
Definitely a short, which is why the cmos battery was drained. I have original batteries running on older platforms.
Gotta wonder if that paste at the bottom of the cpu, and possibly in the pins, was conductive.
Oh yeah, you like the blue gatorade too.... its the best
I used to love this series, but as I’m now in my 5th day of trying to get my graphics card to work, it’s a little close to the bone. Looking forward to enjoying them again once my build is up and running!
What’s happening dude?
@@bramhenry1163 Dropping the card in my daughter’s PC produced the same problem so I RMA’d it. Took a couple of months but got a full refund. Gave myself an upgrade to RX 6800 as compensation and it’s been fantastic. So back to watching the videos!
@@StoicTheGeek beautiful work dude, glad it worked out, sorry I forgot to look at the date when I replied
Very cool, dude. Glad that this series has worked out for ya. Fixing PCs for YT content can be so hit or miss. But Greg never misses! :P
Would have liked to see you upgrade him to a better case, but otherwise another great fix it video.
I'm so addicted to these, your content is just so clean and good looking/feeling, keep it up!
I would probably flip the rear fan around for intake, and then flip the cpu fan as well. At least then there's something.
puting in a very simple way: mobo battery is just to keep custom bios config, it won't never make a computer stop working or make it come back to life
after watching your video on the dead evga psu i brought a new one for my pc cx750m which promptly blew the breakers in my house and never turned on again. waiting on rma now. thanks for the useful videos'.
My pc died last week, it refused to boot for some reason; after raging for a minute I remembered this series and tried some things. nothing worked until I managed to get into bios and saw the boot drive was missing. took out the m.2 and reinserted it into the mobo and it was able to locate the boot drive and now my pc is back in working order
what it seems like is someone bricked the motherboard trying to update the bios and then left it running with the rgb lights on which killed the cmos battery and made you run down the rabbit hole.
DAMN IT. He's done it to me twice now! Caught me saying the thing out loud with him and then calling me out on it....ah well. I'll do it again next video too.
the tv had me tripping for a sec. just a "screen saver" 😅😅
Greg has a new Fix or Flop out? I'm right here for it! 😊