Fixing a Viewer's BROKEN Gaming PC? - Fix or Flop S2:E9

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  • @GregSalazar
    @GregSalazar  2 года назад +420

    Thanks so much for watching! I'm in the middle of filming S2:E11 and just ran into another Zen 2 CPU issue 😅

    • @DasLooney
      @DasLooney 2 года назад +6

      Maybe there is a flaw/problem that's causing these processors to destruct prematurely.

    • @zushikatetomotoshift1575
      @zushikatetomotoshift1575 2 года назад +13

      That is cause when the CPU is overvolted it does that.
      In mobo bios they set the cpu to overvolt.
      Many motherboards do that.
      My 3800X was stock at 1.448v I undervolted it to 1.320v.
      Undervolt your zen and zen2, Not sure if this applies to zen3.

    • @kuvos13
      @kuvos13 2 года назад +8

      You are a fantastic person for not charging these "customers". Your videos are fun to watch and i've been following this series for a LONG time. Thanks for your content! :)

    • @JTCPingas
      @JTCPingas 2 года назад +1

      AGAIN???

    • @michaelthompson9798
      @michaelthompson9798 2 года назад +7

      I own a SFF Ryzen 3600 which is about 12mths old….. hopefully this won’t happen to me 🤕😓

  • @henryalva6354
    @henryalva6354 2 года назад +772

    Greg: "For some reason this 3600s and 3600X, they just love to kick the can"
    Me, watching my PC ryzen 3600: "Please do not die on me, You are the chosen One, dont you even dare to..."

    • @justinjesse2107
      @justinjesse2107 2 года назад +25

      I'm so nervous lol

    • @m3redgt
      @m3redgt 2 года назад +31

      I do have a 3600 in my mediaserver running 24/7 for almost 2 yrs now... i think mine's good haha

    • @akiesa559
      @akiesa559 2 года назад +4

      same it has been 3 years now

    • @cliffordgallagher4531
      @cliffordgallagher4531 2 года назад +6

      OMG,Me Too! So Freaking out that I have a 3600!!! Lol

    • @kickassamd
      @kickassamd 2 года назад +5

      4 systems with the 3600x in them, no issues.

  • @TBomb85
    @TBomb85 2 года назад +518

    For some reason I can't get enough of these... Such a captivating series.

    • @GregSalazar
      @GregSalazar  2 года назад +51

      Thanks man. Always appreciated from ya.

    • @jsteezus
      @jsteezus 2 года назад +8

      @@GregSalazar release each season on dvd or blu ray!

    • @tobiasboon346
      @tobiasboon346 2 года назад +2

      It's because you are trying to diagnose the issue along with Greg.

    • @JamesDavidWalley
      @JamesDavidWalley 2 года назад +5

      It’s like watching BBC murder mysteries (my wife is addicted to them), but for techies.

    • @tasnimulsarwar9189
      @tasnimulsarwar9189 2 года назад

      @@JamesDavidWalley sir, that is one of the best analogies I've seen for this series thus far.

  • @issanesheiwat1396
    @issanesheiwat1396 2 года назад +370

    That would be really cool if AMD could tell us exactly what went wrong with these CPUs

    • @dhjohns1956
      @dhjohns1956 2 года назад +9

      Actually they stopped working.

    • @rudder3084
      @rudder3084 2 года назад +9

      I am half suspecting it is the IO chip failing.

    • @darthwiizius
      @darthwiizius 2 года назад +16

      A couple of years ago I seem to remember a few rumblings about AMD reliability, perhaps there was a bad batch?

    • @Hawk81584
      @Hawk81584 2 года назад +10

      @@darthwiizius or maybe they got big and do what everyone else does lol

    • @alexv182
      @alexv182 2 года назад +4

      Chip shortage. The demand is too high for quality/durability check from the factory so the CPU could have been a R3 from binning in normal condition but since we're still in a unusual condition, it may have been quick tested for getting the chip out of the factory to satisfy demand.

  • @aaronncollier96
    @aaronncollier96 2 года назад +153

    It could simply be that the popularity of the R5 3600 and 3600X CPUs inflates the perceived failure rate. Could also be low quality motherboards killing them. Who knows. Just to add another data point, I have been running a 3600 for nearly 2 years without issue.

    • @simplysaphi
      @simplysaphi 2 года назад +12

      people say same about all large brands. 3600 was a phenomenon in terms of popularity and it's same with mice like deathadder. you can say 1000 failures...on like 10 mil unit scale :D

    • @fernandotapia3744
      @fernandotapia3744 2 года назад +1

      My 3600 kick the can too. Send it back for warranty they replaced with the same let’s see how long it last. First one lasted under a year.

    • @milansatters8750
      @milansatters8750 2 года назад

      I was thinking the same

    • @exxor9108
      @exxor9108 2 года назад

      @@stysner4580 I'm glad for that and my 3300X. I'm able to run that at a pretty low voltage with the max boost clock stable. Then again, its only a quad-core.

    • @TheBiscuitKing96
      @TheBiscuitKing96 2 года назад +4

      I was also thinking this. The 3600 has been the most recommended cpu I’ve ever seen and it was fairly attainable during the beginning of the pandemic when many people built pcs

  • @navashen3686
    @navashen3686 2 года назад +76

    From what I've noticed and tested with all stock settings my Ryzen 5 3600 was using 1.45v during certain workloads which is "normal" for these chips, but in gaming scenarios i noticed it used to use 1.45v - 1.5v which is way too high, so i contacted Amd technical team and they basically told me to leave all the settings on auto which was of no help. So i ended up doing my own research on these chips, mostly testing theories on my own system and then i came to a conclusion that the way voltage is applied to these chips in an all core scenario is not correct, so to test this i manually set my load-line to level 3 and used the per ccx mode on my motherboard with the override vcore option. This resulted in better voltage control and better overclocking results.
    The values achieved using this method:
    CCX0 @4.5Ghz
    CCX1 @4.4Ghz
    core vids @1.3v
    Vcore @1.326v
    previous stock values:
    CCX0 and CCX1 @4.1 - 4.2Ghz
    core vids light load 1.45v
    in-game 1.45 - 1.5v
    prime 95 1.25 - 1.28v
    in conclusion the stock auto settings causes the chip to be overvolted which can result in degradation and in-time possibly killing the chip.
    Note: all test were at stock 90A EDC
    All these results are from personal testing and can vary from one chip to another.

    • @RaidSoft
      @RaidSoft 2 года назад +13

      A lot of this can probably be blamed on the motherboard manufacturers honestly, they have a tendency to not use AMD's specs for their default or "auto" settings on stuff, a lot of this is to push a bit more performance out of the chip so they show up better in tests etc... It's very scummy behavior because it's not clear at all that you're running outside spec.

    • @Manakuski
      @Manakuski 2 года назад +4

      There's an even better solution for this. Buy Intel. Don't buy AMD cpu:s. Those AMD Ryzens keep dying left and right.

    • @rogeliotarucjr9380
      @rogeliotarucjr9380 2 года назад +4

      Never would experience this in an intel cpu. Using computers since first gen 8086 days, only amd cpus are the one to die.

    • @worldhello1234
      @worldhello1234 Год назад +3

      @@Manakuski No, it isn't and no, they don't.

    • @Faith.in.His.Grace.
      @Faith.in.His.Grace. Год назад +4

      I almost willing to bet a lot of people are trying to overclock these 3600's and killing them in the process

  • @phild4186
    @phild4186 2 года назад +157

    Just a suggestion but in all my years working on computers I've never seen a bad cpu kill a motherboard, but I've seen several bad motherboards kill cpus. So, as a general rule I always test the unknown cpu in a good board before testing a good cpu in an unknown board.

    • @MyWasteOfTime
      @MyWasteOfTime 2 года назад +3

      Not sure if you watched the entire video, but that is exactly what he did...

    • @phild4186
      @phild4186 2 года назад +53

      @@MyWasteOfTime 15:02 no he didn't. He put his good cpu in an unknown board.

    • @ItsReaxxion
      @ItsReaxxion 2 года назад +8

      good advice

    • @MyWasteOfTime
      @MyWasteOfTime 2 года назад +3

      @@phild4186 Actually we are both right 17:40 he did try the bad chip in a good MB!

    • @phild4186
      @phild4186 2 года назад +31

      @@MyWasteOfTime clearly you are missing the point of my comment.

  • @thymelord8353
    @thymelord8353 2 года назад +3

    I love how you showed and acknowledged your mistake instead of editing it out of the video. And being an owner of a Ryzen 3600, this video is terrifying.

  • @dragonman910
    @dragonman910 2 года назад +24

    You're doing an amazing service to the community Greg! Keep it up! Let's get him to 800k!

    • @tw1tch09
      @tw1tch09 2 года назад +1

      LETSGOOOOOOO

    • @ikram2512
      @ikram2512 2 года назад

      @@DarkBlade05 let's go

  • @ethanlancelot3225
    @ethanlancelot3225 2 года назад +44

    Thanks for the time and effort you put into these videos Greg. Fix or flop is a great series that educates as well as entertains. Keep it up!

  • @ianwalsh1376
    @ianwalsh1376 2 года назад +1

    I loved the way you really show the process and the logical flow of how to test parts. This is the best part of the video and the honesty that you give when fixing parts. Seriously between this and the camera work, you deserve a medal!

  • @AkaneOusaka
    @AkaneOusaka 2 года назад +12

    very interesting to see this build back and even more interesting to see the outcome of this video. i love the fix or flop series and thankfully i don't think any of these videos in the series had a build that flopped!

  • @Equalizer74
    @Equalizer74 2 года назад +5

    This series always keeps me interested. Keeps me informed of issues and solutions incase I run into them myself.

  • @JTCPingas
    @JTCPingas 2 года назад +6

    This series is so addicting! Glad to see it's still doing well!

  • @kshitijvarshney
    @kshitijvarshney 2 года назад +1

    Hey Greg! I don't know if this comment will reach you but here's my rig setting an example of nothing is unlikely when you're cursed:
    My rig: R9 5950x, TUF 3090, Asus Crosshair VIII Formula, Lian Li Galahad 360, all in O11 Dynamic XL
    April 2021 I finished my build after waiting for a R9 5950x for 1.5 months
    -> Included GPU sag bracket had wrong threaded screws, had to DIY my own bracket
    -> Corsair commander pro came with dead Thermal probe port (I ignored it)
    ->A PWM fan port dies
    -> 3 months later my UPS died (2KVA server grade UPS)
    -> Main Board replaced after 1 week-> Died next day
    -> Main Board replaced after 2 weeks-> Died next day again
    -> New main board replaced after a month-> Gives off 90db of noise of relay switch -> replaced after a 2 weeks and is now fine
    Motherboard dies ( gives a PROCHOT Ext signal and CPU throttles to 500mhz) -> Asus gave me a USED AND REPAIRED board after 10 days, I refuse but they insist -> Bios chip dies the same day
    -> New mobo after a week
    -> Galahad 360 AIO dies (overheats to oblivion and cpu throttles to 800mhz) -> Got a replacement 5 days later
    -> while replacing the old cooler, superglue equivalent MX5 thermal paste took the cpu out with the cooler even after me being super careful
    -> Bent cpu pins-> wasn't very bad and got fixed but that definitely took a year out of my lifespan
    PC works fine for 3 months
    -> A Radiator fan dies -> replaced in 2 weeks
    ->Did a bios update, CPU throttled to 800mhz after a gaming session once again
    -> I revert bios (thankfully I had previous bios)
    The CPU has once throttled after reverting but has been working okay-ish
    Still high idle temps
    Ambient temp: 36° C
    Idle temps: 50° C
    If anything breaks again I'm selling this garbage, I'm done, way too much stress, not gonna build a pc ever again probably

  • @nickwstp
    @nickwstp 2 года назад +1

    Blown away by this video series! I have been binge-watching these ever since one of the episodes helped me fix my dead computer on my own! Thanks so much for the hard work you do here.

  • @Yas-ii3hu
    @Yas-ii3hu 2 года назад +8

    Thank you for the work you've been putting in, Greg, I've been learning a lot!
    My interest in building/diagnosing PCs started when my older brother refused to help me with my PC. It would randomly turn off - like no windows shut-down, it'd just turn off (It had a power on range of anywhere from a few seconds from start-up to an hour after). My first instinct was to clean it. I know now that having my PC on a carpeted floor isn't all too healthy for my PC in the long run, but I had nowhere else to put it. While cleaning it, a pillow feather flew out of the PSU. Not knowing the damage a feather can do to a PSU, I thought it was fixed after it was removed. Obviously, it wasn't fixed. Not knowing what else to do after sorting through a few different options, I took it to Fry's Electronics.
    I told the employee about my PC and how it'd randomly turn off. As soon as the words, "feather in the power supply," left my lips, he gave the slightest s**t eating grin I've ever seen. I had a sneaking suspicion that I needed to replace my PSU and that guy gave me the confirmation I needed.
    I went home and ordered another PSU. The same PSU but a modular version (I didn't want to deal with stuffing all of the extra, unused, cables next to the drives). It was fixed after that.
    Again, thanks for your awesome work! I've been able to help friends and family with their PC problems and I am grateful to have someone to keep learning from!

  • @nig87101
    @nig87101 2 года назад +5

    I've learnt so much with your FoF series Greg, was convinved it would be PSU, then when it briefly worked, deffo motherboard...........now I'm just hoping my 3900XT is ok! Thanks Greg.

  • @cookie7993
    @cookie7993 2 года назад +1

    This is my favorite series of videos you make hands down. No time lapse, just pure interaction and not knowing exactly if it will be fixed and being able to make my own hypothesis of what is wrong and see if I’m right.

  • @TheFishki
    @TheFishki 2 года назад

    Love the series Greg! This kind of series would actually be a kickass livestream series. We'd get to walk through every single step for everything you do and can even give suggestions and polls on what we think the issue is. Keep up the good work :)

  • @iheartdiscgolf
    @iheartdiscgolf 2 года назад +18

    Always enjoy these. Can't wait for the next one.

  • @4Shams
    @4Shams 2 года назад +3

    This series is amazing it's entertaining, informative and i really like the way you go through those systems. God job and keep that great work on

  • @GaryA1682
    @GaryA1682 2 года назад +1

    As someone who fixes systems and laptops I’m learning a hell of a lot from these videos and I am grateful for the free testing tips and information you provide 👍 please keep them coming!

  • @helixtrice930
    @helixtrice930 2 года назад +1

    Congrats on 800k Subs Greg!! Here's to 1 Million soon!

  • @Hinjima92
    @Hinjima92 2 года назад +5

    Love this series! Keep up the good work, love from Norway! :)

  • @Jwalker76
    @Jwalker76 2 года назад +9

    Greg i love your FoF content. Its always interesting seeing the symptoms. I really like the process in testing and thinking about what to test next. I follow PC tech as a hobby. I did have a Ryzen system fail on me but it was 1700x and as i dont have parts to test if it was the CPU or the Motherboard. I ended up just replacing both instead of buying a 3600 and hoping it wasnt the mobo. So i bought a i5 11400F and a b560 mobo. After seeing this im kind of glad i didnt go with tthe 3600 route.

  • @Bobo-ey8fc
    @Bobo-ey8fc 2 года назад +1

    Great series Greg! By far my favorite on all of RUclips. Keep them coming!!!

  • @postedinthecut1565
    @postedinthecut1565 2 года назад

    I've learned so much from watching this series. Trouble shooting skill is so important, Thank you Greg.

  • @Mau_S
    @Mau_S 2 года назад +3

    Man I was crossing my fingers that he hooked up the right cables to that test psu lol. Lovely episode yet again!

  • @balinthorvath9628
    @balinthorvath9628 2 года назад +4

    Loving this series Greg. Keep up the good work

  • @numberblue1781
    @numberblue1781 10 месяцев назад

    Just started watching your content and man I love this series! Gives me lots of PC knowledge, great work!

  • @jimmybrannan7303
    @jimmybrannan7303 2 года назад +1

    This is fun watching someone else fix people's computers. I'm afraid I don't watch any of your other playlists.

  • @santimanu4
    @santimanu4 2 года назад +9

    A couple of months ago, I had to RMA my R5 3600x I bought on Agust 2020 (so less than 2 years in total) because it died out of nowhere. One night was working fine, the next day it wouldn't post. No problems with the motherboard, or, apparently, the PSU. Don't really know what is going on with those, and I got a replacement chip pretty quick (although in the meantime I end up buying a 5600x) but it kinda sus that a lot of this chips are just dying.

    • @JamesRussoMillas
      @JamesRussoMillas 2 года назад +2

      My first 3800x bought in late 2019 died after about a day or two, started straight up black screening. Strange with these Zen 2 chips. My 2nd one has been fine for 2+ years lol

  • @franciscojavierdelpino4568
    @franciscojavierdelpino4568 2 года назад +7

    Thx for this amazing series. All of this content helps a lot of people and that is priceless.

    • @DasLooney
      @DasLooney 2 года назад

      Totally agree, Francisco, Greg is really turning out some great informative and helpful content!

  • @spirez9356
    @spirez9356 2 года назад

    Hey Greg congratualtions on 800K I discovered your channel a while ago but I found the courage today to clean my exhaust fans because I had no idea how to do It so I thank you for doing the deep cleaning series and this series

  • @soggyt8873
    @soggyt8873 2 года назад

    Loving your channel, Bud!
    I built my first PC about 3 months ago, all new stuff and have been having so many issues.
    Seeing all these other people having similar issues is making me feel way better,
    and also that I might be able to sort this out!
    Unfortunately I'm based outside of The U.S.
    So see me in the discord once I work out how that all works and hopefully I can stop pulling my hair out

  • @autoglobus
    @autoglobus 2 года назад +3

    From my own very limited experience it does feel like chips are getting pushed much harder then they used to be and are dying much more often. It's no wonder there's not much to gain from overclocking modern CPUs compared to what we were used to in the past since the manufacturers already push them so close to their limit. During this pandemic, I've been using my PC a lot more (work from home and personal use) and i had my 3700x dying on me. One of my colleges had his 2 month old 12700K die on him a few days ago and is now struggling with the warranty to get a replacement.

  • @cstubed
    @cstubed 2 года назад +5

    It would be a good idea to know the motherboards also the dead cpus was on. I wouldn't be surprised as it was first gen with the PBO feauture, some motherboard BIOSes sending high voltage to Cpu and eventually kill it.

  • @NN2484
    @NN2484 2 года назад +2

    I think it could be cool to do a special live episode of fix or flop where Greg and us viewers can collaborate to fix a pc or maybe even multiple if the first one is quick.

  • @kingkosher6231
    @kingkosher6231 2 года назад

    These videos have helped me remedy a lot of computers for people I know and has resulted in me being bought lunch/dinner at least a dozen times and even paid.. this is huge because I am financially struggling so thanks for sharing these videos

  • @bodombeastmode
    @bodombeastmode 2 года назад +12

    I remember hearing rumors a couple years ago about high failure rates with Ryzen CPU's. The rumors were supposedly overblown. Appears that may not be the case.

    • @gmualum08
      @gmualum08 Год назад

      you'd have to look at the macroeconomic data. For example, I'd be interested in seeing the actual calculated failure rate. Even if you had 50 or 100 failed 3600x CPUs, out of the millions that were sold that's a VERY low fail rate.

  • @DjRavix
    @DjRavix 2 года назад +18

    I would suggest contacting AMD as it seems odd that you have encountered this within a short distance of your location and with the same SKU
    I am sure they are willing to look into this as it makes there products look unreliable and if we know what the problem is there might be a way to prevent this from happening

    • @ALLinx87
      @ALLinx87 2 года назад +2

      I had a 3800x die after a week, got it replaced with the warranty. My new one is 100% and I sold it and now I have a 5950x.

    • @neoperol
      @neoperol 2 года назад +4

      @@ALLinx87 A component dying after few weeks of use is kind of normal, but a CPU dying after months of use I would say is a bad batch, because a CPU is the last thing that die in a computer. It can be run for a decade without problems.

  • @liberteus
    @liberteus 2 года назад

    Really interesting, entertaining, and informative!
    Keep going, I'll keep watching.

  • @Kozi03
    @Kozi03 5 месяцев назад

    It's blowing my mind as I go though all these vids how many CPUs are dead. Seen more in this playlist than I have my whole life.

  • @JE-zl6uy
    @JE-zl6uy 2 года назад +9

    The good news is that, honestly, these are all still under AMD's warranty. RMA time.

    • @DeerJerky
      @DeerJerky 2 года назад +7

      report ^ not real

    • @SlyStarling
      @SlyStarling 2 года назад

      @@DeerJerky Am i suprised? no. These guys are trying to make money because they couldn't get a real job, they are most certainly a**holes.

  • @japaneserequired6314
    @japaneserequired6314 2 года назад +16

    Extreme tech did a piece on AMD failure rates last year. A vendor reported DOA rates of around 3% across the board for AMD chips. In comparison, the vendor said they have only seen 1 DOA Intel chip in the entirety of their business history, and it was a 9700k.
    Power GPU was the company. Harken back to the FX chip days and close to 1/3rd of all chips were DOA.

    • @thelegendaryklobb2879
      @thelegendaryklobb2879 2 года назад +5

      But these are not DOA, these were working for a long time before failing. Completely different issue.

    • @liesandy291
      @liesandy291 2 года назад

      He even fixed it before.

    • @williampartham6421
      @williampartham6421 2 года назад

      Don't say that, i have a 9700k 😞

  • @potatopoweredchannel3081
    @potatopoweredchannel3081 2 года назад +1

    This is rare - Mr. Greg have been the most unsure and bit restless on this fix for the first 15 minutes. Lets do this guys! we can help him! Goodluck and cheers bro 👍

  • @justsumguy2u
    @justsumguy2u 2 года назад +1

    The fix or flop series was the reason why I subscribed; I love the mystery and the troubleshooting. I'm glad I'm an Intel guy, it seems like those AMD cpu's are a bit problematic

  • @Vocalizecommander
    @Vocalizecommander 2 года назад +6

    I wonder how many dead Ryzen 3600 chips Greg is going to collect through this series.

  • @kxightable
    @kxightable 2 года назад +5

    It's most likely that the reason for you finding 3600/3600X chips dying more often is just the fact they were the golden value option that basically everyone went for if they were building a system when Ryzen 3000 was current since the price to performance was so good on the 3600 specifically.

    • @iZaners
      @iZaners 2 года назад +1

      That's not it lol

  • @Nogamers9057
    @Nogamers9057 Год назад

    Respect that u help people in Florida like this.

  • @MMKnight_1
    @MMKnight_1 2 года назад

    ayeee. Grats on the 800k man!

  • @jamesbillingsby8043
    @jamesbillingsby8043 Год назад

    Really love your videos and have honestly become addicted to them. I am so sad I didn't know about you longer ago as I do live in the Orlando area. I actually had a computer a month ago not show a display but powered up. I tried my best to fix it and was extremally stressed being a full time student and having a salaried position. working 10-11 hour days. I had to scramble and buy a prebuilt, I certainly did not overpay at least. It all worked out as I then took parts from that computer and made a new computer for my Niece. Who is now blown away by the power of a good graphics card, I bought her a 6650 xt and she has no businesses having a card that good. Appreciate what you do and helping others for no cost, now I actually have the knowledge I wish I had at that moment.
    You will probably enjoy hearing all the things I did and what the issue actually was. I took the GPU out and really cleaned it up, along with the motherboard. I tried running one stick of ram but nothing, turns out I didn't try both ram sticks. I later discovered that one of the ram sticks was broken, and that was the problem. You should have seen me researching how to flash a bios and looking everywhere for the battery only to realize it was behind the GPU and hidden. The GPU, CPU, PSU and board are still good. I may buy a cheap case and ram, throw it together and give it to someone in my family.

  • @jessejohnson9369
    @jessejohnson9369 2 года назад

    great work man ive learned so much from you over the year ive been watching you so thank you greg

  • @BCGCasual
    @BCGCasual 2 года назад

    I personally ran into an issue exactly like these symptoms twice in short succession, both of which were motherboard problems. I was fairly confident the board had died here too from the start of the video, but I guess sometimes bad silicon is all it takes. Good video, it was interesting to see you go through the same steps and come out with a different answer.

  • @Eshcole
    @Eshcole 2 года назад

    It's interesting how this series exposes reliability issues that would otherwise get swept under the rug. The value of this series is incredible.

  • @vincekara9446
    @vincekara9446 6 месяцев назад

    Good to see you back Sean. Congrats on your purchase I knew you would opt for a territory. You can protect the ZF trans by bypassing the heart exchanger to s dedicated cooler. Like all of the auto Falcon's & Territories

  • @mike2kmagic1
    @mike2kmagic1 Год назад

    Hey Greg been enjoying your series of Fix or Flop! I just wanted to let ya know that I have a Ryzen 5 3600 since Jun of 2020 i believe so far it's held up! Praying it continues for a few more years lol.

  • @arnav77
    @arnav77 2 года назад +1

    Amazing series. Keep making more!

  • @cjwest10159
    @cjwest10159 Год назад

    My system just went down on me and I suspect my 3600 to be the issue. I havnt had time to get into diag but after binge watch your series I have an Erie feeling it's not good... great series by the way. Even someone with some pc building experience like myself has something to learn from these videos. Thanks man!

  • @bopitbull3957
    @bopitbull3957 2 года назад

    I'm very happy with your videos I have multiple gaming computers I'm always taking them apart just cuz I like it.

  • @deadmangaming5810
    @deadmangaming5810 Год назад

    Really enjoying the series its just like i cant get enough episodes ive even rewatched episodes a bunch of times lol gotta absorb all the pc debugging and building info into my brain

  • @danarredondo
    @danarredondo 2 года назад +1

    This fix or flop is my Favorite playlist!

  • @scottstamm7022
    @scottstamm7022 2 года назад

    I like that sometimes it can be a mystery issue with similar symptoms to something we've seen 100x's before.

  • @xxMyGodIsaDJxx
    @xxMyGodIsaDJxx 2 года назад

    Troubleshooting like a BOSS
    As always

  • @michaeloneill1360
    @michaeloneill1360 2 года назад

    Thanks Greg, that was valuable info re: the Bad Ryzen 5, 3600 Series CPU's! Not using one of those in my Next 'Budget Build'!

  • @GrafStorm
    @GrafStorm 2 года назад

    I have two systems using the 5 3600X cpu, for about 2 years now and not had any problems. Thinking about upgrading to a 7 5800X for one of them, thanks Greg!

  • @landmine36
    @landmine36 2 года назад

    Good Ol' quality control, gotta love it.

  • @JoneNascimento
    @JoneNascimento 2 года назад +1

    Excellent video! Hope to see one day a video of you troubleshooting those bad chips with AMD

  • @jd31068
    @jd31068 2 года назад

    Hey! Congratulations on reaching 800,000 subs.

  • @xinceras-6542
    @xinceras-6542 2 года назад +2

    That's just bizarre. I've never seen a bad CPU cause PSUs to power cycle rapidly or have their fans not spin. Very strange.

  • @TimBaoht
    @TimBaoht 2 года назад +1

    THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.... @ 11:14 You should do these as a live stream.

  • @matasa7463
    @matasa7463 2 года назад

    Rock those PJ's Greg. You're loving the dream!
    The paradigm shift to work-from-home continues...

  • @mediocreape
    @mediocreape 10 месяцев назад

    this was so interesting, thanks for the commentary.

  • @SecondGenClassics
    @SecondGenClassics Год назад

    been watching your videos from the first one in my head i was like man this would be awesome to watch live .. never asked but i was like i hope you do that would be so cool to watch and diagnose together anyway keep it up live would be a thing to think about

  • @neilfrancisescoton9840
    @neilfrancisescoton9840 2 года назад

    Very cool series good info keep it up!

  • @tonyhowes7339
    @tonyhowes7339 2 года назад

    I also enjoy your content a lot. Getting in and getting your hands dirty on these computers literally. I'm almost looking forward to my pc failing so I can problem solve it the way you are teaching. Maybe I'll get the chance.... I have a ryzen 5 3600..........

  • @Gurkx
    @Gurkx 2 года назад +1

    Greg: alot of 3600's are dying
    Me looking at my 3600X built: Don't think about it!

  • @dierkrieger
    @dierkrieger 2 года назад

    I had a similar issue and it was the SATA cables, so I pulled them all and used M.2 and the computer has run fine for five years. I did try a mechanical drive a month ago and had the same problem. I went as far as buying a new X99 SLI Plus motherboard and 5820K so I have an old motherboard and CPU sitting in a box.

  • @robertaguirre8973
    @robertaguirre8973 2 года назад

    Dude good job! I have the fixed V1 also. Guess I'm lucky to have the 3800x going on a year.

  • @matheusduarte6410
    @matheusduarte6410 2 года назад

    congrats on the 800k subs greg :)

  • @DriftDynasty875
    @DriftDynasty875 2 года назад

    Congratulations on 800k subs I always watch it vids there great

  • @Hammercannon
    @Hammercannon 2 года назад

    Thumbs up, thanks for the vids, AND FOR ADVERTISING Signal RGB, everyone complains about RGB software but no one seems to know about Signal RGB.

  • @Maniack187
    @Maniack187 2 года назад

    hi greg ur flip or flop seasons are very interesting tnx

  • @aliensounddigital8729
    @aliensounddigital8729 2 года назад

    That's a pretty cool compact build.

  • @Fullmetal3441
    @Fullmetal3441 2 года назад

    These videos as great for me as I'm an IT technician but I never get to work on gaming systems haha.

  • @ComplicatedCow
    @ComplicatedCow 2 года назад +1

    I also had a Ryzen 5 3600X die on me. My system would often boot up, fans full speed, with the CPU and DRAM debug LEDs flickering, but a simple reboot would fix it. Soon though, the CPU died. It was definitely a pain to find out given I didn't have any other hardware on me, but the debug LEDs led me in the right direction. I definitely think Ryzen 5 3600s die more often than I'd like to think.

  • @dennissmith1435
    @dennissmith1435 2 года назад

    Really like Signal RGB, also running Fan Control that JaysTwoCents reviewed. I've been able to remove all other RGB and fan control software from the PC. It handles all my devices with one exception which they, I'm sure, will add at some point. These are the solutions I've been looking for.

  • @echo973
    @echo973 2 года назад

    I need these daily Greg 🤣🤣🤣👏

  • @coolpoete
    @coolpoete 2 года назад

    That was a real head-scratcher! When I first built my Ryzen PC I wanted a 5-3600 but it wasn't available at the time that I had the money and I didn't want to wait so I went for a 5-2600 instead. I've kept that one with no problems for 2 years now, adding small upgrades along the way. I have since then built a new one with a 7-5800x and still have the 2600 as a 2nd media PC in my living room. I'm glad I didn't go for the 3600, I might have dodged a bullet!

  • @GR-cd2kx
    @GR-cd2kx 2 года назад

    I’m really enjoying this series! Based on what you said in the beginning, my money was on the PSU cable not being fully seated but when I saw the PSU fan spin, I thought it was the mobo. Honestly CPU was at the bottom of the list for me

  • @Th3Fly1ngCow
    @Th3Fly1ngCow 2 года назад

    Love these episodes and this series

  • @OnlySkyGuy
    @OnlySkyGuy 2 года назад

    had my 3600 x for almost 2 years now. runs fine, i also have an aio way larger than what it needs and a high quality MB hopefully itll all be good

  • @b0ne91
    @b0ne91 2 года назад +1

    First gen Ryzen has had issues with a core or two dying. Can usually be saved by disabling them in BIOS. Never had any issues with Zen 2.

  • @geekjit215
    @geekjit215 2 года назад +2

    Hey Greg! Great video as always. Looking at the batch numbers of the defective CPUs, there is a high probability they might be in warranty. Could you try to get in touch with AMD and get all these chips replaced and possible request AMD to investigate this as well?

  • @jaytoney3007
    @jaytoney3007 2 года назад

    I had the same symptoms doing an upgrade to a Ryzen 7 5700g from a Ryzen 2700x. Troubleshooting led to faulty CPU, new in the box DOA. Fortunately I had the old CPU to get me by until I could get a RMA replacement.

  • @alcynis
    @alcynis 2 года назад

    I’ve run into a similar looking problem with my ryzen 5600x. The PSU would turn on and fans would spin but no output. I tried resetting CMOS and then had that clicking PSU issues. I then reset CMOS while removing the battery and that fixed it. I would suggest giving that a shot. On a side note it happened when I moved motherboard from a MSI to a ASUS

  • @Spenceras
    @Spenceras 2 года назад

    always love to see new videos pop up

  • @TommyGunz_
    @TommyGunz_ 2 года назад +1

    After you ruled out the PSU. My guess was the MOBO. I assumed the power delivery was bad and thats why nothing was lighting up or any fans were working.

  • @johnstancliff7328
    @johnstancliff7328 2 года назад

    when I was working on my rig, a brand new build.... I hadf the same problem arise of the unit wouldnt power on, and the problem, again was the soldiered connections on the actual power switch... a broken wire. I wound up having to replace the power switch module and it was good to go. a simple but frustrating issue.