im between ram and gpu, if the cpu is death it wouldnt even turn on, there is no video signal and that may be the gpu or ram but im not really sure tbh
Good to see that your trouble shooting steps are basically the same as mine, just some differences in the sequencing. A few tips that is not on video: 1) Clearing the CMOS. Unplug PC, remove the battery, press the power button to drain capacitor will force reload of BIOS. Hate having to RTFM to find jumper location. 2) Use of onboard video. Onboard video uses system ram so the 1 ram stick must be place in ram slot 1. May have to RTFM to find which is slot 1.
Thank you for making this type of "troubleshooting" video. I want to learn how to troubleshoot different PC problems, as well as learn about what testing equipment is needed in order to perform the different test procedures. Please continue making these videos.
A good tool for troubleshooting is the speaker for beep error codes, if the motherboard is still functional, you can determine and check beeping and look it up what the amount beeps mean. I.E. problem with GPU, RAM or CPU.
No good deed goes unpunished! Hey Brian, please clean that old monitor! It really disturbs my OCD. 😏 Thanks for the video man. Have a good day. Geo from USA
Fantastic video, great also for new people coming into computer repairs. That motherboard seems to use those aluminium Nichicon FP series (solid electrolyte) electrolytic caps so it's unlikely to be those as.they are rated for 50000 hours. Non FP series electrolytic caps can bulge, a dead giveaway. Trap for young players - Double check your monitor video input setting as some monitors don't auto detect. Hot tip - Hook up a speaker to check for beeps & probe the voltage rails using a cheap DMM. Sometimes power surges kill MBs like these. Brian, all your content is awesome & extremely useful to both newbies & experienced techs & please keep it up!
I was 50 years old when I took a Desktop Computer course in ‘06-‘08, almost 2 year course. Managed to get through it , along with going for and passing my Microsoft Computer Professional (MCP) course. We studied XP PRO, the dominant OS of the day and in my opinion, still an excellent, stable, secure OS and I learned so much about the in’s and out of Computers( Software, Hardware, Form Factors, MoBo’s, H.D.’s, Cabling( including making our own Cat5 cables:eg.>Crossover, Throughput), and doing Permissions for the Pro edition of XP. Vista was just on the horizon and the class ( about 25-30, young and old, hackers and noobs) wanted to get into the “NEW” Windows OS, which by means of sneak peeks, looked great. But our teacher, I’ll never forget, told us, “ They( Business) will continue to use XP for a very long time past it’s proposed lifetime, no matter what Mr. Gates thinks, this is a very well developed and written OS with very good security”(For the time). 12-13 years later, I have no problem agreeing with his prophecy, enduring the experimental OS’s that Microsoft continues to release to the unsuspecting masses. Sorry, Bill, but after my laptop, running an upgraded Win7-Win10 o.s. , craps out, I’m off to see the Apple bar and order a new system. Good luck 👍
The Mb issues that is a big problem, when a capacitor,MOSFET,or smd has problem, or a chip is fault sometimes is better a change of that piece, yes is good to Fix it for an entusiast but find the error is question of time, thanks
Brian, I am watching PC components being removed with the power cord still inserted.. For the sake of safety to inexperienced people, please advise this cord being unplugged.
sometimes it can help to get hold of the manual and check the trouble shooting section, back in the day when i 1st started repairing pc's Beepcodes from the internal speaker were helpful, but as things evolved past the 286 and 386 machines that I cut my teeth on the only beeps were to do with memory - 1 thing i learned early on when diagnosing pc's was to disconnect every cable that wasnt absolutely needed , especially the RESET switch and check the position of the CMOS jumper - as a pc can appear dead if its in the wrong position - and as a last resort clear the cmos, but sometimes its worth inspecting the pins on the slots as you never know what can fall in them I have found small whiskers of metal in them before now, and also on some of the chips with tiny exposed pins can be damaged if the card or board has been roughly stored with other cards that have protruding pins , more than one occasion I've had to use a scalpel and a desk magnifier to separate pins of something needed that was chucked in one of the drawers in the shop I used to work in... those were the days...
Please read this sir🙏🏻 Mr.Britec i had a question that i am most interested in IT solutions like hardware troubleshooting or something like tht.But i cant get to college because of my financial problem but without a college degree can i get expert in this case?I can even do hardware installation and some other troubleshoot…So can i learn all this via online and seek for job?Please i need you to read this and please help me to put my first step into this.
because of a constant audio tone though the whole video is a little off putting but other that that great video (is it audio interference or PC in the video causing that audio tone)
I subbed❤can you please give me an example of a simple computer malfunction and a remedy to fix it? I keep failing my job interviews when it comes to this question and I need help asap lol
A bad capacitor(s)? Maybe a bas socket. I paused the video on the motherboard and didn't see any bulging capacitors, but I can't see the whole board plus you can look on the other side to see if there are any scorch marks. Could be a number of things.
@John Phamlore, I used to do hardware level repair many years ago, this video was not about fixing a motherboard, besides its 9 years old, so what's the point? its old junk. My time is worth more than what that motherboard is worth. I see so many people fixing 8 year old laptops lol how much can you charge for a job like that today and make it worth doing for the customer and you? I know how much I would charge for my time and its worth more then that laptop is worth and if you are not being honest and out to make money, then what type of tech are you?
the cost (especially if you do this work professionally) to repair the motherboard is not economically viable & unless its a very specialised application ie video games or custom OEM hardware which used specific MB configurations then its unlikely a customer will honour an invoice. Its far cheaper to buy a brand new MB. If its nostalgic or rare ie Amiga, C64, 1980s style video game board then its viable but it assumes your time is free. Brian runs a real world business & he made a wise decision!
Hi Bri, great video again. I was wondering you could do a video about giving a USB port a user defined name. I'm an amateur radio enthusiast and have several radio oriented devices utilizing USB ports, it sure would be helpful to give the ports a definitive name, thanks.
On the US side, the best deal I can find at the moment on ebay for something similar to your system is $190 with free shipping for a Dell Optiplex 7010 mini-tower with a i7-3770 cpu and a Windows 10 pro license.
Hey bri, I got a older computer that was mine since it was new, I was looking at fixing it up to pass down and help out. The video works, it just goes in a boot loop. I can get to the bios, but not the login screen. These are two XP/VISTA computers. Is it worth trying to fix it up for others? - my Linux mint usb stick wouldn't work either.
Random question...Have you dealt with many Microsoft SurfaceBooks (3rd version) ? I got a second hand one, and it seems fine except I notice a subtle odd thing that happens with the screen when turning on. If simply waking up there is a very brief (micro seconds) white flash of screen that happens before the iris recognition screen and its flash happens. When turning on or restarting the screen briefly flashes purple like that of update screen, before the iris recognition screen and flash. I have another week to decide if I want to keep it, and this is the only thing that seems slightly odd. I don't know how significant this could be? Any idea if I should keep it or not based on this...It doesn't bother me as such, but if it's a sign it's a bombshell waiting to go off that's another matter...
Well if you don't send it back send it to me. Am leaning how to fix motherboards faults and so on. Had a few people give me there old motherboards to work on. Your one mite be a good one to fine out what's wrong with it
Currently trying to find a fix to my problem. Whenever I try to play a game like Minecraft, it gives me either exit code 0 or 1. I get a few crashes to, unrelated to my games, with nothing going on. I’ve tried just about everything I could without buying parts, I’m just very frustrated and would appreciate any help or tips.
I have a laptop which does not display correctly. I know it cannot be the ribbon cable. I hooked up to an external monitor amd still there is no display on the external monitor as well. I have changed the RAM as well but still no luck. Could it be the motherboard?
As a regular viewer of your chnl, I request to make a video how to fix windows 10 version update problem because I am having this problem. I tried 7 times, but failed. When update goes to 26%, my PC suddenly turns off and then make a recover installation whoch undo all changes and make my PC more slower. And another thing that I have faced most is 100% disk usage in windows 10 without any work. Please make videk on that topic. As a regular viewer, this is my request.
Bri, my pc has been freezing randomly since it was brand new. If i plugged it without casing, it's fine. But if i put it in a case (I've tried 2 cases), it freezes randomly. Any idea why? What should i replace?
Might be a faulty front USB slot on MBO,or the same for fans or front audio.Try disconnect one by one and see.I had PC not turning on at all.I thought so many things and I was disconnecting stuff one by one until it didn't turn on. When I disconnected the front USB of the case PC turn on
HI there! this is not in anyways related to the video but i came here from your "Fix Desktop Icons Missing or Disappeared" video, I have a wuestion that I hope you can answer. my computers setting keeps on crashing AND my icons dissapeared i tried to open it many times but it doesn't work. im using my friends computer and I wanna fix it bvefore she knows.
Can someone help me with my pc?? Yesterday it was working fine and now when I boot it, it automatically shutdown after few seconds! I have tried disconnecting and connecting my RAM back swapped, resetting the BIOS by pulling the CMOS battery and putting it back!! Try the different power cable which works in my monitor! And both power cable. When I first got problem my PC was booting into Windows(ssd) and I was having enough time open discord and now it does even let me get into bios and shutdown before! After the shutdown I have to unplug all the power cables cut the power! Then plugging back all the cables and same happens
That's it!!! You never reply whenever I ask for help and just to check you whenever I post a comment not favouring you,you always blasts out of nowhere. Now I know you just don't want to help me. Ok then
Did you guess what the problem was? Like this content? Thumb Video Up. Thanks.
I guessed the CPU. Love your videos, especially this one. Plz do more like this
im between ram and gpu, if the cpu is death it wouldnt even turn on, there is no video signal and that may be the gpu or ram but im not really sure tbh
Good to see that your trouble shooting steps are basically the same as mine, just some differences in the sequencing. A few tips that is not on video:
1) Clearing the CMOS. Unplug PC, remove the battery, press the power button to drain capacitor will force reload of BIOS. Hate having to RTFM to find jumper location.
2) Use of onboard video. Onboard video uses system ram so the 1 ram stick must be place in ram slot 1. May have to RTFM to find which is slot 1.
covered both them steps in the video.
Thank you for making this type of "troubleshooting" video. I want to learn how to troubleshoot different PC problems, as well as learn about what testing equipment is needed in order to perform the different test procedures. Please continue making these videos.
Glad it helped
This is great study for comptia A+ 1001
Glad you find it helpful
A good tool for troubleshooting is the speaker for beep error codes, if the motherboard is still functional, you can determine and check beeping and look it up what the amount beeps mean. I.E. problem with GPU, RAM or CPU.
Yes it is.
This can be useful for someone who wants to work as a tech support agent. Customers tend to call due to issues with their PC,and thanks for the video.
No good deed goes unpunished! Hey Brian, please clean that old monitor! It really disturbs my OCD. 😏 Thanks for the video man. Have a good day.
Geo from USA
lol its just a test monitor, I give her a wipe now and then with a wet out lol
I like diagnostic and repair videos but i think you have a good range of topics in your videos most of the time so no worry's.
Cool, thanks
Fantastic video, great also for new people coming into computer repairs.
That motherboard seems to use those aluminium Nichicon FP series (solid electrolyte) electrolytic caps so it's unlikely to be those as.they are rated for 50000 hours.
Non FP series electrolytic caps can bulge, a dead giveaway.
Trap for young players - Double check your monitor video input setting as some monitors don't auto detect.
Hot tip - Hook up a speaker to check for beeps & probe the voltage rails using a cheap DMM.
Sometimes power surges kill MBs like these.
Brian, all your content is awesome & extremely useful to both newbies & experienced techs & please keep it up!
I was 50 years old when I took a Desktop Computer course in ‘06-‘08, almost 2 year course. Managed to get through it , along with going for and passing my Microsoft Computer Professional (MCP) course. We studied XP PRO, the dominant OS of the day and in my opinion, still an excellent, stable, secure OS and I learned so much about the in’s and out of Computers( Software, Hardware, Form Factors, MoBo’s, H.D.’s, Cabling( including making our own Cat5 cables:eg.>Crossover, Throughput), and doing Permissions for the Pro edition of XP. Vista was just on the horizon and the class ( about 25-30, young and old, hackers and noobs) wanted to get into the “NEW” Windows OS, which by means of sneak peeks, looked great. But our teacher, I’ll never forget, told us, “ They( Business) will continue to use XP for a very long time past it’s proposed lifetime, no matter what Mr. Gates thinks, this is a very well developed and written OS with very good security”(For the time). 12-13 years later, I have no problem agreeing with his prophecy, enduring the experimental OS’s that Microsoft continues to release to the unsuspecting masses. Sorry, Bill, but after my laptop, running an upgraded Win7-Win10 o.s. , craps out, I’m off to see the Apple bar and order a new system. Good luck 👍
Very helpful when you do troubleshooting videos like this. Thank you
You're welcome!
this problem really horrible. We must follow certain steps to sort out the actual cause. But you did perfectly. Good luck sir.
Thanks
As always great info, shame you had this experience though, was looking forward to the build video
You and me both
This is the best test step by step to troubleshoot and fix PC problems. My respects.
Thanks
The Mb issues that is a big problem, when a capacitor,MOSFET,or smd has problem, or a chip is fault sometimes is better a change of that piece, yes is good to Fix it for an entusiast but find the error is question of time, thanks
really appreciate this video!! loved the full diagnosis you made. perfect for beginners
Brian, I am watching PC components being removed with the power cord still inserted.. For the sake of safety to inexperienced people, please advise this cord being unplugged.
Great troubleshooting tips Brian, thanks!
Happy to help!
Great video to get back to fundamental trouble shooting.
not many people watch them.
A good video representation for both New computer users and new youtube. We'll try to follow techniques next time when we'll prepared videos
Can you do a video on not responding or freezing up ? Thanks 👍
Great suggestion!
Great trouble shooting video!I am having the Same problem with a old desktop gateway with a 1155 motherboard!
Thanks old top. Always learn something new from ur videos.
Glad to hear it!
Please do a network troubleshoot video..I love basic IT stuff like that.
I do like trouble shooting video's. Please keep making them if you can. Thanks.
Will do Rick
sometimes it can help to get hold of the manual and check the trouble shooting section, back in the day when i 1st started repairing pc's Beepcodes from the internal speaker were helpful, but as things evolved past the 286 and 386 machines that I cut my teeth on the only beeps were to do with memory - 1 thing i learned early on when diagnosing pc's was to disconnect every cable that wasnt absolutely needed , especially the RESET switch and check the position of the CMOS jumper - as a pc can appear dead if its in the wrong position - and as a last resort clear the cmos, but sometimes its worth inspecting the pins on the slots as you never know what can fall in them I have found small whiskers of metal in them before now, and also on some of the chips with tiny exposed pins can be damaged if the card or board has been roughly stored with other cards that have protruding pins , more than one occasion I've had to use a scalpel and a desk magnifier to separate pins of something needed that was chucked in one of the drawers in the shop I used to work in... those were the days...
I appreciate the great informative trouble shooting video man. Keep up the great content.
Thanks
Before continue watching, it looks like the power supply has an error to provide 5V output
Good insightfull video hope this is the 1st of many of this type.
More to come!
Thank u. But what was the problem anyway? The board?
Yes, the motherboard was bad.
Good information thank you so much
Our pleasure!
Thank you as usual Britec.
My pleasure!
Please read this sir🙏🏻
Mr.Britec i had a question that i am most interested in IT solutions like hardware troubleshooting or something like tht.But i cant get to college because of my financial problem but without a college degree can i get expert in this case?I can even do hardware installation and some other troubleshoot…So can i learn all this via online and seek for job?Please i need you to read this and please help me to put my first step into this.
Good video on hardware troubleshooting. 👍
Glad it helped
because of a constant audio tone though the whole video is a little off putting but other that that great video (is it audio interference or PC in the video causing that audio tone)
Rode wireless go interference with Panasonic g7 first time I used it and find out its a known issue.
Great video, like the hardware side of things. More of these type of videos please.
just what I needed . Excellent video ..
Glad it helped!
Thank you so much for sharing.
Brian, What do you do when a person needs their computer with win10 repaired BUT they can't remember the password to boot it up?
this a very good video to the beginners. I really appreciate
Excellent video. I'd pay full money for an online computer repair course from you.
Thank you very much for this.
You're very welcome!
I subbed❤can you please give me an example of a simple computer malfunction and a remedy to fix it? I keep failing my job interviews when it comes to this question and I need help asap lol
Could be a hdmi handshake issue. Best to flush power from Lcd and pc then power it back on.
tried everything, bad board
Thanks
Welcome
Very good video brian love all your stuff more like this please
Will do
A bad capacitor(s)? Maybe a bas socket. I paused the video on the motherboard and didn't see any bulging capacitors, but I can't see the whole board plus you can look on the other side to see if there are any scorch marks. Could be a number of things.
Someone like Adamant IT would have been a better choice if one wanted someone to try and troubleshoot such a capacitor problem on a motherboard?
@John Phamlore, I used to do hardware level repair many years ago, this video was not about fixing a motherboard, besides its 9 years old, so what's the point? its old junk. My time is worth more than what that motherboard is worth. I see so many people fixing 8 year old laptops lol how much can you charge for a job like that today and make it worth doing for the customer and you? I know how much I would charge for my time and its worth more then that laptop is worth and if you are not being honest and out to make money, then what type of tech are you?
the cost (especially if you do this work professionally) to repair the motherboard is not economically viable & unless its a very specialised application ie video games or custom OEM hardware which used specific MB configurations then its unlikely a customer will honour an invoice.
Its far cheaper to buy a brand new MB.
If its nostalgic or rare ie Amiga, C64, 1980s style video game board then its viable but it assumes your time is free.
Brian runs a real world business & he made a wise decision!
@@johnathanasiou9284 I didn't say it was worth fixing, was just answering a question the OP asked in the comment area.
Will I never heard the classic startup beep, so it told me early on the board was a key suspect. I was reassureed that my methods match yours.
Thanks
Hi Bri, great video again.
I was wondering you could do a video about giving a USB port a user defined name. I'm an amateur radio enthusiast and have several radio oriented devices utilizing USB ports, it sure would be helpful to give the ports a definitive name, thanks.
super usefull video. Thanks
What kind of mini PC is that? I originally thought it was some sort of Raspberry PI.
Which cable should i use to connect my pc to Samsung smart led
My pc has a gpu which has dp & dvi
While the led has only hdmi
Love it! It was interesting! Keep making contents like this! ☺
Thank you! Will do!
Very informative content to watch thank you 👍🏽
Superb video.
Thanks a lot
Great video, really enjoyed it 👍.
Thanks 👍
Great work bro
Thanks Brian. Don
Very welcome
Thank you so much
That's an Old Board For Sure; But Something is Better Than Nothing when Your in Need....Thanks.
You bet
On the US side, the best deal I can find at the moment on ebay for something similar to your system is $190 with free shipping for a Dell Optiplex 7010 mini-tower with a i7-3770 cpu and a Windows 10 pro license.
way to much money for old office junk
@@Britec09 : Agreed. The value in used office pcs has completely collapsed this year.
Can u tell me the model of your PC case ?
custom built
Hey bri, I got a older computer that was mine since it was new, I was looking at fixing it up to pass down and help out. The video works, it just goes in a boot loop. I can get to the bios, but not the login screen.
These are two XP/VISTA computers. Is it worth trying to fix it up for others? - my Linux mint usb stick wouldn't work either.
First thing... move the mouse. Maybe the display timed out and the video card went into power saver mode.
No its dead motherboard, but i know what you mean.
Random question...Have you dealt with many Microsoft SurfaceBooks (3rd version) ? I got a second hand one, and it seems fine except I notice a subtle odd thing that happens with the screen when turning on. If simply waking up there is a very brief (micro seconds) white flash of screen that happens before the iris recognition screen and its flash happens. When turning on or restarting the screen briefly flashes purple like that of update screen, before the iris recognition screen and flash. I have another week to decide if I want to keep it, and this is the only thing that seems slightly odd. I don't know how significant this could be? Any idea if I should keep it or not based on this...It doesn't bother me as such, but if it's a sign it's a bombshell waiting to go off that's another matter...
What are you going to do with the old motherboard.
Sent it back
Well if you don't send it back send it to me. Am leaning how to fix motherboards faults and so on. Had a few people give me there old motherboards to work on. Your one mite be a good one to fine out what's wrong with it
Great video!!
Thanks!
Currently trying to find a fix to my problem. Whenever I try to play a game like Minecraft, it gives me either exit code 0 or 1. I get a few crashes to, unrelated to my games, with nothing going on. I’ve tried just about everything I could without buying parts, I’m just very frustrated and would appreciate any help or tips.
You do more of this type videos v👍👍
I have a laptop which does not display correctly. I know it cannot be the ribbon cable. I hooked up to an external monitor amd still there is no display on the external monitor as well. I have changed the RAM as well but still no luck. Could it be the motherboard?
thanks
I would test all ram slots. One of the ram slots could be bad.
Yes, I agree.
As a regular viewer of your chnl, I request to make a video how to fix windows 10 version update problem because I am having this problem. I tried 7 times, but failed. When update goes to 26%, my PC suddenly turns off and then make a recover installation whoch undo all changes and make my PC more slower. And another thing that I have faced most is 100% disk usage in windows 10 without any work. Please make videk on that topic. As a regular viewer, this is my request.
see what I can do
Thanks for another great video.👍
Thanks for watching!
Damn I wish I got the brains to do this tech things 😐
You have
E-Bay has become a dumping ground these days.
Sure have
What if i only have 1 pc, dont have anything to replace to test
Make more videos like these
First thing to do before to troubleshoot computer problem you must prey that one fixed itself.
Bri, my pc has been freezing randomly since it was brand new. If i plugged it without casing, it's fine. But if i put it in a case (I've tried 2 cases), it freezes randomly. Any idea why? What should i replace?
Might be a faulty front USB slot on MBO,or the same for fans or front audio.Try disconnect one by one and see.I had PC not turning on at all.I thought so many things and I was disconnecting stuff one by one until it didn't turn on. When I disconnected the front USB of the case PC turn on
@@BladeRunner031 hmm I'll givr it a try. Thanks!
HI there! this is not in anyways related to the video but i came here from your "Fix Desktop Icons Missing or Disappeared" video, I have a wuestion that I hope you can answer. my computers setting keeps on crashing AND my icons dissapeared i tried to open it many times but it doesn't work. im using my friends computer and I wanna fix it bvefore she knows.
Wished I had pc when you do giveaway I really need the pc for school
You never know
@@Britec09 my trying hard to get me one but it too much oof
yea i don't trust used Foxcon boards if it had to be purchased but if i got it for free and if it don't work, hey no problem lol
EBay..... Ya pays yer money ya takes yer chances.
oh yes
Can someone help me with my pc?? Yesterday it was working fine and now when I boot it, it automatically shutdown after few seconds! I have tried disconnecting and connecting my RAM back swapped, resetting the BIOS by pulling the CMOS battery and putting it back!! Try the different power cable which works in my monitor! And both power cable. When I first got problem my PC was booting into Windows(ssd) and I was having enough time open discord and now it does even let me get into bios and shutdown before! After the shutdown I have to unplug all the power cables cut the power! Then plugging back all the cables and same happens
@Y Pe how did u fix it???
@Y Pe plz tell me how did u fix it
@Y Pe I mean what did u do?
GOOD
Bad bios battery in my case
GPU OR GRAPHICS CARD
Rule Number one is not the cpu
Pls actually do this before sending a ticket to IT...
ok i can comment on older videos but not newer ones
Oh you lost your account, noooooooooooooooooooo
@@Britec09 lol
Bad CAPACITORS "D I Y "
Hi wru from
get an intel they dont brake! also get nvidia stay away from msi.
Buy a new one
I agree
Foxconn motherboards are rubbish.
💙
That's it!!! You never reply whenever I ask for help and just to check you whenever I post a comment not favouring you,you always blasts out of nowhere. Now I know you just don't want to help me. Ok then
what you going on about? we have a discord to help people.
@@Britec09 I don't have a discord
How do you know it wasn't your drive that failed?
I unplugged it
Very helpful. Thank you for the video!
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