Fixing a Viewer's BROKEN Gaming PC? - Fix or Flop S6:E10

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[GregSalazar]

CONGRATS to Michael G. of Wisconsin, USA for winning last week's $300 gaming PC!
Keep a lookout for a graphics card giveaway in the coming weeks!

[imrebs_]

Greg 4 minutes into the video: "This is going to be an easy fix."
Me: "Little does he know there are still another 30 minutes left in this video." :)

[tankdjsims]

It's been a month since the last fix or flop, we've missed this series Greg 😂

[egmccann]

Never apologize for leaving "I made a mistake/overlooked something" videos. It's both a reminder for those of us who have "done this for years, seen it all" and has to be ... encouraging? for people who are new to the space. Mistakes happen, "here's how to fix it and what to learn from it." Always appreciated.

[lukewalker]

As a fellow engineer, I have to admit, I am somewhat encouraged by a repair video like this. As counter intuitive as that seems, reason is, as smart as you are about PC building and repair, which you undeniably are as you teach us so much largely through your vast experience, you many times are as stumped as we are when troubleshooting PC problems. I feel more validated in other words when I am lost trying to figure out why I can't get a PC to boot.
Probably for all of us that are intrigued by how PC's work, our common bond is, we love the challenge of problem solving to endure the undeniable frustration that comes along with it.
Thank you.

[mvuorsalo]

According to Google, that hot part in the PSU is a "Power Thermistor for Limiting Inrush Current." That would make sense that if it is "fried" the PSU wouldn't want to work.

[brandoncashion]

watching you make a 'mistake' of getting ahead of yourself in troubleshooting steps is both humbling and educational. The bits of annoyance left in the vid show the whole range of struggles and elation when debugging computers. Big fan of how you go about these vids. Though you did scare me a bit when handling a disassembled PSU! Brave man.

[AAjax]

Your editor is an artisan. The shift to black and white during the foreshadowing moment was perfect!

[JeffDeWitt]

Thanks for leaving in your mistakes, any of us who have messed around with computers for a while can relate. I, for one, appreciate it when other people make mistakes, it makes me feel better about my own!

[Dreadnought]

Greg: I don't want to go down another rabbit hole
The rabbit: You know nothing, Jon Snow

[RAMelightbars]

Respect for not cutting out the troubleshooting error. You caused me to finally put together my troubleshooting order list. Love the series in general, the honest editing is a bonus.

[hardstyleangel]

this is why i love watching your fix or flop series. you admit your mistakes and still get the problems fixed. thanks for showing we are all just human after all :)

[MeatHookssss]

A troubleshooting checklist laminated would work great, you can use a dry erase marker to check off each item to make sure you do it in an order and don’t forget anything.

[squirrelteamsix]

I know you probably don't share the sentiment, but man I LOVE seeing a long running time on a Fix or Flop lol

[fadedninna]

12:28 It's an NTC thermistor used to limit inrush current in power supplies.

[CareyHolzman]

Great, real life lessons shown from beginning to end in this video. Great work!!!

[derghiarrinde]

Just for the record, I was screaming "RAM!!" at the monitor soon after you changed the power source.

[lagoleer]

I always watch this series, but this long version full break down diagnosis and repair (with mistakes and partial hair cut included) was definitely one of the better ones!

[musek]

i remember you pointing out a long time ago in one of your early fix or flop vids that you always test the easiest components to work with first just to rule them out so you don't go through all the effort of disassembling a whole pc just for it to end up being something super simple that you overlooked at the beginning. It's helped me out with so many issues ever since you shared that nugget with us.

[mewimi]

I had a fun one once. I'd always get high school students bringing their new custom built PCs to me after they gave up. One of them would instantly flash, like a lightning flash... something even I never saw before when repairing PCs. Turns out they connected the 4 pin floppy power into the mobo fan header hahaha. Fortunately, they didn't fry the system and I found it pretty quickly.