Fixing a Viewer's BROKEN Gaming PC? - Fix or Flop S5:E19

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[leonardocirizola]

@GregSalazar, thank you very much for the assistance. I was not aware of the firmware bug. I was able to purchase an adapter off Amazon and recover the files that I needed with my docs and such. Again thank you.

[ChairmanMeow]

Nothings worse in the world than sitting down with coffee at your PC to start your day and the PC is totally borked.

[jamesnissel]

The Samsung 980 Pro had a firmware bug where it basically bricked itself after a certain amount of time or usage. It's possible they never updated the firmware to avoid it.

[JohnCraig-yf]

I'm an ancient Yorkshireman who's been building and using PC's for over 30 years. I cannot, for the life of me, understand how people are unable to comprehend how important it is to keep backups of critical information! I even have members of my own family who come crying to me about how they have lost all those important pictures and music files which are so precious. Every time I ask about if they have a backup I get a blank look, ( Huh?) I've got to the stage where I tell them to go to a repair shop and ask about data retrieval rather than spend another minute banging my head against a brick wall! OK! Rant over! I still love this series because even after all this time I can still learn new stuff! Thanks Greg! 😇😇😇

[ribeirinhu]

that guy just wanted the free cable-management

[jbanar]

Windows: "Critical Process Error." Alright Windows, what process? Windows: *shrug*

[animedrawer]

A tip for people that want to recover files from a drive that won't load windows. You can install Linux to a USB drive and copy files that way.

[danielhulan]

I love the illustration of a broken solder joint on a bga chip, Greg. Lol it was awesome!

[zellar]

Bent? How? WOW! Never seen that before! Crazy! Good hunt it down and fix!

[foxfff]

PSA, there was also a defective firmware for the 980Pro drives, that can be updated via Samsung Magician software.

The bugged firmware affects units from 2021 and it results in degrading detected storage capacity and eventually forces the drive into a read-only state. The drive at that point cannot be recovered. To avoid premature drive death, if using an affected unit, download the latest firmware and experience a trouble free 980 Pro

[danielhulan]

Also Greg, those 980 pros have issues if they were manufactured in Vietnam in like 2021 (or other year, double check that) and doesnt have the firmware patch. The files become corrupt and it locks the drive down. If you do the firmware patch before the corruption it will be fine but if the files become corrupt, theres nothing you can do. I have 3 980's in my rig that all fall in that batch of messed up drives and they are fine because i used samsung magician to patch the firmware.

[Caderynwolf]

this "might" explain the issue I've been trying to figure out with a friends PC. Basically the gpu only works when pressure is put on the case (we place a 1.5L bottle of water on top - problem goes away), if soldering has issues it might be the extra pressure on the case means proper contact is being made in gpu socket.
Tried everything else I can think of/can't think of anything else it could be.

[michaelthompson]

It’s amazing how many people I hear don’t backup their drives with personal data / photos and then complain about losing their data ….. a usb external drive is cheap and been imo essential for many years now 😇👍

[marre]

Exactly what i needed right now.. fix or flop episode.. Really love this series...

[GroetenUitNederland]

Always looking forward to another Fix or Flop episode. Learned so much from both the onscreen content and from lots of comments from other viewers. Greg shows it all. Even if something goes wrong. Thanks Greg 💯

[Molasar]

Another Great video. I have dealt with pc's since 1989, but you can always learn new things. Thanks so much for posting your interesting videos. Hope the new house is doing well.

[leifgunnartoth]

So nice to see a "simple" fix aswell. Not all have to be tested for hours and hours on end to find the fault.
Another perfect job, and happy gamer :D

[Miniputt_]

This is fresh knowledge for me, so this was good information, always enjoy a FoF video :D
Looking forward to the next one :D

[kapeq]

seems like just yesterday that he started the series. keep it up and cant wait for PCDC to continue as well

[nightbirdds]

So, that Samsung 980 Pro has issues. Someone already mentioned the firmware update, but I have worked on a system recently where I did that firmware update long ago when it first came out. The bending is heat related, and it just seems like those drives get too hot for their own good. Data might be recoverable if hooked up as a secondary. In my case I wasn't able to boot that drive, but I could read the contents if I hooked it up via a USB enclosure.