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Two desktops for repair, one easy and one autopsy – LFC#385
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@Adamant_IT Hi Graham, very interested in the autopsy! I have an old ASRock z97 extreme 4 with a power regulator that burns up when power is given to the PSU. The power regulator is right next to the PCH. The interesting thing is that if I short two of the output pins shortly after PSU is turned on then the power regulator does not burn up and can sit there indefinitely until the power button is pressed and the system powers on as if nothing is wrong. I have replaced the power regulator and the problem persists. I dont have a thermal camera to hand unfortunately. Any suggestions? My previous fix was to solder a couple of wires to these pins with a power button attached and this made it functional. PS: I plugged the PSU into an isolator that trips when power is disconnected to ensure no fire risk after a power cut!
Thankx for sharing with us. Great content. Greetings from Steven from the Netherlands
Thank you so much for this repair video. I learned so much from it, especially from the PC motherboard fail of the second computer! Best wishes and thank you again! Much appreciated.
Seeing the flames coming out from where the processor is after you used and turned on the over powered main supply told me it would have to be a miracle to getit working. Looked like you blow the motherboard
out of topic: i have this problem that my pc won't let me go to bios just directly boot to windows. any possible fix?
Well .. a brand new chinese replica of an H81 ( with used chipset ) probably cost 69 euros on amazon..
21:38 the owner may be caring for it a bit; a good replacement would be a ECS H81H3-I for example, they are quite cheap…
Gigabyte H81 actually can overclock a 4690K, so it was a better board when it was good than compare to an asus h81m-k that board fully locked. So RIP Gigabyte!
Had a PC once that would not power on after trying everything. Ended up it was the power switch. Replaced it with one I had laying around and problem fixed after 5 hours.
It looks like Gigabyte's "ultra durable" motherboard wasn't so durable lol
awsome
Your videos are a great encouragement. I've professionally done hardware repair for 18 years now but after seeing so many of your excellent videos I'm pushing myself to learn schematics/boardview to dive deeper…and find the actual component that failed on the part that isolation troubleshooting leads to. Thank you!
How much did you charge the first customer?
I love the Desktop Content also the most.
Don't underestimate the value of those "simple fixes" to people new to PC's and repair. It's easy to just assume because the PC used to work fine, something "simple" isn't the problem. Always check everything is seated and plugged correctly.
I wonder why this motherboard won't let up.
The flame that just came out of it was probably a clue.
That PCH ripple was really interesting
I had same motherboard. GA-H81M-S2PV rev 1.0. Died 1 year ago, same issue :))
I watched this twice!
I find desktops are boring as it's my daily grind!😢
Would prefer there weren’t no spoilers at the start. Barring that great video.
Viewers are begging for content, what's boring for you may not be boring for viewers o_O ffs
love to see more milti part desktop repairs on low upload weeks
If you don't have an actual PSU tester, I'd be surprised
I had a Gigabyte B85 board die on me at my school in what I now reckon is probably the same fashion. Among the many reasons why I've always had a much lower opinion of Gigabyte vs Asus. Maybe their high end stuff is good, but their entry level stuff has always just felt barely good enough to pass muster.
Thanks for the upload, keep 'em coming! 👍
What Acoustic Bass is in the Background, I like it ?
I'm not familiar with the phrase "Darn..ing hell!" 🤣
…go get a new one …=not a repairmans atitude=parts replace is not repair-parts to repair most of the time means soldering+microsoldering
hi there what probes are you using with you multimeter, the long needle ones, as i would like to get some thankyou very much and keep up the great work
dear Graham, dumb yank here. what the heck's an entwerb? thank you and good day.
Why would anyone with a GPU run 8GB of single channel ram?
I've fixed more macbooks than anything else over the last 20 years so I can only assume they go wrong more than anything else. I very rarely got a desktop but maybe that's because people with desktops tend to fix the PC themselves and people who buy Apple know very little about computers. Just a thought, because there has to be a reason I fixed apple laptops at a rate of about 8-1 although it could be poor design. Macbooks appear to have had more than their fair share of design flaws over the years.
With PC 2, I would just unplug the cables and use my PSU tester that tells me any faults and the voltages for 12V, 5V 3.3V etc
I used to do tech support for the PCs in a TV station. I lost count of the amount of times I was called out, the PC was frozen, I turned it off, turned it on, and said "OK, show me the problem", and there was no problem (other than their software choices)…
You should never built a pc without a beeper, it's the simplest and easiest way to work out what's wrong!
Ey, the Aneng AN800x club! I've got two of those little "muldy meeders" – an AN8008, and an AN8009 with k-type temperature function. They're so small and cute, with a really nice big digits display. Also, they seem to be precise enough – precise enough for the girls i go out with.
It's not that I would like more desktops exactly.. I'd just like less Macbooks lol.. I swear if I hear the term 'PPBUS3VHOT' one more time I'm gonna lose it
I think we all have had the memory module not plugged in experience.
Especially the 2nd video was incredibly entertaining. Not every video needs to be educational or even a successful repair.
I love when you do desktop PC repairs.
Worked on a machine once that had corroded "gold" connections on the DIMM's. The sticks were from one of the mid level manufactures. No signs of water damage. Was a bit unexpected cause for issues.
1st pc memory in wrong socket should be in A2 not B2
Problem is 1st customer its hard to charge any money
2nd 1 to be honest on the value of the board not working going to far in
3:00 that'll be a wraith prism 🙂
Soon as you opened this thing I looked instantly at the lonely little stick of ram. Repairing/building computers is by far my dream jobs.
ahhh …feel like homecoming! 😀 thanks for the "desktop" related contet! ready to more to come! 👍
Yep, great video. very interesting post mortem on the second PC.
What ? no 4th gen MB laying around the shop … :3 How do we passed from 3rd and 4 th gen soo fast to 11 and 12 ? No win11 compatible PC's here , going linux 2025