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A quick note about clearing the CMOS. There are motherboards that have a CLR_CMOS button right on it, so you don’t have to remove the GPU or battery to do it.
@@eshaansingh721 what is your CPU and motherboard? If it is a new Ryzen with a lower series board than you need to update the Bios first. It was my problem when I first builded my PC.
I freaked out thinking my mother board was fried but I came here, cleared the CMOS, and you wouldn't guess it... It's fixed. You are a life saver thank you.
Incredible! Not only did your build video walk me through my first PC but this video helped me clear a boot issue after several hours of troubleshooting. Awesome videos!
@@rxda1875 same. The shitty tech support guys just cleaned it and removed 1 ram slot cause it was apparently burnt. Didn't fix shit, the PC is still can't boot they haven't solved anything, just told me to not "move it around" too much. Baffling
I did this break down today and found out same thing power your video definitely gave me more confidence on my speculation of my issue with my PC. Thank you so very much
This is actually a very good guide for throubleshooting And i want to add some more tips: • Usually when the pc does not start completely it's the PSU or MOBO • If the fan spin but the computer does not want to start is usually RAM, CPU or GPU or MOBO • New MOBO usually have some LEDs or 2 8 Segment Displays that can be used to troubleshoot faster (LEDs can be near CPU, RAM, PCIE or together in one of the side of the MOBO, and the 2 8 Segment displays give a unique code for the problem that can be searched online) • If you use to troubleshoot a lot of pc save some MOBO speakers. Beep codes and Internet can help you troubleshoot faster • CMOS can be cleared with CLR_CMOS in some motherboards which is usually a jumper or a button however sometimes the fastest way is to remove the battery for some second Sorry for any grammar mistake, I'm Italian!
Wow, thanks for the advice. Thad deserves a Subscription from me, would like you to subscribe to me too, because im trying to get over 50😂... this is awkward
I know you probably won't ever read this, but I have been struggling to boot my pc, thinking I would need to take it in to the shop. After you showing me how to reset the CMOS I am now writing to you with my fully boot up pc. Thank you, sir. You have no idea how much you have helped me.
I do not know how or why I never found your channel before (I guess YT algorithms are not that great). But I've got to say: you are one of the best teacher on this platform, RN. I've been building PCs for a while, and I am working in the tech industry, and you still managed to teach me things I didn't know . Love it, you got a new sub!/
I can’t express this enough how this channel is so easily comprehensible especially for people like me who are new to the pc building scene. Amazing content big ups!
It's been three years since the release of the video, and today you saved me. I was running a class via Google Meets, and an hour in the computer shuts down. I try to turn it on, and the fans are on but no boot. After following your steps, the problem was one of four RAM sticks that I have. I have already ordered a replacement. Thank you! Earned a like a subscribe for sure!
i genuinely didn’t think it’d be that easy, I was stressing so much over how I thought I totaled my pc and resetting CMOS and setting oc settings back to stock was the solution, thank you sm 🙏🏻
Thanks for the video. I started watching. Got to the bit about the battery. Changed the battery, and the computer is starting up. I cannot tell you how happy my son will be when he comes home and finds his computer fixed.
Keep doing troubleshooting, since im a new builder i appreciate for sure in the future if i have some issues, keep up the good work, and ty for all the learnings!
If I could give a bro a hug, it would be right now! thank you for making this so easy for me to diagnose and fix my daughters pc without having to spend money on hardware that was not the problem!! you rock!!
Literally, been cracking my head to fix my PC which suddenly stopped showing it's displayed but this tutorial helped me fix. The power-draining process was I think what I missed, basic but really helpful trick. Thank you and love from Bhutan!
You’re a good man ED. I love to watch all your videos I even play the the setup wars playlist all the time while I’m at work. Dreaming of building one some day. You’re good people ED and makes me hope there is still good in all of us. Lee up this amazing work man 🤘
This video is PERFECT for people like me. I have not seen ANY ONE do the process of elimination like you’ve done. With the explanation. (I’ve looked at six videos so far) I’m willing to admit I’m shit at searching, though, it could be me. This video was done so well, and helped me out so much I just have to subscribe. Wish more people made videos like this.
Another quick note about clearing the CMOS. Most motherboards nowadays have a two-pin connector that can be used to clear the CMOS. It's often written "CLR_CMOS" or "JBAT1" (on much more recent boards). You just have to jump the two pins (make the connection with the tip of a pen or a screwdriver) and it will clear the settings. That is, if you don't want to remove your GPU by pure laziness
This may be three years old but my god I've had the same exact issue, I tested the ram, gpu, cpu, USB 3.1, the fans, everything but the power supply as I did not have spare. Now I know what my best course of action is. TYSM!
Hey guys I just wanna share my experience and hope it helps someone out there. So I’m new to building PCs and built my first one. Everything seemed to be working fine. The fans were spinning, the lights were glowing, etc. I plug in the hdmi cord to my monitor and nothing happened. It said “no signal” after doing a lot of research I thought my motherboard was broken BUT that wasn’t the case. Okay let me get to the point. What I did was turn everything off, unplugged the outlet cord and hold to power button for 20 seconds then I unplugged and plugged back in the cords from the motherboard (the ones from the power supply such as the power cord, the cpu cord, basically the cords that come with the power supply but I disconnected them from the motherboard and connected them back) I also took the battery off the motherboard for 15 seconds (the little coin looking thing on your motherboard) and then put it back. NOTE: I did this all at once so idk which one was the problem so I recommend doing all of these in one go. I didn’t do this one but it could help you, I read that disconnecting the ram and putting it back also helped or it could also be that you put the ram on the wrong slots (for me it was slots A2 and B2 which were recommended on the motherboard manuals that you should read. Also the slots are labeled in most of the motherboards) another thing was connecting the PCle cable onto the graphics card itself and not on the motherboard. Anyways hope this helped some of you guys.
So what you told me to do worked...kinda so I wired my front panel wrong and when I pressed it, it messed up the power to my cpu somehow so by plugging in all 8 pins to my cpu my display turned on...it wasn’t my GPU. So moral of the story make sure your pins are plugged in correctly
Thank you for your solution. I always run into not being able to display anything despite fans n lights turn on. Usually it happens after I pop out my gpu for cleaning n put it back then the problem happen. Previously I was lucky somehow I dunno wut did I do maybe unplug all n replug and settle. But this time, I am pretty sure it's bcoz the mobo got sudden power from psu and got "shock". So after this, if it happens again, I will unplug all connection to the mobo, pop out CMOS batt and press the power button at least 15 sec so that the remaining charge was released. Then plug back all, turn on the psu then let it recharged a while after being "shocked" then finally turn on power button.
This video is my saviour!!! i rely on my computer for work and college coursework and it suddenly stopped working thankfully replacing the power supply like in this video fixed it! (At least for now...)
Thanks a lot for the video. My PC did the same thing as the fan would spin as long as the power button was pressed. I think just removing the battery helped and now, it's back on. Great video to help the ones in need. Thanks a lot again 😁😁
my pc costs over 5k usd and it broke within a year lucky for me i have a power supply lying around its not the 850w one i have but it will most def work
I thought it was the power supply because my desktop had the exact issue. Followed your steps before the video and lastly, found out the PSU was the issue. Thanks for the content
THANK THE LORD OF THIS MAN. Ok so i’m not an expert on PC’s , and i recently got some new sticks of ram and while i was replacing them i noticed that the switches above them wouldn’t fully go down but i didn’t this much of it at all , and i’ve been looking for solutions for 3 weeks to try and fix it at home so i didn’t have to bring it into the shop. My ram wasn’t pushed in all the way which made my PC act weird and the power was just all off and i ended up getting the PC on but my RGB fans wouldn’t turn on and neither would it connect to my monitor and it would turn off after a few mins so i went on your channel and corrected myself and now my PC is working because you mentioned that ram might have been a problem 😅
That was helpful. I've been going through this process for days. Turns out my SSD drive was failing intermittently. Grrrr. It really got me down. Hopefuly my system stays fixed now.
I didn't guess, but I wanted to thank you about the power drain tip. My pc wasn't starting so I watched your video and after doing that, it started working again..
I don’t know much about PCs. I had no idea the motherboard had a battery on it and you saved me a bunch of money. I am extremely grateful that your video was through enough for me to do this myself. I’m gonna go play some iracing❤️
I actually had to go through this process few days ago and I am surprised that I done everything right just like you explained and it turned out the problem was in the motherboard.....A pretty good video !!
Hey Ed, i built my first pc last night ,, was so happy to see it turn on ,, then the mobo light of the ram just blinked so today I’m putting new (compatible) ram and I’ll see it works !!
For cleaning the fan filters, I have seen that a paint brush works well too. Just move the paint brush in circular motions and dust it off. Saves money on the compressed air too!
Well I knew from the start of the video that it was the PSU otherwise it could be the motherboard or pretty much any component that has electrolytic capacitors. These capacitors wear out quite fast and by changing them you can fix the issue. PSU is usually the first component to check since its capacitors are being stressed the most. To be more specific there 2 beefy capacitors inside that are usually the first ones to wear out. Their purpose is to smooth out the rectified voltage. The rectifier inside doesnt convert the AC directly into a pure DC it just flips the negative half cycle of mains voltage sine wave into a positive one so current flows only on one direction but AC has something called a zero crossing point and its basically the point where the voltage changes from one polarity to another and passes through 0 volts. Zero crossing point is defenately something that PC components hate so these 2 big capacitors are placed in parallel to the rectified output to smooth out the voltage. They basically charge during the peak of the mains and discharge at the zero crossing point (this process is repeated at double the frequency of the mains which is 50 or 60Hz so this repeats for 100 with 120 times per second) and due to their high capacity the voltage doesnt have enough time to drop low until the next peak so it stays relatively stable for the next step which is lowering down the voltage. These capacitors are stressed the most because they smooth out a big chunk of the input power and pass through several charge and discharge cycles in just a second) but they can be changed easily in fact only they 2 new capacitors (make sure they have the same voltage rating and same or higher capacity with old ones), a soldering iron is and the screwdriver to open the power supply is required (assuming that the warranty has ended). Now if you do open the PSU because these big capacitors can hold a charge with a voltage of up to 340V for quite a lot of time and unlike the motherboard capacitors where you can just hold the start button to discharge them there is no external way to discharge these. You can discharge them by lifting the PSU PCB and shorting its pins on the back side with a resistor or just the screwdriver. Simply desolder them from the PCB and solder the new ones there. Sometimes there might be other capacitors as well that are bad in the PSU circuitries and cause issues so to change them simply check the voltage and capacity rating and get new ones (in this case both capacity and voltage rating have to be the same).
When I turn my PC on, the fans start spinning, and I get no display. Holding the power button doesn’t shut it down. If anybody can help, that would be great
I want to thank you deeply, I built a pc and it wouldn’t power up at all I took it somewhere and they said it was the power supply (which it ended up not being) so I’ve had to replace the motherboard but without this video I wouldn’t have found that out so thank you so so much
your video is awesome dude ..I totally find you by accident moment I needed support . dude thank you much appreciated . there others Ytubers that makes me so frustrated for their tutorial . now I'm also Subs to your channel well done !!!
Inspired by you and many other tech youtubers, I took my dead PC and troubleshooted it by myself based on my knowledge by watching your and others videos. Sadly due to lack of spare parts I was unable to figure out the issue but I guessed the issues and took it to a technician and turns out my guess was right. Well I am glad watching all these videos does help me improve. Thanks Ed and I hope you would upload more troubleshooting videos in the future.
ok, my first PC done. i overclocked the mhz for cpu a bit too far so it booted but no video output or bios ect. your video helped me with removing the GPU and removing the cmos battery. life saver thank you so much
The SATA could be a problem too... That was the problem for me 😬😁 like, you need to disconnect everything from it - usually 2 wires, one to PSU and other to motherboard/hard drive.
Usually I don't leave comments in videos like these but you just saved my fucking life. My pc went into hibernation and it would NOT turn on, no matter what I did. Unplugged the lil battery, waited for a minute, plugged it back. Turned on like nothing after half an hour of freaking out. Thank you so much.
i was having this same exact problem i will tell you what i did and it fixed the problem. i unplugged the power supply cord from the back of the power supply, and then i unplugged the wire from the motherboard. (not the thick wire that is for the psu but the wire below that wire) for about a minute i left it unplugged, i plugged it back in and then like magic my computer started working again. i dont know if this would work for everybody but thankfully it worked for me. thanks for the video
For RAM, if there is an issue with RAM, you get an audible continuous beep sound like an old alarm. So catching RAM issues is pretty easy. I will always start with checking the CPU system fan connection.
