Pt2. Rebuild, Custom build with No POST - LFC 

It's amazing how well motherboards work when you don't obliterate the CPU socket.

"If its a TUF itll work." Unless the pins are smashed by an angry ogre.

"Hmm I didn't get a notification" Checks for windows updates - 'no updates available' "Hmm I don't believe you" 10 minutes later - 'you need to restart your device to finish installing updates'

I'm sure the owner will be happy as a dog with three trees lol.

I specked out my second build back in 2011 and it worked fantastic for nine years, In late 2020, it began acting up. Your Vids and or others eluded to RAM and or CPU issues and to remove and check.... Tried several arrangements of RAM to no avail. Removed the CPU and it appeared ok. Taking a flashlight/torch and a magnifying glass, I saw just one socket pin bent. I assumed possible years of fatigue to be the cause. Gently trying to move it back into place, the damn pin fell away and into the other pins. My solution to removed that broken pin without damaging more pins was to take wide masking tape and kind of build a wall around the socket and over the top with a small gap. Using a Can of Duster, I hoped that I could blow the broken pin out and hope it would get caught on the tape and not get lodged somewhere on the motherboard. It worked perfectly! However, after replacing all components and restarting, it would not post! I really wasn't looking forward to buying a new computer package, but after failing to locate a new motherboard to match the rest of my gear, I ended up buying a Tenth Gen Z-490 Board, 10-600K CPU and 16GB DDR4 Ram. Set me back almost a $1000.00. Then when all hooked up and ready to go.... Went into Bios each time and no post?? After scratching my head for a long time and borrowing a Laptop to search my issues, I found that my old system SSD drives were MBR and the new System was GPT! So I had the drives changed for me. Quit a damn headache for sure but now I'm up and running again. Thanks Adam, Love your Vids.

You spent way more effort than I did building my own, PC. nice work.

Great work, very impressive. Hope to see you in your new shop soon.

Thank you for posting your videos. I really enjoy every project you work on. You are confident about what you know, and humble about the things you don't. Refreshing.

Nicely done. One happy customer and a lesson learned for him.

Amazing looking build in the end! Given the very limited room for cable management, the result is really stunning!

i love your channel sir! keep up the good work!

I have been waiting for this follow up .. thank you

Good job!

Fantastic work through. Keep up the engaging content.

Nice job! RGB is always a PITA! All up and working though...so happy client w/ a good vid!

I love your video in repairing and diagnostic computer problem.

love the vids!

The "Golden Field" brand scares me.

Fantastic job fair play

You need to show how you applied the thermal paste so we can tell you that no mather how you did it, it was wrong.

Sweet, new video. Within an hour of upload too! Too bad I live in America so its its currently 5 am so I'm super tired

F7 for advanced mode first thing on that cursed UEFI. XD

I went for an aorus pro x570 for my 3900X build - love it xD

good video

Nice, thumbs up.

Nice job. I'm glad you've seen the light on cable ties. A small point but how about putting a grille on that rear fan to make sure it doesn't affect the radiator hose? They're not exactly expensive and you can even get them in RGB

on those RGB chain connectors I do some electric tape as they don't have any locking on them and they can disconnect

very nice!

Good channel iv subbed 👍

awesome

I almost did not watch, I suggest you put "part2" in the title.

this 2 part video feels like a movie, where you kinda want a part 3 but its all over lol

Nice tip with the masking tape

I’ve noticed the initial power cycling with the last two PC’s I have built using ASUS motherboards. It seems to be a process the ASUS BIOS goes through when detecting new CPU and RAM components. This occurred on my old ASUS Maximus IX Code and my current ASUS Z490 TUF. Each power cycled about three or four times before fully starting up.

Nice work and nice video - as usual ;) However, there were two things, I noticed: - I did not see you applying thermal past. I hope, that part just got cut out same as the SATA-Cables. - You mounted the fans on the radiator 90° in respect to each other. That is usually a good thing, since then the cables come out at the same edge. However, with ARGB - especially of they are just paralled up - that leaves you with 90° shift for all effects on those LEDs. Not a problem for solid colors of course, but on the "Rainbow-Ring" as I will call it, you can clearly see that.

You did not forget the thermal paste, did you? :)

Haoevaaah approved!

Never tighten your zip ties until you have run all your cables thru. Another thing, tape your RGB connectors with electricians tape to keep them from pulling apart. Otherwise, nice job!

love your videos make me want to troubleshoot and build pc's

My X570 Tuf was DOA, random luck hits some times. Found it funny that the RGB lit up on a dead MOBO. But id take a DOA part over a random fault every day.

And now from a PC repair expert...I'm an oddball, I had a Core i7 7700K fail on me...in over 25 years of PC building and whatnot...my first failed processor. They are made well, just thankful it failed while it was under warranty...Intel couldn't replace it though with no stock. They sent me a cheque for it...which was used to buy a X570 board...

I dont think I saw sata data cables hooked up to the drives nor mobo before you closed up the back. Just sata power? The two drives also didn't appear in the bios, just the m2.

26:55 I believe that’s a non-super, it’s got the MSI Armor cooler on it which was retired with pre-refresh turing (apart from the oddball 5600 XT that I own) EDIT: I am wrong, it appears the 1660S got an armor version, just not the RTX supers

Faaaan tastic!

I have a tuf x570 is awesome. Memory oc is delicious

just upgraded my PSU gone from a Novatech 750 w Black 80+ Bronz) to a nice EVGA 650 w 80 + Gold. wow nicw and quiet. the old nova works but noisy. will keep as a test psu. x

Ah yeah, the pin pillagers PC :D What a barbarian!

i have a suggestion for the fan headers, all the fan headers are 1A 12 W q-fan controlled, the AIO pump header is 1A 12W Full speed, w pump header is 3A 36w full speed (default speed)

I got a MSI Z490i Unify board and when I took the cpu off it had mangled pins and MSI RMAed it and I'm so glad I didn't have to buy a $270 USD board

this is why i really like intel builds, because it usually takes alot to break an intel platform something would have to be very very wrong for them not to even get to the post screen, and the fact that most of their regular processors come with onboard video is a huge bonus, if you want to know if there is something wrong with your video card, you can just take it out completely, get the video cable plugged into onboard graphics and boom get your answer right away, even though ryzen is good i find i really do not like the platform that much, it can be very troublesome for so many reasons, that i often find myself pretty much avoiding trying to give build advice for those ones.

At 29:45 the bios version shows as version 1208. That's the latest non-beta version, but two beta bios versions are also available for download.

They are NOT CORSAIR Icue fans. BUT, if you wished to control those non corsair fans and CPU cooler then all you need is a corsair core node and adaptor cable and effects are attainable.

So is the asus tuf best bank for buck ? Awesome video I love watching your videos :)

Forgot to show the viewers thermal paste. LOL What I like to do on a AIO is make it the intake and not an exhaust like you did but that's just me. I WISH MY AIO SAID GOLDEN FIELD. I fell ripped off my only says Corsair.

when i hear ROG, ROG,FROG,LOG like its ok u can say R ... O ... G Republic of gamers

Seeing that little ventilation kind of makes me groan... especially when good ventilated cases can be get at cheap prices.

Nice video, I have been watching a few of your videos lately, something I missed on this one was when you were rebuilding I never saw you use any thermal paste, or was there a heat pad on the new pump pre fitted?. ...

I have an x570 tuf gaming. It also does power cycle with a scary kind of tick noise. Maybe its a tuf thing.

You should cable management trying to cut over a 800 pair Copper cable onto a repair section in a manhole -says a telecommunication technician

Hmm are the cooling hoses not a tad close to the case fan??

What about thermal paste? Did you edit it out? p.s enabling xmp profile before installing windows isn't the best idea :(

1:51 This. Last week I had this bizarre problem were the windows installation didnt recognize the ssds and hdds and even live linux distros cant see them. I tried everything and the last thing was the cpu, i was "thats stupid, no way a cpu can do that".... It was the damn cpu xD.

I stumbled across your channel and it’s brilliant

Re newbies etc, SOME cases provide an RGB controller often with remote control. (RESEARCH!!) Those are generally 3 pin as shown here.. Asus have headers on some of their m'boards 3 pin for ARGB using AURA software downloaded to control the setup etc ONSCREEN. My system has 6 fans and they all work (PROVEN - tested long term no probs.) HOWEVER the manual etc does tell you not to exceed x number of LEDS ! My fans did not! 4 pin configurations are 1. DATA 2, 3 4 Red, Green, Blue.. and my Asus mobo has 4 pin OUT aswell as the 3 pin configuration. Some fans for LED etc have a 6 pin plug attached and they operate off a control box with 6 pin OUT headers.. 2 of those pins are for the fans.. others re LEDs etc... plenty of info on YT re the whole scenario on LED fans etc. Some LED fans have OUTER RING only. Some you can change the outer ring slotting it on the side you want to see etc re position in the case. My drives are fitted to the backplate which leaves where the trays are free for ie burying cables etc. TIP A magnetic screwdriver when putting screws INTO various places on the motherboard will often stop accidentally dropping the screws OR particularly if your fingers are like the Hulk 🙄🤣🤣 Another great vid.. If you missed it, do check out the vid on this computer with its original mobo in situ that would not post etc.. a truly jaw dropper that one👀 an invaluable lesson to NEVER forget.. Stay safe, whoever wherever you are and keep the vids coming 👌

Is the CPU "backplate falling off" just a TUF brand problem or is it a common problem around the other brands as well? I have a TUF x570 and a Ryzen 3600 in it, and when I disassembled it for cleaning purposes, I wasn't prepared for the plate to fall off, I was internally screaming for like 5 minutes.

All z490 motherboards have capable VRM's. The Tuf Gaming, while arguably the best in VRM performance, isn't significantly better than 2nd place. A dramatic difference would be in the b550 motherboards where the Aorus Master is 10 degrees cooler than the 2nd place entry and is WAY overengineered compared to other b550 entries.

Good work mate but what about not pluged in Sata 6 Gb cables on drives? (26:17) :-)

Graham - what are your thoughts about using velcro instead of zip ties? Velcro seems so much more versatile and can still hold down wires well. I use a .75" (2cm) wide velcro roll - cut it in half down the middle and they work great for all sorts of cable tying.

22:50 - Is it normal to have the PSU fan facing upward into the case? Isn't downward better assuming there is ventilation there?

When you say that the audio is mediocre, is it across all TUF gaming MBs or this model specifically? I personally have the B450 Plus Gaming and although I sometimes have sound issues, it's not the quality.

I think they do use the exact same VRMs as the Strix ones, At least they do on the X570s

22:53 the verge was right, you do need tweezers to build a PC.

You should menmtion that people should keep the LGA1200 or should I say Intel socket cover as if they needed to RAM the board, it will not be accepted if received without it.

do you find that the power sata cables put unnecessary strain on the connectors because they are so close, wouldn't extensions mean less pressure?

You could grab the memory and use it for testing as if it get fried you wont that unhappy.

bit of a schoolboy error connecting the aio pump header before installing the radiator Adam ;) ...

I never understood why modern boards have old 4 pin analog headers. I don't mind if they include a 3 pin 5v as well. I usually prefer one 12v and two 5v.

you put paste on that cpu right?

Did he place the perfect amount of thermal paste on the cpu? I was watching while working. I might have missed him saying or doing it.

Ugggg! Guess I've never seen an AIO backplate work the way that one does. All the ones I've used are secured to the motherboard and not loose fit until pump attached. This is a Corsair AIO?

I had a strange issue with my Strix Z490 I updated the bios it said successful, computer turned off then back on and it never posted fine again.. I got a 4F post code. I tired to reflash and it seemed to reflash ok but still same issue.. Got a new Mobo popped in the cpu in the trouble mobo and I kept getting blue screens installing windows on the new board.. Popped in a different cpu a 10700k and everything worked ok.. Idk wtf happened my 10850k was damaged in the process of updating bios. Strix Motherboard still works ok and update with through ok. How could that even happen?

Would love to see a test of cable managed vs Non cable managed to see if it affects air flow and or temps, or just peace for my eyeballs.

am i blind or did you not put any paste on the CPU or did you just leave the pre-pasted surface of the AIO which would be weird considering it had already been used and would surely smudge around after being removed etc....

I like building pc's, but I detest cable managing the fan and RGB wires

I bought a Asus RoG Strix z490E and I could of saved $100 and got the tuf board instead. For what I'm using it for I would not have noticed a difference.

Did you put new thermal paste on the cpu cooler ?

At 18:16 that’s painters tape

Customer will be back soon because that old spinning hard drive is not going to work without a sata cable, just saying! Otherwise good video.

This is all great and that but, really, how the hell did the CPU socket pins get so damaged? That didn't happen by dropping the CPU on it. You gotta spill the beans Graham, it's driving me nuts!

Maybe you can make a video just about wiring fans. THX

I hate Molex connectors. I try to keep Molex chains out of my builds. Personally, I bought a bunch of Molex -> SATA power adapters, so I can use SATA power for everything and never need a Molex chain.

Question did he take other motherboard back and this was a replacement or did he just buy another motherboard? Motherboard is TUF cpu socket pins are fragile think this guy thought the cpu socket pins where TUF

The AIO tubes are too close to the back fan IMO.

i get the same power cycle every time i cold boot the pc and i have a 1660 super ti and a corsair tx750m. didnt do it with the old 760 gpu so must be a 1660 thing.

No thermal paste on the CPU?

with that many fans you want a powered hub not a spliter,i have seen a motherboard port burn out due to to many fans on 1 line

Aura Set to "Smart" then "By CPU Usage" please. Then your motherboard can show you how angry it is when you benchmark on Cinebench.

no antistatic bracelet? it's that wool that you are wearing? xD

Yep, smash the sockeeeeet 😁😂🤣. Kids, do not smash anything, unless it is broken hehehehe 😁

Errm.. that's not a 16gb kit, it's 2 x 8gb. It might not make much difference but it will make some.