Actually, a visual once-over can stop you from wasting time on wild goose chases. @the_ivan has a point about codes being fast, but they're not always right. Error guides assume everything is connected right, which isn't always true. Spotting a blown fuse or chewed wire takes seconds and rules out big repairs. Skipping that step means you might replace a good part based on a bad code. Trusting your eyes first just makes sense.

What good is a fancy routine if they don't show you how to modify a burpee when you're two feet from your coffee table?

Had the same idea for years until a dig site visit proved otherwise. Seeing it in person really shifts your view.

Been there, done that with tech mishaps.

WHAT no way, it was JUST a driver update? That's insane, my whole computer MELTED down last year from what I thought was a dying power supply. I spent like two hundred bucks and a whole weekend swapping parts. Turns out it was just a bad Nvidia update the whole time. I'm honestly mad they let that stuff out the door.