Getting Started in Fix PCs

Fix PCs! by DEVTEC STUDIOS is a Roblox simulation/tycoon where you run a street-level PC repair shop. You start with almost nothing: an empty unit, a workbench, and the promise that customers will walk in with broken machines. This guide covers your first session end to end—joining the place, reading the empty shop, completing the first repair flow, locking in daily habits, and choosing sensible next unlocks—so you do not waste early cash on vanity before the loop feels natural.

If the workbench already feels confusing, skim Controls in parallel. When you want a deeper fault checklist later, graduate to How to Repair PCs.

Join the experience and orient

Open the Fix PCs place on Roblox (released 22 October 2026). Land in your shop unit and take ten quiet seconds before accepting work. Note where the counter, workbench, storage or parts area, and street entrance sit. Weather can roll over the street outside; that is flavor, not a blocker. Your job in minute one is spatial memory: you will carry machines between counter and bench many times.

Check any onboarding prompts the game shows. Follow them in order instead of racing to decorate. An empty unit is intentional—the fantasy is growth from bare walls to a branded shopfront with your name in 3D.

Claim free value before you spend

Before you buy fancy GPUs, open the Codes page on this wiki and redeem anything currently active in-game. Early soft currency or parts from codes shorten the painful “one spare RAM stick” phase. Also note any daily login, streak, or shop habit rewards the UI exposes. Claim them at the start of every session so you never leave free stock on the table.

Meet the empty unit like a shop owner

Walk the floor once. Confirm you can reach the workbench without bumping into half-placed furniture. Leave decoration for later—Hire Staff & Expand covers shopfronts, floors, and atmosphere when you actually have cash. Early on, clear sight lines to the bench and a short path from the door matter more than posters.

Identify how you open inventory, orders, and the parts catalog. You will order and unpack deliveries yourself as the shop grows; for the first job you mostly use whatever starter stock the game gives you.

Your first customer

When a customer arrives with a broken PC, talk or interact at the counter to accept the job. Read the complaint carefully: no power, overheating, crashes, dust complaints, virus symptoms, bent pins, or “it just won’t POST” each point you toward different checks. Do not tear the whole machine apart on instinct. Carry the PC to the workbench and set it down cleanly so the case is stable for unscrewing.

First repair flow (keep it boring and correct)

1. Diagnose — Match symptoms to likely dead parts or service tasks (dust blow-out, repaint, virus clean, pin straighten, RAM/GPU/CPU/PSU-adjacent faults).
2. Open the case — Unscrew panels in the order the UI expects. Do not force parts while screws still lock the tray.
3. Service what you see — Blow out dust, reseat or replace failed components, apply thermal paste when a cooler or CPU path calls for it, straighten bent CPU pins if present, and clear viruses when software faults are flagged.
4. Cables and power — Plug power and data cables firmly. Loose cables are a classic “looks fixed, fails benchmark” trap.
5. Close, power on, benchmark — Button up the case, power on, and run the benchmark. If it fails, do not immediately buy the most expensive GPU—recheck seating, paste, dust, and the original symptom list.
6. Return and get paid — Hand the working machine back and collect payment. That cash is your unlock fuel.

Treat this first loop as practice for muscle memory. Speed comes after accuracy. A full deep dive lives in How to Repair PCs; your goal now is one clean payout.

Daily habits that compound

After the first payout, build a short ritual for every login:

• Redeem new codes if any dropped.
• Claim daily or streak rewards.
• Clear any unfinished bench job before decorating.
• Glance at part stock so the next customer is not waiting on an empty shelf.
• Skim the Tier List before you sink cash into a flashy card you do not need yet.

These habits keep the shop solvent while you learn the 192-part catalog (GPUs, CPUs, motherboards, RAM, liquid coolers, fans, cases, and more).

What to unlock next (sensible order)

Spend early money on throughput and reliability, not cosmetics:

1. Parts coverage — Stock the failure modes you already saw (common RAM, a safe GPU tier, basic coolers) so the second customer is not a hard stop.
2. Bench comfort — Anything that speeds screw driving, cable routing, or diagnosis pays for itself faster than a new paint job.
3. Order pipeline — Learn to order parts and unpack deliveries before you promise custom builds. Build Custom PCs explains dual-GPU and server-rack work for contracts later.
4. Staff and floors — Hire when walk-ins outpace your hands; open floors when the unit feels cramped. Details sit in Hire Staff & Expand.
5. Shopfront identity — 3D name, facade, and décor once cash flow is stable. Atmosphere sells, but dead stock does not.

Common first-session mistakes

• Buying top-tier parts before you understand compatibility and margin.
• Skipping dust, paste, or cables, then blaming the benchmark.
• Decorating the street face while a PC sits unfinished on the bench.
• Ignoring codes and dailies that would have covered a missing stick of RAM.
• Jumping into dual-GPU or rack contracts before a few clean walk-in repairs.

Where to go after this guide

• Master the bench with How to Repair PCs.
• Learn input and UI quirks in Controls.
• Plan stock with the Tier List.
• Grab gifts on Codes.
• When ready, branch into Build Custom PCs and Hire Staff & Expand.

Finish one honest repair, bank the cash, claim your dailies, and only then expand. That is how an empty Fix PCs unit becomes the best shop on the street.