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[Syntaxvgm]

@LinusTech

Why don't you research server hardware before....building?

Every time

Every. time.

GAH!

They're a whole different ecosystem linus.

(new vessel video for those wondering)

[Enderman]

because hes the kind of guy that does not look at the instruction manual

[manikyath]

wouldnt be linus if he didnt do something silly.

but thats why we love him.

[Syntaxvgm]

because hes the kind of guy that does not look at the instruction manual

neither am I, but there's differences in standards and the way layouts are, and cooling is accomplished. I swear before that one video he didn't know what narrow ILM was, which is a shame for a guy who's usually on top of it otherwise.

[Godlygamer23]

He does what he does for views and content. It's to make it interesting - like pointing out plot holes in a movie. The plot must be like that in order for the movie to exist.

[Syntaxvgm]

wouldnt be linus if he didnt do something silly.

but thats why we love him.

After this video, wendell from Tek syndicate needs to give him an a rocky 4 style training montage with server hardware

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After this video, wendell from Tek syndicate needs to give him an a rocky 4 style training montage with server hardware

 

Wendell is hot

[ClownFace1511]

He wears socks and sandals...

[Syntaxvgm]

He does what he does for views and content. It's to make it interesting - like pointing out plot holes in a movie. The plot must be like that in order for the movie to exist.

....yah no look at the dislike ratio on this video

I believe this is the one where he didn't know what narrow ILM was.

Way too many dislikes for LTT

Now in this new video he killed two boards

[Syntaxvgm]

He wears socks and sandals...

socks and sandals are the pinnacle of comfort and function

[Godlygamer23]

....yah no look at the dislike ratio on this video

Obviously he's being successful. The main issue is that he was putting cards on a motherboard to support it, let alone stacking them on one another.

[Kherm]

"do as i say, not as i do" ?

[Syntaxvgm]

Obviously he's being successful. The main issue is that he was putting cards on a motherboard to support it, let alone stacking them on one another.

oh forgot about that...but yea didn't he zip tie coolers because....no narrow ilm brackets?

Linus in general knows his hardware, but it's slowly become apparent to me he needs a little more research on server hardware. Given his schedule I totally get why he doesn't research these things first, and not a ton of people have hands on experience with equipment like this. This is coming from a guy that's only 21 and despite working professionally, have likely much less building experience than linus (and I think that's what makes me cringe. He knows what he's doing, just a few read ups here to there before purchasing would be all he'd need)

Believe me I didn't know what narrow ILM was a thing or PSU mounting bracket standards...or what type of board to get for what type of case, but I knew to look before buying. -.-

[Syntaxvgm]

"do as i say, not as i do" ?

It's becoming 'do as I find out not as I attempted'

[Godlygamer23]

oh forgot about that...but yea didn't he zip tie coolers because....no narrow ilm brackets?

He did that too. Another major issue. I understand the dislikes behind the video.

[QueenDemetria]

I 10/10 wouldn't be surprised if the boards weren't actually dead. 

In the video you can see the backplate is very close to the leads of the chokes(bunch of other components as well), I wouldn't be surprised if they were just sorting out and preventing the board from posting. Because of it being shorted on startup, there is a good chance the boards are fine(its usually when things are running and they get "slammed" from the short is what kills things). He should really test with a stock cooler or with something that doesn't use a backplate(alternatively use a plastic backplate).

[Syntaxvgm]

No one knows everything about computers, and not not researching is what drives me mad. It sets a terrible example. I mean you are bound to make mistakes when trying something you've never done before, but not as many as he makes, especially given his experience level.

[Godlygamer23]

I 10/10 wouldn't be surprised if the boards weren't actually dead. 

In the video you can see the backplate is very close to the leads of the chokes(bunch of other components as well), I wouldn't be surprised if they were just sorting out and preventing the board from posting. Because of it being shorted on startup, there is a good chance the boards are fine(its usually when things are running and they get "slammed" from the short is what kills things). He should really test with a stock cooler or with something that doesn't use a backplate(alternatively use a plastic backplate).

Do you have any idea what the beeps entail? I don't remember what they mean. I'm not even sure who makes the BIOS they're using.

[Kherm]

I 10/10 wouldn't be surprised if the boards weren't actually dead. 

In the video you can see the backplate is very close to the leads of the chokes(bunch of other components as well), I wouldn't be surprised if they were just sorting out and preventing the board from posting. Because of it being shorted on startup, there is a good chance the boards are fine(its usually when things are running and they get "slammed" from the short is what kills things). He should really test with a stock cooler or with something that doesn't use a backplate(alternatively use a plastic backplate).

the first board is 100% dead because he was troubleshooting it during one of luke's 3D print streams and took everything off and tried to clean boot with no heatsink and a regular ATX psu. And I'd assume the 2nd one is also dead because he killed it the same way as before. 

[QueenDemetria]

Do you have any idea what the beeps entail? I don't remember what they mean. I'm not even sure who makes the BIOS they're using.

Other than "He's dead Jim", nope. I didn't care enough to search for the board Linus used, I'm just waiting for part 2(3,4,5,6,7,87).

 

the first board is 100% dead because he was troubleshooting it during one of luke's 3D print streams and took everything off and tried to clean boot with no heatsink and a regular ATX psu. And I'd assume the 2nd one is also dead because he killed it the same way as before. 

Didn't know that, but he probably did bork both of the boards. I wonder if he took the time to make sure that the backplate wasn't shorting out on anything(since it didn't look that way on the video lol).

[Syntaxvgm]

I 10/10 wouldn't be surprised if the boards weren't actually dead. 

In the video you can see the backplate is very close to the leads of the chokes(bunch of other components as well), I wouldn't be surprised if they were just sorting out and preventing the board from posting. Because of it being shorted on startup, there is a good chance the boards are fine(its usually when things are running and they get "slammed" from the short is what kills things). He should really test with a stock cooler or with something that doesn't use a backplate(alternatively use a plastic backplate).

you'd be surprised how often this is not the problem normally, but really i think this was the wrong cooler for the board, so it could have been anything along those lines with the modification.

Typically, if I have worries in a case like this (I'm not gonna act like I've never dremeled things to fit when they are not supposed to) I usually cut a piece of plastic to fit under the backplate.

And I think my not making mistakes is both a time thing (for research) and how carefully I approach things.

Linus needs to get it done and filmed, I have like 3 tool kits, a bench, and a good music playlist. Taking time prevents 90% of mistakes, obviously. A habit of mine that comes from many years of laptop repair, where everything is different each time, things are easily fucked, problems are hard to troubleshoot, and parts are hard to acquire. My build videos would be boring and long, maybe time lapses.

[KemoKa]

Because he can't bear the embarrassment of having to go and ask Wendell for help every time he's confused about server hardware.

 

/s

[Syntaxvgm]

Because he can't bear the embarrassment of having to go and ask Wendell for help every time he's confused about server hardware.

 

/s

Dude I'd pay money to learn from wendell. Every time he opens his mouth I get something from it. Especially his data recovery experience.

[QueenDemetria]

you'd be surprised how often this is not the problem normally, but really i think this was the wrong cooler for the board, so it could have been anything along those lines with the modification.

Typically, if I have worries in a case like this (I'm not gonna act like I've never dremeled things to fit when they are not supposed to) I usually cut a piece of plastic to fit under the backplate.

And I think my not making mistakes is both a time thing (for research) and how carefully I approach things.

Linus needs to get it done and filmed, I have like 3 tool kits, a bench, and a good music playlist. Taking time prevents 90% of mistakes, obviously.

Yeah it was definitely the wrong cooler for the board(and I know you need a 1U compatible HS Linus), but typically with server stuff "If it doesn't fit out of the box then it wasn't meant to be together". He had to do too much trimming, I woudn't be surprised if he missed something.

[KemoKa]

Dude I'd pay money to learn from wendell. Every time he opens his mouth I get something from it. Especially his data recovery experience.

Wendell is by far my favourite tech guy. I mean, the dude plays himself down so much but out of the tech reviewers out there, from what I can see, he is the most experienced out of them all. The only exception to that is possibly Qain, but Qain isn't nearly as well-rounded as Wendell appears to be.

Wendell just kind of emits a kind of nerdy awesomeness that I don't get from anyone else.