We FIXED a DEAD CPU!!

Also Ethan for trading the CPU for us to work on.

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Intro Screen Music Credit:
Title: Laszlo - Supernova

[daiji_]

"slow is smooth, smooth is fast"
Ten minutes later
*Furiously turns up heat to speed up resoldering*

[PiPArtemis]

Linus: "THERE IT IS, YA KNOW HOW YOU CAN TELL?"

Me: "Cuz a quarter of the cpu looks like it was set on fire?"

[ossu]

When i was 16 i begged my parents to let me build my own computer and not buy one from the market, they didnt trust me because they thought it was only done by pc expert and i wasnt one but still at the end they agreed.
when everything was shipped to house i was so happy and started to assemble everything with my 13 yo brother.
We spent our whole afternoon on it and after loooong time of build i couldnt properly fit the cpu cooler.
Later i realised that the cpu couldnt get in the socket because i had bent one pin forcing the cooler on top of it.
I felt like heartbroken and terrified because i had to tell my parents i broke the most expensive piece...

my brother told me lets try to repair the pin with a tweezer and it fkn worked

happiest day of my teenage no joke

[annamackay]

I dropped my first CPU when I was a teen and literally half the spikes were flat. I spent hours pushing them all up with a safety pin and plugged it in and have never been so shocked when it worked.

[Farie]

Linus: "And now we're going to add a little bit of flux"
Louis: **heavy breathing**

[mineral]

i love how this started out so professional and hopeful and by the end it's just pure chaos

[gunther]

Linus: it's pretty simple. All you need is a cytoplasmic crystalized metal from the core of Jupiter.

[phoenixpowell]

After over a year he finally convinced me to buy a water bottle and it is the best water bottle I have ever owned

[ineverwin]

This was a 22 minute emotional roller coaster ride.

[Avaruusmurkku]

Alternate title: Watching Linus lose his sanity for 20 minutes.

[jajanka]

'we need moar flux'
That other guy somewhere in NYC:
*Hickups*
'I feel a Strange pull to Northwest..'

[apoconkbm]

Ethan be like : 'Yo gimme back my cpu '

[ssbbman]

"A magnifying light like this would be ideal"
15 minutes later
f**k this light

lol

[Noisa]

This episode should've been named "Nicholas' Last Day." 😆

[luqdude]

"Accidents happen"
_shows Dennis kicking a TV intentionally_

[poliporrigames]

"If RPG's have taught me anything, more skills, even if you have no idea what they're for yet, are always worth putting at least a few points into" -Linus 2020

[ZephyrGlaze]

So this is what they shot the day Linus made his "Thinking of Retiring" vlog.

[SirGarmaples]

Alternative Title: Watch Linus descend into insanity.

[rstrt]

Props to AMD for having a CPU capable of withstanding Linus's torture

[SkizzyNeptune]

Replaced a motherboard because my first mobo was faulty. Bought z590 and splurged on a new case, and I had lots of help on the first time I built it because nerves. Over shot the thermal paste by a million and it squished out all over the mf mobo. Didn't know, booted it, nothing. Took cpu out, cleaned the hell out of it, picked thermal paste out of all the pins, cleaned everything as best I could, plugged back in, nothing. Pulled it back out, recleaned and noticed bent CPU pins. Thought I was fkd, so I got a toothpick and started bending pins back at like 4 am... put it back it, booted it, and it worked. Shocked.