1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:02,240 Okay, so I'm sitting in my office looking at a motherboard 2 00:00:02,240 --> 00:00:03,080 and I'm like, all right, 3 00:00:03,080 --> 00:00:05,280 so you got all these PCI Express slots, right? 4 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:06,640 The graphics card goes here, 5 00:00:06,640 --> 00:00:08,560 but then you got all these other ones. 6 00:00:08,560 --> 00:00:11,200 What are people actually putting on these things? 7 00:00:11,200 --> 00:00:13,120 So I started clicking around on AliExpress. 8 00:00:13,120 --> 00:00:16,480 I'm like, wow, there's some really weird stuff 9 00:00:16,480 --> 00:00:19,200 that you can put in a PCI Express slot. 10 00:00:19,200 --> 00:00:21,740 So I issued a challenge. 11 00:00:21,740 --> 00:00:24,720 Actually, rather I asked Jake to issue a challenge 12 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:27,560 to four other members of our writing staff 13 00:00:27,560 --> 00:00:31,760 to scour eBay, Wish, AliExpress and more 14 00:00:31,760 --> 00:00:33,740 and find what they believe is 15 00:00:33,740 --> 00:00:38,740 the weirdest PCI Express expansion card. 16 00:00:38,880 --> 00:00:41,200 We've provided no definition for weirdest. 17 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:45,440 It's going to be down to judgment from your peers 18 00:00:45,440 --> 00:00:49,160 who managed to find the weirdest thing. 19 00:00:49,160 --> 00:00:52,920 And I'm participating as well, so. 20 00:00:52,920 --> 00:00:54,400 And Dennis is here in spirit. 21 00:00:54,400 --> 00:00:56,200 And the winner gets a trophy, right? 22 00:00:56,200 --> 00:00:57,320 Yes, and it's engraved 23 00:00:57,320 --> 00:00:58,160 in everything. 24 00:00:58,160 --> 00:00:58,980 Where is it? 25 00:00:58,980 --> 00:00:59,820 Well, you can't see it yet. 26 00:00:59,820 --> 00:01:00,660 You have to show it to them. 27 00:01:00,660 --> 00:01:01,480 It's a surprise. 28 00:01:01,480 --> 00:01:02,460 You know what's not a surprise? 29 00:01:02,460 --> 00:01:05,500 The fact that I'm going to segue to our sponsor right now. 30 00:01:05,500 --> 00:01:07,900 With Pulseway, you can remotely monitor, manage, 31 00:01:07,900 --> 00:01:09,880 and control all of your Windows, Mac, 32 00:01:09,880 --> 00:01:11,940 and Linux machines from one app. 33 00:01:11,940 --> 00:01:13,360 Create your free account today 34 00:01:13,360 --> 00:01:23,990 at the link in the video description. 35 00:01:23,990 --> 00:01:25,530 Two, all right, Riley, you're going first. 36 00:01:25,530 --> 00:01:26,370 All right. 37 00:01:26,370 --> 00:01:29,320 Okay, Riley's first. 38 00:01:29,320 --> 00:01:31,660 See how nonchalant I am about this? 39 00:01:31,660 --> 00:01:33,360 Because that's the amount of confidence I have. 40 00:01:33,360 --> 00:01:35,380 Stop it, only I can. 41 00:01:35,380 --> 00:01:36,660 Not one, not two. 42 00:01:36,700 --> 00:01:37,880 Not three. 43 00:01:37,880 --> 00:01:39,600 Wait, are these just mining risers? 44 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:40,440 Listen. 45 00:01:40,440 --> 00:01:41,340 It's a cool one. 46 00:01:41,340 --> 00:01:42,580 Wait, you had to buy these? 47 00:01:42,580 --> 00:01:46,080 This is a small, very small PCIe card. 48 00:01:46,080 --> 00:01:47,660 Ever seen something like that? 49 00:01:47,660 --> 00:01:48,500 What's that? 50 00:01:48,500 --> 00:01:49,660 USB ports. 51 00:01:49,660 --> 00:01:50,520 Yeah. 52 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:51,800 That goes in there. 53 00:01:51,800 --> 00:01:52,640 Yeah. 54 00:01:52,640 --> 00:01:54,400 USB into a USB. 55 00:01:54,400 --> 00:01:55,420 Yeah. 56 00:01:55,420 --> 00:01:57,440 Do you know the potential of this? 57 00:01:57,440 --> 00:01:58,280 No. 58 00:01:58,280 --> 00:01:59,600 You could just keep going forever. 59 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:00,760 Adding more and more. 60 00:02:00,760 --> 00:02:01,600 Let's find out. 61 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:02,440 PCI cards. 62 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:03,260 Okay, so. 63 00:02:03,260 --> 00:02:04,100 Look, that goes in here. 64 00:02:04,100 --> 00:02:04,980 Can we just? 65 00:02:04,980 --> 00:02:06,400 Wait, wait, whoa, the bench is on. 66 00:02:06,400 --> 00:02:07,240 Wait, wait, wait. 67 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:08,060 No, I turned it off. 68 00:02:08,060 --> 00:02:09,280 Turn the power supply off. 69 00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:10,300 No, that can't go in there. 70 00:02:10,300 --> 00:02:11,300 That can't go in there. 71 00:02:11,300 --> 00:02:12,140 Yes, it can. 72 00:02:12,140 --> 00:02:14,740 No, I don't think this is a PCIe X16 73 00:02:14,740 --> 00:02:15,580 or whatever it is. 74 00:02:15,580 --> 00:02:16,420 Yes, it is. 75 00:02:16,420 --> 00:02:17,260 Is it? 76 00:02:17,260 --> 00:02:18,100 Yes. 77 00:02:18,100 --> 00:02:18,940 Kind of the entire point. 78 00:02:18,940 --> 00:02:19,920 Riley, did you even know what you were buying? 79 00:02:19,920 --> 00:02:20,940 No, I didn't. 80 00:02:20,940 --> 00:02:21,780 Okay. 81 00:02:21,780 --> 00:02:22,620 Huzzah. 82 00:02:22,620 --> 00:02:26,140 So our USB graphics card is working. 83 00:02:26,140 --> 00:02:28,060 So what is this, like a PLX chip here? 84 00:02:28,060 --> 00:02:30,640 Definitely, that's definitely what it is. 85 00:02:30,640 --> 00:02:31,880 Yes, please. 86 00:02:31,880 --> 00:02:32,820 I have no idea. 87 00:02:32,820 --> 00:02:35,400 Like, what is the pin mapping here though? 88 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:36,400 Like. 89 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:38,220 This is what you call a USB port. 90 00:02:38,220 --> 00:02:39,540 There's only nine conductors. 91 00:02:39,540 --> 00:02:40,380 Yeah. 92 00:02:40,380 --> 00:02:41,220 Well, that's all you need. 93 00:02:41,220 --> 00:02:42,160 I suppose you don't need that many. 94 00:02:42,160 --> 00:02:43,880 Okay, well, it works. 95 00:02:43,880 --> 00:02:44,720 So like. 96 00:02:44,720 --> 00:02:45,860 Does it have ray tracing? 97 00:02:45,860 --> 00:02:46,700 Yeah. 98 00:02:46,700 --> 00:02:49,340 So this is an RTX 2070 on, what is this? 99 00:02:49,340 --> 00:02:50,180 8700K. 100 00:02:50,180 --> 00:02:51,020 An 8700K. 101 00:02:51,020 --> 00:02:52,820 So we should be expecting somewhere in the neighborhood 102 00:02:52,820 --> 00:02:55,370 of 250 plus FPS. 103 00:02:55,370 --> 00:02:56,210 Okay. 104 00:02:56,210 --> 00:02:58,390 Well, let's see how we do here then, shall we? 105 00:02:58,390 --> 00:03:01,790 Yeah, so basically what's happening is 106 00:03:01,790 --> 00:03:04,550 instead of just converting PCI Express 107 00:03:04,550 --> 00:03:05,490 to a USB-K, 108 00:03:05,490 --> 00:03:08,370 which is kind of like just using a PCI Express riser, 109 00:03:08,370 --> 00:03:10,890 except you're using the USB connector and cable, 110 00:03:12,190 --> 00:03:15,570 it's taking the same PCIe 1X interface, 111 00:03:15,570 --> 00:03:19,330 using some kind of a PLX or hub chip of some sort 112 00:03:19,330 --> 00:03:20,550 or switching chip, 113 00:03:20,550 --> 00:03:23,170 and then it's turning the single 1X interface 114 00:03:23,170 --> 00:03:26,370 into four 1X interfaces. 115 00:03:26,370 --> 00:03:28,550 And so this is probably fine, 116 00:03:28,550 --> 00:03:30,570 but if we were to hook four graphics cards up 117 00:03:30,570 --> 00:03:31,650 at the same time, 118 00:03:31,650 --> 00:03:33,810 and all four of them were actually doing something. 119 00:03:33,810 --> 00:03:34,650 We'd be chugging. 120 00:03:34,650 --> 00:03:35,490 We'd be, 121 00:03:35,490 --> 00:03:36,330 not. 122 00:03:36,330 --> 00:03:37,310 And you don't want to do that right now. 123 00:03:37,310 --> 00:03:38,150 Gaming-wise. 124 00:03:38,150 --> 00:03:38,990 You don't want to try that. 125 00:03:38,990 --> 00:03:39,810 What, daisy-chaining? 126 00:03:39,810 --> 00:03:41,450 No, I don't think there's any point daisy-chaining them, 127 00:03:41,450 --> 00:03:42,550 but running all four of them. 128 00:03:42,550 --> 00:03:43,370 Yes. 129 00:03:43,370 --> 00:03:44,190 You could. 130 00:03:44,190 --> 00:03:45,030 Let's do it. 131 00:03:45,030 --> 00:03:45,870 Just try daisy-chaining it once. 132 00:03:45,870 --> 00:03:47,110 Okay, turn the power supply off. 133 00:03:47,110 --> 00:03:47,950 All right. 134 00:03:47,950 --> 00:03:48,790 If you factor out the- 135 00:03:48,790 --> 00:03:49,630 Really? 136 00:03:49,630 --> 00:03:50,820 Shorting out the board. 137 00:03:50,820 --> 00:03:52,080 Oh, power move. 138 00:03:53,920 --> 00:03:54,760 You know what? 139 00:03:54,760 --> 00:03:55,600 It did it. 140 00:03:55,600 --> 00:03:57,400 That FPS though is not, 141 00:03:57,400 --> 00:03:58,700 this was not ideal. 142 00:03:58,700 --> 00:03:59,520 Okay. 143 00:03:59,520 --> 00:04:00,360 Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. 144 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:01,200 We lost. 145 00:04:01,200 --> 00:04:02,500 We just cut our FPS in half. 146 00:04:02,500 --> 00:04:04,800 Just see how many noobs you can pwn. 147 00:04:04,800 --> 00:04:05,660 That's pretty rough. 148 00:04:05,840 --> 00:04:06,940 Oh! 149 00:04:06,940 --> 00:04:08,460 Man, you're time traveling. 150 00:04:08,460 --> 00:04:10,460 For your consideration, 151 00:04:10,460 --> 00:04:13,760 you have before you a system that could enable you 152 00:04:13,760 --> 00:04:18,580 to place a GPU anywhere in your house 153 00:04:18,580 --> 00:04:22,520 while keeping your regular PC right next to you. 154 00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:25,690 So, pretty awesome. 155 00:04:25,690 --> 00:04:27,690 But at what cost? 156 00:04:27,690 --> 00:04:30,110 At the cost of a few frames. 157 00:04:30,110 --> 00:04:30,930 A few. 158 00:04:30,930 --> 00:04:31,750 What is that? 159 00:04:31,750 --> 00:04:34,960 What are frames? 160 00:04:34,960 --> 00:04:38,920 And here we have a PCI oscilloscope. 161 00:04:39,520 --> 00:04:41,540 Whoa. 162 00:04:41,540 --> 00:04:43,720 Wait, it's PCI? 163 00:04:43,720 --> 00:04:44,560 Oh. 164 00:04:44,560 --> 00:04:45,560 Oh. 165 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:47,740 How does that work? 166 00:04:47,740 --> 00:04:48,700 Wait, how does that work? 167 00:04:48,700 --> 00:04:52,480 Well, I assumed you would get at least a PCI express card. 168 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:53,320 Oh! 169 00:04:53,320 --> 00:04:54,160 Excuse me. 170 00:04:55,140 --> 00:04:58,660 I thought there was sort of a minimum bar here for like- 171 00:04:58,660 --> 00:05:03,060 Actually, you told me specifically PCIe or PCI. 172 00:05:03,060 --> 00:05:03,900 That's true. 173 00:05:03,900 --> 00:05:06,040 This was a conversation that we had. 174 00:05:06,040 --> 00:05:07,560 Okay, well then why didn't your test bench 175 00:05:07,560 --> 00:05:08,780 have a PCI slot on it, smart guy? 176 00:05:08,780 --> 00:05:11,740 Well, I wasn't expecting anybody to do it, 177 00:05:11,740 --> 00:05:14,800 especially for something that costs $600. 178 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:15,640 More like seven. 179 00:05:15,640 --> 00:05:16,980 $700. 180 00:05:16,980 --> 00:05:18,180 Are those PCIs? 181 00:05:18,180 --> 00:05:19,620 No, those are PCI-X. 182 00:05:19,620 --> 00:05:20,520 See you later. 183 00:05:23,140 --> 00:05:24,680 What are those? 184 00:05:24,680 --> 00:05:25,840 Is that the right one? 185 00:05:25,840 --> 00:05:27,820 No, that's not that. 186 00:05:27,820 --> 00:05:29,080 That's not a PCI, right? 187 00:05:29,080 --> 00:05:29,920 Yeah, that's PCI. 188 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:30,860 Wait, what? 189 00:05:30,860 --> 00:05:32,160 We can't. 190 00:05:32,160 --> 00:05:33,300 Yeah, nothing's happening. 191 00:05:33,300 --> 00:05:35,020 Yeah, it doesn't post with it in it, 192 00:05:35,020 --> 00:05:41,030 so there's nothing that we can reconfigure to. 193 00:05:41,030 --> 00:05:41,870 So, this is something 194 00:05:41,870 --> 00:05:45,030 that is actually pretty cool for me. 195 00:05:45,030 --> 00:05:46,890 So, that's a 7950GX2. 196 00:05:46,890 --> 00:05:47,730 Yes. 197 00:05:47,730 --> 00:05:49,190 I thought this was super cool 198 00:05:49,190 --> 00:05:50,630 because I had never seen 199 00:05:50,630 --> 00:05:53,430 that this is how they used to actually do dual GPU cards. 200 00:05:53,430 --> 00:05:54,270 Basic. 201 00:05:54,270 --> 00:05:55,630 It's literally two, 202 00:05:55,630 --> 00:05:56,770 Riley didn't even know. 203 00:05:56,770 --> 00:05:57,730 I think it's cool. 204 00:05:57,730 --> 00:05:58,570 Yeah. 205 00:05:58,570 --> 00:05:59,510 I've never seen this. 206 00:05:59,510 --> 00:06:02,470 Instead of like your Titan Z, Zed, whatever, 207 00:06:02,470 --> 00:06:03,550 if you're Canadian or not, 208 00:06:03,550 --> 00:06:05,310 how they had those two GPUs on one card, 209 00:06:05,310 --> 00:06:07,550 they actually just gave you two cards 210 00:06:07,550 --> 00:06:09,650 that were like duct taped together 211 00:06:09,650 --> 00:06:11,870 and you get one slot and you just stick it in. 212 00:06:11,870 --> 00:06:14,850 And that's how you did quad SLI back in the day. 213 00:06:14,850 --> 00:06:15,690 GPU sandwich. 214 00:06:15,690 --> 00:06:16,550 You made two of these. 215 00:06:16,550 --> 00:06:17,990 Yeah. 216 00:06:17,990 --> 00:06:19,530 So, this one apparently worked, 217 00:06:19,530 --> 00:06:20,750 but when I got it, 218 00:06:20,750 --> 00:06:22,890 actually had one of the capacitors knocked off 219 00:06:22,890 --> 00:06:24,230 and then this one was like falling off. 220 00:06:24,230 --> 00:06:25,830 So, did you hot glue it on? 221 00:06:25,830 --> 00:06:26,670 No, hold on. 222 00:06:26,670 --> 00:06:28,330 I stole this capacitor from another motherboard 223 00:06:28,330 --> 00:06:30,890 because the leads were broken 224 00:06:30,890 --> 00:06:32,990 and then to kind of keep it from breaking, 225 00:06:32,990 --> 00:06:35,690 I put some hot glue on there as a sort of elastic. 226 00:06:35,690 --> 00:06:37,590 So, hopefully it works. 227 00:06:37,590 --> 00:06:40,290 I put a lot of, that genuinely took me like an hour. 228 00:06:40,290 --> 00:06:41,730 This was back when they used to 229 00:06:42,130 --> 00:06:45,710 really falsely advertise these cards. 230 00:06:45,710 --> 00:06:50,430 So, it's got one gig, 512 bit on the back, 231 00:06:50,430 --> 00:06:52,190 but I'm pretty sure what they mean is 232 00:06:52,190 --> 00:06:55,230 two times 512 megabytes. 233 00:06:55,230 --> 00:06:56,510 Let's check our eBay ad here. 234 00:06:56,510 --> 00:06:57,350 256 bit. 235 00:06:57,350 --> 00:06:59,250 Oh, I'm looking at the card itself. 236 00:06:59,250 --> 00:07:01,430 I'm saying our eBay seller was an honest guy. 237 00:07:01,430 --> 00:07:02,270 Okay. 238 00:07:02,270 --> 00:07:03,670 He said two by half a gig. 239 00:07:03,670 --> 00:07:04,510 Okay. 240 00:07:04,510 --> 00:07:05,330 He's a good guy. 241 00:07:05,330 --> 00:07:06,170 Oh my God, it worked. 242 00:07:06,170 --> 00:07:07,010 Yay! 243 00:07:07,010 --> 00:07:07,850 Shut up. 244 00:07:07,850 --> 00:07:09,690 That's sweet. 245 00:07:09,690 --> 00:07:10,570 I don't know. 246 00:07:10,570 --> 00:07:12,350 Getting pretty close to Alex territory. 247 00:07:12,350 --> 00:07:13,450 Here. 248 00:07:13,450 --> 00:07:14,730 Hey, the computer turned on. 249 00:07:14,730 --> 00:07:16,130 That's true. 250 00:07:16,130 --> 00:07:17,310 That's pretty different. 251 00:07:17,310 --> 00:07:18,990 You're on the podium. 252 00:07:18,990 --> 00:07:20,430 You can believe whatever you want. 253 00:07:20,430 --> 00:07:23,030 There's no way there's a Windows 10 driver. 254 00:07:23,030 --> 00:07:26,110 I'd be surprised if there's a Windows 7 driver for this. 255 00:07:26,110 --> 00:07:28,770 That's a dead video card. 256 00:07:28,770 --> 00:07:30,290 He said it was working. 257 00:07:30,290 --> 00:07:35,290 So, these look like dead pixels kind of, but they're not. 258 00:07:35,650 --> 00:07:37,270 Please don't waste time DDUing it. 259 00:07:37,270 --> 00:07:39,030 Just, you can try and install your driver, 260 00:07:39,030 --> 00:07:42,070 but like it's not gonna work and your card is broken. 261 00:07:42,070 --> 00:07:43,170 It lets you select it. 262 00:07:43,170 --> 00:07:46,430 And then it's like, yeah. 263 00:07:46,430 --> 00:07:49,130 I can't believe how much money you guys spent on- 264 00:07:49,130 --> 00:07:50,370 $70. 265 00:07:50,370 --> 00:07:52,410 And not working hardware. 266 00:07:52,410 --> 00:07:53,670 It was damaged in shipping though. 267 00:07:53,670 --> 00:07:55,630 30 bucks. 268 00:07:55,630 --> 00:07:57,850 You don't sound convinced. 269 00:07:57,850 --> 00:07:58,980 Yes! 270 00:07:58,980 --> 00:07:59,820 Woo! 271 00:07:59,820 --> 00:08:00,660 We're in the BIOS. 272 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:07,140 Oh, and this is the deluxe. 273 00:08:07,140 --> 00:08:08,220 Nice. 274 00:08:09,870 --> 00:08:10,710 All right. 275 00:08:10,710 --> 00:08:11,550 Get them. 276 00:08:11,550 --> 00:08:12,390 Nice. 277 00:08:12,390 --> 00:08:13,230 We're really- 278 00:08:13,230 --> 00:08:13,530 Nice. 279 00:08:13,730 --> 00:08:16,550 It's like a horse race where the horse and race in first. 280 00:08:16,550 --> 00:08:17,390 Okay. 281 00:08:17,390 --> 00:08:19,070 So you have other problems coming for you though. 282 00:08:19,070 --> 00:08:21,010 No race defined. 283 00:08:21,010 --> 00:08:23,430 What OS were you planning to boot here? 284 00:08:24,420 --> 00:08:26,320 I have Windows 7 32 bit. 285 00:08:26,320 --> 00:08:27,160 Oh yeah. 286 00:08:27,160 --> 00:08:28,000 On that drive. 287 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:28,840 Oh yeah? 288 00:08:28,840 --> 00:08:29,680 Yeah. 289 00:08:29,680 --> 00:08:30,520 Oh yeah. 290 00:08:30,520 --> 00:08:31,360 Is that not gonna happen? 291 00:08:31,360 --> 00:08:32,180 No. 292 00:08:32,180 --> 00:08:33,020 No? 293 00:08:33,020 --> 00:08:33,860 Okay. 294 00:08:33,860 --> 00:08:35,320 What do I boot on this? 295 00:08:35,320 --> 00:08:36,180 XP. 296 00:08:36,180 --> 00:08:37,420 Oh, Jesus. 297 00:08:37,420 --> 00:08:39,560 Oh, it's working. 298 00:08:39,560 --> 00:08:41,790 Look at these pads. 299 00:08:41,790 --> 00:08:42,630 Okay, to be fair. 300 00:08:42,630 --> 00:08:43,490 It's like this graphics card. 301 00:08:43,490 --> 00:08:45,610 This graphics card transports the character models 302 00:08:45,610 --> 00:08:47,350 back to the era it came from. 303 00:08:48,670 --> 00:08:51,270 Are you telling me right now that this is working 304 00:08:51,270 --> 00:08:54,350 because I'm physically holding a capacitor in place 305 00:08:54,350 --> 00:08:55,270 on the graphics card? 306 00:08:55,270 --> 00:08:57,010 Let's try that and go in a minute. 307 00:08:57,010 --> 00:08:58,210 Like, is your finger comfortable? 308 00:08:58,210 --> 00:08:59,050 Are you good? 309 00:08:59,050 --> 00:09:01,370 It's kind of warm, but I'm fine. 310 00:09:02,660 --> 00:09:03,500 All right. 311 00:09:03,500 --> 00:09:04,760 How do we save? 312 00:09:04,760 --> 00:09:06,380 I assume that just saved. 313 00:09:06,380 --> 00:09:07,220 Don't, why would you- 314 00:09:07,220 --> 00:09:08,060 Oh my God. 315 00:09:08,060 --> 00:09:08,900 What? 316 00:09:08,900 --> 00:09:09,740 No way! 317 00:09:09,740 --> 00:09:10,580 You have to get a shot. 318 00:09:10,580 --> 00:09:11,420 Can you please play? 319 00:09:11,420 --> 00:09:12,260 Oh. 320 00:09:12,260 --> 00:09:13,100 I saw it. 321 00:09:13,100 --> 00:09:15,400 This is starting to burn my finger. 322 00:09:15,400 --> 00:09:16,980 Here, tag me in, buddy. 323 00:09:16,980 --> 00:09:18,780 Oh, you gotta, you can't just let. 324 00:09:20,300 --> 00:09:21,140 What? 325 00:09:21,140 --> 00:09:21,980 That's what did it? 326 00:09:21,980 --> 00:09:22,820 It just stopped? 327 00:09:22,820 --> 00:09:23,660 You can't just let go. 328 00:09:23,660 --> 00:09:25,020 It stopped as soon as I let go. 329 00:09:25,020 --> 00:09:27,020 Oh, this thing is holding on the power. 330 00:09:27,020 --> 00:09:27,860 Oh, Colonel. 331 00:09:29,240 --> 00:09:30,700 That's, that's Jake right there. 332 00:09:30,700 --> 00:09:32,960 Why did you let go? 333 00:09:32,960 --> 00:09:34,700 Look at my finger. 334 00:09:34,700 --> 00:09:35,540 Look at my finger. 335 00:09:35,540 --> 00:09:36,380 Give me a shot of it. 336 00:09:36,380 --> 00:09:37,220 I'm just gonna give it the old. 337 00:09:37,220 --> 00:09:38,490 Oh God. 338 00:09:38,490 --> 00:09:41,110 There we are. 339 00:09:41,110 --> 00:09:44,530 Literally repairing this graphics card with scotch tape. 340 00:09:44,670 --> 00:09:45,510 And the same artifacts. 341 00:09:45,510 --> 00:09:46,810 That's crappy. 342 00:09:46,810 --> 00:09:48,990 Wait, are you telling me that the tape is doing a better job 343 00:09:48,990 --> 00:09:51,110 than Riley ever could? 344 00:09:51,110 --> 00:09:52,470 My finger was burning. 345 00:09:52,470 --> 00:09:53,410 You let go of it. 346 00:09:53,410 --> 00:09:54,250 You could have like- 347 00:09:54,250 --> 00:09:55,610 What do you want me to do? 348 00:09:55,610 --> 00:09:56,450 Okay, it's working. 349 00:09:56,450 --> 00:09:57,970 Claiming at about eight FPS. 350 00:09:57,970 --> 00:10:00,490 Oh, I got, I assisted. 351 00:10:01,490 --> 00:10:02,550 Oh, okay. 352 00:10:02,550 --> 00:10:04,390 No artifacts. 353 00:10:04,390 --> 00:10:07,030 No artifacts, it's the best GPU. 354 00:10:08,210 --> 00:10:12,050 No artifacts to speak of. 355 00:10:12,050 --> 00:10:13,810 This is exactly what we need right now. 356 00:10:13,810 --> 00:10:16,110 You plug this in, it's a fan. 357 00:10:16,110 --> 00:10:18,130 Ostensibly, it just blows air right away. 358 00:10:18,130 --> 00:10:19,650 And the bonus part is- 359 00:10:19,650 --> 00:10:20,930 Right away. 360 00:10:20,930 --> 00:10:23,150 It can cool down your glued on capacitors 361 00:10:23,150 --> 00:10:24,510 and make your other stuff work. 362 00:10:24,510 --> 00:10:25,350 Was this planned? 363 00:10:25,350 --> 00:10:26,790 Value on value. 364 00:10:26,790 --> 00:10:27,610 Was this planned? 365 00:10:27,610 --> 00:10:28,950 No, that's just how handy these are. 366 00:10:28,950 --> 00:10:30,170 You need this in your life right now. 367 00:10:30,170 --> 00:10:31,430 Let me show you how this works. 368 00:10:31,430 --> 00:10:32,670 You know what's really good about them? 369 00:10:32,670 --> 00:10:34,910 I'm pretty sure the plastic is UV reactive. 370 00:10:34,910 --> 00:10:38,720 Jesus. 371 00:10:38,720 --> 00:10:40,260 We really need it. 372 00:10:40,260 --> 00:10:42,460 This is how those infomercials always start. 373 00:10:45,610 --> 00:10:47,530 Look, the package says- 374 00:10:47,530 --> 00:10:48,370 Comes with headphones. 375 00:10:48,370 --> 00:10:49,610 Light it up. 376 00:10:50,400 --> 00:10:51,640 It's lit. 377 00:10:51,640 --> 00:10:52,480 What the heck? 378 00:10:53,860 --> 00:10:55,040 This doesn't even count. 379 00:10:55,040 --> 00:10:57,480 It doesn't even have anything. 380 00:10:57,480 --> 00:10:58,800 We might need to modify it. 381 00:10:58,800 --> 00:11:01,240 The slot, like, yeah, it slots in. 382 00:11:01,240 --> 00:11:02,260 It's for PCI. 383 00:11:02,260 --> 00:11:03,900 This is super old. 384 00:11:03,900 --> 00:11:07,640 Oh, we can use it to cool my stuff. 385 00:11:07,640 --> 00:11:10,560 I think it came with Amazon Prime, actually. 386 00:11:10,560 --> 00:11:12,340 This was in stock, ready to go. 387 00:11:12,340 --> 00:11:14,320 I'm confused as to like, 388 00:11:14,320 --> 00:11:16,620 why does it look like it's a children's toy 389 00:11:16,620 --> 00:11:18,180 from a dollar store? 390 00:11:18,180 --> 00:11:19,860 Because this used to be the style 391 00:11:19,860 --> 00:11:20,780 when it came to like, 392 00:11:20,780 --> 00:11:22,120 hardcore PC modding. 393 00:11:22,120 --> 00:11:23,240 I'm not even joking. 394 00:11:23,240 --> 00:11:27,060 Unlike some people, I only spent $20. 395 00:11:27,060 --> 00:11:29,020 But wait, there's more. 396 00:11:29,020 --> 00:11:31,400 Look at this little dial. 397 00:11:31,400 --> 00:11:35,290 You can go from low to high AF. 398 00:11:35,290 --> 00:11:40,360 It does fit in a PCIe slot, sort of. 399 00:11:40,360 --> 00:11:42,640 So it's going to blow air at the front. 400 00:11:42,640 --> 00:11:44,280 What about the- 401 00:11:44,280 --> 00:11:47,340 Thank goodness for ROG shielding stuff. 402 00:11:47,340 --> 00:11:49,000 Okay, it's fine, I'll do it. 403 00:11:52,080 --> 00:11:52,920 Okay. 404 00:11:52,920 --> 00:11:53,620 Um. Here we go. 405 00:11:53,620 --> 00:11:55,500 Here we go, ladies and gentlemen. 406 00:11:55,500 --> 00:11:56,780 I'll put it down on the low setting. 407 00:11:56,780 --> 00:11:58,040 Oh my God. 408 00:11:58,040 --> 00:12:00,440 And it turned off, but the lights are on. 409 00:12:01,500 --> 00:12:03,420 Little lower, little lower, yep. 410 00:12:03,420 --> 00:12:04,940 Is it too much? 411 00:12:04,940 --> 00:12:08,100 One fan works. 412 00:12:08,100 --> 00:12:09,360 Wait, really? 413 00:12:09,360 --> 00:12:11,080 It might not be enough power. 414 00:12:11,080 --> 00:12:14,020 No, it's plenty of power. 415 00:12:14,020 --> 00:12:16,580 Barely even blowing any air. 416 00:12:16,580 --> 00:12:18,020 Okay, so James is done. 417 00:12:18,020 --> 00:12:18,860 I still need to go. 418 00:12:18,860 --> 00:12:21,880 But in the meantime, we have an update over in Alex land. 419 00:12:21,880 --> 00:12:23,880 We have a hard drive detected. 420 00:12:24,260 --> 00:12:26,330 Optical drive detected. 421 00:12:26,330 --> 00:12:34,650 And theoretically, we have a Windows XP boot CD. 422 00:12:34,650 --> 00:12:38,450 Have you ever seen an Ethernet card this small? 423 00:12:38,450 --> 00:12:39,950 Yeah, the one that I'd had. 424 00:12:39,950 --> 00:12:42,070 Yeah, but it's USB. 425 00:12:42,070 --> 00:12:43,190 Oh, an Ethernet card. 426 00:12:46,950 --> 00:12:49,410 This is how I intend to plug it in. 427 00:12:49,410 --> 00:12:54,180 Now, you'll have to give me a moment, gentlemen. 428 00:12:54,180 --> 00:12:57,370 Ahem. 429 00:12:57,370 --> 00:13:01,230 So first, I will be needing, ah, yes. 430 00:13:01,230 --> 00:13:06,230 The Vakind mini PCIe to PCIe converter wireless. 431 00:13:08,050 --> 00:13:09,700 This. 432 00:13:09,700 --> 00:13:11,160 Oh, I wait, that's not that interesting. 433 00:13:11,160 --> 00:13:12,000 All right. 434 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:13,640 I need an iFixit kit as well. 435 00:13:13,640 --> 00:13:16,880 I, I have my sincere doubts as to whether 436 00:13:16,880 --> 00:13:18,440 or not this is going to work. 437 00:13:18,440 --> 00:13:22,720 At this point, we have gone from PCI Express 1X 438 00:13:22,720 --> 00:13:25,460 to mini PCIe to PCMCIA. 439 00:13:27,690 --> 00:13:30,350 I just need this. 440 00:13:30,350 --> 00:13:31,810 Here. 441 00:13:31,810 --> 00:13:32,730 Here we go. 442 00:13:34,030 --> 00:13:37,110 So this goes in, this is PCMCIA. 443 00:13:37,110 --> 00:13:39,070 It was an old laptop expansion standard. 444 00:13:39,070 --> 00:13:41,100 Is it going this way? 445 00:13:41,100 --> 00:13:41,940 This way or this way? 446 00:13:41,940 --> 00:13:44,060 I don't actually know. 447 00:13:44,060 --> 00:13:45,080 That way. 448 00:13:45,080 --> 00:13:46,140 Yep, okay. 449 00:13:46,140 --> 00:13:46,980 Cool. 450 00:13:46,980 --> 00:13:48,140 I like that spring action. 451 00:13:48,140 --> 00:13:52,530 To USB. 452 00:13:52,530 --> 00:13:54,140 Wait, what? 453 00:13:54,140 --> 00:13:55,820 Hold on, ladies and gentlemen. 454 00:13:55,820 --> 00:13:58,440 Is the USB port on the end of the PC and the CIA? 455 00:13:58,440 --> 00:14:00,300 Okay, to- 456 00:14:00,300 --> 00:14:02,040 Riley, he might be able to get this farther away 457 00:14:02,040 --> 00:14:03,800 from his PC than even yours. 458 00:14:03,800 --> 00:14:08,050 Dual PCI Express 16X. 459 00:14:08,050 --> 00:14:11,750 Then we've got a PCI Express 4X interface 460 00:14:11,750 --> 00:14:13,930 at the bottom of this card here 461 00:14:13,930 --> 00:14:18,830 that we have adapted, using this card, to U.2. 462 00:14:18,830 --> 00:14:23,830 Then we've got a U.2 to M.2 board installed in that, 463 00:14:24,070 --> 00:14:28,870 which has an M.2 to U.2, the other end, 464 00:14:28,870 --> 00:14:31,530 like mini SAS HD, whatever this is called. 465 00:14:31,530 --> 00:14:35,970 Then we've got a mini SAS HD to U.2 over here, 466 00:14:35,970 --> 00:14:39,990 plugged into a board that does U.2 to PCI Express 4X, 467 00:14:39,990 --> 00:14:43,370 where finally we have installed a network card. 468 00:14:43,370 --> 00:14:45,570 Now, will this work? 469 00:14:45,570 --> 00:14:47,150 I have no idea. 470 00:14:47,150 --> 00:14:49,570 It doesn't smell like my ex graphics card. 471 00:14:49,570 --> 00:14:52,400 Something just burned. 472 00:14:52,400 --> 00:14:53,900 Oh. 473 00:14:53,900 --> 00:14:54,720 That smells. 474 00:14:55,720 --> 00:14:56,990 Yep. 475 00:14:56,990 --> 00:14:59,050 Oh, what happened? 476 00:14:59,050 --> 00:15:00,630 I like that smell. 477 00:15:03,220 --> 00:15:05,400 Hold on a minute. 478 00:15:05,400 --> 00:15:08,100 No, I still have an entry. 479 00:15:09,160 --> 00:15:14,160 Because I did convert back to PCI Express at some point, 480 00:15:14,160 --> 00:15:18,120 I can cut out some parts of my chain here. 481 00:15:18,120 --> 00:15:23,120 My submission is a PCI Express to U.2, to M.2, to U.2, 482 00:15:25,960 --> 00:15:30,960 to U.2, to PCI Express 4X, to network adapter. 483 00:15:34,770 --> 00:15:35,810 Get out of my way. 484 00:15:35,810 --> 00:15:37,530 Whoa! 485 00:15:37,530 --> 00:15:38,810 The disrespect. 486 00:15:38,810 --> 00:15:41,150 Well, the slot that I wanted to plug into is broken 487 00:15:41,150 --> 00:15:42,650 because of my previous attempt. 488 00:15:42,650 --> 00:15:48,230 I wonder if my network card is dead. 489 00:15:48,230 --> 00:15:49,570 Okay, because even that didn't work. 490 00:15:49,570 --> 00:15:51,190 This should be pretty straightforward. 491 00:15:51,190 --> 00:15:53,190 This is just PCIe to... 492 00:15:53,190 --> 00:15:54,030 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 493 00:15:54,030 --> 00:15:58,170 Now, hold on just a gosh darn minute here. 494 00:15:58,170 --> 00:15:59,070 The whole time. 495 00:15:59,070 --> 00:16:00,790 Is it just a bad network card? 496 00:16:00,790 --> 00:16:04,230 Oh, because that's why it was going to set on fire, right? 497 00:16:04,230 --> 00:16:05,070 Okay, right? 498 00:16:05,070 --> 00:16:05,910 All right. 499 00:16:05,910 --> 00:16:07,850 It honestly feels the same on both sides. 500 00:16:07,850 --> 00:16:09,990 Okay, wait for it. 501 00:16:09,990 --> 00:16:10,830 I don't know. 502 00:16:10,830 --> 00:16:11,910 That's because the air is going in, though. 503 00:16:11,910 --> 00:16:13,910 This is it, ladies and gentlemen. 504 00:16:13,910 --> 00:16:14,190 My time. 505 00:16:14,190 --> 00:16:15,270 My time to shine. 506 00:16:17,440 --> 00:16:19,140 It's my time in the sun. 507 00:16:19,140 --> 00:16:20,700 You know what this is like? 508 00:16:21,620 --> 00:16:22,600 Let me speak your language. 509 00:16:22,600 --> 00:16:24,400 It's like in Fortnite, 510 00:16:24,400 --> 00:16:26,860 when you get shot and you're crawling around, 511 00:16:26,860 --> 00:16:27,980 but you're not dead yet, 512 00:16:27,980 --> 00:16:29,580 but there's no way you're going to win. 513 00:16:29,580 --> 00:16:32,200 Yeah. 514 00:16:32,200 --> 00:16:33,830 That's these two. 515 00:16:33,830 --> 00:16:34,890 Just log out. 516 00:16:34,890 --> 00:16:35,730 Nope. 517 00:16:35,730 --> 00:16:36,690 Turn your computer off. 518 00:16:36,690 --> 00:16:39,070 I'm installing drivers as we speak. 519 00:16:39,070 --> 00:16:42,110 I am moments away from having this fully operational. 520 00:16:42,110 --> 00:16:43,710 Okay, okay. 521 00:16:43,710 --> 00:16:48,710 My entry is... 522 00:16:48,710 --> 00:16:50,870 This graphics card. 523 00:16:50,870 --> 00:16:51,710 What? 524 00:16:51,710 --> 00:16:53,910 I mean, network card. 525 00:16:53,910 --> 00:16:55,090 Isn't it adorable? 526 00:16:55,090 --> 00:16:56,210 Oh, that's cute. 527 00:16:56,210 --> 00:16:57,050 Yeah, wow. 528 00:16:57,050 --> 00:16:58,030 Yeah, wow. 529 00:16:58,030 --> 00:17:00,450 You didn't kill anything in putting that in. 530 00:17:00,450 --> 00:17:04,080 Yay, I've got a link. 531 00:17:04,080 --> 00:17:04,920 Can we get close up? 532 00:17:04,920 --> 00:17:07,480 Meanwhile, over in Alex land, how are we doing? 533 00:17:07,480 --> 00:17:10,260 So it seems like it is working. 534 00:17:10,260 --> 00:17:11,960 Here it is, I think. 535 00:17:11,960 --> 00:17:12,800 Yeah. 536 00:17:14,620 --> 00:17:16,800 So now we just need a program to use it. 537 00:17:19,410 --> 00:17:21,210 You didn't even know what program? 538 00:17:21,210 --> 00:17:23,870 So we would need to install LabVIEW 539 00:17:23,870 --> 00:17:25,810 and then it should work just fine. 540 00:17:25,810 --> 00:17:27,990 How much is a LabVIEW license? 541 00:17:27,990 --> 00:17:28,830 I don't know. 542 00:17:28,830 --> 00:17:29,670 Okay. 543 00:17:29,670 --> 00:17:31,950 I think we just have to do the voting now. 544 00:17:31,950 --> 00:17:34,550 You have to vote for two people. 545 00:17:34,550 --> 00:17:37,870 And the competition is without any real guidelines, 546 00:17:37,870 --> 00:17:41,270 the weirdest PCI or PCIe device. 547 00:17:41,270 --> 00:17:42,450 The weirdest. 548 00:17:42,450 --> 00:17:45,690 Starting with the most disappointing thing of tonight, 549 00:17:45,690 --> 00:17:48,270 me and James with just one vote. 550 00:17:48,270 --> 00:17:49,270 Oh. 551 00:17:49,270 --> 00:17:50,450 And then you get Linus with two. 552 00:17:50,450 --> 00:17:51,290 With two. 553 00:17:51,290 --> 00:17:52,830 Hey, I'm on the podium, baby. 554 00:17:52,830 --> 00:17:53,670 With two. 555 00:17:53,670 --> 00:17:55,260 Yeah. 556 00:17:55,260 --> 00:17:56,400 And then it's Alex with four. 557 00:17:56,400 --> 00:17:57,240 So we all suck. 558 00:17:57,240 --> 00:17:58,060 Woo! 559 00:17:58,060 --> 00:17:58,880 Yeah. 560 00:17:58,880 --> 00:18:00,740 So I'm happy to present you today. 561 00:18:00,740 --> 00:18:01,660 That's it? 562 00:18:01,660 --> 00:18:02,580 Just shut up. 563 00:18:03,640 --> 00:18:06,960 I don't know how to open it, but this is a quality. 564 00:18:06,960 --> 00:18:07,920 We have scissors. 565 00:18:07,920 --> 00:18:09,080 No, it's good. 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