Don't Do This With Your PC
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- čas přidán 30. 01. 2023
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We answer straightforward tech questions from around the internet - what do you do if your PC fans are rattling? Can you put a PC in your luggage? And can you add more VRAM to your graphics card?
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Some quick tech tips? Now that's a true tech quickie!
@sidda Gaming nah ya scammers are crazy!
@@adriancandelario2902 just reported them…
Some quick tech tips? Now that's a true tech quickie!
Back in the mid-1980s, I was a field tech that used to fly between Chicago and Boston. I used to carry my computer boards and tools in carry-on luggage, and at one point needed to carry some extra parts and tools in a regular cardboard box even though the majority of the parts were already shipped. The looks by the airline and terminal employees was priceless.
I had lint in my pocket in 2006 and TSA pulled me aside because they thought it was C-4. Only the best and brightest work at the TSA. 🙃
@@dakoderii4221 The full body scanner had picked up a different color on my back, so they had to pat me down and feel my sweaty back that had been waiting in their long TSA line with a backpack on. I just laughed and said, "that's sweat, man. I've had this bag on for awhile". He was so grossed out that it made it all worth it.
@@jonmayer 😂
I knew Google was tracking my search history, but damn LTT, et tu?
The only question you missed was, "what do I do with the glass side panel on the plane so it doesn't shatter?"
@mygenericusername I used to work at a glass manufacturing shop. We shipped glass panels by wrapping it entirely in 2 layers (minimum) of cardboard and folding the cardboard over the edges. If it's tempered glass we only wrapped around the edges like a picture frame because the face of tempered glass is ridiculously strong & the edges are tempered glass' weakness also we weren't worried about it getting scratched. But if you are worried about it getting scratch then definitely just wrap it entirely.
@@jessiejames1681 Thanks for the useful info 👍
Because of how much I travel for work (and how much frustration I had with laptops having issues) I built a computer specifically designed to be easily transportable. It's roughly the size and shape of a briefcase (even has a handle on the case, thanks Silverstone), has all solid state storage, an ultra-low profile cpu cooler and a small form factor 2070 mounted on a bolt down riser and secured with a bracket. Unless you have a pc specifically designed for travel like this, be super careful traveling with them (even if you're driving not flying. That nasty pothole that spilled your coffee might just dislodge your GPU too)
@Sakshi gaming I am so glad CZcams fixed comments and bots!
That's a great system using modern components. Companies did this in the past but seemed to have forgotten that format for everything smaller.
I have a Visual V1083 from 1983/84. The system is a brief case type computer that weighs about 22 lbs. and has an 8088, 512K of RAM, 2x 5-1/4", 1.2MB floppies, composite and 9-pin VGA video, a 25-line LCD display integrated into the cover, a parallel port, 2 serial ports and an IBM expansion port. The long obsolete expansion port was used to add in hard disks and additional ISA bus cards into the original IBM PC. As old as the system is, it still works today.
what's Silverstone?
@@-WhatTheActualHay-A Silverstone is a unit of measurement.
@@-WhatTheActualHay- component manufacturer
The issue with graphics cards made me realize why OEM Gaming or Workstation PCs often have braced graphics cards. They need the heavy coolers to cool high performance parts but they don’t want users to have to either install the parts or pull out expanding foam since doing that for 100+ PCs in an office would take a lot of time and Timmy whose parents bought a PC off Best Buy or Walmart, either doesn’t know how to do it or is not comfortable with it.
going through airport security with PC components can be a hassle especially coming back through an international terminal, last time I came back into the states I got stopped by CBP and questioned for an hour 🙄
Most that happened to me was a question "Can you open it?"
I answered "Yes, if you give me a screwdriver". He thought about it for a second, did an anti drug test (or maybe an anti explosives test, the one where they rub a pad and put it on a machine) and it was all good. No need to open it.
Now imagine the hassle I've had when going through airport security with my mom years ago and she had a pack of 24 tuning forks with her... almost missed our flight explaining that tuning forks are really very harmless when kept out of the hands of Jet Li, Jackie Chan and Jason Statham. And since none of the aforementioned were booked on that particular flight, they eventually let us pass.
@@danieloberhofer9035 "I have no idea what this is, so it _obviously_ must be dangerous or illegal."
- Airport Security
@Sakshi gaming balls
@@JanTuts That's most people's logic. Fear of the unknown. Problem is, in modern society, delusional fears are applauded and any attempts to inject reason and logic are considered "hateful" and "offensive". Everyone runs around scared of minor things(such as the flu) and hand over control of all aspects of their life to the "experts" to keep them "safe".
For the can and cable issue that is exactly why I use fan-grills on a lot of my fans, especially in tight spaces.
and to keep the look for the visible ones I add grills to fans where it is not needed just to keep aesthetics.
I travel from Hawaii to Ohio to visit family quite a bit - I always disassemble my PC and put the parts in my personal item bag and carry them with me at all times. Then the case goes into checked luggage w/ my clothes n such. Never had an issue. Sometimes TSA will want you to put all the components in separate bins, but otherwise, no trouble.
Usually some people will spot my GPU and it actually strikes up some conversations if anyones a gamer.
i’m glad we live in a time where TSA workers don’t automatically assume any computer part is a terrorist device
A series of videos where you explain what specs you should pay attention to in order to compare PC components would be sweet
Lol, I made my ITX gaming pc just to travel on an airplane with it on a backpack.
Been running for three years with no problems, about 50 flights by now.
Hello fellow SFF enjoyer!
50 flights in three years? Damn.
@@Ironbull200 Yeah, the wonderful life of someone who studied (and now works) far from home.
@@KeiNakazawa Hello fellow SFF enthusiast!
I have no immediate travel plans but I do plan to downsize my PC. I did find a small form factor case that'll fit a full size ATX board.
That Vram one is a good one as my 3070Ti is quick enough for more than the 8GB vram it has. I wondered if not getting more vram when upgrading from my 1080 was a good idea. it wasn't, and i'm regretting it now.
And 3060 has 12 GB of VRAM -_-. As a neural network enthusiast, and a gamer, I hate Nvidia's marketing team.
@@MrIse2 i really should've gone AMD especially since I keep saying I want to switch to Linux for years now. I might just buy Intel Battle mage after this honestly.
@@MrIse2 you can blame memory bus widths for that partially. They didnt want to give the 3060 a 256 bit bus like the 3070 and 3070ti, so they went with a 192 bit bus. On a 192 bit bus nvidia can stick either 6 or 12gb of memory on that, and if they put 6gb on a 60 class card that came out in 2021 they would of gotten deservedly roasted for it.
nvidia's stinginess with vram on 600+$ cards is ridiculous.
@@SrApathy33 Going Intel and Linux simultaniously is a recepie for a bad time. I don't beleve Arc team would provide good, or even any drivers any time soon.
Going AMD/Linux should be mostly fine, but would have a learning curve - you cant Ctrl-Alt-Del, for example.
I've had that setup seven years ago, when VGA chip on my laptop semi-died, and only Linux could handle that. And it was strange experience. Having to install mesa package to show textures in TF2, having Exit button not working in wine-interprited Neverwinter Online, having troubles launching Minecraft, of all games!
Nowdays it should be fine, mostly. But I personaly went back to Windows and Nvidia, because I was tired of stuff not working. Why Nvidia? Blender has bad support for AMD. Every pyTorch thing works on CUDA. Even Wolfenstien was unavalible due to some OpenGL bug.
I still daily drive Linux on my server and work laptop. And use docker with WSL if I need CUDA on Linux. But untill Steam Deck 2 I would not come to Linux gaming again.
Back-ups suck! Until you need them. Back-up your stuff. Not just your files, many programs allow you to export their settings which can save a lot of hassle if you have to re-install them.
I've been collecting fans by picking up old recycled gaming computers and I have more than enough fans to last me until the end of time
For VRAM, lower texture quality! That's even more important than resolution.
Which paste should I use on a GPU & CPU?
Arctic or Thermal Grizzly?
Love the concept of this video! Can't wait to see more 😄
Great advice on the fans and the detail that thera are sealed ones! That is what i do, you could also mention what type of lubricant to use, as there are many different ones, and show how to properly disassembly it.
Sewing machine oil is generally excellent, but i would use less than a drop for a pc fan.
Thanks for the show as always
1:20 I’ve done that with my newly built pc last year. Bought parts for it on November 2021, went to US on June 2022, built the pc, accepted the fact that I can’t take all the boxes except for my graphics card and sacrificed two luggages; one for monitor, one for entire pc and wrapped it in bubble wrap. I prayed that the PC stayed in one piece once I acquired the luggage with two wheels missing. Fortunately the glass Didn’t shatter and the other side panel took a small hit and no other severe damage. Hammered that back into shape and I’m glad that I could bring it with me.
Suggestion for a future video: Why some motherboards take longer to POST than others? I.e server mobos take age to POST while desktops are near instant.
Love this question. My old intel board booted / posted instantly and my new AMD one takes ages even after fast boot and other settings
I can explain one reason: Firmware setup, in short stability is more important here then speed.
Basically the code on it is far deeper and more robust. One of the things enabled in it are deeper checks for RAM as well as there are often far more services (I.e. basic to advanced drivers enabled via firmware) that load for all the more complex and growing level of devices on servers.
@@Frizzy9000 add to that temperature checks and RAID integrity checks for servers and you got a few minutes to go to the coffee machine down the hall while the fans scream like a banchy.
Nice for servers to give you specific failing parts like fans and drives before they go completely out though.
@@isaach.1135 Ah right, HW RAID haven't seen in a bit. It's like a whole nother' OS on the bloody thing haha
1:00 if your PC still has fans that arent sealed, you need to throw them away. ALL 'good' PC fans made in the last 15 years have been 100% sealed. You cannot lubricate them.
I can't even imagine lubricating a fan without disassembling it. How would you do that? Just pour some oil inside and hope it gets to the bearings?
My situation: * crying dual fan GPU noises *
@@andan2293 I've had fans that have the axle exposed by just removing a sticker on the blades center. Those can be oiled right on the axle. But in my experience those are very old design.
I had a co-worker who had a mini-ITX PC in a SilverStone SG13 case that was allowable as carry-on luggage for airliners in the Philippines, so he'd lug it around with him when his work needed him to travel.
as someone who made a pc in Aus and took it to france it was dicey for sure but i packed it with as much bubble wrap as i could fit in safely threw it in my suitcase and 24hrs later to my great surprise it was 100% ok i was able to simply plug it in and it worked without issue nothing had come loose or even moved.
For a Tech quickie, Riley has some good advice. Keep up the great work you're doing providing some Tech Tips everyone should enjoy.
All good beginner questions. I actually picked up some valuable tips by simply watching this video. Thanks.😀
had the first scenario happened to my laptop recently. followed the steps by myself but had to end up buying replacements anyways. thanks for addressing it for future noobs like me
What's the best website to download more RAM for my computer?
REALLY REALLY liked this episode, please do more of these, never know what I don't know...
Definitely do more of these please
Damn I have had the fan rattling problem for some weeks now and now this video comes out. I tried everything but tightening the screws, I hadn't thought about it, I'll have to try it when I go back home
Ok so I’m like 90% sure Riley said “jury rig”
Glad I'm not the only one that heard and went: HUH? 😂🤣
"Jury-rigged" is also a word that means roughly the same as "jerry-rigged". In the boating world, jury means makeshift or temporary.
You can extend the vram by taking space from the actual ram called shared vram so you just need to create a new registry key to specify the function to be enabled the allocation is dynamic so the os would adapt the amount used
Actually most of the VGA ISA, PCI and sometimes AGP cards had expandable memory, but slots was very very rare. You just inserted socketed chips (SOJ packaged)
When I moved to a different state, I just packed my computer in a box then shipped it via UPS. Thanks to careful packaging, my computer arrived at my new home without a scratch. Nothing was loose or unplugged. I find this to be way safer then risk loosing it at the airport.
2:03 The GPU Plane passengers bit was pretty cute 😆
I built a quite large PC in 2017 that I've been tooling around on since. I started to travel between my dorm and home with it, but the way I transport it is boxing the GPU back in its original packaging, and putting the CPU cooler in a box with air pouches. Everything else in the case is secured, so it goes upright between the backseat and front passenger seat, the latter of which is adjusted to be flat against the case snugly. The monitors are tied with rope face down to a bin (that holds the boxed GPU, CPU cooler, as well as tools, keyboard, mouse, and headset packaged inside) and my suitcase with pillows under the screens. The monitors and PC case are put inside plastic garbage bags on the slightest chance of rain. I've done that for a few years now, and no issues to report. I just have to make sure I keep thermal paste in the bin for reinstalling the cooler.
sounds like overkill. I've shipped my PC without any modifications in check in luggage and have had no problems, but maybe I'm just lucky.
I usually lay the box of my case flat in the car, so that the CPU cooler and GPU are pointing upwards. Nothing will break off then and it's saving you a lot of time in (dis)assembling everything. Just remember how you put the case in the box so that you can put it the right side up!
@@MeltedForest I had considered that originally, but unfortunately it’s never the only thing I’m moving and my PC would take way too much room that way. Vertical is the only way I can fit both it and my other stuff.
I once had a rattling fan, and I opened the PC to see a sticker on the CPU cooler's fan half way off. Pulled it off, and the problem went away
Not afraid to ask, just never saw one :
Why ain't there any three or quad system cases (putting 4 PCs into rack mounted cases and getting a rack would be impractical for my scenario)?
I don't think there is much demand for something like that.
Who would buy it though?
SLI is dead.
LOL
But seriously, do you mean 3-4 gpus or 3-4 full systems?
If you mean gpus, there's a ton of options for that.
Even the most generic ATX case can, depending on width of the gpus.
Something like a fractal design define 7xl can easily handle 3-4 gpus, even 40 series.
When searching, consider the width of the cards and then multiply that by the number of expansion slots the case will need.
If you're dealing with 3-4 double wide cards, the case will need 8 expansion slots.
4090's, 12(or more) expansion slots.
The fractal 7xl has 12 slots, although one 4090 gpu would have to be side mounted.
If, on the other hand, you mean full systems, there's no practical reason and you run into a lot of issues, such as heat management and accessibility.
That's why servers exist.
Would need a bit more information to give you a better guidance on what you're trying to do.
Why would you want to build 4 systems into one case?
Hat tip to editor, River Oakes for this video. As always, Riley did a great job, too.
3:30 If you're playing at higher resolutions, using DLSS or FSR in game will also reduce your VRAM usage by a lot as it's being rendered at a lower resolution and then upscaled.
I've have no problems playing 4K raytraced AAA games at max settings with an 8GB RTX3070 if DLSS is turned on
Those techniques also waste some VRAM by themselves, so if you're really tight on memory just refrain from using them.
@@YOEL_44 I've experienced first hand that playing on 4K with balanced DLSS most definitely decreases VRAM usage. Can't really notice an image difference either
@@StefandeJong1 4k DLSS balanced is just 1440p, play at that res instead and your memory consumption will go down, that's what I was saying
@@YOEL_44 why though? I have a large 4K monitor. 4K DLSS looks much better than native 1440p
@@StefandeJong1 The point -> •
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Ah yes I remember my first gaming pc in 2012 like it was yesterday. A prebuild that survived a 11 hour flight home and a customs check.
2:00 What about traveling with someone's car? (e.g., i hold my pc as a passenger while my brother or friend drives it)
The fan thingy, i was searching that all day.
Interesting timing. I just travelled across the country with my meshlicious in my carry on.
Solid tips and advice. 😁
Best PC tech tips!
I want to see more of Riley accosting members of the public with tech tips!
Thanks for sharing
2:10 remove it from its case? I'm assuming they mean removing the PC from the suitcase or shipping case and not removing the AIO from the computer case. Has anyone taken their PC through airport security?
this could totally be a series
"Do a quick sanity check" is pretty much what the first step should be for any PC problem. Don't feel stupid for checking that the power cable is plugged in at both ends to a working outlet on a working surge protector that is switched on.
This is a great format! People in forums are not the ones to ask for sure...
"machine oil" oh...so... me using a dremel to put a hole in my fan and packing it with grease then covering the hole with a sticker is a No-no? oopsie lol
How *should* you pack a PC on a flight?
I once put oil onto the bearing of an old fan. After checking on it after some runtime, I noticed that the fan „sprayed“ the oil everywhere in my PC (due to centrifugal force?). Oof.
I recommend being really careful with this one tech tip.
How to check your PC parts power consumption to be sure your power supply is not too strong/weak especially when you have some special setup with few screen and VR headset always connected?
The spec sheet? Add up the power using a calculator, it's linear I think.
PC Part Picker will estimate the wattage of your build.
What are some ways of storing external HDDs to avoid them potentially getting damaged? I have 4 external Seagate plugin in powered HDDs that I use and need a way of storing them when not in use so they don't get damaged. I have a hard case with foam in it that I use to store 3 smaller external HDDs, but I have not been able to find one big enough to store external drives the size of the Seagate drives, and any hard cases I have seen that are large, are A) usually expensive and B) not tall enough so any advice on what I could do?
The box it shipped in?
Just sitting where they can’t get knocked over or spilled on or jostled will go a long way.
@@katrinabryce Well that is an option, if I had the boxes, which I don't anymore.
One question I keep asking is
if I should unplug my laptop when I am home. I use a laptop as a desktop replacement at home and don't want to deal with constantly charging it when I don't need to operate it on the battery but I Don't want to wear out the battery prematurely. What would be the best way to keep my laptop powered and preserve the battery by not overcharging it?
Ok. Free cutting a CIRCLE on a table saw has to be about the most terrifying thing I've ever heard that doesn't involve a lathe or mill.
I always see pics of people online smashing their tempered glass panels. I don’t really know which materials will break what, or why it seemingly seems to just break out of nowhere in the pics… how worried do I really need to be?
May I be brave enough to ask. WHERE IS THE DOCUMENTATION FOR DISASSEMBLING TOSHIBA TECRA LAPTOPS? I had to figure out how to take apart my Tecra A11 S3540 without help the hard way. And now I have to do it again due to non-existent mounting pressure for the paste on the gpu so I'm getting GELID pads instead of using paste, and this time I'm double checking to find marks on the pad to prove I installed them right so I can finally rescue my NVS 2100M and play games again.
That stock PC image is everywhere
I am currently struggling with my grandma's PC that resets the bios after every cold boot. Also, losing time. I have replaced the bios battery with no change.
You have to take off the liquid cooler for TSA? What a pain in the rear. You'd have to bring thermal paste too to re-apply!
Good tips!
Especially the one about airplanes!
Could use more of these videos
question I always wanted to ask: I bought a second hand pc from a second hand electronics specialist. Why was the casing from a biro pen hot glued to the inside of the case?
How to change a particular Windows 11 setting like dark mode using Task Scheduler?
The last time I had to catch a flight, the person in front of me in the security line was carrying a huge PC.
My 2060’s fan was rattling shortly after I got it on eBay. Thought it was the cable so I readjusted it and things were worse! Took my card out and all of the screws in the top of the fan shroud were missing!!! I found one in my case and pulled the bottom middle out so I would have a screw in all four corners. Just like that, no more rattling!!
The CR2032 (bios battery) is a lithium battery, I've even extracted the lithium like a decent amount
I just got my first Windows PC, yesterday it went black, but the mouse still worked and ctrl, shift, esc still brought up Task Manger. It fixed it self after shutting it down and restaring. What happened?
My first ever graphics card had 1MB of VRAM and a socket for another additional 1MB to be added.
1:50
Ah yes, I, too, extinguish fires by 1080 front flipping the extinguisher into it
In depth UEFI, partition table and master boot record explanation.
So, I'm gaming on a PC that is roughly 10 years old right now. (Specs: first gen i7, Radeon r9 200 series 16gb of ddr3 and a 850w psu) would it be visible to upgrade the GPU or get an entirely new rig?
Thanks for showing me the best place to download more RAM!
I remember my ati all in wonder pro had 4m of ram on the board and an additional 4m more for a total of 8m.. I sold that card last year and had purchased it back in 1998
As it happens, I recently took a spare older gaming PC over to some relatives in checked airplane luggage :D
I took out anything unnecessary (mostly HDD cages) to save weight and removed the GPU and stored it in my hand luggage to make sure it doesn't get knocked out and destroyed in and out of the cargo hold. Stuffed a bunch of clothes around to soften any knocks. The PC only had one SSD in there, otherwise I'd have removed any HDDs too.
The PC arrived undamaged and was successfully assembled for the relatives to enjoy 👍
My pc is all screwd and braced since i move it alot, and weirdly after a flight as a carry on the gpu fan became louder and seemed to ignore my fan curves and i never figured out why
In laptop, should we increased our CPU's iGPU VRAM when we mainly use the discrete Graphics? Will it increasing CPU / discrete GPU performance?
I did upgrade the video ram a couple of times back in the day.
One was a Ati mach 64, which i upgraded from 512 kb to 1 Mb, ( or from 1 to 2 meg, not sure anymore).
I still have a Dell desktop with an onboard Ati rage, which is upgradable, but i can't find the proper ram module.
Regularly re-installing Windows sounds like a hassle, is a hassle but does solve a lot of performance and security issues. Downloading all the software and drivers you know you'll need beforehand can speed up this process a lot.
Windows still gets bit rot? You think they would have solved it since it's been an issue since Windows1.0. 🤣
I got an unusual weirdly google-less tech question.
Which part is the culprit of a pc restart that occurs on a PC, if a power outage happens ( only happens in state of high pc usage/gaming, otherwise works as intended ), PSU or UPS?
Can it be dealt with or it's just how it is?
Question: I noticed my pc preforms less than what it's supposed to and I'm not sure what the real issue could be, I first noticed when I was comparing fps with a friend who has a 3070(both games where at 1080p max settings), I have a 10900k, 32 gigs of 3600 memory (running at 2900 unfortunately), and a 3080. I did kinda cheap out on the mother could that be it? I can't overclock the CPU or run the ram to it's rated speeds. I'd like to point out that my temps are fine.
Now LTT is telling you what not to do with your hardware. Who do they think they are Apple?
/s
Yeah that "VRAM should remain soldiered" sure sounded like those "No Right to Repair as It Voids the Warranty" people are right in a way? maybe stuff should not be modular (for performance reasons)?
can you explain and recomend a good battery backup surge protector so i can find a good one my pcs hdd has dies a few times and i need one that will protect me from that and turn off my pc when a surge happens or the power suddenly drops.
How the usb-c port on a Radeon card work and what can you really do with it...beside plugin a screen...
What programs should I download to monitor hardware temperatures?
Was that a clip of “Slick” screwing in a case fan? Lmao
I'm a ramp agent so I know how bags are treated. Bags meaning anything you check, computers, 100lb box thats really small, and suitcases. I say never check anything that cant safely fall at least 10 feet and have another bag land on top of it. Basically, never check a computer with any glass or graphics card weighing much at all. Gt710 at biggest
1:35 very good info
Also don't put a laptop in checked luggage… It was a little damaged on return.
Isn't the page file like VRAM?
Windows say virtual memory, right above the setting to change it.
I fail my sanity check each time I attempt to open my PC.🎲
"You don't need to spend much money to get one that actually stays quiet" man really showed noctua nf p12 15 dollars PER fan
How to fix blurry apps - it seems most people don't know why this happens in the first place, and that if you choose a screen with a good combination of PPI and size ( that would have UI scale 100%/200%/300% a comfortable one), it won't be blurry, just pixelated (so also that you are never loosing quality by choosing higher PPI screen)
I carry my H500M to the mountains daily. Thanks Techquickie!
liked this, could have been so much longer. do more
as i, (personally) have an older GTX 1060 6gb COULD i THEORETICALLY add more VRAM e.g. 8gb or 12?