8-bit guy fail

[Anonymous No.1917996]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wh2OCBZpzZ8&ab_channel=The8-BitGuy

> be popular retrocomputing youtuber
> be given an old IBM prototype
> let's see if i can get this to work
> i don't have a torx screwdriver on me, let me dremel the PSU open
> short neutral to live with a paperclip
> i don't have the right fuse, let's use this one, it looks about right
> trash the machine entirely

why tho.

[Anonymous No.1918009]

Ah my favorite trope, the
>I have a popular youtube channel that deals with expensive items yet I lack even the most basic tools to interact with said items.

[Anonymous No.1918021]

>>1917996
he is a retard.
nothing new here

[Anonymous No.1918022]

>>1918009
yup, a lot of "archivists" i know literally don't know shit about electronics. They put this old shit on a pedestal but have no fucking idea what is actually good engineering. Shit's just "old".
PDP-11, now THAT was a machine.
*crack*
*sip(

[Anonymous No.1918118]

>>1917996
Security hex or torx don't deserve to exist thus dremel is the only option

[Anonymous No.1918132]

>>1917996
>torx

[Anonymous No.1918143]

>>1918009
That’s actually a trope?

[Anonymous No.1918165]

>@4:44 his deliberately shorts the power supply with a paperclip.
Some people are criminally stupid. Holy shit. The entire time he's talking in that fucking onions voice. Insufferable.

[Anonymous No.1918187]

>>1918132
Getting a $5 security bit set is not especially hard, either.

[Anonymous No.1918192]

>>1918187
He goes to the hardware store later in the video to get a fuse, too ... which is why he needed to open up the PSU (to find the blown fuse) ... so if the plan was to go to the hardware store anyway, his impatience makes even less sense.

[Anonymous No.1918192,1]

>>1918192
Not to mention it's a youtube video, so he doesn't need to be impatient for anything. It's not like we're sitting around waiting for him to get back from the store.

[Anonymous No.1918424]

>>1917996
look at his home network showoff video. absolutely unsurprised by this video

[Anonymous No.1918686]

Literally reported it to youtube for promoting terrorism.

[Anonymous No.1918726]

>>1917996
Send Computer Reset an email and tell them this retard doesnt deserve to take their computers on loan, he is too much of a hack.

[Anonymous No.1918853]

>>1918009
/g/ is meming this faggot

[Anonymous No.1918885]

>>1918143
I see it a lot from automotive channels. Bruce Wilson for one.

[Anonymous No.1919675]

Anyone see the video of him talking about his day? Lots of lols to be had. You get to see him retard run and then sitting uncomfortably with his wife and zillion cats.

[Anonymous No.1919683]

>>1918192
I'm surprised that he didn't replace the fuse with a paper clip.

Must be too stupid to know that this is possible.

[Anonymous No.1919690]

Why do people give a shit about old ass PC's?

But holy shit that troubleshooting is cringeworthy

[Anonymous No.1919963]

>>1919675

[Anonymous No.1919967]

[Anonymous No.1919969]

This is from a different video.

[Anonymous No.1919970]

>that video where he does all the electrical for a new second building on his property

[Anonymous No.1919971]

https://youtu.be/98d6iBgz6HY

[Anonymous No.1919972]

[Anonymous No.1919973]

[Anonymous No.1919976]

>>1919970
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFP-fU0FsF0
Count the fuckups

[Anonymous No.1920329]

>>1919976
Let's see
>Not using the same conduit as power
>Not making a new fuse box
>PVC piping

what the fuck?

also
>fat
>bald
>incel glasses

how does this guy have a wife?

[Anonymous No.1920332]

>>1920329
>how does this guy have a wife?
women become increasingly desperate with age

[Anonymous No.1920744]

>>1918132
TBF a security Torx bit would work just fine.

[Anonymous No.1920754]

>>1919973

[Anonymous No.1920761]

>>1919973
>>1919972
one of the few based iToddlers around

[Anonymous No.1920886]

ITS NOT TORX ITS HEX KEY YOU STUPID MOTHERFUCKERS. IT WAS A HEX SECURITY BIT. JESUS FUCK YALL DUMB

[Anonymous No.1920893]

>>1920886
who gives a fuck, torx security bits work with hex security screws and other way round

[Anonymous No.1920894]

>>1919969
I mean, ughhh...

[Anonymous No.1920928]

>>1920329
>PVC piping
What is wrong with PVC conduits?

[Anonymous No.1921026]

>>1920928
its ugly, pvc is not ment to be visible and UV rays can fuck them up

source: dad is CEO of large PCV pipe panufacturer

[Anonymous No.1921089]

>>1918009
he's a consoomer :-(
whatever

[Anonymous No.1921093]

>>1919976
i dont even care anymore
the first one already was tiresome
the webm with the power supply made me believe maybe it was intentional like it made me remember that you could bypass the bios password with a metal folder clip on a 468dx2
but that one convinced me the guy is just like he is
kind of cute tho
in a nostalgic kind of way
yeah

[Anonymous No.1921095]

>>1921026
can confirm, the plasticizes break down under UV and the PVC chips and cracks

[Anonymous No.1921101]

>>1921026
>its ugly
Meh. Way neater than cable.
>pvc is not ment to be visible
I don't think so.
> UV rays can fuck them up
Yes, but it is not a water pipe. All it does is keeping cables together.

In my shithole we get a lot of sun, and PVC conduits are used everywhere. No problem. Yes, they become brittle after, idk 10 years... You can always paint them.
>>1921095
Conduits are usually PVC-U, they don't have any plasticizers. Same shit they make windows.

[Anonymous No.1921110]

>>1920329
>incel glasses
what falls in this category
asking for a fren

[Anonymous No.1921123]

>>1920329
You cant use the same conduit as power.
He did put in a new sub panel
PVC piping

Are you fucking ret ass retarded? Why are you posting if you dont know anything?

[Anonymous No.1921128]

>>1921123
>cant use the same conduit as power
is this also true for fiber? because this would be enormously retarded code wise

not mad about the pvc but the way it was executed, jesus christ. Calling him the 8-bit boomer is almost insulting to real boomers.
I would not want to look at this shit everyday

[Anonymous No.1921130]

I heard fiber and power can use the same conduit, cat6 and power is a hard no

[Anonymous No.1921132]

>>1921128
You can by code AFAIK.
But. I would never do this, because power is power, signal is signal. If something happens to power wire, I don't want to bother fiber, and vice versa.

[Anonymous No.1921172]

>>1919973
>>1919972
Is...is he OCing a single stack glock?

[Anonymous No.1921406]

>>1921110
Thin rimmed/rimless glasses
you don't look good in them no matter what you think, it's better to wear basedboy glasses

>>1921101
>neater than cable
Nah i don't agree it looks trashy
>pvc is not ment to be visible
it's not, windows are considered ghetto tier solutions because you can't afford metal or wood windows
>All it does is keeping cables together
and it's going to end up looking uglier the more it whitens and cracks

do you really expect 8bit guy to know to get conduits without plasticizer?

>>1921123
>Hey electrician, can you put another metal pipe right next to the power one
>yeah sure 8tonguy
that was fucking hard

>He did put in a new sub panel
He just relabeled a fuse, unless i missed something, in any case, imagine having a single (probably) 16A fuse for a entire studio
>PVC piping
It's fucking ugly, especally next to a neat metal one

[Anonymous No.1921410]

>>1921406
>yeah sure 8bit guy
Yeah because my electricians work for free.

>I justice missed something
You did. He installed a subpanel in the detached building.

[Anonymous No.1921421]

>>1921410
He's paying him anon

Ok, but still 16Amps is low for a studio

[Anonymous No.1921444]

>>1917996
May be wrong but this is the faggot who makes long videos of him soaking yellowed plastic in hydrogen peroxide. Always had a feeling this guy was a low test pleb. Thanks for bringing up his failures to our attention. Kek @ disabled comments. Excellent summary as well from OP.

[Anonymous No.1921445]

>>1917996
>pic related
i wonder why

jesus this man makes my blood boil ...im an EE and i do repairs as a side job and the ammount of these kinds of idiot i see is too much to even remember, i make it a point to basically not accept stuff that isnt a virgin repair (no one opened it and poked around) because people just go around and destroy even more from something that was most likely an easy fix

[Anonymous No.1921448]

>>1918132
>>1918118
i understand using a dremel in a pinch because you have no use for security torx and dont want to keep it ...but why for the love of fuck did he dremel it that way .....cut through the middle and use a flat head screwdriver ...i never in my life heard someone flattening the sides also it fuking takes longer , its harder to unscrew with god damn pliers and you destroy the case along with it

[Anonymous No.1921457]

>>1921448
Agreed. Personally wouldve put a shitty youtube vid on hold for 1-2 days to flex on autistic viewers by ordering security bits
>>1919969
Does this champion blow up power supplies on purpose? Kinda like that poo electroboom?
This guy has 1mil followers, does that mean jewtube basically has made him a multimillionaire at this point?

[Anonymous No.1921507]

>>1919963
the 50 year old virgin

[Anonymous No.1921513]

>>1921457
>1mil followers
>multimillionaire
lmoa, no

[Anonymous No.1921515]

Never watched this guys vids and I already hate him

[Anonymous No.1921558]

>>1921410
>because my electricians work for free.
Electrician here
If you dont know one who will give you free advice during a beer youre never gonna make it

[Anonymous No.1922128]

>>1921128

you do not use EMT outside like that, the fittings are not water tight. even if its for low voltage... using EMT in an outside application like that is not a good idea

[Anonymous No.1922140]

>>1922128
Your conduit is not water tight as soon as it goes underground. That's why you need to use underground or burial rated cable.

[Anonymous No.1922144]

[Anonymous No.1922190]

>>1921406
>metal window
Massive thermal bridge
>wood windows
Air leaks, warping, etc.
PVC and fiberglass are the best options.
>and it's going to end up looking uglier the more it whitens and cracks
It 10 years maybe, at which point there would be a different standard, idk.
>do you really expect 8bit guy to know to get conduits without plasticizer?
I don't think they even make conduits with plasticizer, unless it is room temperature bendable thing.
>16A fuse for a entire studio
Did he use 2 phases or one phase?
If 1 phase - not enough. If 2 - I lived in 220V shithole with 16A mains breaker no problem

[Anonymous No.1922217]

>>1919963
Thank you! lolol

[Anonymous No.1922224]

>>1919963
his walking gait is weird but his run isn't bad

[Anonymous No.1922267]

>>1918885
>>1918143
it's to connect with the layman watching who probably also doesn't have tools but wants to "DIY"

[Anonymous No.1922273]

>>1920329
>how does this guy have a wife?
he got married in his early 20's and has youtube money now. his wife is a solid 3/10

[Anonymous No.1922283]

>>1917996
This computer isn't particularly valuable. Shorting the machine didn't ultimately damage it anyway. I also seem to remember that he got it back to the original condition which he received it in. Nevermind the fact that three of the other four PCs in that lot were also fucked and unable to boot.

Antique computing is a hobbyist discipline, so you will naturally get people stupidly breaking shit from time to time. That's also just the nature of tinkering, especially with old computers for which replacement parts are not always readily available.

There will still be old junk computers coming out of warehouses for years to come. Much like barn cars. So, just calm down, junior. You'll have your chance to tinker eventually.

[Anonymous No.1922303]

>>1922283

well... he turned off comments, so he couldn't apparently deal with the salt he invited with his performance and judgement. boo hoo. Thats actually more disappointing than the machine damage.

[Anonymous No.1922371]

>>1922303
Agreed, admitting you sucked is important for growth. Atleast he didnt go full fag by hiding like:dislike. He needs to have a dead mans switch to auto upload the raw footage to his channel for any potential electrocutions in the future.

[Anonymous No.1922376]

>>1922190
Absolute best combination is metal outside- wood inside, PVC and fiberglass is cheap shit and looks bad

Are you sure he bought a conduits or just some pcv piping?

He used 1 phase, only one side of the fuse box, it's 110V afaik, i live in europoor

[Anonymous No.1922404]

>>1922140

dummy... I just said that. the fittings are not water tight. thats why you dont use EMT outside anywhere. did you not fucking read what I said?

also if you are going underground thats what PVC is designed for. using underground cable is fine but I wouldnt trust that someone wont come along later and hit it with a shovel or something if they dont know its there. best practice is to always use pipe. best way to avoid possible damage later on.

[Anonymous No.1922481]

>>1922376
It's all 1 phase, its 1 phase split by a transformer.

His breaker used two slots so it was 240v. I'm not rewatching but I am pretty sure he upsized the breaker too. He mentioned it was anemic 15 or 20a for a slow car charger. It would look exactly the same, you just need to see if the number on it changed.

[Anonymous No.1922548]

>>1920893
welcome to a new episode of "someone who knows just enough to make a mess of anything he does"

[Anonymous No.1922586]

>>1921444
/g/ is really tsundere about this guy. I haven't really heard of him before I saw a thread there. Also what's wrong with using peroxide on yellowed plastic? It can "bleach" plastic materials and remove some of the yellowing.

[Anonymous No.1922605]

>>1921132
Well the fibre is at much more risk in a plastic pipe with no protection than the steel pipe with power. Power wont affect fibre whatsoever but that pipe is pretty small for both.
>>1921130
I dont know usa code but normal countries you can put any cables together in conduit as long as ALL OF THEM are insulation rated to the highest voltage present. Of course people will complain about interference but it cant be worse than powerline or wifi. Pre terminated tough fibre lengths are increasingly becoming competitive cost wise. If I was running services to an outbuilding I would put in at least one if not two 4 inch twinwall ducts to draw whatever cables or pipes (water?) whenever without having to dig up the garden again

[Anonymous No.1922613]

>>1920329
Is the woman on the right a beard for the guy on the left?

[Anonymous No.1922614]

>>1922144
Saw some photos of him when he was younger. He looked normal. Age hasn't treated him very well. Wonder if she looked normal younger too but gave up when he did.

[Anonymous No.1922730]

>>1922273
An ugly wife is a treasure in the home.

[Anonymous No.1922734]

>>1922548
If he was removing it just once it is fine, seperate torx and hex are important if you are going to reuse them

torx is way better btw

[Anonymous No.1922748]

>>1922481
yes, that's what i assumed he ment

i know about the -110- +110v "2 phase"
I rewatched the video

1. the fuse is using 2 "rails" ergo. 240V i was wrong
2. he mentions "it's already 12amps" so that even worse lol
BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE
THE FUSE SAYS 10 AMPS ON IT

3. he mentions a sub box inside the house, but not for the studio, there is no mention a fuse box after that

about the interference thing, cat cables are already "braided" inside, making power interference virtually nonexistant, combined with the Faraday cage shielding, it is a nonissue

[Anonymous No.1922756]

>>1922748
2. That 10kva
9:25.installimg new sub panel in new construction
10:01 20a old breaker
10:13 60a new breaker

Fucking hell anon making me waste my time

[Anonymous No.1922778]

>>1922756
Ok sorry i was too lazy to watch it in HD
and skipped times because i already watched it, my mistake

[Anonymous No.1922920]

>>1922273
He married his sister

[Anonymous No.1922923]

>>1922586
Makes the plastic brittle

[Anonymous No.1922924]

>>1922283
>not valuable
It’s clearly a prototype, anon.

[Anonymous No.1922939]

>>1922605

as a best practice power and data should be separate, but as a necessity I have run both power and data in the same conduit

I don't like it

[Anonymous No.1922987]

>>1917996
you forgot :
>trash the machine
>no worries, there's five more to trash!
>let's open all the boxes!
>let's not fix my mistake
>lets buy a fuse that's the wrong type

[Anonymous No.1924750]

>>1922614
their daughter is a qt

[Anonymous No.1924935]

>>1922613
Yep!

[Anonymous No.1925036]

>>1922273

she looks depressed.. on a side note she has a nice set of funbags

[Anonymous No.1925041]

>>1925036
Shes probably pissed and told him not to video tape them right now because shes in her PJs.

[Anonymous No.1925052]

Lol guys chill, bashing people is cringe

[Anonymous No.1925587]

>>1925052
>Lol guys chill, bashing people is cringe

shutup you 40 year old basement virgin retard

[Anonymous No.1926438]

>>1925052
TRUEEEEE
Its like oof man, big yikes coming from the cringe andy that is OP. Just toxics who know their own streams and youtube channels would be scuffed so they try to omegalul on successful influencers jobs to feel better about themselves.
CmonBruh WeirdChamp

[Anonymous No.1927268]

>>1918009
fpbp

[Anonymous No.1927283]

>>1926438
Ironic shitposting is still shitposting.

[Anonymous No.1927300]

>>1919963
i have the same shirt. never wearing it again.

[Anonymous No.1927307]

>>1922923
>Makes the plastic brittle
But aren't most of those things only for display anyways? Will they turn into dust in some years? Any experience?

[Anonymous No.1927342]

>>1921457
honestly if burning or destroying old shit on purpose and making it seem like an accident gets you money then I'm fucking getting on that because I have a lot of old shit I never found a use for that I will gladly blow up for views

[Anonymous No.1927345]

>>1920332
they married at 22

[Anonymous No.1927351]

>>1919969
This is why I don't work on old electronics I know Im retarded and have no clue what I am doing
8bit guy is onion man and is more retarded than me wow.

[Anonymous No.1927354]

>>1921110
The line is glass thin and I don't think we can draw a line because all the glasses we think of are 1950 to 1990 nerd glasses

[Anonymous No.1927358]

>>1927351
dont be a pussy, if you did what everyone said here you would never be able to get anything done. Certainly learn from your mistakes, but don't shy away from shit like most faggots on here always tell you to.