no he wont, 3080 laptop is the best gpu that he can put in there because newer one have different pinout (but its possible to break out those pads into a x8 conection to a externally mounted one)
Disassembling my stuff for a repaste is still nerve-wracking for me sometimes, then there's this guy literally soldering in a different GPU in his laptop. Looks like straight magic to me 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Man has commitment and instruments. The amount of tools needed in my country would cost so much is more feasible (and twofold) to basically buy a new laptop
@@OilyMachine naw you and him are overthinking it, I'm not a pro but I've ripped apart laptops, pasted them, modded them, nothing ever went wrong. My old thinkpad I've fully disassembled so many times and it has zero issues I could probably take it apart blind. Just remove the battery, hit the power button to purge excess energy and don't work in an environment where you build up static.
@@escapetherace1943 if you are already ripped apart laptops and disassembled so many times then you are already pro. I know how to assemble PC from scratch but I never interact straightly from motherboard circuits less fix it. And you might have steady hands too if you are already have familiarity with circuits. These are pro skills man
If there's one thing that is clear to me, it's that knowing a friend who works on a repair shop is an absolute privilege. The right tooling and knowledge makes possible what would otherwise be impossible.
You got balls of fucking steel. I've never seen a crazier modding project than this. Mad props to you for successfully getting this done and adding an additional 16gb of vram on an already hard ass project.
I'd say the VRAM upgrade alone makes all the sense in the world, especially given how limited Nvidia GPUs are in that regard. I hope we users get more places around the world where skilled people like you do such upgrades for a reasonable fee, so we can fight planned obsolescence without having to throw away useful hardware. Kudos for your fantastic work.
@@Mystogan00 a grand nowadays depends where you live, if you are from a emergent country a grand is alot, and also have taxes, so to get a new one is not always easy.
Insane soldering skills and exceptional computer knowledge. Never thought that such a thing was possible, not the soldering part, but the bios and the voltages part.
This reminds me of the Alienware M15X, when the graphics cards were in MXM format and it was easy to upgrade without having to do what you did, almost as easy as on a desktop computer On my M15X, I've upgraded from a GTX 260M to a GTX 970M, a mind-blowing upgrade! Very good work and super interesting video, thank you! 🙏
@@DJSurronX Yes really, it's impressive that it's even possible! so impressive that several people who didn't know about this beast of a laptop told me it was impossible 🤣
@@abdrex2139 The Vram must be compatible with internal memory bus circuitry, and recognized by the firmware. It's similar to the fact that different era's of motherboards require very different types of ram, such as DDR3, DDR4 and DDR5. So when replacing memory modules in the way this video shows, one must always be mindful of which memory type a GPU was made with in order to make an appropriate decision.
I'm just an ordinary guy who like to watch GPU comparison, you know the usual stuff. But how in the hell that youtube algorithms got me here, to this godly skilled soldering technique guy. Mind officially BLOWN!
BRO COOKED. I hope you make a video about modding bioses, like signing them for manufacturer tools to be flashable, or directly adding hidden menus like CBS and PBS on AMD.
What an excellent video. I especially appreciate the "problems in detail" section. The process as a whole is mesmerizing to watch, but as a person with minimal tools who likes to experiment trying to bring discarded electronics back to life, that section contains priceless information. Moving seamlessly from step to step is so satisfying to watch from a skills showcase perspective, which is what I've come to expect from most tech channels. Including all the errors and troubleshooting after the fact is not only encouraging for people who aspire to that level of skill, but is also a unique perspective into methods of improvement for technique and process a novice wouldn't always consider. Thank you!
I would love to, but there are no sockets for GPUs! I would love to see some one day, but doubt that's in interest of Nvidia or AMD because of sales and compatibility issues over generations
@@3DAndStuff actually this makes a lot of sense, Manufactures could make the pcbs brand generation socket able and you could buy a gpu die and stick it on the pcb. they could make the same generation pin compatible, pcbs only power it and could be based on size and memory capacity. Smaller form factor pcbs would run at like 100 watts no matter what gpu die is inserted etc. so for exp you wanted a 4090 in a small mini pc running at 100 watts, would do max settings 1080p no issues etc.
@@3DAndStuff There were sockets for GPUs, older laptops had them like MXM which would let you literally swap in a new GPU easily. Unfortunately, they made laptop chassis thicker by necessity, and with the tech world's dumb obsession with making everything as slim as possible, it was slowly phased out until even the enthusiast laptop brands known for their customizability were forced to drop the feature.
@@turboimport95 it is possible, but doesn't sounds very practical because at the end, you'll be stuck with whatever VRAM you have onboard. And no, VRAM's cannot come in DIMM form factor as they require being as close to GPU as possible.
I know a guy, one of the best in my country, 13 years hands on experience with microelectronics repair and soldering, has done many CPU swaps in his life. He would call this “next level soldering” the sheer amount of skills this dude has is unbelievable, I’m sure he has scrapped many electronics in his past trying to learn this, bust this is just mind blowing, master level of microsoldering. The most impressive thing is he did all this from home with no industrial equipment
Yes! But unfortunately last one of it's kind. However, kind of sucks to have a desktop CPU without low power when idling in a laptop ;) the Zen3 desktop CPUs idle at 30W
When you gonna make am5 It would be quiet a good form factor for a laptop or maybe just a lab thing that am4 socket jobs a big project anyway u should make a vid about using a 16 core am4 cpu
This is easily the best video and content I've watched so far in this series. After so many adventures, I guess this one was inevitable! 😄 I'm truly happy and proud of how far you've come. It’s been a joy to follow along from the very beginning and I imagine the time and effort it took to deliver this gem. Can’t wait to see how the 3080 Ti performs with the 5800X3D, and… how it overclocks! 😄 Glad you’ve got that watercooling setup-just in case. Long live the Apex! 😉
this is like repairing EVGA last 4090 video cards from Gamers Nexus Video, but differences you using Mobile GPU. Love seeing Soldering Parts and changing components. The only laptop we can buy with modular expansion is framework laptop. I hope we getting more laptop like frameworks
What a great video! It shows how much experience you've gained through these experiments and how professional you've become by acquiring these pro tools. Congrats, man!
@leovbernardo thanks mate! But my tools are at best graded as cheap beginner tools :D nothing fancy. The rework station cost me 350€ used. It is a LY IR8500. It is modded to perform better, though. However essential is to know your tools + experience. I still lack of some, but it was enough. Still need to work on my reballing skills
Absolutely insane. This is the kind of crazy stuff I always wanted to keep doing with PC hardware, but as it tends to do, life ended up getting in the way. I miss the old days of modding and overclocking. What an era it was. I'm living vicariously through you, lol. Awesome work!!
The firmware on the motherboard would under volt the chip to a point of instability/crashes, or it might not even post due to poorer quality silicon. 9 times out of ten the silicon quality of mid to high end laptop chips are significantly better.
Actually an interesting idea... I mean the core itself should be physically the same. You'd presumably not be able to find a suitable VBIOS though, I believe the non-existent outputs expected by the VBIOS might cause it to just not work.
@@MarcABrown-tt1fphummm. The bios inside the laptop will adjust the gpu speed to And i see a lot of people set lower speed and volt on a desktop to have les heat .
This is so crazy; the craftsmanship is incredible. When repairing phones, we perform these kinds of operations on much smaller parts, but swapping out a different GPU is astonishing. Some older laptops had the same situation, but it was much easier back then. I would love to see the same level of detail in an Android phone.
Goddamn awesome. I suggested you did this. Was expecting that *if* you made a video on it, it would be on an older platform, where chips would be cheaper and the whole process would be "cheaper", but damn... This is awesome on another level.
In indias Delhi, nehru place, they have swapped so many Soldered GPUs CPUs that they do like skilled enough to do such work within 15-20 minutes. Although the work environment is nasty and they get paid in peanuts
Yes absolutely. It's sad they get paid so badly. However I think you can find some dozen people in each country who are able to do that. I am nothing special, just making videos, love DIY and invest time into learning such things. In theory everyone could learn it with dedication and the tools. Tools used are cheap-ish btw, used a modified LY IR8500 for the BGA process. But ofc I know even those beginner tools are not cheap for everyone, everywhere in the world
@@3DAndStuffDon't sell yourself short. BGA rework is the highest level of soldering. Of course tools make the man, however the skill this takes cannot be ignored.
@@3DAndStuff where can I learn this sorcery of yours, aside from the usual practicing and earning experience? the stuff about the ground and the voltage thing seems quite too complicated for me, compared to the usual (BGA) soldering and whatnot.
I know it's possible since I saw someone upgrade the iPhone ram and storages by similar techniques. But you still need mad skills and patience to successfully achieve this, great work sir!
Greetings. Thank you for new video :) Do you consider doing videos about other laptops ? In terms of solving their specially implemented flaws from manufacturer, like weak cooling of VRM,, memory etc. on Asus G18 ?
Modern GPUs reduce their pci speed when going into sleep mode. They return to full PCIe 4.0 speed when under load. You should see it with your GPU in GPU-Z as well.
I've always wondered about this, and it bothered me when people just shut down the idea as "impossible", while it definitely makes 0 practical sense, it's just a cool thing to pull off. Good video
i know absolutely nothing about this, so i will simply acknowledge the precision, injury risk, attention to detail that this project requires. you are unironically a god tier craftsman.
Very nice and informative video and a HUGE thank you for not permanently begging for the subscriptions or likes. These come anyway if the quality of the content is solid. In any case, you got both from me for this video.
This is the most difficult skilled thing I have seen all year. The fact that it actually works and you had the knowledge to fix problems along the way is legit insane. This is as close as it gets to literally building a computer from scratch and it is supper cool.
That's an absolute craftsmanship. People are talking about others making beautiful handcrafted pieces of art or machinery. Honestly this isn't that different.
This was interesting to watch! This is the kind of stuff that I'd dream about doing to my laptop, but will never do, because it's very difficult, and very costly if something goes wrong.
As someone that's grown up and kept the mentality of upgrading rather than buying new, and the closest thing being MXM which i still tinker with since GPU is the bigger bottle neck. This is amazing and i wish i had these skills. I'd be running some GPU upgrade business lol
Outstanding work. I always get fascinated from any complex soldering work. This looked so magical, but at same time, I could feel how nerve wracking it was to manually reorder solder balls. From my point of view, the only thing that must be replaced/upgraded is VRAM. Be it desktop GPU or mobile, doesn't matter. If you look at it logically, why can we easily replace RAM on motherboards and not on GPU? After all, GPU has pretty much the same complex architecture as a fully motherboard with all other components. If I remember correctly, the same Nvidia made a bizarre card with laptop RAM slots. Now, it was an experimental product, which wasn't even put on the market, but it is still a quite interesting concept of building a GPU.
This is amazing. Very good job on modding that laptop! I enjoyed every second I watched this video. Now that's a powerful AI laptop btw, you can probably push a 70B LLM right there. Or even 4K-8K video editing!
You are well.....crazy. That was an impressive job and turned out awesome. When you did the recalling a was like damn only two messed up balls he's the man and later you showed 4 reballs and still I was impressed. Great video
No wonder people just said "upgrading laptop is impossible". The whole process is technically possible, but too time consuming for it to be worth the effort even for someone with all the right tool and experience.
