I Tried Making A Steam Deck Out Of A Horrible Laptop... Everything Went Wrong

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[@milesraftis5713]

can you pin this comment so i can flex on my friends

[@imindubwetrust]

came for the steam deck, stayed for the free windows 7 key

[@goeland4585]

This trainwreck was pretty entertaining.

[@morgandril2578]

It may be the sleep deprivation but this is easily one of the most entertaining videos I’ve ever seen

[@duplicake4054]

0:22

[@yarin.suissa]

The amount of times I tried to do things on old computers and I had the same struggle.

[@ldisc66]

You've made Druaga1 proud. This Toshiba was fighting you tooth and nail. Also "hostname" is the name of the computer (in case you didn't know). All in all a great video, we've learned that you can't pummel an old dog like a Toshiba laptop to do your bidding. 😂

[@Riggzo]

This is that janky shit I like! I'll take these videos over LTT and shit anyday because this is what actual people deal with and do when they wanna recycle tech. As someone who a graveyard of parts and broken shit like this myself I can respect this video. Glad youtube recommended it.

[@vitriolicAmaranth]

9:16

[@404fox9]

15:28

[@ratykat]

Watching you struggle with the screwdriver and ending it with "dedotated wam" was just top tier KZbin. I suppose if all else fails it could be a Minecraft server with that wam

[@seanvinsick5271]

Nice video. As an os engineer, this was a bit painful, but glad you learned something about operating systems along the way. Swap is virtual ram. Host name is network name of the computer.

[@artherfrain6999]

Me starting this video: "I should do more projects."

[@starfox.64]

this may be helpful for a later date, Ventoy lets you use either bios or UEFI modes to boot iso files off of a USB drive. another good thing to mention, Linux (and SteamOS by extension) sometimes need certain kernel extensions to use your wifi adapter.

[@djamamiya476]

"nope. i'm sick of it."

[@SKysofRain]

Thanks for posting this, this is my experience with nearly every semi joke project I decide to adventure into. I always use junk I have lying around taking up space and remind myself:"oh right, this is why I haven't touched this garbage in ages".

[@liamalexander1797]

Interesting thing about this laptop: I’ve worked at a few Geek Squad locations, and I can safely say that it’s the most common model of Toshiba laptop I see. Toshiba Satellite, some series designator plus 55.

[@aries0968]

You were SO close, try finding a distro with legacy support and DO IT AGAIN!! Seriously bro, we believe in you!

[@giosgio]

alternatively "trying to make a bad steam deck out of a 75% broken laptop but I have a mental breakdown"

[@kairon156]

While I get cleaning the inside of laptops is tougher than a desktop tower. I feel bad for the family member who once owned that laptop knowing they'll put their current/next one through hell.