DIY "Waterproof" Hard Drive

[@jacobematt6222]

It was definitely the power connector. You shorted all 4 power pins together, because they're not at all isolated from the water

[@klosskopfder1.762]

Jacob eMatt I don't think so. The Powersuply shoud be strong enough to handle that. I think it was the Signal, wich is very easy to influence, especialy with such a high data transmission

[@Karavusk]

klosskopf der1. What? If it is shorted the power will never reach the HDD no matter if you have a 30$ PSU or an nuclear reactor plugged into it

[@gutsngorrrr]

Jacob eMatt I agree, even before he started adding more water, I knew it was going to fail, because the connectors would all need to be connected and then conformally coated to seal them and that includes the motor connections, as the water will still get in to the connections where he sanded them.

[@FoodOnCrack]

i don't think that you know how electricity works. if you are shorting the power connector the solution simply isnt a stronger power supply. Nothing can handle a short circuit, it can only shut down the power to it to prevent damage.

[@id1666]

Should have put the connectors in and cover the edges in that spray.

[@GadgetAddict]

When you run out of ways to fit a sponsored HDD into your videos lol.

[@max2themax]

or "When you have all the videos pre recorded until new year but sponsorship requires one more video with their product and you are out of time and ideas"

[@ahassan3557]

Gadget Addict hi

[@somedude2492]

Gadget Addict the worst is that it's still better than sponored spanish videos. (An argentinian says it)

[@jodafa1000]

Of you wanna put it into water then just Use destilled water, no Minerals in it that lead electricity. Should work, even without your acryl stuff.

[@cabbageboots8220]

Gadget Addict ,

[@shaxerooney]

"I'm a professional" Linus Sebastian, 2016, 3:17

[@Kimiskustomgarage]

TosiKivaIhminen Terve Suomi mainittu torilla tavataan...

[@pelataan69]

xDDD professional idiot

[@Urstupidumbass]

Aaponton XXXXXXXXXXDDDDDDDDDDD

[@DeepDarkier]

suuuuure

[@cyberteapot3330]

He gets paid to do that which makes it his profession. He's a professional.

[@softerrr7893]

You need to try this with the PCB of a graphics card and submerge the card completely under water, that could lead to some seriously low temps. But this time remember to insulate the power connector.

[@Tater_Lord]

Softerrr this actully sounds like an intersting idea you could easily use pcie extensions to achieve this as well

[@Profanitey]

but metal is a better conductor than water... so heatsinks are better than just dunking a gpu in water

[@mikkethemightey3722]

Water would indeed move heat from the heatsink, but it would propably not radiate out of the water too well, since a bucket or a small fishtank is gonna have a lot less surface area than a decent heatsink. Or so I presume, based on that the oil-submersed computer required aircooled rads to pump the oil through, and temps weren't anything particularly good

[@jimmmyjohns2853]

New meaning of water proof

[@nickhowatson4745]

thats the whole concept for mineral oil or Novak submerged PCs

[@caddyguy5369]

Shouldn't logic have told you you needed to waterproof the cable connectors?

[@lukababilodze4283]

Caddy Guy Gaming Linus tech tips doesn't need logic :D

[@alex-yj9jx]

DonutEater true

[@hemen1126]

what he needs is train and tracks

[@competetodefeat4610]

In case you've never noticed Linus is a incompetent buffoon...

[@seanmiller9448]

He should have re-sprayed after the alcohol with the connectors attached

[@tjrsasea]

Linus can actually feel pain from destroying hardware??!

[@JonnyPS111]

Unexpected indeed...

[@JeradBenge]

Finally! He has revealed his one true weakness! We have yet to witness his final form though. It's best to lay back for now, and gather more intel, or wait for Zen. Whatever.

[@azyfloof]

I'm gonna start buying shares in Tylenol

[@MultiDeivas]

Or maybe he felt electricity going through him... Have you ever tried holding a powered on hard drive? I am really funny at parties, I know that.

[@DanielRichards644]

#LinusIsARobotConfirmed

[@sasjadevries]

Baracude Pro with 10 terabytes? New helium technology? Sounds like a cheap old drive to do experiments with...

[@zawkins7390]

thats what i was thinking

[@Skizzy034]

sasja de vries Hey, they don't pay for it. They just watch the ad money roll in.

[@araol5993]

'new' wd did this years ago.

[@PeeHooo]

It costs $470 for anyone wondering...

[@elliottg7192]

its not new..... HGST did it before Segate (2013) (HGST make 6TB Helium HDD's, Linus could've used them or WD, but he used Segate because they are a sponsor)

[@jadenhamer1581]

*Like so Linus sees this*. They should make a fully waterproof pic build guide. That would be awesome!!!

[@papadingdong2149]

Jaden Hamer yes they need to do this

[@jayharper9041]

Jaden Hamer Yes!

[@erkdoc5]

Yes, so you can game and swim at the same time.

[@johanreviews7587]

Jaden Hamer Why would you need a waterproof picture?

[@fatyg5682]

They already did, without the hard drives in there, I believe.

[@viktorlindeberg7363]

"any old harddrive" *shows seagate barracuda pro*

[@amuserearflap1031]

10 TB

[@flexer476]

Viktor Lindeberg 69 likes lol

[@lightningsnuke5249]

he said that it wont work with older ones because theey have a breathing hole

[@riexrickgaming]

yep i was looking for this

[@mtuan1812]

@@flexer476 nearly 420 now

[@danxepha4535]

8:10 "Don't take the camera off me, so we can prove its a continuous shot" JUMPCUT.

[@spice9756]

Dan Xepha that's not a jump cut

[@finalout9305]

It was very much a jump cut.

[@doggo00]

Spice that is the definition of a jumpcut

[@DYWTE]

Spice it is been jump cut three times

[@davidmcguire6043]

The part that he wanted to show is a continuous shot was

[@Grrizz84]

Waterproofs the PCB but doesn't do anything to waterproof the connectors... *Facepalm*

[@adfaklsdjf]

I delved into the comments specifically looking for someone who said this. When he sprayed I was like "but you didn't mask the connectors".. then with the sanding.. then immersion and I'm like "um.. connecting wires?" It's electrocity, Linus!!

[@andrewnfalco]

Yeah I thought the exact same thing but he said that the coating would block all the connectors, like it did the power connector. So that's out the window.

[@Grrizz84]

FalcoFury That doesn't mean you cant seal it after you connect it though ;)

[@andrewnfalco]

Good point, he obviously didn't think it through

[@therealb888]

See this what happens when you let advertisers act like electronics professionals. Rossman had made a video about Linus's bga reballing of a gpu. He simply doesn't have the knowledge nor the time & interest to study it. Linus is more of a content creator than a true tech guru. No matter what he does his channel grows and he has stopped caring about making actual informative videos without bs.

[@reapzdeatth]

next video we're gonna submerge a GTX 1080 in lava and see if it survives

[@FreakyNinjaNL]

No that would be an amd gpu

[@luisdanielmesa]

...we're gonna see if THE LAVA survives...

[@Giraffiti]

meninist[cancer]Linus just the tips, Then, GTX 1080 vs Nokia.

[@claudior8298]

Liquid cooling with lava... Still cools the card down

[@hey01e5]

+Ayy lmao eat shit nvidiot

[@kitzyowo1319]

Have you ever thought to yourself: Oh boi! I need a water proof hard drive!

[@bobbyjoe90]

Jorn Elzinga yes back in North Korea when I needed to smuggle my steam library through a fish's stomach

[@kitzyowo1319]

Bobby Joe 90 Put it in a plastic bag m8

[@Joshverd]

Jorn Elzinga LOL

[@retartedfreak]

Yes, actually. Very useful in data recovery after a disaster.

[@kitzyowo1319]

David Mark M8 buy a disaster proof house in that case

[@alonbenyaish465]

"i'm half way in" Linus Sebastian, 2016

[@HungrySpinz]

How can we know that his tap water isn't actually pouring mineral oil?

[@docferringer]

If he lives near a fracking site he may just have mineral oil or worse coming out of his sink. Lighter test! :D

[@nickwylie5918]

Robert Brahier natural gas is not mineral oil lol

[@souljatoy7769]

Well it didnt work anyway lol

[@Fishinacup246]

How can we know that data isn't actually being copied to one of the many hard drives plugged in on his desk?

[@davidmcguire6043]

Well he is Canadian. So we know that we can't trust him or his tap.

[@Catnugget76]

It wasn't very bright to submerge the SATA port and power connector, they are not water-tight. If they were watertight from the spray, the drive wouldn't boot up at all. The fact that the harddrive works before submerging completly, means the SATA and power connector aren't watertight. You risk not only destroying the harddrive, but the motherboard, power supply, and every other component which are connected to the motherboard, becase you submerged the SATA and power connectors.

[@twistedsaints]

LifeStalker with all the parts they have? Don't think they mind breaking some stuff. I mean, he just submerged a 4tb drive.

[@M10-z1q]

The seagate was actually a 10TB drive that costs over $500. Which makes it all the better.

[@EuphCat]

hm, I think power supplies ad motherboards are somewhat tolerable to shorts though?

[@Catnugget76]

TheFreaxTux most branded power supplies has great overcurrent protection. But it depends on the motherboard. Some brands/models has better overcurrent protectino than others. For instance, just short circuiting a USB port on some of the most popular motherboard brands can permanently damage the port and disable it, even worse, break the motherboard and other connected components completely.

[@firecrow7973]

ahh i see we have an electrical engineer here

[@NETBotic]

plug cables in then spray

[@saeoce4794]

Plug spray in the cables lol

[@Luxe388]

All I can think of flex seal

[@toh926]

Found god

[@JordyValentine]

Well of course it didnt work, you used the wrong coating and didnt even attempt to waterproof the power/data connections

[@bilalha123]

TacticalBBQSauce he did waterproof the connectors. it interfered with the connection so he had to scrape off the coating.

[@JordyValentine]

Those were the contacts, I meant the connectors themselves and the wires. Like you would do if you understood water ingress.

[@Ariakus88]

He should have plugged in all the cables and then spray everything with that stuff.

[@BoYT1337]

Right, it worked until he added enough water to go over the connectors. There's water getting into his power supply SATA cable. I had a feeling it would stop working as soon as I saw him power water over the top of the connectors.

[@JamesDoesItAll]

*pour and i agree. His SATA connector was probably the one making the water conductive with the aluminum clip. He should have sprayed at the very least both the connector and the PCB.

[@josepha5677]

Is tap water af different to normal tap water ?

[@Raybluecoworiginal]

Yes there's less impurities in the AF water.. (Impurities which can be conductive aka will kill tech)

[@jakem5039]

RayBlueCow AF water is very fast conducting. Or so Keemstar says.

[@SuperSmashDolls]

Tap water AF is the water supply of American Fork, Utah.

[@covodex516]

didn't he mean tap water As Fuck?

[@matthewpalmer9820]

@@covodex516 no.

[@LazerLord10]

Grease the connectors, there you go.

[@ThatBulgarian]

that moment when you know they've run out of ideas for the year

[@DanielRichards644]

good thing there is only a few more days left in the year then

[@slime4frog-y3t]

nice job linus waterproof hard drive what thinking was this!

[@abdul201388]

It's a tech channel. What do you want from them? If you have Ideas then go make a channel.

[@ThatBulgarian]

***** I mean be realistic...this was just a filler video so they dont drop out of people's sub pages

[@teunje]

ThatBulgarian It was a fun and informative video, that's what matters isn't it? I sub to watch videos.

[@MrBrown78]

Hope you guys had a wonderful Christmas!

[@andyloescher2401]

i did thank you

[@MrBrown78]

Andy Loescher wonderful to hear😊

[@therealhanz6023]

i didnt :(

[@brosephm.o.l9901]

TheRealHanz why?

[@tentergram4259]

Fuck you.

[@Pieh0]

6:16 That's windows 10 for you. Gives you that warm, fuzzy feeling, doesn't it.

[@MarioDragon]

I had more bluescreens on Windows XP than I did on Vista, 7, 8, or 10 combined

[@TechyBen]

This. I aint going anywhere near that abomination.

[@goeiecool9999]

Pieh0 All of these people experiencing issues with windows 10.... I wonder if they're... idk. In their heads?

[@william967]

I like how he chooses 10TB for this...

[@jackdiller9087]

What you should try next time is siliconing everything in. Like, fish tank silicone. Put it together, plug it in to the power leads, then silicone everything up to the cables, that way no water can possibly get in, and all the contacts are still touching. :] That's a method people use frequently on LEDs, especially in fish tanks, to prevent them from getting water in them and shorting out.

[@deevee5327]

Every time he said "sand the Hard Drive", I heard my HDD screech in terror.

[@Echo51]

Gluing sandpaper to the top of the disc with the top off actually makes for a somewhat useable disc grinder..

[@tinab3001]

Im supposed to be hacking people but this one anti virus keeps blocking my ass.

[@AdevbRS]

PardonMeIFarted is it the norton27

[@Ashkanman]

PardonMeIFarted Is it MalwareBytes27?

[@Mp57navy]

Delete system32.

[@indowinftw]

Is it WindowsDefender27?

[@HenkkaWRC]

MLG_antivirus27?

[@SpurnOfHumanity]

If it starts making a ticking noise, smell around for smoke.

[@austin2118ace]

Also, hesitate for a few seconds before turning the power off. Ticking sounds are always good; never a bad thing.

[@TheMohawkNinja]

+Austin Pauley I think those few seconds of hesitation is called "shock".

[@mbsfaridi]

8:14 "Don't take the camera off me, we're proving this is a continuous shot. Here we go, ok. Tap water af." CUT!

[@MrCristopher99]

Submerging the connectors? Why did you do that? Its not protected?!

[@ryanr4664]

SkyS1gn that's what I said. After he connected the cables he should have sprayed it again. To protect them.

[@AHPB_lel]

Yah... That was rly rly stupid of them.....

[@ryzech4168]

@@TeeheeTennessy obviously if you live in the ocean

[@knightcore2608]

Yall are stepping your thumbnail game up

[@Rem694u2]

How about just not putting your computer or hard drive into water? I hear that works too.

[@Zreknarf]

"don't take the camera off me we're proving this is a continuous shot" *jump cut*

[@photocay]

Here is one practical application for a helium filled hard drive: high altitude data storage. High altitude what? Yup, as low as 3k m above the sea level air-filled hard drives may stop working; worse yet, they may get permanently damaged due to thin air; the hard drive heads plowing hard through the magnetic HDD surface due to the lack of the expected "air cushion". I've damaged a bunch of HDDs used for photo/vid footage backup during my treks in Nepal. Pricey SSDs were the only option, back then. This technology seems to be a viable alternative now too.

[@rebootcomputa]

Next time cover the connection lol

[@ashishpatel350]

If hillary had this hard drive she'd still have her damn emails. Lmfao

[@leogannon7932]

Ashish Patel mr shark humor os subjective, i think doge memes are dead, and unfunny for example

[@jt2aw15]

memes are forever

[@TheLilsinister13]

you know whats up

[@Ares-5933]

Now I can finally bring my hard drive in the bath with me

[@cybrnekomusic]

"Impractical? Yes. Impossible? Let's find out!" This is why I watch this channel.

[@newslime1]

These "I don't know what I'm doing but I wanna try" solo Linus videos are why I love this channel above anything.

[@Ceekur]

1:25 That moment when a budding new editor finds the keyframe line in pan/crop in Vegas.

[@Jordan_C_Wilde]

So in the end all he did was to put an allready sealed harddrive into mineral oil ... impressive af !

[@jacalzdev]

Liquid cooling is good when your overclocking your hard drive 😂

[@minefilms1122]

i wonder how well a drive would perform if the inside of it was a vacuum

[@JubulburbWuldrd]

heads in hdds are "flying" above disks surface with help of air\some other gas. No gas means heads will be right on surface, brutally scratching it and killing your hdd in instant.

[@jagc2206]

Jubulburb Wuldrd are they flying like airplanes? Or just very close to the disk.

[@jagc2206]

UNITiSGames i don't think consumer vacuum pumps can go that far.

[@JubulburbWuldrd]

the flying height in modern drives is a few nanometers

[@JubulburbWuldrd]

there is also a known issue with normal, customer-grade, unsealed hdds - they will fail in high altitudes(i mean exposed, airplane with it's own air pressure inside does not count) due to low atmospheric pressure, simply because there is no enough air for heads to fly above disk surface.

[@anonforuz]

why not spray the power connector after its connected until its sealed.

[@jackmanning7010]

"Don't worry kids. This is safe. I've done this many times. I'm a professional." Linus Sebastian 2016

[@tempest1234]

Jack Maning Copied the top comment.

[@Ryzza5]

If the mineral oil is already non-conductive, then coating the PCB was basically pointless, right?

[@therealb888]

Ryzza5 The only point here is to make a video that sounds crazy. Gone are the days Linus was serious about technology.

[@dylankirdahy9591]

That's absolutely it

[@Flimzes]

Linus was serious about technology?

[@therealb888]

Flimzes At least it seemed like that when I started watching his channel. He was more professional, videos had more info and were truly "as fast as possible".

[@HarryPhillips1453]

I think he did it because he wanted it to be waterproof in both mineral oil and water.

[@L39T]

thanks now i know not to submerge my HDD in water. oh wait i only use SSDs.

[@Joshverd]

AirportHobo Triggers Me your profile picture fits with this comment so well!

[@Rem694u2]

Then try putting your SSD into water. For science!

[@Zreknarf]

SSDs should be super easy to waterproof. HDDs have a few little holes drilled in them labeled "DO NOT COVER". the helium filled drive however has no holes

[@Sgtpeterenis]

Considering the problem here were the connectors, then that wouldn't make a difference.

[@Johanneslol11]

They would build the connector and the wire inside the harddrive case and making it one solid part on the outside. Then you can waterprove them.

[@woendi]

poor kids in africa could've eaten that harddrive

[@luxsupreme76]

Woendi Poor kids could've died from that shit meme.

[@sunyamacs]

Woendi and drink that mineral oil

[@mickswis420]

poor harddrives in africa could've earen those kids

[@lukasmurmann625]

I almost think LTT is running out of ideas for new videos...

[@bartosz5644]

they are

[@therealb888]

Lukas Murmann 200% true, they wouldn't have if they were not so fucked up about a tight schedule.

[@saltyshrimp1151]

Almost

[@whatt]

The moral of this video, it wont work. *Don't do this at home, kids.*

[@skepticmoderate5790]

zarmaan khan but then you can't use the drive.

[@TheSecretman82]

It actually might've worked if he remembered to WATER-PROOF THE GODDAMN POWER CONNECTOR! GODDAMNIT LINUS! I'm sorry, it just hurts my soul that he destroyed the drive and never thought about the power connector being an issue.

[@dalew101]

Too late :)

[@SubscribersWithoutAnyVid-bd1dv]

Yes sir i don't do it at home but i do it at lake

[@jackcalloway3619]

I love how he uses a an ultra wide, curved, 4K monitor just for testing - rip us

[@paveldrumev2117]

yeah designed by non-gender people...

[@ErebuBat]

wtf dude?

[@skorhed287]

and there's no gpu drivers at the begining of the wideo...

[@zer0b0t]

Were you surprised that it stopped working when the power connector was submerged?

[@DanielMonsanto]

the problem is the SATA data and power cables not being designed to be submerged...

[@joinn1710]

I love how LTT always does things that are possibly impossible.

[@Overrice]

I'm a production engineer. When we had problems with water resistance, we used a similar clear coat specifically made for providing water resistance to electronics. But instead of spraying it on (it was only available as a spray) we made the guys in the factory spray a lot of it into a little container and then paint it on. Worked more consistently than spraying.

[@Overrice]

oh, by the way. You submerged the connector. The connector is not waterproof.

[@DanielRichards644]

#LinusAlmostOnTimeTips

[@JoshEdwards123]

Should have used dielectric grease on all the contacts.

[@edwardecl]

Should have soldered the wires to the pcb and coated it.

[@kumbaj1612]

i love it how u never seem to think trough ur videos :) lots of love from Serbia

[@babakht]

1: spray the waterproof spray 2: sand it off 3: hope for the best

[@danielbriese3972]

It's not tap water, he TOTALLY has a mineral oil sink in his kitchen.

[@creep4415]

Daniel Briese you can fake camera shots you know.

[@russellchido]

8:15 "continuous shot" 8:20 *cuts*

[@user-rs3lg6un4n]

wtf do you think, submerging the power connector?

[@nightmarecivic]

So first questions could you do a submerged PC in the 419C solution? I'd like to see you guys find out.

[@nightmarecivic]

Still waiting for this!

[@jakereason8095]

I enjoy these types of videos (and the central cooling system one with the outside computer fans wtf). It's like seeing a car crash happen in slow motion while the driver is oblivious of said car crash. That said, I bet linus is aware of his experiment's chances of success. Treat it as entertainment, folks.

[@Tonatsi]

Linus was too upset about the project to do the ad at the end...

[@patton333]

Did anyone realize that he was using that Korean ultra wide monitor that he reviewed?

[@AritroSahaTech515]

Nathaniel Stringer Really? Oh.

[@beckbarnhardt3637]

It's not impractical you leave your laptop outside quite often

[@Harvles93]

I love how Linus said "Impractical? Yes." Cos every time I watch a video like this, people are whinging at how inefficient it is, how impractical it is... thats the whole point, hes running a KZbin channel and I along with many others WANT to see if this is possible, not to do it ourselves, but purely for science :D Thanks for everything LMG

[@GIANT4RAY]

2:43 The Harddrive says "SATA AF" at the bottom. Well thats dope.

[@didtoknan8128]

The high school science teacher of Linus just commited suicide after watching that video. RIP.

[@thefrosty1925]

8:13 Obvious that somebody like Luke was just off-camera and quickly gave me a jug of mineral oil, smh Linus..

[@cappuccino-1721]

TheFrosty no because it didn't work. Because the connectors got wet

[@cappuccino-1721]

TheFrosty :(

[@thefrosty1925]

Cappuccino - ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@smooshman12345]

The power contacts would still get wet...

[@amyyy762]

This is the high quality content I expect from LMG

[@jettedaimon3149]

That Seagate in the toilet thumbnail is the best depiction of what I think and feel about Seagate drives.

[@diamondburned5229]

I thought the Desk PC was long dead from the USB killer

[@noscopesallowed8128]

Then you weren't paying attention. They said they didn't actually kill it.

[@Selendryle]

Did he waterproof the connections...

[@aidenroberts6816]

no

[@CaveyMoth]

That's why this experiment ended..underwater, if you will.

[@jiu]

am i the only one who saw the "Human Organs" Box in the Background?

[@dvirarazi7351]

nope

[@davidmcguire6043]

That's not what a box that human organs are delivered in looks like.

[@mkchow79]

I used to do this line of work. Yes the spray is extremely toxic and can cause more than 8 different types of cancers. I've read the MDS. I would first blow all dust off the PCB after removing from the HDD. Then tape all connectors with masking tape. Spray the conformal coating with 2 coats, waiting 4-8 hours to dry in between in a dust free well ventilated room like a bathroom with the fan on. Remove the masking tape and reassemble with all connectors in. Have some conformal coating in a bottle/container and pour it in between the electronic film and PCB till it covers the HDD motor connector. Then finally In order to make the HDD completely submersible in water you must have the connector plugged in when spraying liberally your final coat on the SATA and power cables. Then let it dry for 24 hours. To check if you have evenly coated the PCB, use a UV light or lamp to check.

[@iCuray]

@Linus, To avoid any short circuit please spray on the plugs before submerging the device under water. Also, avoid spraying on the metallic connectors just spray on the device after its plugged in basically. Hope you try this out again. Thanks,

[@GodofKings7]

OMG yessssss low VOC Im so into that mmmmmmmm fuck yess

[@Roysphotos8]

GodofKings7 fucking wierdo

[@VladyYakovenko]

pervert

[@christopherrice2004]

I like watching Linus suffer. = )

[@Nikke-nn5mn]

water proof desktop pc?

[@christianedwards3448]

Well, it could have a use if you somehow spill water in the case and it could have some water resistance. Or for water cooling leaks.

[@Bigolg1975]

It helps to mask off areas you don't want conformal coated. Either tape or latex making would work great.

[@charliemyrick]

hey guys, SEA gate! hahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahah

[@warpatato]

*badum tss* *cue audience laugh track*

[@reiwai1349]

Clap Clap Clap*

[@radtube1472]

WaynedudeProductions best joke ever

[@vinoserad7847]

So this is "waterproof", not waterproof am i right?

[@fullmetaljacket7]

Remember21 Me I guess he meant waterproof

[@SniperNator305]

+zxz1997 pretty sure he meant "waterproof" guys

[@UKgamer87]

They really are running out of ideas.

[@Slenderman63323]

Linus is TechRax confirmed

[@oldsk0ol]

It's a very interesting idea, Linus, however, you need to hermetically seal the HD while it is connected to the SATA/power connector in order to make it 'waterproof'. Meaning, you'll need at least a dedicated cable that you would use to spray that gunky stuff on.

[@AhmetMurati]

I would put something over the contacts like post-it notes or and cello tape so no coater would cover the ports, and after attaching power cable and data cable then I would add either hot glue or coater

[@toddfraser7009]

why?

[@xperia5295]

Lol but why?

[@Wehra96]

well (hopefully) he might be building up to a completely water proof pc.

[@xperia5295]

I guess that would be a pretty awesome project/video to watch.

[@Ryhon]

jeff52 meyer Linus likes to break expensive stuff, this will prevent it

[@xperia5295]

Mackelroy McJohnstonson That is actually a really good point!

[@nonononamer]

What are you even trying to prove?!

[@JohnnYp1234]

dielectric grease could be used to insulate the connectors from the water. i use it all the time in electrical connectors that are constantly subjected to water.

[@drewlarson65]

Perhaps masking the points of contact with tape before you spray may work better than sandpaper. Seems the coating caused you more issues than the water. Gaskets wouldn't hurt either.

[@VisiVisuals]

Did you use a cinema camera or something for this episode? the color tone looks very nice and cinematic...love it.. can you share the camera/lens setup?

[@RealTimeQuestions]

Linus could you do a build which every component is made waterproof or cased up, and it's all connected up in the water, and the water is cooled, making it all cooled. It could be in a fishtank!

[@ChrisLesmerises]

DC Current over water causes really fast flashing and tracking. You need to load those connections with dielectric grease.

[@CroissantCreates]

Do a review on the HP spectre x360 i7! It has an incredible processor, touch display, battery life, tablet functionality, an improved speaker and more! I'm eager to hear what you have to say about this daily driver!

[@LoydAvenheart]

Held Breath for 9 minutes, he never said to release my breath. I am dead now. Suing for custody of that drive, this is documented abuse.