ULTIMATE PC Tech Support Challenge - Jayztwocents vs Gamers Nexus

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Anyone can build a PC - But CAN THEY FIX ONE??? Who will come out on top in today's tech support battle between Jayztwocents and Steve from Gamers Nexus?
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Co-Host: Austin @ / @thisis
Contestant: Steve @ / gamersnexus
Contestant: Jay @ / jayztwocents
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[@naadirbakari8305]

Secret code

[@KarsonNow]

I do not really check the problems with BIOS setup... You have new RIG, no idea what the problem is... LOAD DEFAULT SETUP and check and set up it properly.

[@AlexLoVecchio]

This is great, proof that everyone at Intel aren't just bean counters. I just put a system together with an I7!

[@gusmendez2564]

I want to see linus vs Steve.

[@emmanuelv3702]

@@KarsonNow same, i just make sure it has the latest updates.

[@ugorton7345]

Austins audio: asaijhdiajsdugfwauhwf Linus: Exactly

[@ugorton7345]

@@onlyentertainment9424 wtf is that

[@samueljohnson9022]

🤣🤣

[@Baz87100]

hahaha

[@rohitjg]

Linus heres another audio I think there is a problem with the stream.

[@bestbattle]

@@rohitjg don't think so. Austin seems to be using a shitty Razer mic.

[@GamersNexus]

This was the most fun I've ever had on a live stream. Thanks so much to the LTT team for setting it up and organizing a (very) complicated production setup, to Austin for cohosting and adding fun commentary, and to Jay for joining to put on a great show. Very impressed with all the production crews! PS - Paul vs. Kyle next! (Edit - also, first thing I did was reset bios and second was apply XMP, but seems a lot of people missed this -- it was on the screen when Linus & Austin were trying to fix AV issues.)

[@88porpoise]

Congrats on the win and my best to all the pussycats you are helping.

[@biffisgreat]

Was awesome, happy your charity won, that'll be Huge for them I'm sure, also big thumbs up for Jay for matching! Great vid guys, I love the pc community! Today was a good day!

[@FeuerToifel]

i second your choice of the next duelists.

[@TurboEncabulat0r]

Some say Jay is still running Heaven to this day

[@biffisgreat]

@@TurboEncabulat0r I just felt like running

[@mitchelllion6052]

I love how jay and Steve both took the first chance to make a “this looks like a pc Linus built” joke lol

[@czarinc.6971]

Jay’s cameraman is so on point with his reactions and mannerisms it’s remarkable

[@ScytheNoire]

Disabled XMP, yet, if you enable it, you're voiding your Intel warranty. Sponsored by Intel.

[@JohanFlodqvist]

Only on a Z490-mobo tho, because ofcourse you need to buy a overclocking mobo to be able to void your gurantee by doing what you payed an extra hundred for. Or u can buy an extra overclocking waranty, so that if you break your cpu by "overclocking" (aka run at rated speed) your memory you can get support for your cpu. Makes sense. Thanks Intel, u'r great

[@johngrave5554]

@@JohanFlodqvist wait you lose warranty on your CPU if you enable XMP?

[@Prism019]

@@johngrave5554 yep. It's "overclocking" in Intel's eyes.

[@diatomsaus]

lol good one

[@TheDeathLove]

I think their CPUs were K series, so I guess it's fair.

[@fhaarkas]

Linus: Have you found what the problem with BIOS is? Steve: I just reset it. Linus: Have you found the Blender problem? Steve: Overclock it. Linus: Hey that's a spare GPU. Steve: You sent it. LMAO Steve would make a great lawyer.

[@bhaveshjain6950]

Timestamp please

[@Avastor_]

@@bhaveshjain6950 40:48 for the BIOS reset part.

[@aliancemd]

Avastor 14:56 You can see him resetting it here. They went on for half an hour about how Steve didn’t detect things in the BIOS, lol.

[@nathanwest2304]

honestly, it would be kinda scary if he was kinda quiet guy with short but very effective answears he'd be filthy rich tho

[@ayushjeevan4612]

HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@Zargo1z]

We need a Jay vs Steve rematch! I can only watch this episode so many times! Please give us another one of these. It's like a game show I never knew I wanted.

[@roberthighsmith26]

still a relevant comment

[@AB-80X]

We all know the outcome. Steve will win.

[@tryAGAIN87]

I love Steve's approach to tech support, I can't convey just how satisfying it is. If there is one thing I learned in repairs it was this: Assume the customer is trying to f&*k you over.

[@Drumaier]

Or maybe assume the customer has no experience about hardware or anything in particular, and that his IQ is around 30. He also has bad sight and clumsy hands and assembled the pc without reading the manual and at night with dims lights while drinking with his friends near the pc. Not to mention he didn't checked the compatibility between parts before purchase.

[@tryAGAIN87]

@@Drumaier Either works 🤣

[@distr1c796]

@@Drumaier forgot the last where he the customer also elbow dropped their pc from the top of a steal cage 🤣🤣💀... you comment made me die

[@12Prophet]

Like using a laptop's disc tray as a bagel holder... Why is there crumbs inside the laptop? One has to fathom a guess. That was my logical conclusion at the time.

[@Lishtenbird]

"Have you found all the wrong settings in the BIOS?" "I just reset it."

[@RamiKattan]

I'd reset to default settings first thing 🤔 Neither is as professional as I expected

[@Lishtenbird]

"It's always faster to completely do it over than try fixing someone else's mess", the wisest of words.

[@jooplin]

"Guess my brain is just really big" "What else is really big?" "I thought you would never ask.." *pulls out Msi RTX2080Ti Gaming Trio*

[@sriramsridhar761]

@@Lishtenbird tru

[@tsjeriAu]

@@Lishtenbird Exactly. Resetting to default should be one of the first things you try. This is also why when you have random BSOD's that you can't narrow down, one of the top things to try is simply to reinstall the OS.

[@yatox8]

The hosts were having tech support problems covering the tech support problems

[@sexcannonmusic284]

xD

[@elksalmon84]

I think his ultraexpensive very smart microphone thinking there is unneeded noise and cutting it off.

[@downjesse]

Lmfao

[@BURTONizAjerK]

Lmfao, facts 🎯

[@AzoreanProud]

Troubleshooting inception

[@kylestewart4444]

Steve hitting the Cinebench target with 2 cores still disabled. Just T-posing on everyone

[@douglasv5385]

I just saw this video on June 18, 2021. Absolutely loved it. I appreciate all parties involved as I know this was a lot to organize with everyone’s busy schedule. I can also appreciate the technical issues as you never know what’s going to happen when you go live. It was great watching Jay and Steve work on the problems in their own unique ways. Can’t wait to see more of this type of content for any of the parties.

[@pgplaysvidya]

I rolled my eyes at the 2 hour playtime but then in 1 minute I was all in. This is a great idea for a video and I too am shocked nobody thought of it

[@Kevko85]

yes it is, but i think they should rethink the commentary. i don`t know why but i think the whole commentary was a bit weird. I think they should treat it like a sport and don`t talk to the contestants. it would take out the fact to spoil it. No questions just a status update. i love the concept of the show but the execution is a bit off sorry for spelling and grammar

[@pgplaysvidya]

@@Kevko85 i do see where you're coming from but at the same time I don't want to wait 5 hours for them to figure out XMP is disabled, for example

[@handlemonium]

Well it's pretty much a more "professionally" produced version of the previous challenges LMG has done recently. > Yvonne vs. Wifey Sauce race-for-time blind build > Yvonne vs Dennis blindfolded > Linus vs Anthony PC build race

[@ProphetC2]

@@handlemonium I was supposed to be studying and practicing, I added this to watch later and I'm 40 minutes in without noticing when that happened. I'm putting a hard stop now, actually leaving it for later.

[@Charlieh1989]

@@Kevko85 I fear that i'm down on the commentary just because of the technical difficulties at the start

[@robertemerson1087]

Pc has a problem: Tech Jesus: Just overclock it.

[@pt42sundevils]

2ho

[@yotes1fan]

Bahahahaha

[@inikkor520]

Loved it!

[@stardust_sonic]

Pc has a problem: Jay: That's okay, 💥 *fix it with iFixit* 👍💥

[@elone3997]

I love how Steve knew the evil lurking within and decided straight off that it would be easier to strip/reset everything :D

[@MasterTeeee]

1 > Strip it down to components 2 > Reset the CMOS/BIOS 3 > Reinstall Windows By far would've been the fastest approach. ~40mins.

[@SahilTiwariOnPlus]

What you don't know is that "The Verge Guy" was a part of this video. He was the one who built these two PCs at the first place.

[@haroldpavon7660]

Fake news...If that were true there’d be more thermal paste

[@kumarsourav]

lol

[@TheAtommuffin]

hahaha!

[@TheAtommuffin]

@@haroldpavon7660 🤣

[@piggypooo]

@sahiltiwari. Are you being serious? Or are you just screwing around... with confidence

[@skug978]

I'd like to see the reverse of this competition - Linus vs Austin, with Steve and Jay commenting :)

[@patrickatwood9761]

Yes! this needs to happen.

[@delapidatedswiss]

That would be amazing

[@fishyc43sar]

It'd be fun watching Jay and Steve "r o a s t" them together xD

[@sgtripper310]

yesss!!!!

[@Alex-pv3jx]

My bet is on Linus

[@stxejn]

It's interesting looking at this in a professional perspective. You have Jay who works with the tools he's given, and knows the results hes supposed to get and works with that. Steve's method is to take the system apart and assemble it on a test bench, identifying the problems as he goes, testing on a bench to see what results he gets, so he knows the potential, and then reinstalling the system in the case and retesting to confirm the results. I personally like both methods equally but if I had to pick one, I'd pick Steve's. His method will never fail to identify the hardware problems. Whereas if you get the system booted, you might try to solve a hardware problem with a software solution, which can take a lot of time and may end up causing you to go backwards then forwards again. Steve's method avoids that possibility. It also compares airflows outside the case then inside, so if you're finding issues with your performance, that can help identify any cooling issues.

[@troyguererro0898]

Thank you for this episode. I never thought I'd be interested in troubleshooting PCs-also, massive respect for these tech geeks who participated in this episode for sharing their expertise.

[@HyranAU]

Austin: *enchantment table noises* Linus: “exactly!”

[@ebolachanislove6072]

Austin: "He might be expecting **enchantment table noises** which is why he's **enchantment table noises** but i don't know why the motherboard would have to come out for thaat?" Linus: "Me neither!"

[@manbirdcat5246]

Time stamp?

[@derekwillis8113]

@@ebolachanislove6072 XD

[@toddbfarrell]

@@manbirdcat5246 8:50

[@majikmessiah]

@@manbirdcat5246 7:00 - 7:15

[@ignasanchezl]

Linus: "haha we disabled so many things in the bios" Steve: *Load optimized defaults*

[@ignasanchezl]

Without even thinking about it myself, the first thing id do would be reset the CMOS

[@WilliamHollinger2019]

@@ignasanchezl laptops will not let you reset the motherboard bios.

[@ignasanchezl]

​@@WilliamHollinger2019 why is that relevant, anyway, just remove the CMOS battery to reset it.

[@oxide9717]

That was really smart of him

[@MichaelClark-uw7ex]

I've resurrected many machines just by , cleaning the Mobo. resetting CMOS and setting BIOS to factory optimum defaults Sometimes changing the CMOS battery helps. And sometimes CMOS/BIOS just go stupid, funny though, it happens most often in dirty machines.

[@IWearShoes31]

I love the amount of stream tech issues on a tech support challenge lol Jokes aside this was very fun to watch :D

[@gelito81]

One of the best competitions I have ever seen. Great for someone with some fair understanding of computers. I truly enjoyed all 2 hours of it.

[@JwFu]

Tech jesus calling asus software malware, what a legend

[@mailong.botega3040]

Absolute madlad

[@brumby92]

It robs performance. It is malware. Go Steve.

[@joeykeilholz925]

FUCK ASUS SOFTWARE OH MY GOD

[@Aleph-Noll]

@@joeykeilholz925 if you think thats bad, HP software is absolute ass

[@Steamrick]

He's right though - in the past, the Asus update software has been hacked and used to distribute malware. It literally was malware.

[@FixedAU]

I was sceptical that this would hold my interest, but that was riveting. Can’t wait for the next one, gents. Great concept.

[@JasperSkallow]

This is the under celebrated component to owning a computer, therefore extremely relevant, and valuable material from the these people who contribute to the community.

[@MrShimmyshoo]

Odd, I found this super boring.

[@stephenfoster9571]

Yeah same here, surprisingly entertaining ☺

[@shawnjhon100]

Turn post notifications on

[@morpheas768]

Same here. In fact, I clicked it, and I just wanted to see if its even worth watching it for a little while, like 20-25 minutes. I didnt expect to watch the full 2 hours of the thing. Very enjoyable!

[@justaskin8523]

I know this one is over a year old, but it came up in my list just today. Well done all, and Jay, what a good sport you were, sir. Thank you for that!

[@Zorlof]

I watched this a year after it aired but this was so much fun. Thank you Intel and the fabulous contestants JayZ and Steve, the newbie judges (who fairly divulged secret information to both sides). Great show, great troubleshooting.

[@KilljoyW]

I'm watching it like 2 years later and it's still entertaining haha.

[@aorusaki]

3 years now

[@colin_henry1]

"there are a total of NINE problems with this system" the verge: "those are rookie numbers"

[@freedblowfish3705]

Gotta pump those numbers up

[@420cs2]

@@freedblowfish3705 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

[@mlgmcdonaldsland7063]

Needs more thermal paste

[@BrandensOutdoorChannel]

at least the verge had extra thermal paste!

[@J0hnH4l0]

Austins mic was the real thing they needed to troubleshoot

[@fireared9244]

I got triggered so hard by it

[@Ghani_1]

You won the internet for today sir.

[@szn00]

They troubleshooted that on a troubleshoot stream😂

[@zengrath]

Yea his mic is driving me insane and i only started watching, and not being able to hear the two in background kinda stinks too.

[@whatsanobeen]

I love this comment community so much

[@01ai01]

Saw this long after the live stream, but just wanted to say I loved this contest/format. Great work everyone!

[@patd1471]

have been a tech repair guy for over a decade, steve earned some respect for sure. absolutely just pull it apart and redo it. You know how to put a system together and thats typically faster than trying to learn what someone didnt know lol

[@results4526]

Steve and Jay attempt to rectify The Verge PC Build.

[@declaredsnow]

That would probably be a harder challenge than the one on hand.

[@criznittle968]

Linus should have forced them to only use a Swiss army knife(hopefully with a screwdriver), tweezers aka zip ties, and an antistatic bracelet without any grounding.

[@lip-filler-looks-rank]

haa!

[@mangshu21]

cant rectify if psu burns up

[@saiyadulahmad2012]

LTT Team: We put a lot of efforts, disabling hyperthreading and Wi- Steve: Resets bios 😎

[@cbflazaro]

that's the first thing i would have done too

[@abvtech2054]

The amount of knowledge and seeing how 2 very respectable tech youtubers going about it differently to trying to solve the issues is just top tier information. I was not expecting to view the 2 hour long video but im glad i did and it was fun and very informative!

[@Ender5529]

This was one of the best things I have watched in a long time. Thank you all! Jay for that donation match, Steve, your awesome as always. Linus pulling Intel's tail, and Intel for playing along :D. Just bought an Intel processor from Micro Center a week ago :D glad I could support the supporter of this.

[@jokeassasin7733]

Looks like the real test was really getting Linus’s mic situation resolved.

[@kaldo_kaldo]

Next episode they should fix the WAN Show setup

[@RickRokner]

Austin's was even worse

[@kaldo_kaldo]

@@RickRokner I found too much irony that in a tech support showdown, they had audio issues. I feel like they have way more problems than normal people lol

[@codygoh1194]

Nick Miller keep in mind that they do have better equipment than an average consumer

[@isaacreicin4836]

He's been takin a crap on intel lately so they decide to sponsor whoever came up with that needs a pay raise

[@slickit86]

Linus: Do you think you fixed the issues? Steve: i Just overclocked it Ref: Ok, I guess steroids are allowed

[@bonniebishop1608]

This was the most fun I've ever had on a live stream. Thanks so much to the LTT team for setting it up and organizing a (very) complicated production setup, to Austin for cohosting and adding fun commentary, and to Jay for joining to put on a great show. Very impressed with all the production crews! PS - Paul vs. Kyle next! (Edit - also, first thing I did was reset bios and second was apply XMP, but seems a lot of people missed this -- it was on the screen when Linus & Austin were trying to fix AV issues.)

[@downjesse]

Lol

[@pedros7341]

@@bonniebishop1608 bot

[@UToobSteak]

You need to do this again. I've watched this one more than a couple times. It's great fun, and great troubleshooting ideas

[@AnjanaLK]

1:37:53 irony 🥲

[@tiberiu5284]

Austin: So i think the *inaudible sound* is *more inaudible sound* . Linus: Yeah that's right.

[@Xfade81]

As said in the stream, they can hear him fine, just not the public.

[@kiyoponnn]

🤣

[@danielalmeida4934]

Now I understand how people feel like when they are watching soccer or the NFL

[@theJesai]

Lmao, so relatable! 😅

[@cman820]

Sam why? He’s just saying he understands when you’re interested in something you wanna watch it

[@supercoolmunkee]

if they had a TV show or series like this. I definitely watch it. I think of a lot of tech nerds out there like me who is pursuing our career as a tech support could totally learn something new from these shows that we haven't thought of in terms of troubleshooting.

[@dobaayaz]

@@supercoolmunkee with ya

[@whitenoise509]

On point, this is a perfect comparison!

[@IvanFazekas]

1 year later and this episode is still amazingly captivating

[@roberthighsmith26]

confirmed 2 years later

[@mikailfreitas9812]

This was absolutely the most fun I've had on KZbin, ever. Kudos to everyone involved.

[@um8778]

The awkward moment when you recognise these problems from The Verge PC Build

[@alexc8992]

So that’s why Bitwit wasn’t there

[@munem939]

@@alexc8992 Lyle probably prevented Kyle from going lol

[@zerreat]

Hi hello

[@tusharbafna1154]

HI HELLO

[@zerreat]

Hi tushar kesa hai

[@EverydayLayman]

This was the KZbin gold I needed for today.

[@maniacmattmtl]

Yeah man. Been waiting for this. Like Jay alot, but I love Steve (no homo lol)

[@maniacmattmtl]

Omg Jay cheated with those two bottom thumb screws

[@gerardoayalasaban9591]

The salt was real

[@user-sw1wq8lh2w]

I love all four of these people. They did this just for the fun and donated all the prize money to a charity without a seconds thought.

[@sambuji5848]

Just jumped on KZbin to check out some PSU reviews and 2hours later, it's 2am and I've just watched a fantastic stream. Absolutely loved this challenge. I know its more complicated than that but loved Steve's somewhat turn it off and on approach to it all 😜

[@Mechenzo440]

Steve searching on "google": Lie nus tech tips.lmao

[@hungrynapps]

Yo I was cracking up..lol

[@zacharystevens8751]

@@emiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii r/insertlowqualitysub

[@GamersNexus]

WHAT IS LIE-NUS

[@zacharystevens8751]

@@GamersNexus more like lying on deez nuts

[@NotJayge]

Steve Stevens gottem

[@ritzmat]

Love the concept, 2 participants tries to fix a computer as fast as they can while the host of the event is on par with a same challenge trying to fix their audio as fast as they can

[@jakemacgregor-boyle6397]

Stumbled across this video and watched the entire 2hrs. Two incredibly knowledgeable IT experts with those PC’s. I learnt a lot

[@tryAGAIN87]

I love that jay goes "With what I've seen so far, I was expecting it to have been disassembled and the thermal compound cleaned off and reassembled!" while talking about the GPU lol He still hadn't found the problem with the CPU yet ahahahaha

[@InstaKarma4]

Jay: Runs the benchmark without thermal paste Intel: My time has come

[@grasshopperrules34]

I just died 😂

[@IrakliMosulishvili]

lol good one

[@drwrencho4392]

Hahaha

[@Enderborn272]

A welcome spoiler

[@chrcoluk]

Cpus have come a long way, I remember installing my first cpu that needed paste, which I didnt put on, a duron, within 5 seconds of posting it went bang. (486 etc. didnt need paste)

[@carlwolf5923]

"tampered with in realistic ways like a novice might do" such as disabling 2 cores and hyper threading.

[@kaldo_kaldo]

They were talking about the hardware stuff. The BIOS stuff is super tricky, Steve had the right approach just resetting to default.

[@ikjadoon]

I think novice like "first-time ever OC!" who 1) opened the UEFI, 2) changed 2-3 settings incorrectly, 3) the OS kept crashing, 4) they rushed back to UEFI and started changing random shit until it stopped crashing so often.

[@LiLBitsDK]

@@kaldo_kaldo yeah that is Bios 101... always reset to default... we done that since 486's

[@Atlessa]

Pretty sure that NVME 'trick' wouldn't happen to a novice.

[@MadMexism]

Man this was great! Love Gamers Nexus, and Jayz two cents. Loved how annoyed Jay was getting under pressure. Never seen him like that.

[@A_Lesser_Man]

amazingly, it was fun to see these guys work (i liked steve's approach best), i can't believe i watched it all!

[@DaxtonAnderson]

I want to see this uploaded another 2 times with just Jays and Steves audio, with Linus+Austin cutting in when they talk to them. I saw Jay yelling at the camera so many times 😂

[@thomasphillips885]

Yes that would be awesome, so we can see and hear their thought processes

[@nazgu1]

Yes, please!

[@rubydoe1997]

This

[@rubbers3]

My guess is that could be on their respective channels, but yeah, I would absolutely love to see that as well!

[@fghsgh]

Jay didn't record it, only streamed to Linus, so you won't be getting that one in any case.

[@biobreaker5009]

"xmp is also disabled" well, you are partnered by intel, don't wanna lose any warranties

[@ssroudyss9432]

Oof

[@ajs0350]

Oof

[@whitenoise509]

Nice

[@sumho7532]

Its kinda nice that tech channels are friends with each other and do collab and not the opposite.

[@tripled4me]

This was very cool. I honestly tend to go the route Jay does when troubleshooting, and man, I've felt those same pains he was going through, but overall I really enjoyed this. Love the different personalities and approaches.

[@vinciere3594]

Jay: Okay, what can I see that's wrong? Steve: TEAR THE WHOLE THING APART AND DO IT RIGHT

[@stagdragon3978]

Steve: me on Monday Jay: Me on Friday

[@Enderborn272]

Jay is a tech support guy getting a customer pc in. Steve Is an enthusiast that just got a pre-built from Best Buy.

[@laureanoalfaro9351]

The "Steve just had a Blue screen" was yelled like a Messi goal..

[@IngwiePhoenix]

And yet, a dozen times more interesting. x)

[@laureanoalfaro9351]

@@IngwiePhoenix hahaha not even close, but I admire his enthusiasm

[@AliShuktu]

@@laureanoalfaro9351 Do you find kicking a ball on a mowed grass more fun then troubleshooting computers? 😂😅😆

[@laureanoalfaro9351]

@@AliShuktu jokes aside, how tedious and nervewrecking is troubleshooting computers, more in cases like me that I use it to work...thought when we solve it! ah yeah it feels great

[@AliShuktu]

@@laureanoalfaro9351 Do you work as a computer tech and enjoy it? I did not get your point... English my third language...((

[@M6a6N4S9oN]

Excellent community work done here, truly an excellent channel

[@NwaHp3]

I clicked on this not realising id be sitting here 2 hours later not even knowing it was 2 hours long!! One of the greatest streams ive watched in absolutely ages! All these guys are very talented but never big headed..good people here.. Please tell me there is more of these!!

[@sashstaro]

When Austin said “S̶h̴s̷k̶a̶n̷s̸h̶j̸s̵j̶” I felt that

[@clintloma6189]

I like Steve's approach more. It's often times faster to build things from scratch rather than trying to band-aid one thing at a time and retest at every step.

[@angeltensey]

Troubleshooting things that was just made/built by someone else is such a fucking disaster.

[@DK-210]

The problem is you don't know what got fixed. When you do it for a living people want exact explanations why something wasn't working. Good troubleshooters test every step they try. Granted this was a competition, but being thorough will get you consistent results.

[@buckiesmalls]

@@DK-210 they wouldn't even understand.. So no point. It's not like a car.. Charging them more for fixing a particular problem.. They do know what got fixed.. The reason they brought it to you.. Not like they are charged for hourly labor. If that were they case they could have just taken it apart and done it themselves.

[@pvtsonic]

@@buckiesmalls Unless the owner of the rig knows computer. I had my friend trying to find a cause behind my pc because I simply didn't have spare time to do so. Knowing what was the cause helps to prevent similar future incidents.

[@buckiesmalls]

@@pvtsonic Then they prolly wouldn't be there. LOL

[@leeedwards787]

That was a great stream and both builders were amazing and good sports. Linus always appreciate what you do and the videos you make. This was a really good watch. Well done guys.

[@Cyba_IT]

Finally got around to watching this and it was f'n awesome. One of the best live streams I've ever seen mainly because they're all great dudes. Much respect and kudos. :)

[@akilahgable950]

I love that Jay matched Steve's donation to HIS charity of choice, and I have no doubt that GM would've done the same if Jayz had won. These guys are all amazing people and I absolutely adore their human side, humble, lightly irritated, friendly competition personalities. Jay, GM, Linus, Austin, I think I can say this with confidence; on behalf of all fans; thank you for your wonderful entertainment and hard work.

[@anjayl]

Don't bother, they already gave those PCs away... Nice try tho

[@Urfcannon]

ah yes, Tech Weird Al's channel, "Gamers Mexus"

[@JustAaronJoshua]

Spoiler alert much

[@Cyba_IT]

Steve gave his personal winnings away so yeah, equally as humble as Jay. :)

[@George_Bland]

Gamer's Mexus

[@gabrielesh7916]

I feel like this is a sport I could watch when football isn't going... the commentary was hilarious. Lol

[@bigspiderman217]

AGREED! It was very entertaining. I would tune in for more.

[@rileystevenson3780]

Same

[@jsteezy80]

So true!

[@ahmedsalah7474]

Agree

[@lucifersevenelevenmorningstar]

It's better because they aren't trying to promote communism thru their platform

[@RevNicholasJonsson]

What fun to watch and learn from you guys. Thanks Linus. Great stuff!! 👍🏻

[@Amin2k]

Who is here after the drama

[@jivewig]

After watching this video, I know why Steve’s called Tech Jesus. Linus: so you think u fixed everything in BIOS ? Steve: I just reset it SteveOP

[@buttercroissant9633]

i can relate with god's wrath using flood water as an attemp to reset the world.

[@jivewig]

@Cyclo Key hmm.. I mean he tried to do it with a virus... didn’t succeed. So maybe..?

[@fourbyfourblazer2]

Fallen, sin-cursed world.

[@itsmrdante6274]

Honestly don't know why they didn't just reset it from the start and then just apply all their usual settings. It is SO MUCH faster than doing what they started doing.

[@jivewig]

@@itsmrdante6274 when you’re in the heat of finishing first, you may not realise even the simplest of things

[@mindgamemax]

I would love a round 2, the friendship killer. Kyle vs Paul!

[@chaddouglas2136]

I wanna see Kyle vs Lyle.

[@theFrizzleFry]

My money would be on Paul, he has a lot more years of experience and kind of was Kyle's mentor for a while. But hey you never know, the student could beat his master. I would definitely tune in for that.

[@annaczgli2983]

Am new to tech. But, this was really fun to watch all the way through. The way Steve side-stepped through most of the challenges was unexpected, & clever!

[@09RHYS]

Absolutely Loved This! Awesome series guys! I watch your videos all the time and find they have really helped me over the years. Thank you for all the help you guys have given us and wish you all the best in the future! LTT FOREVER ❤️

[@Crotshio]

Linus: Why is he removing the Motherboard screw Austin: Well I thmmk thmmt he Is lojdjsnsg fdonsnr sabotage... Linus: Oh good point

[@VolumeZero374]

That's funny because it's true

[@ratul_kr526]

Sabotage lol

[@TVfen]

Exactly! XD

[@bconnable]

I have to say that this was VERY entertaining! I watched every minute of it! I HOPE that you guys do more of these. This was basically a Techy All-Star event as far as I am concerned. I watch all 4 of your channels daily. Keep up the great work!

[@evocybernation8839]

Steve's response, "So far, this is about what I expect a computer, out of Linus Tech Tips, to look like so, I'd say this is, Honestly, you guys have improved a lot since the last time you built a computer. So really, congratulations on that. **You've built a good team that can do stuff for you. So, good job Linus." OUCH! You didn't even fight Steve's response! Acceptance, of one's performance levels, is the first step in learning.

[@DanielLiljar]

This should be a new E-sport!

[@CC-tb8mn]

Yes this would be insane esports pc build offs!

[@premeplug5810]

This should be a new E-sport!

[@JohnSmith-bk8yb]

Jay lost the moment Steve tied his hair back :(

[@oxide9717]

This was really fun to watch 😂😂

[@KenNakajima07]

@@JohnSmith-bk8yb That was an anime plot twist moment.

[@lukaswilke225]

Austin: "You need the results, how you achieve them is up to you" Steve and Jay "Can't find the problems with the cooling, start dousing the system in liquid nitrogen"

[@tusharbafna1154]

BOIND

[@pirojfmifhghek566]

They say they were sweatin', but I bet they were all freezing their asses off. Did anyone check to see what they set the AC in their shops? GOTTA MAXIMIZE THAT AMBIENT DELTA.

[@thejusmar]

Linus& Austin: "how you achieve them is up to you" Steve: *benches outside trash case after fixing fans* Linus&Austin: "no not like that"

[@leeskeery]

This was way better than most things on TV. Fantastic around. Great stuff everyone. Look forward to more. Keep up the great work👍

[@Sergiocrivelin]

This was actually pretty cool. Looking forward for more of it.

[@gbaysinger]

Steve at the beginning: "I've lost audio" ... little did he know it would set the tone for at least the first 30min. Jay's approach is what I'd do for a "I tried to upgrade" case. But for competition I'd have gone more Steve's route if I knew there was purposeful sabotage. Sort of surprised they didn't just reset BIOS as the first boot step. Both of them could select optimal stock BIOS in couple min.

[@ikjadoon]

Steve set optimized defaults almost immediately, tho?

[@GamersNexus]

@@ikjadoon Yes, we restored defaults right away.

[@Dreddy72]

@Roenie's Gaming Empire they intended for these to be things that were done accidentally. having the defaults messed with is a bit further than the newbie oppsie could likely do.

[@imnota]

Steve did reset the bios really early, yet he still had no networking at first and no hyper threading so it seems like setting optimized defaults doesn't actually reset all of the settings.

[@Kisai_Yuki]

The amusing thing is, Steve is doing exactly what techies do. "This thing is broken, fix it" , "OK, let's rebuild the thing and make sure the SI/OEM wasn't incompetent." Where as Jayz is doing what you'd do in business/computer store, where you're trying to do the minimum to not waste time, possibly not finding other issues. Steve just straight up reset the cmos before doing anything in the bios, 10/10 would always recommend.

[@_IHateHandles_]

As an engineer I've had it drilled into me that when troubleshooting you always start with the simplest things first then work your way up to the more complicated solutions. No need to strip down the entire engine and check for cracks when it's just a dodgy spark plug right? I'd say rebuilding the entire PC from the ground up as a first step is highly inefficient and kind of silly. Who's to say that a system that doesn't post simply needs a new CMOS battery, or fuse in the plug? Start simple and work your way up, always.

[@woodiemarv]

@@_IHateHandles_ real world steve's approach would get u fired wasting time on every computer

[@smeghead666]

@@_IHateHandles_ Ahhh the plug fuse, I know your pain.

[@fleggle]

@@woodiemarv it's like the people casually saying they've done a clean install to fix a minor issue. How is not their last resort?

[@Lishtenbird]

@@_IHateHandles_ Steve explicitly said "I took it apart because I knew it was sabotaged and wouldn't have done that otherwise". That was a choice made in this specific context, and it proved right.

[@HexxuSz]

man this was so much better than what we have now

[@AlexALIAScOlman]

Absolutely the best livestream i watched in a long time. Would defenitely tune in for anotherone of these!

[@CastleBomb44]

2hours!?!?! I cant bother to watch this, 5 minutes later: OMG this is such a great idea I would def. tune into another live version of this PC tech support. This one was great !!

[@Mortac]

I thought the exact same thing, but once I started watching I was hooked and saw the whole thing.

[@systemdeveloper5266]

@@Mortac Same here hahha

[@bromista3759]

Me too. This is the best reality TV I have seen in years. I would also definitely tune into another live version of this sort of challenge. A shorter version with this similar premise might be an Alienware laptop with Bios and Windows config challenges.

[@pastorqpiotrbochra8057]

i have the same thing like you :D loool :D after 5 min :) cool IDEA :) @Linus

[@downjesse]

Same here

[@theodionne9370]

My favorite part of this was Linus and Austin not noticing that Steve just straight up reset the bios.... bruh

[@isnflsQP]

But they did......

[@aliancemd]

Ivan Santoso He reset the BIOS and set XMP - they claimed the entire time that he doesn’t have XMP and wondering if he caught the UEFI issue...

[@ikjadoon]

@@isnflsQP Steve reset the BIOS at 14:58, but Linus is still asking him at 25:25. They were understandably unable to watch three different video streams at once due to their own audio issues early on.

[@TheJbull40]

Probably one of the most entertaining tech videos I’ve seen. Nice work!

[@bendirval3612]

Dude, this was so freaking entertaining! Totally worth the time to watch.

[@Tsino69]

On the next episode of mystery tech: *JUST MICROPHONES*

[@vivaanfr]

lol

[@SaieshanDadi]

I'm sad they didn't react to Steve's hilarious "LIE NUS" jokes at 29:25

[@trippplefive]

because it was accurate? probably hit lienus in the feels. linus tech tips is pretty much a marketing company for PC hardware manufacturers.

[@tadexas1191]

Do you when winners are getting announced?

[@MansBestFriend_]

They were trying to shut him down hoping viewers didn't notice. Steve is truly a martyr trying to expose the regime #LIENUS

[@alterbr33d]

I noticed that too, I was going to make a comment, but I hit ctrl f and typed lie and saw someone already did.

[@brianhunt914]

Why didn't I find this stream previously, fabulous fun! More of this these guys are great.

[@mrdeadlybootz5414]

This is awesome and I learned a bunch. But it was suer interesting to see their approach. Jay approached it as a repairmen working on a customer's rig. Practical, efficient. Steve approached it as a competition, excessive and looking for the catches and traps. Awesome video and concept.

[@JMUDoc]

Jay lost the moment Steve tied his hair back :(

[@cin2110]

Serious mode activated

[@Paperstations]

jay got so much help and clues too.. cause how far behind he was

[@chrcoluk]

@@Paperstations which is fine, in the end it was about fun.

[@aaroneverett296]

One of the most entertaining live streams I've seen on yt! Great job guys!

[@ikjadoon]

Agreed. One of the few I've watched through all the way. Had so many laughs. I usually do not watch LTT livestreams, but w/ GN here, I was in 100% and was not disappointed. The best livestream of 2020, without a doubt.

[@Dj7wiLLY]

Thank you for this challenge, i learned a lot. They are both great tech guys and good guys in general

[@DBShootingSupplies]

Brilliant! Thoroughly enjoyed this. Well done!!