Installing Laptop RAM into Desktop!?
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Have you ever wondered if you could put laptop memory into a desktop? No? Let's do it anyway. What could go wrong?
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You guys should make a computer where everything uses an adapter
including a pci-e cpu card
>PCI to PCIe For Graphics
Works.
The mother board should be the only proper thing
You sir, have a very good idea here!!
Yeah
2:36 "that looks ridiculous" - that ssd infront of the ram sticking high up in the air? yes, indeed.
why did they design it like that , isn't a better idea to have it parallel to the mainboard?
@@victormanx Since its a test bench its faster to do so
So that the 'down'load speed can get faster by gravity
@@garfieldandfriends1 lol
If you ran a PC repair shop it would be a good way to test if the ram is working.
ExNihilo its like a tester for ram
@@CarinoGamingStudio you know what memtest is right
I use various versions of these for testing ram on a desktop when I'm not sure if the laptop or the ram is playing up.
ExNihilo that's actually literally what they're designed for
At my old job, this is what Lenovo used. They had memory testers, but they only came in desktop size slots. So they needed the converters to test the laptop memory.
They may be useful in service centers where instead of having to take apart a laptop each time you need to test some RAM, you just pop it into your test bench super quick.
There’s laptops that have a little door on the bottom where the easily accessible ram slots are
1:03
"I can put a microSD card into a full size SD adapter. Nobody's bewildered and baffled by this!"
Clearly you've never worked at Best Buy.
@Daniel Janiš I was referring to how many people who buy micro SD cards at Best Buy are so tech illiterate they treat them and their adapters like they're borderline witchcraft.
@CMDR_John_Crichton that being said, you can get higher performance full size sd cards than microsd cards
3:10 Doug Dimmadapter? Owner of the Dimmsdale Dimmadapter?
@Account Name nice
@Account Name is a joke duh
I came here to make this joke too. Glad someone else thought of it too lol
@Bob Saget Username checks out.
"SO-DIMM too DIMM adapters" sounds like something Doug Dimmadome would try to sell me
"Doug Dimmadapter" you mean.
@@ataclice4797 Owner and proprietor of the Dimmsdale DIMMadapter?
Sodimm to dougsdalen dimmadome domeadimmadapters
i really want to see a laptop with two big-ass ribbon cables coming out of it attached to some HyperX Fury DDR4 ARGB
You know it's bad when it screams STD all over it.
i am literally blakc
@waffeltek why u black
lol
Yup
@@joshe9409 bruh
“I knew you were DIMM, but I didn’t know you were SODIMM...” 😀
lol
😀
The emoji ruined this pun, shortcut yourself
😂 lol
@@m4gg197 r/ihavereddit
"Not recommended but recommended"
-Linus 2018
I was literally confused the first time I heard it. Then I played the video again and understood what he meant. He actually said "Not recommended to need them, recommended if you need them". The first part is where I feel people would be confused by since a sentence usually isn't worded like that.
"i dont want to slander these guys, but im trying to think up an edge case where this will be a viable solution, and i cant really think of one"
Linus, the ram sticks have multiple redundant contact pins for ground and power and similar stuff. Most of them are also unused. The ram sticks also communicate with the bios of the computer via smbus serial interface.
0:50 1 Star product review and you still buy that thing🤣
A single product rating on eBay isn't worth much. Seller feedback would be more accurate.
Now lets see using DIMMs in laptops
TheAlternateAir yes
TheAlternateAir I
I LOVE PORTAL
rememmber some Aopen barebooks did use full size DDR DIMM's.
but they also had the most crappy GPU's in history even for Laptops of it's time like a Geforce FX5200 or just Intel GMA on an "workstation grade" laptop.
BlueDogTM not GLaDOS, just a normal core (Space Core?).
I think this is a great product, only due to the fact that way too much tech is being thrown in the trash these days.
Re-use your laptop RAM. Great idea.
Me: Hey i just got an Std!
Friend: what?
Me: yeah you wanna see it?
Friend: god no.
*opens computer to show ram sticks*
😂
Std?
@@complexsituations6494 SO-DIMM to DIMM
@@darkprinc979 what?
@@darkprinc979 the guy said std instead of ssd 😂
Linus:”not high performance”
Me:”Cries in DDR2 886 MHz”
DDR2 667 anyone?
@@hammyboigaming904 me
DDR266 anyone?
@@NitheshVG734 how do u even run something with that
@@old9367 haha that’s a 2004 PC and it now runs Windows 7, and even with Aero
Btw does that frequency even matter? I also have a latest PC with DDR4 2666 MHz but that PC also has a SSD and i5 8th CPU.
I’m not trying to be rude, I just want to know or learn that.
Everybody just shows some benchmarks but nobody shows some real world comparison like flipping through chrome tabs and like that.
It could also come in handy for testing old SODIMM's on the bench, to see if they're good. Provided the bench PC will work with them, that is.
+1 this, it's something certainly of use for recyclers & repair techs.
Those Chinese have these since DDR2 age and memory seller do use these to test memory
3:10 Channeling Doug Dimmadome, owner of the Dimmsdale Dimmadome.
Mr.deacle did you say Doug Dimmadome? Owner of the Dimmsdale Dimmadome?
Why I believe he did say Doug Dimmadome, owner of the Dimmsdale Dimmadome..
OMG I HEARD & THOUGHT THAT TOO LMAO
Mr.deacle Doug Dimmadapter
YAAAS I THOUGHT OF THIS TOO
I had a couple of 4GB DDR3 laptop modules and decided to try this. They worked just fine in an ASUS A88X-PRO motherboard along with two regular 4GB desktop modules. All four of them were rated at 1600, which probably helped.
Next Video:- Installing desktop memory in a laptop
Lol
impossible because the adapter wouldnt fit
@@itsmitko7 wow like this aint a joke
@@itsmitko7 Linux is madlad he did use a desktop GPU in a laptop right I am sure someone is already selling a extension cable for ram on AliExpress 😂
@@monishmeher3901 bruh
so strait from the ebay page, this explains the ram speed and possibly the compatibly
Supports 2133Mhz Frequency
4-Layered PCB Design
Compliant with JEDEC Specifications
Over-Current Protection on SPD device
1-2 short: Select SPD device on adapter, 2-3 short: Select SPD on Memory Module (DUT)
Duds lol doesnt ltt have writers to skript these videos and do the research xD
I get what you’re trying to say, but remember that ‘supports’ doesn’t always mean that anything else won’t work.
For the compatibility stuff idk
Duds
2133, DDR consortium agreement only, to do the backward support on all boards only!
You can run all supported speeds!
What mem is supported by the chipset and bios release, forget the form factor or consortium agreement!
Why you cry 4 layers? why you need linus?
1-2 short: Select SPD device on adapter, 2-3 short: Select SPD on Memory Module (DUT)
Can someone explain what this means?
1,2 & 3 are the 3 jumper pins. The two jumper positions let you decide where to read the spd data from during post from the adapter or from the sodimm module itself
That's good and all but have you tried downloading RAM?
miran ahmad console peasant quotes
Its a joke....duh
Too bad RAM is deleted when you turn the computer off
A bios virus would be worse
I tried once but Chrome uses so much ram I opened the case and one stick just disappeared
I thought the company was called STD at first.
Now linus has an STD
"Because you can, but should you?"
Yes Linus, I should. I am poor.
your jaw in thumbnail is incredibly sharp
Like the villain from Lazy Town
reminds me of felipe
everybody has a dark side
Sure Lock Robie rotten
Linus Jaw Tips
Omfg Linus, the trailer hitch with the hammock chairs are the best tailgating appliance you can own for concerts and sports events. It's soooooo awesome.
or for going 90 on the highway
Not so sure about the roof rack hammock though. That's a long way to fall.
I actually had to use one of these when a client DEMANDED we reused his notebook ram's
"SODIMM to DIMMadome! Home of the DIMMsdale-" ok, I'll stop 🤣
00:18 great editing @Aprime
inspiring
Emilia Hall??????????
Emilia Hall report
LA I report your butt before you report anyone!
0 Picture me rollin'
Brought to you by Tunn.......uhhh.... Private VPN!! lol
rmyukon Yeah that's the feeling I got. "Privateinternetaccess" is a really shitty name, seems like a marketing point rather than a vpn service. When I saw the "We broke up video" I didn't think that "pia" was its name
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Lorenzo Pirozzi meh. It's a good product. Doesn't need a good name.
Just like a physical PC part store that everyone knows has the cheapest parts and best range doesn't need a good customer service rating on Google.
UndeadSamurai01 I mean, if it is the best store, why shouldn't it have the best customer rating?
UndeadSamurai01 I didn't say that it is a shitty product, I just said that its name is not very "creative"
0:23 - Linus Tech Tips intro but it's emotional
Useful as well in small form factor where you also want high capacity memory. 32Gb non-ECC DIMMs aren’t readily available. 32GB SoDIMMs are a little easier to find though.
Goodbye Tunnel Bear
Razer Blade bought by McCafee
Razer Blade is this the first video with the new VPN? The end of an era...
Goodbye My life
That 1-star rating for the eBay seller though.
It wasn't toward the eBay seller, it was for the product. I think those show for anyone selling a product with the same model number.
USB-C/microUSB to DIMM DDR4-3000MHz Adapter ;)
⭐️
its also possible these adaptors are NOT official and are just slapped together in a garage, i mean riser cards exist but they aren't so common you can get everywhere. In australia u-mart a computer store sells EVERYTHING even 3D printers yet riser cards are NOT sold. Meaning they aren't so common that they have official brands that make them. What you see here is some generic crap
I have my old damaged laptop I threw the memory away. I kept that memory for years hoping it will serve a purpose in future. 😡😡😡
My laptop had 2x8gb ram, and died. I then put it in my desktop which only had 4x2gb. Parts always come in handy oneday.
haha L(this is a joke)
I have 128gb of ram from a broken laptop that my father dropped.
@@nicholasneyhart396 all the laptops i have ever seen only had two Ram slots (upto 2 x 32 GB ram sticks for 64 gb Ram) , what laptop did your father have?
@@kavinsp He’s probably lying, impossible to have 128 of ram
It’s like a talking dog. You do not marvel at how eloquent the dog is but that the dog talks at all.
Hi Im Doug Dimmadome. These are my new Dimmadapters
Thank you.
You win best comment of the day.
*slow clap*
Best underrated comment ever.
this is exactly what i thought at 3:09
"inspired by a post on our forum"
Forum post from over 2 years ago.
Damn you guys must be digging hard for ideas now xD
Nice
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Nice
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3:09 - oh look, it's doug dimmadome owner of the dimmsdale dimmadapter
"Did you test this before doing the video?"
"No...? [light chuckle]"
you know Linus knew he probably shoulda tested it before the video. lol
It's actually better to see the raw video.
How about swapping out Taran's workstation's desktop ram with these adapters and see if he notices a difference?
given thats its not a ongoing sponsership, that would just be lost money
Nicky V would have done it
inb4 SODIMM prices skyrocket
jk
SDG Danny how it possible ur late to video
Mobile Legend Warrior
The likes? Probably because the vid is still getting views, I don't really know though. YT algorithm is strange
Too late.
I swear to god if they do will be p*ssed off
SDG Danny they're already high
There is a reason to use an adapter like this, I frequently change between different system e.g. Intel NUC, ATX Desktop, Laptop, and having a 16GBx2 SODIMM Kit with adapters means whenever I am changing system I do not need to purchase a new set of memory or owning 2 sets of memory, which is very convenient.
I mean I could definitely see this being useful for those of us who have a random bag full of memory and buy a lot of old computers
RIP Tunnelbear...you will be missed
William Lowe F
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It wasn't even that good. They just spent a ton on marketing.
F
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Reason why I like Linus' videos:
#1. His voice just sounds really nice.
#2. Those videos are really good and hilarious.
#3. He drops stuff as much as I do.
Runjing Qiu hes gay tho
@@DisgustingDrewTV WTF why this answer
It's kind of strange how linus hasn't tried to make his own laptop. They've got those weird bizzaro laptop cpus China that fit into desktop sockets and these laptop ram adapters. All they'd really need is a chassis to fit it in, a low profile keyboard, and a mouse
Using so dim adapter is a quick and easy way to test / read your so dim memory. I've been dealing with Computer memory over 7 years and this device is very useful..
I've had four of them on my system for years. Memory prices being what they are, these kits saved my wallet. I've had them from dead laptops and put them on my 2600k build in 2012 and now they've followed me on my 6600k build.
One of the best investment I made including my power suppply.
So Linus When Is your Next Video : *Mining On SODIMM MEMORY?*
No dude, CPU fan mining bro then SODIMM mining...lol
AGP slot mining.
XD
The thumbnail is.....just .....pure gold!
"Reseeding them" - *do you tried to turn it on and off again? - did you stick in the cable? is the unit turned on?* XD classic
Customer: I just bought this new gadget and it isn't working!
Service tech: Did you turn the power switch to On?
Customer: It has a Power switch?
Ram has it's own information stored. If it weren't for that, for DDR you would have a system that won't boot because it doesn't know how to configure the memory. Aka, why windows picked up on "SODIMM". Believe it or not memory stores it's own memory to be configured as memory. ;)
Travis Piper yea he knows that, that's why it questioned it reading the SPD chip. And I'd guess he questioned it because the difference in contact points.
He knows that he was surprised because their was no real way for the motherboard to read that information as RAM wasn't directly connected to the board
Travis Piper He said the adapter had no logic of its own. Not thr RAM stick.
He was wrong. He ignored the chip beside the virtual fuse and the importance of the jumper. The adapter has its own memory chip and the jumper determines whether it uses it or bypasses to read the one on the SODIMM.
Nani?
i would say these serve a pupose for system repairers/testers where a system/ laptop presents with a ram issue these would be handy for testing sticks of ram
kyle hubner was going to say this too
also lets say you found/have a dead laptop with memory and you want to use that 8gb stick on your new PC to save some money.
was gonna say this too, makes testing unkown laptop ram easy!
I have a ded laptop with 2 sticks of working ram and a working pc with 2 sticks of ded ram. How bout that.
I'm broke and I had some laptop ram laying around, these converters are why my computer is running
hate when you kick an ad into what you were talking before, but i know it's necessary.... 80% of the tests I want to know the answers, you already did them! great job
"Who in their right mind would name their computer supply company, STD?!?"
0:23 - Top 10 Anime Deaths
old meme
Bywater shut
Oh, the SODIMM DIMM Adaptors at the Dimmsdale Dimmadome
the vid is almost 2 years old now but today's the day where I actually need it. A friend of mine got her brother's old ROG PC with a broken mainboard that uses SODIMMs. I hope to now salvage the 6700, the 970 and the ram and rebuild her the system cheaply using such adapters
I love these kinds of videos, poking around and experimenting with odd tech. 🤭
RIP Tunnelbear, HELLO privateinternetaccess!
That's a great concept, but more research and test must be done for a finish product!
Then use a German product instead.
It is quite obvious to....some....that using one of the adapters in any of the RAM slots would make none of the RAM not work due to the increased trace length compared to regular DIMM cards. RAM are very high speed components and exact trace length to the DDR ICs is a must, that is why the trace have a lot of curves so that all the traces have exactly the same length. It might, or not, be possible than 5mm trace mismatch can make any RAM to not work.
That means than no amount of research can improve the product because one cannot cheat physics.
I read that as Finnish product as well.
ja wohl herr general
That’s a great try but it needs more research before it can be a finish sentence
you are correct that a person should just get what's made for their system if they already have or can get it, however, i do know many great purposes for these still. as a person who owns his own small warehouse of things and still does pc repair on the side, i get a massive amount of systems that come through here. a ton of ram from desktops can be reused and often is, where i'm often left with a ton of 1gb and 2gb sticks or whatever. but laptops, often times their ram gets reused far less because systems just get scrapped or ditched, or already come maxed with ram. so people like me have incredible amounts of laptop ram laying around, and still have many desktops come through here. this is a very cheap way to get use out of all of that ram. the cheapest of those adapters are around 3 bucks with free shipping and still work great. essentially is like 3 dollars per stick for those customers while i have the stock. i also am into a great deal of gaming and emulation and other misc and test a huge range of systems, which makes them useful from time to time there too. so yeah, they aren't really a consumer thing, but more of an enthusiast thing.
how would you say the compatibility is with regular ram sticks and also dual channel? hit and miss?
@@krystilla i'll answer the second question first because it's the good answer, heh. of all tests i have done over time, dual/single channel and all of it's necessities or quirks operate the same and identically as you would expect, nothing special or new there. the first question there though is where i've noticed a lot of varying things, and it can be very random. some sticks will work with others, but generally, i would say 80% of the time when trying to combine them with normal sticks in the same system, it will not boot. and of the few times it does, i would say 50% of those times become problematic or unstable. so just don't mix them, everything else is good or as expected/intended.
dude i love the editors at ltt
Rip tunnel bear
What happend to TunnelBear :(
rabenfedersonnenhut its no longer the sponsor of ltt
rabenfedersonnenhut because McAfee bought TunnelBear
I'm hoping that the STD on the adapter stands for SODIMM To DIMM or something...
i hope so, but i’m not gonna risk it
That'd be cool, but SPD is an acronym of "Serial Presence Detect".
STD, not SPD.....
zinTaxZA he said spd.
yeah but why did he state the acronym of SPD
Supports EEPROM (SPD) device on protector card. JP1: Selecting EEPROM (SPD) device location 1-2 short: Select EEPROM (SPD) device on adapter. For testing only. 2-3 short: Select EEPROM (SPD) device on the Memory Module (DUT). Set this jump to use on regular PC
I can see those being good to have on hand, in case the DIMM RAM you have were to fail, but you need to get on your PC to order new RAM and you just happen to have some SODIMM laying around, then there you go. I can also see it being useful for running memtest and you have a rig setup just for testing RAM.
*Privateinternetaccess, is the new *TunnelBear*
Yes it is
5:34 "Hey, that's pretty good"
didn't expect to get jumpscared by a linus thumbnail
I hope linus can make this video again but from laptop memory to desktop adapters
I remember seeing some prebuilt 775 mobos that had sodimm slots.
There are Q87 Haswell motherboards with sodimm slots in the "thin m-ITX" form factor.
motorbiker46 It's also decently common in Mini ITX motherboards integrating a CPU that are commonly used for DIY "hack a computer in it" projects.
It's not uncommon to find fuel island motherboards that have both SODIMMs and DIMMs. A friend of mine works for FedEx and he save a few mobos from being scrapped.
had an old mini itx board on 1155 that took sodimms but was otherwise a normal desktop motherboard
Hmm, or you could use it as a test to see if the ram stick is dead or not?? assuming the adaptor is relatively cheap
I use two of these to convert DDR3 SODIMM to DIMM for my PC. I didn't have the money for more RAM, and had 8gb of laptop RAM laying around. Works a dream.
intro was savage as fuck
Drinking game:
One shot everytime Linus touches the gold contacts of the memory.
alcohol poisoning!
I mean, not like it’s good for the memory or anything, but gold is resilient.
Anyone noticed that on the card it says STD 😂🤔🤔 0:43
LiegBeest yea I did
I bought a computer years ago and the motherboard was really weird! It was a Mini ITX with a PCIEe x16 and a PCIE x1 slot, and it has only 1 RAM slot, which can only support 1 stick of laptop RAM
I've actually been looking for something EXACTLY like this! I have 16gb of DDR3 SODIMM but only 8gb DDR3 DIMM, and my desktop is suffering.
this will be great for my dozens of SODIMM DDR2 sticks!
KingASE88 pretty expensive to get 2gb 800mhz to work lol!
Indeed :/ Just bought 2*2Gb of DDR2 800 from AliExpress for 12$ shipping included soooo maybe not for DDR2
IchRocke Oooooooohhh.... Bad mistake. Ebay is your friend here. Aliexpress tends to be a bad service for electronics, as they are very cheaply produced. Used > New for what you get per dollar/pound/euro/currency.
If it's used and a lower price may be better though. If you can provide more information may actually be a better idea.
Speaking of private internet access, you know who helps you get access to a private internet? Tunnelbear, the private VPN app that's easy to use....
HypotheticalPizza but also owned by McAfee who will happily help the gov break into your phone.
rip
that's the joke
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I'm not sure why you'd say they'll help the gov't. I'm assuming you're talking about that ONE iPhone from the San Bernardino shooter, which McAfee said they'd break into so that the FBI wouldn't have to force Apple to let them into all iPhones? If that's the case you're referencing, then you are insane. McAfee was trying to protect cell phone security in that instance.
Semi-related note, Tunnelbear was already much worse than PIA. Glad to see PIA working with Linus.
my man Linus, watched your video that you're retiring. You inspired so many people including me. All the love bro
Can you cut the pin of a laptop CPU process and put to a desktop mother board
It makes sense, still have some laptop ram, just recycle it in an old desktop.
0:44 LinusSexTips?
Bibasik7 lol
STd...:-P
This seems perfect for me.
I use a gaming laptop which I upgraded over the years (ssd & 2x16 ram). I kept the OEM parts (hdd & 2x4 ram). Now looking to build my first gaming pc. I could pull out the upgrades from my laptop and return the OEM parts. That way I don't waste money on buying more ram or another ssd.
You should get good ram though lol, very important part. I doubt your gaming laptop has heat sinked over 3000Mhz low latency ram. 16gb ddr4 is really not too expensive, will probably be the cheapest part in your build.
Ok so these adapters are also available for DDR2 laptop to DDR2 desktop ram sticks.
4gb DDR2 667 desktop intel sticks are like gold dust but laptop sticks are a lot more common. Could this be a cheap solution to go from 8 to 16gb of ram?
Actually, DDR4 SO-DIMMs are 260-pin while desktop DDR is 288-pin. While some DDR4 SO-DIMMs have ECC, I don't think I've seen any that are buffered or with parity, so that may be what's missing. (Or just some extra power traces or something.) Either way, I think that adapter is passive rather than active.
I could use these to use in my test PC that never has the covers on it, testing memory in laptops can be a pain whereas using a desktop is easier.
finally, i have a use to the leftover ddr2 and ddr3 ram i have.
the top left corner of the adapter tho...
Doug DIMMAdone, inventor of the Dimsdale DIMMadaptor
4:30 when you realize they’re still using an old x99 board instead of an X299
Some older Mini-ITX boards have SODIMM slots instead of full size DIMM slots.
Many small server boards use SODIMM ECC kit, which is hard to find. This would be handy.
Nice new intro xD
rewatch it
Nate wu dear lies here, Linusnoobtips.
Can you fit a compact cooler (cryorig c7 for example) into a gaming laptop?
You can't really replace the cooler in a laptop because it is a universal cooler, meaning it cools more than one component in the laptop (usually the CPU and GPU)
No, laptop coolers are incredibly thin, nothing can replace them
They should make a weird cooler lol
Shadowfax there are several cases of people fitting their own dry coupling water cooling mods onto certain laptopa.
That's sort of what the laptops with a docking port do. That's about the only "normal" methods of doing it thus far.
Great to know that I can give my computer std’s too.
„Too“ 😕
This is actually really useful for people who've gutted old laptops or have SODIMMs laying around from upgrades because it can be transferred into desktop builds or used in other laptops or mini PCs that take laptop RAM. It makes the junky spare parts more useful.