This machine was crying out to be released from its eternal prison, so I replaced its brain. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2OPrGBxkD0 Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjrcB2qMbYU Chapters: 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:56 Guts reveal and recap 00:08:30 The Gaming Tragedy 00:13:49 The Mod Proposal 00:17:58 Game tests and performance 00:24:45 Experiences of doing the mod 00:25:26 Rebuild: Disassembly 00:33:17 Rebuild: Fear and Loathing in the Cooling System 00:37:15 Rebuild: Horrific soldering work 00:39:45 Rebuild: Remounting the cooler 00:43:03 Rebuild: Fixing the fan & DVD cable 00:45:03 Rebuild: Installing new board & heatpipes 00:48:22 Rebuild: Correcting my screwup 00:50:22 Rebuild: The power supply situation 00:54:53 Rebuild: Tests & wrapup 00:57:00 Mod postmortem 01:01:04 Conclusions 01:04:04 Outro