What Makes ALL Your Electronics Work - Firmware Explained
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What is firmware and why is it so important?
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What Makes ALL Your Electronics Work?
me an intellectual: electricity
Me a lower intellectual: Satan
Magic smoke...duh!
Well he ain't wrong
@@rashakawa The only correct answer.
Sad truth: Chinese labor conditions
2:46 Someones phone went off in the background.
And 1:17
His Phone!🤣 Do you see how he puts his hand at his pocket?
@@gamezocker1238 Nah, it's a teleprompter
WeirdVideo Channel nope
@@DysKoneko same
1:15 Wife is calling.
2:46 Again?
RealSteelPlays he got divorced 😫😭
@@sheryarfarrukh8464 what?
@@plumcakey Nah, its a troll
ImLavaNdino it’s a joke
@@sheryarfarrukh8464 not funny, didn't laugh
There is an easy way to remember what hardware and software are:
The hardware is what you kick
The software is what you swear at
🗣️🗣️
And the firmware is when you can do either, but works neither. ^_^
Hardware is what you kick, software is why you are kicking xd
This makes me sad. 😿
@@Mr.Whiskers work with computers a while, your response would be more like 'yep'
Magic makes my electronics work.
Do you still play PUBG bro?
@@jdmnissan Not in a while, but Im a bit bored of the games I have right now so I thinking about playing PubG again.
@@ZtriDer no bro, it's impossible to stop playing fallout
@@jdmnissan Fallout is a classic, that is a game one always comes back to several times :)
David Copperfield pulls a bunch of levers and pushes buttons on another planet and in another dimension and that’s how he gets me connected to the Internet and makes my computer work. Thanks Dave!!
th-cam.com/video/V1an73QY0I4/w-d-xo.html
Bruh who's phone blowing up in the background.
If this is a joke then I do not understand
@@rearmisser 1:15 and 2:45 you can hear a notification sound very quietly.
@@Notius Yes I could hear that but I'm talking about the "blowing up" part
@@rearmisser "blowing up" is sometimes used to describe repeated notifications in a short period of time
Ah ok, thanks for explaining
Still waiting for the time when even TechQuickie switches on the Dark Mode....... Come on Jon
You wot?
so true, always watch my videos in bed, I get blinded everytime I watch a Techquickie
Devansh Jangid 69 likes
nice
Yup, their videos go online around 2am here...
@@maxi531 on Android there is blue light filter, and countless screen dimming apps. You have no excuse 😜
1:15 I can hear someone's ringtone going off.
Edit: I disappear for 8 hours and get a notification that someone liked a random comment I made. Apparently almost 1K. TF?
lmao
Yes it happened like 3 times in the video
That is very true my friend
BIGDUDE Nice name bruh
Also in 2:45
I see firmware as an intermediary device which helps merge the hardware and software. Similar to drivers, but a bit more on the hardware side than the software.
Therefore, I'm starting a petition to rename "drivers" to "limpware", so that we can have hard > firm > limp > soft!
Lmao genius😂
nice pun lol
Never skip software day
0:43 I just understood the term firmware. It's amazing what things you just don't think about but just learn and adopt.
Draugo it’s amazing you don’t think and just adopt.
Ikr, sometimes the level of my genius......................... sometimes it scares me!
Wait a second
Soft (ware)
Firm (ware)
Hard (ware)
One of the few good tech naming conventions.
Wgesh8
spy (ware)
Mal (ware)
Share (ware)
Free (ware)
Bloat (ware)
Me: I need some ware!
You: Which kind? Soft, Firm, Hard, VM, Spy, Mal, Bloat, Share, Free?
Me: ALL OF THEM!
@@GeneralBlackNorway *Shssssh* speak low when buying mal and soft together
"What Makes ALL Your Electronics Work
"
I was gonna say batteries/electricity but ok... :D
Me too lol.
I thought it was the magic smoke. When you see the smoke your electronics stop working.
"What makes your electronics work?"
Magic smoke!
When the magic smoke comes out it stops working
electricity
Which is contained in badly soldered and unserviceable chinese components. That cage is nothing for our pal "magic smoke" - comes out whenever he wants!
Oooooonnnn weeeeeeedd
FDMtech I used to snort Pixie Sticks that my teachers gave me when I was 7 or 8 like they were rails of cocaine when they weren’t looking! Lol!!
Easy: the magic smoke. Don’t let it out.
Beat me to it.
love it
Good advice. Last time I did it toke the form of a dragon and roasted me...
Scrolled down looking for this specific post.
@@AEON. no wonder why they're so inexpensive!
'Oh I was going to our sponsor...'
Well Linus, that was totally unexpected.
At 3:00, this makes me really appreciate the work of doing firmware updates for my quadcopter. The data has to be downloaded through the app on my phone and then sent via WiFi to the aircraft itself.
Thank you so much for this video Linus! I never thought I'd say that, but you really saved me this time. I've been having lots of outtages lately, and I've been getting anxious about my baby. So now you reminded me that I have to buy UPS to protect my system. Thank you!
2025: what makes linus's voice work
Text to speech.
Favorite episode so far! I've been binging all the popular
Thank you for the clear information brother
Wish this actually had "firmware" somewhere in the title
It looks like you need to watch a video on how TH-cam ad revenue works.
@@davidmcguire6043 Sounds like you need to watch a video on how constructive criticism works.
@@CorneliusCornbread no. It sounds like you need to watch that video because this wasn't constructive. You wanted linus who makes his money when people watch his videos to title his videos in such a way that a lot of people wouldn't actually watch it.
@@davidmcguire6043 Oh yes, because concatenating " | firmware" onto the title means he won't get any views or get any traffic. I just suggested the title was unclear. Not sure why you're so aggressive over a mere suggestion. I'm just saying that his current titles are lacking clarity, it's now his job to then take this criticism and try to work around it. Neither of us are TH-camrs, so YOU don't know what works for a title, and neither do I. With that being said, we can both make suggestions to LMG as we sit fit as long as it's constructive.
But then it wouldn't be clickbaity enough.
Constantly hearing the Samsung ring sound in the background, legitimately thought it was my old S3 that I swear I turned off yesterday.
Great info and good explanation 👌🏼 thanks
Good introduction. Ive never learned what a lot of this stuff refers to or what they are responsible for but I find it fascinating.
1:17 Turn your phone on silent jeebus
@2:47 nah?
@@gonzostwin1 at both
Stolen
Great video.
Firmware is really important, and it is really "deep".
Meaning, a bad firmware may brick your device.
I think it was relevant to mention MD5 in this video - which is a method usually used to verify the integrity of a firmware file.
2:46 Someone was really sloppy that day!
Phone call
Very good explanation on firmware Linus !!
great explaining thank you
As a firmware programmer i can con"firm" everything he says is correct. Sorry..
Normal programmer's tools: computer, text editor, debugger.
Firmware programmer's tools: computer, text editor, maybe debugger, some weird but necessary propriertary tools, an oscilloscope, a soldering iron, esd equipment and an emergency off button.
@@noergelstein pretty accurate. I work on firmware on pumps so it also involves water, that's a great combination.
@@PepsiBandit1 how to become one....I am CS student and I will love to learn it.
@@KeshariPiyush24 If you want to get into doing some embedded stuff then an easy way to start would be to get an arduino or rasberry pi. It requires a bit more knowledge about electronics, but you can often search to find the hardware you need.
H a h a-
MyReaspond:ClapClap
Electricity. Thanks for coming to my TED Talk.
1:16 those notification sounds be vibing
I like the video, great explanation. Thank you!
“Don’t worry I’m paying attention” hears notification
Bios hands control to operating system like Windows or MacOS
Linux users: angering
Thanks Freshbooks!
great video, very informative.
As being an employee of HP, i can confirm to you that the method of updating only when an issue arises is not a good method. Some updates are pushed to prevent issues from happening that would in the end require an system board replacement, such as Intel ME firmware. Not to mention it does provide security improvments and bug fixes that may have caused issues you didnt know you were having. Ideally for best performance and stability its recommended to keep all of your drivers, firmware, bios and chipset up to date. Linus is right though there is a risk of doing a bios update, but the chance of something happening is very slim as long as you know what you are doing.
Yeah I've been getting an error on my Intel ME Firmware ever since the first update on my Lenovo Thinkpad. Something about can't read the SKU
@@jamesbuttery3862 Was the ME firmware bundled with a bios update or seperate install. Most of the time there will be a ME driver that runs in windows and then the actual ME firmware in a seperate update to update the ME engine on system board. If doing all the updates doesnt resolve may want to consider doing a warranty claim if you have warranty.
@@austinverlinden2236 I help my friend with computer recycling business. He wiped the Thinkpad, loaded windows and gave it to me. I received a prompt shortly after for a 'Lenovo System Update'. "Intel Management Engine Firmware - 7 [32,64]/8.1/10 [64]
I do the update and it doesn't complete. Saying "The FW Update Utility couldn't identify the systems SKU (consumer or corporate). Please check your ME FW Update Utility package and try again. " Clicking to update manually fails too.
I've tried a few things from Lenovo help sites that have failed also. Any tips?? I received the computer free from a friend. No warranty.
Lenovo Thinkpad T460
1:16 every Samsung user reached out and grabbed his phone
Incorrect. Source: I always change the default sound.
Very informative video on FW. As an embedded developer (i write FW) its always very hard to explain what i do to people. I just started to say "i write code". Its simpler.
Nice.
this video was posted literally right as i bricked my phone. that timing is scary
Samsung notifications in the background
2:47 I hear a ringtone
I like the 2:45 text message noise, lol. You can see his hand dive down into his pocket to turn the volume off.
Bless you Linus.
Someone should mute his Samsung :D
Edit: Time 2:46
Seems that Linus, like the true professional he is, forgot to mute his phone...
Thank you to give firmware knowledge
Tech Quickie: Explain all things power including PSUs (ratings +12v rail output), PDUs, UPSs, 3 phase vs single phase, DC vs PWM, properly distributing loads not to fry components using sata vs molex power properly.
These fundamentals are often overlooked by most builders!
“What makes your electronics work” ?
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Ha ha power go brrrrr
This video should be named "So.. What's Firmware?"
And have some cheesy thumbnail with a dozen of question signs
I’m asking a simple question I unpugged my phone I say the update I just unpugged by mistake and this just my dam phone
3DS homebrew scene gets a shoutout at 4:22. Nice.
Ah techquickie, thank you for existing. So many things I can explain to my dumbfounded console friends by linking your videos.
YES 3ds home brew got shown!
i like some 3Dshacks
@@oussama7132 dont they have those in island themed games??
2:45 nice notification you got there
Regarding laptop bios update, it is not possible to update the bios before plugging in the power adapter, because you get a warning window
that says you have to connect the power adapter, or similar text. however on new laptops I have seen it
However in some devices such as smartphones and especially for IPhones and IPads the operating system is designed in a way that it’s also the firmware at the same time so there’s a dedicated part of the operating system that acts as the firmware! :)
I thought you took a long pause after “tolerate”, but it was just the video buffering 🤣
Someone is REALLY going wild with that Duke falling scream voice clip, wow
"What makes your electronics work?"
Magical pixies from the wall socket
I have seen TH-cam ad with you on your video. Such a coincidence
1:18 can hear a phone notifcation lol
2:02 lttstore.com
*wears an MKBHD tshirt throughout the video*
ROM:
Read
Only
Chips
Can you talk about the flow of the electricity when booting a PC ? :) Could be interesting to know.
Download your firmwear at LTTstore.com.
"We have clothes for your FIRMware"
I'm using electricity to watch this video
Satisfying that his sweater is zipped down perfectly to where the colour changes
Hey I recently saw a benchmark of 2x8 GB ram vs 4x4 GB ram and the 4x4 had a performance increase of between 10-30%, which is actually ridiculous, could you please do a video going more in depth with this topic? thankyou!
1:17 I thought I got two text messages
3:27 Underschtand, that's sounds so german-pronounced.^^
can you make a video or answer this question please. what is a better choice for an hp notebook laptop. Dual core X86 CPU or amd a10 9600p apu
last time I was this early, channel super fun was still a thing
No, it's electricity
Electricity is only a part of what makes it work.
@@av28379 r/woosh
Negative Ghost Rider, it's magic smoke.
@@Fizzyxd no it's r/woooosh it's four os
@@SFSAtlas r/cringe
Electricity
This guy should do a channel about tech and tips he seems very knowable is these sort of things!
1:15 getting a few notifications there linus
Also 2:45
Techquickie: "what makes all your electronics work?
Me: electricity.
Cut. Print. That's a wrap, everyone. See you on the next video.
Electricity?
We some time store in backup partition and once FW is updated correctly we switch the boot partition if everything is fine., like a ping pong.,
Nice refresher on firmware
missed opportnity for "just imagine use a smart pizza cutter to cut fresh pizza, speaking of fresh...."
Haha, firm, that's funny.
Linus's phone going off at 2:45 had me
"To provide us the compitung experience that we know and L-tolerate"
Well said, well said indeed.
You're giving me embedded systems engineering ptsd, stop. I've left that life of soldering and schematics behind.
I know the answer: electricity.
Nah. It's Atoms.
@@GodSkul Nah, It's Electrons
Nothing brings me more joy than Linus's segways lol
is bios and AMD all in 1 the same thing and is it as easy as it looks for AMD's own video download hit delete and select bios folder. is it recommended and will I see performance improvements
8 comments. 0 comments. Thanks new TH-cam comments update.
Who else loves....
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Don't search Moobicap on youtube
No
Me: searching Moobicap on TH-cam
How can I see the firmware of an enterprise level Samsung ssd with a Linux os? I am trying to see how the verse Specific attributes are presenting their raw values for the purpose of estimating lba writes renaming.
I was just thinking about this today! I was like, "how does my stove clock work if it doesn't have ram or a cpu or SSD or HDD?" then I saw this! thx!
Who else is sick of these who else comments?
Don't search Moobicap on youtube
Stop with the clickbait titles. Put Firmware in the title. I thought this video would be about electricity or something - the title is very vague
So how a chip structure work like a gyroscope or sensor or any kind of smol rectangle chip on the motherboards?
Firmware is a set of instructions or a program that runs microcontroler(s) in your electronic devices driving it's principal functions and usually stored in eeprom memory chip. Without this code\firmware your device is literary a brick. "Conventional software" is also a program but sits on a higher abstraction level that allows us to control the device. The best analogy would be, think of the firmware as an autonomic\parasympathetic nervous system in human body, that controls basic functions like intestine peristalsis, heart beat rate and etc.
can you make a video about single rank vs dual rank RAM? for example, 2x16gb dual rank modules vs 4x8gb single rank modules? any diff in performance?
cheers
I've been working on this pc tower for over a year and one other. Just to realise this morning aching from work, and worn down from constant yt guides and os jimmying that the "operator" in the 1st matrix film was in fact a program. Like as in compared to an os being "but a simple program" and the fact that I got d in the bios tonight lmao. And yes Linustechtips is morpheus aperantly. Lolol. Good day gentle sirs and legitimate ladies of wee hour goblin activities. Lolol. Idk about you but this is most awesome to me.
2:45 linus gets a message (you can hear the samsung sound :D ) and reach to his pocket
That hilarious cuz this reminded my I needed to order a new pizza cutter I was just talking about an hour before watching this haha