AMD Geode/Video 1

See the parent article for details about what's happening in the video.

Footage was shot with my Pentax K-5 and edited with Kdenlive 19.12.

I've decided that I'm going to release what I have recorded so far as part 1 before I start with part 2.

Overall progress

To do

• Scene: Molex USB connector
• Scene: USB powering
• Scene: USB measurement
• Scene: VREF on datasheet, VGA schematics on OLPC
• Scene: Looking for VREF
• Scene: Probing BGA
• Scene: Null modem cable (Didn't film, just show image)
• Scene: CompactFlash
• Scene: DOS (Didn't film)
• Scene: Linux and VGA
• Scene: Probing VGA again
• Scene: Solder mess-up
• Post: Wiki page, all details
• Post: Longer introduction
• Post: Re-do voiceover for consistency
• Post: Audio mixing

Done

• Scene: Introduction
• Scene: Board showoff
• Scene: Powering the board
• Scene: RAM
• Scene: BIOS removal
• Scene: Battery removal
• Scene: Keyboard
• Scene: Surprise cat
• Scene: Ethernet
• Scene: Breadboard serial cable
• Scene: VGA probing
• Scene: VGA board check
• Scene: SD card over IDE attempt

Part 2

• Transistor hack
• eeePC hack
• Investigate BIOS hunch

Mistakes

• I didn't write a script
• I didn't film any usable B-roll
• I didn't make any kind of time for interjections
• There's no soft transitioning between scenes
• I didn't lock exposure on a bunch of clips
• I didn't white balance clips properly