 So this entire project actually came about when I was joking around with Brandon in between shots because The thing is is that out of the box a red 8k camera So this is one of their DSMC to platform cameras or whatever It's got their helium 8k sensor on it out of the box They're super compact to the point where like it's kind of a miracle that they managed to keep the things cool because There's a lot of data moving through them But the thing is by the time you rig them up with your external display your big old lens your couple battery packs your quick Release your what's this thing called your top handle? Whatever else like they're so bulky that it wouldn't be that much of a stretch then To like clip a radiator to it. We're kind of joking about this and laughing and then all of a sudden Got serious Why don't we water cool a camera? Well, I couldn't think of a reason not to so here we are So here's the thing I'm not sure if anybody's ever done anything like this before even just tearing it down like when I search for red camera disassembly I get like a a manual from Rocket rentals something about a Leica M camera now There's a red epic X 5k camera tear down but extreme tech didn't actually do it They just grabbed some photos of the FCC's tear down where they made sure it complied with all the rules and Regulations and stuff it would appear that after a cursory Google search. Anyway, we are in uncharted waters here waters get it I have no instructions all I have is this camera body and this I fix it kit and This my phone because I'm gonna be taking a lot of pictures as I go here to hopefully make sure that I don't screw this Up too badly So there's a few things that we do know we can see that our main cooling heat sink is right by this vent here So there's our intake I believe no that looks like our exhaust and then here's our intake Yeah, it says intake fans right there. And so it's blowing through the body this way and out that way So the the cooling seems to take place at the back. So maybe we could start You know what let's let's start from the bottom they're going going bottom up You know, I feel like I need one of those project mats Here we go, just make myself a handle, okay No, well, that's did I give up forget it Yeah, sure this is gonna be a system that will work great because holding threads like that We will definitely be able to see how long the screw is Oh Okay, so this is their monitor attachment and then this is David what does this one do Okay, I don't know but what that means is that there could be delicate ribbon cables Behind any pieces that we remove We're kind of working blind here and we don't want to pull too hard on things bloody hell So this is loose, but this is not completely loose. Yeah, we're gonna need to Loosen that somehow All right. Well the next thing we can pull off is the mag holder. Oh Okay. Oh, wow. This actually looks like it might be simpler than I thought. So this is the The mag reader right here and it just uses a simple push in connector It goes right there and then that actually gives us access to This ribbon I think it's this ribbon damn it. It's not that ribbon now some of you watching from home Including even ones that work at red digital cinema are probably wondering Why would you water cool a camera? What could you possibly hope to achieve? I? Mean I'm not expecting any better performance cooling it more While it could have the potential to increase its longevity is not gonna get us More resolution or more FPS or or anything like that so I guess if I was gonna set out a success or fail bar for this project It would be if we manage to make the camera cooler and or quieter Then I would consider it to be a massive success Because as some of you will know especially if you've worked with reds in an on location environment Or in a setting that's that's quite hot in between shots They'll actually ramp up their fans quite a lot in order to keep the internals cool like they turn it off while you're shooting Which is good because you can't have a bunch of fan noise while you're trying to record audio But in between they'll they'll ramp them up quite high so if we could find a way to eliminate that behavior that would be pretty cool too and Aside from what exactly it is that we hope to accomplish there are actually a lot of other things that we don't know yet either including whether or not this is even possible or if we are just Barking up a completely empty pointless tree. I mean red wouldn't tell us anything so the only way for us to find out if the camera can even have its cooling changed is To open it up and see for ourselves Starting to get a little nervous though. This is not quite as simple as just pop off one side and Be able to see oh Well, there's that warranty void if removed wait, what the hell how did this come off? Okay There's our button. Oh Wow, this is not going to be easy There's a cooling block here that looks like it's dealing with the bottom side of this What looks like it should be a PCB, but it seems to be brass then There's what appears to be a second one right here And it's interfacing with whatever this chip is right here Then there are heat pipes that run down under this PCB on the side here into this heatsink right here Which is much larger than I anticipated like this is a serious machine That is a significant amount of heat that they're trying to move away from it So as far as I can tell the next step is to remove this PCB and give ourselves a better look at the heatsink So we've got a Xilinx Kinect 7 ASIC on here. I wonder what you do. I'm not even gonna try to guess right now Sweating Quite literally sweating right now. Oh So this opens to reveal not a Screw but some kind of antenna connector Okay, so this antenna connector is actually for something to do with up here in the fans. Oh Well, wait Hey Brandon, does the red have any wireless functionality? Does it Okay, there you go. So this presumably is our Wi-Fi chipset Okay, so I was kind of worried about jumping the gun on removing The sensor housing because I don't want to get any dust on it or anything I'm not exactly working in a clean room, but it appears as though I have just freed it. Oh What the hell? This is all one big thing Man The housing for the sensor here at the front. It's come free When I remove the screws from the PCB here, but it's taking the heat sink with it See that the heat sink can't get out Um, oh and there's a separate heat sink back there. Oh, man Why are we doing this? This is a really stupid project. Oh You bastard what now so there's a rubber grommet that the heat pipes pass through can you see that? There must be a thermal reason for doing it Maybe it's just to control airflow to make sure that they don't lose any leakage Ooh, that's in tight. Oh man. This has a wrench Freaking head on it. Oh wait, you've got to be kidding me. It's tightening up. Holy crap. It's turning the socket under it That's bad As long as I can rotate this a little bit I can access the one on the other side Oh my god, where did this plug into on the other end? I don't remember removing two ends of this. Oh what? Oh god, what is this? Well, you know about this project already What what you didn't know that we're getting started on it yet. I don't know. Oh, is this the red? It's what remains of a red So this guy goes on like this you can tell from the glue on here and on here and how I ripped it off and then this guy has It's kind of like a GPU I think where there's like a big chip and then some small chips around it that all have thermal goop on them So that's that and you kind of envision it now picture them all vertically aligned instead. Yeah. Yeah, okay So there's another couple components here. The idea is basically just have like this and I'm like a rad Oh, yeah, the rad comes outside. So like where the air cooling exhaust is we would just like Put a couple friggin holes in it and run tubing out Would we even have space for fittings in the blocks? No so we just have to like solder tubes right on blocks possibly But remember these heat sinks go away Yeah, true, right? So if we and these ribbons have a little bit of play So we can make ourselves a little bit more room between these without giving up necessary space here because all these heat sinks go Away. Yeah, like this one this one not too hard. I'm concerned about this one. Yeah And that also seems to be the one that needs the most cooling yes, that's the one with the heat pipes This was a really bad idea Yeah But also like a good one How are we going to mount on here? Is it just thermal pasted on? Oh my god No, it's screwed in from the top. Look at these gaps in the fins. These are not an accident. It's not gonna work. Why not? Give me one reason why not because you don't have enough clearance. I might Not quite working. Yeah, I think we need to get a super skinny driver. Yeah That's gonna be a custom order part. Okay, so I've got these three screws off now Oh, it's far worse than I thought There are no fewer than elements that need to be pulled on this one red doesn't subscribe to the less is more philosophy What what the hell I? Have never seen anything like that. Is that the chip as far as I can tell But it has two screw holes through it How the hell do you make a water block for that? Well, why do you think I brought you in here? This is quite the project. So I guess what you're saying is Don't hold your breath for part two Coming to you 2020 well No, we can finish it. Yeah Like we're gonna be on it but like holy shit It's a victim not a patient This thing is so full of a6 like no wonder the things so damn expensive I wonder if some of them are just FPGAs Well, what is this thing? Hold on a second. No, it's not $5,000. Hold on a second It's 28 nanometer though. Like that's not yeah, like bitch tier stuff How much are they? It's hard to say this is a extended price $1,600 For one and that's that's just this chip not like anything else We are so fucked. I mean if we just have to like cobble the thing together and like kind of you know Lean on it to close it. Yeah, like I think that if it's water-cooled and then zip-tied together No one's going to complain. Yes. This is just where We say goodbye and Everyone hopes that we have another one soon Yeah, so thanks for watching guys. If you disliked this video You can hit that button But if you liked it hit like get subscribed or maybe consider checking out where to buy the stuff we featured at the link in the video description Just kidding. Also down there is our merch store, which has cool shirts like this one and our community forum, which you should totally join