26KG of MacBooks + iPads for $370USD - Can they be repaired?

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[@bartoszurbanik4000]

"So as any professional IT would do I turned it off and on" my new favourite quote

[@tommo_m]

I work as a tech.. the professional term is called a "Power Cycle" lol

[@fruitfcker5351]

I'm surprised he didn't put it in rice as any IT professional would do.

[@Wishingweezy]

If u subscribe to me and leave a comment on my vid I will sub to you

[@loliukasudrisgaming]

"so as any professional IT would do i turned it off and on" i think you ment

[@kaioswav]

Thanks for not making me comments this

[@yuvvrajkperson]

"As every professional laptop should, it has a lot of ports" the shade. THE SHADE

[@Mrwhosethesus]

Correct

[@kalfruit]

I agree tho Wtf is ONLY having USB C and a Aux And having to use dongles. Although currently I've got a iMac 21.5inch 2019 I upgraded from the MacBook Pro 15inch 2016

[@brennont9724]

Wishing weezy No.

[@Mrwhosethesus]

@@brennont9724 I just report it

[@yuvvrajkperson]

@@kalfruit let me summarize the port list: iPods: Lightning and AUX iPhones: Lightning iPad: some are lightning, others are USB-C Macbooks: USB-C/Thunderbolt and AUX So Apple, we need: Lightning Headphones, AUX Headphones, USB-A to Lightning, USB-C to Lightning, USB-A to USB-C and USB-C to USB-C. Really??

[@dourspider8090]

The "one man's trash is a another man's treasure " fits you well

[@LeddaZ]

6:54 that MacBook has been intentionally damaged, there's no way someone can accidentally destroy a laptop like this

[@andyhaber89]

I blame techrax

[@DavidPutraØP]

Airsoft

[@zahidshabir4038]

even the one shown before it seemed like it was intentionally damaged

[@jjearrape198]

I blame howtobasic

[@Ev11nroo]

it looks like it has been shot and stabbed

[@tokonomii]

For only $370 I'd say that that's the best deal for what you got from it. It's incredible on how much stuff this dude got for only that much money

[@matt2m]

Idk I feel like 370 is way too much

[@ChibiKeruchan]

$370 is too much for those pile of junks. coz at the very least nobody will buy an old 2nd hand model of any apple product. (base from their target customer of apple products) not to mention finding parts are too damn hard to find and expensive (unless you are living in shenzhen china) even Louis Rossmann will throw these junks to the landfill. lol

[@ultraintent7864]

James Chua yeah definitely not

[@Ahmed____]

@@ChibiKeruchan You are mistaken. These Macbooks and iPads have a huge market on the likes of eBay and other second-hand sites. There are early 2013 Macbook Pros (13") being sold for £450 ($565)+ on eBay. This deal was an absolute steal for what Hugh received.

[@ccricers]

I have a 2008 MacBook with a battery that won't hold a charge (it must stay plugged in to work) and still bet you I can find someone who'll take it for $100 just that one alone.

[@sneekeruk]

7:04 Looks like that mac crashed and lost someones work, so they went to town with it using a gun.

[@markbennett6658]

sneekeruk more like somebody’s other half found some ‘scumbag activities’ on it and went to town with an axe! I’m concerned about the well being of its former owner😂

[@wellthen4128]

**America**

[@xalataf3365]

@SteveyScott3242 highly doubt considering it's a mac

[@admiralwolf7218]

Nah a kid played fortnite and raged

[@longhairddingus6970]

nah, that looks like the aftermath of a howtobasic video, before he threw eggs at it and snapped it in half

[@TheDragonballboy]

6:55 One like equals one slap to the previous owner of this laptop

[@benzjiman6931]

SoldierSparky what if it was plainrock124? *thonks*

[@alwinvillero4404]

@@benzjiman6931 he is uh...

[@HeTake123]

That 17' 2009 MBP most likely has a dead capacitor that powers the MCP. It's very common on that model and is easily fixed by replacing the capacitor :)

[@mr1bienvenu1]

The computer at 7:14 looks like victim of a divorce. 😭

[@mememaster9393]

Or an insane ex

[@tyrek78]

Sad :(

[@mr1bienvenu1]

@@mememaster9393 or the result of finding a hookup app with his wife's profile on it 😳😡🤬

[@andrive]

@@mememaster9393 both

[@apkibilli9645]

Probaly it was a drunk husband

[@peterthepanda]

These devices look more like they came from Techrax's tech lot. 🤣

[@aileenp.5218]

Yep

[@deltazero3796]

what's that?

[@gabbyrose9766]

@@deltazero3796 hes a youtuber

[@deltazero3796]

@@gabbyrose9766 what he doe smash the hi-tech equipment and make movies from it?

[@deltazero3796]

@َ َ meh

[@FullCourseRacingDK]

The 2000 Mac would be my favorite to be restored!

[@caleblastname6969]

Hugh sounds genuinely enraged at 7:14. Most expression I’ve heard out of him.

[@digitalcasanova]

all of them, I want to see all of them restored.

[@FrugalRepair]

Hey Hugh, FYI, the 2011 GPU faults are inside the chip. It’s a flip chip design where the die is connected with metal bumps rather than bond wires. The failure is on one or more of the bumps. I don’t have a video on this but I do have one on what is happening when people try to reheat their BGA chips.

[@andrew_radios_speakersandmore]

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[@thesportyeets6725]

“No dongles needed on this MacBook” Something we can’t say anymore :(.

[@unlimitedwater4646]

Yes

[@suddenlyacat]

apple has more recently added more slots! you still need a dongle for most stuff tho :(

[@exaltedb]

3:20 _charge cycles: 1715_ _OS X battery status: good_ They really don’t make MacBooks like they used too

[@gp3328]

3 year old macbook Pro 2016: battery, needs servicing.

[@Shutdown90078]

@Blade Gaming the new m1 has amazing battery

[@Ordlnary_Gamer]

@@Shutdown90078for now

[@adityanarayansreejith9362]

7:06 Dammmm this laptop is the most abused one! The guy who owned this definitely wanted to destroy his secrets. Lol😂😂

[@admiralwolf7218]

Kid played fortnite raged

[@admiralwolf7218]

@Coco Plays it is a joke

[@admiralwolf7218]

@Coco Plays it is a joke

[@unlimitedwater4646]

@ItsCoco lol

[@dotmars2568]

Hugh mate, you have out done yourself on this one. I can't wait for the future vids! ♥️

[@bsocmtomsdcs815]

Massive thank you to everyone of my subscribers so far, the channel would never be where it is today without you all. 1 million is amazing 👏 😍 🙌

[@38911bytefree]

12:01 I have been into a couple of laptops that started with this red tint and I read that it comes from the CCFL when it is worn out. It has nothing to do with the pannel itself, just the CCGL emiting redish light

[@shrikedecil]

The "Pismo" black laptop had all sorts of *other* things that could be shoved in the "Accessory Bay" too. From the black 'just plastic bin' one I used to hold dongles and cables *internally* to a *internal* AC powerbrick, to ZIP drives, etc. Honestly an excellent design concept even today IMNSHO. Double batteries are excellent. Or run *no* batteries light. I have one running a developer release of MAX OS X here somewhere and some of the odd 'fits in a bay' stuff if there's particular interest.

[@Break.]

3:26 the enthusiasm in this sentence tho lol

[@someidiot6359]

Can’t wait to see the repairs

[@emmabentley7945]

the 2011's were down to Apple using sub par none Led based solder, I had one of these and had constant logic board replacements.

[@aegonthedragon7303]

No. That, and a design flaw from AMD itself.

[@gamertygonl]

@@Wishingweezy penis

[@ledekou1983]

@@aegonthedragon7303 ...exactly. Easiest proof is the high failure rate of non-soldered AMD 5xxx and 6xxx GPUs from that same time (found e.g. in the 2011 iMac).

[@kjcolewelle]

Appreciate all the time and patience, not to mention professionalism, you put into this and all your videos, Hugh. "Keep it repaired" and "Keep it out of landfill" should be T-Shirt slogans by now, if they aren't already. Keep up the great work!

[@LSiva93]

Love the work you are doing man! Highly professional and striving to do right by the environment. Keep up the good work. May you inspire more people in following the same path.

[@andi]

Ah I love the 17 inch MacBook Pro, especially with the matte display! You should definitely disable the GPU and use the integrated one :D

[@W1ldTangent]

There is a board-level fix that can permanently disable the GPU and make these old monsters stable again.

[@drbass9677]

@@W1ldTangent if you disable the gpu via commands its still stable.

[@ThatFoldableGuy]

Hugh, that 2009 MBP might be a good place to start with buying a second hand board, and a bottom case replacement if the screen is still good. It is the matte version and they are becoming increasingly more rare as they were only made for a short period of time.

[@SirJackII]

14:58 They're all working and in macOS, but there's that one in the back that isn't on and can't boot.

[@BoredAmerican]

Jack Cowan no shit lol

[@woodant1981]

Apple: sells "Pro" laptop with 128GB of storage and no ports Hugh: accumulates 120 gigs of raw footage and shames Apple on the lack of ports Apple: that wasn't very InNOvatIOn of you

[@cleerph]

4:11 9 beeps of death RAM issues

[@KatsuSush]

RAM Issues on MacBooks are 3 beeps, 9 beeps are GPU issues or a corrupted EFI partition

[@BrianJones-wk8cx]

Love your videos, Hugh, thank you for the content! I've been sick since late April and had the good fortune of stumbling upon the treasure trove that is your channel. While I'm still stuck in bed, I'm always delighted by your work, thank you and keep it up!

[@muhammadediilfa8513]

FYI, I have ipad 2 3g, and it is locked on activation device. Then i remove the resistor R1205 (near the a5 cpu). Turn the ipad 2 on, and it will automatic enter the dfu mode. Then connect to pc and restore the firmware with 3utools. After that the activation screen/apple id/icloud id is empty and i can use the ipad as usual. But the 3g no longer working

[@opuzlife]

There are A5 activation lock bypasses that don’t require removing anything already

[@zachhutchins5431]

opusgames how do u do it

[@LoloE39]

6:54 HowToBasic's MacBook 😂

[@braanch]

lmao 😂

[@onurutkan9524]

The way you work is so much more better than anyone I've seen. İ wish there's someone like you in turkey, I would trust my life in you.

[@desi_bhai_]

This sound in the big MacBook can be solved by resetting the sound driver or updating This also happened to my laptop

[@charleshenriquez7421]

Man the previous owner of the computer at 7:20 it looks like the computer crashed on him then he just grabbed a baseball bat and got to business with it lol

[@jamesmiddleton4741]

I'm looking forward to the restoration of the apple to floppy.

[@randomaccountepix4481]

Wishing weezy dumb beggar

[@i05af]

@@Wishingweezydont do that, man. I know we all wanna grow but 1> That's against KZbin's rules. 2> Grow naturally. Good luck on KZbin, this isnt the way.

[@Wishingweezy]

@@i05af ok sorry but ima kid tho fired catfist

[@i05af]

@@Wishingweezy That's okay, good luck

[@hildashubby]

I cant wait to see all of them being restored, however, I got to say what I am looking forward the most is to know how you will handle all of that apple account locked iPad, I am curious what parts can you salvage for other devices, or if in the other way around what parts would you have to transfer from an "unlocked" device into any of those to be able to use it?

[@andytatt100]

8:26 "someone's been in here"

[@GarbanzoBeansFan]

dankpods

[@zetsubou3704]

It's caught the sads unfortunately

[@iPodee]

dude stole dankpods line

[@RedPMD]

at least no slashes and dashes cutting the laptop in half in GSP

[@gp3328]

I love watching these because I love doing this myself. And that just makes me actually see the notification from "Hugh Jeffreys" during my movie and watch the video.

[@fixingfaming]

Finally man! I couldn’t wait for this video!!

[@fixingfaming]

Yeahhhh!!! John!!!

[@expgretaillegacy]

Wow, that’s incredible! Hugh, I really enjoy watching your videos! In fact, when I saw the notification for your new upload, I was like “I MUST WATCH THIS!”

[@HughJeffreys]

:)

[@expgretaillegacy]

Hugh Jeffreys I’ve got an iPhone collection with some interesting and rare iPhones in it. Watching your restoration videos (as well as Asjpalms’ videos) has really inspired me to collect Apple products (mostly iPhones). I’ve got some cool stories to share. I will also say that I AM a subscriber to this channel!

[@SirJackII]

If your iDevice has Activation Lock, put it in recovery mode and restore it.

[@lablackzed]

Use to work but Apple stopped it the bastards.👊

[@Poire33]

Just to clear things up, the GPU is not problematic on the 2009 and 2010 MBPs. The issue is actually a capacitor that goes bad and needs to be replaced (C7771 for 2008-2009 unibodies, C9560 for 2010 unibodies.)

[@akhild9612]

Watching this video in my 4 years old phone with broke screen 😂😂😂

[@dernettekerl7665]

Hahahah.. my 8 years old phone with broken screen and battery issues

[@SpookyBoson]

4:12 "So as any IT professional would do... I turned it off and on again." LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@Lol5967]

Or do the easy way: Unplug the battery or the charger if its running off it.

[@aayushgargofficial]

13:51 Apple employee got promoted for "inspiring Apple to force people to buy Mac's every year"

[@Aistechmr]

9:30 I think it should be possible to put an iFlash adapter in there because it is basically an ipod hard drive

2:58 Europe also uses inches for screen size.

[@TheSpotify95]

The UK still uses inches for PC screens.

[@bramvandenbroeck5060]

4:44 If this is the 2012 model of macbook than this model doesn't have a failing gpu, but a poor soldered buck converter, this is a small chip that is the power 'lifeline' of the gpu, apple had an extended repair program for those macbooks, you can tell if the macbook had been "repaired" by apple if you open up the laptop and find a piece of shoe rubber glued on the buck converter.

[@sonianatasha6678]

hugh post this in 7:01 am in my timezone (btw im from malaysia lol) thanks for likes!

[@Berbecu69]

2.21 in romania xd

[@davidsindlinger4031]

7:01pm for me

[@novox4109]

Be happy be happy midnight is great😂😂😂🤙

[@shaheerburney398]

12:01 am

[@jamesbond6214]

What is ur time zone then

[@lorenzogoldoni4706]

Really nice video. I just wanna tell you that the 1st gen MacBook Air shipped with a barrel-design MagSafe charger, which was designed to charge the Mac without putting it in a strange angle

[@rhysdavies8947]

Sounds like ‘John’ served you some proper castoffs from his pile and got some money back.

[@go2hell746]

6:54 i actually like that trackpad. it should be a custom engraving. looks nice

[@simtitan1]

Its shocking how anyone could intentionally mistreat their expensive hardware like that.

[@SeptienPatterson]

Hugh is moving up in the world! Type in Hugh and he's the first search results, not Hugh Jackman 😂

[@brendankiyohara771]

Imagine how much electronics he has in his home

[@manuelos94]

that powerbook G4 looks so nice actually, it meets the modern designs imo

[@Deeznutsmynamejeff21]

1 kg = 2.2 lbs so 26kg is 57 lbs for all you wrongly educated folk

[@alexandergonczi3732]

I had an Airport express, and I used it to play stuff over Airplay to my HiFi system. Worked perfectly.

[@High-Rise]

When its says no views Me:YEEEET

[@alpaljl]

This is awesome! I'm looking forward to these machines being restored.

[@cesariojpn]

**Louis Rossmann has joined the chat**

[@MichaelAStanhope]

09 MacBook Pros don’t typically have video issues. Likely it’s just a faulty hard drive. You would want to yank that for an ssd anyway. 2020 and I’m still rocking a 17” mbp. Love that machine.

[@Call_Me_Zain]

I think i am first

[@ivanrabbath3864]

Zain Ul haq yeah, you are.

[@voidyt9939]

Zain Ul haq u r

[@LiuWoods]

Ok

[@6StringPassion.]

Internet recovery for older OS will usually work if you back date. Strange as it sounds, Apple puts an expiration date on Mac OS Internet Recovery downloads. Because, well...Apple. After the first part of the process (download), but prior to letting it restart, you disconnect it from any Internet access, manually boot into recovery, open terminal, set the date back far enough to override the expiration date of the OS you are trying to install, and then let it reboot and perform the actual install (still without allowing any Internet access).

[@owenoreilly_20]

Interesting story with the one that was hard to turn on and then boot looped, I was on a trip and my phone restarted, WiFi cellular and Bluetooth were all disabled, after restarting again it showed the swipe up to restore screen, it locked up after that and turned off, I could only turn it on when the charger was unplugged, then had to plug it in when it was on the apple logo. When I got it on the system logs would crash when you opened them. I restored the phone to factory and it was fine for a hour, then it repeated it all, when I got home I fully wiped it and put it into dfu mode and haven’t had problems since, this was on a iPhone XS. This whole thing happened over a few hours trying to get to to work

[@neilsaeroadventures1116]

Looking forward to the iPhone 11 Pro Max vid!

[@jacobengelman6485]

I’m looking forward to seeing what Hugh can do with the MacBook that was obviously used for target practice

[@Darkn]

"It may even be quicker to run this computer off the USB port" - 10:02 I've never heard something so true.

[@danbarnes4069]

On The First Macbook Pro I Think It's The 9 Beeps Of Death That Means A Corrupted System File Or File Directory. 4:11

[@gamingzilla4059]

“A fine edition to my collection” - general Jeff

[@wc919chan]

Watching Hugh’s videos are always satisfying

[@CesareVesdani]

Goodness me. How did those laptops have dents and cracks like a car accident? What insane use has the previous owners had on those laptops.

[@Wolf-cl5tg]

Man, as long as you upload a video on restoration it's cool. especially the older device.

[@ethand4784]

I keep an old mac mini around for if I ever find an original ipod out in the wild

[@SilverX95]

12:00 the inverter is going bad on the back light, my thinkpad R61i dose the same thing though on mine after a wile the back light will shut off if you max out the brightness could also be the lighting elements are also going bad

[@lloydellington3384]

12.44am in the uk and i was going to bed. Not any more, the G3 laptop is a beaut and was my first mac. Please bring that back to life first. Currently awaiting on a donor board for my 17 inch 2010 MacBook pro. I think the SMC has gone in keeping with every other laptop of that type and size. Keep up the great work.

[@cameron7938]

Apple in 2000: you can put two batteries in the laptop. Apple in 2020: why would we give you a charger with your phone?

[@AlexElectronics]

13:36 I'm pretty sure that's an issue with the SMC, not the GPU.

[@Halsafe]

Hugh I just got a 2013 MBP with about 2,600 charge cycles and still 86% life. My old 2012 MBP barely lasted me 1,700 cycles before suffering a 47% battery life

[@realzacharykool9378]

You’re actually the best tech repair guy ever

[@dominicskywalker]

the 17 inch MacBook pro has a power regulator chip that is not rated for the power necessary to power the GPU, and what can happen is a complete GPU crash or fault. Heating the chip with a heat gun or replacing it with a proper chip will fix the problem.

[@rexe3139]

The 17 inch MacBook Pro gpu failed because the solder bumps that connected the die to the substrate would fail. Only 2011s had that issue, even the 2011 iMacs had gpu failure because it was the same chip.

[@stevenspecht001]

that MacBook around the 7 and half minute mark looks like someone was MAD at it lol

[@bigboat8329]

4:40 fun fact: this is actually EXACTLY what caused xbox one red ring of death, and some people suggested you should wrap the xbox in a towel to try to over heat it so the joints re-form. kinda cool!

[@fraichemilk]

Surprised you didn't get the slash and dash treatment.

[@adityanarayansreejith9362]

3:14 A professional laptop should have all the ports needed like this guy😎

[@olgabecker8571]

what about the iPad that says 4:53 on the screen?

[@picklerick_91]

9:30 That’s cool so in retrospect you can install a 512GB SD Card with a CF Adapter in a ZIF Adapter like you do in the iPod Classic videos to this 08 Air! 🤯🤯

[@expgretaillegacy]

Honestly, I look forward to ALL of these being restored!

[@steve_1507]

Where do you find such things? I really like to go into Electronics Repair and want some tech to start a collection

[@ignxdank]

For the MacBook Air Apple made a special charger (MagSafe 1 L connector) so you were supposed to use that

[@DJTechYT]

Amazing video as usual! I would love to see the PowerBook G3 being restored in the future!

[@dinesh785]

Lots of hard work did by you. Nice presentation. Keep posting helpful videos. Thanks 👍

[@MattTheComputerGeek]

There is software that allows you to backup a working iPad and transfer that backup to a locked iPad via USB. I forget the name but it will take an ITunes backup and put it on locked iPad and boom working iPad. I had to use this when I was doing IT support for several schools.

[@lifehackerhansol]

9:26 not sure if this would work, but DankPods did an iPod mod with a bunch of micro SD cards in one adapter, it might work here?

[@xPLAYnOfficial]

I would love to see a "bread bin" Mac, and I think the one with the trashed screen but perfect bottom casing and internals would be an excellent candidate :)

[@rajatraj6875]

Been following you a lot mate. Would feel really good if I could get my hands on one of them. It'll really help with my studies. Nonetheless appreciate your effort of reusing and reducing the never-ending e-waste. Kudos!

[@Rainbow__cookie]

We need more people as John