a warehouse full of abandoned tech

digging up some hidden gems at my local e-waste center where I saw tons of abandoned HDDs, cpus, GPUs, and retro computers! couldn't help myself picking up some old tech, excited to show you what I got 😎 #pc #pctips #pcbuilding #mryeester
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[@GAMERIN-rn6dj]

It shouldn't be called e-waste cuz most of the stuff here is treasure

[@HardWhereHero]

We feel the same way. I have made a business out of traveling the us and checking goodwill's and e-waste shops for little treasures. I just found a orange NZXT apollo with a i7 4790k, a pny FOUNDER EDITION 980 in the box unopened, and a gtx 1070 ti, handfuls of intel CPUs all in the goodwill "processing" bin. I made an offer before they set it out on the floor and rescued it all for under $100, it takes the burden of them testing them off their hands and they don't mind and I don't either. You got to be smart and check it because I have done this before and walked away with a bin full of motherboards that all had their bios chips plucked. That was an expensive but worthwhile adventure. The 1070 needs a new fan but I have one on the way.

[@Wovision.]

More like e-treasure

[@marisakirisame867]

Imagine you just found the precious pentium overdrive

[@siyacer]

one mans trash

[@fenayev]

@@HardWhereHerohow do you find e-waste centers? And what Goodwills have computers, the ones in MD don't even have speakers let alone CPUs lol.. Any tips would be greatly appreciated!

[@KanyeWestLover3000]

This store is heaven

[@JehanPrasetyo.p]

Yeah, could pick up things for cheap and maybe build a budget PC.

[@itsexpla]

@@JehanPrasetyo.peverything there looks quite dated to be honest. might be better off and buying a second hand computer.

[@ruckus__]

Use to work in a place just like this, seen all kinds of cool shit even seen a absolutely pristine Apple Newton, that was surprising

[@FloatSamplesGT710]

Yes, they are a contents for youtubers like LGR

[@Aryy550]

I just disliked the video

[@robopatloc]

I wish I had one near me 😭😭😭

[@TheGreedyOnion]

Me too

[@eror0984]

Mě too

[@jamesYValley]

Me too

[@Acer_Real]

Mee too and why is there a power mac those are expensive

[@R-RBO_GWHG]

me too

[@shibe32]

i would love to have this kind of e-waste center near my home

[@blockbox3863]

samee

[@JmKrokY]

Same ngl

[@gabrielv.4358]

ME TOO!!!

[@stevecreeperhood]

By the way the very last computer he was looking at at the very end with the rotating circle is a touchscreen! It uses infrared sensors to make a grid and determan where your finger is. Because it’s lasers, anything can trigger the touchscreen, just by touching or interrupting the lasers. Cool, right?

[@mrbrown6421]

Looked like a digital logic analyzer for building/debugging new hardware. We also had the keyboard, because navigating the caverns of menus was tedious with the rotating knob. -- 1991, Lockheed, C130J cockpit instrumentation development.

[@jimbotron70]

Infrared=/laser

[@immanuelnadar2220]

Nice information

[@talongrau1823]

@@jimbotron70 Incorrect. Lasers can work for a lot of electromagnetic frequencies, for example, you can make an ultraviolet laser. Search online, there are so many Infared frequency lasers.

[@garfavi]

E-waste ❌ PC warehouse ✅

[@Uzui_Tengen]

Oh yeah A homework folder for sure

[@hanhdunglai2113]

Nuh is anime por-

[@supremeleader1043]

​@@hanhdunglai2113 child...

[@xabrias]

I am concerned that he could find some "kindergarten homework" if you catch my drift. That shit could land him behind bars even if it's not his hard drive.

[@pemegangkoencisyurga]

is it 52gb tho?

[@Uzui_Tengen]

@@pemegangkoencisyurga Nah It must be 69tb

[@gamecuber6]

i wish e-waste stores existed in italy

[@CreepyMemes]

basta che vai a rubare a napoli

[@silliest_silly_goober]

dang man i feel you

[@user-dw1sb4id7q]

Eh si magari sarebbe fantastico, così non dovrei più aspettare le fiere varie per i miei acquisti...

[@fedeworknow]

fr

[@PCGxt-c4g]

me too, not just in italy, in brasil too. (All the countries in the world should have this)

[@attelavikka2677]

Try fixing those harddrives and see whats on them lol 👍👍👍 Edit: Now I know why my notifications weren’t coming thro

[@RobloxSpiders]

bitcoin

[@HaseebAdnan0]

Astagfirullah

[@MiroTheFurry]

​@hyperix-dead😂💀💀💀💀💀

[@Unknown_skittle]

​@hyperix-deadthat is Something THE GREATEST TECNICIAN THAT HAS EVER LIVED! Would say

[@chiptwolf]

or extract brushless motors and other components to make new project

[@Kepler_2258]

That building looked like heaven to me lol

[@geekytutorials5745]

fr

[@geekytutorials5745]

*It is!*

[@Greedy-Allay]

I WISH I had such a store nearby Edit: my friend found this comment lol

[@PCGxt-c4g]

me too

[@johnchristianson515]

The original pentium and older computers are becoming collectors items, some people even collect newer but this is an emerging market.

[@HardWhereHero]

yup I sold a 486 at auction that went for almost a grand. Dude bought it to play maniac mansion and day of the tentacle on "native hardware"

[@Southized]

Hilarious, i remember when you couldnt give away a tower

[@awesomecomputers7076]

​@@Southized that's why they are expensive now. Too much supply/little to no demand, then a decade later once most working examples of a piece of hardware have been scrapped/destroyed/or died, working examples of that piece of hardware become more valuable since people now feel nostalgic for "insert computing era here"

[@nikolaievans2432]

Most recyling centers just snatch them and sell them on ebay overpriced by slapping retro gaming or vintage in the title

[@nikolaievans2432]

@@awesomecomputers7076 it was mostly retro KZbinrs that did it I’m glad most people are looking at old tech but I’m also mad because it attracted resellers who act like children at yard sales

[@jdmweeb8663]

Wish there was something like this near me. I'm really into retro tech.

[@blastersus2198]

I wish I could buy parts at my local recycling center. But it is (nearly) illegal here.

[@auxz2jz158]

You must live in California too

[@zodiotekgaming]

​@@auxz2jz158lol imagine wanting to buy second hand hardware like shown being illegal

[@GazB85]

​@@zodiotekgaming Might be a data privacy / security thing, as the donators are expecting them to be recycled not reused.

[@lightyagami3492]

Only if you get caught lol

[@lightyagami3492]

@@GazB85 That would only apply to any storage devices though not all the old computers lying around in there.

[@trancetechkid]

I remember working at Best Buy in the late 90’s and we booted a customers machine up after it wouldn’t post (loose ram) the desktop background was just the customer railing his wife right up the backside, photographed about as graphic as you can get, both heads turned back and smiling at the camera. Needless to say our repair bays are open and we had to change that bg temporarily while we completed the work. She came with him to pick it up, that was a….moment.

[@lightyagami3492]

☠️☠️☠️

[@Viki-zo1bc]

This is heaven for me. I can live here all time.

[@calebthegreat2893]

This isn't "Original Sound" it's the theme to Gravity Falls. Source: it's my ringtone.

[@XD_DEON]

I used to search for this song back in 2019 😅 thanks

[@Skulzz_crusade]

Best show ever

[@ihavenothingbettertodotoday]

Where is this place located? I love vintage tech and normal tech in general and I'd love to drop in and pick some stuff up.

[@creblabo]

friendly reminder for everyone to completely wipe (doing the long formatting, sometimes it can also be done in the bios) their hard drives or destroy them before throwing them away

[@OmegaLaser-xy4ip]

lol anyway its people too stupid to care

[@againtjugofcocomilk]

Those old Macintosh Computers are awesome! It does suck that all of those (most likely working) computers are at e-waste

[@commandbaker3334]

Hopefully u never find any illegal files on any of those drives. That'd be awful

[@lightyagami3492]

I mean just call the police and explain what happened. You would be able to prove you didnt put that stuff on those drives.

[@SwapkillProject863]

I’m so jealous that place seems so fun 🤩🤩 I wonder if I can find old Cctv cameras I know they are outdated but that’s the charm of outdated tech they are beautiful 🥰

[@isaackingvideos]

If I worked in that store I’ll be rescuing all of the tech there and making it useful again

[@johnlucas6683]

Those waste could also be good as training material for learning repair and data recovery. Nice.

[@chillyroom8159]

It's my dream to go to one of these warehouses of abadoned stuff.

[@kirekocev2587]

Just like heaven for me!!

[@mrbrown6421]

Somewhere in that stack of drives are very old BITCOINs worth millions.

[@chikinamask]

Here on Hawai’i’s Big Island the e-recycle centers are also mini stores! Yup, trash stores or 2nd hand stores. They have them at the dump sites and recycle centers. Notably a specific recycle center has an electronics store. All refurbished and also offer IT support. So once it was trash to now become a for sale product again!

[@makcemyc1234]

Now imagine how many illegal and dark content are stored there, like my grandma taking a bath...

[@BOBTHEK1LL3R]

For those who dont know that big box thing with the tiny monitor is a touch screen monitor thing which was one of the first touch screen electronics using motion sensors unlike your phones today.

[@Drive-X-Gaming]

Over 1 million TB worth of hard drives

[@Dootium]

Lucky! Anywhere I live, there's absolutely NO e-waste scrapping. I have some now that I have to PAY, but no one pays around here :(.

[@MrTefe]

video 8 of asking you to use liquid solder as thermal paste

[@Thuliolima2008]

my dream 😮 I wanted to work there!

[@undyingstar]

Day 2 of asking mryeester to use diamond as a thermal paste for a CPU

[@pricelesssword4559]

when crushed and used in conjunction with regular thermal paste, it improves performance. been done before

[@WalterandGaming_Music]

Wish i could have such a room near my neighborhood

[@TheRealVulle]

Those old Macintosh computers brings back memories. I have emptied so many public libraries and office spaces full of those when they upgraded.

[@wingames3.1]

I wish these types of e-waste of stores existed here in where i live

[@lezlienewlands1337]

The original object limit may well have been necessary in 2007 partly to keep network traffic low, but it also makes sense that other parts of the source engine might break in really weird ways. So they set it to a known safe number where everything is confirmed to work as well as possible.

[@skatertux8051]

I'd love to work at one of these places

[@NyanPlays]

This is heaven for budget pc builders

[@S-1_24-25]

I would consider that e-waste as treasure.

[@JmKrokY]

One person's trash is another person's treasure!

[@nekomata64]

this is gold for me

[@fatalisticend]

Ouch 3rd Macintosh in that image when you said check out these super old Mac desktops......I had that exact one in the mid-late 90s. It was given away by our local school and as a 90s kid it was so cool to have 😂 would love to get my hands on one again just for the nostalgia trip.

[@Narun-Games]

I need those 😢😢😢

[@halimahnur7820]

This is actually heaven

[@AGENT_532]

I like retro monitors

[@christopherleubner6633]

Those can have lots of very cool items if they allow you to buy them. Hard drives are usually off limits at ones in the USA though.

[@ocsrc]

I wish a place like this existed in the Allentown PA area

[@mrfluendboy]

This is a treasure for me ❤

[@wolf6232]

GOLD TAKE GOLD OF THEM

[@rajesh.137]

Someone's waste is someone's treasure. I would literally stay there for days looking around stuff and dissembling them.

[@lephtovermeet]

It belongs in a museum!

[@redeemer665]

Secure a few clean-looking SCSI drives and other exotic drives, there still might be people around searching for those.

[@Gameplayer55055]

You can possibly make a supercomputer out of ewasted computers. In fact there's an existing supercomputer based on PS3's

[@ronaldhudson169]

The last two items are test equipment, they might have a computer inside somewhere but they are kind of dedicated in purpose. I think the first one is a packet monitor to record and search network packets, the second looks like an In-circuit emulator - used to debug programs in dedicated devices.

[@SithLordAnakin]

There was a point in time those HD were worth GOLD.. and that Seagate on the top is so beautiful that mostly flat look was SEXY

[@camsfour4177]

To you it's garbage - to me it's a piece of heaven.

[@thebasketballhistorian3291]

Those old Macs belong in a museum! 😳

[@turkbayrag819]

As a worker at a telecommunications company, i can clearly say our company's old and working pc's are collected from us and sended to e waste companies at the exact same way, nearly a five hundred laptops stacked on top of one another on these transpalets, at the exact same way you can see at here. I clearly think theres a lot of working pc's over there, And with a decent maintenance, you can find yourself a lot of well running laptops. And don't think they are cheap versions, because workers need biometric systems to not spend waste time to remember their passwords, nearly 99% of them have working biometric sensors on them with full donated versions like cd rom and other hardware added.

[@thevideosgaming2024]

hard drive heaven

[@Dallowayw]

Wow I ❤ this it absolutely heaven

[@Hedgehog_DIY]

Its like having a mini heaven ❤

[@AiOinc1]

I wish we had e waste where i live. The recycling center i used to frequent closed down.

[@JJEB]

This is my dream, imagine finding a decent yet still repairable laptop or pc.

[@slickrick8279]

Someone really should make up an open source Virtual Reality Museum where you can experience this kind of tech as real as it gets these days 😮

[@ManjulataRajawat]

You can use those hdd by assembling all parts by different hdd because some have circuit problems,motor speed mismatches and more..

[@meaty8887]

If all of those e-waste is actually functional, there should be enough to start a small to mid-size server-based company, just with second-hand hard drives. Or even better, a supercomputer that is rigged from hundreds to thousands of old 3-6th gen CPU computers, which can still be strong enough to be a supercomputer (to even make an AI). The only problem there is that the electrical bill would be a nightmare.

[@universityrepairFL]

It typically takes a special recycling license and insurance to do this but it’s Possible. There are many grants and county and city programs out there that support this

[@Fred_Klingon]

This is paradise

[@diegosilang4823]

I remember someone had dumped bunch of working 486 computers in a dumpster, I took every one one of them, and added CD-Drive, soundcard and a modem.

[@TechnomancerStream]

Old hard drives make new coasters

[@acooza.]

i work at one of these, all those hard drives are either wiped OR they already came with some random persons stuff but thats usually locked with the windows PIN or the whole drive with BITLOCKER.

[@christianmorgan2875]

If it's anything like where I work those hard drive have to be shredded and de boarded due to risks. People bring in tons of crap here but we get some hidden gems. I've gotten a working xbox 360 and ps4 controllers. Tons of gaming pcs where most of the components still work.

[@wishbone4038]

Cant say much from my time working at a pc recycling center, but what i can say is; helmet mounted nvgs, hundreds of level 3 soft armor, a device that could intercept cctv, and a device that claimed it could pick up microphone signals wirelessly through normal everyday clocks, all from 80/90s time and all from the IRS

[@pikaaxyt]

I wish those stores existed in France

[@EmperorOfTheScrubs]

This is a museum!

[@ziadsaadawi]

Bro this is heaven 😂

[@TtEL]

I wish I didn't only have ecoATM around me

[@sethvandyke4453]

I live in Wyoming so I do not have a local e waste center If I was here I would be in heaven, would you consider picking up and shipping some of those drives? I find them fascinating and am trying to get as many different models as possible including the vintage ones.

[@OhioBoii330]

Broooo, I would probably take them hard drives!! I know they're older technology, but they do in fact still hold storage and storage is expensive these days. I mean, you could backup your pictures and videos, your games from your PC or consoles. Games take up soo much storage these days that you're pretty much limited to being able to only have a couple and are pretty much stuck only being able play them. Unless you delete one just to download another one all the time. But, you can download as many as you want with all those hard drives and not have to constantly download and delete when you want to play different games. Plus, it would be extremely interesting to see what was on them and to see how weird people are. Lmao. And people still do use and buy them. Depending on how many GB's it holds, you can still easily sell them from roughly 10 dollars to like, idk, 25ishhh? Or so. If they are all being recycled, you can probably take them for free. Soo, they would absolutely be worth taking!! Keep a couple for yourself, sell the rest online!! I'd definitely take them!! Obviously not all at once, but as many as I would have space for and just go back for more when they sell.

[@UKsystems]

The places usually securely erase them

[@TheBritishBarman]

That place is a godamn GOLDMINE!

[@JustAVoiceInTheWind]

i'd hide an entire arg in an old computer but make the old computer have technology from ahead of its time and make the newly added parts extremely flush and factory looking

[@shauryaaher1579]

If I had this kind of a warehouse, I'd have made so much of stuff. E-waste has so mant useful parts 😢.

[@olympiaalkisbarmagiann7859]

Its like heaven

[@mr.bun-bunny8830]

For a tinkerer this is a treasure trove

[@Jorda5s]

Knowing what was on my computer I would be embarrassed if someone went through the hard drives I used to have. That’s why it’s very important to destroy your data if you have no way of wiping it completely a lot of malicious people out there.

[@Homemade-Blurb]

Its not a waste land😮 Its a treasure vault for guys like me. I would love to get access to this place😊

[@aleksandrbmelnikov]

I wouldn't know, because lawful e-cycle centers drill holes in all mass-storage drives to protect the people dropping off stuff.

[@noscope6977]

bro this is my dream place to work or just visit the mounds of amazing restoribal laptops and desktops there is insane i could have myself a working laptop in no time there!!!

[@andrewlaidlaw7975]

Far as I'm aware of there aren't any of these places in the UK. But if anyone can go into one of these places any buy up various items. Then one of my biggest concerns is that this could be a scammers paradise in being able to get hold of tons of peoples information, photos etc & then commit various types of fraud in someone elses name. Even then you have to wonder how much of the plastic there can be recycled, along with other metals (gold, silver, copper etc) that might be able to be able to be salvaged.

[@jamescollins6085]

There are plenty of ewaste recyclers here, but very few are open to the public. Some of them will let you go through the stuff if you ask them, but won't let you have hard drives for liability reasons.

[@LoganLayneOffical]

Good thing they save those computers

[@deejayica]

There was some interesting intel and samsung SSD on those piles!

[@collingibson3184]

I worked at one of these places. It was great.

[@alicedash4048]

It looks like heaven

[@ubergeek318]

Need to do a full video for this store

[@RedstoneMiner18]

I work at the thrift store where all these electronics get brought to [locally]

[@Danyosan-o3v]

Dam i would go in there and never want to leave lol. I'm a bit of a tinkerer, used to love messing about with old things trying to get them working again, that's a tinkers heaven lol.🤣🤣🤣