ABANDONED IBM CRT Monitor Restoration! Can it run Minecraft?

[@Shyzah]

IBM PC Restoration now finished!!! kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJCWn2Bpibmhrsk ALSO, for those wondering why the CRT looks so blue at the end, I had the blue knob adjusted wrong and fixed it after.

[@AJ-po6up]

I love the fact that you saved this CRT from its terrible fate, the poor thing deserved better. I'm glad it found a good caring owner that appreciates its nice image and comfy glow. You're a damn hero in my book.

[@Shyzah]

thank you

[@amirkhedar8404]

Yeah we should take care of our crts they are a important part of history

[@superstar64]

When a tech destruction channel becomes a tech repair channel.

[@Shyzah]

how the tables have turned

[@CocoaEm]

@@Shyzah how the turns have tabled

[@coolelectronics1759]

@@Shyzah how the cables have turned

[@arthurgomes8346]

Just reverse the destruction

[@randomgamingin144p]

@@coolelectronics1759 now the turned have cables

[@crazynuco3013]

This is good content right here boys!

[@torusfields3376]

Swearnet

[@wikwayer]

gold

[@amirkhedar8404]

Bro there is 69 likes

[@Supertimegamingify]

I love the style of this video, it's the most laid-back presentation of someone working with a high-voltage device.

[@ScarletPanda280]

Honestly, seeing you get so excited over it working makes me happy! I understand that feeling because you feel so proud when you fix something without errors and it's just the best feeling! Jealous of that crt tbh. Love it so much.

[@lampenpagulvet5489]

It hurts me to see old equipment treated this poorly. I think its great that you restored this wonderful monitor back to specs. I myself are going too try to restore a ibm 5153 that i got for Free from a random guy working at a airline.

[@goblinphreak2132]

IMAGINE if some company with some deep pockets re-engineered the CRT monitor, to make it smaller, lightweight, compact, and able to handle today's insane resolutions like 4k and extremely high refresh rate. Gamers could rejoice as we dump LCD since its garbage.

[@stealthysaucepan2016]

And apple would catch on 5 years later. Claimed to have invented it and called it electron retina

[@waterguy7463]

@@stealthysaucepan2016 LMAO

[@cathodert7890]

Unfortunately, the CRT design was already optimised to maximum efficiency before LCD's hit the market, since CRT's were incredibly complex and the technology had been around for 3x longer than LCDs. So even if we brought them back today, aside from some quality of life changes and circuit optimisations, CRT's would probably still be at the same resolution that we left them at. The colour contrast however is top notch and is still something modern panels are unable to achieve.

[@goblinphreak2132]

@@cathodert7890 ill give you the age difference. But optimizing it, thats bullshit. We can make electric guns so small now compared to the huge size we used then. We have not optimized that technology all.... And yes i agree we could make the circuit boards smaller and more efficient which means less power waste. Im sure there would be a way to optimize the glass tubes themselves making then lighter weight and slimmer/less bulky. However as far as resolution i literally believe we could get 1080p and even 4k out of a "modernized" CRT. Its just a matter of someone smarter than me outting in the work. The only downside would be that modern electronics and graphics cards no longer have analog output, its all digital. Probably the only real barrier to bringing back the technology. Thankful next month OLED is hitting the gamer space via Alienwares QD-OLED display which is gonna be epic and im buying one. 3440x1440, 175hz, 0.1ms gtg times, insane contrast and color, no ips glow no backlight blooming. Gonna be amazing.

[@Murdoch493]

Remember that plasma screens are basically the next generation of crts, an in-between for crt and lcd technology. Also, crts generally have pretty much zero input lag that lcd has yet to reach. I'd still use my lcd since they're bigger, but I'd rather have a crt projector if I'm going to want an ultimate experience.

[@JoBot__]

Finally, somebody who actually rescues these things from abandoned buildings! Everybody else seems not to care at all. Someday I hope to do the same thing you have done.

[@SolidNate99]

You can tell that you had extreme confidence in your abilities evidenced by how much effort you put into cleaning it before you even verified if you could get it to work. I want your skills!

[@rich1051414]

These IBM PC monitors are valuable collectables now, so it would look fine on a shelf even if he couldn't fix it. The keyboards as well, if they are a model F or model M. I could tell he knew what he was looking for by checking the key feel before even bothering.

[@Joshwilder1]

Crazy to see that the image quality still holds up really well. I always loved my CRT but hated carrying it around to LAN parties xD

[@Austin_Boath]

0:12 my mother when I see a discounted monitor and want her to drive me to the store so I can buy it

[@coolelectronics1759]

horder sister being party pooper

[@lbsiuk]

From smashing things to now fixing them. Nice.

[@kratochvil11]

8:42 omg these sounds are SO nostalgic!

[@paulkocyla1343]

They were costing a fortune back then. So I assume the quality is great. Although you can´t change their physical resolution, they will probably run another 30 years after cap replacement.

[@ghost180sx]

excellent work man! gotta love vintage CRTs :D IBM stuff really is like a tank.

[@bushman2549]

massive respect to you for saving that monitor !!

[@Shyzah]

For anyone wondering, the PC video is 95% done! I've been stuck on the very last step of the restoration for the past few months. I'm hoping to have the video up in 2-3 weeks.

[@simonemastroianni1985]

Please do more videos like this.

[@Shyzah]

@@simonemastroianni1985 I have a bunch more coming all of various different abandoned computers :)

[@jmenonenidulezite561]

Nice video but i have some points around soldering - take it as respectfull help for next repairs 1. Make sure that flux is non washable , otherwise it can casue corosion in few years - always wash it with isopropylalcohol 2. Please do not use hotglue - it non repairable, use shrink tubes on every single join, it the best and professional ! 3.That old caps throwed in regular thrash hurts me, please sort it to special waste :( But wow, at all its nice work, figuring out the wire diagram etc.. ! But hey I didnt mean it wrong pal , have a nice day :)

[@r.in.shibuya]

@Shyzah I have a very rare NEC vintage monochrome CRT think you could point me in the right directing to fix it up?

[@Shyzah]

@@r.in.shibuya whats wrong with it? I honestly didnt know what capacitor was causing the problem so i literally replaced every single one haha.

[@broadcastingroom786]

I don't wanna imagine the computer siting there away from civilization, just rotting away In the darkness, while getting urinated by animals

[@TheRetroRoadshow]

I loved *every moment* of this video. Fantastic work!

[@mcpeteymcnustard7777]

Hella underrated channel. Love these restoration vids.

[@willg125]

One of my favorite bandos is in the middle of my local city and it is absolutely filled with untouched examples of these... I have always been against stealing items from these abandoned places but I praise you for doing something like this, especially when idiots come by and do nothing but destroy.

[@Shawn_SGCL]

This actually was amazing to watch. Even more so that I love messing with tech stuff and seeing this was just amazing.

[@ColaTai]

Dam i remember you destroying computer's like 7 years ago now ya fix em, great work!

[@maxrichards5925]

It’s amazing seeing how much you cleaned up & replaced, but I feel like rather than cut the sides of the VGA cable you could’ve moved the VGA input to be on the outside of the CRT shell. Anyway, it’s wild how a CRT from 1994 also supports 480p, but I guess CRT desktops monitors were always ahead of the curve when it came to supported resolutions

[@augis421]

Belive it or not but this was me favorite restoration I've seen! Can't wait for the PC restoration.

[@MysteriousFoxy87]

Really good restoration of this computer. I wish I could do something like this and use it in absurd and interesting ways just like you! :]

[@pi6706]

I used to have the 12” version of this IBM monitor back in the early 90’s which I used with my first PC. I had a big problem with it where the VGA cable failed just where it meets the VGA plug. The monitor was quite old back then and I had a lot of difficulty obtaining a replacement cable and I could not get one here in the UK. In the end I got in touch with a company who had the pin out and were willing to cut the cable a little shorter and fit a new VGA plug. I received the cable back in the post, fitted it and the colours were wrong. I sent the cable back again and they got it right the second time! I was so pleased to get my IBM display back again! A suburb quality monitor with strong casing and fitted with a Panasonic CRT. I didn’t like the hard wired VGA cable and power cable which let it down for me.

[@smoki_tzw]

I hope you restore that ibm pc you found with the keyboard and this monitor!

[@Shyzah]

Working on it!

[@cjcabasi9646]

Oh my goodness you clean the pc shynah!🤩

[@NIKONOVICH1990]

Well done man! Watching YT videos on that thing must be an "unique" experience....

[@stormtrooper2460]

image quality looks beautiful

[@Engiman]

everytime when he removed a sticker my heart stopped for just a split second

[@thekingoffightersxiithepho4406]

Wow dude nice restoration

[@Crazyloomis82]

Good work! I like the sound when the video is fast-forwarding, is something added or is it pure background sound?

[@computernostalgia6293]

Awesome job man!

[@oriorb]

great to see a monitor like this given a second lease of life instead of being made some DIY idiot's "retro" paperweight.

[@Shyzah]

*calling out all Etsy CRT Cat bed/fishtank sellers*

[@yakovkhalip9714]

Nice ! I have two IBM PS/2 series CRT's -one almost as new, one have some problems in brightness/contrast regulators

[@Plainapple287]

goddamn, i have to say that's damn impressive, go back and see if you can retrieve more of the stuff thrown out?

[@Shyzah]

I went back for fun but the police boarded the window up. Ill have to wait until some more urban explorers break in

[@alekthom9784]

@@Shyzah professionals have standards.

[@babixillo]

never thought i would see a real restoration video on youtube

[@LunarKR]

my gut tells me this repair job was done by an electrical engineer, if you weren't one prior; you're already living up to the standards because of how well done this restoration is.

[@Shyzah]

nope haha just some kid (at the time at least) lol I am a computer science major tho but no correlation in that and this stuff.

[@mortc1992]

Whoever removed the wire from the monitor is a monster! Poor crt monitor ;(

[@linmal2242]

Great job! Another one saved from e-Waste/garbage dump!

[@elegantpower]

that's awesome dude, I ended up finding an old tv in my closet that still works, I believe it can run close to 600p so between 480p and 720p as well as it being 60hz. I ordered an av to hdmi adapter to hopefully be able to use it as a 2nd monitor for discord or possibly youtube. If it works and you are interested, I'll post a vid about it.

[@Shyzah]

Actually i was looking for ways to hook up a PS1 to the CRT but it seems like its very picky and only takes in 480p. All the converters i tried on amazon didnt work with it. Reddit suggested some other expensive converters

[@kenrock2]

Never in my life I could watch KZbin videos with this monitor.. 😂 It's beautiful..

[@SolidNate99]

What's the part of the tube you can't touch?

[@thewindows95guy]

You might want to turn down the blue gain on the CRT because it's a little overbearing 😂. And try useong a hair dryer and a flat piece of metal to Un warp the plastic. Might help. I've done it to fix warped records before. Good job saving that monitor dude! I prolly wouldn't have been as bold to re make the connections on the back that were cut. I'm not that good at soldering yet.

[@Shyzah]

Thanks man. Yeah, I definitely need to adjust the blue gain. I have yet to look into it but it will only take 30 seconds to open it back up. I'm actually fine with the plastic being warped as it tells a story. The building that it was in was set on fire by some lunatics a few years ago and I believe that the heat from that fire made the monitors plastic warp even. After all, the monitor was in the same building just down the hall.

[@fakhritechboss1695]

best monitor restoration ever !! may i ask, where do you bought the capacitor from?

[@Shyzah]

Thanks! and I got them from Digikey

[@Warp2090]

The video quality is actually pretty decent holy moly

[@first-thoughtgiver-of-will2456]

Absolutely fantastic very skilled

[@Electrotat]

Brilliant, really nice monitors these

[@cooperschwartz318]

I really think we should bring back crt’s, they’re really cool and they just have that charm that lcd’s can’t replicate

[@touchegavino9580]

new subscriber. i love electronic restoration..

[@Ryuuken24]

Good job, less e-waste for a better tomorrow! You should have shielded those vga wires with aluminum foil for better signal.

[@mortc1992]

You is a hero man!

[@TheAVJ2]

dude thats nice i love old tech i grew up with the early 2000s era computer it was a tiny that damn thing was great i still have the 21" crt it came with i couldve made it a sleeper build but oh well the tower is gone but at least i got hi def without the ghosting and all the lcd woes i never experienced before

[@icyyy6102]

THAT IS SOOO IMPRESSIVE MAN! I'm soo new to this so I got some doubts hope someone clears em :) HOW DID HE CHANGE WIN 95 TO THE NEWEST VERSION???? HOWWIEE?? also, is he using a new gen CPU or something? or the older one he got in the previous video?? I'm so dumb and confused rn:') I want a crt actually

[@modysocjalista3665]

He didn't change the version, he just plugged a new computer to the monitor.

[@RandAlThorR]

You are a legend! Gj 👌

[@nikolaszisoudis8408]

Nice! Also nice supra

[@Graastt]

Hey! I was wondering if you still have a list of the capacitors you needed to replace. I'm not new to soldering or this kind of work, but I'm having trouble finding documentation on the late serial number caps "SN 72 - XX". Thank you for your time!

[@prozacgodretro]

On that VGA cable after hot gluing it you should have gotten yourself some 3M rubberized tape stuff ... It's not like tape when you lay it over itself it's sort of like goes into itself it becomes one solid rubber sheath and it doesn't unravel over time.... I use this trick on all of those kind of repairs. You can find that rubberized tape at like Lowe's and home Depot if you're just looking locally I usually just order it offline

[@intel386DX]

Nice work!

[@danielshin1984]

very healing,.... THX!

[@Eyetrauma]

Dude Posting His W

[@MrNicetux]

I have the same IBM color monitor and i love him. I use him at my IBM PC330.

[@Very_Dark_Engineer]

Nice one. Nobody knows that round shape monitors support 3D picture right from the box.

[@onalert413]

When you're feeling up to it, you should go back and make a proper bracket for the VGA out. Then it will be perfect.

[@spxrkfn7]

Lmao I'm just surprised monitors were 60hz back then, I thought they were like 20hz, great vid BTW!

[@Shyzah]

Nope! CRTs had high refresh rates. Standard CRTs in the 90s could easily do 120Hz, some even up to 240hz. Many CSGO competition gamers preferred CRTs over LCD in the early 2000s since LCDs had slower refresh rates.

[@spxrkfn7]

@@Shyzah wow, do you think there is any chance I could get one rn, lol I wanna see that 240hz

[@Shyzah]

@@spxrkfn7 the good ones go for a lot now but u can probably find 120hz ones on offerup or craigslist for cheaper

[@lampenpagulvet5489]

@@spxrkfn7 you can probably get one for Free if you know the right guy or buy a cheapher brand thats still great like samtron crt monitors. Just make sure too not buy crts from ebay. Also if you want a bigger screen and still have a higher refresh rate on lower resulotions you could get something like a barcographics 808s.

[@bro_leo]

I don't have any luck to found computer CRT monitor. But at least I found a 14" CRT TV disposed at the dumpster few years ago and restore it to working condition. I can connect it to my laptop using VGA to AV converter device. The picture I think blurrier than computer CRT monitors, but for watching videos or playing games that doesn't have to read text so much, still good to go.

[@leojohnwayne1422]

Nice job horn man!

[@dogosdead]

Nice work man

[@blankiefries7217]

Nice find!

[@mistrotech8894]

I have the exact same monitor! Mine was manufactured on May 1st, 1989. I also have the original IBM PC, though the floppy disk drive needs a replacement. It's a shame that this monitor can't do resolutions more than 480p, because I'd consider it as my main monitor. I currently don't have a monitor, so what are the best places to find old CRT monitors for cheap prices? I personally prefer CRT to LCD displays for my old retro gaming PC and vintage computers, and honestly modern computers, too because of versatility in resolutions and refresh rates. When my computer can't handle higher resolutions, lower resolutions will look nice and clear!

[@Shyzah]

aside from ewaste places, i would serach offerup, facebook marketplace, and craigslist

[@koeihiroko3622]

you could try to calibrate the tube and even check the tube with rejuvenator to see if any of RGB gun need some rejuvenated

[@midnightjackolantern1070]

im typing this comment on my 1994 ibm model m i love to see this old tech get saved

[@csabasanta5696]

Nice job!

[@whateverdude9510]

Where did you find those replacement capacitors?

[@Shyzah]

I got them from DigiKey

[@prebenjaeger]

Well that was stratifying

[@apfanco]

Looks great, although I think you should adjust the picture a little bit more to expand to the other edges

[@Shyzah]

If you look at photos of these online its actually like a 1 inch border on all sides of the screen. I was able to stretch the image to make it fit top and bottom but theres no way for left and right.

[@apfanco]

@@Shyzah There's no pot on the board at all for horizontal hold?

[@Shyzah]

@@apfanco there is but it wasnt making it wider. If i mess with it, the image was either staying there or spazzing out. I could move the image to the left but then the right side would also move left

[@vincentxiong9303]

Underrated

[@bedrichhh]

how were you able to connect it to your PC like that?

[@compuguy123]

Yo you got the detailed pinout for VGA? Doesn't the old CRT from IBM use a different connector protocol? I assume that's what the jumper wires were for :)1

[@Shyzah]

Here's the pinout i have saved on my phone not sure if it was the last one i used. One of the wires might be off or something. IBM → VGA YELLOW ? focus, 2nd ground? ORANGE H sync BLACK ground WHITE V sync

[@wackcpo77]

At the end of your video the Monitor displayed 3 separated screens what did you do to fix that problem?

[@Shyzah]

for these older 480p models you need to go into the monitor settings on windows and create a custom resolution of 480p to get it to work properly

[@wackcpo77]

@@Shyzah Thanks so much for the information.

[@byjacobc1880]

how are u using left arm for gaming. way to hard

[@xandergreer]

any update on the restoration of the pc??

[@Shyzah]

Yeah, I got stuck on the last step a month ago. Was having some hardware issues. Almost done with it though :)

[@acritum]

Hi. I'd like to make a 3D model of this monitor for 3D printers. Could you please help me with some measurements if you still have this monitor?

[@Shyzah]

yeah I still have the monitor, what measurements do you need

[@acritum]

@@Shyzah Thank you for the answer. It depends on how much time you are willing to spend on it :) If you have little time on it, I can specify only a few highly required dimensions, if you have more time, I can specify more dimensions to make the model more accurate. I can send you the photos of the monitor with the required dimensions marked as A, B, C, D, etc, and you will only have to measure them as shown in the photo and write notes to a text file such as A=100mm, B=200mm, C=50mm, etc. Please let me know are you willing to measure the minimum required dimensions (fast) or more (may take 10-20 minutes or so).

[@sleora]

Damn, I would kill to have a 3rd CRT monitor like this one !

[@byLosantosOfficielTM]

This is very amazing 😍

[@dinobitez9875]

that key board is actually really expensive now because Linus was saying it was one of the best key boards of its time so good find

[@cjcabasicjcabasieveryone3445]

Wow old pc 🤩 in video games 🤩🤩

[@SMB2K3]

Can this monitor do 1280x960 interlaced resolution?

[@AlejandroRodolfoMendez]

Wow amazing

[@smileyface8124]

Him:it's looking brand spanking new Me:one day it was new

[@smileyface8124]

How my comment liked

[@iplaygameslol613]

HOW DID YOU THATS AMZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Tonyk24]

Im not that into computers but this was cool asf!!

[@retrochristmas7329]

I went to best buy I had this ancient zenith laptop and I put it on the display with all the other laptops made sure to connect the Kensington lock to it also 😆 I also printed out a spec sheet for it so the people knew how crappy it was xD

[@Shyzah]

I used to have an ancient zenith z510 lol sold it last year

[@djudh103]

8:40 windows 95?

[@gallo2432]

what was that spray you used

[@Shyzah]

Its some random degreaser goo gone type of spray i had laying around paired with a Magic Eraser sponge

[@sltechrestoration256]

Really nice good job

[@hyakin7818]

Nice supra you got