Can This Dumpster Find Laptop Be Fixed?

[@psivewri]

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[@ahoj113]

Hello

[@psivewri]

@@ahoj113 Hello there!

[@uc8tv]

@@psivewri My newest laptop which is the one I am using is a Dell Latitude e6510!

[@fortnkte]

Random question, But what software do you use for your Minecraft server? I'm thinking of taking an old desktop making my own Minecraft server.

[@fortnkte]

@@leerenong0813 will do perfectly, its only a friend server, thanks!

[@snadwichbcuzyes3359]

I love this, keeping a completely functional device from going to a landfill. This is making me wonder how many other machines with this same situation are out there-

[@Rainbow__cookie]

ikr alot of electronics gets thrown out fully functional even sometimes brand new

[@Cyberbanditmx]

Unfortunately alot but i do my part of saving them cleaning up interior fans, thermal pasting , replacement ssd and just sale them for the much i spend sometimes for free . Family owned dumpster rental

[@yeminine348]

I actually got my computer out of a dumpster

[@Rainbow__cookie]

@@yeminine348 i got my pc case from dumpster

[@Sam-gw3gc]

I work at e-waste and its really sad how much working stuff comes in. Sometimes businesses will drop off truckloads of old computers and laptops that have no problems at all. They are just throw out because they are old

[@wocko1]

That laptop was a score, and good to see it was able to be saved. Isopropyl alcohol, some eucalyptus oil, a new SSD and some thermal paste, and it was a go-er. I was surprised about the backlit keyboard and especially the touchscreen.

[@captainjimo]

can i use rubbing alcohol instead of isopropyl to clean a pc?

[@kaitlyn__L]

@@captainjimo it’s usually the same thing. Sometimes it’s ethanol instead which is also fine. Rarely it’s methanol which is stronger but should also be fine if you use less. They will usually list what the actual chemicals are somewhere on the bottle.

[@Shiroi0moi]

@@kaitlyn__L thanks for the answer. I was starting to wonder if my bottles of ethanol could have been a wrong type of cleaner to use on electronics

[@kaitlyn__L]

@@Shiroi0moi the only thing to be wary of is isopropyl makes clear acrylic cloudy if it’s left to evaporate on it; not sure if ethanol is the same or not. But most computer equipment is made of ABS or PBT. Even the rarer items like Apple’s use of polycarbonate in the 00s is fine. It’s just acrylic (in my experience anyway) which gets discoloured due to some molecular reason. The only time I’ve seen it come up in restoration videos is a tape deck with a rare-ish acrylic window, which got a cloudy patch on it after isopropyl was applied. If you’re ever unsure as to a material, or its response to your alcohol of choice, you can do a little test spot on the device - inside a battery compartment or on a back corner is usually good.

[@CoasterMan13Official]

@@captainjimo yes you can. It's the same thing. Just be careful with it. I've used window cleaner to clean displays up, and it's done wonders.

[@alectrona6400]

7:17 Yes, but usually I do that to ensure that the chip won't degrade faster. It's nice to have both of them running cool as opposed to just one. Certain manufacturers didn't use paste on chipsets; IBM did not cool the chipset in pretty much every T4x series ThinkPad, which was a contributing factor to premature failure.

[@psivewri]

I can't win can I ahaha. People gave me crap for applying paste to those chips when I did my big lot of 11" Macbook airs video.

[@SMTahmid]

I had the same cpu in my Dell latitude 3480, and the smaller die had a thermal pad on it and the main die had paste, straight from the manufacturer. So that die definitely needs some thermal interface material, pad or paste.

[@JoseMariArceta]

@@psivewri the comment below with pads might be a better solution although plenty of laptops ran without any contact with the chipset die so I guess it's meh

[@alectrona6400]

@@psivewri I see. Not sure why, maybe they are just accustomed to the original factory application. Either way, better to be safe than sorry... speaking from experience here.

[@michvod]

T40-T42s usually the Radeon 7500 GPU failed as the all in one package ATI used for the Radeon 7500 (VRAM and die on same substrate chip) was new at the time, combined with the lead free solder and you have a recipe for failures. Some models had Radeon 9000 and 9600, those were better but still failed. Integrated GPU models however, never failed. The cooling was adequate and in the manufacturer's limits for the GPU

[@GasparB123]

I got and Acer Swift 3 similar to this one with a 1080p diplay, the same keyboard, an i3-7100u and an NVMe SSD and although it's getting older, it still holds up really well today. It's a shame that still totally servicable computers are being thrown away like this. Nice job rescuing it, and keep up the good fight for used computers.

[@Derpsii]

I vividly remember playing destiny 2 at 20 FPS with a 30% res scale on an i3 7100u laptop a couple years ago. Ahhh good times

[@BalancedSpirit79]

These are the best kinds of restores. When all you need is some inexpensive parts and boom, new PC.

[@spicydramarama852]

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16

[@Wilsty88]

About a year or two ago, I stumbled upon one of this guy's videos and found it really entertaining and strangely calming. After the video was over I went and watched something else and completely forgot about this channel. Yesterday, I remember having a cup of coffee and browsing some tech videos and thought, "What was that channel with the young guy with the Australian accent who fixed computers?" I couldn't remember. But then...I remembered a very small detail. I went to KZbin's search bar and typed... "PC cleaning eucalyptus oil guy" and *BAM* found him. Subscribed so I don't forget again.

[@DGTelevsionNetwork]

This is absolutely bizzare. I also found one while working on the trash compactor at the apartment building I work at. It also had corrosion damage, I fixed it with a bath of white vinegar and rubbing alcohol. I did spray wd40 and polish the metal, it cleared up pretty well. Mine still had the nvme drive and the recovery partition. Wouldn't recommend using it with factory settings, there are a hell of a lot of bloat ware and telemetry bullshit installed and we're not just talking Microsoft.

[@clark_johannes]

That's why I use Arch btw.

[@aDumbHorse]

Linux has been the way to go since years. My Acer Aspire is running Ubuntu happily

[@DGTelevsionNetwork]

I typically put fedora on chrome books, it makes them amazing more useful and even easier to use than chromeos, something about the half desktop half mobile style that the default gnome UI has just fits those machines perfectly.

[@PenguinRevolution]

@@clark_johannes Arch is Terrible and unstable, Debian builds are the best

[@clark_johannes]

@@PenguinRevolution I use Debian for 9 months. Wine is better there but for the sake of performance, I need to use Arch.

[@Samuel-jx1lh]

I used to have a Acer laptop back in the day, i spilled a full glass of sprite on it and it still worked flawlessly for 6 whole years! Idk what Acer does to their laptops to allow them to work with all that corrosion, but they better keep doing it.

[@Rosi_in_space]

I did almost the same, but "only" threw a big sip of beer on my 3 months old 2017 aspire 7. I had a (not so impressive) aspire one 11 that claimed on a sticker, that it has a spill resistant keyboard. I like the easy access to the guts of an Acer machines.

[@avillagerplayingminecraft5833]

Yeah, I love my Acer Swift 3, but unfortunately performance is poor with Windows 11, and now it feels like I'm using a laptop from 2010.

[@TechKhaled]

@@avillagerplayingminecraft5833 thats weird my i7 3rd gen laptop from 2012 works flawlessly with windows 11

[@alexrick5092]

Its always very satisfying watching you clean things up

[@foxyloon]

That would make for a really nice general use laptop! Would easily handle web browsing/email and the like, and it being thin and light is a bonus for portability. I'd personally keep using it as-is.

[@TheSpotify95]

Agreed - it looks like a pretty decent laptop for on the go stuff, and those batteries (although thin) usually seem to hold up OK too. Only thing I don't like is the soldered RAM, but with an SSD, 8GB should be enough. It's not like you're using a mechanical disk for the pagefile...

[@zaamuro8408]

That 7200U is still plenty powerful enough for general tasks

[@foxyloon]

@@zaamuro8408 For sure! Could very easily see using it for taking notes in class, typing up documents, watching videos...

[@Windows350]

i dont know if its just my problem, but these cheap acer laptops have awful keyboards. i had one of these too, bought a thinkpad after it, didnt regret it in any way

[@svg03]

@@Windows350 and the trackpad is even 10x worse 😭

[@kanecitizen]

Can't believe a laptop with such a small problem got thrown out. Here broken laptops sell for a ridiculous price

[@ShiroCh_ID]

agreed here too in indonesia also this thing made me want to fix many laptops and sells it

[@404hopenotfound]

most people believe the smallest amount of liquid instantly kills the device

[@maefiosii]

4:48 that really caught me off guard 😂

[@simonpetrus1981]

Good to see that you were able to get things up and running again after all that disassembly. Good job at putting things back together again and YES the screen is a TOUCH SCREEN👍🏻.

[@matthewgumabon7498]

That’s pretty cool that the display was a touch panel. Usually capacitive touchscreens have a layer of glossy glass or plastic as the touch layer. But this display looks like a matte screen? Pretty unusually for a touch device. And with the plastic bezel like that, it really looks like a just bare LCD. I would have never guessed that it was touchscreen either haha.

[@elliottr6213]

It’s really crazy what people will throw out

[@psivewri]

To be fair, after they spilt water on it they probably thought it was a gonner.

[@elliottr6213]

@@psivewri Definitely, I’ve found several computers with simple issues.

[@EliasSchmid00]

@@psivewri Yeah, it might have not been working for a while too until it dried up. We’ve had the same with our family iMac (2009 I think) that got rained on from a window in the roof we left open. After a week of drying, it wouldn’t start, but we randomly tried again a few days later and it actually came to life and is still working to this day as my dads email machine :)

[@Rainbow__cookie]

@@EliasSchmid00 unbiliveable that stuff can survive the worst things

[@oplkfdhgk]

​@@psivewri yeah i have spilled water on my keyboard many times. the first time i thought it would have been broken but no it started working again in like day or two.

[@BensOnTheRadio]

I feel like Acer’s gone from what I’ve considered a crappy brand to a surprisingly decent brand of laptops. My girlfriend got sent out one of their Chromebooks we got to keep after that job was completed. It’s a pretty solid machine, especially for a Chromebook. Solid build quality, satisfying keyboard, and a great 1080p IPS panel which is unheard of for Chromebooks. Acer also happens to make some nice backpacks! Picked up a Predator backpack a while back at Microcenter and it’s quite nice. TLDR: Acer isn’t the crap they were in the 2000’s.

[@Pinzledick]

Their Nitro laptops are also great. Best buy for the price

[@genericname3685]

@@Pinzledick Yeah I agree their Nitro laptop are very light and has some performance packed in those bois.

[@SStarlight9614]

I've always had a great experience with their products, now customer support... I did have a bad experience with on, but that's just going to be anywhere🤷🏼‍♂️

[@SynApse01547]

@@Pinzledick I own an Acer Nitro 5, it was $800 on sale, it's pretty cheap considering it is a gaming laptop, and the performance is really decent and good for the price. My only complaint is the screen is kind of dim, but I really don't care since I don't use it outside but only indoors. Build quality is okay but not the best, I had no issues and have been using it for 4 months now.

[@asianflex]

maybe except the acer nitro 50....

[@theconjuror112]

I loved this video! What a beautiful restoration! Thanks for filming!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@wardengamer374]

3:29 Uningine Heaven shows the platform as Windows NT 6.2 build 9200 (Windows 8) for some reason, even though the machine is running Windows 10.

[@mrdorkomatic]

Wow what a find! That is a great little machine! Nicely done!

[@michvod]

Just my 2 cents, if you see white corrosion, due to water it is almost always a base. Actually almost all of the time on electronics, when you see corrosion, it will be due to base and not acid - even the batteries contain basic solution. So in order to remove it, put some white vinegar on it, then clean it using an ionised water (or even tap water) and then put the PCB in oven at 90 deg. C for 30 min. For extra precaution you can later use IPA, but in my opinion there are much better things (chemistry wise) to IPA. I use IPA only for cleaning lens and old thermal paste - and I do SMD board repair daily.

[@kielagut]

Nicely done! Hopefully it holds up pretty nicely over the next several years--looks like it has a lot of fight left inside of it.

[@MrGattor33]

Looks like a fairly decent laptop. Good on ya for bringing it back from the bin! Keep us updated on how it works out.

[@XeonProductions]

That's a good score. I can't stand dirty laptops either. I remember fixing a friends laptop, and the entire thing was covered in a thick grime. I gave his laptop a full cleaning and he asked if it was a different laptop when I gave it back.

[@dmnsonic]

Oh Jeez... and I'm here using a rescued Athlon 64 X2 with Vista to do simple every day tasks! Good to see this recovered.

[@TheSpotify95]

That was a nice result! Good job! :)

[@VOLTRONDEFENDER4440]

I remember the laptop my sister used before giving it to me and I did spill it when she used it but luckily the drive and motherboard stil worked and I had to replace the keyboard as it wasent working properly, I did take it apart to replace the thermal paste and ended up losing the sata connector for the computer

[@AmirRazan]

My father just recently bought a new Acer Aspire 3 for my brother for university. I wished that I'd be like Nathan here where not only he saved another laptop from being trashed, he also got an Acer Aspire S, a higher-end version of the laptop for free.

[@CesareVesdani]

I like the P and L symbols on this laptop. It makes it look unique.

[@TheBoringOne10]

Psivewri Back With Another Amazing Video! Keep Up The Good Work.

[@shilofax293]

That is an ancient build of windows 10 you installed on that. haven't seen 1607 in a long time.

[@ivanuremovic1199]

It's great to see that it still works without a problem. I have the same CPU in my Lenovo Ideapad 520S, but it was so slow to boot when I bought it, so I upgraded it with 500GB SSD, and upgraded RAM from 8GB to 12GB. There's also 940MX 4GB in mine. Overall, laptop is good for normal usage, but it struggles if you throw some more intensive tasks at it, since that CPU is only dual core.

[@zingythelemon7949]

Wow I can't believe you found a decent laptop like that just thrown away. Beats my laptop lmao.

[@leonardodavinci7983]

Giving the current financial situation I live in at the moment, I would love to have laptop like that to use it for my university assignments. It always surprises me how people can throw away some fine stuffs that other people would love to have but can't afford!

[@tawansiforlifetfl9987]

MAN I AM IN LOVE WITH YOUR VIDEOS 😍😍 Clean montage, Clean presentation, Clean voice-over, AAAAAAAND most importantly CLEAN LAPTOPS 🔥🔥🌹🌹

[@stnsl2v]

Watching your video from Kyiv, Ukraine right now. Thanks for mentioning the situation, even if it's integration. This is quite important for us!

[@trentplushie3587]

You are the best youtuber ever! Keep up the amazing work!!!

[@AverageInspirationNZ]

I landed one of these within the past few years. It was a ton of fun to tinker around with and a wild idea/design for something so old

[@Gaming56456]

Nice job bro I love your videos man! Nice laptop! It’s good that you got it running again!

[@petebean2387]

I have an Acer Aspire 3 laptop, which became very slow over time, and now says 'no bootable device' like that laptop you're repairing.

[@petebean2387]

@ I know that now and it has been replaced last summer and now it is even faster than it used to be

[@anhadkohli3478]

why the actually fck are u so underrated, your so professional and good to listen to

[@josepha5885]

I knew someone who found 2 Acer desktops next to a dumpster. Both were in good shape. No scratches on the cases nor were they dusty. When he started them they booted into windows (They were office computers and the office data was still in them) He reinstalled windows and gave them to his daughters.

[@milanlilic6995]

4:47 I’m thankful that you left that in so I know I’m not the only one making stupid ass mistakes like this

[@EdwardplayzYT]

Other than the corrosion thing and the dirtiness, I dont know why anyone would ever throw a laptop away like that, It is powerful enough to rival some newer laptops and even some newer desktops

[@j.lietka9406]

A neighbor tossed out 3 laptops: a Toshiba Satellite (DDR2, so it's a bit old) & 2 Asus. One is a N550JV, & the other is a x205t. Both Asus are apart, & 1 is missing several parts! But I think the N550 still might work! But! Unlike yours, the N550 needs parts! The Acer you got ahold of is a great find!

[@andreiuul1]

god DAMN that laptop is in literally perfect functioning order i wish i found stuff like that how shallow and and uninvolved does one have to be to throw away something like this??

[@kiangonsalves]

Maybe the owner thought no body would want a water damaged laptop. Even if he didn't list it as water damaged as it still worked, that'd be a dick move.

[@kiangonsalves]

Maybe listing it as water damage for a 20 or 25 dollars would have been fine though

[@fatimaaliyeva5143]

Wow who knew Acer had such good laptops. I didn't even know they made touch screen laptops, and not to even mentions that considering the laptop's thinnes and what it went through I am genuinly impressed

[@plushycatt]

I've used a very old DELL i5 7200U laptop paired with an AMD Radeon R5 M420. Until it's very last few months it didn't even have an SSD on it, which I installed due to it being painfully slow on the HDD. Had to sacrifice the CD ROM drive on it, but was worth it. Not gonna lie, it made for a very decent low end gaming rig and emulation rig. It even ran Minecraft 1.18.1 well! I saved up, got myself a newer gaming laptop and now my old laptop is handed down to my family and still in good use!

[@lakshyagrover6379]

Bro i have lenvo laptop with intel 6200u and amd r7360 and i did same installed 240gb ssd in cd drive and its still strong for everyday tasks and many old games and the orginal battery still working i bought in end of 2016 or starting of 2017 great machine for price

[@Rusty_Gold85]

Im bringing back to life a Acer Aspire V5 laptop my son had who forgot the screen password , so it was re formatted . Replaced the dead battery. Now cloning the HD to a SSD and adding 8gb memory. It has 4gb soldered on. What I like is you can open and lift the screen/lid with one finger

[@thomashuggins578]

Found a bunch of tech behind PC world in the Uk, 2 were laptops that only needed new drives and they worked. In the pile I found the chargers. Literally no damage. Also found a US ps2 with 100 games and a Xbox 360 250gb with 2 controllers which works perfectly fine too. Crazy what gets thrown away when traded in. (I took the Xbox to CEX to put the cash towards a GPU for the gf)

[@xXjoehotXx]

nice work - its fine to get some stuff repaired . good to see that other ppl will do it too ! we have to learn that it make sens to do so for our all environment ...

[@yziquamizzle]

This was so satisfying to watch. Looking forward to seeing the next video.

[@SixSilverStones]

2:05 I like space too

[@magdalenazwieböck]

I always enjoy watching your videos! You seem like a very chill dude

[@johnpaulbacon8320]

Nice job on restoring this laptop.

[@williamstewart1883]

My buddy saved a couple laptops from e-waste for me and I plan on working on them next week. I've always wanted to try my hand at refurbishing discarded tech.

[@wileymonair]

I love doing this with laptops and computers!

[@UwUSanime]

Great video as always! Keep them coming please!

[@zevilaga]

Nice restoration of a decent laptop. Acer has been one of my favorite laptop brands for over a decade. I am missing it now, but that flimsy case is not looking great. Thanks for the vid anyways!

[@jjburbage]

It's such a coincidence that I'm watching this on an Acer laptop from about 10 years ago. Their laptops are quite durable and last a very long time.

[@sheppardpat47]

3:00 You don't actually need to create a partition, just click on "next" so it doesn't make 4 partitions on your drive, if you click on next, it will just make 2 of them. By the way you're using a VERY old version of Windows (1607) which is from 2016, you should update your USB key with the latest version (21H2) :)

[@DuneRunnerEnterprises]

Sorry to disappoint you,bro!! Now,you SHOULD replace the cooling,after bending it!!!

[@dav473programer]

I watched this video on an acer extensa and im very impressed by the performance and cost .Its very easy to repair or to upgrade so i will stick with this laptop for some years : ).I see that easy to repair is a real claim that acer gives to customers.

[@SixSilverStones]

That is a really nice laptop i am surprised someone threw it out

[@moonlambo5229]

Great find! You should show us how good it is for Emulation and certain games. That would attract alot more viewers. Kind of like an ETA Prime video.

[@sersoft_corp]

It's better to use something like vinegar to neutralize the corrosion first and then clean it off with rubbing alcohol, or give it a bath in an ultrasonic cleaner. Also you're lucky it's not a high powered CPU because a bent heat pipe is much worse at conducting heat than an undamaged one. Anyway, still a great and satisfying video, keep it up!

[@migsic98]

Great video! But I have to tell you, for every time you install Windows 10 Version 1607, a part of me dies. 😢

[@dgurevich1]

You should see if this laptop has an OEM license for windows 10. When I dealt with laptops, the big vendors had a bios built in license, which was accessible by installing a OEM specific windows version. Also I used WD40 contact cleaner spray on liquid damaged boards with better success alongside IPA.

[@alisonsmith4436]

Thank you so much for saving technology and reviving it 😃😃😄

[@EthanLeitch]

Yo I'm still running one of these laptops here in Australia! Works pretty well.

[@GrumpzTheCat]

Looks like a smaller version of my Aspire A515, that one has a 15 inch screen, same CPU and RAM. Got it for free from my mothers workplace, had a dead HDD in it, but otherwise works fine, although my left hinge is broken, so Ill have to work out a fix for that eventually. Nice find! The palmrest on mine does look wore out, as there are a few silverish spots on it that I have not been able to fix, although one of them i think was underneath some paper taped on it, so not sure what is up with that. Otherwise it is in decent condition.

[@franklinjames7030]

Great video Nathan. As far as Main Board Corrosion, I would recommend using an ultrasonic cleaner to clean corrosion that you couldn't get to with the ISO and toothbrush since corrosion can get under the soldered on chips including the CPU and GPU if this was a gaming laptop. I know this from experience. Louis Rossmann has some great tutorials on MacBook logic board repair and he said with corrosion, ALWAYS USE AN ULTRASONIC CLEANER!

[@eduardoavila646]

Agree on that! There is ALOT of gunk wich may end up around the processor pads/solder balls, also corrosion and stuf. The best way to clean it would be after scrubbing, to put it into the utlrasonic cleaner.

[@conman3609theoriginal]

Man the stuff people throw out is nuts luckly ive been able to snag some stuff from recyling several times

[@petersziraki7672]

Nicely done! :)

[@filenotfound__3871]

The chip on the left, does need thermal paste....thats why it is under the heatsink.

[@psivewri]

It doesn't need thermal paste. That's why it didn't have paste on it to begin with. This is the case with so many processors.

[@filenotfound__3871]

@@psivewri Maybe, but is it really worth risking your cpu for a few cents worth of thermal paste? I can also imagine someone putting it on the wrong chip and possibly killing the system.

[@filenotfound__3871]

@@psivewri I stand corrected, In this case, the paste was unnecessary, but my laptop has the thermal paste on it. It might just be the best to check does your specific laptop need it ot not before viping it off.

[@Vojtaxd]

That's brilliant! It's ecological and you can also sell it, make some extra money and reduce e-waste. Sadly, in Europe, we don't have anything like e-waste bins where you can save some electronics.

[@jbritain]

How old must your Windows install USB be that it's still got the original wallpaper? It's probably worth reflashing it with the latest version.

[@piorek99]

Update your windows 10 iso, yours is 6 years old now...

[@yousfjoseph8953]

Yea but the older the faster it os

[@Davisecreto1]

You said my Acer laptop is trash, and it is

[@Madscientist4567]

Save them fix the laptops!

[@georgesenda1952]

I was walking home last night and found a 27 inch Apple Cinema display with a VESA mount on the back on the sidewalk ! Outer glass was smashed. Really dirty. Cleaned it up & referred to you in my video saying you love eucalyptus oil. Cables are ok. Inner screen intact. Sides of aluminum look rusty. I plugged it in and nothing went poof. I’m wondering what Mac or Macbook could connect to this. It has a magnetic connector and some kind of video connector. I only have one Mac it might connect to my Silicon M1 Mac Mini. All my others Imacs ( which need repair ) are 2010 or older. I don’t think my working 2009 Macbook Pro would connect to it either. Rear case in fairly good shape.

[@mitchelbont9788]

That a really good laptop, I love what you are doing I hate it when laptops like that get Wasted it so dumb…. We are thankful for people like you.. I my self also sometimes repair laptops gives me a good feeling..

[@varunbaliga7334]

Psivewri if you could, you should invest in an ultrasonic cleaner, it does the majority of your work really.

[@ArnoldGaming]

it might not rlly fit my use case but i wouldnt mind grabbing myself a laptop like that when i feel like doing simple tasks

[@Edman_79]

I guess it just really had the time to completely dry out in the pile - hence it works fine now :D Nice find! Thanks for sharing.

[@0w3nn]

Really nice laptop and surprising it has a touchscreen given it doesn't have glass!

[@TechVidK]

Great to see the laptop back in great condition. also early lol.

[@IrenMasot]

I love doing work like this myself, its very therapeutic.

[@bramvandenbroeck5060]

I bought a Dell laptop from a flea market for 110 euro's, the battery is like new and it included a fast charger as well! I was stunned by the low price, it's a 3th gen intel i5, but when i got home and open up the laptop for upgrading the hard disk and the ram, and i saw that it suffered from liquid damage, so i cleaned all the corossion out of it, there was some damage, but all by all it worked perfectly fine, until . . . The screen cr4pped out, as it turns out, the display also was faulty, the backlight works and you can still see stuff if you put pressure on the lcd itself, but the panel is unuseable like that, so i have to buy a new panel, but this laptop is worth it, there is 16gb in there and a 256gb ssd!

[@myky7500]

this "trash" laptop is literally better than my laptop in lot of ways(dell latitude 5480, i5-6200U version). really disgusted what people just throw away nowdays. thank you for not letting it go landfill.

[@adrianstephan4011]

the touch screen was the icing on the cake

[@damedolladame]

One of my favourite KZbinrs 🙏🏻

[@shitpostinggang]

it looks really slick and nicer then my current laptop!

[@zaf2774]

Nice vid my man keep up the good work

[@illegalsmirf]

I love to watch you clean, you big cleanly stud haha

[@gamerking64]

Linux on it would be amazing! Try any lightweight distro and it will fly! Trust my words.

[@calzonemaniacsvideocorner0804]

I don't know if I want to 😥or 🤬 the fact that this machine almost became e-waste. Appreciate the work you did to help restore it.

[@wvistalover]

I had an idea to fix these laptops and put linux or windows and sell it for a cheaper price

[@Ajni]

You can actually see in the about screen where it says "Touch support with 10 touch points" :P

[@ebodaman]

You had better luck than me. I rescued a HP i5 laptop at an estate sale. Hard drive was pulled and so was the battery. Thing was barbarically ripped apart. I ordered some parts for it to try and put it back together but the hard drive connector was ripped from the motherboard. Still holding on to it. I used a usb stick and launched chrome OS on it. Touch screen and all works.

[@lathesangiriharan2295]

Why chrome OS, windows is better in every way. That was just my opinion, don't take it to offense. I rescued a HP dc5700 business computer from 2007 it was sitting behind my grandma's tv and the computer was abandoned and it used to ran windows xp professional. It had a Pentium 4 processor with HT technology and I installed windows because it has a greater software library and more open. With windows 10 you can theoretically use a computer from 2004.

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@@lathesangiriharan2295 I had Chrome OS installed on a bootable USB stick handy and used it just to test all the other functions of the computer.