Trash or treasure? Restoring old thrown out computers!

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[@Taras-Nabad]

It's funny how in the USA this may be considered garbage but in some very poor countries there are people that have never seen a computer and would love to have something like this.

[@Kha_57]

Never had a pc

[@robertwest4157]

Yes i would love this computer in Mexico they are very expensive i had to use windows xp until 2015 because of my laptop age only xp and 2000 work with drivers

[@pinkpassionfruit8876]

@@robertwest4157yeah me also bc my cuz in Mexico would be so happy for that computer,like that thing fs could play counter strike. And he says that like pcs way more expensive in Mexico then us

[@juanshaftpatel7488]

what shithole country are you from?@@Kha_57

[@TerriblyTrashMemez]

In the Uk that is always garbage

[@danielg2129]

560ti is a good card. Played lots of games with a single one. Doom 2016, Borderlands 2, Tons of Batman games. excited to see what two will do.

[@DLMtechgarage]

yea i'm looking forward to tinker with them in SLI

[@gega24-h3r]

and stalker shadow of chernobyl too

[@DuneRunnerEnterprises]

Unfortunately, because of a VERY thick thermalspreader,a lot of 5XX video cards are "toasted".....

[@amyjojinkerson5668]

the case is an Antec 900 series steel I had one they are great

[@DLMtechgarage]

I love them, they are thrown out like crazy and I flip them very easy!!

[@skorpionrazor]

How someone could throw away such a high-end pc without testing other PSU. I mean, its old technology But replace the HDDs for an SSD and it's completely fine for daily use or Not heavy gaming. PD: I have the same Golden Orb II CPU Cooler and weights like a ton!

[@DLMtechgarage]

One man's trash is another's treasure

[@walter_lesaulnier]

I love refurbishing old computers to sell, donate to charities, and occasionally to keep for a special purpose. They are great for streaming, a home server, old games (10 to 30 years old), and tinkering with Linux. Throw in an SSD and maybe update the BIOS and put in a better CPU (cheap from EBay). I sometimes buy a palette of 30 to 40 of them from a state university auction for just $100 to $200. A few cheap hardware upgrades, update Windows and good to go. I can sell them for $200 each. Dell and Lenovo have support assistant utilities that tell you exactly what is in them and what they can be upgraded to. But the power supplies are low wattage proprietary garbage. Motherboards also have proprietary connections and mountings (but standard RAM and PCIe).

[@DLMtechgarage]

I do the same all the time. Good to keep one around for someone in need.

[@jackkraken3888]

Ah yes Windows 8.1 Vista edition. A true classic. Also I see hard drives get a lot of flak online but the truth is hard drives aren't that slow and no 20 minutes to boot any windows operating system is a massive red flag whether it's a hard drive or not. And I'm still using Windows 10 on a hard drive and it's surprisingly quick to boot.

[@SMAAAASHTV]

Definitely wasn't the norm back in the day for a PC to take 20 minutes to boot. There's something wrong with the OS install or a failing hdd if that is the case. Anything over a minute or two for boot times is an issue, even with a mechanical drive.

[@maesecarlos4430]

Yeah...and is not Windows Vista, it's Windows 8.1 It's funny 'cause it use to boot and get to the desktop pretty fast.

[@DLMtechgarage]

i know, hate i missed that and forgot to do the edit....

[@dmtd2388]

my workstations was booting in 6 seconds in 2008 with first ssds and others with hdds 25 seconds in 2000 - 2003 in 30 seconds max around and build fix thousands off years ago 20 min would be just screwed up os and crappy hdd

[@JBTmusicc]

dude that's sick. dual 560ti in SLI! all that and it was thrown out ?!?! you got some good karma / luck lol

[@DLMtechgarage]

yea some days I do. I am not ashamed to pick up someone garbage lol....

[@Rangerman9404]

If the computer is THAT slow, it's likely loaded with bloatware, malware, and possibly viruses. I have an old Gateway Pentium 4 that I use as my "retro gamer", it runs older games I have that don't play well with modern graphics adapters but work well with the older onboard VGA graphics in that machine. When I got it, it was so painfully slow, that I ended up completely wiping the drive, with a drive erase program, and even that took forever to finish up. I did a clean install of Windows XP as well as all of its OEM drivers, for sound, video, etc. and it now runs much faster, like it did when it was new, even with a mechanical hard drive. Since all of the games I use on it are either installed to the hard drive, or on CD ROM, I don't have it connected to the Internet, so it has been safe from being bogged down by anything online.

[@ThexthSurvivor]

Geez, this video is 2 years old, and that PC you found is better than my current daily driver.

[@deludedmarxist]

So glad your channel showed up in my recommended! Keep up the great stuff man, really fun to watch.

[@DLMtechgarage]

Awesome, thank you!

[@stevenwilliams6638]

Great video man. The love of fixing all things PC is so much fun. Also half life 2 is still an amazing game! If it can run half life 2 it's a keeper (just my opinion). I miss the phenom days.

[@DLMtechgarage]

yea I love going down memory lane with this older hardware. Was so much cheaper practical and easier to game on back then. And yes I agree on the half life2 lol...

[@Droogie128]

The Phenom 1 wasn't great. Phenom 2 brought some good times, though.

[@stevereaver]

I still use this case in my current rig, it's great.

[@mysteriousghost4852]

I found a few systems on the side of the road on trash day a few years ago and I snagged em. One was actually a pretty decent AMD Phenom X6 system with a GeForce 8000 series GPU lol.. I put a 1070 Ti into it and it can still run modern titles fairly well at medium-high settings. The only thing wrong with it was a bad stick of DDR3; so it was probably one of my easiest fixes. One persons trashed electronics is my treasure; always looking to grow my collection of fixed electronics! Even snagged a nice 750W EVGA fully modular power supply from a PC that had a bad memory controller.

[@DLMtechgarage]

I have found their is always something to use from junk computers, weather it's saving the screws or repurposing the case or refurbishing an ancient computer for a retro pc customer!!

[@AhmadZakiVision]

We should appreciate technology and not throw away electronic goods, preferably dispose of them in a suitable place and way to maintain the sustainability of the environment. • Watching from Melaka, Malaysia ✌🏻🇲🇾

[@SolidNate99]

I've found old computers are actually really hard to find for free. Even for sale. It's weird. Everyone had these old computers but you can find crt tvs easy but not old computers

[@MinhNguyen-uv4gd]

I like to pick up these e-wastes to fix and reuse them, but in my country, if anyone leave their junks outside of their houses for like 10-20 mins, junk collectors will sweep them away...

[@angelosupetran]

In your country, do you have junkshops or junkyard?

[@MinhNguyen-uv4gd]

@@angelosupetran We do but those junkyards are in the outskirts of my city, I live in the middle of the city, can not travel far away, and even when I get there and pick the stuff, its the cost of gas to travel, how to transport those stuff back home , and chance I get ripped off, just not worth it.

[@PapaMav]

Must be nice to have the ability to drive around just looking for random trash.

[@DLMtechgarage]

ha ha sometimes I have free time lol..

[@j.lietka9406]

And find cool stuff!

[@PapaMav]

@@j.lietka9406 LOL, how much of it is actually "cool" ?

[@yorkan213swd6]

The best tip: renew the cooling paste on the cpu….

[@moleyboy9650]

Such a sick find!! Those are good cards.

[@DLMtechgarage]

They are!

[@jamesevans3492]

What A Find . . . :-)

[@damandbass]

Not 100 on this but I don't think Goodwill sells used computers anymore. I believe they repurpose them for use in their employment training centers.

[@DLMtechgarage]

they don't, anything good nowadays they put on the website for sell and their prices are ridiculous.

[@Idiot505Yes]

This pc looked better before it was done than my pc right now!

[@wizarian]

Nice recovery. Thanks for your tips!

[@DLMtechgarage]

Thanks!

[@ShieyV2komputroniks]

a ssd would do wonders on that thing or some lighter linux

[@bionictran]

Before cleaning it out, I would take out the CMOS battery. Otherwise, it's a pretty good guide!

[@ThePolaroid669]

An example of how to completely destroy the English language...."I don't see no name brand."

[@keithbrown7685]

Imho, you're nitpicking.

[@tonijarvi7383]

I got the same case and the power button is busted, need to buy a new case.

[@thebanditgamer4865]

i like how he said it was running vista, bit of a modern theme for vista haha

[@DLMtechgarage]

yea i know, i def missed that one...

[@TOSStarTrek]

Always ask. Needs are everything. Do not need a Gaming PC an updated PC can work fine.

[@PapaMav]

I recently threw out an old Dell my friend gave me with DDR2 and a Pentium E5200. Everything got tossed bc of how worthless it was with the exception of: 2 Sata cables, 2 jumper pins, an IO cable, a 640 GB WD Blue HDD that runs at 7200RPM and 3 GBS and the rectangular PSU that I will use to power a test bench MOBO.

[@PapaMav]

....and oh, 2 80mm fans (1 4 pin & 1 3 pin)

[@PapaMav]

...and various screws.

[@DLMtechgarage]

That how I have my huge screw collection lol...

[@DLMtechgarage]

thats how I have my fan collection lol..

[@DLMtechgarage]

It amazes me how little things like screws and fan and all the small things def come in handy later on. Stuff like that has saved me in a pinch!

[@mardroid]

Great video! I actually just picked up an old PC with that exact antec 900 case.

[@DLMtechgarage]

This case is pretty cool. I actually used it for a budget build video I got coming up next month. I painted the inside black and it really gives it a nicer look with the side glass panel.

[@BadAnimal1978]

Antec nine hundred case. I had one for a long time, was a sturdy solid case.

[@kargandarr]

Those old computers would work as a case to put a web server in.

[@DLMtechgarage]

i always repurpose the case.

[@johnphilippatos]

A few comments on your video. First, you never dust the case inside the house. You always do it outside. Actually, you want to thoroughly vacuum clean it first, in order to suck most of the dirt, and then you go outside to air spray it. And it's a good thing to have a soft brush at hand, a women's makeup brush does wonders. Second, if the machine does still not fire up, even after you check that the power button cable is plugged in the right pins, the first thing you do is to unplug the cable again and then you short the two power button pins, meaning the ones that the cable was plugged in previously. This is to make sure that you don't have a malfunctioning power button and/or cable. Then you test it again with another PSU that you are sure it works. Third. Wear a static bracelet in order to avoid some nasty situations. They are dirt cheap on the web and those capacitors can hold A LOT of power for quite a while, even if you have unplugged the power cable from the outlet. You can get a nasty shot, and/or you can burn some valuable components. Best thing to do when you unplug it, is to hit the power button again for two or three times to drain the capacitors. Fourth. WEAR GLOVES. You said it in the beginning, but you never wore them.

[@DLMtechgarage]

i know, i got some bad habits. i need to do better

[@johnphilippatos]

@@DLMtechgarage Well, if you admit that you have some bad habits, then you WILL do better for sure. Keep up buddy.

[@polish1stdivision]

Love how he replaced one shitty powersupply with another equally shitty and over rated on watts as a replacement lol

[@henryreynolds4499]

Man you get lucky with your finds!!

[@DLMtechgarage]

Sometimes!!

[@Win98-f8p]

Click the windows key and r and type winver and press enter

[@maddymuhat8079]

Im happy to have that

[@daytimerocker3808]

I always dust outside so I dont add dust in my shop!

[@ramirami1232]

with more RAM (16 Go) and an SSD it can run many recent software and games.. quad core is fast !

[@louistournas120]

Wow! What a sweet machine. It would make a great est PC for trying out various distros or a movie or web machine or some old style gaming.

[@j.lietka9406]

I gotta look where you look! Nice finds!

[@adamtajhassam9188]

I caughtsomeone w a quality DVD drive just in case and the screws of the case was the most useful 4 my 400 dollar case, so I took them the label said free computer.. after all...

[@DLMtechgarage]

i do the same thing!

[@vincecooper2672]

YES ! Dust does conduct electricity & why once every 2 years & will inspect & dust out & vacuum it out. One time I let a pc sit much longer & didn't dust it out. One day I turned it on & I heard a Pop ! The PC was Dead ! I took it apart & found an electrical Arc spot on the Motherboard where Dust conducted electricity from the case to the Motherboard & it Fried it. Had to order a new Motherboard.

[@scugog6184]

In Canada you can't throw out a pc in the trash. It must be brought to a metal recyling center (usually at your local dump). Pc's have valuable metals and some toxic ones as well.

[@DLMtechgarage]

your suppose to do the same thing over here. most don't follow and hope someone will just pick it up.

[@paveljelinek772]

12:08 😮 motherboard = dead 😢 edit: okay it has to have a good protection so it prevents to turn itself on for any obvious reason

[@mctscott123]

Had one of these cases back in the day, miss all the 5.25" goodness.

[@DLMtechgarage]

i miss that too.

[@victorsegoviapalacios4710]

Incredible how the average entitled and spoiled American just throws functional and valuable shit out to the trash meanwhile in the rest of the world people want to sell you 560 TIs at its original MSRP on local currency 11 years afterwards....

[@DLMtechgarage]

very true!!

[@AgentHondaCivic]

id kill to find something like this in teh trash. this is my dream. find an old phenom 9000 or phenom II with 1 let alone 2 or more GFXcards in it this is my dream. i never see PCs in the trash anymore :(

[@AndrzejLDotEu]

You've mentioned smoke and fire - make sure you have good powder (electric fire) fire extinguisher handy as well.

[@DLMtechgarage]

thanks, i should of mentioned that!!

[@lukedavis436]

I found that exact PC case at work.. Missing literally everything thought so it's not a usable case sadly.

[@steventechno]

That is windows 8.1 so I think that PC may have been retired around 2012-early 2015. that PC has had nice upgrades during its time I know the GTX 500 series was around that time. They probably thought it was dead, had it in the closet for years and finally threw it all out later. Hopefully you’ll get more use of it then they did.

[@gerry-p9x]

Smokin..I have smoked a few pcs in my trails and we find tossed PC laptops printers that just need fan cleaned or ram reseated and bad HDD..good deals

[@KainiaKaria]

I still have my Phenom II X4 system. In fact I built myself a a Pentium III system with a Abit BE6-II that I bought new old stock, 650 Mhz Intel Pentium 3 Coppermine Intel Slot 1, NVIDIA Geforce3 Ti200 that was junk salvaged, ATI 3D Rage Pro PCI, Creative Sound Blaster Audigy SB0090, and a Yamaha OPL3-SAx ISA Sound Card. I even have one of those slotket adapters for Intel Slot 1 that I have a Pentium 3 clocked at 1 Ghz that I might try. I have this Dell Inspiron B130 that I might stick a Pentium M in.

[@DLMtechgarage]

I love Abit, that was my favorite brand!!

[@TerriblyTrashMemez]

20:00 chatting but imagine if the PC blew some sparks

[@jaimemorales8849]

they should be give a maintence before they drop it into the trash....has no dust at all! ....and the oscar goes to.... LOL

[@DLMtechgarage]

I think they had tried to fix it before scrapping it.

[@intelcorei0364]

What a great case is it full tower?

[@DLMtechgarage]

nahh just an oversized atx full towers where bigger

[@sharptoothtrex4486]

I think 500GB or 1TB Solid State Drives are option having a faster booting PC

[@chrismurphy8383]

I definitely ONLY ever blow a case out when I I am outside - never do it indoors. ------- waaaay too much mess

[@wrongway4ever]

It's not vista, it's Windows 10. Hence the windows bootup windows logo... And it's not veesta it's vista...

[@TerriblyTrashMemez]

Duster: youre blowing the humar dirt into your house....

[@Filip-e1c]

Nice vista

[@KISSFanDan1995]

As soon as I saw that background the bad memories of windows 8 came flooding back.. Windows 10 couldn’t have came any faster.

[@KrissBartlett]

i have the same power tester works good you dident plug the sata and floppy plugs in and the molex to ?

[@DLMtechgarage]

nahh just needed to test the 24 pin and cpu power.

[@GamingWithDachi]

the guy:windows vista windows 8.1 :umm i dont think thats vista i think its me strange

[@DLMtechgarage]

Yea I said the wrong version smh...

[@GamingWithDachi]

Its ok

[@GamingWithDachi]

​@@DLMtechgarage btw im subbed

[@CoolTI-Daniel]

Good old AM2 or AM2+ socket. Those weren't great CPU's however they weren't necessarily a bad upgrade path. Back in the day I had an Athlon X2 5200 @2.7Ghz and upgraded to the highest end Phenom X4 9950 running at 2.6Ghz... This chip was a poor overclocker but I refused to have a lower clock so I ran it at 2.73. It would somewhat compete with Intel's Q6600 or Q6700 but overall the Core2Quads (Specially the Q9650) were significantly faster... When the I5 series came out... Intel had a significant lead. The Phenom II's were significantly better than previous generation Phenoms. (Smaller process and far more L3 Cash) however the I5's were always properly superior. AMD was cheaper and even on an AM2+ Board you could run Phenom II's so there was always a cost effective upgrade path. I can tell for a future video, an SSD and 8 or 16GB ram will make a huge difference but to run modern games, the CPU is a bottleneck or will be missing mandatory instructions to run quite a few games.

[@markturner7459]

I feel seasick!

[@2009numan]

that looked more like windows 8 rather than vista

[@DLMtechgarage]

yea the sticker on the case said vista and I got too stuck on that lol...

[@fennex2000]

in my country you never find something like this in the trash mahhh to be fair the whole continent not just my country

[@TerriblyTrashMemez]

Ive found like 5 pcs already tossed out and got windows 11 on them and also found some working monitors going with them

[@2009numan]

power supply testers are not always good because the power supply isn't under any load

[@DLMtechgarage]

very true!!

[@keithbrown7685]

He should have used a dummy load like a certain other KZbinr. They have two "sacrificial hard drives" that suck it up at testing time.

[@benweeks1489]

One other thing I'd suggest is a fire extingusher.

[@DLMtechgarage]

🤣🤣

[@CaptEmo-lb5ix]

Build a Batocera PC with it and give it to a kid or build a Arcade with it

[@Stumacher2090]

sell me your pc? how do i buy? what is rubbish for "you guys," is luxury for me

[@spiritedpark7478]

18:56 this is not windows vista, its windows 8.1

[@DLMtechgarage]

i know, hate i missed that and forgot to do the edit....

[@spiritedpark7478]

@@DLMtechgarage Its ok! 😀

[@megaBrv]

if you want to flip the pc id highly recommend you to change the psu to something more budget like the ASUS Tuf 450 or any other budget offering really because 850watt is kinda overkill. also keep the quality content coming m8 love your vids.

[@bearskorner9790]

i got a gaming pc at a trift shop for $20 it had a gtz 460, core i5 2500k, and 8gb ram ddr3

[@AxiomofDiscord]

I wonder if there is a problem with the 4 Pin connectors on the old power supply.

[@DLMtechgarage]

Not sure. Never could figure it out. But it will only failed under load.

[@thompsonevergreen8006]

Makes me cringe everytime he slaps the top of that gpu

[@williamrockhill8018]

is that a 970a mother board im using one as a server or Naz

[@DLMtechgarage]

nahh, I forgot what it is, I still have it in storage... too cool to toss lol..

[@annabelalisra884]

Good tips. I find a lot of trash computers. Def will use these tips!

[@DLMtechgarage]

Glad it was helpful!

[@PapaMav]

@@DLMtechgarage who's finding computers by the side of the road ?!?

[@PapaMav]

@Annabel Alisra really?

[@DLMtechgarage]

I find them in the higher end neighborhoods ($500k plus homes) and town where I live. people practically threw good stuff away mostly cause of age and ability to get something better.

[@DLMtechgarage]

@@PapaMav right lol...

[@TsunamicBug]

Yikes...the first power supply in that did seem like a bit of a fire hazard. Those sli 560 tis are sick though.

[@DLMtechgarage]

Yea. I need to pull them out and tinker with them.

[@t3mpl3tw3]

I'm troubled by how you say Vista. 😂

[@DLMtechgarage]

ha ha yea the sticker on the back said vista. got too focused on that lol...

[@PapaMav]

@Rob I am troubled that you are troubled, over how he says Vista...

[@Windows_XP_The_Good_One]

You are supposed to say running windows 8.1! Not vista.

[@madjimms]

Would be good for a Win XP build.

[@DLMtechgarage]

it really was.

[@ronyd...1310]

Nuevo suscriptor desde Argentina Bs As

[@adammassingale7075]

I think that operating system was either windows 8 or 8.1 one of them

[@DLMtechgarage]

yea i def missed that.

[@adammassingale7075]

@@DLMtechgarage it’s okay it happens

[@jdvechannel]

It is Windows 8.1 pro 64 bit

[@RETROMachines]

Cool

[@gega24-h3r]

you so lucky to find this pc. at least i have more powerful gpu so it is capable

[@tfruba]

18:58 to me it looks a lot like Windows 8.1, not Vista ;)

[@DLMtechgarage]

i know, hate i missed that and forgot to do the edit....

[@jacobusvandermerwe5116]

That is not Vista as can be clearly seen, as a matter of fact it is Windows 10 most probably an older version but definitively not Vista.

[@DLMtechgarage]

Yea I know... I realized I said that after uploading the video

[@brandyray5959]

I agree

[@lucas8385]

HE CALLED WINDOWS 8.1 WINDOWS VISTA NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@Tekillyah]

Had the i7-2600s and dual sli 560ti way back in 2012 and I feel this belonged to a teen who went to college. I'm using the raptor drives for os 10,000rpm and is a little faster than the 7200 one but Jesus 20mins fully boot up? Dang nana must've busted the pc clicking on cornhub ads.

[@DLMtechgarage]

Lol

[@Heckerpro4k]

I found ancient dinosaur pc is optiflex gx 270 it has 512mb and intel celeron

[@Windows_XP_The_Good_One]

Hey you say win vista, you are supposed to say running windows 8.1! Not vista.

[@DLMtechgarage]

yea i cought that after the fact.. lol....

[@prestonferry]

@@DLMtechgarage yeah I was going to comment I was pretty confused…

[@qvkoplay2535]

vista???? are you kidding me? no.1 the fact that it has a vista licence key doesnt mean that it is running vista, in fact, it is running windows 8.1 ang you arent pronouncing the word phenom right but ok but make sure what os is it running before you say it

[@DLMtechgarage]

yea def missed that one for sure!!

[@Nikos_Radioactive]

Great Case, great GPUs ;)

[@DLMtechgarage]

got another video of this case where I case swapped a hp z240 oem into another one i had gotten. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJXMoYKYmMqin7s

[@The_real_josh]

me knowing a lot of tech stuff when im 11 years old my mom how did you fix the family pc? but then my friends in school found out about this and then pov my friends:can you fix my pc phone ipad and alot of other things

[@DLMtechgarage]

lol.... yea sometimes i gets that way when people learn you can fix things.

[@keithbrown7685]

I wouldn't do shit like that for nothing. I'd want something good, money would be best. It's sortof flattering and fun in the beginning, fixing them up, impressing whomever. But soon you get the feeling you're being taken advantage of, which you are. Demand something in return. That's what I'd do. Some people get to be parasites, same as the deadbeats who want my brother to fix their cars, and my brother never ****ing says "show me the money". He's more soft-spoken than I am. Meantime, these ****heads want something on time... "can I pay you later"... etc. ***k them.

[@gamingit1]

To mr that looks like windows 8.1 not windows vista