Fixing A Chunky Old HP Laptop From eBay...

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Today we’re cleaning up and restoring a cheap Windows XP laptop I bought off of eBay. It’s a HP zv5000 from 2004 and it needs some repair, so, let’s get started! #repair
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[@psivewri]

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[@nerd2544]

hi psivewri first time I'm this early for a youtube vid!!!! edit: can you cover more thinkpads on the channel? older ones are some of the best laptops to tinker with

[@Tamay.]

No

[@Tamay.]

@@Steven-yo2mj yes

[@WaffleTM420]

Ayo no

[@moepmanauto]

Somebody is trying to scam me by sending a telegram adress with your channelname and wants to know my personal data. Claiming me to get an iPhone or MacBook as a gift.

[@mina47879]

It's not a "hoarding problem", it's a "collecting hobby", at least that's what I tell myself.

[@zachariah74]

The difference between hoarding and collecting is presentation ;)

[@CoasterMan13Official]

@@zachariah74 I put most of my laptops and peripherals in a laptop case. The only laptop I can't store is my Sony Vaio E Series laptop from the early 2010s. It's stored safely though.

[@LaurentiusTriarius]

Laptops aren't that bad, wait until you start hoarding servers 🙈

[@mina47879]

@@LaurentiusTriarius one step ahead of you. I have a 12u rack sitting on my desk (cuz I have no space)

[@TheSpotify95]

Indeed; I don't hoard computers or electronics, I just collect them. :)

[@orangy57]

Wow, this is an insane throwback. This was the family computer that I used to play TF2 and Minecraft on at a freakishly low framerate up until we finally ditched it in 2011 or 2012. The single gigabyte of RAM that someone put in it may have gotten windows XP pretty far back then, but by 2010 just about every program would run out of RAM constantly and would either slow to a crawl or outright crash.

[@mesterak]

Nice repair on the hinges. I wasn’t so lucky with mine on the same laptop as the metal was sheered off and couldn’t be mended. I have a couple of these laptops or should I say chunktops. Pretty good machines for the era. Thanks for sharing!

[@LegoWormNoah101]

These early multimedia laptops had some incredible speakers. They don't even compare to even the finest modern laptops or the Macbook Pro!

[@sanjaydanoob5854]

This is because the thinner the speaker the worse it sounds, and since laptops are getting thinner and thinner, you may want some external speakers or a headset.

[@MrKillswitch88]

Laptops from this era are some of my all time favorites plus some are very easy to work on and upgrade plus they are generally better made so they can take a lot of abuse without breaking down.

[@saladfox]

Because the laptops are so bulky, they put huge drivers in (at least for a laptop). Modern laptops definitely have the advantage of fancy engineering tricks to get good sound out of smaller speakers, but for the time these sounded amazing compared to the barely-usable speakers included in most laptops of the era.

[@MrKillswitch88]

@@saladfox To be honest the vast majority of modern laptops are crap with almost no options at all for upgrades and even worse repairability. Hell some of them are not even comfortable to use due to the poor thermals where it is easily 60c on the bottom panel while parts of the keyboard can reach 45-50c on some models under load.

[@theforerunnerreclaimer]

I had a newer model of this from 2008 running Vista x64 edition. It had some Nvidia GeForce GPU, 4GB of RAM, a core 2 duo t7500 or something, a 512GB 5400RPM HDD. And a "widescreen" touch display on a 360⁰ hinge. Worked great until I replaced it late 2020

[@cydragon2.099]

Could it run GTA IV?

[@leontechtalks]

Oh wow that laptop must've been quite solid.

[@theforerunnerreclaimer]

@@cydragon2.099 Yea, it could also run Halo 2

[@cydragon2.099]

@@theforerunnerreclaimer nice... Well alot of PC games can now become otg thanks to handhelf gaming PCs

[@avillagerplayingminecraft5833]

Damn, that thing could run 8.1 smoothly as well as run 10 decently for some tasks.

[@DeltaCypher]

holy shit that’s my first laptop! my parents had one from 2004-2011 and it worked really well until then, it had funny display issues where you had to hit the side of it to get it to stop pixelating what was on screen. i still have it however the charger is long gone and it got damaged further a few years ago when we were renovating

[@saladfox]

Sounds like the display cable is loose or damaged. Not terribly hard to fix- just reseat the cable, or replace it if that doesn't fix it. If it's your first computer, it'd definitely be worth restoring!

[@YouAreBreathing]

Man, that laptop brought back so much memories to me. I was a repair technician around 2010, and I'd have people bring in that model of laptop a lot.

[@lucadipaolo1997]

I had one of these at around that time; the hinge on mine was also broken lol.

[@chrisw443]

I HAD THAT LAPTOP! OMG! I may have had the model right before this one as mine I got in 2002 but it looked identical and had that new gpu option. That thing SCREAMED back then. I used it till about 2005 when I got a desktop and sold mine.

[@thefattmish]

Great video. Cool Laptop find. Always love seeing how these little devices are repaired and put back to good use.

[@electricmiragemedia]

Great repair job! Thank you for keeping this machine going :)

[@johnreiland3638]

My family had one that looked almost identical. Amazing how heavy it was!

[@JayVBear45]

It's very hard NOT to like your videos. Excellent pacing and very informative about clever and practical work-arounds (those broken hinges - brilliant!). Thanks, I'm looking forward to more great videos from your channel.

[@deshanmk6]

I has the 17" version of this laptop and it was amazing but so heavy to carry to school every day lol

[@foregonereality]

I never have enough of these videos! Thanks Psivewri!

[@congress-tart]

I like the tone of your channel, no shouting and to the point 👌

[@techshowyt]

I've got that same laptop! The speakers on that thing always impressed me so much

[@HeadsetGuy]

I think the mom of one of my childhood best friends had one of these, or a similar model, which she would let us play games on. Those speakers and the button layout definitely brought back some memories, so I know I've seen this or a similar laptop _somewhere_ before.

[@BHNative]

How did you place italics on a KZbin comment?

[@HeadsetGuy]

@@BHNative Place underscores around the word(s).

[@BHNative]

@@HeadsetGuy nice, thanks!

[@SaswattDas_]

@@HeadsetGuy _thanks_

[@SaswattDas_]

@un canal random xde cant see on OnePlus Slate font

[@kingedwin]

One of my friends had this laptop, and she still talks about how she misses the speakers.

[@Rorykdy]

My first personal desktop PC was an HP Pavilion A420N, so this was awesome to see. Had never thought to look into their laptop range from that period.

[@piratebear3126]

Very similar to my first laptop, and old handed down HP XP machine from a Gen older than this, ~2003. Loved that old thing with its fantastic huge screen and keyboard. Unfortunately that era of HP laptop had a recurring problem where the power jack would go bad very quickly, meaning the poor old thing was tied to a chunky docking station. I’m moving and couldn’t keep all of my machines so it went to the thrift shop today for someone else to fix up and enjoy.

[@ardibid]

I had this machine back in the day and it was heavy AF! Mine had an AMD 64bit CPU. But the same issue with the hinge happened around two years after buying it. Also, a small crack started to grow from the corner of the touchpad in the first few months. Pro note: Ikea used to have the mockups of these machines in their “office furniture” showrooms! 😅

[@petershorrock4397]

Amazing stuff ❤️

[@jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj.]

man i remember this laptop, good old times playing games wayy back, would do everything i'd give it to do, nostalgia to the max

[@Michael_A_MN]

I have one of these with a broken power connector. This is my all time favorite laptop. Great speakers.

[@SixSilverStones]

That hinge fix was pretty genius

[@jessekauffman3336]

Good job on the hinge repair

[@TheOfficialGlitchTTG]

ONE OF THE BEST PSIVERWRI VIDEOS SO FAR! WELL DONE NATHAN!

[@Budget-Guitar-Show-DM]

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[@mrcontrive5641]

Nice informative video .... Nice work

[@ravenanims7750]

Yooooo its been years since ive seen this channel i loved this channel

[@stanmccorkle]

I’m a longtime subscriber and I always enjoy your videos. I’m curious if you have considered adding a test on whether or not chrome OS flex can be successfully used or installed into your review of these old laptops. Either way I’m grateful that you’re willing to share your talents with the world.

[@roadtripwithshanrie]

That was my first laptop since 2004. Mine was ZV-5120us model with Intel Celeron Processor on it, 40GB HDD and 256MB RAM.

[@xxcloudxx6606]

Excellent video, love the lime green on the watch 🔥

[@CoasterMan13Official]

My laptop had parallel ports and it came out in 2007. It was quite normal for a computer to have those back then. They were used primarily with secondary displays and older printers. Talk about upgradability.

[@CesareVesdani]

Windows XP laptops are amongst my favourite laptops of all time. I am a huge fan of Windows XP itself and all its dazzling features that it has to offer. I really like the design and silvery lid of this HP laptop. I am glad that you have repaired this laptop. Have you kept or sold the laptop. I do like thick laptops because of their durability and strength.

[@arlonov]

The sound of starting Windows XP is a real ASMR

[@robwebnoid5763]

Not sure what glue you used, but I think a metal adhesive such as JB-Weld might have been much better, as that glue is tailored for metal repairs. People have used it to repair engines for decades here in the US. I have 2 HP laptops from a few years earlier (circa 2001) & are related to the zv5000, that being the ze5170 & the ze5501us. Both of them were given to me for free from a relative. I did some repairs to the 5501 & used it as my main general-use laptop for many years & it still works today.

[@jasongualdoni4809]

Another great video! Thanks for all you do! :)

[@Budget-Guitar-Show-DM]

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[@007KrausBean]

I think I had one similar to this one which was the very first laptop I ever owned. Great seeing one like what I had again.

[@Geraldo8782]

I bought my ZV5000 almost 10 years ago. Nowadays i use this laptop as a music player.

[@noahreese2455]

Finally, I’ve been waiting on another video.

[@moepmanauto]

I have the same here in my collection. Nice display and speakers. Greetings

[@CarlosStorms]

I had this as my first work laptop, i remember it being awesome, did not remember it being so bulky and heavy!

[@michaelouz]

I remember this exact model. Asked for it for Christmas when I was a kid. Probably for the best I didn't get it.

[@Vofr]

Cool vid bro ❤❤

[@slogadin]

I really enjoy watching your videos Psivewri

[@TERMINALFlamingOcean]

That’s chunky! Love the video :)

[@drmrmcmister]

The video is as great as always :D

[@TheTechnicalWizard]

Oh man I remember my dad had one of these back in the day. He always let me play Pinball on it. Good times. Enjoyed the video!

[@dansdailyblogchannel8055]

i just done the same thing last night UK time on a Fujitsu Siemens ESPRIMO Mobile V5535. I was able to upgrade it from 2GB to 3GB (max capable is actually 4GB of DDR2 per slot) also a CPU upgrade from a lazy single core intel celeron to a Dual core intel core 2 duo. this thing is like nearly 16 years old and I bought it sight unseen on eBay as a non functioning computer. I have done all of the necessary repairs and cleaned it up and damn it rips on Windows 10, Linux Mint and Windows Vista. I am glad I done this because it couldn't even turn on from the start and I am using it right now!

[@michaelwood9866]

I have a compaq similar to this and I dreaded taking it apart to clean. However after a youtube video I successfully cleaned and thermal pasted the machine and it runs xp flawlessly and ur right it doesn't get hot per se just warm....artic mx5 does the job!

[@pi6ki]

FINALY A NEW VIDEO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@71.218-westshed]

The laptop from my childhood was almost identical to this laptop, so it's very cool that you're fixing this.

[@Budget-Guitar-Show-DM]

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[@certs743]

Cool laptop. For awhile I was really into early 2000s Macs and Thinkpads.

[@sam64evo]

i have one of these too but seems that hard drive requires adapter for it fit that laptop witch i dont have also has missing battery so never got mine running im glad i got see this one in action :)

[@UdoKrawallo]

TBH I prefer laptops rather chunky, because it offers better access to the parts, better heat dissipation and keyboards with more travel. These beasts back from these days were a lot fun to have.

[@avillagerplayingminecraft5833]

Chunky ones often have more ports as well. My ultrabook doesn't even have a mic port as compared to my 17" 2008 Acer Aspire 7720 ICK70 with many ports.

[@UdoKrawallo]

Well, back then there was also more need for ports, but only the more expensive and business-orientated models had really more ports which are not really used anymore today. Like Firewire, but who uses a MinDV camcorder today...

[@avillagerplayingminecraft5833]

@@UdoKrawallo You have a good point there, it's just that the mic port that I have a problem about how it's not very common anymore. I had to buy an adapter so I could use my headset with a built in mic.

[@UdoKrawallo]

@@avillagerplayingminecraft5833 That´s surely annoying. Good thing my Lenovo Ideapad convertible still has that. I guess USB-C with adapter works, as it is presumably the new standard connection for everything now, be it real USB devices or HDMI output.

[@avillagerplayingminecraft5833]

@@UdoKrawallo I didn't know headsets came with USB type C other than phone earbuds. Since 3.5mm is still very common, it's good your Ideapad has it.

[@goncaloterrivel1]

Now this is the content I come here for! 😉

[@LuggyBro]

I love this era of laptop. If you get the right one, you can put in like 4GB of ram and load windows 7 with some fairly modern browser and have a completely usable laptop. Most processors at the time were well over 1ghz so with the upgraded ram, most of these laptops are usable. Maybe even with modern Linux!

[@BrainiumBasher9001]

using windows 7 in 2022 is a great way to get your bank account decimated

[@ardwivedi16]

@@BrainiumBasher9001 I run a torrent seed box on my old Samsung Rv509 laptop from many years and it runs windows 7 embedded 2009 and I never got any viruses. And also most viruses are only made for latest version of windows beacuse that's where most of the attack vector is.

[@BrainiumBasher9001]

@@ardwivedi16 get malware see if i care lmao

[@chargerscharger]

The irony of me doing a motherboard fix on an HP laptop from this era only last week and then this being uploaded is incredible.

[@DannyTechRepair]

love your videos

[@Nikkerston]

I have this same model with a broken hinge aswell and its still running its original installation of Windows XP and its the base model with a celeron and no wireless Im not sure about it being a base model anymore since it has 512mb of ram. it has a 60 or 80gb hdd and no wifi. the thermal paste was rock solid and i damaged the CPU heatsink and heatspreadder when trying to seperate the two but in the end it still works fine. the celeron is very unnamed and the GPU is listed as an ATI Mobility Radeon 9000/9100 IGP... it runs Lego island pretty well and its the only game i have tested on it so far. its dualbooted with Windows 7 and the original install of XP from 2008

[@azurexdave04]

Nice repair! I have the successor of this, the zv6000 from 2005. I think my machine has a high configuration at that time (2.00Ghz Athlon 64 3200+, 512MB RAM, ATI Radeon Xpress 200M, 80GB HDD) and that's a great machine for multimedia, the Altec Lansing speakers in that is really loud even with the volume set to 50 only. But gaming isn't good on the zv6000 sadly :(

[@mjallen1308]

I had one of these laptops when I started college. The battery life was terrible. Keyboard randomly stopped working. After 4 years of ownership. But it was definitely a nice laptop when I first got it. I was looking for something to replace my desktop. I never knew about replacing thermal paste bc that beast would get SUPER HOT. It actually burnt my leg after falling asleep with it on. This brings back so many memories. I think mine was $1800-$2000

[@abdelali9279]

what a madness of a thick lapton that one

[@kristijan.1]

Please do a setup/room/equipment tour

[@LoganWilliams-sw3oe]

I have a laptop similar to that, still works great. (If you were wondering, it is a Compaq 8510w)

[@JasonPleet]

I have had two of these machines in my time. They report to Windows as an Athlon XP, however it is really a Athlon 64 with the 64Bitness disabled. As far as I know this is one of the few units to ship with the short lived mobile nForce 3 chipset. The nForce 3 did not have integrated graphics available and needed a external AGP GPU to power its display, hence the Geforce video chipset.

[@cruggiere]

Ahhh the memories of doing the same repairs when I owned this Laptop.

[@arthurmann578]

I once made my own adjustable laptop screen "support" using an old collapsible/adjustable antenna from a TV set, a piece from an old erector set that has been with me from my childhood days, (a VERY LONG time ago,) a bolt and nut, some Velcro and a rubber stick on foot. It worked very well! Now if I could only remember where the hell I put it because this video makes me want to revisit my old laptop again.....🤔 PS: The laptop was made in 2004 like yours here too and bought by my wife way back then for $1500. It died out once but I managed to repair it and it still runs quite well!

[@MrMali22]

This is back when HP had a great name. I had the DV 7 I think. Mine was slimmer, 17 inch screen and i still remember it being black with silver around the keyboard. I loved that thing.

[@bitopantalukdar9820]

Back in days,brands really used to make great hardware even at low price points unlike today where you get subpar hardware even after paying premium.

[@CammieRacing]

I had one of these in college, pretty sure it's about 4kg, was very heavy! BUT was perfect for photoshop 7.0!

[@DSBOY33]

Omg this video brings me back to my childhood this was my first laptop

[@Budget-Guitar-Show-DM]

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[@alexderpyracc4053]

I also bought a bunch of these that were broken shipping broke it even more but I managed to assemble and repair 3 of them

[@johnthresher259]

Ha! Dawid Does Tech Stuff gets sponsored by Manscaped occasionally but he is a lot less subtle with his comments! Really enjoy your channel (and Dawids) Keep on collecting!

[@saladfox]

I believe this laptop actually shares the same chassis as the Compaq R3000 and some HP Compaq business notebooks from the time. The bottom is very similar to my nx9110, although the internals on this are a little more modern. Nice save, though!

[@kztech1319]

The GeForce4 440 Go on this laptop is the same chip that's found on a Dell Latitude C840/Inspiron 8200, beast laptops from 2002! While that chip was the fastest mobile graphics in the world of business class laptops when C840 came out, it was then quickly followed by Mobility Radeon 9000 9600 and it was definitely starting to show its age

[@VOLTRONDEFENDER4440]

Harman/karden was the same audio card on my old windows 7(upgraded to 10) Toshiba satellite laptop

[@rowlet9202]

I have this laptop! Chunky beast of a machine. Use it to play old games

[@NexXxus86]

I had the exact same one. With a athlon 64 3000+ and radeon xpress graphics

[@SPZ909]

Must’ve been a great laptop for movies with that nice display and speakers.

[@callmeturok7210]

My first ever laptop!

[@isellstolenchainsaws]

I got a sister model of this, the HP Pavilion zx5000 with a mobile Pentium 4 @ 2.8GHz, mobile Radeon 9200 64MB, 1.5GB of RAM and a 150GB HDD. Still works great! Sad HP drops complete support for some hardware after a while on their site, gets hard to find proper drivers and documentation for all the different kind of hardware some laptop ranges like this can come with.

[@Crispy_Hippo]

I love your videos!

[@kyanoang3l0_old]

My go-to modern browser for old XP is the Pale Moon-based version of Mypal. I was able to reskin the browser as a Firefox 3 (GUI and name), making it period-accurate-ish for my nostalgia VM.

[@therogueblade5631]

7:40 "mmm. yummy speaker fluff" 💀💀

[@frankiehta]

that was my 1st laptop back then it was cool i miss my old laptop

[@ApolloTheDerg]

I got a neat super expensive old Dell Precision laptop from the XP Era, like Vista XP era. Core 2 Extreme, I think I got it to hold 8GB of ram, dedicated Quadra card, chassis built like a tank, and the best part, I paid 25¢ for it.

[@kyrafox1613]

5 months into 2022: Psivewri: 2022 is a new year

[@lars2k1]

I took one of these (well, a zv6000, but looked identical) from the dump a while ago, it had a weird proprietary charger connector so I sold the thing off to some hobbyist. Indeed a chunky laptop.

[@mdrumt]

I remember seeing these in Harvey Norman back in the day and thinking these were end game laptops! Perfect for CSSource and equivalent!

[@megatronskneecap]

These things ARE beasts. The height of HP.

[@aaroncheah2088]

I have a similar model. The Compaq Presario M2000. Chunky and heavy.

[@xyz.anonymous]

That goatee definitely doesn't look too bad on you mate

[@davewigton6854]

I used to have this computer model when I was younger.

[@megabuster-gm6bf]

excellent video i had this notebook when i was kid but it acidentally fell on floor and the screen broke :D

[@fighter8931]

u deserve a subscription

[@gorrinomatador]

nice watch, is that a steeldive / addiesdive willard?? good video by the way

[@darrados496]

The look of the laptop reminds me of the Accelerator X18 toy laptop from Oregon Scientific.

[@CarlosFBCruz]

Continue the XP`s laptops collection :) . Great videos.