Fixing Up A Broken Apple Powerbook From 1999!

[@psivewri]

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[@iceyboi]

ok?

[@oopsmyuniversecrashed4578]

You've never been alive if you haven't visited cool math games. It's that simple.

[@awesomeiphone597]

Artic fox the web broweser can run on mac osx 10.7 or newer btw I just thought I would let you know

[@oopsmyuniversecrashed4578]

Awesome iPhone that can't run Lion, PowerPC is only supported up to Leopard just so you know

[@geektech3738]

Hey man a little fan boy request can you make videos about making old tech usable in 2019 and btw I can help you out

[@omarreyes4964]

No one: Psivewri: WITH EUCALYPTUS OIL (love your video mate)

[@Seatux]

Better than that WD40 anytime of the day.

[@ritzel95]

Omar Reyes they should sponsor

[@whitebeartigtig]

Seatux lol I still use the brake cleaner.

[@iwontbeyourbody]

eyyy im the 420th like lol

[@goldenstarmusic1689]

@@Seatux Hank Hill wants to know your location

[@amineakrichi6281]

This video is sponsored by *eucalyptus oil*

[@syncsummit]

My thoughts exactly.

[@bellaluvluv]

Lol 😂

[@oliwier000b]

As always hah

[@iceagegaming2613]

He and his eucalyptus oil😂😂😂

[@karmatingz5797]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@shockwaveexp3465]

Your usage of Eucalyptus Oil to clean tech has become a meme at this point 🙃

[@rsxyzs]

Yeh it is a meme

[@FlameTiger-cn2vw]

That's true tho 🤣

[@prestigeworld-wide8292]

He's a tool. Lol

[@denzilsequeira3680]

@@jam06 yes me too

[@Alastairmarshallyt]

id love to see how many bottles he goes through in a year

[@hambikmadanyan1683]

Ironic that the owner was very religious, and you had on a shirt that said “sinners” the whole time😂

[@kowasumono]

Christians are sinners that know they need Jesus. :)

[@silverthehumanandfriendsre6216]

expert films ya lol

[@NoCommentsVideo]

Blair Aquilia same 🤣

[@deedas]

@@kowasumono True dat

[@HistoryandReviews]

@@kowasumono Jesus aint real Kid

[@benjaminjones1505]

"... and it seems like the old owner is very religous.."

[@akwardturtleee]

I pirate games

[@starzainianempire4728]

@@akwardturtleee z

[@williamjustine7131]

Shit, it's the popo

[@JamesGalaxy41]

What

[@FS--ew3se]

@@akwardturtleee me too

[@overlyobsolete2797]

Had to stop doing my school project to watch this.

[@craftyfoxette]

Woah dude, you just reminded me to do my homework! 😅

[@harryinglis3614]

@Dr.GamerStein Oof

[@HistoryandReviews]

Your school project was overly obsolete

[@matt-irby]

Psivewri: to respect the original owners’ privacy, I won’t look through their personal files Also Psivewri: Let’s look through this person’s memes, mate

[@LambdaMiscellaneous]

Aaaannnndd their music

[@Geert890]

One one shot you have no firewire ports, on another shot you do....

[@BossBen1]

I LOVE looking at these types of files left behind the last owner if there are any

[@ardcollectsphones]

​@@BossBen1same, i had a phone with memes, a phone with a really funny video and a couple phones with really good songs and a laptop with the same thing

[@HazelTheHare]

Them: This laptop is so old and dirty looking. Psivewri: Hold my eucalyptus oil.

[@adews7204]

OMG I love the new length of these videos, keep up the great work!

[@tomypower4898]

adews section yes talking

[@RockRedGenesis]

Eucalyptus oil industry: "If it wasn't for Psivewri,we'd be outta business!"

[@NoCommentsVideo]

😅🤣

[@lukemiani]

Got that sweet 10 minutes baby 😎

[@X-OR_]

I Love Fixing up old Mac Computers. This weekend I Picked up 2 2007 Black Mac Books. Both Mac Books were owned by College Kids and were plastered with Stickers. Mixed and match the best parts and build a beautiful version of a Black Late 2007 Mac Book . Replaced the old HD with a SSD and Upgraded the memory, the system works great !!

[@iceagegaming2613]

Windows too

[@gypsyjewels5881]

How about running current on it

[@WalkerKirchman]

Great video! Thanks to your PRAM battery tip I just fixed my power book!

[@JohnMiller-mmuldoor]

Hmmm yeah i wonder if that’s what happened to mine.. I think it’s probably the frayed power cord and no battery but I’m gonna try it

[@_WHO_ME_1]

haha

[@klyted2454]

Am I the only who is upset that those funny and original Apple Mac memes are now probably lost forever?

[@DgkYogi]

BottleNecked PC no you are not

[@UshankaMaster]

He could also send the previous owner his files :(

[@_Bandit88]

@@UshankaMaster Indeed, it's 20 years of files.

[@Bigbadwhitecracker]

@@UshankaMaster Yes, I was thinking the same thing.

[@flashtu]

Never use oil for cleaning heatsink or CPU or use Alcohol after the oil otherwise it react with silicon based thermalpaste and hardend.

[@mcmudkipp]

See I would buy one of these if I wasn't 1. Broke 2. Why tf do I need a laptop from the late 90s. 3. Broke.

[@hairlinehd]

It could value a fortune kid

[@beedslolkuntus2070]

Tommy Vercetti Tech won’t value No one is gonna pay 2500$ for a 600MB ram shit

[@MrOoof]

Cio Dokop Not 20 years ,maybe 50 or 100 years. But I think the owner already died with many years

[@beedslolkuntus2070]

MrOoof XD

[@dasadd6374]

@erik masterchef OH MY GOD

[@Funnie8]

The whole cleaning process is so suiting and calming.

[@Geert890]

One one shot you have no firewire ports, on another shot you do....

[@tanpopo24ify]

It's 5:35 am and this is a good way to start my weekend 😀

[@Pinzledick]

Wkwkwkw lander?

[@tanpopo24ify]

@@Pinzledick iye bang lol

[@acim0095]

5:35

[@mig_supremacy]

He protec, he attac, but most importantly, *he cleans with eucalyptus oil*

[@CandiceSiegfried]

I love my PowerBook Pismo. Got it in May 2000, and I still use it to this day for HyperCard Development. I often switch back and forth between MacOS 9.2.2 and 10.3.9 (I never upgraded it to 10.4.11)

[@RaquelReinke]

Amazing video! I love these old notebook's restoration videos. And those powerbooks still look so nice, right?

[@carloraycaballero8100]

I used to be a computer technician and watching you restore old computers reminds me of old times - It is also satisfying to watch when you're cleaning the computers! Love that eucalyptus oil xD

[@user-vg5zx4lx8m]

i never noticed until now that psivewri uses a knife from csgo

[@RFLCPTR]

Wait, why do you have a profile picture with Pewdiepie wearing the iron cross? Nazi found, I guess?

[@WilliamEccleston]

@@RFLCPTR That's the Georgian Bolnisi Cross , dumbass.

[@Roflcopter100]

@@RFLCPTR shut up

[@RFLCPTR]

@@Roflcopter100 Why should I?

[@satnus3388]

That's strange

[@nefariousvii5255]

Note: You can use Goo Gone to get rid of stickers and sticker glue easily. I use it on a number of restoration projects and just in general. I really do recommend it, you wouldn't run the risk of damaging the computer.

[@notnerd3]

This Powerbook comes from the time when Apple used to put as much effort into the design at the bottom of the laptop to the top. Great little machine.

[@theealexvidiots6667]

Nice! I have a 1998 WallStreet PowerBook in my garage, still working. Runs OS9 and is pre-USB!

[@richardmcdonald7188]

Love your videos! I'm quite a tech head and love seeing this sort of stuff. I have a 2007 HP Pavilion DV6302 laptop. Not really old but compared to nowdays it's getting there. 12 years old and it's still going strong.

[@miafarkas1752]

Since the OS had been tweaked (at least the icons) didn't you think reinstalling it would be a good idea?

[@geektech3738]

Hey man a little tip I learned from the 8-bit guy use WD-40 to clean the left over residue from stickers

[@ThatOneName_]

GEEK TECH ah 8-bit guy. I love that guy

[@geektech3738]

@@ThatOneName_ me too man I learn alot from him and I love old tech that's why I like Psivewri

[@ThatOneName_]

GEEK TECH that’s almost the same reason I watch this guy.

[@Lost13352]

older hardware was so much easier to take apart it seems like

[@squeakers27]

The powerbook was for professionals so it was easy to access the critical things such the CPU, ram and hard drive. However the ibook G3/4 of the same era was for consumers and that was a pain to take apart, over an hour to just get to the hard drive but yeah you are right to an extent. It's just if the manufacturers want to make it easier to work on and back then they probably did alot more than before.

[@Lost13352]

@@squeakers27 yeet

[@Daedric-bx2gx]

Great video! I love old relics of the tech past

[@heyboat1]

The clip you made on the PowerBook with the Sony DV camera looked like some obscure 2000's tv show like it was spot on with the whole vibe and aesthetic

[@junkaccount2535]

"Seems like the previous owner was very religious" *wears SINNERS t-shirt for remainder of the video*

[@qpol]

nobody: literally nobody: psivewri: E U C A L Y P T U S O I L

[@dailybear128]

The icon on the dock looks the same as Mac OS Big Sur...... But it's actually Mac OS 10.4

[@Jadrienn]

**This video is not sponsored by eucalyptus oil** me: NANI??

[@Nookerdog777]

is that an autralia thing? in the us ive never heard of anyone using it at all let alone for cleaning computers

[@texmex9721]

I had one of these. They were available in 400MHZ and 500MHZ models. The lower speed was always the best bet as they had the same cooling system. The dual bays were great as you could run 2 batteries for long use, or no batteries with the floppy and CD drive (using a power brick).

[@liamosterhout6538]

"it definitely needs a good cleaning" Psivewri, May 24th, 2019

[@GamingZoneGz7]

Its hard to imagine how these machines use to keep up with such a low specs back in the days

[@Sithhy]

Everything else had lower system requirements as well... So it was pretty much like using todays' hardware today

[@nelsonbi2008]

This was way superior vs pc at the time

[@kaitlyn__L]

If you're thinking about MHz to MHz comparisons, RISC generally got about twice the performance per MHz than CISC (such as Intel was, Intel has "RISC-like" internal cores with a microcode translation layer nowadays). Obviously it depended on the workload. But that was the entire raison d'être of various other companies like MIPS, who made server CPUs and also the PS2 CPU. POWER (related to PowerPC) still holds a niche in the server space to this day, and ARM is RISC as well - the absolute performance is no longer better than Intel due to how beefy heatsinks and power supplies have gotten, but the performance per watt is still much better.

[@TheManiacGamer235]

Definitely happy with the longer videos, keep up the good work Psivewri!

[@cdos9186]

That Fujitsu hard drive and the RAM is worth probably a little more than $10 by itself.

[@HistoryandReviews]

Pfft it’s worth a greasy bag from McDonald’s and a used condom

[@cdos9186]

@@HistoryandReviews That's a good thing. When buying an older laptop don't worry about the RAM or hard drive because you can get them cheap! Excellent source of parts available for any old laptop which makes them very serviceable!

[@Wolfiie]

Me: Ooh! I can use that for scripting! Me: _**Buys a brand-new laptop for KZbin videos.** Me: **Uses the 20 yr old laptop for scripting**

[@transitengineer]

Excellent video. Also, thank you for some good tips for us who still use these vintage black and white apple laptops. Own the model right after this, the G3 Powerbook Firewire because in addition to having two USB ports it also came with with two Firewire 400 ports. This truly is my favorite design of all of the apple computer laptops because mine has a built-in airport card, two "hot" swappable bays for (i.e. batteries, DVD-player, Zip drive, Super Disk drive, floppy drive, and extra memory), accepts type I and type II expansion cards, for wireless printing an inferred port. audio-in, port, audio-out port, internal 56k modem port, Ethernet, port "S" video port, and VGA monitor port.

[@Zi7ar21]

Woah that looked easy to open for a laptop... Especially a MacBook!

[@nurci67]

It’s a PowerBook

[@TylerGale]

Really enjoyed this one. Wasn't too long, but long enough to get the detail. Awesome!

[@yaroze]

So how many of these G3 Powerbooks did you use for this video, at timestamp 7:32 you show the back panel to a Lombard G3, which has no Firewire ports and has mini-SCSI, but your doing video capture and edit with firewire, which was on a Pismo G3, which has firewire in place of the mini-SCSI port.

[@LovelyAlanna]

quick question, why do you use eucalyptus oil so much? does it have any advantages against plain alcohol or other cleaners?

[@CookedLight]

The Lombard Macbook! The designers in the office I shared had those and I was always coveting one, but could not afford them at the time. Still looks superb, its brilliant that you gave this one a new lease of life 👍🏻

[@rubes3927]

I died at the marbleblast gold!! So many memories from primary school 😂

[@timothybaxter9993]

The best tech channel on KZbin!!!

[@Karmy.]

Marble Blast Gold was my childhood!!

[@Pendleton115]

Try TenFourFox, a browser built for PowerPC Macs that is still supported. KZbin will run on it!

[@aaronkoch77]

Agreed! I have a couple PPC Macs running it.

[@thanseer1092]

from india.you are a genious and youre videos are so satisfying to watch.

[@kristhy6066]

I'm not a computer technician, so I would never mess with a laptop that I know doesn't work. I love your videos.

[@adamizham3319]

I have a question, Where did you learn to do all this?

[@kingyeas5644]

I agree

[@psivewri]

I've been tinkering with old computers for nearly 15 years. Over time I've just taught myself how :)

[@adamizham3319]

Psivewri well that explains a lot thanks

[@kingyeas5644]

That explains a lot and is kinda similar to me

[@JoshLightWork]

correction: the yo-yo charger came with the original iBook, and the PowerBook G3 had a black charger. Solid video nonetheless. :) Keep 'em comin'!

[@NathanNitz]

Did you happen to get 2 of these Powerbooks? I can see at 5:32 the rear I/O had firewire, but at 7:33 there was no Firewire, and the old SCSI connector was there instead. Good video, just curious about that.

[@JackSparrow-wn1on]

you should get a small museum and have them displayed. it will be awesome !!! very nice restoration works !!! keep up the good work!

[@berlin_pranedya5625]

Love your video! It's really satisfying seeing all those old laptops getting restored :D

[@ThirdVillarey]

There’s something in the way you speak that I find soothing!

[@duckcool0789]

Did you replace the backup battery

[@deldia]

Yes, with eucalyptus oil

[@HistoryandReviews]

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[@makaveli559m]

Wow! I am impressed you were able to edit a video on that PowerBook.

[@maximilianrosenthal3053]

I just love these restoration videos

[@NomadicDmitry]

What Mac OS runs on this one? Was the Tiger the last one supported on this one or some earlier version?

[@be236]

I have a PowerBook G3 Pismo and it works, except the power connector seems not to work. I can plug in AC adapter, but it doesnt charge the battery. If put in a charged up battery, then I can power it up just fine.. so i think the DC power supply on the PowerBook is broken somehow?

[@PandamoniuGaming]

I know it's completely unrelated to the video, but do you own a VL Commodore because id recognise that engine bay from the camera clip anywhere

[@levimavis7551]

You can also change the password by booting up in recovery mode and then open terminal and type resetpassword twice and then it will come up with a UI that takes your through the process

[@GalenlevyPhoto]

I had PowerBook G3 Lombard. I loved the easy access to the hard drive, memory and even the processor too. I miss that thing.

[@oopsmyuniversecrashed4578]

You've never been alive if you haven't visited cool math games. It's that simple.

[@foxyfolk8116]

why am i addicted to watching these kind of videos...

[@iceyboi]

Apple Powerbook, more like Apple's Power hungry book.

[@tomypower4898]

TSG/Icey Boi Yes one

[@billyboomstick8657]

Invest in a bottle of “sticky stuff remover” I own an IT recycle shop and it comes in very handy and is very cheap, lasts for ages and smells great, gives a really good lasting shine

[@ismellstatic]

You dug that Marble Blast game directly out of the deepest reaches of my memory

[@franktomarchio1230]

What do you do after building the computers?

[@MrSmith717]

What do you use to clean the chords? Man, I really like this channel. Passionate about old tech and fixing stuff. Subscribed!

[@wireproof]

Amazing video! Love your channel! Keep it up!

[@linksrepair2851]

hi there,nice video as always.i got the same Apple Powerbook G3,can you upgrade the ram and hdd?

[@1in7.8b]

Awesome job with this video man. Really enjoyed it.

[@thebasketballhistorian3291]

5:08 "I tried squeezing out the smallest amount I could... a bit more came out than I expected." She never believes me when I tell her this, lol.

[@peporgan]

One confusing thing in this video. It seems to be a G3 Powerbook Pismo model, but then when he shows the i/o at 7:33, there is no firewire port. So what's going on? Was that bit of footage from a Lombard Powerbook?

[@egbront1506]

Yes. It's the Lombard. Actually, quite a different beast from the Pismo although superficially it looks the same.

[@pranjulunrecognized]

My Covid-19 test came negative after I drank Eucalyptus Oil.

[@dman5579]

Did you put oil on your armrests because you keep adjust them, do they keep sliding off, are you okay

[@atomicorang]

Good job on the old Mac!!! Nice to see the evolution of Apple.

[@Everymations-has-a-url]

Imagine someone breaking into his house and finding an alarming amount of eucalyptus oil

[@ReedHarston]

That laptop is in better condition than mine! Just a little jealous. :D I still love that model. The accessibility is great and I just love that flap in the back that shows the port markings. If the hinges and battery weren't toast on mine I might just still be using it. Fun fact that you didn't mention in the video: you can put a battery in the DVD compartment as well, so you could have two batteries in.

[@bryanbielka6770]

This channel will expand rapidly. No doubts!

[@ThePinkSprinkle]

Love these videos, the production quality is always top notch!

[@magnusharrison2715]

Definitely liking longer less frequent videos! Keep on going i really like ur vids

[@HughesyTech]

You are the tech mate that everyone needs after raising eBay and the local Sunday morning swap meet markets

[@nicegy0197]

One thing I absolutely miss from old laptops are the keyboards. They're so much more comfortable to type on than modern keyboards. Hell, I'd rather use a standard USB keyboard than the modern laptop keyboards.

[@Finnbar]

the aesthetic of the imovie video is beautiful

[@awesomeiphone597]

V westlife talked about artic fox for older macs

[@seshpenguin]

I believe Arctic Fox is only for x86/Intel Macs. If this is running OS X 10.4, the TenFourFox is the goto for PowerPC macs.

[@mitchelvalentino1569]

Seshpenguin There is a PowerPC build available, either officially or unofficially, can’t remember, but I’ve used it.

[@raughboy188]

If you're changing thermal past don't save it just go as much as possible, i know i put much more on my old laptop and air coming out is cold as ice.

[@e-m-u123]

Really enjoyed the longer vid thanks mate

[@redriverscout4404]

I used to have one of these. I still have an even older "blackbird" powerbook from the mid 90s with a monochrome panel. Unfortunately the LCD is going on it.

[@Dalamanofc]

2:45 : Him: using the gun to clean the de-bri Me: you mean ancient debris

[@justinwillismusic]

Loved these pismos. You did a great job cleaning her. Great video

[@brenttprisleybalatero3562]

That video you edited on that laptop was the "most Australian quality" I've ever seen

[@munnsie100]

Marble Blast Gold! That game brings back so many memories. I remember playing it on the iMac G5s we had in primary school.