15 FREE MacBooks - School Tossed them out! - Lets fix them!

[@tedpaul8195]

School: throwing out mac book My school: constantly trying to keep the intel core 2 Duo windows 10 desktops alive

[@iddqds]

SSD is a magical inventiion nowadays

[@TheChosenOne1_]

My dad' still trying to revive our pentium windows 7 pc

[@freshmilk7122]

@@TheChosenOne1_ same here. Mine's only in vista.

[@LoganT547]

Yeah I saved my potato laptop by installing Linux

[@Ahmed.365]

Pentium 4 n windows 7

[@sourrlemons]

"Damaged Trackpad" Yeah its not like a USB Mouse exists, just throw away a 1000$ computer

[@lightcz1256]

that’s fucking true

[@arsenalcolorado120]

ikrr

[@vivianthom4801]

Either incompetent tech guy or the school overcharged for each student thus have buttload of money and don’t care.

[@OcnarfPro]

Damaged *Macbook* trackpad* That's like $3828279 for repair

[@Etienne_H]

Also cleaning it wasn't a big deal at all. Happens with Touch ID buttons too

[@broski7088]

One thing I learned from this video: Go dumpster diving in private schools

[@randomstuff2838]

I found a whole bag of laptops at my private school

[@randomstuff2838]

it was a whole garbage bag

[@voit4090]

At college I got a desk and bookshelf from the dumpster of a nearby private academy.

[@DeltaDawnB767]

And apple stores

[@Justin_isslpng]

Scavenging in the dumpster to find MacBooks are the best 😂

[@MedroffYT]

My school literally threw out almost 500 iPads from our city year sponsorship. Some kid beat everyone to the punch and found the dumpster and took home almost all of them. He was steady selling them throughout the next school year.

[@SixSilverStones]

Wow that school should be shut down

[@harrisontu264]

Good on ya kid. Saving them from the landfill. And I bet the extra money is fun too.

[@cfltheman]

How many were unlocked?

[@0w3nn]

I bet they were all activtion locked :/

[@mysticaxolotl8215]

​@@0w3nnEven so, if you were to tear them down and sell for parts, that's still a hefty profit for almost no effort

[@Vshzn]

Private schools: throwing out MacBooks My school: still using laggy old computers with win 7

[@nooremad1552]

True

[@MrRobot-ry7ky]

Windows 7 is ok, when I tried to install windows 7 to our school's old PCs, some of them just straight out died xD. They froze midway through the install, and upon rebooting there would be no video output, and 3 long beeps. (Old Lenovo prebuilts with 1.4GHz single core Athlon CPUs)

[@nooremad1552]

I- 💀💀

[@giorgosab9986]

We have widows vista wdym

[@incog0956]

Win 7 ultimate is the best windows though

[@spencerferguson2185]

I swear this man is an absolute magician. Not only does he have the incredible skill of fixing up tech but he also can film it in a way that is very informative and extremely entertaining. Als love how you showed some of the troubles you had along the way. You manage to give helpful and realistic guides on how people can fix their broken technology. I can say that you are the best channel on youtube and definitely got me into the world of repair. Thank you so much,

[@kerwinyeo900]

Spencer Ferguson so true

[@kishorgunasekaran9218]

Obi-Wan kenobi

[@andrive]

Nnnice

[@darth_27]

Obi wan is Spencer from Jumanji

[@Conex145]

You should look at Louis Rossman's channel. He is a real magician.

[@Sarai_taram]

At this point, he can even fix broken recommendations of youtube.

[@LinuxDog]

Haha nice comment xD. So true lmao

[@Prem-j9l3s]

How you do x and my nigga like that bruh with yo pfp

[@Argyris-ok3sr]

hey i need your help i am doing online lessons but i have no computer and i have to do online lessons with my iphone 5 so since u got so many laptops can i u sent me 1 i know that weird but pls.

[@jamiecullen9075]

Argyris9000 mate go find a free laptop on used marketplace he’s not gonna send you one for free 😂

[@RussellPlaysMods]

@@Prem-j9l3s it's better than original.

[@missmiku3859]

was casually watching this and realised these laptops actually came from my old school. the sheer amount of macs they literally just threw away every year was shocking.

[@yessssss210]

Really

[@engineergaming2032]

How can y'all treat it so fucking bad

[@tbyoda9475]

@@engineergaming2032 because they did buy so they don’t care, plus most schools offer cheap insurance so parents buy it.

[@mahlikelly5399]

@@tbyoda9475 usually at Australian schools, a lot of times the laptops actually are kept in school the whole time, with the students being able to use any without being assigned one. This could be different for private schools, but based on the fact that the school was chucking these out, i would say they were 'school property' and probably used by many students over the years :)

[@ИванИванов-я9ы8н]

@@tbyoda9475 consumers in a bad way

[@thestrangler2688]

"Dangit Dylan, why did you forget your password? Now we have to throw this laptop away and replace it"

[@WealthWaveMedia-DV]

Im sorry.

[@thestrangler2688]

@@WealthWaveMedia-DV :o

[@walker4541]

not like you can just clone mac os off another mac and make it entirely work again :)

[@storm_fling1062]

You forgot the part where it's a all girl school

[@storm_fling1062]

@Honestly Amethyst uhhh not really

[@Chard9463]

School: Tosses out 15 MacBooks Hugh Jeffreys: *It's free computers*

[@carlosgil3242]

Actually I think it was 100 thrown out but hugh only got 15

[@mcchefs3384]

I’d be at the school trash in a minute

[@washinglad1400]

@@carlosgil3242 They we're throwing out 150

[@mrkevin891]

Soo they throw the computers away i think i Should mail my school like immediately.

[@andrive]

Ok

[@mrcroissant897]

School: The bottom fell off, let’s throw it away. It’s not like screws exist in the world

[@valgo8128]

It may not sound like that but it makes sense

[@ChloekabanOfficial]

Oh @@valgo8128, what is your wisdom?

[@valgo8128]

@@ChloekabanOfficial Every sixty seconds in africa a minute passes

[@ChloekabanOfficial]

@@valgo8128 Together, we can stop this.

[@adekin1090]

It's all girls school, what do you expect?

[@FR4M3Sharma]

6:40 The extra die on the CPU that's not covered in Thermal paste is the PCH (Sount/North Bridge) it doesn't really need cooling nowadays since they've managed to optimize their power consumptions quite well. If you put thermal paste on then you're actually transferring the Heat from the CPU to the PCH as well since they're on the same HeatPipe.

[@rondobrondo]

lets hope the PCH has boss heat transfer

[@HughJeffreys]

Update: the MacBook at 13:40 is actually an early 2015, score!

[@BeatSaberLoser]

Hugh Jeffreys ayyyyyyyyyyyy

[@BeatSaberLoser]

Are you gonna sell any of the working ones? My laptop just died and I need a new one for school it would be cool if they used to be yours

[@mx_wz_glitches4685]

Cool

[@DirenDeez]

Yay

[@saivishal123]

Hey you can GMAC is just like Mac os it is a copy of ubuntu

[@psivewri]

I feel like I've seen those macbooks before 👌

[@MLGPROBER]

Here before hugh hearts the comment

[@lukmly013]

Australia is weird place. Macbooks just laying around with other computers and tech

[@Djrupez]

Haha

[@GigantTech]

Im a Fan from u. Ive Seen the Video from you

[@landofnothingtheyoutuber7082]

I am a fan of you and Hugh jeffreys

[@StarstruckenGalaxy]

I went dumpster diving with my friends at my high school. we found: - a broken monitor - 4 Laptops (fully working - one is missing the f6 key) - a PC (not working when connected to display - blank screen) - a smashed iPhone X - 11 Bucks worth of disposed coins We sold some of these and got about $1000! we split it between us and each got $250 each. one of my friends went dumpster diving again and found more things to sell and ended up being able to buy his own gaming pc!

[@goldenarc3484]

Damn I should go dumpster diving near a school

[@robertmodalo2365]

Please let us know when you're going dumpster dive again

[@Real_Eggman]

Huh... America sure is rich.

[@iceflameproductionz]

work for a garbage company. somebody came to dump off a completely working dell PC with monitor keyboard pad mouse and even speakers. i just said dump it right into my car here lol. only got windows 7 but great little box to use to surf the web nothing intense

[@emerald4322]

The sheer fact that they just threw away 4 completely good laptops

[@Podunk82]

This was one of my favorite perks about working at a scrap yard, I uses to raid the E-Waste bin and fix the computers up with parts from other computers from the bin. One day someone from the school corporation brought in about 20 hp minis i fixed them up and gave a few to the guys i worked with and sold the others cheap because i didnt have anything in them but time.

[@themarkoftech]

What places have e-waste bins like stores or malls?

[@laclasse4029]

Seriously how the heck those computers ended like this ? That's such a waste...

[@pineapplepizza5733]

How do those girls treat them like wtf

[@spetsnaz312]

Worked at a public school which used Chromebooks. I've seen kids Drop them from the top of a stair case Kick them down stair cases Kick them down the hallway Throw them like frisbees down the hallway Literally just break the screen in half Leave them outside in the rain

[@pineapplepizza5733]

@@spetsnaz312 when I was a child i used to take care of things

[@WhoKnowsGameplayVids]

@zen dont know what military your thinking of

[@insanitylol]

Coming from a kid you know what we do.. hehe

[@hennarkilsen1389]

MacOS: nope, i won’t let you use this macbook. Hugh: so i installed linux

[@Cringetopia]

Apple after jeffreys adds linux:impossible

[@seireiart]

Apple: well guess what, you can't install Linux on our new Macbooks.

[@user-di1de7zm2b]

@Trung Kiên Ngô it isn't

[@JackBandicootsBunker]

Trung Kiên Ngô It isn't. macOS is UNIX-based, Linux is UNIX-like.

[@conf1rmed819]

Trung Kiên Ngô macOS is based on Unix not Linux

[@banksiasong]

You have outstanding skills. Shame the original school did not think to offer these to a TAFE or college doing IT skills courses, and then they could be used by students, or offered to the many who cannot afford a laptop. Thank you for showing what is possible, sharing your skills, and being a fine advocate for a more sustainable future. PS That track pad fix has be gobsmacked.

[@Staroy_by]

Do you mean outstanding skills for just disassembling and assembling laptops?

[@MrPnew1]

@@Staroy_by Hugh did explain a few other things, PLUS show us your skills? Easy to sit back and hang shit on others is it?

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

@@Staroy_by If that is all it takes to repair them, then the previous owner, and their IT department, should better stay away from laptops.

[@bourquoi5867]

@@Staroy_by Tell me you know nothing about computers without saying you know nothing about computers.

[@jpavasars]

Wow Hugh, amazing work. I wish our modern global society did throw away perfectly good items all the time ... the amount of perfectly usable stuff (of all sorts, not just tech) that gets thrown away is mind blowing. Thanks for doing your part to lessen the trash and to encourage others to repair and reuse instead. Two thumbs up!!

[@HomeroSimpson-pi8jy]

the best thing my (private) school gave me is an Orange juice and a cookie.

[@user-cl7yr]

me (also private school)-you guys get fed?

[@HomeroSimpson-pi8jy]

@@user-cl7yr once a year for an special occasion, the other days you have to pay

[@craftingmc7170]

Well I don't get anything from my public school

[@yasirhussain9837]

Lucky!! All they gave me was debt and depression.

[@user-cl7yr]

@@craftingmc7170 British public or american public (they have completely different meanings)

[@mr.wisecrack5067]

private school: tosses out macbooks. my school: desperately trying to keep the 1990 fatbooks alive

[@ilikemacsalot]

👍

[@epiconifty7795]

I go to a private school and I’m still shocked they just threw out MacBooks I deal with a chrome book that has broken 1qaz keys

[@babyear5228]

Lol

[@K1ngwing]

@@epiconifty7795 It’s probably because they can install more administrative software on chrome os

[@Sadakorka]

@@K1ngwing yeah, they collect more data from students than google does to us lol

[@orio4155]

Their schools: **tossing away MacBooks** My Pvt school: **still using 15years old pentium that is worth 69$**

[@subhrodeepsaha9245]

Same

[@JollyOldCanuck]

A modern Pentium costs $70, the market value of the systems your school uses is $10-$20 at best.

[@orio4155]

@@JollyOldCanuck I am talking about full setup

[@JollyOldCanuck]

@@orio4155 Yep, a full pentium system from 15 years ago is worth $10-$20 at a used electronics store. While a modern pentium by itself cost $70.

[@orio4155]

@@JollyOldCanuck no no I am talking about the tower, and all the peripherals combined

[@tripbreaker]

I have an iMac from 2015 that finally “died” in 2020. Watching videos like this showed me how friggin easy it is to bring things like that back from the dead, so thank you. You helped bring back over 300 gigs of music from CDs that I was not looking forward to re-burning.

[@darcygoulding]

i don’t understand how someone can destroy a macbook THAT MUCH

[@mertsert4105]

There are students who use it without caring because it belongs to the school.

[@Justin_isslpng]

Well it's free and they didn't handled it with care.

[@Cleo_Kinder]

I destroyed my pro 😂

[@Justin_isslpng]

@@Cleo_Kinder you rich bro LMAOOO

[@vivianthom4801]

Technically not free. The parents paid a lot of money to send the kid to the private school.

[@crazygamer569]

guess he didnt have the heart to remove those hearts lol

[@JonnyQ408]

I see what you did there lol

[@tubbunny]

@@JonnyQ408 yes, that's the joke.

[@truereaper4572]

2:50 small detail you can notice is the macbook pile on the right slowely sliding over as the video cuts, until you see a few of them split into a smaller pile, probably meaning that they fell over at some point.

[@bananya6020]

lmaoo

[@futaboll]

Why did you even see that, just why

[@ilikeudonnoodles]

Great good apple design

[@hpa4355]

@@ilikeudonnoodles lmao, my previous 2013 macbook air fell so much in its long life.. and is still perfectly working (just gotta change the battery). Ive recently switched computer for something beefier, and this 10 years old macbook (that fell a lot) will go to my little brother for college , its amazing!

[@themeddite]

This reminds me of the time my friends school stole his personal Laptop, claimed it was theirs and refused to give it back. His Parents filed a Police report and the Police forces the school to give the Laptop back. Thankfully they didn't wipe the Laptop so he still had many of his Projects he was working on.

[@alexfrank5331]

Absolutely mind-boggling how much money we spend on education these days without any improvement in result.

[@danielraymond7196]

but private schools....do have better results

[@YukariAkiyama]

@@danielraymond7196 Private schools…. Tend to cost money.

[@raminybhatti5740]

It's almost like the aesthetic of studying carries more weight than the actual acquiring of knowledge.

[@N4chtigall]

And who do you want to blame for that actually? Also is it really whats happening? I don't think there are any reasonable proof that we are getting dumber or something.

[@carlost856]

Did you come to that conclusion by reviewing the data and studies or is that just ideology speaking?

[@LaskyLabs]

"Gee I wonder why tuition costs so much..." The Janitor said while tossing these into the bin.

[@bigstronkbee]

LMAOOO

[@sorrychangedmyusername3594]

The Janitor most have been making packs with the ssd

[@gulaurfo6104]

Where can I apply to be a janitor at that school

[@progamer-o8m]

The only thing my school gave me was anxiety and depression

[@frog7717]

yup

[@ihateyoubrian]

@@benjaminmckittrick8905 Whats a Fucking Weeb?? then Nothing to do with depression Dumbass oh boo hoo...

[@mrmsarmo-zw3qs]

same

[@argenteuseagle7490]

@@benjaminmckittrick8905 Why must you hurt me in this way.

[@_asuryan3072]

Benjamin.mck06 have a break, have a kit kat

[@thelight2843]

Guys if you have an old laptop or PC just add an SSD and if possible rise the Ram. Install the operating system to the SSD and you will have a very fast computer. You can install both windows and Linux on to the same machine. Linux rocks. Solus Linux, Mint, Ubuntu, Papper Mint are just a few great Linux distros. Great video you are one of the best channel out there. Keep up the great work.

[@realcartoongirl]

apple: haha i remotely locked you out **installs ubuntu** apple: wait thats illegal

[@LordJames753]

Apple: haha you are remote locked out **installs ubuntu** Apple: **surprised Pickachu face**

[@googleuser471]

How about installing Arch Linux??

[@googleuser471]

BTW I use Arch

[@urielc918]

@@googleuser471 linux mint

[@99_friety]

I did the same to my MacBook yesterday.

[@iReeview]

crying on my old windows laptop 😥

[@CourseCTRL]

Nothing wrong with Windows my guy

[@vetamauromihali]

Still if you format your old windows laptop it will be better than this macbook air.

[@hannesranta-nilkku95]

laughing at all apple users with my 10k I saved by buying better and more reasonably priced devices

[@orlandoburgos9190]

kid just buy a new one ARENT you a famous KZbinr btw I lover you videos so much

[@saahirbeotra]

Veta Mauromihali nah

[@riopacheco01]

Everyone: Talking about the broken MacBooks Me: Why did the school even get these kids MacBooks

[@alfalasi2114]

Their parents already pay the school thousands of dollars the least thing the school can do is give the kids the latest piece of technology. They might use them for idk programing?

[@alfalasi2114]

In my public school you can get one for free if you join the computar science course. Before the school hands them to you, you and your parent must take an oath that you are gonna take the best care of it, and you are not going to modify it's software. There are more rules but i think you got the gist of it

[@3vorp]

@@alfalasi2114 honestly ChromeBooks aren’t that bad, on a school district the extensions and site blocking is annoying but it works quite well for being quite cheap

[@exhydraboy2429]

@@alfalasi2114 yeah 700$ macbooks XD. they aren't good computers or anything but still

[@Cristian_D63]

Mac's are good for various professional applications. And they're more secure less likely to catch viruses and schools can control them better

[@MissAnimegrl]

At work we upgraded all our monitors, and I'm already getting a PC built. I dropped 50 on an old monitor and got a 19 dollar keyboard. Saved my build 100-200 bucks. Sometimes just waiting for someone to toss a thing is the best choice.

[@Ani-qy9lz]

Students should handle responsibly..in some parts of world students don't even get simple PowerPoint projector in class

[@saladfork6305]

Woah woah woah slow down that is too much to ask

[@wild4130]

@scott Beeton u a Karen or something

[@saladfork6305]

Yeet Potato no..

[@geraldhenrickson7472]

It only takes one bas apple to ruin the whole darn bunch. Sweeping generalizations are a dangerous path to follow.

[@Ani-qy9lz]

@@geraldhenrickson7472 yes right

[@jaxlegoproductions4147]

It really annoys me when kids don’t care about their schools devices when they would never ruin them if they were their own.

[@Jdogg4089]

I dropped my laptop so many times. So screen damn near broke off and is held by 1 of 2 hinges. When I dropped it in the school bathroom

[@Thijzekneiz]

I agree, but apparently the people who were working in the school didn't really care as well.

[@jaxlegoproductions4147]

I know, but it's especially annoying at my school as everyone shares everything and every second keyboard has at least one key missing and there's one with half the space bar missing. And the iPads are even worse.

[@khanhluong8486]

Its private school, those student are rich, mac is nothing.

[@madmax2069]

Or some kids just don't care even if it's their own.

[@kleinesfilmroellchen]

"Apple didn't want me to install macOS on this MacBook, so I installed Linux instead." Insert photo of Steve Jobs shooting himself into the foot

[@silentwing8112]

Better than Windows at least, since Linux and Mac OS are both Unix, they are pretty similar to each other,

[@ilonabjork4838]

LMAOO

[@InstigatorDJ]

Doubt Steve did anything of the sort, in retrospect.

[@snesmocha]

@@silentwing8112 ... you um realize that Linux is it’s own kernel right?

[@silentwing8112]

@@snesmocha My point still stands. Both systems are Unix, but as you said, their kernels are different. Linux and OS X are still branches from the same tree bro.

[@kiranvte]

i love how he explains the whole process in great detail as if we’ll try to fix a macbook/pc

[@heftynovice]

why wouldn't you?

[@avrahamhollander9296]

The die with no thermal paste on it is the chipset. Chipsets do get warm, but no where near as hot as the CPU itself, so manufacturers like to cheap out and not bother with thermal paste. In some laptop designs, the chipset is on the same substrate as the CPU, like in these MacBooks, which could make you think that it’s part of jt. Chipsets usually require little to no cooling. Sometimes there will be no cooling. Sometimes there will be no cooling with a bare die, and sometimes there will be minimal passive cooling with a small heatsink, similar to these MacBooks. In a few edge cases, like with AMD’s X570, the chipset requires active cooling with a small fan. You did nothing wrong putting thermal paste on the chipset, I just wanted to clear up the confusion about it.

[@yevoidstar]

They don't "cheap out" it's because the chipset can't physically support the temperatures that the CPU will get (and transfer to it if thermal paste is applied), hence some manufacturers even make the heat pipe recessed for the side covering the PCH

[@neongooroo]

Cheap out on literally cents that thermal paste is worth? What else, the Earth is flat?

[@CIubDuck]

NeonGooRoo Apple sells like 20 million macs a year, and have sold 240 million computers from 2002 until now. If they saved 1 cent on each computer because of the thermal paste, then they've saved $2.4m. Which doesn't sound like a lot for a trillion dollar company, but still.

[@leexgx]

Bit silly amount of thermal paste, he emptied like half the tube, only needs a pee size at best (I norm spread it out) the thermal paste gets very thin once the heatsink is applied

[@Fifury161]

I was thinking that the lack of thermal paste was a deliberate choice as you would end up heating the chipset rather than cooling it? Be an interesting thing to investigate?

[@bhavyasharma7569]

School: Tosses the MacBooks out Hugh: So anyways, I started repairing

[@holyshititzjman4373]

The only free things my high school gave me was anxiety...

[@tookallyourmoney]

They charge for that at college bruh

[@GameOmnivore]

That hit close to home

[@lavishx8317]

Can't forget depression 😁👍🏼

[@BRENTGAMEZ_Derp]

it do be like that tho

[@geraldhenrickson7472]

No warm and dry place to learn? No teacher who may or may not have cared? No library at your school? Of course all this carries other baggage. Always has. The age of Home-Schooling has arrived!

[@DustyTheDog]

man, I'm only 26 but here in the US it's only recently around me that students get their own laptops. It was even a consideration when I was in school. We had a locked cabinet-cart with laptops that we checked out and returned by the end of class. Maybe other cities had them sooner, but we didn't even by the time I graduated high school in 2013.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

We had a computer room. Which had 15 or so computers for classes around 25-30

[@chinmay.panchal]

Starting a email with “hi mate” is the most Australian thing i have seen. 0:45

[@jazmineash8450]

Agreed mate

[@olimpather]

hi mate

[@geraldhenrickson7472]

No way...describing a pile of your favorite stuff as a great "piece of kit" has to be the most Aussie thing ever.

[@saimaali843]

This video reminded me of that African teacher who drew Microsoft word on a board to teach his students about computer.. This world is a weird place SMH

[@geraldhenrickson7472]

The world is a diverse place on many levels. Technology is but one area in which such extremes exist. Maybe Starlink will make a huge change in such imbalance.

[@kwanarchive]

@@geraldhenrickson7472 Maybe they can connect to Starlink with a browser drawn on a blackboard.

[@sherwynbugatti]

The dislikes are from the students who didn’t take care of their laptops

[@safsy]

The laptops are usually shared between students.

[@poplix2704]

@@safsy He said students not saying 1 student uses a laptop

[@josephmelville9141]

One from me lol always remember you pay the full price for an apple that someone already took a bite out of

[@safsy]

@@poplix2704 I was giving them a reason that the laptops were out of shape. Other students won't treat the laptop as theirs so they don't treat it with respect as it is theirs.

[@madmax2069]

Or probably the anti repair group

[@jasminejohnston6393]

These computer repair and restoration videos are very satisfying to watch

[@copperpipe8054]

SSD -> doesn’t boot but is perfect School IT-> garbage chuck it

[@scooptopus8150]

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[@TheLaXandro]

I like how you say "I'll need to buy replacement keys" when you have 4 cadavers left.

[@dinozaurpickupline4221]

maybe he wants something new

[@af2954]

lmao frrr

[@af2954]

@@dinozaurpickupline4221 he said he didnt wanna spend any money on stuff like that+ didn't need it to be perfect + didn't want to throw away fully functioning hardware

[@dinozaurpickupline4221]

@@af2954 just kidding

[@thelarry383]

School: Tosses out 15 MacBooks Also School: Let's increase tuition too lol

[@randomd2146]

Megatron true

[@MrPnew1]

Good job Hugh 3:22 flashing folder = no drive installed 3:32 reset password > start with Command + R pressed in > once in recovery mode select Utilities > Terminal > type resetpassword (no spaces) and follow prompts. > reboot and use your new password 5:19 removing this lock is harder and requires a programmer, software and knowledge to remove, read, modify ROM dump, reflash chip and refit ROM chip 11:19 MAGIC smoke alert

[@tomlee_bomlee]

my high school actually does a program where if you meet certain requirements you get to keep the macbook assigned to you, so that you have a decent laptop for college. actually pretty cool of them to do, and probably the only redeeming quality of my school 😂

[@rileyblair7273]

Honestly kinda smart saying they can constantly have a supply of computers going in and out.

[@juliorobinson5386]

What are those requirements?

[@blerst7066]

@@juliorobinson5386 Probably good grades.

[@billysato9041]

@@juliorobinson5386 Principals son!

[@unliving_ball_of_gas]

@@blerst7066 Better if it's good dicipline.

[@borgranta61103]

I wonder how many private schools dispose of these illegally in the regular garbage.

[@breeston]

think everyone does that bro lol

[@borgranta61103]

Apple has a recycling program that is free to use that way potential toxic materials within electronics do not get thrown out and pollute soil and water.

[@ryleypalmer]

borgranta61103 recycle for *free* What do you think that private school is, poor?

[@borgranta61103]

@@ryleypalmer No but taking advantage of a free recycling program will maximize profits.

[@boi2805]

not many that I know of

[@oOblackeaglleOo]

After years of Jenny hucking her MacBook Air at the wall to get it to work, she opened the laptop and came to see there was actually an ‘on’ button

[@walker4541]

OMG I LAUGHED SO HARDDDDDD

[@b_altmann]

That’s exactly what happened

[@tonysolino3131]

Wonderful video as well as a great way to recycle old devices. Odd how some schools toss out old devices and other use devices that are outdated.

[@mohammedrahman8202]

Who's here from psivewri, both of your videos were great!!

[@GigantTech]

Same

[@techman2471]

I am. Like Hugh style, subscribed!

[@randomuser3390]

Same

[@andrive]

Me

[@danielnavarrette8464]

I have a feeling that his friend kept the good laptops and gave him the really broken ones. 😂

[@vickyavinash]

no. check psivewri's vid on this. he did this at random.

[@profirfan7315]

if you watch his vid the ones with serious issues was fixed by his friend

[@superpato666]

Le regaló computadoras que al reparar las puede vender, cosa que en México sería imposible

[@uwaw9236]

Meanwhile My family: ( puts back mac book and the charger back to the box neatly after use )

[@technicalad1013]

Same 😂😂😂

[@uwaw9236]

such expensive technology

[@exhydraboy2429]

@@uwaw9236 not worth it unfortunately

[@uwaw9236]

@@exhydraboy2429 it become to buggy and laggy.

[@exhydraboy2429]

@@uwaw9236 also Apple is so opposed to user maintenance

[@Outlaw-Creative-Junior1]

I am so elated you and other people are like really experienced on fixing computers! I watch these videos trying to learn repair so I may be able to fix my Windows 7 machine if I ever acquire enough money, until then I guess it stays broke! I get a social security only and it is limited! I am elated you had been able to save them from the landfill! You Have A Blessed Day and Night!

[@MrMadmacca]

Private school: lag?, nah just dump it. My school: lag?, wait a couple op minutes..... 4 hours later still lagging and not working , wait a bit longer it will get there ....... bell rings, teacher: pack them up ............... next day all over again but with different student Ahhhhh teachers 🤨😡😠😤

[@Nitrez]

Hi! I’m a new KZbinr and was hoping I could have a little support! I started about 2 years ago and have already grown a successful amount! I do lots of cool vids and love and notice every single subscriber, thank you

[@someperson49yt42]

*"new"* **also joined 2 years ago**

[@nothuman5335]

@@Nitrez yeeeeah, new

[@leramenanonimo]

@@Nitrez NO.

[@citrus573]

@@Nitrez You joined... 7 years ago bud.

[@damnfreakingsien]

“Apple clearly didn’t want me to install macOS on a MacBooks” 😂

[@powder3d]

*installs windows* apple: Suprised pikatu face

[@Maciek2846]

@@powder3d p i k a t u But you can install Windows by bootcamp on the intel ones tho

[@brendenstahl7007]

My (private) school has chromebooks for the students and they say “these are the newest chromebooks” even tho they are from 2014

[@teeter_1253]

and?

[@3vorp]

Same they have Acer monitors with the oldest logo on them and they expected me to believe it was newer than like 2011.

[@exhydraboy2429]

@@3vorp XD 1MB of the fastest ddr2 memory

[@teeter_1253]

@DanielWhiteVans im not jealous, its just like "oh yeah they call something old new!" and idk

[@teeter_1253]

@DanielWhiteVans bruh i didnt say "and?" as like "who cares your school has chromebooks", i was just finding this comment kinda dumb, please dont call me a peasent

[@drsnova7313]

Having grown up in the 80s, it's wild that some schools give out laptops to students. Not even going into how casually they are then replaced.

[@i_have_insomnia5440]

private school: throwing away macbooks my school: using 4 year old chromebooks

[@maud7265]

4 years Ain’t even old?? The MacBooks in this videos are older lmao

[@signbear999]

Wow my school is using chromebooks older than most of the kids there

[@maud7265]

@Aber Mueller yea I know they’re better, but the point is that laptops can be used for a long time. So 4 year old Chromebook arent that bad. We’ve had laptop at home that still worked perfectly fine after 10 years.

[@RealLimerickman]

No one unbreakable Rule in schools and homes: Kids always breaks stuff, so do not try to stop them. It is a teaching moment. Macbooks are very expensive to repair and to buy. I would not allowed them into my school nor give them to kids. Chromebooks, etc are cheap to buy and easier to repair and kids can still easily use.

[@ajemajh]

@@maud7265 its chromebook

[@MWSfan18]

To whoever made the adapter fit a standard SSD, you're doing the Lord's work!

[@RazzorBlazer]

or he could just buy an SSD that has a MSATA interface instead of M.2 NVME as they are diffrent connectors.. -.-

[@richardalfaro4933]

Actually I just took it apart and swapped it put .. took a little 7 minutes

[@RazzorBlazer]

@@richardalfaro4933 well yes because you are smart enough to buy a MSATA Drive that fits straight in....

[@JivanPal]

@@RazzorBlazer, it's an mSATA connector, sure, but you still need an NVMe drive. Good luck finding something which satisfies both of those requirements.

[@Justin_isslpng]

For real though 🤣

[@BimanGhosh]

KZbin : I'll fix these Mac books. Apple : Get those lawyers ready!!

[@xl7667]

Apple won’t touch any Mac or iOS device made before 2014-15 or so anymore.

[@spitfire7772]

Welp, i dont think so, because he has all of them vs Epic and another

[@sairah9164]

I don't get this. Why would they need to get lawyers ready?

[@BimanGhosh]

@@sairah9164 Apple doesn't like people repairing their devices. They have tried time and again to stop small businesses from doing so.

[@sairah9164]

@@BimanGhosh Thanks for telling me I didn't know this. Then they should stop charging so much!

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

When I learned something from Louis Rossmann, than that the water indicators can also turn from moisture in the air, and that Apple tends to put the 30V for the screen backlight right next to the data line between the GPU and screen.

[@RayMak]

What 2014 and disposed?

[@alihussain483]

Haha your every where lol 4 mins ago

[@HLF20]

My ThinkPad X220 from 2012 got me through 5 years of university without any problems. Even today I still work with it professionally. I don't like this "fast fashion" mentality in the PC area.

[@vitolegend3764]

Why are you where i am???

[@rhimanharyoteguhdarmawan1685]

@@HLF20 With some repairs, i suppose. That's really great!

[@HLF20]

@@rhimanharyoteguhdarmawan1685 No "major" repairs so far! I've changed the thermal paste last year and got a new ram stick once. And the Battery was changed 2 years ago. But i have done some upgrades! Louder speakers, brighter LED for the keyboard lamp, maxed out the RAM with 16 GB and installed a 1TB SSD. This old i7 is good for nearly everything.

[@sayujraphael]

Who uses laptops like this, why can't you just take care of them properly

[@the_real_space]

in my school we have ipad minis, and people just don't care, some of then doesn't even work anymore

[@sayujraphael]

@@the_real_space it's just sad to see expensive hardware like that being used so carelessly

[@UpGraVity]

@@sayujraphael why would you care? i mean these are genuinely awful but i wouldn’t baby my laptop if my school provided me one. i wouldn’t be afraid to beat it up a little since it’s not funded by me and they expect u to since it’s a daily use machine. now if you’re computer is falling apart that’s just awful but if there’s a few dents or scratches i honesty wouldn’t care

[@sayujraphael]

@@UpGraVity no need to baby your laptop or anything but just don't treat it like trash because you got them for free,

[@uaenaonce8231]

@@UpGraVity That's just you being an asshole, most people aren't one.

[@KuroInside_]

Hugh: Hey Apple, can I install macOS on this MacBook? Apple: *n o* Hugh: Ok... How about Ubuntu? Apple: Seems reasonable.

[@aileenp.5218]

*Wait, That's Illegal-*

[@miyoubi]

@Joshua Fogelson you don't say

[@fgcorp]

Mac is linux based.

[@clagv1090]

@@fgcorp It's based off of FreeBSD which is unix. GNU is also similar to unix but linux is not unix. Therefore, MacOS is not linux based but rather unix based.

[@fgcorp]

@@clagv1090 oh, I'm not that much of a linux guy so idk all about it.

[@bigsteve6729]

Backlight has a small smc fuse, if you don't have the tools to change them bridge it with a bit of solder and don't drop water on it again. You can buy the schematics for online for a few dollars. Anytime you got no backlight check that fuse at the start of the backlight circuit 👍 you can resolder your own efi chip without the lock to get around the padlock

[@jmbuildz4767]

In high school, I got the silver chrome books when they were new and we then switched to the black ones, I wondered what happened to the silver one and they just stored them away, fast forward to Covid, my brother received a free silver chromebook, they were like new and they just gave them away, yet the school “doesn’t have enough funds”

[@ZILOGz80VIDEOS]

A lot of IT departments are phenomenally bad at asset management. A lot of corporations will get a pallet of new systems and 3-5 years later when the warranty drops or they're not shiny anymore will just throw them out. I work for an MSP and I've had to stop so many companies from literally just tossing stacks of perfectly working 3 year old laptops in the dumpster because they aren't shiny anymore and the executives want something new. Not even taking them to the e-recycler just into the city garbage. And e-waste companies that don't let the public look through inventory before they chop it up and ship it to China are a huge enabler of this problem. Intel hasn't significantly advanced their processors in the last 4-6 years or so and even almost decade old systems still run Windows 10 like a champ with an SSD. And yet literal cargo ship loads of totally good still very powerful and useful less than 5 year old systems get trashed and destroyed every day. These often aren't 8 year old beat up Celeron systems with a swollen battery and a dead display either. We're talking capable executive workstations with color accurate displays and discreet graphics and powerful processors. I once only barely stopped a client from dumping a stack of 8 totally working Precision 7520s some with 120hz display, most with 16gb+ of ram, all with i7s, most with SSDs into a dumpster because they had lost the chargers they came with.

[@clickbaitboi1235]

@@ZILOGz80VIDEOS bro your legit a hero for doing that!

[@deedumeday518]

@@ZILOGz80VIDEOS Christ. You're doing some good work man.

[@Heu..]

​@@ZILOGz80VIDEOS what the fuck

[@DSCKottawa]

Send the MacBooks you can't repair to Louis Rossmann

[@keithmiller9665]

Some of those keyboards with missing keys are just incredible to see.

[@CarRevvedGaming]

Same here to the most of the keyboard from the 2013 Samsung laptops from my old school

[@GameOmnivore]

Missing keys be like: P,O,R,N

[@N__]

Some ppl just pick them off til they come off

[@CarRevvedGaming]

@@user-jt1tp1jh9o nah they just saw their exam results and they got angry with very bad grades

[@ImStillChoiceJake]

As a 14 year old myself Ik why they do it (I don’t do it) most students when they are board after doing work they try everyone take off the keys pens pencils cards anything u can do to take it up then once it’s up most put it on or they just throw it away

[@ScoobaMusic]

I work for a computer recycling center, and most of our business is schools, because they get grants to get new computers, they just give them to us, and some of them are pristine.

[@krzysztofszczepanski8597]

The state of this computers only confirms my lack of fate in humanity.

[@adoreyou7449]

What’s the point of keeping old MacBooks when the school can just buy brand new ones? The schools pricey tuition definitely covers a MacBook.

[@YeTheGOATNoCap]

@@adoreyou7449 its wasteful and completely unnecessary to constantly buy new laptops when most only needed a simple cleaning or repair.

[@adoreyou7449]

@@YeTheGOATNoCap That’s time consuming when you have hundreds of them. It’s easier to get newer more powerful laptops.

[@darq_music4780]

Same here

[@sofiesun3051]

“Damaged track pad” School:into the trash it goes

[@jesperhagstrom]

@Seronin Aran Yeah but they shouldn't just bin repairable devices

[@dits791]

@Seronin Aran Exactly, i was the one who got them for this video, the IT guy at the school does not have the time to fix them all, i picked up around 150 of them and most were irreparable. It was cheaper to replace the laptops than send them to Apple for repair.

[@antoniorsoftware]

"Private girls school"... explains everything.

[@edmund8954]

"Private boys school" Laptop hinges breaks off when you open it

[@enigma1704]

Edmund Ng true my elementary was like that

[@Avayya]

Edmund Ng that’s so true 😂

[@mihaicristian4079]

Yea lol

[@swiftified4662]

@AntonioR Software ikr LOL

[@learntostrafe]

I work in IT for a college and this kind of stuff is more common than you think. We don't throw away any Mac devices instead we sell them to be scraped.

[@sherwynbugatti]

I’m so happy that these MacBooks didn’t end up in trash

[@orangefox6029]

3:30 Oh god, this could become a creepypasta where the MacBook starts to realise that the person operating it wasn’t it’s owner

[@Spare7801]

My school: throws out computers me: steals them a day before being thrown out

[@Shubham_Bahirat]

Lol

[@AlexS-sc3gb]

True genius

[@screewi]

teach me

[@geraldhenrickson7472]

Requisition sounds better...

[@ofareh]

My school throws out mechanical keyboard.. just bcuz its a bit dirty doesnt mean its broken

[@gearsandsprockets2820]

Awesome work. Glad to see majority of these laptops getting a new lease of life. With the current shortage of ICs and long deliver lead time for new PCs, I hope more organizations will be less wasteful and be more careful with managing IT equipment.

[@ber2949]

Them: OMG it has a broken enter key! it needs to be thrown out. me *drops the laptop and has half of the screen shattered: nah still works.

[@madmaniac6778]

my laptop would stop working if i use it for more than 1 hour every day and i have classes so thats way more annoying and i cant even get ready for my tests

[@Warrison_]

😂

[@crazbros5961]

lmao my spacebar broke on my macbook pro so i chucked it away

[@Abznth]

blazphemy iz badphemy

[@TheOgWalterMelon]

Keyboard falling off Me: *DOUBLE SIDED TAPE DOES THE JOB BC I BROKE THE KEYBOARD CLIPS *

[@DJTechYT]

School: upgrades computers *looks at old computers that are still worth thousands of dollars* School: nah just throw them out

[@geraldhenrickson7472]

They are only worth thousands if still working. As is...they are worthless save for the scrap value. Times are a changing DJTech.

[@mr.loveless3424]

He kept the hearts on that one MacBook so wholesome

[@David_Quinn_Photography]

3 schools in my area I get PCs from every 10 years on tap its great worst case I part them out and make money or I sell the ones that work right away sell them as I work on the ones that are not working. this was so satisfying to watch, love how you put Linux on the 3 problem laptops I would do the same.

[@DxBlack]

Apple: "We don't want you upgrading your hardware! It's ours! PAY US!" Madlad: _creates SSD adapter, repairs anyway_ Apple: 👁👄👁

[@jayden.02]

@KorinXploits yes a solid state drive it’s for storage and you know what a adapter is but I might be wrong

[@ExecuteDemocracy]

@KorinXploits 12:54 for the adapter

[@DaftPunkSkittle]

@KorinXploits its still a SSD regardless if its a m.2 or a sata

[@nicosoftnt]

*Apple:* Well now you will not even be able to repair *a scratch* from my new phone, oh and these implementations weren't cheap, you should know, you bought them! 🤡

[@rakeshswami11]

Tim Cook wants his location

[@secrettsundere955]

A lot of people seem to be shaming the girls for their usage of their laptops, but I've honestly seen some laptops in much worse conditions with some of my friends. I used to use the exact same model (Early-2014 MacbookAir) and here are some of the issues I had with it as well: 1. Denting is to be expected in a student environment, even if you have a really nice cover, a slight nudge too much on the side of the table can cause a dent, something you won't get on Thinkpads for ex. 2. Screws come out by themselves after 2+ years. If you're area has 3rd party companies that provide them, great. If not, don't bother going to Apple's genius bar for such a minor issue because they will overcharge that + a simple internal cleanup. 3. My battery went after 2+ years as well and had to replace it in Dec 2016. I expected that since I played CPU intensive games on it during that time like CS:GO and Cities: Skylines. Cost about $150USD to replace. However battery went again in 2019 but I didn't bother replacing it since I mostly used it at home by that point. It's common to hear middle-school private school children to spill liquid on their macs as well. Though I haven't heard of such issue with High-School and older users. Overall, I'd think it was a waste that the school almost decided to throw these out as a lot of these parts can be recycled/re-purposed as they still have their worth. However, I wouldn't bother repairing them and giving them to other people as repairing them cost an insane amount (few 100 at least) and there are cheaper, newer and faster budget alternatives on the market. It made sense to buy MacOS in 2014, but with Windows 10 now it makes no sense to the normal consumer.

[@neilmurphy845]

Ya nowadays the new windows laptops are so good it just doesn't make sense to spend a thousand on a mac

[@vali69]

Wait apple genius thing is real? Wtf

[@realcartoongirl]

how did you kill the battery that fast mine has over 1000 charge cycles and is 5 years old still lasts about 2 hours on light usage

[@kameljoe21]

Cheap chromebook with touch screen will only set you back 200 bucks depending on where you get them. Cheap low end windows OS will set you back the same. All perfectly good computer. Mac books are just over priced computers.

[@neilmurphy845]

@@kameljoe21 Ya I love Apple software but the money and overheating issues not being able to upgrade the laptop yourself just turns me away.

[@awsomewe360]

Maybe you could/should send the "Completely Dead" units to Louis Rossman, and he can repair them or use them as donor boards.

[@medicentio]

I kept thinking "Louis can fix that!" all the time haha!

[@animepussy8356]

"Oh you poor Macbook, what have they done to you?"

[@ArthursHD]

Kind of wasteful since he is based in NYC

[@garuda]

Great idea!

[@JivanPal]

Should've given them to PAUL DANIELS, then they never would have had to leave Australia

[@CoolGorillaGoAnimate7000]

"Broken enter key, let's throw this away!" It's not like there's USB keyboards out there.

[@cesariojpn]

Hugh Jefferys: Gets a lot of Macbooks. *Louis Rossmann has entered the chat*

[@fredscratchet1355]

🤣

[@mogelzz]

i was looking for a louis Rossman coment. The dude in the video needs a ultrasonic and an paul deniels softwhere

[@johnpaulhernales6514]

The rest of the world be like throwing laptops while in Philippines we still rely heavily on computer shops.

[@ArianaCabello]

Yep that's true 🤣

[@thetrickster7yearsago278]

true

[@TitaniumTronic]

As a filipini I agree lol

[@Bot-jz6cb]

@James Lewis Dela Cruz LLOOOLOLOLOLOLOL

[@Bot-jz6cb]

@EasyBreadToast dw some of those ppl never received enough education to see what the rest of the world is like

[@windowsxpprofessional]

Covid: game changer Sun: day changer Hugh : *mood changer*

[@chumbawumba1959]

You had me at "Private Girls School" ... LOL

[@abirrahman2219]

Another KZbinr will make 1 video describing and 15 videos on repairing but you did it in 1 video. You are a true content maker. I Wish you will reach your dream goal on youtube. Love you man.

[@juliann1824]

When you see the pad lock when trying to boot do a PRAM reset to remove it trust me, unless it has a firmware lock that will prevent you from doing a PRAM reset

[@Jouunaas]

I love it how he left the heart stickers on the one macbook

[@peter-coates]

It was a girls school

[@CresCoJeffToo]

6:09 that one appears to have a frog on it; a repairable issue, but only with an offering of juicy flies or, in the event of a cursed prince, a sweet kiss!