26KG of MacBooks + iPads for $370USD - Can they be repaired?

[@bartoszurbanik4000]

"So as any professional IT would do I turned it off and on" my new favourite quote

[@tommo_m]

I work as a tech.. the professional term is called a "Power Cycle" lol

[@fruitfcker5351]

I'm surprised he didn't put it in rice as any IT professional would do.

[@Wishingweezy]

If u subscribe to me and leave a comment on my vid I will sub to you

[@loliukasudrisgaming]

"so as any professional IT would do i turned it off and on" i think you ment

[@kaioswav]

Thanks for not making me comments this

[@yuvvrajkperson]

"As every professional laptop should, it has a lot of ports" the shade. THE SHADE

[@Mrwhosethesus]

Correct

[@kalfruit]

I agree tho Wtf is ONLY having USB C and a Aux And having to use dongles. Although currently I've got a iMac 21.5inch 2019 I upgraded from the MacBook Pro 15inch 2016

[@brennont9724]

Wishing weezy No.

[@Mrwhosethesus]

@@brennont9724 I just report it

[@yuvvrajkperson]

@@kalfruit let me summarize the port list: iPods: Lightning and AUX iPhones: Lightning iPad: some are lightning, others are USB-C Macbooks: USB-C/Thunderbolt and AUX So Apple, we need: Lightning Headphones, AUX Headphones, USB-A to Lightning, USB-C to Lightning, USB-A to USB-C and USB-C to USB-C. Really??

[@dourspider8090]

The "one man's trash is a another man's treasure " fits you well

[@tokonomii]

For only $370 I'd say that that's the best deal for what you got from it. It's incredible on how much stuff this dude got for only that much money

[@matt2m]

Idk I feel like 370 is way too much

[@ChibiKeruchan]

$370 is too much for those pile of junks. coz at the very least nobody will buy an old 2nd hand model of any apple product. (base from their target customer of apple products) not to mention finding parts are too damn hard to find and expensive (unless you are living in shenzhen china) even Louis Rossmann will throw these junks to the landfill. lol

[@ultraintent7864]

James Chua yeah definitely not

[@Ahmed____]

@@ChibiKeruchan You are mistaken. These Macbooks and iPads have a huge market on the likes of eBay and other second-hand sites. There are early 2013 Macbook Pros (13") being sold for £450 ($565)+ on eBay. This deal was an absolute steal for what Hugh received.

[@ccricers]

I have a 2008 MacBook with a battery that won't hold a charge (it must stay plugged in to work) and still bet you I can find someone who'll take it for $100 just that one alone.

[@LeddaZ]

6:54 that MacBook has been intentionally damaged, there's no way someone can accidentally destroy a laptop like this

[@andyhaber89]

I blame techrax

[@DavidPutraØP]

Airsoft

[@zahidshabir4038]

even the one shown before it seemed like it was intentionally damaged

[@jjearrape198]

I blame howtobasic

[@Ev11nroo]

it looks like it has been shot and stabbed

[@sneekeruk]

7:04 Looks like that mac crashed and lost someones work, so they went to town with it using a gun.

[@markbennett6658]

sneekeruk more like somebody’s other half found some ‘scumbag activities’ on it and went to town with an axe! I’m concerned about the well being of its former owner😂

[@wellthen4128]

**America**

[@xalataf3365]

@SteveyScott3242 highly doubt considering it's a mac

[@admiralwolf7218]

Nah a kid played fortnite and raged

[@DingusOfTheHair]

nah, that looks like the aftermath of a howtobasic video, before he threw eggs at it and snapped it in half

[@FrugalRepair]

Hey Hugh, FYI, the 2011 GPU faults are inside the chip. It’s a flip chip design where the die is connected with metal bumps rather than bond wires. The failure is on one or more of the bumps. I don’t have a video on this but I do have one on what is happening when people try to reheat their BGA chips.

[@andrew_radios_speakersandmore]

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[@OskarBlomkvist]

That 17' 2009 MBP most likely has a dead capacitor that powers the MCP. It's very common on that model and is easily fixed by replacing the capacitor :)

[@digitalcasanova]

all of them, I want to see all of them restored.

[@FullCourseRacingDK]

The 2000 Mac would be my favorite to be restored!

[@adityanarayansreejith9362]

7:06 Dammmm this laptop is the most abused one! The guy who owned this definitely wanted to destroy his secrets. Lol😂😂

[@admiralwolf7218]

Kid played fortnite raged

[@admiralwolf7218]

@Coco Plays it is a joke

[@admiralwolf7218]

@Coco Plays it is a joke

[@unlimitedwater4646]

@ItsCoco lol

[@PeterdaPanda]

These devices look more like they came from Techrax's tech lot. 🤣

[@aileenp.5218]

Yep

[@deltazero3796]

what's that?

[@gabbyrose9766]

@@deltazero3796 hes a youtuber

[@deltazero3796]

@@gabbyrose9766 what he doe smash the hi-tech equipment and make movies from it?

[@deltazero3796]

@َ َ meh

[@thesportyeets6725]

“No dongles needed on this MacBook” Something we can’t say anymore :(.

[@unlimitedwater4646]

Yes

[@suddenlyacat]

apple has more recently added more slots! you still need a dongle for most stuff tho :(

[@exaltedb]

3:20 _charge cycles: 1715_ _OS X battery status: good_ They really don’t make MacBooks like they used too

[@gp3328]

3 year old macbook Pro 2016: battery, needs servicing.

[@Shutdown90078]

@Blade Gaming the new m1 has amazing battery

[@Ordlnary_Gamer]

@@Shutdown90078for now

[@38911bytefree]

12:01 I have been into a couple of laptops that started with this red tint and I read that it comes from the CCFL when it is worn out. It has nothing to do with the pannel itself, just the CCGL emiting redish light

[@TheDragonballboy]

6:55 One like equals one slap to the previous owner of this laptop

[@benzjiman6931]

SoldierSparky what if it was plainrock124? *thonks*

[@alwinvillero4404]

@@benzjiman6931 he is uh...

[@dotmars2568]

Hugh mate, you have out done yourself on this one. I can't wait for the future vids! ♥️

[@bsocmtomsdcs815]

Massive thank you to everyone of my subscribers so far, the channel would never be where it is today without you all. 1 million is amazing 👏 😍 🙌

[@caleblastname6969]

Hugh sounds genuinely enraged at 7:14. Most expression I’ve heard out of him.

[@shrikedecil]

The "Pismo" black laptop had all sorts of *other* things that could be shoved in the "Accessory Bay" too. From the black 'just plastic bin' one I used to hold dongles and cables *internally* to a *internal* AC powerbrick, to ZIP drives, etc. Honestly an excellent design concept even today IMNSHO. Double batteries are excellent. Or run *no* batteries light. I have one running a developer release of MAX OS X here somewhere and some of the odd 'fits in a bay' stuff if there's particular interest.

[@mr1bienvenu1]

The computer at 7:14 looks like victim of a divorce. 😭

[@mememaster9393]

Or an insane ex

[@tyrek78]

Sad :(

[@mr1bienvenu1]

@@mememaster9393 or the result of finding a hookup app with his wife's profile on it 😳😡🤬

[@andrive]

@@mememaster9393 both

[@apkibilli9645]

Probaly it was a drunk husband

[@kjcolewelle]

Appreciate all the time and patience, not to mention professionalism, you put into this and all your videos, Hugh. "Keep it repaired" and "Keep it out of landfill" should be T-Shirt slogans by now, if they aren't already. Keep up the great work!

[@LSiva93]

Love the work you are doing man! Highly professional and striving to do right by the environment. Keep up the good work. May you inspire more people in following the same path.

[@Break.]

3:26 the enthusiasm in this sentence tho lol

[@someidiot6359]

Can’t wait to see the repairs

[@ThatFoldableGuy]

Hugh, that 2009 MBP might be a good place to start with buying a second hand board, and a bottom case replacement if the screen is still good. It is the matte version and they are becoming increasingly more rare as they were only made for a short period of time.

[@Bushidounohana]

Love your videos, Hugh, thank you for the content! I've been sick since late April and had the good fortune of stumbling upon the treasure trove that is your channel. While I'm still stuck in bed, I'm always delighted by your work, thank you and keep it up!

[@SirJackII]

14:58 They're all working and in macOS, but there's that one in the back that isn't on and can't boot.

[@BoredAmerican]

Jack Cowan no shit lol

[@woodant1981]

Apple: sells "Pro" laptop with 128GB of storage and no ports Hugh: accumulates 120 gigs of raw footage and shames Apple on the lack of ports Apple: that wasn't very InNOvatIOn of you

[@andi]

Ah I love the 17 inch MacBook Pro, especially with the matte display! You should definitely disable the GPU and use the integrated one :D

[@W1ldTangent]

There is a board-level fix that can permanently disable the GPU and make these old monsters stable again.

[@drbass9677]

@@W1ldTangent if you disable the gpu via commands its still stable.

[@emmabentley7945]

the 2011's were down to Apple using sub par none Led based solder, I had one of these and had constant logic board replacements.

[@aegonthedragon7303]

No. That, and a design flaw from AMD itself.

[@gamertygonl]

@@Wishingweezy penis

[@ledekou1983]

@@aegonthedragon7303 ...exactly. Easiest proof is the high failure rate of non-soldered AMD 5xxx and 6xxx GPUs from that same time (found e.g. in the 2011 iMac).

[@muhammadediilfa8513]

FYI, I have ipad 2 3g, and it is locked on activation device. Then i remove the resistor R1205 (near the a5 cpu). Turn the ipad 2 on, and it will automatic enter the dfu mode. Then connect to pc and restore the firmware with 3utools. After that the activation screen/apple id/icloud id is empty and i can use the ipad as usual. But the 3g no longer working

[@opuzlife]

There are A5 activation lock bypasses that don’t require removing anything already

[@zachhutchins5431]

opusgames how do u do it

[@onurutkan9524]

The way you work is so much more better than anyone I've seen. İ wish there's someone like you in turkey, I would trust my life in you.

[@desi_bhai_]

This sound in the big MacBook can be solved by resetting the sound driver or updating This also happened to my laptop

[@danbarnes4069]

On The First Macbook Pro I Think It's The 9 Beeps Of Death That Means A Corrupted System File Or File Directory. 4:11

[@fixingfaming]

Finally man! I couldn’t wait for this video!!

[@fixingfaming]

Yeahhhh!!! John!!!

[@gp3328]

I love watching these because I love doing this myself. And that just makes me actually see the notification from "Hugh Jeffreys" during my movie and watch the video.

2:58 Europe also uses inches for screen size.

[@TheSpotify95]

The UK still uses inches for PC screens.

[@SpookyBoson]

4:12 "So as any IT professional would do... I turned it off and on again." LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@Lol5967]

Or do the easy way: Unplug the battery or the charger if its running off it.

[@akhild9612]

Watching this video in my 4 years old phone with broke screen 😂😂😂

[@dernettekerl7665]

Hahahah.. my 8 years old phone with broken screen and battery issues

[@hildashubby]

I cant wait to see all of them being restored, however, I got to say what I am looking forward the most is to know how you will handle all of that apple account locked iPad, I am curious what parts can you salvage for other devices, or if in the other way around what parts would you have to transfer from an "unlocked" device into any of those to be able to use it?

[@LoloE39]

6:54 HowToBasic's MacBook 😂

[@braanch]

lmao 😂

[@agustechmr]

9:30 I think it should be possible to put an iFlash adapter in there because it is basically an ipod hard drive

[@jamesmiddleton4741]

I'm looking forward to the restoration of the apple to floppy.

[@randomaccountepix4481]

Wishing weezy dumb beggar

[@i05af]

@@Wishingweezydont do that, man. I know we all wanna grow but 1> That's against KZbin's rules. 2> Grow naturally. Good luck on KZbin, this isnt the way.

[@Wishingweezy]

@@i05af ok sorry but ima kid tho fired catfist

[@i05af]

@@Wishingweezy That's okay, good luck

[@SilverX95]

12:00 the inverter is going bad on the back light, my thinkpad R61i dose the same thing though on mine after a wile the back light will shut off if you max out the brightness could also be the lighting elements are also going bad

[@sonianatasha6678]

hugh post this in 7:01 am in my timezone (btw im from malaysia lol) thanks for likes!

[@Berbecu69]

2.21 in romania xd

[@davidsindlinger4031]

7:01pm for me

[@novox4109]

Be happy be happy midnight is great😂😂😂🤙

[@shaheerburney398]

12:01 am

[@jamesbond6214]

What is ur time zone then

[@Poire33]

Just to clear things up, the GPU is not problematic on the 2009 and 2010 MBPs. The issue is actually a capacitor that goes bad and needs to be replaced (C7771 for 2008-2009 unibodies, C9560 for 2010 unibodies.)

[@andytatt100]

8:26 "someone's been in here"

[@GarbanzoBeansFan]

dankpods

[@zetsubou3704]

It's caught the sads unfortunately

[@oldipodee]

dude stole dankpods line

[@RedPMD]

at least no slashes and dashes cutting the laptop in half in GSP

[@charleshenriquez7421]

Man the previous owner of the computer at 7:20 it looks like the computer crashed on him then he just grabbed a baseball bat and got to business with it lol

[@SirJackII]

If your iDevice has Activation Lock, put it in recovery mode and restore it.

[@lablackzed]

Use to work but Apple stopped it the bastards.👊

[@expgretaillegacy]

Wow, that’s incredible! Hugh, I really enjoy watching your videos! In fact, when I saw the notification for your new upload, I was like “I MUST WATCH THIS!”

[@HughJeffreys]

:)

[@expgretaillegacy]

Hugh Jeffreys I’ve got an iPhone collection with some interesting and rare iPhones in it. Watching your restoration videos (as well as Asjpalms’ videos) has really inspired me to collect Apple products (mostly iPhones). I’ve got some cool stories to share. I will also say that I AM a subscriber to this channel!

[@aayushgargofficial]

13:51 Apple employee got promoted for "inspiring Apple to force people to buy Mac's every year"

[@alpaljl]

This is awesome! I'm looking forward to these machines being restored.

[@rhysdavies8947]

Sounds like ‘John’ served you some proper castoffs from his pile and got some money back.

[@go2hell746]

6:54 i actually like that trackpad. it should be a custom engraving. looks nice

[@simtitan1]

Its shocking how anyone could intentionally mistreat their expensive hardware like that.

[@lifehackerhansol]

9:26 not sure if this would work, but DankPods did an iPod mod with a bunch of micro SD cards in one adapter, it might work here?

[@High-Rise]

When its says no views Me:YEEEET

[@6StringPassion.]

Internet recovery for older OS will usually work if you back date. Strange as it sounds, Apple puts an expiration date on Mac OS Internet Recovery downloads. Because, well...Apple. After the first part of the process (download), but prior to letting it restart, you disconnect it from any Internet access, manually boot into recovery, open terminal, set the date back far enough to override the expiration date of the OS you are trying to install, and then let it reboot and perform the actual install (still without allowing any Internet access).

[@brendankiyohara771]

Imagine how much electronics he has in his home

[@lloydellington3384]

12.44am in the uk and i was going to bed. Not any more, the G3 laptop is a beaut and was my first mac. Please bring that back to life first. Currently awaiting on a donor board for my 17 inch 2010 MacBook pro. I think the SMC has gone in keeping with every other laptop of that type and size. Keep up the great work.

[@nin1ten1do]

10:38 lets breake it.. ps.. some purplemode meaby..shut did the job.. XD

[@lorenzogoldoni4706]

Really nice video. I just wanna tell you that the 1st gen MacBook Air shipped with a barrel-design MagSafe charger, which was designed to charge the Mac without putting it in a strange angle

[@Call_Me_Zain]

I think i am first

[@ivanrabbath3864]

Zain Ul haq yeah, you are.

[@voidyt9939]

Zain Ul haq u r

[@LiuWoods]

Ok

[@wc919chan]

Watching Hugh’s videos are always satisfying

[@MichaelAStanhope]

09 MacBook Pros don’t typically have video issues. Likely it’s just a faulty hard drive. You would want to yank that for an ssd anyway. 2020 and I’m still rocking a 17” mbp. Love that machine.

[@steve_1507]

Where do you find such things? I really like to go into Electronics Repair and want some tech to start a collection

[@AlexElectronics]

13:36 I'm pretty sure that's an issue with the SMC, not the GPU.

[@alexandergonczi3732]

I had an Airport express, and I used it to play stuff over Airplay to my HiFi system. Worked perfectly.

[@Wolf-cl5tg]

Man, as long as you upload a video on restoration it's cool. especially the older device.

[@picklerick_91]

9:30 That’s cool so in retrospect you can install a 512GB SD Card with a CF Adapter in a ZIF Adapter like you do in the iPod Classic videos to this 08 Air! 🤯🤯

[@cameron7938]

Apple in 2000: you can put two batteries in the laptop. Apple in 2020: why would we give you a charger with your phone?

[@drcyb3r]

10:20 I once got a locked iPad 2 with 64GB and cellular. After some time it wasn't locked anymore and I could activate it as normal.

[@manuelos94]

that powerbook G4 looks so nice actually, it meets the modern designs imo

[@dominicskywalker]

the 17 inch MacBook pro has a power regulator chip that is not rated for the power necessary to power the GPU, and what can happen is a complete GPU crash or fault. Heating the chip with a heat gun or replacing it with a proper chip will fix the problem.

[@bigboat8329]

4:40 fun fact: this is actually EXACTLY what caused xbox one red ring of death, and some people suggested you should wrap the xbox in a towel to try to over heat it so the joints re-form. kinda cool!

[@beaumontlivingston8084]

Activation locks can be easily bypassed, depending on iOS ver, most current cannot be bypassed but once a hole is found, it can be bypassed.

[@rexe3139]

The 17 inch MacBook Pro gpu failed because the solder bumps that connected the die to the substrate would fail. Only 2011s had that issue, even the 2011 iMacs had gpu failure because it was the same chip.

[@nerdyllama9330]

7:08 that laptop's owner used it for target practice 😂😂😂

[@SeptienPatterson]

Hugh is moving up in the world! Type in Hugh and he's the first search results, not Hugh Jackman 😂

[@swamykaartik]

Great video. What do u do with these Mac after restoring them?

[@dragonhead01]

The internet recovery issues are caused by a certificate issue where the update servers dont accept the certs from alot of the older laptops, you have to go to the apple store to fix this in most cases. Tried to recover friends macbook and ran into this. Installed linux instead.

[@bramvandenbroeck5060]

4:44 If this is the 2012 model of macbook than this model doesn't have a failing gpu, but a poor soldered buck converter, this is a small chip that is the power 'lifeline' of the gpu, apple had an extended repair program for those macbooks, you can tell if the macbook had been "repaired" by apple if you open up the laptop and find a piece of shoe rubber glued on the buck converter.

[@Halsafe]

Hugh I just got a 2013 MBP with about 2,600 charge cycles and still 86% life. My old 2012 MBP barely lasted me 1,700 cycles before suffering a 47% battery life

[@ecomsauce]

How do you find these deals? Where do you buy them?

[@dinesh785]

Lots of hard work did by you. Nice presentation. Keep posting helpful videos. Thanks 👍

[@nishantpoudel2757]

Great man. You are my best tech KZbinr

[@DJTechYT]

Amazing video as usual! I would love to see the PowerBook G3 being restored in the future!

[@MattTheComputerGeek]

There is software that allows you to backup a working iPad and transfer that backup to a locked iPad via USB. I forget the name but it will take an ITunes backup and put it on locked iPad and boom working iPad. I had to use this when I was doing IT support for several schools.

[@gamingzilla4059]

“A fine edition to my collection” - general Jeff

[@kirkkong5829]

I hope you upload a step by step tutorial about everything in phone repairs. That'll help very much

[@Mr_Lesbian]

If the macbook air uses an iPod hdd, could you flash mod it with an iPod board too? Just a thought, Is it just the physical size and capacity that’s the same, or is the connector and technologies the same too? Just a thought.

[@fedegaru1550]

I have been thinking to get into repairing computers, where do you find them? like what sites or where do you buy them?

[@alexjamouneau1166]

Awesome video! What editing software do you use on your macbook

[@dergonmcdragon3161]

I definely need to see restoring Apple II floppy disk, but when do you buy an Apple II most older PC to restore?

[@manandsofa5265]

I suspect the old MacBook with the speaker problem could be it’s had some liquid damage or falling apart. Best case is it’s the drivers and a factory reset is only needed.

[@Darkn]

"It may even be quicker to run this computer off the USB port" - 10:02 I've never heard something so true.

[@adityanarayansreejith9362]

12:30 That's the best way to replace things. The best Laptop for reparability!! Doesn't need screws anywhere!

[@maxz8807]

It's all fun and games until the screwless mechanism breaks and your DVD drive falls out in the elevator.

[@adityanarayansreejith9362]

@@maxz8807 lol. Was that usual with these things😅

[@jindrasmutny4181]

10:30 same for me, I have about 7 Activation locked iPhones and it’s a pity ☹️ but I’m not destroying it or something like that, I’m keeping it for parts like you 😁

[@The93Momo93]

you should do some research, pretty sure there are some backdoors depending on OS version

[@TheHearseAroundJimThorpe]

I’m happy to see the apple II floppy port mostly because I just picked up an apple IIe with no power supply. But it does have a color monitor a different floppy drive then you have and a dual floppy drive. Also a 2006 iMac from the same guy.

[@rajatraj6875]

Been following you a lot mate. Would feel really good if I could get my hands on one of them. It'll really help with my studies. Nonetheless appreciate your effort of reusing and reducing the never-ending e-waste. Kudos!