I Got FREE Laptop - Forgotten in Time

[@kztech1319]

For clarification, this is Turion 64 Socket 754 based machine. Meaning it has only support for single core Turion 64's, DDR1 RAM up to 2GB and most of the time single channel only, mPCI WiFi and IDE hard drive. came inbetween Pentium M and Core duo laptops so it makes sense.

[@snorlexxx20]

Watching this video brings back memories and seeing those games which I haven't finished playing until now, makes me wanna install and play them again

[@TechDave]

you could use an ide to msata for older systems like this, bit of a speed boost, and cheap & easy to replace!

[@TheSpotify95]

The mSATA SSD is about £15-£20 on its own for 128GB variant, then another £10 for the adapter... not worth it on some low spec older laptops.

[@unionxenon]

Adapter gives no speed boost, if it's not causing issues of its own. mSATA drive would be bottlenecked to IDE speeds. Finding a working 2.5" IDE would be easier

[@TechDave]

@TheSpotify95 fair point, u can get them as low as 64gb, was mainly pointing it out for the sake of anyone who wanted a more reliable/long term drive solution, if u see what I mean

[@TechDave]

@xe8905 on my thinkpad t43 (also locked at ide speeds) I noticed significant increase in responsivenes/load times, so I'm my personal experience that's worth the investment

[@kiddo55662]

And then IDE Interface SSD??? Faster???

[@TheSpotify95]

Nice, glad to hear that you managed to get this working again! I'm all for saving old devices and getting them working again, so keep up the good work! And yes - always check the thermal system to ensure that the CPU doesn't cook itself. Arctic MX-4 isn't expensive (or you could get other thermal paste, even MX-2).

[@crazyop5165]

Aww I see u everywhere Spotify 95

[@crazyop5165]

Pls reply

[@TheSpotify95]

@@crazyop5165 Hello - yes you probably do see me in the comments on a lot of tech related videos! Hope you're doing well.

[@Noiconnotag]

I had something similar, managed to install Win7 on it, worked great, and after a while I managed to upgrade it to Win10 which was a surprise. It was still very functional as Win10 but a bit slower than when it had Win7 on it. The laptop was from 2009 I believe, had an Atom 1 or 2 cores cpu, 160gb ide drive, 2gb ddr2 ram (upgraded from 1gb originally). I only used it for web/music/movies/retro games.

[@mwolf7780]

Same, Had a Acer Travelmate 4330 with 1 gigs ddr2 ram Celeron 900 and 160gb HDD. Then I upgrade to core 2 duo t6400 with 4gb DDR2 RAM and SATA Supported 120GB SSD (Originally system had support for SATA II, Not IDE port). Then I Installed Windows 10

[@Rakachanrio]

Since 2008-2009 many laptop with Intel core duo can run 10 (even 11) with basic functionality. At least for better on 10 using x86 type, build 1809 (i think?) with 4 GB Extended PAE

[@eliax600]

Thanks Andrew, this really sent me back in time when I was a kid. Nice and relaxing video. Well Done. 😘

[@tonyexcel5813]

My favourite channel about repair and restoration.🔥

[@maurosantos666]

Always a great job! Regards from Brasil!

[@DyJUSTO]

what a patience man! Great job! personaly i dont lose time with computers older than win7 minimum dual core duo ... and 4gb of ram... to 8gb... and that IDE omg .. whatching this video brings me to the past wen we waith for hours to install the XP !!! Congratulations Andrew you have patience to make it work again.. and you win some extra money with the views and likes ... i did like your work as always .. but personally i dont waste money or time with computers older than win 7 ... but i apreciate to see your videos like this one to relax and enjoy it .

[@mikecass8306]

Thanks Andrew brings back many memories when I bought a brand new Medion laptop, megabucks then lol

[@aymanintiser8997]

Looking forward to detailing or Restoring another laptop or pc from you.

[@mdrumt]

Great work as always. You can get ide to sata adapter so you can put an ssd inside. Also the gpu thermal paste might be old and crusty as well.

[@TheSpotify95]

You have to use IDE to mSATA adapter, because going to a normal SATA port and using a SATA SSD, it won't fit into the space provided. These laptops were only designed to be used with IDE disks.

[@gordonfreimann]

you brought a lot of memories from my childhood 😭

[@gilangnur8305]

windows xp & gta san andreas, oh this is perfect time machine

[@neuromante7423]

Increible mi hermano eres el mejor saludos

[@genesisisiahsanpedro852]

Hi andrew! I always watching your laptop restoration and upgrade videos and I badly want you to restore my laptop 😢 but i think it is not posible because Im from the Philippines. Anyway, nice video ❤

[@jimtamim1708]

Those winap players is so cool

[@cosminmilitaru9920]

Looks so clean and neat and industrial, and has a subwoofer underneath it! : ) Just please add a rubber feet on the corner where it's missing! OCD... also XP Silver theme haha. Bro knows the best games! :D Thank you for the nice cool video!

[@jozsefizsak]

That's very nice!

[@skyhawk21]

Thanks miss the good ole days, love Winamp and .mp3 music burnt to cd-r to play in portable mp3 player and in old car decks

[@michaelkoerli3815]

Oh heyyy… great find. They don’t build laptop with this quality anymore

[@doafan455]

Still got one laptop with Windows XP at home, is where I play the PS1 games 🤘

[@jiahilmi]

Neighbours from Hell, I love this game.

[@mfaizansari2535]

Awesome video Love from India

[@GeraltOfTheRivia]

man, i remember playing gta vice city on a laptop like this back in the day

[@grazhdaninrossii]

Nice. Thanks!

[@rakeshpk9648]

Looks very neat !!!

[@Bluekyeet]

Your videos are very entertaining and interesting

[@sourav7620]

so true regarding that game running or not I 100% agree always your best subscriber watching you from scratch.

[@handmade_videos]

Unusual that you get an old laptop and it‘s clean like new! I always have to take a lot of time to just dust off the old machines I get. Greetings

[@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew]

Yep, this is very surprising

[@JW78910JQK]

maybe that’s the water washing machine from china😂

[@ernestsauer9683]

Hi Andrew. I really enjoy your channel. Please consider making videos more often

[@Janika1982]

Nice laptop!😊

[@debabratabrahma]

back at time FPS stood for First person shooter and TPS for third person shooter 😄 there was no frame limitation problem unlike today's era

[@j.lietka9406]

That laptop is in great condition!

[@j.lietka9406]

@CatandAndrew.. the stolen plans to the Death Star!

[@caramon95]

neat work

[@tharakauka]

That took me back to my childhood

[@bigbadspikey]

That's a nice looking machine.

[@TagintingRadioPH]

SOLID!!

[@bizonis4e11]

Oooh ,winamp 🔥

[@michaelwood9866]

i think it's kinda funny that you are using the exact same keyboard i'm typing on right now.

[@anishghosh9563]

I love your accent and voice so much

[@iSamYTBackup]

and xp starter edition is super limited

[@iminimal86]

This video brought me to the past 😢

[@fridaycaliforniaa236]

Worms Armageddon 🥰🥰

[@rashidmartialarts9513]

Great video

[@안희민-w6o]

고전게임하기 딱 좋은 날씨다~ 😂

[@GhostARMYY7]

Which classic game?

[@STEVieLOL3]

Hello andrew, what kind of thermal paste did you used?😅

[@RANSRI29]

Windows XP startup and shutdown sound...❤ oh my God, Good old days.. @Microsoft please re-release MS XP 2024 or 2025 version plz 🙏..

[@nobody_023k]

I don't think that they will ever do that

[@MrRoySebastian]

More PC Gaming Laptop Old!! 😊

[@khalifahjamaluddin]

Used to have this Turion64 x2 laptop and it’s save me for a deadline if rendering my Cinema 4D as my PowerMac G4 CPU was doomed 😅

[@yuanchoy2]

never heard for this brand and that owner must keep very no dust then that shoting game very epic

[@arnabsadhukhan]

PLEASE do some spray paint mod like previous videos

[@amdintelxsniperx]

im pretty sure you can get a turion x2 working on this too

[@noway4040]

You say 100 GB is not much, but I remember the days I daily used a single core CPU laptop (Fujitsu E8010 - still have it) with 512 MB of memory and a 40 GB disk and that was plenty enough. I used to play GTA SA on it, and even did some drawing with older versions of Autocad.

[@Biaanca5036]

Older versions of programs saved much smaller files too, I remember needing a floppy disk for elementary school and having like 20 or 30+ word//excel//powerpoint documents saved to it back when there was only microsoft office 2003//2007 and now a single excel file is like 50KBytes at minimum

[@MarcABrown-tt1fp]

@@Biaanca5036 A 3 1/2" floppy could still hold 28 50KB files. 🤔

[@Fred_le_lorrain]

A 30gb SSD IDE hard disk exists. I have one. Best choice for old laptop.

[@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew]

I had few a long ago, but I gave it, now I have only these mechanical disks :D

[@SDRIFTERAbdlmounaim]

can you check how many FPS did it get in gta san andreas ?

[@retrotechpinas3640]

Damn that laptop looks prestine.

[@nobody_023k]

This guy is the only one who plays video games on old laptops using advanced 2Ghz gaming mouse😂

[@coolduder1001]

It's compatible with an sd card adapter, which works better than you think.

[@adriantjuuh]

I love this model, if you ever want to sell me this i would want to add it to my collection. I have dozens of this model laptops mainly Packard Bell ( R3400 ) the same laptop and some Benq en Medion models

[@lovemake.sharma]

*I think computers are the only electronic machine that can work for 2-3 decades. Software always brake your system hardware really.*

[@lietus4192]

Cool! Maybe you could do another alienware video?

[@fatmama335]

What keyboard are you using on your main PC ?

[@aimarismahalilvagrant]

Old laptop was need restore it back, but someone don't repair and someone buy another laptop also old laptop throwing away

[@aimarismahalilvagrant]

@CatandAndrew.. that right

[@smagurtdelacruz7683]

What brand of thermal paste your using?

[@pavy415]

Should have maxed out the ram

[@yvasyliev]

Can this laptop run KZbin videos?

[@mihaillevarda9395]

Well, it is Likely that on this laptop youtube to crash, but even if youtube loaded even 144p videos will struggle

[@2xtreem4u]

there are ssd with atapi for vintage computers

[@davebecks10]

can you tell what games are in this video please?😁🙏🏻

[@chopenergyGamer]

Hello! Andrew, i like your videos!😀, Can you fix and upgrading one old gaming laptop? But is not alienware this time. Can you fix and upgrading Old razer blade laptop?. There can be old blades on ebay.. like your videos!!

[@chopenergyGamer]

Ok :(

[@mistrotech8894]

How does linux run on there?

[@Shobiaki-23]

Hello sir I am waiting for your complete broken laptop broken Thinkpad e440 laptop

[@raihanfarrelofficial]

Medion

[@HexklTheHexagon]

Wow

[@adinchandra1797]

Maybe this laptop still able to run Linux Distro

[@jmlgames2]

SHUT UP LINUX CUCK FANBOY

[@Techlevel1534.]

Imagine trying to install windows 10 on this laptop 💀

[@SHAKTiLOFiSONGS.77]

Sir dell Inspiron 3542 restore !

[@toukirtazammul]

❤❤❤❤

[@ali99_82]

How did you get it for free?

[@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew]

Many people just threw old tech, but instead I pick up. Something that is working or can be repaired I leave it but something is recycling, I do not recycle but I know some guys that are recycling electronics, sometimes even they will bring me some spare parts

[@waxwagner]

I don't get anything as a gift haha

[@ciromota]

Wy not a linux distro for this old machines?

[@declanjamesbateson]

Try upgrading to Windows 10

[@cybereye911]

Why not windows 11😂 with 4gigs ram 😂

[@asepdaniel6287]

Why not upgrade ram to 4gb and install windows 7😥

[@JujutsuMasta]

They prob wanna keep the original feel of the laptop considering he won't even be using it

[@mediaenterprises-lesterjoh6587]

Windows XP

[@ayanafsar9042]

Giveaway please ☹️

[@Gamer12509]

Can I get one

[@jjohnson71958]

let me know when to send it in the mail to the mailing address i gave you

[@dineshsingh-gb6un]

Ye videshi company kahe

[@maximus_ab]

How is he getting all these stuff for free...all we get free in our country is cows shit

[@VamanNeurekar]

First!

[@nobody_023k]

I have a Windows 8 laptop which is far more advanced than this

[@RoshenPerera1]

Second!

[@manleom2260]

" THIS MEANS THIS COMPUTER WILL NOT WORK BECAUSE WE WILL INSTALL A TWENTY YEAR OLD OPERATING SYSTEM."

[@jjohnson71958]

love it and id love to have it

[@jjohnson71958]

@CatandAndrew.. jeremie johnson 719 N Main St

[@jjohnson71958]

laconia nh 03246

[@jjohnson71958]

what is your address for me to look for

[@rodrigogouveia9230]

[@whatteverr]

you should fix your mic sound. in videos your voice is more thin than normal, very uncomfortable to listen to. @CatandAndrew

[@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew]

Thank you for the suggestion bro, in last videos I have used few mics and I tried some stuff, but not good I agree

[@jakesanchez3415]

Winamp player 🥲 spent thousands of hours playing my favorite songs downloaded from limewire... Good ol days.

[@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew]

I have used the limewire as well :D and bearshare