I got free Toshiba Laptop - Can I restore it? ( Retro )

[@JimboTheJim]

There's something about playing GTA San Andreas on old machines like this at 4 by 3 aspect ratio that just feels right! Whenever I try to play it on new computers the graphics look dated but for some reason playing it on old computers and old screens makes it looks magical the way it was when I was a kid! Anyways, great restoration as always, thank you for bringing life to these old machines, you're an inspiration

[@VamanNeurekar]

I constantly rewatch your old videos. I wish you uploaded more frequently, but I understand how difficult it must be to do everything on your own. Great content as always! Keep it up!

[@Random00006]

im really happy to see this old machine back to working status in my opinion you are honestly genius

[@konstantine_c]

This is one of the best retro gaming laptops out there! Got my hands on one of these a while back and meant to do a disassembly and upgrade video on it, as there wasn’t one on KZbin at the time. You beat me to it 😐 I may still do one, to increase awareness of how good this laptop is.

[@heckintech]

What a nice old laptop! Another great video, friend! And y'know what? You DO inspire me! I've been watching you from my personal account for a long time, but tech youtubers like yourself inspired me to make my own channel! My last episode was about restoring a weird Korean computer, and it's thanks to videos like yours! 😁Keep that great content coming, I'll keep watching! 🧡

[@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew]

Bro you have a lot of stuff, just keep it up, you have my subb and support

[@alammumu]

where is the cat

[@acronym.4328]

Editing the videos, of course. Where else?

[@pinateszek6975]

cat actually means computer and technology (i think)

[@mikhailkirton8072]

@@pinateszek6975 makes sense, but I'll take that he's editing videos @Acronym

[@alammumu]

@@acronym.4328 🤣💀

[@mxmobile5619]

@@pinateszek6975 it does and it says so in the about page of his channel

[@sagejpc1175]

Your videos are getting me through grad school, thank you for everything!

[@jozsefizsak]

This was great! Those Tecras were the top of the line models made for rich executives. It's fun to have these old devices that are excellent quality that I could never afford to buy when they were new. It's a bit like having a Rolls Royce. 😊

[@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew]

This took me back in a day when I do smartphone repairs, we had tecras there to flash phones :)

[@jub8891]

a minimalist linux or other unix distribution would make these kind of machines still very usable (and more secure) for day to day tasks

[@Nord72]

@@jub8891 Revios11 or tiny11 is fine with 4(3)GB of Ram onto these tecras, I have 3 of them...Haiku os also a great choice

[@charlessale409]

I like the quiet format of the videos without music. It’s relaxing.

[@isaacishimura8409]

Great video Andrew, it's nice to see restorations of older model laptops. Thanks for your content.

[@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew]

Thank youu bro :D

[@henkholdingastate]

This laptop makes a very sollid impres.....more than most modern laptops

[@shocknaw]

idk why but this was so satisfying to watch

[@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew]

Thank you bro :)

[@compteutilisateur2477]

Andrew is a Legend

[@TheSpotify95]

Glad to see that this laptop is back in good order again - these older machines are great for older software. I believe that this machine would have originally ran Windows XP. And yes, the latest Firefox still installs on Windows 7, though Chrome is dropping support for both 7 and 8/8.1 shortly!

[@Ericius_01]

omg I remember the day Chrome dropped XP and Vista support. How time flies

[@TheSpotify95]

@@Ericius_01 Ironically Chrome dropped Vista support before even Microsoft dropped Vista support. Nowadays Chrome needs Windows 10/11...

[@Ericius_01]

@@TheSpotify95 I remember, cos I still swore by Vista back in 2016 as it just worked for me. Hated windows 8 and 10. I wouldn't be surprised if Microsoft told them to drop vista support as well as XP, to try and get people to abandon their OS's that don't track you through the requirement of a ms account

[@PantusiaGaming]

Chrome denied support for High Sierra and Mojave! there is no way i am going to upgrade my MacBook's OS to Monterey!

[@abrahamseedvictory]

bro I personally love your content please make more of this computer videos

[@SrLusca]

Simplesmente o melhor youtuber quando o assunto é melhorar desktops e notebooks antigos! Parabéns Andrew 👏🏼

[@davelee1866]

Andrew you are fantastic, creative and innovative. I love watching all your videos. Keep up the good work.

[@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew]

Thank youu bro :)

[@Ericius_01]

love these laptop restoration videos, and man you do such a boss job of those screens, I can never get them THAT clean!

[@Bluekyeet]

Still the best laptop restoration youtube channel

[@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew]

Thank youu bro

[@Marie579]

I like your organised logical thorough approach to your restorations your'e very competent in your restorations it's a pleasure to watch you. 👍👍👍

[@DragonBlazeDesigns]

that is good laptop that you got for free but not only that it was damaged but not too bad when you got repaired it show us that old can still bring us something good memory and enjoy how things, where back when the laptop where build like tanks to live on for many years ahaha is sad that new laptop are build faster and more but use cheap and smaller parts that are very sensitive much like our self, is that odd that old days we where not so sensitive to things but now we are much like new PC haha be careful I may break

[@mqtlfy]

I love that you've removed the music from the background, so relaxing, please keep your videos quite and free from the music!

[@MegaTerryNutkins]

I used old Toshibas a lot with work (and games obviously!) so seeing that red lettering on the boot spalsh screen brings back memories.

[@chrisredfield8698]

ADMIT IT GUYS !!! Cleaning the screen is the most SATISFYING part 😘😘😘

[@JOJO0110]

I know that money dont came from the sky but bro, i need more of this vids. I like it a lottttttttt.

[@salmansiddiq4521]

This laptop reminds me of my first laptop which was a Toshiba satellite m45 from 2005 which i got from my dad in 2013. It was not powerful with a single core Pentium m processor clocked at 1.73ghz and a gig of dual channel ram and intel GMA graphics. But it was a fun one. I was just sooo excited and was on cloud 9 when I got the thing. Even though I purchased newer laptops which are waaay powerful than my old Toshiba, still I couldn't get the kind of excitement and happiness which I got back then. I still have her and have maintained her over the years. I used to play games like GTA SA, VC, 3, NFS MW, etc. Even 20 FPS felt like 60 FPS back then. Those were the days.

[@omarfmarquezs]

Great work Andrew and bring us a huge inspiration

[@stefanstechlab]

Honestly, he inspired me to do repairs and restoring of older and modern machines.

[@DyJUSTO]

i have one just like that old tecra.. in fact i have lots of tecras.. olds and new... i thik they stop doing tecra line 3 or 4 yrs ago... the one i have just like that i sold to a mechanic that need one to use XP to use only one program to restart car centralines and clean errors from the cars .. i sold it in 2018 for 80 euros working like he wants to... well another great video from Andrew.. i like to see your videos in my free times.. it´s something i like to do also. but you have patience to make all edition of video and i dont !!! LOL cheers Andrew !!! continue the Great Job !!

[@martingiavedoni8837]

Andrew You are a Genius for me.

[@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew]

Thank youuu

[@miboxcmpinto4977]

I'm here for the cat.

[@robertcartier5088]

A very solid machine! I used two of them every day for 4 years, in a retail environment... They took a beating because they were necessarily stashed and locked away every night by tired, and careless personnel. So, yeah, Tecra are built to last!

[@warior1195]

Damn, it's 1am right now but i need to watch this

[@scrumptiousjdp]

This is the beginning of the graphics evolution?? You must be pretty young. Think Pong and Space Invaders! Nice job though!

[@itsdeonlol]

Good job on bringing this laptop back to life!

[@ryanjohnmartinez7846]

Nice.. I have learn cleaning technique from this guy thanks Andrew.

[@moametal2707]

Always love your laptop repairing content❤️

[@satorumikami21]

Hey bro thanks for the videos I've been watching every video you make keep up the good work........your fan from the Philippines here👍👍👍

[@Richard_375]

Glad to be knowing that you kept stickers and disk in stock condition

[@marcelosantos-rw6mf]

Hello Andrew, I follow your videos from Brazil, they are wonderful, I have a tip for you, to clean the "heat pipe" I use a metal polish that is sold in several countries, the name is "Brasso" it cleans and gives shine again to the metal of the "heat pipe" and increases the conductivity of the thermal paste when it cleans the contact area of the processor or integrated video card, maybe you can find it in the amazon store online.

[@maurosantos666]

Battery still working!!! WOW!! This kaptop is good to make a Batocera or something like this.

[@SerjStar]

Oh man brings me back to 2005 and my birthday I had a Toshiba satellite laptop similar to this 🙃

[@itisHooman]

its a good laptop, nice video btw🥰

[@miboxcmpinto4977]

I know you are Andrew... Hello... But WHO IS CAT?!

[@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew]

Hi bro, actually the cat stands for Computers And Technology, just short version Cat

[@miboxcmpinto4977]

@@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew AHAHHAHAHA funny 🤣 I thought you had a cat 🐈😺

[@DNT88_]

More content with high End laptops, YOU are the best, i am a fan of aliemware and Asus

[@bogdanseverin]

Omagod finally post

[@greatmax420]

Hey there, nice job by restoring this quite-a-bit older laptop. I agree with you that an SSD would be fine, even though it's a 32-bit spec computer. Question, do you use Linux for restoring laptops instead of Windows? Because I think this laptop would be better with a Linux distro (just my opinion).

[@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew]

I agree with you, the linux is great for these older machines, but I used windows in windows because is more familiar and there are more stuff to test. anyway I will use linux in future videos as well

[@advansafic1257]

I think that this computer would even run a 64 bit operating system. :)

[@whatteverr]

14:33 nowadays laptop battery are survived 2-3 years! this retro laptop battery still performed , amazing ! this called Japanese quality!

[@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew]

I miss the old quality, nowadays the products are becoming more and more trashy

[@mdrumt]

Nice build!

[@안희민-w6o]

항상 영상 잘보고 있습니다. 요즘 노트북 리스토레이션도 좋지만, 레트로북 고치는 영상이 더 느낌이 있네요. 요즘은 케이스 도색은 잘 안하시던데, 도색도 오랜만에 한번 해주셨으면 좋겠네요. 항상 응원합니다~😊

[@re-fix9678]

Good👍

[@birbv]

I wish Windows 7 was still supported, it would run well on weak computers and has a user interface that made sense.

[@NormanF62]

This would run well on Linux, a LTS edition like Red Hat or Alma Linux would give it long life now that Windows 7 is no longer supported.

[@badger67]

I'm replying to you on a Tekra A9 which has a C2D 2.50Mhz CPU, SSD and 4 Gb RAM and it's running Manjaro KDE beautifully. 👍

[@RaraytheEditor]

somehow i miss the fun background music that made me subscribe to this channel...

[@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew]

Because of some changes in yt tos I have to use more voice in videos :/ but I will try something

[@RaraytheEditor]

@@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew i hope you find something that will work for you and your fans. more power!

[@mcdus78]

My first laptop in 2010 was a Toshiba Satellite which I still have today. Unfortunately, it's so old and slow and just collecting dust. Times have changed.

[@michaelwood9866]

i have an old compaq pentium 4 laptop and it's a thick boy, but i watched a video on how to disassemble it so icould clean it and re apply thermal paste.....it is a desktop cpu after all and with doing all the maintenence and upgrades i could, it runs quiet and cool considering......it also has it's charm so i keep it.

[@gaborszucs8935]

Nice restoration, although i think you have put the wrong screw in the lower right section of the palmrest....

[@colinreece3452]

Andrew I love watching all your videos, I too do some restoring of computers, I mainly do desktops but have done a few laptops. One thing I find annoys me on your videos in the music inbetween your projects, I have to turn it down till you speak, if I mute it altogether I miss you talking. Just my personal view but I wondered if anyone finds it the same but doesn't like saying?

[@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew]

Thank you for the support :) I will use more voice instead music, many like the music many don't but I think the same it's better with no music

[@carinapowered995]

Toshiba laptops have been around for a long time, I used to have one running dos 3.0, its a pitty they went out of business after win vista.

[@TheSpotify95]

You can still buy Toshiba laptops, but they have been rebranded to Dynabook instead.

[@Janika1982]

Good job!

[@VOLTRONDEFENDER4440]

Andrew I do recomend getting artics MX4 paste as its a cheap but good thermal paste as I use it on my custom PC I built and tempretures stayed around 60C

[@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew]

I'm using MX4, but now I run out, IT's a great thermal paste and worth for the money

[@UltraCenterHQ]

My second laptop looked exactly like this, an old Toshiba. But the screen randomly broke like that after I didn't use it for a while

[@Daniel-cu8gj]

Toshiba resurrection nice

[@rubya69]

Broo, I'm not expected this laptop can play GTA San Andreas with no frame drop 😭

[@Saiky-0-8]

Andrew no More consoles?? I like much your videos!

[@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew]

I will bro, the next one should be about console

[@SerbianSpark19]

Love your content but i have a small issue i miss the old style of you reparing laptops in your videos

[@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew]

I will back that content as well and also I'm working to expend to more areas and more educational videos, thank you for the suggestion

[@SerbianSpark19]

@@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew ok👍 thx

[@DuneRunnerEnterprises]

So, that's how you looking!!!

[@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew]

Yep

[@MTN1601]

Few years ago, I got a ThinkPad T43 (high end) without HDD and only have 512mb of ram, I used it as dummy laptop but then one day, for some reason, the display broke and I was really sad after that.

[@orenraveh1162]

Sure You Can Restore It!

[@Shobiaki-23]

I am waiting for the upcoming thinkpad video

[@carlosaguilarc]

Is that little bump on the right side of the palmrest damage from a misplaced log screw?

[@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew]

Yep :D

[@carlosaguilarc]

@@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew It happened to me a long time ago when I took my laptop to a repair service provider. Sad.

[@sambhavsingh5088]

Love your content, but missing the old style video content.

[@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew]

I will do series of that kind as well bro, currently there are some changes and I'm trying to fix them

[@John_Rambo23]

Hi Andrew, not sure if you do answer the questions asked!?

[@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew]

I don't know bro, I mean what do you mean? Sorry if I forgot something, I'm trying to cover most of the messages and e-mails, I can miss sometimes :/

[@axesaspw]

Nice. I have my the upgraded laptop vaio sata ssd 2gb 915GM, gma900 video and PM 780

[@luisf.velasquezq]

@Cat An andrew. Definitely every video is a laptop maintenance and upgrade class. And it makes me feel honored to be mentioned in comments and whatnot. From the bottom of my heart, thank you so much bro for everything. I have learned a lot. A fraternal greeting from Bogota, Colombia and good vibes bro.

[@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew]

Thank you for the support bro :) and I'm glad that my videos are helpful :)

[@iranouspolaris2035]

You are awsome, please get a cat unless your allergic.

[@rafaykhan1971]

love from pakistan keep it up bro learned a lot for my own laptop

[@carlabouantoun6152]

What is the size for the DC power supply? I have a Tecra M5 myself but the battery is empty and there is no charger. Pls help.

[@aaaabbbb8404]

bro fr sounds like a minecraft youtuber filming how to build modern houses💀💀

[@crayman10]

Hey Andrew with adobe podcast you can enchance your voice try It😉

[@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew]

I will try little experiment

[@fadedninna]

Greetings from Turkiye🇹🇷

[@akbarahmer4277]

I pretty much have the same but lower specs and the body is a bit different and with some proper cooling setup and software optimisation I can push the system to it's very limits. I've been waitin for almost my entire life for a gaming pc , now don't even know when I'll get one😓😔😔

[@mrpp296]

Can you please make an upgradation or restoration video of Sony vaio pcg 71911m or vpceh series?? I want to upgrade mine and your video will be a great help. 😇

[@christianvscastro]

Hi Andrew, may I ask where or how you download games for your test after the build?

[@davidharvey4059]

A perfect candidate for Linux Mint

[@badger67]

I'm replying to you on a Tekra A9 which has a C2D 2.50Mhz CPU, SSD and 4 Gb RAM and it's running Manjaro KDE beautifully. Only takes 30 minutes to install Manjaro and update it. How long did Win 7 take, 1, 2, 3 hours?

[@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew]

Win 7 took about 35-45 min, not counting the time for drivers installation

[@badger67]

@@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew then it was a mistake by me, because the last and only time I put Win 7 onto a pc, it took most of the day to install update after update. I am not joking, it kept asking for updates. I can laugh now, but at the time it was just horrible. I can recommend Manjaro though, it's superb Talking of Firefox, do you use the 'Add On' NoScript? It allows you to control scripts on a website. It's a huge learning curve but well worth it. I wouldn't advise putting it on your primary computer though until you get your head around it. Take care 👍

[@JessicaFEREM]

Pretty epic

[@protechtamizha1119]

Brother please make budget hackintosh pc

[@exploreFunHistory]

You should try linux os on old laptop after restoration

[@abdullahemrebaskale4844]

Would you make a video which shows the difference between SSD and HDD. Also would you try to install windows 10.

[@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew]

I have planned something like that, but I already there are many videos about this topic, anyway I will do something about that but in shorts

[@abdullahemrebaskale4844]

@@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew Your works are very important for these days. Beacause people -generally in the whole world- are accustomed to buy new products. We must repair everything, we must use every product as long as possible. YOU ARE MAKING VERY VERY IMPORTANT AND BENEFICIAL VIDEOS. Maybe you will make an advertisement about this situtaiton.

[@EastAngliaUK]

nice keep going

[@carlosaguilarc]

What happened to the background music? :(

[@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew]

I will return it, there are some new rules and I'm trying to fix some stuff

[@WIDRCraft12]

I miss the cat picture😭😭

[@lordresident]

Console Modding when? plz ;)

[@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew]

I'm planning for the next video

[@Askar_Birmuhammedov]

Andrew, what do you do when display has highlighted zones? It is often seen on old laptops, very bright places on display

[@terrydaktyllus1320]

The "highlighted zones" are more commonly known as "pressure marks" and there's not a lot that you can do to fix them other than to replace the screen completely. If you start to repair a laptop that has pressure marks then it is worth completing the installation and seeing how noticeable the marks are when the OS is up and running - in a lot of cases, you don't notice them that much once you start using the computer.

[@Askar_Birmuhammedov]

@@terrydaktyllus1320 i know about pressure marks, but in real life simple people call them so. Yes, most commonly we have to use displays with them

[@gameplaygold286]

it is a nice video man

[@j_r_-]

Wheres the cat? I was expecting a cat

[@jub8891]

thats a nice tosh

[@colinreece3452]

Andrew on a couple of your videos I saw you used a laptop as a desktop, how and what wires/connections do you use to connect to a monitor?

[@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew]

Hi, I'm using the standard ports on the laptop, like VGA, HDMI, etc. But when I use external graphic card I'm using device called EXP GDC, the EXP GDC is working trough Mini PCI-E, NGFF ( these are Wi-Fi ports ) Express Card slot ( for older laptops ) or M.2 for some newer. But EXP GDC is Not compatible with all laptops, just with some models.

[@colinreece3452]

@@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew Thank for the help and reply Andrew,

[@herbcraw1804]

Why did you install Mozilla Firefox 32bit? You have 4Gb of RAM. Di you install Windows 7 64Gb? Just curious

[@theanime3985]

Hi i have one like this pc but he dont work please answer me