Mostly broken Toshiba Satellite 1105 laptop

[@vwestlife]

XP product keys are out there for those who want them... I just didn't want it to be so easy.

[@kbhasi]

Yes. I think you should tell your customer that it has so many broken components, and it would be expensive to repair. Then maybe strip it for parts, recover their data if possible, and maybe pay them a small sum of cash. Also, I think that the plastic on the top came from the packaging.

[@baaelectronics]

That sound of the hard drive is surprisingly relaxing... Either it's the rhythm or the semi-soft sounds it makes.

[@547maikel]

it scared the shit out of me when that random beep came for the first time XD

[@smilingboss77]

Sounds like the hard drive has the click of death.

[@armanox]

Ugh. I have one of these on my shelf. Wasn't a super terrible laptop, it was surprisingly peppy (Win XP, 1GB RAM, 1.2GHz [Pentium III] Celeron), but the hinges gave out on me. The HDD ended up going into a different laptop of mine, but getting to it was a huge pain - it is one of those laptops (like the 1st gen MBP) that you have to take the whole thing apart to get to the HDD.

[@177jor]

I´m still searching for the ram and power supply from that laptop..

[@goos3723]

BIOS says there is Pentium while sticker says there is Celeron inside... funny.

[@brottochstraff]

probably upgraded at some point in its life.

[@albear972]

I have a genuine Pentium 4 with HT technology sticker on my wallet since 2004. My wallet doesn't have Pentium 4 with HT but the sticker says it does 😁

[@Kev971king]

Is a celeron 1133 (4:50)

[@i05af]

It's a pentium class celeron

[@rhaib]

@@i05af yes

[@MarkTheMorose]

That sounded like UXWBill laughing at the Toshiba Alarm.

[@ziggykozera7341]

I noticed you hid the security key. Whoul it even work elsewhere? After all these years you'd think it would be no good. Or is there something I'm mising. Your channel is something I found earlier this year and just love it. Thank you.

[@BobM925]

I've "fixed" 5 (yes 5) computers recently for friends/workmates - all of them XP machines and in every case they needed a fresh install. So I have a genuine XP Pro disc (that I bought and paid for many years ago) and have used that same disc to re-install XP on all 5, with the same product key. All 5 failed online activation, all 5 were successful on "over the phone" activation. I've since done a 6th install on my laptop (tri-booting XP, 7 and Ubuntu) and phone activation worked yet again!!!

[@vwestlife]

But the Genuine Advantage check is still required, which means you need a valid product key to get updates.

[@captaintofuburgerz5053]

FWIW (especially for youtube/camera), when I would diagnose a bad back light just shine a flashlight on the front. Just makes it easier to see and show people / customers for my case.

[@Techformative557]

Holy shit those volume wheels were the bomb..My Toshiba Dynabook Satellite K30 has one up front..its real handy when it comes to games

[@LewisPhot]

Have you ever used crystal disk info ? Its a free hard drive checker and its great. It tells you the hdd type condition, smart reading, power on hours and power on count

[@alankearton8284]

Could you do a room tour or something similar?

[@thatguyontheright1]

I have this same laptop in storage. Downgraded it to Windows 98 so I could use my parallel EPROM writer. pretty solid machine I must say.

[@francistheodorecatte]

That trackpad reminds me of the ~4 nubs on my T23's trackpoint I wore completely through.

[@BobM925]

I too have a HP laptop, with shiny/smooth touch-pad and most of the keys too. Its nearly 5 years old and I have dismantled it maybe 10 times over the years to clean the dust and crap out of it (overheats badly). Badly designed, questionable build quality even before I first took it apart - but it still works!

[@gta4life55]

I have a upgraded model well, a better model than that one. It has the S-Video. But it has a you guessed it a bezel cracked due to the stress on the hinge. Apparently these laptops were made by some Chinese company who went bust and didn't really design them all that well because, they put a desktop celeron in them. Mine did not come with a floppy drive. But that cover where the fan is not there, Which I guess is good.

[@blackpowderenergy]

also so far i just got a new hard drive and battery for this thing in the past 16 months, i want to see how long i can keep this dinosaur for

[@Coder-zx4nb]

Ahhhh the touch pad shine. My old laptop looked like that toward the end. Mainly because the thing irritated me with constant freezes and I vented frustration through my finger.

[@microsoftafu]

that hole is probably used as a air intake for higher end models.

[@cornsyruptrucker]

I didn’t recognise it at first but this is the same exact computer as my first laptop (that I had to steal from my parents lol). I had 2 satellites as a kid and on the newer one the psu failed. On this one I believe it had a hdd fail at some point. Haven’t trusted Toshiba as a computer manufacturer since. Interesting bit of forgotten nostalgia for me here.

[@qwertykeyboard5901]

The only toshiba laptop I ever used was a god awful slow bitch. Amd machine too. I'm guessing bulldozer? Don't know. Dear god, that thing was SLOW! Everything chugged on it! Thank god it was my mom's and not mine.

[@stephenhoderny]

cool video ..i love learning about older things

[@scgamer2442]

Older Toshiba laptop hard drives sound like that,I have a old Toshiba satellite that is a similar model to that and it makes the same sounds and works perfectly fine.

[@Lukeno52]

They shouldn't do, and this system was stuck anyway.

[@blackpowderenergy]

hope you dont mind me asking but can i have the ram in that thing for my toshiba satalite 1415-s115 because 1 of my ram sticks died and im down to 256mb also i might need that cd drive because my dc drive on ly laptop only opens when i boot the laptop the button is messed up on it, also does that laptop have a wifi card because my laptop is missing the internal wifi card. i wouldent be asking if my other laptop never died but im 2 poor to go out and spend 150-300 bucks on a decent used laptop

[@coopercrawford4359]

Hi can you help I dropped mine and it looks like ink in the screen but there's no crack on the outside

[@albear972]

Holy crap that mouse touchpad! Those have an usual rough texture. I wonder how many thousands of hours of porn were viewed on that nasty looking thing. The guy got his money's worth. He should retire it and put it out of it's misery already.

[@NBH45304]

Are the backlights in the LCD displays easily fixed ? I have a HP ZE4300 laptop from 2005 that has the Celeron processor. It's still a good computer for piddling around on the internet but the backlight went out this past year (2012). I could see the image on the screen with a flashlight and got an external monitor hooked up to it. We went ahead and bought a new laptop and the old one will cost more to fix then it's worth(according to Best Buy that is.). Your thoughts ?

[@vwestlife]

I offered to try to recover data from the hard drive, but its owner declined, so I didn't mess with it.

[@vwestlife]

That's a flat panel LCD, not a CRT.

[@WeaponizedExplorer]

theres a removable part inside the screen housing, cant remember what its called. power goes into it then it connects to the back light bulbs. i had an acer where that part was defective and it has the same problem as the laptop you have there. think its called an inverter

[@lBonaCl]

XP itself is so old that you could basically walk into any closet and find a computer with a XP sticker with the product key.

[@vwestlife]

No, when I used the bootable CD the touchpad didn't work either.

[@SilasHemmingway]

That's the thing with those older LCD screens. Once they go black, they never...aaand I'm gonna stop right there.

[@geo58impala]

Do you still have this Toshiba laptop? I could really use it for parts if you don't want it. My friend has the same exact model and it was his first computer.

[@Halterung01]

Isn't it pretty unusual for laptops to have floppy drives in the DVD-Age?

[@mcrtrash]

I have a dell inspiron that doesnt start up unless its plugged in. The left click button on the touchpad doesnt work so i have to use a mouse. there is a crack in the case. its a piece of junk.

[@Lukeno52]

I wouldn't necessarily say the touchpad is dead - safe mode may not have loaded the drivers correctly, or not even have loaded enough. That said, the thing is so knackered, it's really not worth fixing - and it takes a lot for me to say that!

[@wilkes85]

Too bad the trackpad is broken. With a new HDD, it would make a nice "halftop"! I assume people come to you all the time, asking to repair their computers eh? That probably gets irritating, but it was nice of you to take a look at this guy's laptop. Hey, you could start charging... I bet you'd make a nice bit of extra cash!

[@RetroGamerVX]

That's one tired beasty, "Kill me" it's shouting ;o)

[@ElectronikHeart]

This computer is still usable ! ^^ (Ok I know it's not in a pretty good shape, but I used worst xD)

[@LachambredeNico]

Electronikhearth ici 😮 oh

[@filipmac1545]

I have a IBM Thikpad T42, with a a clean installation of windows on it and for some reason its super super slow, its take more than 1 minute for a simple program to open! should I just do another clean installation of windows on the laptop, or do you have any useful tips

[@13thFlProductions]

What version of Windows are you running? If you are running too new of a version of Windows it may be bottlenecked by too little RAM or a slow processor.

[@ccalhoun3908]

That's a well loved laptop.

[@hs_doubbing]

That's Microsoft for you, they don't let you use the same PRODUCT KEY a whole bunch, (except, strangely, in my case the one I used had been rejected once already) but they let you use the same INSTALLATION ID as many times as you want!

[@ChartreuseKitsune]

I had a Toshiba Satellite from close to that era, maybe a few years newer, just from use from after I got it second hand the touchpad went almost exactly like this one after a few years use, I think it might have been the coating they used on the Toshibas of that era.

[@SPAMMOTARDXD]

I'm a fan of toshiba laptops because of the not so typical ports they have. I have a A215 that still has the volume dial on the front, got a L755 to replace another laptop and for some reason its horrible, volume function keys rarely decide to work, volume is very tinny, using a usb sound card, and there is an extreme lack of any ports on it. Where'd your quality go toshiba?

[@Lukeno52]

It seems bizarre to me that Toshiba would put a NiMH battery in such a late-model PIII laptop.

[@Velkxis]

"Near death Experience"

[@charlycute123]

is it bad that when im deleting and installing stuff my HDD ticks like every milisecond?

[@awakejake9296]

that must be one of the first windows xp laptops cause I saw the windows legacy logo on the windows key even tho the pc said it was for windows xp

[@jwoolery99]

+TheJakeMan It didn't even show any service packs installed on the safe mode screen.

[@awakejake9296]

Jordan Woolery yeah, VERY old

[@ShiningKureha]

2:17 that must have suffered a drop injury...

[@lineartechbd1600]

Don't you love how people leave that plastic on stuff no matter how old it is? The electronics might be falling apart and crusty and worn out but at least on the day I toss it in the trash, the lid will be like new! Just pull of the plastic people. Why do people deprive themselves of enjoying their electronics to the fullest?

[@mtipto2]

It looks like a bad power inverter for the backlight. I have seen this many times on laptops.

[@Edvinas_channel]

2:35 Is that LT sticker? Maybe this thing is from Lithuania...

[@Austeja608]

+Edvinas nemanau kad iš lietuvos nes kaip jis galėjo antsidūrti amerikoi

[@Edvinas_channel]

Pilnai gali but, as ant senos lietuviskos nokijos turiu toki pati is "rysiu centro"

[@Austeja608]

nu seip gali bet kaip jis ten galejo atsidurti i perdirbimo centra?

[@Edvinas_channel]

a) nelegalus emigrantas lietuvis amerikoje atsikrate savo daiktais b) legalus emigrantas lietuvis amerikoje atsikrate savo daiktais

[@hermanmunster3358]

And somebody asked you to try and FIX this, seriously? I think they are lucky that it even powers on, it must be at least 20 years old, with a NiMh battery. There comes a time when you just have to let go man.

[@YS_Production]

At the end you go "It has a working floppy drive" I am like WHAT? A floppy drive? I think you hadn't mentioned it. First time I see a laptop with CD and floppy, too.

[@andygozzo72]

i have a few laptops with both cd and floppy drive, plus a couple where you can have one at a time, but switch the modules out as you wish..

[@Evan420]

1:37 How are you supposed to attach more than one USB device into the slots...... lol

[@kareno8634]

My '95 Toshiba ~ screen (lcd?) Not now anyway, it ~ 'Melted' - all crinkled. =[

[@jeepwrangled79]

How rare is it to have a laptop that was probably made in 1995 and the stock battery holds a charge for weeks on end? BTW it is a Toshiba 315CDS with a crappy passive matrix LCD.

[@jeepwrangled79]

+Dr. Dro Thanks for the info. By the way it has a Pentium 1 using windows 98 SE.

[@charlescampuz5812]

Nick Jackson DVD & no PS/2 ports in 1995? Doubt it.

[@stvpls]

i prefer everest than aida64

[@SuperFirish]

Damn, the guy squished every penny out of this computer, I wonder when he abandoned the computer (quit probably recently, when he couldn't find parts easily anymore)

[@jimharlon3568]

My sister had an hp pavilion g7 and it wont boot. Sometimes it would be stuck at the hp logo forever and other times only a black screen occurs. She did leave the computer on the carpet floor when in use and the cat did step on the keyboard. Also, it has been dead for a while.

[@Jallge]

My Dell Inspiron 1501 has been worn just as bad and it still works perfectly, touch wood.

[@geotechmore8855]

I actually love my Toshiba laptop 😀. Poor Toshiba laptop in this video 😕. Well at least some parts work which is good 😀.

[@compaqdeskpro5770]

Glass smooth is nothing, I've seen touchpads worn right down to the gold matrix on the circuit board, mostly on cheapo Acers and Toshibas. This is a garbage laptop btw

[@bloodrace]

I Got An Toshiba Satellite Pro It Broke RAM Is Super Full It Might An Spywere And Got An IBM Thinkpad And An Acer Aspire One D250 It Has Intel Atom N270 Inside It An 1 GB DDR2 RAM Upgraded It From 99 Megs Into 1GB DDR2 RAM It's Damn Fast It Fast As An Apple A6X Chip Tried It 3DMark Test Only Problem It Has Windows XP Home Edition Version 2002 Still Not Yet Broken I'm Pretty Sure Acer Has Pretty Intense Protection It Even Has Virus In It Still Not Broken

[@bloodrace]

Why My Ipad Has Problems With Capitalizing Every Letter.......,,,

[@ThePowerMacGalaxy]

Poor Toshiba. Probably was used everyday for the past decade.

[@LightTheUnicorn]

Yeah I think it is called an inverter, I have an Acer with a bad one too.

[@hs_doubbing]

This is unrelated, but is it weird that I successfully activated Windows XP with an old, expired product key? Is it because XP is being retired? Is the same thing happening with Office 2003? Am I asking too many questions in one comment? Well, I know the answer to the last one. Yes.

[@newagederpderp]

This sounds like the hard disk is shot.

[@dzvxo]

Ive been using a compaq presario 5000-something from 2000 to 2012... before I was born, till the hard drive went bad. GO WINDOWS XP!

[@pentiummmx2294]

the backlight is shot, screen needs to be swapped and that beat up turdshiba will work again

[@Phrennie]

Nice alarm.

[@TheCanadianToast]

Holy crap that's the most worn out touchpad I have ever seen. Anyways, cool video. :P

[@leonvdd]

Yeah too old school

[@ed10523]

Grerat Video!

[@ChakkyCharizard]

Haaa. You should see my old Satellite. A screw literally came out of it and a whole corner seperated. Sometimes it crashed when you closed it. :P

[@ChakkyCharizard]

I also have a VERY old HP Pavilion with some LCD or video card issue...Displays lines all over the screen. Surprisingly usable though, if horribly slow.

[@amdintelxsniperx]

p m 1.6 ghz and only up to 512 mbs ram

[@ShiningKureha]

vwl isn't that the worst laptop you ever seen?

[@elvisshow-time6759]

I got the same laptop but it is a model 1110

[@brethren111]

I had Toshiba Satellite from 2009 it was horrible it had 1gb ram on 64 bit witch is just bad

[@robertkilbourne323]

CMOS passwords are all well and good until you don't have it. Good way to make a laptop a doorstop.

[@segaprophet]

That's a lot of dander . .

[@Horsesgamer]

I Think you didnt see my Laptop thats is sometimes Near Death. But Still Works and does His Hard and Deadly Work. And mine has a Real Volume Wheel but didnt work because using external Soundcard.

[@MrCoffeeman58]

BIOS chip went dead

[@amdintelxsniperx]

lol my acer does that when i plug in and unplug my power LOL love my acer i7 840qm with a custom soldered 6870m :) done by me with a heat gun and ball solder

[@jersey17109]

Nice HRC sticker =)

[@andrissturis5295]

old stuff is cool but why to fix it, you can buy new PC for 400$!

[@stvpls]

new laptops are garbage

[@2003ryans]

*BEEP*

[@lucasosucesso]

I used to have this CRT monitor behind @7:35

[@chrism869]

hdd no good

[@pxlfighter5400]

*b e e p*

[@danaciocirlan8082]

vwestlife, buy a new hdd, lcd and touchpat for that laptop and install windows xp

[@vwestlife]

Doing that would exceed the value of the laptop.

[@danaciocirlan8082]

+vwestlife don't forget america online installed

[@filipmac1545]

it not worth it to fix the laptop, its an old broken worn out peace of junk, its also slow

[@danmiguel1260]

Not unless the owner could have gotten the parts on ebay and have you install them. with regards to the touchpad, it might had been best for the owner to get a new palmrest as well. But to be honest, my mother had a Toshiba Satellite L645-S4060 whose motherboard died on her after only 2 years of use. The computer technician told her that it was not fixing. Rather than throwing the computer away, I took the computer off her hands and sent it to Toshiba Repair. They wanted $650.00 for the replacement and installation of the motherboard, which I agreed to their price. My mom paid only $550 for the laptop. It's value at the time(2014) was less than a $100 due to the dead motherboard. Do you know of anyone who would pay $650 to get a laptop repaired on the basis of replacing and installing a new motherboard?

[@Pip45]

click of death :P

[@theoblivious2001]

I hate toshiba. there you go. :(

[@Otirik]

1. Toshiba sucks 2. get a desktop 3. nice video

[@Brycereigle2000]

This isn't his laptop he has a quad i5. He was given this to look at. Next time, READ!

[@Brycereigle2000]

And the quad i5 is a deaktop

[@scgamer2442]

Toshiba's don't suck there awesome I've dropped my Toshiba satellite down 3 flights of stairs once and it didn't even scratch it.

[@JackS425]

In my experience, they are very reliable if you want a cheap laptop.