I Paid $70 For All This Tech!

[@Mirra2003-f9s]

That Acer is actually a nice system. It can support 4th gen i5 and i7 processors. If upgraded with one of those and some more ram and ssd it would actually make a pretty nice computer

[@EvilTurkeySlices]

Throw in an i7-4770 and a low profile 1650 or 6400 and have a nice budget gaming pc.

[@Mirra2003-f9s]

@@EvilTurkeySlices Yep. I didn't mention the graphics card because even the iGPU is pretty ok if you don't want to game on it. Usually in the second hand market you would get an OEM computer with 2nd gen Pentium CPUS,4GB RAM and a 500GB HDD for around 60$ so him paying 70$ for this computer and all those laptops is actually worth it

[@_hanz73]

Yeah, that definitely could be a pretty awesome budget emulation machine

[@ananasfx]

I had an exact same one with a celeron g1820 i played so many games on it and i killed it while trying to install macOS on it sadly :,)

[@EvilTurkeySlices]

@@ananasfx how did you kill it trying to install macOS?

[@hateWinVista]

9:43 and 9:56 Always be extra careful when you spray liquid onto the monitors! The liquid can seep into the bottom gap and damage the panel that way. Just spray the cleansing liquid onto your fiber cloth and never spray onto the panel.

[@EgoShredder]

Good point although I often spray a small amount at the top of the screen away from the edges, and what runs down does not reach the bottom panel. However as you say, spray on to the cloth to be 100% safe.

[@tejaspadhye]

he usually does it carefully but since these were from auction he was clearly careless

[@psivewri]

I normally put great care into cleaning monitors however these don't matter much.

[@ihater3tards]

@@psivewri no point in the risk of killing the screen before you even get it to turn on.. (some actually go POOF!! )...

[@spicydramarama852]

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16

[@retropctech2407]

8:03 There is one more cable that you might want to keep. Right about in the center there is an SFP+ (or even QSFP+) cable. They are used for 10Gbit Networking (or 40Gbit on QSFP+)

[@psivewri]

*Update: It has come to my attention that Kamikoto has not been truthful about the quality of their products or origin. I was not previously aware of this and I wrongly believed the claims they made. Thank you for your comments and concern, I will likely remove the sponsored portion in its entirety once I can be sure I won't occur any contractual penalties / hurdles. In future I be more critical of sponsor claims. - Nathan

[@Niggafucker69]

Keep up the goodwork!

[@Lol5967]

Um did you forget to pin this comment

[@joedarkness808]

ugh .. the worse scam knives !! 420J2 steel is the one used for pots not knives it's the low-end stainless steel ..these are Chinese crap not Japanese !!!!!!!!

[@ChristophHoward]

Did you mean to pin this comment? @Psivewri

[@Windows.]

What usb do you use and can you link it?

[@bryanmartin_]

For $70, that was an insane tech lot! Very nice video again!!!

[@sudormrfnopreserveroot]

9:45 that monitor is really common, and it actually is 5:4, with a resolution of 1280x1024

[@TheSpotify95]

8:48 In the UK, quite a few people still listen to radio - particularly DAB as it offers more choice than the traditional FM and AM bands. Of course, streaming radio services are also possible, but not everyone has a good phone signal or an unlimited data connection.

[@tmofee]

Unfortunately in Australia dab radio is only available in capital cities

[@TheSpotify95]

@@tmofee DAB radios should still have an FM mode so you can at least listen on FM whilst DAB coverage increases

[@tmofee]

@@TheSpotify95 sadly dab coverage will never increase. They haven’t done a thing with it since it’s introduction

[@s8wc3]

It's usually people in cars/camping/whatever that listen to the radio but it can be convenient for background music, just turn it on and music comes out. When they're not playing ads... which they usually are. Anyway, when DAB radio first appeared here everyone and their dog went and bought one of those little Pure One radios, they promptly started collecting dust because they only pick up if you have your tongue at the right angle on Saturdays unless you're outdoors. Maybe when AM dies due to electric cars the situation will improve

[@tmofee]

@@s8wc3 am is too important for Australia, especially for emergency stuff. I don’t know about the uk but am radio will never disappear in Australia

[@NathanNitz]

At the beginning of the video I saw the M2000 sitting there and recognized it immediately. The M2000 was the first laptop I owned and used extensively. It was slow and I remember the CPU fan being really annoying, as it couldn't ramp up or down in rpm like most laptops (it would just turn on and off). But it was still fun to have a laptop and I did many school assignments, some basic games, and even (very) light photo and video editing on it.

[@jackkraken3888]

Before you chuck out the UPS! There are 2 common problems with them. Firstly the internal 12V battery will usually be dead and should be able to be replaced as they are used in a lot of other places like motorbikes. Secondly in better models there are fuses at the back where it receives power. Sometimes they are blown and simply replacing the fuse would be enough.

[@X3nnoha]

Hear me out, in tech. It's never a waste of money. If you can add anything to your collection do it, it's a very nice feeling

[@LaurentiusTriarius]

Until you start hoarding 🤷🏻‍♂️😂👍

[@osvaldaspaslauskas5040]

Hoarding

[@X3nnoha]

@@LaurentiusTriarius nah if it's 1 of everything I don't count it as hoarding lol, an e museum

[@simtitan1]

The Thinkpad T60 was the first laptop I ever learned to repair. Found two at a thrift store and combined them to make one good unit. Fantastic machines, and still usable with a light linux distro.

[@TruthDoesNotExist]

what distro would you recommend for a computer this age

[@gasrim]

@@TruthDoesNotExist I used Ubuntu MATE on my t61, and that ran decently

[@tz8785]

Depending on the mainboard revision, they can even be upgraded to a core 2 duo.

[@peachgrush]

An old UPS may be very simple to revive, in most cases all that's needed is replacing its batteries. And they're dirt chip and universal. I'm myself using a 15 year old UPS, only replacing the batteries from time to time, and it works perfectly.

[@VOLTRONDEFENDER4440]

Yea what I also thought as well the UPS might have just needed a new battery to get it going again

[@IcebergTech]

An Australian advertising knives on the internet is a brave man indeed...

[@bobamarmstrong]

Crocodile Dundee ?

[@istvancsap3513]

@@bobamarmstrong they have the same tight knife laws as in the UK

[@dragonmac1234]

If you can buy a few boxes of tech for a low enough price, I think it's worth trying. Even if you end up with a few usable parts and spares it's worth it in my opinion.

[@NickBouwhuis]

And it’s a whole lot (pun not intended) of fun. Just seeing what you will get and imagining where it came from.

[@Technicksworkshop]

10:03 I had the same problem with one of these monitors and the quick removal of the components of the old ccfl power supply that conveniently ran on 12v and $10 worth of led strips a switch and some speaker wire later I had a functional display that is still working to this day although I have to turn the backlight on and off manually

[@punklejunk]

Fantastic haul! Love these mystery-box shopping reports.

[@DaiAtlus79]

4:17 if that's sandybridge, you can throw in an i7 2600, 16gb DDR3, and a saucy lil low profile card, and make it a nice lil HTPC or budget gaming rig for someone who has space issues. i use a similar model with the 2600s and a 4gb rx 550 (yeston 640 sp model)

[@angryshoebox]

2:34 I had a Compaq Presario M2000 laptop exactly like that one, bought it new in 2005. I wish I'd kept it as a collector's item/conversation piece.

[@Karti200]

for that Acer in 4 minute part, you could put there an i5, i7 or any equivalent xeon CPU - haswell so won't be an issue with price and availability. Add a cheap low profile GPU and you could sell it as some kind of "esport titles PC" or even just made into powerfull older consoles emulator machine :)

[@RobbertN]

The Motorola handscanner we use them for scanning the barcodes on wifi acces points for troubleshooting purpose in the factory where I work, very neat.

[@ypk1580]

I own a similar model to that Compaq SFF. PSUs and Motherboards are a dime a dozen and are interchangeable. Both of them went out recently and replacing costed around $55 usd. Works very well as my Work and Gaming rig. Only downside is the lack of sata ports.

[@CesareVesdani]

A nice addition to your computer collection. Please always specify the full hardware specifications on all computers that you salvage.

[@Chris-yc3mm]

Depending on the type, old batteries can be worth scrap money and that dell with the failing back-light...we have a load of those at work, and they were crap when new with atrocious viewing angles and the colours were always off. White was more of a yellow

[@andrewsawesome]

9:00 The LVHN hospital I go to uses digital signature pads that are very similar to this, if not the same one.

[@Mini-z1994]

T60 looks like a good candidate for windows xp retro gaming, has some ati graphics chip there x1400 or eqiuvalent firegl variant. And the T2400 being a dualcore at 1.8 ghz should be plenty of speed for the os & those older games that is at the end of the single core era around 2004. For the Acer Aspire veriton, a low profile graphics card & something like a 1150 cpu like a I5 4460 you could do some e-sports titles pretty easily. A variant of it came with an I5 4460 apparently the Veriton X2632G

[@EgoShredder]

Core2 Duo T7200 are next to nothing at the moment, and will make that laptop still very capable for many tasks. I have a Z61p (same as T60p more or less) with a T7600 and ATi FireGL 5200 although that runs hotter.

[@tz8785]

@@EgoShredder AFAIK not all T60 mainboard revisions can actually run the c2d.

[@tigersusyt]

6:12 that is an exact Minecraft stack!

[@ImNotPeso]

Finding old tech that works or is worth something is very satisfying. I found an old sony minidisc player on the side of the road that works perfectly and is worth around $300 on ebay a few years ago. My dad came home last week with a sony wm-d6c walkman from the apartment e waste bin, also perfectly working. Looked on ebay and found that this cassette walkman is worth anywhere between $150 broken to $600 in perfect condition, and just the case can go for $150. Truly a good find, and we’ll be having a bit of fun listening to some old cassettes and playing with a bit of retro tech.

[@jackkraken3888]

Right? My first digital camera was from a batch of stuff that I bought from a guy leaving the country (Canon A550). I loved that thing I till it feel and broke. 🥺

[@ImNotPeso]

@@jackkraken3888 RIP camera, i think part of what makes us like this kind of thing is the sense that you’re rescuing the item and giving it a second chance. Also helps you to save some money lol

[@faqihudinn]

9:30 Of course, that monitor would be perfect for old windows 9x era computer content, because the 4:3 Aspect ratio and white bezel will perfectly matches with the beige 90s computer cases.

[@TheSpotify95]

Well, that was an excellent lot, I'd certainly pay $70 (or more) for it, and also, a lot of the items that you'd written off, I would re-use and repair wherever possible. As for the PC that had its PSU cut off, that would just be for spare parts, but most of the other stuff would be fine for my requirements.

[@BilisNegra]

I've come back to this video after all these months, the algorithm reminded me of it for some reason. The treasure trove you found considering the price (let's not leave the few "meh" items miss the point) blew my mind. By the way, the title should read 70 AUD, I guess there are many, many of us watching outside Australia. You could only have remotely started to consider whether you wasted any money if none of the machines worked, and still, the spare parts would have been worth what you paid or more. I'd go crazy if I was to hit the jackpot like this.

[@guest1129]

Holy shit, you have no idea how jealous I am. Can't wait to see the new videos you'll be releasing on these old relics!

[@mattblatchley2061]

same!

[@Todbrecher]

For the DMS-59 bit: it's rather Homelabbers who use Nvidia Quadro NVS290 Graphics Cards. They are very low in Power Consumption, which is perfect as they are just existing as a necessary part in booting (on machines without integrated graphics), and video out if things go south. The best part is them being available with an x1 slot, not consuming any of the precious x16 slots you might want to use for network connections or other expansion cards. ...and those have the DMS-59 connector.

[@ApertureLabs4194]

8:19 I have two of the exact same two Microsoft mice in my house, one of them is connected to my old motion computing t006.

[@TheBasementChannel]

Thanks, this was a reminder to check out the local auctions. I’ve got a few gems there in the past.

[@chknman3877]

if the cables cost 8 dollars each. he could sell them for up to 516 dollars thats a pretty good profit margin as he got them for less than 70 dollars

[@s8wc3]

The problem is it will probably take years to actually sell them all

[@Killerx20]

I work as a Systems engineer in a school district, all this stuff looks exactly like what our disposal pile looks like. Even down to the same old models of desktops, mice, etc. It is possible this stuff was from a school district.

[@Player_X_YT2]

5:00 those are the computers at my school considered "new" and it would have been fixable with enough solder and thermal paste

[@KiraSlith]

That box of "DMS 59 to DVI-D" cables by itself is easily worth $200 if you're patient enough to sell them on eBay. They look like the original AMD pack-ins. Passing them onto a computer recycling company would also be a huge win as they're rather annoying to get and those cards sans cable are utterly ubiquitous.

[@marktubeie07]

_... and a set of steak knives'_ No problem, just had to say it as I literally laughed out loud. This is a great video, old tech at its best!

[@kieranwalker1521]

I love Dell boxes for their easy, intuitive layouts!! Never had one that I had to second guess any repairs on :-)

[@IncendiaryOCE]

The old desktops can work as a NAS or even a game server if you throw in enough RAM.

[@nelizmastr]

As long as you live in an area with cheap electricity, yes. Otherwise, it's cheaper to just throw them away or sell them.

[@Mirra2003-f9s]

The Dell is on it's last legs because of the capacitors and the HP was most likely dead too since someone cut the PSU wires,it was missing the clock battery and had the Celeron which was probably used just for testing.Those HPs never came with Celeron processors from the factory so it's a clear sign that something was wrong with it and somebody harvested the processor. The only good one was the Acer that could be used for more than just a NAS

[@yohantech2899]

9:56 this is dell e2010h monitor it having support of 1600x900 at 60hz resolution i have that one

[@wpipka]

8:11 i have that keyboard. Bought one just like that for basically nothing and it works great! 8:25 i have that dock too my ProBook 6460b sits in it.

[@kevinchastain727]

I take care of business properties so I get most of my tech for free every thing from laptops to old Pentium servers, and switches with PoE ports it has been fun using these to learn about networking and computing.

[@Trinitrophenylmethylnitramines]

Water dripped down to the bottom of the monitor could damage it. You should spray on the towel first and then wipe the screen

[@mattblatchley2061]

oh, wow...that is an amazing haul for the price... I'll keep my eyes open for auctions from now ON!!!!!!!!

[@jadetheprootlol]

I had a Compaq M2000! I got mine from eBay but the screen wasn't working. I could still get an output through VGA. Speakers were busted too. I just got rid of it but not until taking the 80GB Hitachi Hard Drive out.

[@oldradiosnphonographs]

Compaq M2000 RULES!!! I got mine for free in 2008 and used it up until 2012. Speakers are still good in mine.

[@BoilerRoom4]

Just in case no-one else has already mentioned it, that HP monitor is 5×4, not 4×3. The native resolution is 1280×1024. They're my screen of choice-you can have three of them side-by-side and they don't take up much space but you've got plenty of height to work with. Incidentally, the GT 610 video card can support two such monitors but it might support only one 1920×1080 widescreen. Fantastic value for your $70. Great content.

[@avrel820]

Little tip firstly if the power supply is still good you can always take off the cable on a dead power supply and solder it to the working one and use heat shrink wrap

[@DaiAtlus79]

9:49 those are great if you run a MAME box that has Tate mode games (certain 'Shmups' used them). theyre great for Emulation and MISTers.

[@servissop151]

When I went to make my passport a few days ago, they had that EXACT digital signing unit ( 9:05 )

[@rollingtroll]

One look at that pile made me go ’70 aud? Worth it’. I’d have grabbed that in a pinch, that little money for so much fun to go through and try stuff out, even if I just trashed it after it’d still be worth it. GX280, you are still cleaning it. Ten to one that the power supply is dead HOLY SHIT IT WORKS! Those PSU’s were a pain in the backside back in te day. Good to see one working! Original intellimice are so underrated. I literally switched from one of those to my MX master because I found nothing better Really my kind of video! As an audio geek (who mostly does audio testing/demo videos) I am a bit sad that you skipped the speakers.

[@FrenchyAU]

old office PCs can be turned into some neat like home servers and stuff, or even maybe something like a DIY NAS if it had enough space for more drives

[@dktr2]

When cleaning the screen, do not allow liquid to flow past the bezel. Over time, the connection of flex tapes may rot.

[@TrentJordan3198]

My primary school had Toshiba Tecras like this one in 3:23. They were only used by teachers, and all the Tecras used by teachers at my primary school run on Windows XP rather than Vista they downgraded from. Oh, and that thing next to the Windows Vista sticker and below the arrow keys, that's the fingerprint reader/scanner.

[@ExpertNailsSpa]

0:38 Hey! That’s one of my computers but the c5000!

[@danielscreate]

We still use that rotating Hp monitor at a cybercafe !

[@baoquoc3710]

Brian from Tech Yes City will soon contacting you about those! Haha an aussie hunting for price performance will literallly sees gold here!

[@chubblemunch]

Those Microsoft mice are very nice. We were about to recycle one at my work a few years ago and I gave it a couple of clicks out of curiosity. Needless to say, that mouse didn't make its way to recycling.

[@TheSpotify95]

DMS-59 adapters are still decent as they can be used to provide multiple monitors from an older style graphics card - think AMD Radeon HD3450 era. I had to buy an adapter (DMS 59 to HDMI) so I can use a HDMI cable with it. If you were selling worldwide, I'd buy one of those adapters for DVI (if I ever needed to use DVI).

[@EvilTurkeySlices]

I think I have one somewhere.

[@KevinCrowston]

While I watched this when the video came out It just now reminded me that I got a video card that uses DMS59 but yet to get a adaptor (but test computer posted with card in).

[@yanderesnake8191]

It's not just a scanning gun, it's a Windows CE-based mobile terminal. These things don't have proper flash memory for apps and settings, storing all data in RAM. You'd need to replace an internal battery for it to actually work and store data between reboots.

[@JerziTBoss]

If you can upgrade CPU in the Acer desktop and slot in the some low profile GPU it can serve as very decent media PC... In combination with Moonlight for Nvidia streaming, Steam Link or Xcloud it can be capable gaming PC. I bet it could pull emulation as well without issues. I remember the Dell desktop from school. I hated that machine it was constantly overheating during computer science class when we tried to compile Delphi codes on it. It was terrible. I also was using the silver HP monitor in work when I started there... My eyes hurt after 20 minutes of looking at it. It's pure garbage.

[@v31.48]

Yeah true, that HP monitor is and was total crap. The new HP monitors we have at work are perfect.

[@JerziTBoss]

@@v31.48 Yeah even the office class monitors are really nice. nowadays.. Eventually the HP monitors that I mentioned got switched for Dell IPS ones and it's so much better.

[@minecraftshorts5499]

0:29 School : i take the entire stock !

[@RobertTheHaunter]

Really fascinated by the AMX NetLinx! That’s a device used to control a lot of audio video gear, and some theme park attractions actually use them to control special effects too!

[@therealdjflip]

I always think about bidding on bulk lots at MGS and Evans and Clarke, but then realize, I have no way of getting it back to my place.

[@SillyKlaus]

Aw man Psivewri your video's make my day

[@williama29]

at 5:28 a cut power supply cable Yikes and ouch for a cut connection who would do such horrible things like that

[@perish1n]

0:40 "todays video wouldnt be possible without Kamikoto Sponsor" MEANWHILE you spent 70$ on e-waste did they cover the complete bill? or just part of it? ... maybe if you invested in yourself and your videos you would have more views just a thought

[@TheotanyaSama]

I had a couple of these HP monitors. Unfortunately, the panels were busted but the stand is "just" VESA compliant, so I kept them and put other monitors on them (A couple of Fujitsu monitors I had without stands). I really like these.

[@andybrooks7228]

The T60's a decent find and has some upgradeability once you get past the white list.

[@enderlore1337]

If one of those GPU's is what I think it is (AMD R5 240/ HD 8570) than that one is the best GPU in the lot by a longshot. Very great little overclockers given you have a custom VBIOS because they are locked down from the factory (but you could use "Extend official overclocking limits" in MSI afterburner)

[@gamagama69]

yeah from what ive found its the cheapest way to get 4k60 out of an older pc

[@s8wc3]

Easy way to tell which Dell monitors are worthwhile: units with silver/grey trim are high end models, full black are dime a dosen basic garb.

[@longcat266]

That 3rd laptop might be good, I saw a listing of a viglen branded one with a geforce go 6600 so it may have a gpu or GPU slot that might make it a portable xp gaming machine, I believe it's an Asus rebrand

[@Rivenworld]

Wow! You lucky lucky Guy, well done.

[@lukedavis436]

i love how Psivewri drops this as i am trying to thin out my own collection lol

[@oldradiosnphonographs]

Dude I have a compaq M2000 it’s a fantastic laptop from 2005. I used one up until the early 2010s! I still use it when I’m feeling nostalgic for Windows XP.

[@TheMocholoco]

My first home computer was a Tandy from Radio Shack. If you have seen the computers on Fallout games it was exactly that shape and monitor color. Mine had a cassette recorder to save programs. If you wanted a game, you had to buy 10 or more floppy disks or get a 25+ pages to enter the code, save to a blank cassette to play game. If it did not work you had to reread the entire 250+ lines of code to find error. Ah memories..........

[@seboe1982]

you should've picked all that retro stuff in the falcon for extra vintage flavour ;) nice video

[@wesley7753]

The hardware store I work at uses those Motorola scan guns, they are cool because they run windows mobile on them so I play solitaire on them sometimes

[@LucaBlightOfHighland]

I love this type of content just like I love digging into old tech lots myself

[@tejaspadhye]

I had a very similar looking Presario V2000 with the widescreen. Its speakers were toast, celeron 1ghz heated up crazy and SP3 would BSOD when turning on wifi lol. But looking it here refreshed so many memories

[@psivewri]

The V2000 was my first "good" laptop! Mine had a 1.4GHz AMD CPU I believe. Good times 😃

[@arjungandhi1242]

I have one of those little bluetooth lenovo mice. They're quite nice actually. Still use it for work on the go.

[@RobertPucovsky]

I would recommend you post that monitor with faulty backlight on ebay and list it for parts because most of these old LCD monitors fail at the power supply and since this one lights up fine.

[@aarrondias9950]

I used the same hp tower as my desktop for a while, got it free as a part of some government program. And my work uses the exact same scan gun! Runs windows even.

[@Wilkin_Porter]

I have the AMD Radeon HD 8490 1GB PCIe Graphics card in my setup currently and it works surprisingly well for its cheapness.

[@Old_School_Pro]

That dell optiplex gives me a lot of nostalgia.. we had one at our home when i was a kid.. that was my first pc that i used from home..

[@nicholashoi3155]

Try installing ChromeOS Flex onto some of the laptop, it'll make a great lightweight Chromebook.

[@matthewday7565]

Looks like some of those graphics cards may need the DMS59 adapter, often seem on low profile cards - also looks like you may be able to further adapt from what look like DVI-I (Digital + analog) to HDMI or VGA

[@Karttik_]

Looks interesting to me looking forward to see all these items in your upcoming videos maybe restore some of them too. 👍🏻

[@erickjoseph895]

10:00 damn throw it away cause its not worth fixing this back light problem its simple to fix sometimes its just a leaked capacitor

[@psivewri]

It's a display only worth about $20 if fully functional. Not worth the time and effort honestly.

[@TOMORROWSPHERE]

Excellent video! Nice lot of tech! Did you roll in the cost of those healthy doses of Eucalyptus oil? ;)

[@jimdayton8837]

Dang, I knew that old clamshell Optiplex was going to have bad capacitors. Seems as if most of those early 2000's Dells have bad caps.

[@Window873]

I used to have one of those Compaq laptops. We kept it on Windows XP and used it up until 2019

[@MrGeforcerFX]

there isn't a dell optiplex gx280 out there with original caps that are good. These computers were heavly effected by the capacitor plague from the early through the mid 2000s, dunno how many dozens of caps of I have replaced on those P4 dell clamshells.

[@lonvaleroso5526]

the monitor with the failing backlight can be moded and turned to a snowblid side panel. just need to remove the backlight and set it up on an acrylic panel on a white case. would be a very interesting video

[@StrangebeanOffitial]

The ‘BeSt’ being the gt 610 I thought a gt 730 was bad😂😂😂

[@matty_mattmatt]

The amx is a controller for most probably a boardroom. It can be programmed to turn on monitors, tvs, projectors etc. you need specialty software so just sell it in eBay

[@Dogebreadzz]

How much for the Acer desktop. I’m in SA too.

[@grahamek86]

That GX280 is the Dell fly in the ointment for what was a very lucrative contract for the University of Glasgow. They managed to steal the contract from Viglen but then started supplying desktops with caps that blew very quickly. I worked at the Uni at the time and my own GX280 with a P4 2.8G and 4GB RAM gave up the ghost.