Renew 20 Year old Abandoned PC IBM 300GL - Does it run?

[@foush95]

the last 5 mins, just turn me back to the old 90s. Such a nostalgia, Truly miss these days, everything was clearly beautiful, no Facebook, no smartphones. Just your old PC and enjoy playing on it.

[@rept1le]

People hang around on too much social media these days

[@Fektthis]

@@rept1le chatrooms were a thing back then as well. it wasn't exactly the same but it was the beginning of what was to come

[@NguyênPhạm-i6k]

future gmail is dead

[@PeBoVision]

I have done this so many times for so many friends' "garage finds", I've lost count, but never with such outstanding detailing and re-use of original parts. Deepest respect sir. Earned my subscription with ease. I have lost the patience (and eyesight) of my youth, both required to restore or retro-mod/stealth old machines, so now I get my 'fix' watching others do it. Sure do miss getting my hands dirty though (but not in the spiderweb/dustbunny sense).

[@TurntableTV]

We had those same PC's at highschool. Can't believe how fast 20 years have past... Very nice job on the restoration!

[@MRNVCDIY]

Thanks. All warranty stamps are still available.

[@budaibence720]

Now its just Nostalgia😥

[@tostedt1337]

the kids today are probably still using them

[@JonJon-vg2nv]

Well clearly it's been 20 years since you went to school since you don't know the difference between "passed" and "past" 🤣

[@Navetdubled]

@@tostedt1337 non ils sont encore moins bien (pour l'époque)

[@DariuszNawrat]

I'm impressed. 24 years old PSU and capacitors are still in good condition.

[@andygozzo72]

yep, very possibly, before the capacitor plague era 😉

[@Ahfeku]

@@andygozzo72 that disease was in the 90s and early 2000s right?

[@andygozzo72]

@@Ahfeku yep, mostly 2000s, although 90s caps werent that brilliant 😉

[@JeffDeWitt]

@@andygozzo72 Yep, just what I was thinking. I worked for IBM in those days and we tore down hundreds (thousands?) of lease return PCs to harvest the motherboards (or planars as IBM called them) for service parts to repair capacitator plague machines.

[@mikestanley9176]

At least this one isn't completely covered in mud and dirt.

[@TommyViper]

I absolutely love watching your methods. Such a nice restoration! These old machines deserve love as well!

[@GrazzaD]

A beautiful computer, once again restored and fully working, what a fantastic job!

[@oppie47]

In the summer of 1999, my grandpa bought a brand new IBM computer with a 450 MHz Pentium III processor. His computer looked almost identical to this one. It had integrated audio like this one, but it had an nVidia AGP card for the video. I think his had a 10 GB Maxtor HD, but it’s been a long time, so I don’t remember the exact specs. At the time, I still only had a 150 MHz Pentium 1 at home, so I was very excited to try out all of the games that ran slowly at home. It’s hard to believe it’s been 20 years since then. Back then, when I was still a teenager, a 20 year old computer meant an 8088 processor running at 4.77 MHz, no hard drive, and CGA or Hercules graphics pouring out of an amber screen. It’s amazing how little computers have advanced in the past 20 years when you consider the previous 20 years of advancement that came before it.

[@MRNVCDIY]

Yes

[@prinzchen17]

omg the P3 500mhz successor of this series was my first own PC, got it for my 14th birthday.. gosh this case design is still nice to look at, imho the peak of IBM desktop PCs!

[@robwebnoid5763]

We had these IBM 300's at work, but they were the desktop formfactor (horizontal, not towers (vertical). I don't recall the specific model, but the look of it with the blue accented case parts are memorable. This was at Intel Corporation where I used to work & I had since left over 15 years ago. But these 300's are a part of my memories working there.

[@AdvancedEnglishMadeEasy]

When we had these PCs, we wanted higher and faster PCs. And now we want those old PCs back. :(

[@pedroselister456]

Tenho 2 desses, este modelo é muito bom para transferir áudio externo, tipo vinil ou k7, pois o áudio já fica filtrado, igual às entradas REC. Parabéns pelo seu trabalho.

[@basylyo300]

Amigo vc venderia ou trocaria um desses dois?

[@jamesevans3492]

Incredible That, That 1999 IBM Still Works . . . Fantastic Job On The Thorough Cleaning Of The Computer Case, And The Internal Components, And The Outer Case Paint Job . . .'-)

[@WilliamPetersen01]

This was so satisfying to watch. I had one of these PC's and ran games like Doom 1 and 2. And Network Q Rally. Those were great times.

[@rajeshamazie]

Very Glad to see your IBM Desktop good to switch On once again in 2021 ....Big inspiration on this video for me to revisit our 1st Desktop PC "Datamini Technologies " purchase in 1999 still in my Garage area...

[@toe21510]

Отличная работа! Потрясающе!!!

[@barsbigyt]

У меня типа такого есть ПК😎🐈

[@ceebee23]

those Pentium 2s were HUGE on the market from mid 1997 to 2003.... great restoration ....

[@tipsandlifehack7080]

Good video. Bring Back Bring back my childhood

[@MRNVCDIY]

Me too

[@iron2006fet]

Mine too🤛

[@YeridaBills]

Thanks for restoring my old PC. You even upgraded it ala Build Back Better act.

[@dangson302]

It's amazed me that many standards are still there unchanged after 20 years: VGA interfaces, PS/2 port, 3.5" HDD size, ATX PSU and those power cables.

[@illussiondark]

atx psu just upgraded from 20 pin to 24 pin and additional 4pin +12volt for processor, so its backward compatible

[@ivaniliev2272]

@@illussiondark You can use 20 pin psu on 24 pin motherboard, but most of the newer cpu/ motherboards consume more power than required for 20 pin and they can burn the connectors, because these 4 pin distribute electricity between them so they don't get hot. Like I used my rx 580 with 6 pin connector, when the needed one was 8 pin, but I knew that it is not using that much power especially undervolted.

[@Oyashiro_Chama]

@@ivaniliev2272 Actually interestingly most new PSUs can't work on older machines due to voltage pull differences. Older P3 and AMD varients like to pull 30-80W from the 5V rail and new PSUs aren't designed for that much pull especially sudden.

[@GGigabiteM]

@@illussiondark Not really correct. ATX power supplies have changed significantly over the past 20+ years, with the biggest difference being which power rails most of the power budget is available. There was a design change that started in the early 2000s where CPUs moved from being powered from the 5v rail to the 12v rail because it was more efficient for the higher power demands seen by the Pentium 4 and Athlon. PSU manufacturers then started adjusting the power rail load limits to move more of the overall power budget to the 12v rail and less on the 5v and 3.3v rails. This eventually lead to the situation we have today where almost all of the modern power supplies' capacity is in the 12v rail(s), and very little is allocated to the 5v and 3.3v rails. So when you try to power an old system with a power hungry CPU with a modern PSU, it can result in the PSU constantly shutting down from overloads on the 5v and 3.3v rails. If you look at a 15-20 year old power supply, you may see one where the 5v rail is rated at 30-50 amps, where a more modern PSU will only have 15-25 amps. The internal topology of power supplies has also changed significantly, from the old crappy inefficient half-wave group regulated output designs to modern APFC designs with buck regulated output.

[@cashbonanza963]

not to mention software standards like JPG, DLL and all

[@Huyngo-bb3ql]

What a beautiful restoration. Good as new.

[@electrothecat07]

That is a beautiful PC right there. You did a wonderful job restoring it. I love older PCs

[@careycraig4360]

Nice Job!! Lots of Patience and Elbow Grease I am sure to achieve this result. Again, Nice Job!

[@kathleenhensley5951]

I wish I could send all my husband's old hardware to you! I've even got Windows 95 and 98 if I am not mistaken! At least it would all go to someone who loves old hardware

[@BalancedSpirit79]

This could be turned into a sweet retro gaming rig. Max out the RAM, get a Voodoo card, maybe upgrade the CPU to a Coppermine/Tualatin PIII...

[@captainkeyboard1007]

That computer was perfectly cleaned and still works like a charm. That is the workmanship of a computer technician. Now that Fujitsu monitor needs to be renovated or replaced with an IBM monitor. It could not get any better than this. Mr. NVC Restoration, you did a superb job!

[@MRNVCDIY]

Thanks

[@captainkeyboard1007]

@@MRNVCDIY You are welcome. I enjoy stories about computers and printer fonts. Thank you very much for tapping or typing so instantly to me.

[@electrothecat07]

I have two older PCs. One of them is a tower pc, and the other is a desktop pc, both natively running windows xp. The tower (a dell dimension 5150) had a mouse living in it and debris everywhere. I cleaned it up and got it working again. Glad I did because it supports dual-drive hard drives, two disk players, and various storage cards. Both PCs were in decent condition and still woro great. No blown capacitors, only one dead hard drive, and the smell of old components and dust. Nostalgia (one of the PCs I found out belonged to my Grandma and had old pictures on it. I ended up backing up the stuff from it to another, newer hard drive)

[@mr.retrowave4929]

Это просто шикарно!) Прям захотелось свои два вторых пня так же в чувства привести)

[@DFKARGUNSOCHI]

Круто👍👍👍вернул на 25 лет назад в детство!!! Первый компьютер... очень хорошее видео, спасибо.

[@barsbigyt]

У меня 96 года ПК есть😎🐈

[@AngeloRebong]

18:31 your friend is a man of culture...😁

[@IamLookingforWoody_________786]

Old is Gold❤❤❤😊😊😊.

[@candidosilva7755]

I had one just like that one it surved the family well for more than 8 years. Shure we bought knew ones but that one stayed saved in a garage stil works with some problems but its a good piece of history.

[@scittw22]

I was a computer tech for my college back in the early 2000's and they had an exclusive contract with IBM. I could probably still take this thing apart blind-folded

[@CHITUS]

I really like the full tower case of these it had a standard psu instead of the crappy small ones that are very difficult to replace. Well done tho.

[@miiforlong3020]

tysm for increasing the number of working old PCs in this world (: also the pc is really beautyful

[@FunBunChuck]

Now upgrade it with maximum RAM, add a dedicated PCI graphics card like a Matrox 2D/3D accellerator with 16MB video memory and a sound card like the Sound Blaster AWE 64 Gold, add a 24x speed CDROM, replace the existing HDD with an 8 gigabyte hard disc, add a PCI USB adaptor card, get a Sidewinder-X 8 button Windows gamepad, reasonably new PS/2 keyboard + mouse combo and Creative Labs media speakers or Altec Lansing 3 piece speaker system. Then you could have loads of fun with some classic old school retro gaming. If you can afford it, get a PCI Voodoo 3 or Voodoo 4 graphics card as those don't need a 2nd gpu for 2D as they actually have 2D capabilities. You could also opt for the ATI 3D Rage Pro 32MB PCI graphics card though the Voodoo 3 and Voodoo 4 beat it in most games. There's no AGP slot on that motherboard so your options are limited.

[@MRNVCDIY]

Wow good idea. Thanks.

[@FunBunChuck]

@@MRNVCDIY Check the compatibility listings for your motherboard to ensure that it can handle the power demands of a PCI graphics card like the Voodoo 4. Some OEM systems back in the day had issues with high energy demand cards. Just remember to be careful. That machine is like an old lady,... and some old girls can be a bit tempermental! 😁

[@FunBunChuck]

@@MRNVCDIY Definitely get a good sound card though. The Creative Labs Sound Blaster AWE 64 Gold also had the media control center module that fit a 5¼ drive bay. Real sweet addition, plus some models even came with a remote! There's an ebay listing for the CT4520 model for only $45!

[@xrqckszar7077]

@@FunBunChuck do u have like a auto typer?

[@FunBunChuck]

@@xrqckszar7077 uhm,... no. Not even sure what that is.

[@advantage.network9441]

Nostalgic build! So cool to see it boot up and run solitaire on that crt montitor

[@roberttrufant2530]

Excellent job on this. Loved the trip down memory lane 😎

[@Obie327]

Nice clean up job! I did a whole modern PC transplant using a 2005 IBM Net Vista. (grey version, mini tower) IBM made some cool cases back then.

[@monti409]

This makes me feel like restoring my Win-98 PC , great work.

[@peteriskrumings8771]

Those too often skiping frames at regular intervals are hurting your eyes and making you dizzy, you should consider to not skip so often but instead speed up slow parts if you have to but don't cut video so often... Also, I want to address all vintage pc (pentium era) reviewers, why most of you in the reviews don't change monitor refresh rate to higher? This was literary first thing that all geniune pc users (at least those with basic knowledge) did after installing graphic card driver - we did not use crt monitor with default 60Hz refresh rate, it is not how it was supposed to be. For most monitors we changed it to 85Hz, or at least 75hz to stop that visible flickering on the screen... For higher end crt's it was possible to go up to 100Hz or even 120Hz and higher for lower resolutions (but was not recommended because screen tended to loose sharpness and it was harder for internal components).

[@TorontoPopulistConservative]

My parents had an IBM PC until they upgraded to a Compaq in 2004 when I was 5. I have very faint memories of it, but this might have been the one. Very interesting to see what hardware could have been inside. I now have seen many systems this old and older, I have a few pentium 3's and even an AMD 486 CPU in my collection.

[@sealy009]

didnt only intel have the 486 cpu? please correct me if im wrong since idk of AMD ever made a 486 cpu

[@ТатьянаБрик-л2н]

П

[@Adarsh_Shrivastava24]

various good childhood memories are attached with those windows 98 computer... thanks for reviving them...👍🏻

[@GGigabiteM]

Good restoration. You're lucky you didn't receive an IBM system from just a year or two later from the Pentium 3 era because those things were horrible. They had basically 100% failure rates from the capacitor plague and IBM's own "Deathstar" hard drives. I remember having to repair dozens of those crap machines back in the day. When they were still under warranty from IBM and you sent in a Deskstar drive, they'd actually send you back a Maxtor drive because theirs were so bad. Maxtor drives weren't much better and they usually failed in short order as well, but it was often outside the remaining warranty period so they could wash their hands of the matter.

[@deere3350]

Is that the IBM NetVista you're referring to GGigabiteM?

[@GGigabiteM]

@@deere3350 the black Netvista mid towers, yep. The capacitors on the motherboard and in the power supply would always fail. Sort of like the Dell Optiplex GX and SX series in the 2x0 line.

[@gajaharish9193]

20 year old PC's screen saver style is awsome.😀

[@Mr.Bearded.Mechanic]

Better use PH bit for regular Phillips head screw, than PZ bit. They have different conical angles. Less chance to round the screw head. Great video!

[@retroarkx]

i do like the fact that you preserve the labels, even the less important

[@abx42]

Beautiful PC restore God I love the look of the old IBM's back in the day

[@beinghumandwd2446]

Remembering school day's good work 😊

[@williamt4271]

It is amazing that motherboard is still working fine! Internet was a luxury during that moment of time.

[@gamesguardian3027]

couldn't agree anymore, still can remember the dialup connection sound.

[@Bellthorian]

You did such an amazing job on almost everything but I was shocked at how you half assed the heatsink.

[@baburajm2023]

I had great experience as a computer hardware engineer, hundreds of IBM 300GL machines , in our LAN / WAN Setup , Nostalgic still remember this model number.... No doubt great job👌👍

[@loureiro.marcos]

nice restoreation, love win98 intro sound, and bringme up some good memories back in my day.

[@Gookrak]

Wow, a real PII CPU....I only dreamt of it as a kid. Nice resto!

[@warrax111]

you could have it as Celeron 300A, just buy 440BX (intel chipset) motherboard, that can overclock to 100 mhz FSB. Then you've got Celeron 450 Mhz, which was equal in performance to Pentium II 450. Which was highest Pentium II. :) It was one of the most famous overclock of all time.

[@CotyRiddle]

@@warrax111 Had a katmai core PII that i overclocked to 500 MHz got hotter than hell but ran shit it was not supposed to.

[@warrax111]

@@CotyRiddle deschutes or klamath. katmai was PIII.

[@axiss007]

puiki restauracija!!! Ačiū!!! win98 kaip ir 95, jau nostalgija...:) bet matant jų aplinką... labai geri prisiminimai užplūsta. Ačiū!!!!

[@ENPIus]

I remember when 2 USB ports on a motherboard were a luxury.

[@paulwarner5395]

Great video. Used to work on those type of PC back in the day. Was fun but don't want to go there again.

[@музыкантнавозвышенностях]

Не отреставрировал а максимум помыл, внутри косы питания можно было стяжечками сделать а не так небрежно бросить, про проц вообще молчу, в его радиаторе оставил пыль, термопасту стоило поменять т.к. там уже камень вместо неё

[@adrenput5916]

Главное красиво показать вот как мы можем :DDD

[@ГеннадийГром-в8ю]

Термопасту... вы серьёзно? Этот проц на холостом ходу даже без радиатора сможет работать, у него в максимуме тдп 20 вт, там греться нечему... Вот привыкли же все за последнее время к печкам по 90-120-150Вт... термопасты по 50 баксов, радиаторы с пол-корпуса с 8-ю термотрубками, или 3 вертушки 140мм с водянкой... а на старые процы ставили простенький радиатор без пасты на пластиковые защёлки, и жили - не тужили! 👍😁🤪

[@antonio_pripizduchi2157]

там керамический проц... умник.

[@ГеннадийГром-в8ю]

@@antonio_pripizduchi2157 Ну эт вы тоже подзагнули! 😆 Процы всегда были кремниевые, а вот корпус был керамический, но эт было чуть раньше, времён Pentium MMX! 🤔 А тут Slot 1, и довольно специфичный корпус у проца! 👍😁🤪

[@godserf1]

Você tem muita paciência para arrumar um PC bem velhinho. Ótimo vídeo.

[@noericardo1490]

Muito bum

[@dwaynewladyka577]

Looks as good as new. Awesome restoration. Hope you have a Happy New Year. Cheers! 👍👍✌️

[@MRNVCDIY]

Me too. Thanks

[@nagavenkatesh2032]

Thanks a lot. you took me back to my childhood days.

[@jesustamezcardenas9543]

El problema real son los capacitores electroliticos que se vanian Los IC, por lo general se conservan Le falto desarmar la unidad de floppy y limpiar cpn alcohol isopropilico los cabezales Por lo demas, muy buena reconstruccion de la PC

[@BengalBeauty]

Feel nostalgia....miss those days....

[@Meshari.Alanazi]

A long time ago, I did not come across a clip on KZbin that made me as nostalgic and longing as this clip did I used to have a computer similar to this with the same Win98 operating system and it's really not about the computer itself but about everything that was around it and me at that time the simplicity of people and the warmth of homes and the great pleasure when we found it in the simplest things

[@Fregatte86]

Amazing. Even get cool rusted pci slots

[@seancdaug]

It's really weird to see a computer with a 3.5" floppy drive, USB ports, and no optical drive. Nice restoration work, though.

[@Dispatchal]

Thanks for the trip down memory lane

[@Romic.0000]

I use headphone and see this video it's like a pc reparing asmar 😍

[@ElSeñor.T]

Nice restoration!

[@JeffDeWitt]

I was working for IBM when these were new, and my part of IBM took in equipment that came off of lease. I must have seen thousands of these things... as a matter of fact I probably have a couple of the desktop (horizontal case) versions around here somewhere.

[@simonmcinnes1533]

Nice restore I would have worried about caps on the motherboard and power supply But it seems robust Well done

[@Ayixlia]

Great video it was relaxing watching this ASMR on restoring a IBM PC, but my dad is 52yrs old think you could restore him too? He's missing a lot of parts Lol.

[@MRNVCDIY]

Lol

[@roberttrufant2530]

Lolol

[@alexandruiacobescu160]

I still can't get over the fact that this piece of junk still actually works. Very cool vid.

[@alaidsakhalin484]

Просто, тупо отмыть, повезло. Без замены шлейфов и кондеров, без теста флоппика и сидишника, и винт живой, рука-лицо

[@ДжейсонПристли-х5э]

А что значит повезло?Я вон в том году с чердака деда,взял 386SX40!Он там без отопления лет 25 провалялся, оказался полностью рабочим, со всем оборудованием)))

[@kotenmau]

Те компы, это на века

[@lucklassen]

Great job, my goodness the nostalgia!

[@吳孟傑-g9b]

Made in Taiwan

[@Madscientist4567]

Not designed in Taiwan by asus?

[@吳孟傑-g9b]

@@Madscientist4567 OF COURSE IT'S NOT ASUS OLD IBM WAS MADE BY ACER NOW IT DIVIDE TO Wistron

[@LuisPauloMarques]

I had the exatcly same configuration!! Nice!

[@deeperbinary]

You're an absolute legend when it comes to pc restoration. Hats off to you! - Filipino restoration enthusiasts

[@neveerhot]

А ведь такие компьютеры должны работать по 50 лет,чтобы отработать свою стоимость...

[@ilovealbundy]

Looks like new, fantastic!👍

[@MRNVCDIY]

@@ilovealbundy thanks

[@adelb3939]

18:31 No one talks about the title of the video ? it seems interesting

[@drpepin]

I was gonna say... LOL.

[@fatihgokcayoglu]

Veery good job mate. You are really professional. Congrats!

[@lauracgomess]

Cheirinho de nostalgia ❤️❤️❤️

[@augiedogie561]

Thank you for bringing back great memories.

[@danielyazbek9910]

Why silver if the pc was cream color? But nice work

[@MRNVCDIY]

I like silver, haha

[@speedyboishan87]

@@MRNVCDIY could use beige cream color paint if needed

[@praveenvenket143]

Systems with no hangs and smooth, fast working

[@Nosfeu13]

Мажорный комп для 98-го года. Память SDRAM, пень второй слотовый. Кстати, радиатор у процессора так и остался пыльным. А вот винда грузится быстрее, чем у любого современного компа)))

[@MRNVCDIY]

Yes

[@Nosfeu13]

@@АндрейБогословский-ы9о это потому что она у тебя свежепоставленная без софта и дров. Посмотрю я на твою винду через полгода)

[@FM7AM]

@@АндрейБогословский-ы9о А чё уже 11 виндовоз вышел? Привет с семёры!😁

[@samuilrivkin4558]

у меня еще хранится рабочий пень 4 на 2,4 Ггц

[@carlosbruk9469]

Nostalgic. Great 👍🏽 job 👏🏽

[@m1nsk_d4]

Поставь этому ПК 16 Гб оперативной памяти, видео карту хорошую и ещё что нибудь чтобы все игры на максимально тянул, я уверен друзья позавидуют 😂😂

[@wajidali-pi6bb]

gteat job bro u return my old memories when i am using win 98 and the biggest achievement on that days the drivers installation 😍😂

[@gleidsonripardo]

18:30 só no pornozão né safado?. 😏 kkkkkk mito

[@ENOQUE_RIBEIRO]

Br por aqui perdido kkkkkk

[@antoniodazs9818]

Bah poderia ter um dinossauro dentro desse gabinete! Kkkkkkkkk Parabéns pela aquisição e vídeo!!! ; )

[@JulienMR]

Wow. Nice cleaning. Hope you clean your house the same.

[@ilijayt]

Super. I have an iMac case and looking at you I wanted to build it into a gaming pc. Thank you.

[@John-uc6gb]

Cool rebuild. Great video. Thank you

[@smithkakuta7361]

Great Job,MR NVC!

[@robertcromwell9736]

I am still using and HP D530 desktop running XP Pro. around 21 years old. Works fine. I also have an old athalon at least as old that I run win98SE on. Have neither hooked to net so safe.

[@chrisvandenheuvel1078]

I have also one Medion on my attic with 386 1GHZ and 256MB ram. I did recordings from my sat receiver and editing to remove commercials from films and concerts, recording mp3 music drawings, scans, bookkeeping and office software. Nowadays you need at least for 4GB. Most people never heard of MS-Dos. IBM doesn´t produce Personal Computers anymore and has Lenovo to produce laptops. So this one is ready for a museum. Maybe it is more worth than one ever has paid for.

[@ГеоргийСапожкин-з5й]

Талантливо прикольно получилась А я вот за чё не возьмусь ни чего не получается. У тебя талант реально классно получилась

[@win2008me]

NICE My high school computer is such a good memory

[@vincentzhang8849]

Awesome job! I had one DIY PC with Pentium 166MHz CPU & Quantum Fireball HDD 640MB forget how much RAM it is, especially i remember the network adapter is BNC not RJ45. Learing Red Hat Linux & play Red Alert at that time... That's all gone with the wind...