Rescuing an IBM Thinkpad 365XD From Auction (It's dead)

[@hpenvy1106]

I do like your clickbait free title. You could have gone "will I be able to rescue it????" but you decided against it. That's greatness.

[@neophobicnyctophile8264]

Try removing the battery, disconnect power, push the power button, then plug in power while holding the Fn key. This resets a power issue according to the user manual. Another thing is to try toggling the external/projection key while the external display is connected. I would also try booting with no RAM or HDD, force at least one known error and test the screens that way... It seems like the LED indicators might be an error code or symptom worth researching, so I did some digging and that's what I came up with so far. I miss rebuilding IBM Thinkpads!

[@johnmoreton459]

If you don’t get a POST beep or 3 beeps the cpu board is defective. You could get another operating board from a parts machine and test again. It was put out of service because it died. I don’t know if IBM still services this machine. I used to have one, and worked on many of those computers I used to work on larger systems

[@amnottabs]

me: *converts 200 miles to km* that's a long trip for an old laptop, just taking into account the car's consumpt- *Braxton jumps on a Prius* me: oh nevermind

[@AAComputersandTechnology]

Haha, yeah I think the total cost of gas round trip was 8 bucks.

[@blueoranges93]

@1:00 you may want to consider blurring your address

[@AAComputersandTechnology]

That's not my address. That's just a shopping center nearby.

[@amark2547]

Noice save

[@ScrapTechTips]

@@AAComputersandTechnology noice

[@soeasilynoticed]

Be careful when buying a P71, I own one and the transmission blew out on it. Police push those things. I have the 2005 model and they made 13 different transmissions that year and only 4 of them are swapable with the police package. They use a non standard connector for the electronic shift so you must use a 2005 4l60e and they are not cheap or easy to come by. Buy one from 2004 or earlier (pre 2000's have an issue with a melted plastic intake manifold though) or after 2007 and you should be fine. Other than a few other issues they are fun gas guzzling land yachts. Excellent handling and overall strong machines.

[@jrgt628]

You allways need to check the engine hours on any fleet vehicle

[@RetroTechIIfx]

I also just bought a IBM ThinkPad 365XD, ironic. The FM synth from the onboard audio is awesome. These are nice machines, although they have more plastic than the 700 series IBM ThinkPads. 300 series was the entry-level. Entry level in IBM land was high end compared to the typical PC laptop though. It's important to be delicate with the 365XD as some of the structural plastic is fairly thin.

[@samjackson7701]

Wow man, you're channel has really grown!! I remember when your channel was a tiny little thing that I would watch every now and then, and look where you're at now!! Love your ThinkPad videos, I am a collector myself and have been meaning to pick up an older machine since I got rid of my 701c in ~2001. Biggest damn mistake I've ever made :)

[@mikemoyercell]

Thanks for the video as it helped me find the CMOS (backup) battery on my thinkpad 365x. Mine worked with a dead battery but always complained about the date and time when turning it on. Thanks again!! -Mike

[@JTBivens]

lol loved the ending. But yeah Work it in. Cars are tech too. I do not have a huge interest in it. But I know many do. And some relate more so to that type of content. You could even expand on it in the future. By adding tech to the car in various ways. Anyway great video! Bummer it did not work though. That would have been fun to check out. Maybe fix it up?

[@kbhasi]

6:52 I know that when the resume battery leaks in a 760 series, it would think the keyboard lid is always open, so it would only display on a second monitor, and would go to sleep while starting up. I wish I could reverse-engineer the "keyboard card" (that's what the service manual actually calls it) and produce some reproduction cards as drop-in replacements.

[@karenwang313]

I completely forgot North Carolina even existed haha. Those relaxing drives make me miss living in a rural town. You would drive for about five minutes and be out in the wilderness with nothing but open road ahead of you. A road trip sounds pretty nice about now.

[@1NIGHTMAREGAMER]

When ever laptop doesn't boot usually look at bios battery and main battery

[@ericland9865]

That's true for desktops sometimes

[@1NIGHTMAREGAMER]

@J Fz funny thing is he said reseated a back up battery battery don't last more than 10 years when there bios battery lol

[@ericland9865]

@J Fz it's probably the CMOS battery is dead or the laptop battery is so far gone they prevent things from working

[@ericland9865]

@J Fz it's most likely the battery or the ram a system will not post or display anything if the ram is severely bad.

[@SunYichen]

Maybe you could try unplugging the screen and trying to get a POST when connected to an external monitor, as the computer would detect the external one as the primary. This has worked with my W541 before and it just might work on this.

[@bashisobsolete.pythonismyn6321]

Often, there was a bios option to duplicate screen on VGA port. If it's not set to duplicate, an external monitor will get no signal.

[@skchen83]

I'm still trying to confirm, but I want to say that, that model 365 (possibly 360) was the one used by one of the infamous Pentagon spies. I believe it was Anthony Pollard who was incarcerated there in NC! Might be a cool one just to have in a collection as a conversation piece. Like the ones that have been used on the International Space Station such as the A31.

[@clemsonbloke]

Braxton, Love how you put the screen shot of Classic Star Trek on the sceen. Love the original series.

[@thedungeondelver]

My dad's laptop. Screen broke, I tried to fix it (well, replace it). Didn't work. Same model and s/n etc. but I guess it was a mid-revision or something, the connector was totally different for the motherboard. Never did get it back together and to him. Ended up giving him one of my desktop rigs, an e-Machines box that was a lot better. Seeing the laptop broght back memories, thanks.

[@pentiummmx2294]

maybe you got a screen for a 760L/LD

[@AG-pm3tc]

AA cars and roads reviews

[@Mat-sl6tj]

Just try starting it without the cmos battery and the actual battery with the power adapter plugged in, there’s a good chance that that may do it. Also as many others have suggested plug it into and external display (don’t disconnect the internal display tho, there’s no real point since if when there was no external monitor you didn’t get anything to display it won’t be any different plugging in an external one)

[@winMANhun]

At least you had a nice trip😉 And also... a Crown Victoria would be reaaally cool

[@bobgrimes8618]

Send it to Louis Rossman! He will fix it like new.

[@damiennoir1301]

You should disassamble the display to replug the the Displaycable, that is the most common issue I had with my old laptops.

[@Go.el_Hadam]

Buy the crown Vic. I would love to see that on the channel. I am especially interested in the government auctions process.

[@AAComputersandTechnology]

I'm surprised how many people were for the crown vic. If I end up getting one, I will definitely post a couple videos about it on the channel!

[@zacharias499]

Not first but it’s fun to comment

[@AAComputersandTechnology]

I appreciate the user engagement :p

[@ΘοδωρήςΚάππα]

Actually I watched the video because the title said that it was dead.

[@RGD-Audio-Repairs]

i just picked up one of these for free from a neighbour... worked fine on plug when i first tested it, But i left it plugged in to see if the battery would take any charge, then went to turn it on a few hours later, and totally dead... no lights lit up either...

[@Yousitech]

"Not the most fun car to drive" but of an understatement there lol

[@Henry5623]

Still more sensible to buy/drive then a roided out Honda Civic. You know the kind of car you dump four times it's original value into "improving" it just to still get beat by every soccer mom mini van on the road and then end up selling it for a third what you paid for it to start with. Not that I'm some fan of Prius's but aside from most Prius owners driving like assholes Prius's aren't nearly as bad as most people want to believe they are.

[@heyster3]

Maybe the crown vic might have all of the laptop harnasses to put your own into it. Just know that even though you find one with low miles it might have idled many hours a day which does put some wear on the engine.

[@MrKillswitch88]

I bought one of these off ebay a couple of years ago and they are great dos gaming laptops but for early 9x they are kinda on the weak side however the real complaint is the ones that do not have the TN display panel. The DSTN screens go bad as they age and they got really slow refresh.

[@MegaManNeo]

I hope whoever buys that ThinkPad from you isn't going to scrap it.

[@mountain177]

are you wanting to get rid of that laptop? I have one that somewhat works, but it needs some parts. It's missing most of its screws

[@tcroft]

Try replacing the CMOS battery instead of reseating it

[@pentiummmx2294]

I did just recently get a Thinkpad 760EL that at least works nice and i put Windows 95 on it

[@chriss2500]

Just curious, but did you try testing the CMOS battery with a multimeter to see if it's weak or dead? these older machines, especially laptops don't play nicely with a weak / dead CMOS battery and can fail to post because of that.

[@octiviancastle6245]

i say you should find annother one with a broken screen and working boar and make one fully functional laptop out of them if you can find one cheap

[@bashisobsolete.pythonismyn6321]

Better procedure: - test power supply under load - Reflow all boards to eliminate tin whiskers - replace all batteries - change all barrel shaped capacitors and large diodes. - identify power circuits and test for failed resistors and fuses. He could have at least made a basic effort.

[@Henry5623]

Given the fact he had limited time and money as well as other more pertinent life priorities to worry about I would say he VERY MUCH SO made a admirable effort above and beyond what most would do. He was $55 dollars into the laptop to start with. Going through the effort to re-cap the board after the expense of attempting to find the right capacitors to start with as well as the hassle of re-flowing a board and testing circuits is going beyond the scope of his purposes for trying to rescue this laptop to start with. Even more so given the fact that if he could find one for $55 dollars obviously they are still able to be found so going to the ends of the world trying to bring the system back to operational condition, at great cost, especially with no long term plans of even keeping the system to start with isn't justified. Please think before you cast judgement upon others. Common sense 101...

[@mikaras]

It is a perfect raspberrypi project box. :-)

[@morallygrey4071]

This is sad, A somewhat 20 year old computer that is dead is faster than my fully working computer from 2016 xD

[@marcin3928]

I just bought one and it has same problem. Did you find what was wrong with it?

[@jjohnson71958]

part 2 & 3 is a must

[@zacharyschwanke7080]

@AA Computers and Technology why not put a raspberry pi in it?

[@tyflos098]

I was thinking the same

[@ezquimal]

My first notebook was a thinpad 365 dx with nicd battery. 1995 I think.

[@EddieGjaltema]

Wrapping cables around the powersuply is bad practice and will eventually lead to breaks in the cable. Maybe you shouldn't show it like that on screen.

[@white_mask13]

have you tried cooking the board in the oven and replace some capacitors (if you want)?

[@RetroTechIIfx]

There is no BGA solder on the motherboard of this machine. It's all QFP and SMD. They don't run hot so bad solder joints on the IC's shouldn't be an issue.

[@fbnx4219]

To make sure that it is dead forever? This needs some serious troubleshooting.

[@white_mask13]

@@RetroTechIIfx ok then i didn't know sorry, i suggested it because it worked for me with a pentium motherboard

[@pentiummmx2294]

@@white_mask13 is it just a band-aid fix just like when i baked my ylod ps3 cech-a01 board and it just bit the dust after some weeks of using it.

[@joehdah5395]

i have ALWAYS wanted one of those

[@BigRobChicagoPL]

My 770x has a bad lcd and IBM travelstar HDD. RIP

[@mikemoyercell]

Would you be willing to sell that CD-ROM drive that is on that dead machine?

[@mckelepic]

This doesn't really relate to the video much but I was just wondering what camera you mainly use for videos.

[@jussapitka6041]

Put in a new backup battery! Older ThinkPads don't work at all with a dead battery.

[@myyoutubepage1]

I'd buy this but your listing doesn't ship to Canada :(

[@mdukasa]

We all know you drive a PRIUS

[@dawsonramdass1145]

AACAT: *Buys Prius C* AACAT: *Proceeds to give us cold start* me: ???

[@hamzaisrar999]

It's a hybrid, meaning its both electric and gas

[@Henry5623]

@@hamzaisrar999 r/whoosh...

[@hamzaisrar999]

@@Henry5623 Yeah yeah ya got me

[@Crylhound]

Thats a nice techy paper weight

[@ΝίκοςΣ-γ7β]

You Should Have More Subscribers

[@visionist7]

Do you think America could have made a stab at unlimited speed freeways from the 1950s when they were first built, if they followed the German model? Cars would be different even today; much less focus on distractions like drinks holders. I think with the introduction of autobahn culture in the 50s the USA could have made it work. Call them interstate speedways.

[@halsmypal]

Send it for repair to Louis Rossman!

[@octiviancastle6245]

wait try pulling out the main battery and start it up

[@octiviancastle6245]

that's if it had one iv had this with an ibm laptop that would not start because of the battery it had not happened on other devices before and it was my first experience with an ibm

[@greasysteve5671]

When professional grade actually meant something

[@imaginedribble8774]

I have a 365xd and it works but her case has broken. Furthemore I don't have any hardware driver. And I checked that the keyboard board is separated. So can I reuse the keyboard like a usb or bluetoth keyboard? an opinion please

[@Henry5623]

Absolutely no bluetooth keyboards will work with a 365XD given the fact that consumer grade laptops with bluetooth capabilities didn't hit the market till almost a decade after the 365XD was produced. Even if you did get a bluetooth adapter for the 365XD you'd never find drivers for it to make it work. As far as USB keyboards you MIGHT be able to get a PS2 to USB adapter to allow you to use a USB keyboard with the 365XD. Or you could just go on Ebay and find a cheap PS2 keyboard and that should work. Also if your looking for hardware drivers for the 365XD you can easily search on google and find thinkpad drivers that thinkpad fan bases have cataloged for you to use depending on what OS you have installed.

[@imaginedribble8774]

@@Henry5623 Thank you for respond. It helped me. And I wanted reuse the laptop keyboard part to use normal keyboard Sorry my poor englisg level 🤦‍♂️

[@34REDCOW34]

1:27 nice jaaaag xj

[@mbrian1972]

I think it is the cmos battery

[@1NIGHTMAREGAMER]

Perfect win 98 se system

[@jamesdoe4515]

Why didn't you censor your location

[@Henry5623]

It's not his address but rather a shopping center nearby where he lives. He mentioned that in a previous comment from someone wondering the same question you had lol

[@retromodz5149]

hey im collector of vintage IBM ThinkPad's I be interested in buying this for parts for my collection not sure if you already posted it on ebay or if its sold or what so whats the link ?

[@AAComputersandTechnology]

It's in the description.

[@geektech3738]

Hey man I have an old Toshiba Tecra M2 it was working normally then all of a sudden it shutdown then when I tried to turn it on it did turn on like I could hear the hard spinning and stuff but nothing was showing on the screen even when I connected the VGA cable what should I do to fix it up?

[@JohnGotts]

It runs Linux very well.

[@alexmaison1356]

You never tried new RAM.

[@AAComputersandTechnology]

The board has 8mb of soldered RAM.

[@directlinkrexx4409]

Hey can you please tell me if i can put an intel optane ssd for boot up on hp z840 on sata( that place were the graphics card are put)

[@ipeters61]

Crown Vics are good cars (I used to drive a 97 Grand Marquis, which shares the same body as the Crown Vic), but the gas mileage on them is garbage. Personally, if I were you, right now I'd stick with the Prius. I'd rather have the peace of mind that a Toyota gives me.

[@AAComputersandTechnology]

That's the big thing officially keeping me from pulling the trigger. Driving a Vic would double my fuel expenses, so $40 a week instead of $20. I know a lot of people say Ford's are unreliable, but we have a 06 Expedition with 135K on it and have had zero issues with it besides general maintenance. If I could get one cheap enough (under $1500) I would definitely consider it. At $2500 to $3000 it's a lot harder to justify.

[@David_Quinn_Photography]

thats a shame but still cool.

[@fouzaialaa7962]

never trust ppl on the internet with your address .....always blur it

[@Adam.Piper62]

I am sorry you clearly do not enjoy driving at all if you do it in a Prius.

[@joslyntorres8691]

Tech daddy.

[@FUROFAÇAFICI]

adapt it to use raspberry or other

[@gameselectronicsrus3909]

Why only 360p???

[@AAComputersandTechnology]

looks like YT is taking a long time to process the video.

[@gameselectronicsrus3909]

That looks to be the case

[@ScrapTechTips]

probs shouldn't show us ur house address

[@AAComputersandTechnology]

I don't live in a shopping center ;)

[@ScrapTechTips]

@@AAComputersandTechnology that's nice. I thought your room did not look like a shopping center.

[@pentiummmx2294]

i guess its dead, no way to fix it.

[@1NIGHTMAREGAMER]

6th to comment I have a Compaq 5900z 384mb ram 750mhz k7 and it has (100gb) 98gb hdd and iv gotten the original pay working and win xp sp2 on it some how but only issue is that can't get browser installed it was 2478 $ in 1998

[@1NIGHTMAREGAMER]

The case is in perfect condition

[@thatphoneguyyt4272]

*but why*

[@AAComputersandTechnology]

I thought it would make a fun video.

[@thatphoneguyyt4272]

@@AAComputersandTechnology I suggest you go to the recycling center, I go there some times and fix computers at no cost.

[@HK_808]

My 760el has the same problem

[@mojibake6961]

Blur out your address at 1 minute dummy. Edit: he knows what he's doing not his real address

[@AAComputersandTechnology]

That's not my address. That's just a shopping center nearby.

[@mojibake6961]

@@AAComputersandTechnology welp guess that shopping center is gonna get the fan mail. Also personally I watch you videos because you give the spotlight to a lot of underrated older devices so I'm glad you made this video

[@GhastUnity]

Buy a Used Audi TT? They are quite good

[@Henry5623]

Great suggestion...now if I could only figure out what the actual FUCK that has to do with a video on a IBM Thinkpad 365XD I'd have one less mystery to think about...

[@EastAngliaUK]

could you make and put an intel stick PC inside to bring it up to date and run win 10 modded ?

[@Henry5623]

If you wanted to completely modify the literal entire innards of the chassis and pray to God above you somehow could make the screen work with a USB PC and the millions of other hurdles you'd have to SOMEHOW overcome then yes you could make it work just to have a 800x600 TN panel screen resolution experience. Or you could just plug the PC stick into a monitor with a wireless mouse/keyboard and your done in like 5 seconds plus have an HD screen...

[@zacharias499]

Rip

[@joehdah5395]

XD

[@billyboomstick8657]

USB port count Zero

[@joshua4302]

Did you just "leak" your Adresse?

[@Henry5623]

No that was a nearby shopping center's address that was shown. He addressed this in other comments.

[@ygjt76v0-----]

Its great when u go with girl

[@BubbatheFeraligatr]

365 (XD)

[@1NIGHTMAREGAMER]

Hmmmm

[@tuff_lover]

so u bought a dead laptop...content dude

[@Henry5623]

...and you watched the whole video despite the fact it said (it's dead) in the title. Content effectiveness 1000%.

[@tuff_lover]

@@Henry5623 stfu, also don't like ur own comment

[@dormamo6917]

Damn you're cute

[@rajann44]

I will sue you guys there 😥

[@EXDosis]

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