Restoring A "Budget" Cash Converters PC From The 90s!

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Today we're cleaning up and restoring an old windows 98 computer that I received from a local recycler. The sticker on it says it came from Cash Converters and was part of their "Budget Line". It's going to need a bit of work, so let's get started!
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System specifications:
Intel Pentium 150MHz
16MB EDO memory
2GB Western Digital Caviar HDD
Sound Blaster 16 Compatible Sound Card
S3 Virge Trio 4MB Graphics Card
Music:
Peaceful Background Music - Nathan Sivewright 2015

[@psivewri]

Thanks so much for watching 🙂 I'll see you in the next year! Use code PSIVEWRI to get 10% off your order at XREart xreart.com/?ref=qq62eig3mm

[@Yorkfield2008FR]

Thx 🙏. New sub

[@ErickBuildsStuff]

Make a NFT for the random artwork you backed up

[@RetroBitTech]

Wheres DankPods at. Honestly yall should do a collab.

[@Thrakus]

So Cash Converters is around still? have not seen 1 in 15 years even then was rare.

[@alex12win19]

A Wise man once said, "I Found It At Cashies, Mate"

[@dinkarfowkar999]

NuggetBoiis here. Was looking for this comment

[@kaio0777]

I was looking for this mate

[@MrVirtualMachine0]

Where you can find your dreams

[@morghaaniyasamy188]

Where you can find your dreams.. They've got wares and chairs and a bog dowstairs Some clubs, some tubs, and hats for scrubs And out of date movies

[@MrVirtualMachine0]

@@morghaaniyasamy188 So, get on down to cashies, mate. You know it'll change your life! So, get off the floor - head out the door, forget Ebay, they'll charge you more, and lose your life at cashies! - M A T E -

[@frostech3149]

Psivewri video? A Christmas miracle!

[@northpole3490]

Clashmas miracle*

[@Ranveer_Soni]

Aggred

[@BudgetBuildsOfficial]

Whenever you see Lemmings as a benchmark you know the hardware is good 👀

[@Alexander_l322]

Hello…

[@Defy_Convention]

Your switch video was great

[@kryptoniurn]

Fax

[@oqocraft2661]

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[@Red-ol9xg]

Gimmie fake switch

[@thebasketballhistorian3291]

Okay, that spider shot scared THE HELL OUT OF ME. 👀 You're a kind guy for letting the thing out into the yard though.

[@Zempest]

same i jumped.

[@aaroncarson]

lol same 😭

[@thomascoles1022]

same

[@minty6206]

🎵oh I found it at cashies mate 🎵

[@faythang2513]

"Good old cashies! Its like a garage sale with dedicated business isles!" -Dankpods

[@joeconti2396]

Business hours.

[@TrenchReynolds]

I wonder if Nathan ever ran into Wade from Dank Pods at Cashies.

[@97nelsn]

Cashies, where have I heard that name before? *Old Timey music playing*

[@97nelsn]

@Green Mamba Games Oh Cashies! It’s like a garage sale with dedicated business hours.

[@billman69]

The fabled cashies pc, it’s everything I’ve ever wanted

[@FrxdWasHere]

The perfect pair to cashies pods!

[@amethystdene]

you watch dank pods don't you

[@Kelson01]

The cashies special

[@sushimamba4281]

In '97 2Gb was a pretty decent size hard drive.

[@qweebey]

Not really

[@blueviper1099]

cashies special

[@minty6206]

🎵 Oh i found it at cashies mate 🎵

[@ps2jak2]

I "tried" to buy a really cheap PC from my local Cashies in circa 2004. Asked for proof it powered on, and the salesperson proceeded to plug it in and flick the voltage select switch on the back of the PSU while trying to power it on and popped it... It was some old Compaq Deskpro with a Celeron? They only wanted like $30 for it even then.

[@brostenen]

Ahhh... Yes. Compaq used bad PSU's at some point, to save money, when they began to loose market share. They were wonderfull machines from 386 era to late 486 era.

[@davidewhite69]

probably an ex government job, somehow Compaq got a contract to supply the ADF and some states police from 2000-2003 and they were POS, they didnt even have a CPU cooler, just an enormous aluminium custom made heatsink

[@Dragonborn-dc4uj]

Unofficial Cashies Special for Christmas.

[@MrNascar1111]

Cashies? Like dankpods? I smell a crossover episode

[@oliusmemes1088]

i think it's an australian thing but a crossover ep with dankpods would be nice

[@jesuscrust13]

They live in the same state

[@DistrosProjects]

Oh i found it at Cashies mate

[@GameHerbert]

Pisvewri CASHIES SPECIAL

[@EdgyShooter]

"And I placed it outside" Two weeks later Australia is overrun with foreign spiders

[@imkirbo3094]

Cash Converters stores are all over in the UK, I had no idea they're an Australian company that have been around so long

[@stephenpartridge686]

I had no idea that cashies are in the UK, my wife worked for cashies back in 2001 so we were able to tell how much was paid for an item by looking at the codes on the price tag...

[@prontoa2005]

yeah no idea too'

[@helenHTID]

For years I thought they were a UK based smaller competitor to CEX, But then my brother got a managers job at a local CC store and we had a random conversation about it... They are actually an Australian company and are currently the biggest second hand retailer in the world! UK based CEX is not far behind though they are global too.. CC has 700 stores and CEX has 600. But yeah there we go lol

[@dinkarfowkar999]

Psivewri should have put Cashies song as the background music while doing this repair. And him collaborating with DankPods would be awesome

[@kaitlyn-rosediaz4832]

Cashies!!!!!!!

[@yuvvrajkperson]

"Computer Description: The Old One" lmaooo well done

[@theocampbell3865]

"Oh I found it at CASHIES, mate, where you can find your dreeeeams..."

[@arsenalshorts7656]

this guys making us happy on christmas your a legend

[@Rivenworld]

Well done mate for saving another vintage PC, great job.

[@patthesoundguy]

This video took me back! I got my first PC in 1995 a 486 66mhz with 8meg of ram and a 540meg hard drive. I had purchased a P100 back close to 2000 at cash converters of all places. This video was super fun.

[@josephargentaro7274]

Merry Christmas from Melbourne 🎄

[@dawsonramdass1145]

damn he really got it at cashies tho i like how most of the comments here are gonna be dankpods references xDD

[@famousfighter2310]

Merry Christmas 🎄 also thank you for these cool videos about old computers. Really cool and i enjoy them a lot

[@MidnightFireHuntress]

We watched this during our Christmas dinner, me and my friends love your videos, thank you and Merry Christmas!!! ❤❤

[@nathan_tasker]

Merry Christmas to you and your family, Nathan. I hope you had an amazing day. Take care and I hope you have a fantastic 2022.

[@probnotstech]

We used to have a few Cash Converters in hometown in Canada. I used to walk by one on my way home from School in the late 90s and gawk at the cool electronics (sometimes even buy some). It's fun to see they're still around in Australia.

[@moorhen6156]

we still have them over here in the UK too in fact the one I worked at as a kid back in 2000-2001 is still open and in the same location

[@writerpatrick]

We have one locally. They're basically a pawn shop. It's harder to find cheap old computers in these shops as people swipe them up.

[@tomguder]

to watch you careing gives me peace.

[@TheGodOfAllThatWas]

I was worried leaving the one piece yellowed would look bad.... I was pleasantly suppressed how well that looks as kind of an accent piece. Good call on that, it really helps tell the story of the computer, and actually turned out looking really cool.

[@b1grog]

This is my perfect Christmas gift!

[@T3CHGY007]

Merry Christmas to you and thanks for all the great content from the past year!

[@YearsOfLeadPoisoning]

CASHIES SPECIAL

[@AlejandroRodolfoMendez]

Awesome work. Happy new year

[@ShoelessJP]

So satisfying to see this thing saved. Cheers.

[@SireSquish]

Pin 1 or the red stripe wire always goes adjacent to the power connector on the drive, and is labelled on the board. That way you can be sure you have your IDE cables the right way around. If you get the floppy drive cable backwards, the drive light stays on.

[@IsaacRossMusic1]

I think yellowed plastic gives a nice vibe to it

[@ThatTonybo]

I have an IBM from 2000 with a socket 7 board that uses ATX power and PC-133 ram, and has an AMD K6-2 550mhz processor. But the board has no graphics slot, only 3 PCI, so it's honestly terrible. Fun nonetheless!

[@virtualtools_3021]

use a pci to pcie riser (cheap on ebay) to install any card you wish to bottleneck to the MAX

[@doodles113]

Probably one of the last run of IBM Aptiva´s ...i used one of these back in the day. One of my first installs of Windows 2000! Very good for some games of this Win98 Era...

[@ThatTonybo]

@@virtualtools_3021 I think I'll stay with the onboard SiS graphics. When I find a better socket 7 board, I'll swap the CPU out.

[@ThatTonybo]

@@doodles113 It was my original computer, we bought it new in 2000. It's always run Windows XP in our house, but the sticker said it came with Windows 98, so that's what's on it now. It runs a lot of games ok, I always played Theme Hospital on it.

[@classic_jam]

@@virtualtools_3021 Only a handful of PCI-e cards have drivers that will work on the K6 or any Socket 7 CPU. So you're actually more limited in terms of choice.

[@user-et1vj1oz3f]

Merry Christmas! Nice restoration!!!!

[@confused_potato_boi1435]

Seeing this vid in my recommended was the most exiting part of the day so far! :)

[@modiwynez]

Merry Christmas!!

[@HughesyTech]

"it's nearly Christmas" Sorry it's boxing day 😀

[@RobertDeloyd]

Love your videos... Merry Christmas 🎄

[@zacharietg]

I really love this sponsor.., and all your videos ! Thank you for this gift !

[@cdos9186]

I’m surprised that has pretty respectable quality hardware. With all those bad sectors on the drive I was expecting a Maxtor lmao.

[@johncate9541]

I've seen more dead WDs of that era than Maxtors, but I guess that was just the luck of the draw for me.

[@cdos9186]

@@johncate9541 Really? Interesting. Maxtor drives from that era are absolutely terrible, every single one has horrendous bearings that sound like a train wreck and it hurts your ears. I avoid those 1995-2001 models when I can, they always get terrible bearings and end up getting bad sectors. Now don't get me wrong Maxtor made some great models. I love the 6L250R0 I have, made in 2006. I also have a 200GB model and it is great. Well, I guess they are made by Seagate so whoops haha. Their Cheyenne series is great from the early 90's. The 7040AT, 7080AT, and the 7120AT. Anything that looks like the Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 60 in my mind is not when Maxtor was making quality but rather quantity. Sorry for the rant if you don't like reading haha.

[@johncate9541]

@@cdos9186 I never said my experience was representative of others. Just that even when Maxtor had a reputation for unreliability, they always seemed to hold up for me. It was probably just good luck.

[@Toby_Q]

Thanks for the totally legit Windows 98 installation key!

[@doge5603]

Thalia is clearly an professional artist.

[@FadedHD-YT]

Merry Christmass :D

[@stephenjones3501]

Hope you had a good Christmas Peter

[@Gaming56456]

Merry Christmas bro!

[@lazy_gamer_dad]

Merry Chrysler!

[@LachezarDolmov]

Merry Christmas! Весела Коледа! :)

[@paulb4uk]

Superb work plastics came up nice after retro bright process .

[@jrs1rules]

Such a cool case you upload good videos keep it up.

[@internetjesus]

Cue the Dankpods Cashies song!

[@Ghosty2exclusive]

Merry Christmas

[@riley9948]

Great video I always enjoy

[@huntsgt]

Merry xmas wri!

[@speedster5893]

6:29 hey there spidey 🤣🤣

[@MrFixer1983]

Nice find and a good cleaning job!

[@rughksu]

merry christmas

[@EdgyShooter]

We are much closer in age than I expected! Good to see you back again

[@Arghapatra2006]

Just love your videos at the end of the day

[@maxtornogood]

Another 90's nostalgia piece saved from the local scrap heap, love it! ^_^

[@eesveryowncarrzkiss8596]

I really enjoyed this. I did not get into computers until the late 90s with WebTV (I still have) and later with a custom PC Ripoff machine. (The owner and his wife were arrested years later by the FBI and sent to Prison.) I really enjoy looking at these old systems; they bring me back.

[@endorfun22]

Loving the hat at the end but not through out. Also the cd-rom with it being an infrared model, at the time, it wasn't cheap, it was high end. Loved all things Creative brand.

[@o9mb]

1:45 Thanks for the free product key, now I can activate windows 98!

[@agentburningbutters3655]

Merry cashmas!

[@MrToftheL]

Excellent video as always. Still severely lacking in a CRT monitor though 😁

[@johnathanpearson3203]

Indeed. Even today a CRT monitor is very useful especially for playing modern pc games with older GPUs. I still use my 980ti on a CRT and at 1280x1024 Control runs perfectly.

[@psivewri]

Just more of a pain to film with my cameras 😬 Don't worry, I have CRT monitors.

[@MrToftheL]

Very true. CRTs are pure evil to film.

[@tejaspadhye]

@@johnathanpearson3203 ez response time

[@dheerajSM]

@@psivewri what model???

[@andresbravo2003]

Merry Andresmas!!

[@brendanhoffmann8402]

The first computer I bought was a Wang 386 DX 33, I bought it when I was 15 From cash converters.

[@BruceEverett]

Gawd. Cashies. Yeah. And the '90s retail and clerical training that would refer to the case as the CPU. It's a throwback to TTL-based systems that predate the microprocessor - the CPU would span multiple chips and so the entire case and contents would be the "CPU", while the hard drive would be some great washing machine looking thing off to the side. Of course, that terminology was dated by the 1980s, what with 8-bit microprocessors already having entered the home, and 16-bit microprocessors performing office duties in the late '70s. ...and workplace training hadn't caught up by the '90s. I can remember facepalming in a clerical training course held on Currie Street in the CBD when they introduced the case as the "CPU" IN 1999!

[@Giga1023]

Merry Christmas y’all, and have a great time with family I know you all deserve it ^_^

[@Alcochaser]

Wow a Creative infra 24 CD. These actually came with a cool remote that let you play music CDs in the drive without using Windows. Though I bet that remote is long gone. The black plastic window on the front of the drive is the remote receiver.

[@spoons4904]

Great video

[@ComputersAndRetro]

Creative Infra I Love. 🙂🙂🙂

[@RUBBLX]

Omg I was waiting for new vid

[@zachgiesbrecht5971]

Finally a new post

[@deanchur]

I had no idea Electronic Recycling Australia even existed AND they're an employer of persons with disabilities. Since I'm currently on Disability Employment Access for kidney failure and dialysis, I'll definitely make sure pop down to Grand Junction Rd to check them out; I think I can add a lot of value to them in a variety of areas. Thanks Psi, I owe you a coffee!

[@frankieiero6859]

the keyboard is so beautiful

[@britsluver]

I lov3 your Xmas hat

[@jonathansturm4163]

The box of Eidetic floppy disks caught my eye. I sent a box of 5.25 inch Eidetic floppies to a colleague in Kansas City a few months ago. She and her husband are mentoring a youngster who’d heard of them, but never seen one. I still have quite a bit of old software on both disk sizes: PageMaker 4, Sprint 1.01, MS Word 1.0, Wordstar… Time to knock together an old Socket 7 machine for a bit of fun. I recall building two using 400 MHz AMD CPUs and the then new SDRAM memory back in the day. They were more exciting than my new 24 core Threadripper that’s due for deliver mid-January.

[@ExpertCMX]

Nice job

[@ali645.]

*cashies theme starts playing*

[@n1ghtr4v3n6]

not gonna lie, the one yellowed piece adds a nice touch to the case

[@RC-nq7mg]

Cash Converters, now that is a logo and price tag sticker I haven't seen in a LONG time.

[@Rainbow__cookie]

I really like the blue logo on the DVD drive

[@alexandrecouture2462]

Nice computer!

[@sgtpeppers3021]

I love the peaceful background music, created by Nathan 2015. Is there a download link?

[@evan_kumar]

6:30 HOLY SHIT!!!!!!!!!!! I KILL IT

[@catfree]

Merry Aussimess

[@redneckbryon]

The windows 98 install I remember those days, lol Commonly unknown or forgotten information, yes most IDE cables could be put in upside down but they normally have keys on each side that corresponds to the top of the cable, then later revisions had a centring pin.

[@Fulvica133]

The best video

[@chucku00]

Acetone (nail varnish remover) is often more efficient than glue to fix ABS plastic elements, and composite epoxy glue is the best way to reinforce fraglile or brilltle plastic pieces.

[@cristobal521]

Cashies mate? That’s not a computer that’s a nugget mate!

[@Moledmc]

Best hair in the business.