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[@samiboukhalfa9040]

old upgradable laptops were the best

[@rmcdudmk212]

Agreed. It's sad the closest thing to a truly upgradable laptop is the Framework PCs.

[@samiboukhalfa9040]

@rmcdudmk212 yeah but they're expensive, was thinking of picking up a i7 thinkpad t480 and upgrading it

[@elu9780]

Yeah, and even framework doesn't allow you to upgrade the CPU by itself. I have an old upgradable ThinkPad, and that's what I'm using. The only bad thing about it is that the GPU is not upgradable, and the GPU that came with it is pretty weak and only has 128MB of VRAM.

[@samiboukhalfa9040]

@elu9780 yeah I hate how they fazed out upgrading a laptop especially gpu/cpu swaps

[@DuneRunnerEnterprises]

​@@elu9780 Look for Dell D800 series. You CAN replace the vga card there. Theoretically. You can't FIND them !!

[@Yandarval]

You could do with one of the power bricks with multiple tips. Just for powering laptops in the shop. You will want a 130w or more. As some of the higher end (for the time) gear will not turn on using a common 65w brick.

[@R4dm1n]

Oh what the hell... You managed to get the same exact laptop I had back in the day (Inspiron 3521), mine had an i3-3217U instead though. I ended up stripping out all of the parts, mainly to upgrade another laptop from 4 GB to 8 GB, which I also was planning on upgrading to a 2nd gen i7, but then I got my hands on a more powerful laptop later on. And now I just daily drive workstation tier laptops lol

[@RockRock-qf1wj]

Thank you, you are the only one i have ever seen that actually saves the wifi cards, bless you.

[@Mirra2003-f9s]

That old Precision is awesome,the CPU actually is true quad core compared to most laptops at the time which were mostly 2 core 4 thrad. That fingerprint sensor is also still functional for Windows 10 and 11,it could also have another 2 ram slots under the keyboard. With a minimum of 8GB ram and an SSD it's still a great laptop for Windows 10 or 11,way better than those other 2 consumer grade junk laptops

[@travis4798]

I got an old Dell latitude one time from 2006. It had powered on but kept cutting off, just had a bad power conector and it worked for a while, I think it had bad caps because it had stability issues, then it just kept freezing to the point it was unusable. But for as beat up as it was it was a wonder it even worked.

[@colinauta]

I have installed Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 Ameliorated on that generation of old laptops. I upgrade and give or return them to friends who can't afford a new one. Here is South Africa we squeeze a lot of use out of old PCs and appliances if they can still be used productively.

[@c00lc321]

This was the best laptop I ever owned. they dont make them like this anymore I still use my latitude e4300 every day.. it does what I need it todo

[@Fender178]

I have the next gen of Dell Precision laptops the M4600 with a 2nd generation i7 Quad core mobile chip and whatever the Nvidia Quadro that it has. Very good laptop.

[@G0nZ4Low]

I'm still using a 1st gen i3 15.6 HP, use to be a living room media center PC, but now it's still in use as browsing/Office. I think I even updated to a low power i7/i5. First thing I'd test would be the RAM swap, then test each slot, and the old "keep the power button for 30 seconds with no energy/battery plugged". Hell, that last one saved me a trip last week, still don't know why but that has saved me more time than I can count and some people say I'm a wizard for that

[@kylewylde7548]

yeah i was surprised he didnt try different ram, i wouldnt be surprised that was the problem.

[@Joshfarmpig]

As someone who was a user of an E6510/M4500 I can tell you a few things. They are CPU Upgradable and ram can be upgraded to 16gb if you install the BIOS update.

[@sjococo]

I thought 8 GB memory limit was by CPU. Quad cores support 16 GB, dual cores only 8 GB or am I mistaken?

[@Joshfarmpig]

@ that laptop has socket g1 which can support quad core. Quad core chips can have 16gb. I think dual cores can have 8.

[@rcairo2595]

Sometimes, and for some reason if the cmos battery is low or dead, the laptop will power on, but there will be no display. Again, why, I have no idea.

[@justwantedtoreply]

I even take the screens out, they can be fun for some projects. You can get cheap boards that can drive those.

[@jrose-xp6tf]

I don't know if someone screen-grabbed that serial, but as an old tech I snap a pic of EVERY dead/scrapped unit's WIN serial ..which I use later if valid and not already captured/transferred by original holder. I loathe laptops now, but I'll watch you play with them.

[@thelbtlover]

There's absolutely nothing wrong with a Pentium. Put an SSD in there and it will be a great computer for browsing the internet. Celerons and those AMD A series laptops are not usable even with an SSD. But you really should have got that Pentium Dell working. It would have made a great computer for someone with basic needs.

[@EvilTurkeySlices]

That dell probably has an upgradable CPU as well.

[@obvious7777]

Exactly...Those older Dell Precisions{2-7 gen) are nice and built like a tank.

[@bhringer]

I used to recycle by trading with local shop for things I need to upgrade and repair other laptops which I then sold; shop always wanted older stuff for parts inventory.

[@Addeatt]

$100!?!? I'd be lucky to get $40 in my local market for a laptop that old.

[@rmcdudmk212]

Just depends on where you're at. I could get between 60 and 80 bucks where I live.

[@Addeatt]

@@rmcdudmk212 I've never understood how local markets can fluctuate that much. Do people not check eBay in your guy's area? Lmao. Some Old Laptops can sell for $80-$100 - but they have to be the high-quality business laptops not the flimsy old junk.

[@WallyHeadley]

I always enjoy your videos. I've learned a lot. Thanks

[@DLMtechgarage]

I appreciate the watch!

[@WeatherMan2005]

i have a dell latitude E6540 that i got for free this year. 4th gen i5. one of the ram slots doesnt work tho so im gonna upgrade it from 4g to 8g single channel.

[@johnt.848]

I'd remove the screens to reuse on other laptops that come in with obviously broken screens.

[@Yandarval]

We can all blame Apple and Intel for the death of repairable laptops.

[@hybrid1880]

Blame the consumers for wanting lighter and more portable things. This is the reason why everything is soldered on chip.

[@Yandarval]

@@hybrid1880 the extra mm here and there shaving that goes on each year is all for marketing numbers. Which has taken away changable CPUs and give rise to soldered RAM and even storage. It has especially hit business class machines. Which are only slightly better than the comsumer rubbish for upgradeability. Most still have a single bottom cover to remove to do anything. Clipped on with many tiny, easily breakable hooks. I have had to have several laptop bottoms repaced due to broken hooks after taking the bottom off once. This is using the recommended technique. Businnes class gear has full teardown docs for taking them apart.

[@Adam-Mei]

It was touted as a working person's laptop and if memory serves there was an advertisement with a cup of coffee spilled on it and it still worked because it was an investment in your future. My boss spilled many a cup on his and those lines led the drink away from vital areas.

[@wiedzmin3050]

Instead of throwing it away, try putting it up for sale. There are a lot of people looking for even a keyboard casing or even a screen. Many people are also looking for boards connected beyond the motherboard. It's a shame to throw away even the cooling system when it's whole. Every now and then I see someone even putting up damaged laptops for parts.

[@Anthony-G2G]

old laptop is good for linux. with older dell's - replace the ram, or pull 1 stick. and re-test.

[@floydfan2026]

I got this exact laptop from my dad’s work for free and i used it for some time before I had a decent laptop and it had quite some power to it. I could play Minecraft on it and screen record with obs and still get 100fps. I out a ssd in it and it ran great with windows 10. The old gpu was the worst part of it since drivers were ancient and it didn’t support directx 11 fully. It is a quad core i7 with hyper threading and it is so beefy that it needs a higher power 130w charger or else it will throttle the cpu and it won’t go above like 1.1 ghz or something like that. So charging and using at the same time wasn’t great since all I had was the regular dell 90w charger. It definitely puts out quite a bit of heat. I also have a similar older dell that looks similar and has a top end core 2 duo and 4gb ram. Even it is somewhat useable with a ssd on windows 10, though you are limited by thr ram as they didn’t really make any larger ddr2 sticks. Sadly it died recently for some random reason. It just lights up power led when I plug it in and if I press the power button it spins up loud for a few seconds then shuts off and doesn’t display anything or give any error lights or beeps.

[@crashercrasher9696]

I had a laptop like this before, sad to say i already sold it

[@rmcdudmk212]

Pemtium dual core and celeron machines are still useful, you just need to get the Windows virus off of them. 👍

[@unknown4mat584]

also try a power cycle, it may help too

[@unknown4mat584]

and working laptop fans you can sell online too some may need them and the mobo

[@GitOverFlowWithJoy]

I am at 10:45, the first thing I would have done is Check the Ram.

[@Doman2000]

Exactly that! , before you start all that (rough!) disassembling you always first check and reseat the Ram!

[@elmerduncan4932]

Bad CMOS battery will prevent a boot.

[@uisebastian8799]

I picked up a cool older gaming laptop a while back for 160$. Has a 4th gen i7 and a gtx 880m which both can be upgraded. Also had im guessing 16gb of ram soldered to the board somewhere and I added another 16gb.

[@tybread2997]

I'd personally scrap it, but you could sell for parts. I'm sure there is someone out there that might be some use out of the old Dell.

[@ItIsNot1984]

Start some bins and save it. You want a copper bin, aluminum bin and a wire bin. Some wires have aluminum cores, so don't mix them up. When a bin gets full sell it for scrap. You could hang onto the boards and other stuff for gold scrap too, but meh. I just trash that stuff. Oh and do a bin for the hard drives too. They add up, but don't sell them for scrap. Throw them up on ebay as parts and just stuff them in a flat rate box.

[@user-oe5rd1uh8r]

men id love to get that lap top i have the older version with a core 2 duo use it with linux for school, i think they are still worth to fix

[@obvious7777]

Get yourself an electric screwdriver. You'll thank me later.

[@Hadisabetghadam]

You Can Upgrade CPU On The Inspiron

[@marticissparticus]

thats so cool how you can upgrade the cpu i definetly agree with you they dont make them like they used to

[@kcinplatinumgaming2598]

should keep test the laptop batteries they can sell at good price.. would just sell the whole thing as for parts.. even keyboards on there own go for $15 dollars type thing ... and screens oh my! -- selling the laptop shells bezels ect hinges .. all adds up for a good profit

[@frankenstein3163]

I'm thinking about using the monitors to replace my good big monitors to reduce electricity bill !? Are laptop monitors commonly better than desktop wen it comes to anti glear as I want to be outside ? Any thought's on out door monitors ? I have a dell latitud e6400. ram upgrade is to expensive but having a cpu socket it cool and technically there a second board that a gpu is integrated in that board for a upgrade ? >_

[@jaywalkyr]

that dell e4300 looks like an e6510 that someone took a razorblade to.

[@rmcdudmk212]

Very nice. Ive got an old Asus with an i3 that i can upgrade with an i7 and boost the ram from 8 to 16 gigs.

[@jjohnson71958]

i collect desktop sata drives from direct tv recorders.. and laptop sata dirves for the free music and pictures

[@Rigem.]

Did you try charging that 4500 for a few hours before you pulled the battery and decided it was dead?

[@jessevantzan5534]

dude i have so many chargers like totes i was so shocked to find out you do not lol

[@rrhalo]

You SHOULD have TOOK OFF the CMOS battery on the Precision laptop. Then, hold power button WHILE connecting the psu. It seems you're out of the blue on that. Cheers!

[@UToobSteak]

I love my old t440p, but I have a problem. I charged it, and now it doesn't boot, just 3 beeps and no display. I have changed memory, cpu, tried an ips panel, and motherboard. Still 3 beeps. Any idea what I could try next? All that's really left are the ssds

[@tvmedia7494]

What laptop is the last one in the video please ?

[@FrankBooger]

Windows 7 keys are no longer usable??

[@robertchamberlin2362]

Sims card slot under battery and also does smart card reader I had this same laptop its a work hose

[@Joshfarmpig]

DELL PRECISION m4500???

[@swiiishgin1515]

just use massgrave to activate windows.

[@markwiehenstroer2831]

The issue with that Dell Precision laptop may be a bad cpu.

[@thomaswilkins8168]

I was curious why don't you like the old amd A8 APU's I have an old laptop with an A8-6410 and it seems to be pretty decent but this was when intel had the upper hand on AMD cpu's. Also as far as the dell precision goes it very well could have had a bad ram module I would test that ram just to make sure it still works. if it doesn't then chances are that old laptop might still work it goes without saying they are truly the last of their kind.

[@BodziuM]

black screen in dell laptop can cause dead bios battery

[@deejagers716]

you have hands more to repair some cars or trucks than computers :)

[@MrKike545]

those r ok to run chrome os flex (chromebook)

[@klorslug]

Always save your adapters, you’ll be happy that you did

[@XuroX.]

Yeah but I thought with windows 11 now they stopped letting you activate it with older windows keys? Like you can't activate windows 11 with a windows 7 key anymore, i thought.

[@traek8742]

The HP was a DV7 model laptop. Taking the bottom cover off is super easy. The switch to get the battery out will also allow the cover to pop off if you moved it the other direction. Super cringe watching the way you brute forced it.

[@steelking9973]

SOME OF THOSE BATTERIES COULD BE FIXED BY TAKING OUT THE CELL BECAUSE THEY WERE DOUBLE AA BATTERIES RECHARGEABLE ONES SO BUY A PACK OF RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES AND YOU'RE Good I PAUSED THE VIDEO TO TYPE THIS

[@DuneRunnerEnterprises]

Oh,c'mon,Mike - buy a universal laptop charger!!! It's cheap.

[@jjohnson71958]

looks like my dell latitude d630 notebook same height and width

[@WeatherMan2005]

@jjohnson71958 i have a d630 too. It has vista. Idk what to use it for

[@jjohnson71958]

@@WeatherMan2005 videos music and use mozilla firefox and buy a swapable hdd module for it i got 1 for my d630 notebook 5gb of kingston 5300 notebook memory.. and its easy and cheap to buy a replacement motherboard for it

[@FoxAlky]

my hp zbook 15 g2 have detachable cpu and gpu

[@mr2miach]

Ok, correction on my part. You did say at the end of the video you would take them to recycling. Leaving my original comment so I'm being transparent and can admit my mistakes. I get the old laptops you can't or don't want to do anything with but can you please not just throw electronics in the trash. I'm no tree hugging hippy but been in IT for 28 years now and throughout my years I have repaired laptops because someone gave them to a recycling center or parted them out on ebay. The screens alone, as long as the work, can save someone from buying a new laptop they don't want to spend money on just because their screen was damaged or died. The hinges for the screens. Motherboards. Even the plastics can be of use to someone else that may not have the money to replace a perfectly good working laptop that needs a replacement cover plate. You don't have to sell them on ebay if you don't want to, just donate them to a place that will. You are welcome to part them out and make a buck but just don't send them to a landfill where they take forever to decay and help nobody.

[@shaheryarmuhammadali5843]

100% agree with you man. This guy has no tech ethics; even though these are very old, ancient and out-of-date laptops, yet a poor kid could have learned the basics using the same machines. Seems like every vintage laptop comes to him to die/get stripped for 'parts'. Putting in the HDD to see if it's going to post, plugging in the monitor cable to 'accommodate' for GPU failure; dude has no idea how computers works.

[@Adam-Mei]

I wear my shorts external.

[@RandomGamingOnGarbage]

Can you sell me those garbage laptops?

[@AbdulSamadSami85]

Just wasted 16 minutes 😂😂😂😂

[@greybeard5774]

Crap 👎✌