Using An Old Windows ME PC! Big Mistake?

Let's try gaming and refurbishing this ancient Windows ME computer tower :) Does it still work after sitting around for many years? Let's find out :) #retro #WindowsME #Gaming
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233MHz AMD K6-2 Socket 7 CPU
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8MB 3DFX VooDoo II 3D Accelerator
4MB S3 Virge DX Graphics Card
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[@psivewri]

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[@Watrmeln]

Hello

[@calebkeith9341]

Im definetly glad i subscribed hope you make it to 100,000!!!!

[@nitroraptor5316]

Psivewri been (watching) since you were at 48k!

[@nitroraptor5316]

Psivewri Unfortunately I haven’t been subbed that long :(

[@stopactionsam]

Brought a smile to my face

[@TheHated0ne]

0:53 *WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN MY PC*

[@gameboygreat5626]

Sepehr S. w0t

[@personwhowatchesyoutube5804]

@@gameboygreat5626 Shrek says "WHAT ARE YOU DOING MY SWAMP!" but it was chaged to PC

[@TheAlianae]

Nothing...just nothing!

[@patricksedler9697]

person who watches youtube r/woooosh

[@nikolaszisoudis8408]

sheit

[@Layer7s]

"Seems the previous owner Is a Shrek fan something we have in common" Hahahaha

[@voteDC]

Shrek is love. Shrek is life.

[@namesurname4666]

@@voteDC XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

[@Phoenixesper1]

Fitting....ME belongs in a swamp.

[@CalumHGaming]

Its never ogre

[@albcod90]

i love this hahahahah

[@ZacSaleski]

"Seems as if the previous owner was a fan of Shrek." *We have a real Sherlock Holmes on our hands here*

[@iktn132]

its dankpods 100%

[@luucas1012]

2019: Using an old windows me in 2019 2039: Using an old windows 10 in 2039

[@miccha21]

@Boris Sladakovic 3059 using an old windows supernova ultra extra 9000k, oh wait humatity is gone

[@Mr.Helper.]

2079: Using an old MicAppleSoft v1 in 2079

[@Bigbadwhitecracker]

Windows 10 won't be usable in 2029

[@faishalrafielian9061]

Windows 10 might be renamed as only "Windows" in the future. Similar to what apple did to MacOs.

[@borlemdias9532]

2020: stopped being an idiot, and switched to Linux

[@brandonohno8312]

this is how many cigars the old owner smoked a day

[@msinfo32]

69

[@av28379]

125 hes dead lol

[@nishantbhandari2382]

yes

[@montgomerykazer2549]

roblox is fucking gay

[@bekfastisameme885]

Where is the number of cigarettes

[@Syrune54]

A heavy smoker owner plus a shrek fan *gr8 combination*

[@Shock_Treatment]

You never know. Maybe the computer was a kid's, and their parents smoked.

[@RaymondHng]

@@Shock_Treatment In order to have the computer coated all over with that much tar from cigarettes, a person would have to be constantly smoking in the same room as the computer.

[@a.tanner8524]

RaymondHng actually nicotine is colourless. The tar in the cigarettes is what makes things yellow or brown.

[@RaymondHng]

@@a.tanner8524 corrected

[@lossycompressed]

S H R E K P O R N

[@MartinPaoloni]

I think the motherboard is bent, not the RAM modules.

[@user-tm3fz7qx3s]

Agreed.

[@bigalexg]

Yea. I fear he is referring to the DIMM "slots" on the motherboard (please stop calling it a logic board!) as DIMMs. A DIMM is a memory module, "dual inline memory module.

[@Lexusgs43o]

Yup

[@user-un9ll4wt7r]

Should just throw away the motherboard and get another one

[@nathan_tasker]

I agree, the bend is quite significant. The retention clips are holding the DIMMs in place, but the pins on the stick are visible.

[@backstab86]

windows ME, the operating system where you can bypass the login with just pressing escape instead of typing your password

[@Lexusgs43o]

That takes u to a guest login

[@billnopoles1934]

is true, but the network access is disabled

[@freefalcon23]

This isn't quite what I should be doing at 4AM but I don't regret it

[@garyblanton418]

Lmfao

[@gt362gamer]

I finished it at 3AM. I really need a job or some shit.

[@garrygemmell5676]

@@gt362gamer Some shit yeah forget the job! >;o#)

[@Charted]

Tf are u doing at 4am?

[@WASasquatch]

That was definitely a loved computer. Looks like well over a half a decade of solid use, especially with the video card upgrade. Definitely some gaming going on. Glad you picked it up and gave it new life.

[@dickkickem]

considering the desktop background was shrek 2 and it had 128mb sticks of ram in it i'd say it saw a decade of use at least lol

[@boneske]

1:00 So it's a safe bet you haven't played with Windows 2000 either. Windows ME and 2000 had the same startup chime.

[@officialshura214]

same Os but in other names

[@iClone101]

Windows 2000 is what I grew up with. It was a beige Dell Optiplex GX1 from my dad's workplace after they switched to modern laptops. That startup brings back so many memories.

[@boneske]

@@iClone101 I installed Windows 2000 alongside Windows 98 SE on the first computer I built. Windows 98 became a huge waste of space on my hard drive because I spent most of my time booting into Windows 2000.

[@pianokeyjoe]

And what a SWEEEET tone it was, especially because when you heard it, you knew things were working lol!

[@wc2006]

@@officialshura214 actually windows me is based off of the 9x kernel (based on ms-dos) while 2000 is based off of windows nt (at the time new and purely 32-bit os)

[@SummonerArthur]

The only thing i remember about windows ME was the startup sound

[@TheDoritoFan80]

I remember how much it crashes.

[@psivewri]

@@TheDoritoFan80 So I guess you'd be hearing that start up sound a lot then 😂😂

[@Titas21]

Doesn t Windows 2000 has the same start up sound?? Edit: Ohh wait, it does...

[@namesurname4666]

Isn't the same of 2000?

[@AtomicAJ74]

@@TheDoritoFan80 So many people complained about Windows Me crashes, but I always found it to be very stable, and I built many computers with that OS.

[@lashyndragon]

I can't think of a more fitting wallpaper for this legendary OS

[@Planes_Trains_Trucks]

I can win 7 backgrounds

[@slickl9608]

I love how you narrate this like a kids show, where you point things out as they show up on screen

[@milchpackungszertreter6769]

No one Literally no one My school after seeing this pc : we will take entire stock

[@maxusgintus8160]

No. Kidding.

[@gamergrill9629]

Are we all gonna just ignore that amazing transition from the case closed to open at the start? :O

[@psivewri]

There's one at the end as well ;)

[@Lexusgs43o]

Just smooooth

[@ViciousAlienKlown]

That's why it's called a "transition".

[@joeyhillers9460]

Thanos snaps half of the universe away. Psvieri: And now we will put some eucalyptus oil on this blunder and try to clean it up...

[@MACGAMING17]

I love watching your videos on retro/old computers. Thank you and can't wait to see more.

[@FuNkYB27]

Mate, fantastic work on such an old classic. I built my own machine with Win ME whilst my mates were still rockin Win 98se. Ran stable as hell and the best thing I loved about it back then was the Windows Themes and Creative Soundcard software panels you could run. Something I never found after Me.

[@user-dz9xu1kd5l]

Oh my GOD ! the startup sound makes me happy , I miss my childhood

[@redstarenterprise9454]

You must have had a shitty childhood

[@supercattelephone]

That was also the Windows 2K boot chime, very nostalgic

[@voteDC]

I loved Windows ME back in the day and really didn't understand the dislike that it got. It really did just feel like Windows 98 3rd Edition to me. Now true I used a tool called the Optional Component Maker to strip a lot of the tat out but ME always ran sweet as a nut for me. The only reason I moved on was because I was desperate to play The Battle for Middle-Earth and that game only ran on Windows XP.

[@stephaniethebatter7975]

Probably because you were lucky enough to be using hardware that Windows ME could actually use without crashing. One of ME's greatest stability flaws was the lack of good drivers available, which is why the OS actually runs fairly well on a Virtual Machine.

[@archer201977]

Awesome! love how you recycled the old PC! Keep doing the best videos as i continue watching / supporting your channel!

[@user-xr3rb6pn9m]

Only an Apple fan would keep calling a PC motherboard a "logic board" 😀 Great video! 😊

[@rrcoster]

Apple guy but still call Apple stuff logic boards and windows motherboards as that always ive heard it when first had my windows pc back in 1995 with Gateway 486 started off with.

[@QuinnKallisti]

who cares ? Its transient language to refer to a host board of other components

[@AtomicAJ74]

That K6-2 processor is a good CPU, but it is still a low-end processor to be running Windows Millennium Edition. 128 MB of RAM will make a huge difference in performance for most tasks. That board uses both EDO RAM and SDRAM. I’m impressed. I’m sure they board has a physical addressing limit of 128 MB, so it didn’t matter how much RAM you installed. Very nice work cleaning up the system!

[@mica7191]

I was 6 years old back in 2003 when I used to play Yetisports mini games on my sister's boyfriend's Windows XP PC... The shrieking sound of a chunky 56K dial-up modem was such an earache

[@marcse7en]

It looks like the Motherboard is warped and NOT the RAM! The RAM fits in edgeways. The RAM cannot bend edgeways.

[@imeepysleepy]

Yeah thats what he said

[@garethfairclough8715]

No, the guy was saying the RAM sticks themselves were bent, despite the mobo being badly warped.

[@clipseo]

Pretty sure u just made up the word edgeways lol

[@kristhy6066]

I am addicted to your videos. I love watching computers being taken apart and put together again.

[@seshpenguin]

Awesome work! This is a satisfying little PC. Hopefully you can figure out the RAM Situation, that poor motherboard doesn't look so great.

[@InfiniScion]

This was fun watching , I collect and rebuild retro computers too.

[@KingKongFan]

Great fun! I have a dozen old PC's with Win95, 98, ME, XP etc. They're all in pristine condition too. I would love watching you getting them up and running.

[@robert4you]

Greetings from Sweden! I bought my first PC in October 1993, a Compaq Presario 425 with Windows 3.1. God, I simply looove these KZbin videos with old PC's. Pure nostalgia from the childhood of PC's. Two thumbs up 🙂

[@whitewidow69]

Oh man , I remember playing monster truck madness 2 on my cousin pc, good days.

[@amdintelxsniperx]

one way to get the wared dimm slots to strighten up is to put a rubber spacer underneath them and screw the board down

[@SupraManG]

This is a very well done video. I had WinME and enjoyed the heck out of it! Thanks for sharing and bringing old memories back!

[@h11kariii84]

Bro the startup sound makes me so happy

[@pentiummmx2294]

Windows ME on 1997/1998 hardware, it's kind of slow but at least it works.

[@crashbandicoot4everr]

ME is almost the same as 98 SE, just loaded with a few more features (and bugs) :D

[@NSHG]

@@crashbandicoot4everr There have been a lot of fanmade fixes that take care of ME enough to be stable.

[@RWL2012]

@@crashbandicoot4everr 98SE is still "new" for that kind of hardware, I'll never understand why more of those retro scene people don't just use Windows 95

[@OfficialDJSoru]

@@RWL2012 It's infamous driver issues.

[@michaeldale837]

Looks like a 66MHz FSB K6 300MHz. See if the motherboard can do 4.5x so you can get the full 300MHz!

[@glennmoore5880]

When he showed the CPU after removing the heatsink, I was like WTF, that's a 300, BIOS settings must be screwed up. I remember upgrading from my Pentium 133 to a K6 2, can't recall the clock speed though but it would have been somewhere in this area. Good times.

[@ae5668]

It's a pcchips socket 7 motherboard, so doubt it and the voltage will be to high too.

[@marlon7790]

i used to have an amd k6-2 of 350 mhz

[@TheStunners]

Your videos are so nostalgic! I just love it!

[@santafe37s]

Another thumbs up mate! Great video! I love these classic old computers! Great job restoring that computer. I Still have a classic Pentium 1 case. Asus P5A-B Motherboard and restored it. Still works great today. To play all the classic games.

[@a.tanner8524]

I ran Me with an AMD Athlon CPU at the end of the 90’s early 00’s. I remember it being quite a stable OS, but in those days internet was still painfully slow.

[@TheTruthKiwi]

It's kind of sobering when you realize that there are several generations now that have never experienced the pain of dial up internet. They don't realize how lucky they are :p

[@Fabioslove]

Loved it! Some suggestions: You could have tidied up the cables, especially the flat cables, using nylon cable ties. It would look better if you set the case display with the K6 CPU clock in use.

[@muzorewi]

Really well-put-together video mate. Very relaxing, unlike most KZbin videos in this genre. Subbed!

[@droolerdork]

This was a great restoration video! Also a pretty nice machine with lots of PCI cards :)

[@KISSFanDan1995]

Someone give this man a period correct CRT

[@skyediann3399]

"Logic Board" It's a motherboard, this isn't an Apple Product.

[@RWL2012]

*mainboard* *system board*

[@skyediann3399]

@@RWL2012 those are correct terms but not THE correct term, it's like calling RAM memory, yes it's right but it's RAM

[@skyediann3399]

@@RWL2012 plus, logic board was just a term apple made up for their motherboards to make them sound special

[@JonasDAtlas]

@@skyediann3399 To me it just feels like another "it's not a PC, it's filled with magic and rainbows" thing.

[@skyediann3399]

It's what apple wants you to believe

[@xacoupeguy]

As a fellow south Aussie with a youtube channel I say a big howdy fellow youtuber and I'm loving your videos definitely takes me back especially the load up music ahhh memories keep up the good work!

[@pinomarino8917]

Given the age of the computer, it probably ran Windows 95 at some point in time. That startup sound was used in Windows 2000 as well.

[@spearPYN]

I am still using MS-DOS with a CRT 14" monitor for my daily tasks.

[@gedias1]

I'm assuming that you didn't use it to type this.

[@RobbDrew03]

Buy Windows 10 from Microsoft. Com

[@bouncy372]

@@RobbDrew03 Not everyone can afford windows 10

[@grimhunter42]

Why?

[@spearPYN]

GrimHunter42 because it is still the best desktop operating system with thousands of proprietary and shareware/freeware software around, software that is often better and aesthetically more pleasing to the eye and ear than todays modern bloatware written by idiots from India.

[@beedslolkuntus2070]

Such a beautiful startup sound ME has

[@stephaniethebatter7975]

Fortunately, this sound seemed to be shared with Windows 2000. There's also an alternative version of the ME/2000 startup sound, usually found in the beta versions of these two OSes. Good luck trying to get these beta versions installed, though. At least you can still get the sounds from the installation CDs by going through the files with 7-Zip.

[@promer4690]

I was fascinated by computers when I was growing up though they were scarce. I am now hooked to your videos @psivewry!

[@Ali_Almaliky]

Man, I love your videos, I like how you appreciate old technology. Keep up the good work 🤗👍🏻

[@LederSesselFurzer]

My first computer was a Windows ME with Pentium 4 1,5 Ghz, it ran every damn new game on the market for years. Best Computer ever.

[@Ordlnary_Gamer]

WHAT for the time that was killer like gtx 3090 now

[@mdrumt]

You should got up PhilsComputerLab for some assistance on upgrading this beast. Compact flash, CPU, vram, ram etc. Also that PSU is a time bomb!

[@CommodoreFan64]

Agreed, and finding an old 1024X768 LCD monitor is a must for a system like this. I fairly regular see people throwing out old eMachines monitors like that at my local thrift stores, and keep one myself in storage in case I ever need it.

[@psivewri]

@@CommodoreFan64 Over the years I've owned well over 50 LCD monitors like that, however I never thought I'd ever need one 😅

[@CommodoreFan64]

@@psivewri When I first met my girlfriend, she was like why do you keep all these older computer parts, and such, then a few days later her laptop started acting up, said bring to me, her HDD had crapped out, I walked to my bin of laptop drives I had salvaged, pulled out a near matching drive put it in, installed Linux Mint Mate on it, said I just save you $200 USD taking it some place else to get fixed, and she's never questioned me again when I find stuff while out on a thrift hunt, so I always keep at least one or 2 of an item I think I might need in the future either for myself, or someone else.

[@imeepysleepy]

@@psivewri hey, i can send you one if you want!

[@mdrumt]

@@psivewri you scored big with the Voodoo 2, great find!

[@thedeadlygames9716]

These videos are so entertaining to watch, Thank you sir!

[@thedirectionoflife5384]

These videos are so entertaining as relaxing! Keep up the good work!

[@Lastdon56]

"This program has performed an illegal operation and must be shut down. If problem persists, contact the program vendor."

[@jdrs4214]

Lastdon56 Common crash error on my 1997 era Windows 95 IBM Aptiva “machine” ...as well as some decent Blue Screens of Death.

[@jdrs4214]

To avoid electrocuting yourself, short each of those large capacitor’s legs with an insulated needle nose plier or a wide flat-head screwdriver, do discharge and neutralize them. Expect a spark, and a pop. You could also use a high ohm resistor to short the capacitors, to avoid sparks, and being startled.

[@clunkgaming700]

FBI OPEN UP!!

[@shriramthirumavalavan6115]

The term 'illegal operation' is particularly mind blowing.

[@RahFah]

OMG, This error message haunts me since my childhood. I remember to broke my new Windows ME PC on the first hours of use.

[@98SE]

Anyone else notice the "666" in the CPU speed display on the thumbnail 😈😈😈

[@DEEJAYYCHINO]

yes what about it

[@bekfastisameme885]

It’s a fast computer

[@98SE]

@@DEEJAYYCHINO it's a Satan worshipper 😂

[@howtofixyourtech9945]

Yep

[@alienbox440]

@@howtofixyourtech9945 no show me

[@jamesfield1674]

This is def my kind of channel, great vids

[@cyrparlapiano2514]

Your effort paid off! Looks amazing

[@Scherrah1010]

"This logon chime is rather unfamiliar to me..." - Umm... ever seen Windows 2000 (Professional, Server) then?

[@mrjohnnyk]

That chime is nostalgia for me, my first PC ran Windows ME. Terrible computer, but it was amazing for me at the time.

[@jackkraken3888]

Windows 2000 for me.

[@manuelpena4547]

You got a good retrogaming PC here. You should install Windows 98 SE though, to get this MSDOS glory and better drivers for the voodoo

[@CasinoNightZone]

Wow, haven’t thought about Hover in quite a long time. Great vid!

[@rahmspinat]

Holy crap you really polished that old machine. Nicely done!

[@maxilus1256]

When it boot up to Shrek wallpaper.. *smash mouth - All Star*

[@warrenmcclure7819]

Thank you so much for this video! I love videos about older computers and gaming on older computers. To me it seems like the PC/Mac was at its peak in the 90s, so much was changing real fast and it just seems like a real cool time to be alive.

[@adid.5585]

Nice video and nice lounge music on the background! Cheers, mate!

[@stephenravikumar7475]

Please tell me what did you study for refurbishing the Computers

[@phaztheaussiebastard]

The CPU is a k6/2 300, not a 233. Check the mainboards jumper settings

[@ching-chenhuang8119]

I presume the type of the motherboard is PcChips M560 REV: 3.1A, according to the document: www.tqm.com.uy/archivos/pcchips/manuales/M560/M560V31.PDF The CPU external clock it supports is 66mhz, 75mhz and 83mhz, while the internal clock speed selector can only goes as high as 3.5X. Forget about 83mhz, which is too risky for PCI peripherals, if we select 75mhz*3.5=261mhz, roughly 26mhz, still can't go up to 300mhz........

[@fuentescgabriel]

@@ching-chenhuang8119 It`s a PCChips M575.

[@abooogeek]

@@fuentescgabriel Would a BIOS update solves the issue of detection? I guess these are the early SDRAM slots, and these mobo maybe picky. I would populate it with low RAM (64MB/128MB). A 128MB would be perfect for Win98SE.

[@pianokeyjoe]

Someone else caught that too eh!? Yeah, AMD K6 starting line was 266Mhz, which surpassed INTEL's 233MMX CPU rating. But yes, this one was a 300. I knew I was not going cray cray yet lol!

[@pianokeyjoe]

@Jimmy S Ding Ding Ding! Right O! As a tech I dreaded working on client's PCs with that darn PCChips TXpro and VX pro boards! Their Cheaposity would sometimes cause ME to be blamed for their PC not working anymore lol! They called me cause it was not working RIGHT, then I would fix the issue and Windows optimal settings and correct hardware drivers,etc would prove to be too much for these boards sometimes. The CPU/RAM/FSB settings issue was one such FIX that caused a blow to the system, as alot of those PC CHIPS boards also suffered the dreaded Leaky bulging capocalipse. I am VERY surprised the system here did not perform an illegal operation after rebuilding it with the ram half in like that. AND Windows ME was very unstable product so even more surprised indeed!

[@jackkraken3888]

I really like these restore videos, very relaxing.

[@tmfazlul]

man i love this type of video, i miss old school thanks for reminding us of those great old days. sub for you

[@Scitch87]

1:10 "It seems like the previous owner was a fan of Shrek." I mean.....let's be honest here. Who isn't a fan of Shrek?

[@sk8skii]

I'm a massive fan of shrek. I agree, Who isn't a fan of shrek?

[@ndavies5968]

Lord farquadd?

[@Bigbadwhitecracker]

me

[@Planes_Trains_Trucks]

I am not

[@ginktomvideosprods3712]

I hate it sorry

[@mdqmatias]

Ohhhh what a time it was, coming from the school, and play hours of games...

[@Gamerbay2017]

Lovely addiction eh m8?

[@mdqmatias]

@@Gamerbay2017 yeahhhhh

[@halfharvest]

Wow. That’s the exact same case, mobo, S3 graphics card, CD-ROM drive (top one), and processor I bought as a barebones kit from some vendor advertising in Computer Shopper way back in ‘98. It was my first PC build. Talk about a blast from the past!

[@rinster813]

Love your videos keep up the good work! :)

[@OltScript313]

0:05 I had the same computer when I was little

[@a2patriot557]

Me too my dad was pretty savvy with CPUs back in the day and we had the same tower for sure but he probably had different drives at times

[@tboneanimatetwoaccount2094]

Windows ME was a wonderful version of Windows. The problem was that it wasn't being run on the correct hardware.

[@AtomicBoo]

windows 2000 was the better version anyway, idk why microsoft released 2 very similar versions of windows so close to each other

[@miki476]

@@AtomicBoo How come windows me and 2000 were simillar? Me was based on 9x when 2000 was based on NT lineup and dedicated for proffesionals. Before XP only Windows 98 meant something for gamers,me was a big big unstable mistake.Then XP was the first NT windows friendly for all users

[@tboneanimatetwoaccount2094]

@@miki476 The problem people had with ME was the drivers and the removal of real mode MS-DOS (although you could get MS-DOS mode back unofficially). XP did fix most people's issues with ME.

[@marcooconnor]

@@AtomicBoo My dad owned a computer repair shop and i remember ME & 2000 being a distinctly average OS. It was forgotten or skipped over very quickly.

[@talos86]

The same was with Windows Vista. Most of the users used it on PCs, that not capable of running it properly. Thats why ppl are hating the Vista. I used it till Windows 7 and didnt had any problems.

[@marcegzlz]

Congratulations on your dedication and your work! Your CPU was fantastic! I am surprised that a young man of your age knows and still enjoys Windows Millenium. Your face of happiness when playing is shown! What was missing and in fact it is impossible was to navigate the web, only a few pages can be opened, the others do not support them. A pity! Greetings and congratulations!

[@otakudante321]

The "in current year" genre of videos is my favorite.

[@johnmorgan4368]

I think I saw ME on the BSOD more than actually being used.

[@b-init1221]

*Psivewri, The Savior Of Elder PCs*

[@daniocampo1992]

Absolutely brilliant video!

[@seagal60]

Amazing work:)

[@BadKarma714]

I remember that Graphics card and my favorite was sound blaster sound card also you should of tried old Half life and dropped in the old couter strike

[@googlegamingboy2574]

Nostalgic Look! I still remember the new millennium!

[@TN384]

I still remember the mistake millennium!

[@mr.sowhat3796]

these restorations just make my day

[@estradamurcielgo175]

Nice! AWesome ME system! Glad to know it found a happy home

[@Tadpole10538]

The s3 Virge dx is a very early 3D card

[@ucelo5913]

Ok, hear me out. That case would make a rather nice sleeper pc!

[@xaenon]

It would indeed. That motherboard was essentially a 'sleeper' type mod in its day. It was designed specifically as an upgrade path for those still putting along with AT-type Socket 7 rigs. By swapping this into your AT box, you could keep most of your Socket 7 hardware and get the upgrade path of Super-7 chips from AMD and Cyrix. Where Intel stopped with 233 Mhz Pentiums, Super 7 chips were running much faster! Notice when he's pulling the mobo out of the case - he mentions the two different types of RAM slots, but doesn't notice that the board has both AT and ATX power connectors. Yes, it could work with either type.

[@geoometrics]

No

[@egykilenckilenchet]

This "sleeper pc" thing is literally retarded. I've used the same PC case since 2006. Why buy another one??? I have no problems with cooling and it does it's job. It's had like 8 different mobos in it, high end GPUs for it's time, and now has no older than 2016 stuff inside. Idk why would you even spend money on a PC case.

[@EmmanuelGorand]

Thanks for this great video, and congrats for your good work !

[@patthesoundguy]

Totally a walk down memory lane for me. I had a machine or a few machines with those AMD k62 in them. I bet that motherboard needs a firmware update to support more RAM. Great video thanks for sharing your fun.

[@RedoStone35]

0:52 SOME... 0:53 ...BODY ONCE TOLD ME THE WORLD IS GONNA ROLL (Windows) ME

[@alexdhall]

I believe Windows 2000 had the same startup chime (correct me if I'm wrong). I have a similar HP monitor, and you may be able to force a 4:3 aspect ratio if you go into monitor settings. I know for a fact that Dell monitors have that setting...

[@SomeAngryGuy1997]

Yep, it did.

[@andygozzo72]

@@SomeAngryGuy1997 i think win98 has same sound as well..??

[@NazmusLabs]

andygozzo72 nope, not 98

[@twinklinglicin]

aside from the painting and rust fixing...that was my life every few months. taking apart my pc with all those wide ass cables and terrible wire management and dusting it all out with brushes, etc. That jingle is very recognizable to me...old skool stuff!! nice vid :)

[@PostFrom]

My old Windows ME pc suited me well back in the day. I miss Napster and Audiogalaxy. Loved playing Quake 1, 2 and 3 on it as well. Along with shit load of misc 1st person shooters. Ran very well.

[@georgelopez8287]

That would be a great windows 98se/DOS machine.

[@Skiedeagle]

I think it originally came with windows 95 or 3.1

[@georgelopez8287]

@@Skiedeagle proper

[@WarriorsPhoto]

More videos about this machines, Yes???

[@Ethan-lp6nf]

I don't typically watch these types of videos, but I did actually enjoy this.

[@leanpincharrata7a0]

Maravilloso el trabajo que hiciste, te felicito. Quedó maravillosa.

[@jordancsno]

1:07 theres something we all have in common mate. #Shrekgang