Using Compaq's Huge Pentium 4 Laptop from 2004!

[@psivewri]

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[@smartninja3651]

Your awesome psiverwi!!!!

[@NikoKourouklis]

Hey! I reviewed this laptop! I have the recovery discs if you want the factory image.

[@windowsxpprofessional]

@@chandlerbing7570 ya

[@absolutely1337]

I had this very same computer! cost me $500 more in canada than the states....returned it...used it for 6 years...was great at the time. greetings from nova scotia.

[@absolutely1337]

i had the 1.5ghz amd processor in mine.

[@joelpowell9235]

Ah yes! My college computer!! It was like trying to move Stonehenge when carrying it from class to class in my backpack. 🤣❤️

[@WiiUniverse]

I remember running into a door with mine and breaking the optical drive lol

[@joelpowell9235]

@@WiiUniverse 🤣🤣❤️

[@Unavailable01010]

i must say i think a aspire 7720z is probably as thick

[@DigitalHandle]

@@FlyboyHelosim no thats what the nokia 3310 is for

[@Maximus20778]

@@DigitalHandle fr

[@basurerodej8501]

Man, I remember when laptops being desktop replacements was crazy back in the day, now most people buy a laptop instead of a desktop

[@limalima6740]

I need yes or yes a laptop for my studies, I just need long battery, any recommendation?

[@hum___]

@@limalima6740 price range?

[@hum___]

@@limalima6740 and do you need good specs?

[@pompshuffle562]

@@limalima6740 If you don't care about specs and everything you do is web based I might recommend a cheaper Chromebook

[@DacLMK]

@@limalima6740 Refurbished Thinkpads should do the trick. I got a X250 refurbished and that laptop is great (though mine has a crappy TN 1366x768 screen which I'll be replacing it soon).

[@svpracer98]

My dad got one of these back in 2004 as our family laptop... It was definitely state of the art and first grade me thought it was amazing that you could play DVDs on a computer! So long Windows XP, you will always be remembered.

[@bluespinewood6304]

This is a beefy big boy, but still impressive

[@hum___]

Yes, very

[@forestfaint9269]

That’s what she said!

[@hum___]

@@forestfaint9269 You're the biggest Fucking legend EVER

[@samismydog]

Thiccc

[@CoasterMan13Official]

I have a beefier one.

[@lukemiranda7240]

got this same exact laptop with the Pentium 4 2.8, and it’s crazy how heavy it is! Runs Lubuntu flawlessly but windows 7 is very slow. Quite an interesting laptop to have!

[@TheChiro2000]

Lubuntu is awesome

[@aftertheelectrike1847]

@Mayara & Omar & Friends Have you used a Pentium 4 in the modern day? A low power i3 is several times stronger than a P4 with just one of their cores.

[@dankrakes4648]

@Mayara & Omar & Friends Are you using a hard drive instead of an SSD by any chance? That may be why your device is so slow. If you switch to an SSD it should be much faster. From what I can tell you have a 4th gen i3, so if you have at least 4gb of ram it should work fine if you've got an SSD. The integrated GPU is indeed crap and you can't do anything about it though.

[@yukinagato1573]

@Mayara & Omar & Friends I mean, it really depends on the generation, but even the 1st i3 was faster than any Netburst CPU.

[@samholdsworth420]

P4's are hot garbage. Athlon xp!!! Ftw

[@dylanc2806]

as much as i literally dont care about things like nordvpn, i'm glad the transitions are getting way more creative for sponsors across all of youtube so at least you get a smile out of them

[@dapz]

I've got a pavilion zd7000 from the same year soo... mines bigger 😏

[@dangerousdeo5113]

I have a zv6000 which is chunky haha. Athlon64 too hehe :P

[@tsparker]

Yo dapz!?

[@leith2527]

:o

[@nathan4114]

Thats what she said This doesn’t make sense also hi dapz

[@evandex08]

:o

[@sirseriously]

The second stick of ram is under the keyboard on the other side of the motherboard if I recall correctly. This was my first new laptop (but the amd variant), had it for years before selling it on. I remember when I bought it they advertised it as 'only weighting as much as a gallon and a half of milk' or about 8lbs. This thing was a beast and ran great the whole time I owned it.

[@oseidwomoh]

Psivewri has a beard. This shows you that he's *manly.* 🧔

[@hum___]

Agreed.

[@hum___]

@@scotisme8727 lol same

[@louisberghaus1886]

Ah, the comment I searched for

[@oseidwomoh]

@@louisberghaus1886 Yes. Yes, you did.

[@cidsx]

(not having a beard doesn't make you any less manly for anyone who thinks that)

[@NoobGyver]

honestly i like beefy big laptops more, there is just something with the new laptops that makes me fear i'll break them accidentaly

[@damarrahmatan]

Me too I break s0me thing on my thin l4ptop

[@saladfox]

I have one of these and it's an absolute brick. You could drop it and it would probably leave a dent in the floor instead of breaking.

[@damarrahmatan]

L yeah

[@pavithranloganathan2007]

my mom bought me a toughbook when i was a kid. my dad once throwed it in the cabinet with anger and the cabinet broke ( : ()

[@lucy4666]

they're awesome if you don't plan on carrying it with you anywhere, my previous laptop felt like a literal brick whenever i brought it to uni, i feel much better owning a lighter laptop now

[@andresbravo2003]

this Laptop looks quite amazing. I knew HP made it possible.

[@homg85]

I have a similar one from 2004. I loved mine but I think it was a Celeron. Massive, thick, heavy, but a great laptop! I used to love the Compaq logo on the back of the screen too, and how blaring and loud the speakers were!

[@mirata7748]

I've been watching you since your minecraft lets plays from 2012, your videos are still very enjoyable and relaxing to watch! Great content bro.

[@jponz85]

Still got my thick ass 2007 dell xps m1710. Core 2 duo, I forgot the dedicated gpu card but I was able to run cs and played too many hours of WoW on it. Still works till this day

[@adid.5585]

This is one beautiful laptop. The rounded edges and that square screen really contributes to the esthetics.

[@shaylawatson1244]

It's the best old computer

[@adid.5585]

@@shaylawatson1244 No doubt about that! ✌️

[@fishmanloveslinux7978]

I just upgraded a Dell Dimension 8400 desktop that came with 1 Gb of RAM, NVidia Geforce GT 240 GPU, and a 80 Gb SATA HDD. I stepped up the RAM to 3 Gb and the HDD to 120 Gb. I left the PCI-e GPU as it works well and the monitor only uses VGA. I am planning on a video soon. Your videos are my sweet spot. Thank you for all of your hard work.

[@TheSpotify95]

Great review! It's always good to see these older Windows XP and earlier based laptops get a second life with more retro based tasks, as some pieces of software simply will not run on anything newer. Also, which SSD bracket do you recommend for older IDE hard drives? I have a few IDE hard drives that I might want to convert to SSD so it might come in useful to buy some laptop IDE to SSD converters (better than picking up used IDE hard drives, and IDE to SATA will not fit).

[@Mineav]

That's a nice thicc boi. The screen actually doesn't look too bad for it's age. Pretty good quality.

[@classic_jam]

jedi outcast good nice pfp

[@epicgamer6968]

My actual reaction to the beard: ahh he has a beard. It looks good by the way dude

[@cloudchaser3428]

its sexy

[@TippyJr1965]

Man. Nord is so powerful he grew a beard!

[@SurajKumar-AskMe]

Nice video again. But you definitely need a portable air compressor to pressure clean those tiny bits like heatsinks and fans etc.

[@saladfox]

What a hell of a coincidence! I just picked up an HP nx9110 and it's basically the same laptop, just with a different paint job. It's in absolutely fantastic condition for such an old system- literally everything on it works, including the battery! And unlike a lot of similar systems from the era, it seems to do a pretty solid job of keeping itself cool even under load without too much noise. It's a surprisingly nice computer and I like it a lot. BTW, the other ram slot is under the keyboard. It will boot up with 2gb, but mine crashed shortly afterwards. Haven't quite figured out why.

[@BearPlayzYTVids]

1:03 Imo the funniest thing I’ve seen Psivewri do in a while.

[@furious_gaming14furious_ga91]

We need a tour of the collection!

[@ando8262]

this was my first laptop, i loved it!

[@WiiUniverse]

Same lol

[@MrShezo88]

My University Laptop used from 2006-2010. Yes its heavy but keyboard and Audio quality was great. With window xp it worked great. I disassembled it so many times that i know each and every screw.

[@jasonviande5053]

Looks a lot like my old NX9110 laptop, which I used as a music playing laptop for about two years. Beautiful laptop, and one I miss.

[@MrKongosnake]

I have this laptop and the speakers are top notch. Of course it has his age. I definitely will check this laptop again.

[@tomaztercic9147]

I also spent many time in paint as kid. I still have some my masterpieces on pc

[@-Tartarus-]

The other RAM module should be on the other side on the motherboard, under the keyboard. Manufacturers did that kind of things back in the day

[@ethand4784]

I have one of these, you're right

[@brandonmandell9911]

my father had that exact laptop and it was my first computer i loved that thing made many paint drawings as a kid on there.

[@tehsuki11]

Holy crap! I used this laptop during my freshman year! I made it into a pretty biptchin snow leopard hackintosh, till the battery kicked the bucket... rip.

[@skaman125]

“Feature rich Chonker” is going to be my new twitter bio.

[@retronoobtech8551]

I've picked up one of those some time ago. Paid 4 euros here in Italy. Installed lubuntu 18.04 lts and I'm happy

[@SUCRA]

Great laptop! I've been looking for a p4 laptop with a dedicated graphics card, you're absolutely right when you said they are hard to find. Thanks for another video.

[@liamthoralexanderspencer4684]

Nice! I’ve actually got an older one of their laptops, the presario 1600 it’s also got JBL speakers, all in all works surprisingly well the original battery still works even! Still holds up to an hour charge!

[@sandro6920]

I really love your videos, but I think that they should be longer! Greetings from Italy

[@mashy712]

I remember the ad. It was priced at $399, which was a steal of a price back then.

[@c-v-n3322]

The YT rabbit hole brought me here. I have the R4000 Athlon 64 model 2005 still in working order, I was surprised that when I recently opened it up it had very little dust inside.

[@richardclarke376]

I had a Thinkpad with a Pentium 4. Man that was a solid heavy beast. Developed VB6 and Access apps on it, later upgraded to MSDE (remember that).

[@bayareanewman1566]

Okay you get points for that transition into your ad! Haha at first I was like seriously they left that?? 😂😂

[@alexsmith5584]

I’ve got 2 Athlon 64 R4000s, absolutely love them. Not much to do with them online considering the last browser on XP was a version of Firefox from 2018, but I’d take them over any modern laptop any day when I need to type for long periods of time

[@MLGKid420]

There are some unofficial browsers for Windows XP still being made, such as MyPal.

[@alexsmith5584]

@@MLGKid420 oh wow, I’ve never heard of it before. Might as well give it a try lol

[@JYKDutchYT]

I used to have a Presario model that was this thick and had a 4:3 screen ratio. I had Windows 7 starter 32 bit running on it with 1GB DDR. I must say it was running surprisingly well.

[@laslocurasdejpelmejorblogd7519]

I have a Compaq NC6000, I can even play 2010 games on it, not at high fps rates of course. Impressive for an 2005 laptop i must say.

[@DreyNv03]

Im impressed that only some of the plastic mounts are broken. But here i am with a

[@lachlanscott2250]

Man this is a blast from the past, I had a much newer model way back.

[@Pigglet4056]

I just got one from 1990, it was my dads from advanced auto parts,and a hp that needed a back light!

[@SextonHardcastle85]

This brought back some memories! I bought one with a settlement from a car accident. Had for about 5 years and ended up install Mac OS on it before it finally died.

[@Alexthetechie]

he seems so different with the beard lol

[@gregcoons7308]

I loved my R3000 (the AMD Athlon64 version). Used as a desktop replacement for a few years.

[@mari2.]

this Laptop is the Compaq Version of the HP Pavilion zv5000, biggest difference is the Presario's more lowkey case. You also did a video on the zv5000, however yours was I believe a later model, contemporary to the HP Pavilion zv6000, the Desktop AMD Athlon 64 bearing Laptop, which I own.

[@danbarnes4069]

Compaq sounds like compact even if the laptop isn't compact

[@artrobb0369]

this sponsor is like rick roll meme

[@screensavers7942]

I bought one of these R3000s almost 15 years ago on ebay for about $10 when I decided I wanted to work on laptops. As it turns out, batteries weren't available then either, and I still have the laptop. It's a beast but pretty fun to play with. I did eventually get a battery too from HP's twin brother model from the same time frame, but it's pretty weak.

[@sirseriously]

That's an impressive price. I just bought 3 of these for nostalgia sake and hope to make 1 working laptop out of them; total cost was over $85! Plan to weld my own battery together using their BMS for like new performance (which wasn't great if I recall correctly).

[@screensavers7942]

@@sirseriously That should work. In most laptops you can do that without an issue- just in some laptops it won't reset the amount of cycles or the capacity it charges to and that can be difficult.

[@thegamingparodyofficial]

I am very happy that you uploaded a new Video !!!

[@ambigousBarrel]

Heh, I've got one of those :D Have to say I had no idea the CPU was socketed. That's really cool. I have dedicated desktops for Windows XP but this laptop definitely comes in useful when I don't have access to my desktops :D The only thing I found is that mine needs it's date and time battery replaced and I've no idea where to find it lol xD

[@rice.cookers]

Everyone: Let's Power On The Laptop! Psivewri: Spends More Than Half The Time Cleaning The Computer

[@michaelwood9866]

The compaq I have is a 2500 presario...I've taken it apart and gave it a good clean including new thermal paste....works great.

[@mikepxg6406]

AH !!! XP start up sound. Excellent

[@aaronloh2991]

Below 480p the beard looks like it was drawn on with sharpie

[@asanaya94]

This has always been one of my favorite laptops or atleast one very similar, idk something about them when I saw them when I was younger has just stuck with me.

[@1980sGamer]

These machines are very similar to the HP ZV/ZX5000 laptops. There were Intel/ATI and AMD/Nvidia versions of both these Compaq machines and the HP machines too. The Intel versions of the HP ZV5000 laptops would have the Mobility Radeon 9000 IGP in them. The ZX version, however were far different. They would come with either a 64MB Radeon 9200 or a 64MB Radeon 9600 or if you were really wanting some power, you could also get them with a 128MB Radeon 9600. I believe the highest GPU the Intel Compaq R3000s got was the 64MB Radeon 9200. I have the recovery discs for the ZV/ZX5000. I'm not sure if they would work on the Compaq machines though. And yes, that 2nd fan only runs when the CPU gets hot enough.

[@ryoarts4347]

this was the exact same model my parents used when I was little, it was nice to see it again :)) cool vid

[@mohamedsabir5331]

1:01 is Psivewri's small attempt at sarcasm with the power of editing

[@alsrig0420]

I don't know why but I always like to see the insides of these old laptop

[@harryshuman9637]

That CPU is the best Socket 478 Pentium 4 there is, very nice for a pre-2004 gaming build.

[@kztech1319]

This is the Radeon 9000 IGP, which means this is integrated graphics within the ATI chipset that is used in this laptop, and this is slightly different from a true Mobility Radeon 9000! Unfortunately, it also means this laptop only has single channel RAM support... Only the 9100 IGP has dual channel DDR support

[@lejoshmont2093]

When it comes to tech I don't really throw it away

[@samtheman9000]

Love to see these big chonky chunguses. Shows us how far we've come

[@corbinstevens5546]

I remeber seing this computer in a black Friday ad as a kid! I I saved all my money to buy it! When I got to the store they where gone:(

[@goncaloterrivel1]

Ah yes! The brother to the HP ZX5000 series! I've been a fan of the HP big laptop range for years. Have my ZX5000, ZD8000 series and the pinnacle the DV8 with it's ginormous 18.4 inch screen. Would be great to have the rare Dragon with the 20 inch screen! That was a monster of a computer! Anyway the ZD8000 would be a great video to see as it was the last HP without all the crappy glossy plastics...

[@nernesto]

Oh, the memories! Except for the thickness, it looks almost the same as my first laptop, a Compaq Presario v2000, packed with an AMD Athlon 64 (also in a full socket) and 512mb of RAM. I think it was a bit newer model than this. Great video as always!

[@saladfox]

I've got this system and a V2000. As far as I can tell they're based on the same chassis style, because the V2000 looks like a shrunk-down version.

[@danbuchner28]

Ha, I had one of these laptops back in 2004! It was a great machine at the time.

[@Aomicplane]

Used to have a HP Pavilion ZD8000, which also had a desktop Pentium 4, discrete GPU and 3 cooling fans and a 17 inch screen. Thing was massive

[@deathtrap1976]

Maybe the second slot of RAM is under the keyboard. That's the way laptops were designed at that time.

[@farazsworkshop]

I’ve founded one of these. The keyboard needs a replacement but looking pretty alright otherwise. Wondering weather worth purchasing the keyboard replacement and a charger for it..

[@stefangherman8408]

Hey! It's Windows XP 20th anniversary!

[@zoomosis]

I have a slightly older HP Compaq nx9000 with a Celeron 2.4 in it. Just for something different I put OS/2 (eComStation) on it and somehow managed to get all the drivers working.

[@newbleppmore7855]

still more powerful than my desktop computer as a child in 2005

[@WhiskersTheFish]

Psivewri saying 15.4 inches is massive, my 15.6 inch laptop: ...

[@xXValentineXx]

Back in the days, I once repaired a laptop from a customer which had a 3.5 inch hard drive internally from the factory. Unfortunately, I can't remember the name of the laptop and can't find anything about it on the internet, but this thing was massive and heavy and got almost 100 ° C under load. maybe someone of you knows it and and and hopefully one day we can see it here 😃 it was around 2010 but the laptop was a few years older maybe ~2005-2008

[@cameronschluchtner]

My dad had one of these. I have a memory of me using it when i wasn't supposed to, accidently moving somethings position in the Windows XP Quick access, not knowing how i did it and absolutely panicking that he was going to find out.

[@maggiethegamer1271]

How did it end, did he notice?

[@watercannonscollaboration2281]

Toothbrush for keyboard cleaning, I need to try that

[@koztech]

I had the AMD Athlon 64 version of this. Was actually my first laptop ever. Definitely beefy, but did the job for years. I even got a free copy of Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, though I don't recall how that deal worked. I do remember it was a promo directly from Microsoft.

[@mrmerlin6287]

I had a laptop like this back then. Blast from the past. It broke the straps on my backpack.

[@BobIoNix]

Hi Psivewri! Thanks for the video! While this video has inspired me to restore my first PC a Compaq 2547AI celeron processing gig from 2006-8. Unfortunately my machine powers on the screen flashes a Compaq logo and in less than 3 seconds the pc just dies. I noted that the Power Input states it needed a 90W DC Input, however I currently use a 65 W adaptor to power this machine. Could this be the reason my pc dies before even reaching HDD activity? Should I invest in a 90w 19 v adaptor? Also where can I get a IDE ssd?

[@Cyber_Horse_Studios87]

I shouldn’t be surprised that this exists. If Dell had a super jacked up desktop class Pentium 4 laptop as well as HP, makes sense that Compaq would have one too. There is at least one or two of these super chokers that were made per company back in the day.

[@thomastartu9597]

Looks nice for 2004 standards. Probably a good number of ports for expansion.

[@linofreek52]

I got a 2004 Acer Travelmate ..its a Pentium 4 ..has TFT monitor ..its thick and weighs a lot too ..but frankly i love it ..think i paid £17 off E Bay ..compared to todays lap tops ..these are solid beasts . Somehow you get attracted to older machines nobody wants ..i then bought an Asus 8100 for just £1 in good nick !

[@tombarber8929]

Upvoted just for that smooth NordVPN segue

[@IntoTheMindlessAbyss]

That NordVPN sponsor shout out caught me way off guard for a second. Then I remembered there were a lot of dial-up users in 2004 still. lol

[@CesareVesdani]

This is an amazing laptop.

[@bryceadams710]

I have one of those laptops I bought it because it can run Windows 9x software mine has the 700 megahertz AMD processor has Windows XP and DVD player software got Bunch load of Compaq wallpapers thank you for showing this video it makes me love this laptop even more

[@TheFernando9431]

I had one, and it ran Windows 7 normally, amazing computer

[@cwyckisslick9444]

I bought one of these back in 2010, it was the athlon XP and radeon x200 model. I recently bought another and it was an athlon xp and geforce 4 440 model. What's interesting is the option for really old geforce chipset but the CPU is a rebranded K8 sempron, making it the only Athlon XP to feature SSE2. I tried up upgrade it to a newer sempron since it was s754 but it did not appear to be supported. Perhaps the radeon x200 model supports a newer cpu. The amd versions ran ice cold, though, and mine don't even have the second fan.

[@dangerousdeo5113]

I have a HP Pavilion ZV6000 which has a Athlon 64 Processor from a desktop installed, its so chunky but amazing to play the era games on! :D

[@Garrettdx1988]

I'm impressed it was able to play KZbin tbh. What a beast!

[@FrosstKatt]

Babe wake up, new Psivewri video just dropped

[@thegamingparodyofficial]

I have an old Compaq Presario V3000 Laptop !! It Runs Windows XP Professional SP3 Dual Booted With Windows XP Professional SP2