Salvaging parts from retro systems

Salvaging parts from retro systems - Saved from e-Waste!

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These are some of the less-fortunate systems from the Franklin eWaste haul. All are missing parts or otherwise damaged. Let's take them apart and see what's salvageable!
0:00 Intro
System 1
0:14 System 1 Tour
2:32 S1 Cleanup and testing
7:45 S1 Verdict
System 2
8:19 System 2 Tour
9:13 S2 Inspection and disassembly
12:38 S2 Cleanup and testing
17:28 S2 Verdict
System 3
17:47 System 3 Tour
18:58 S3 Inspection and disassembly
21:03 S3 Cleanup and testing
25:01 S3 Rust removal and verdict
System 4
25:47 System 4 Tour
26:31 S4 Inspection and disassembly
27:34 S4 Cleanup, testing and verdict
System 5
28:58 System 5 Tour
30:12 S5 Inspection and disassembly
31:15 S5 Cleanup and testing
35:02 S5 Verdict
35:26 Outro

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@livefreeprintguns 11 ай бұрын

Bullet hole right through the bottom of the case straight into the hard drive... I actually low-key love this lol.

@GrowlyBear917 11 ай бұрын

yeah that hard drive is shot. Literally!

@readycheddar 5 ай бұрын

I was so excited when I saw the slug too!

@justsumguy2u 11 ай бұрын

Since you asked; I used to be a computer parts hoarder, and what I learned over time is to save the stuff that's practical to keep, and chuck the rest. The reality is that you're never going to find the missing side or front panels for those cases, so I'd scrap 'em and save yourself the space they would've used

@succulent951 10 ай бұрын

you could probably machine the missing side panels - they're just sheets of metal with clips essentially shame about the others though as they're incredibly well designed

@adriansdigitalbasement 11 ай бұрын

Take it from someone with an excess of old computers, it's probably best to just recycle the old cases with missing parts. :-) Barring keeping some of the little accessories that might prove useful to help fix up other cases later. Great video as always!!!

@miketech1024 11 ай бұрын

Thanks! Yeah I'll probably have to eventually as space constraints mount, just really hard to bring myself to do it. 🙂 Luckily these are light enough for long-term attic storage until they prove useful to myself or someone else.

@NJRoadfan 11 ай бұрын

Yeah, like saving the rails. The shop I worked at had a bin full of them that came in handy a few times.

@SGTMacBC 11 ай бұрын

@@miketech1024 Pizza boxes make great storage for worthwhile motherboards. Usually enough room for ram, cpu and heatsink.

@sofaltiv 11 ай бұрын

in my opinion, one of the most beautiful activities you can do as a computer nerd is to go through old systems that are partially defective and save parts that are still usable in order to build something new from them. :)

@chiefthunderhorse4430 11 ай бұрын

Exactly why I love finding old systems in thrift shops, most of the time it is a miss, but I've found some treasure's out there

@sofaltiv 11 ай бұрын

@@chiefthunderhorse4430 unfortunately there are not so many thrift stores here in germany, otherwise i would visit them regularly and search for computers ... ;)

@boardsort 11 ай бұрын

As someone who deals with E-waste for a living I can appreciate all of your retro saving efforts having rescued hundreds of vintage machines myself over the years, some extremely rare.

@captain1334 11 ай бұрын

@zEletrixxyour junk

@rodhester2166 11 ай бұрын

I 2nd that..

@lucasrem 11 ай бұрын

is hobby only, nobody needs it, pay for it... I have Voodoo SLi Machine Etereme Alienware, a Museum gaming Rig, invest in it ? Worth ?

@themadmallard 11 ай бұрын

that 1 gig stick of ddr1 would have been one of the most $$ things in that case back in the day, and there was 2 in there....

@SGTMacBC 11 ай бұрын

Nice to know what I can use old hard drives for. Put them in my jacket pockets when going to shady neighborhoods.

@miketech1024 11 ай бұрын

"Survive a trip to Philly with this one weird trick!"

@marcberm 11 ай бұрын

The first PC looks like someone tried to replicate the look of the early iMac era towers from Apple.

@reidster87 11 ай бұрын

Fun video as always. When I saw the bulged WD hard drive lid, I morbidly wondered if you'd power it on to see what happens. I guess you could always do that if you find a PSU you really don't like 🤣

@jblyon2 11 ай бұрын

Always remember: When putting in a screw, if brute force isn't working, you're not using enough.

@tyttuut 11 ай бұрын

That's how you crossthread!

@SGTMacBC 11 ай бұрын

@@tyttuut You must be new to sarcasm.

@chiefthunderhorse4430 11 ай бұрын

@@SGTMacBCHahahaha, I was going to say the same

@lorenzorentniop717 11 ай бұрын

Untill the screw brakes of lol

@miketech1024 11 ай бұрын

I just mentioned this piece of advice at Jiffy Lube and they gave me a job!!

@jonrutherford6852 8 ай бұрын

Your tight action-packed editing is a work of art in itself. These videos are enjoyable even for somebody like me who recognizes a lot of the component and brand names but is almost clueless as to functions. I admire your work.

@MarksKicksOnRoute66 11 ай бұрын

Mike I must say I'm glad the algorithms led me to you! Your a true pleasure to watch. Not only are you very tech savvy. You come across as a beautiful person very genuine. I'm sure your a blessing to those who know you. Keep the 🌈 's flying 👍

@davidsurety2629 11 ай бұрын

Yep u said it this guy Mike is my unwind go to when I need to zone out and reminisce

@tsimeone 11 ай бұрын

Same here 🌈 love the videos too. Huge retro fan.

@SOU6900 11 ай бұрын

I know exactly what that Lionel piece was for in that second system. It was a piece of a wall clock that had sound in it. Every hour the sound would play and the train would run around the face perimeter of the clock face. I had said clock back in the day. Also on a side note I wouldn't mind having one of those Enlight PSUs.

@Greg1096 3 ай бұрын

Always been a fan of those thunderbird athalons.

@charlesswenson259 11 ай бұрын

Dude, I love your videos. They brighten up my day.

@asusorsus 11 ай бұрын

love when you boot up old hard drives with old softwares its nostalgia

@a1superfantastic 11 ай бұрын

CONGRATS ON HITTING 10K, MAN! Well deserved. As much as I'd like to see more videos more frequently, don't put too much pressure on yourself. It baffles me how KZfaqrs like Adrian's Digital Basement crank out as much content as they do and still hold down day jobs, so pace yourself. We'll be here!

@eg1885 11 ай бұрын

You're the type of guy I wanna donate my old PC junk to. One of the many things I kept is a Creative DVD Encore drive and PCI card with all the cables.

@precisionxt 11 ай бұрын

Those Yamaha drives are amazing. They are super durable and have amazing DAE capabilities. They sound so cool when seeking too. I have a soft spot for those. Also in all my years in IT, I’ve never seen a fan on the northbridge.

@dezhocob 11 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for saving these components for as long as possible!

@georgez8859 11 ай бұрын

Nice Collection.They will make some great systems. Thanks for the Video

@willyglover 9 ай бұрын

That exact Yamaha CD-RW drive was the first one I purchased for myself. I remember it costing around $300. I used that thing through 4-5 different systems before I upgraded to a faster burner and gave the Yamaha to my brother who used it for a few more years. Almost never a failed burn.

@davidrmcmahon 11 ай бұрын

Love your videos man, could watch all day.

@sebastianohalloran9093 11 ай бұрын

Lovely presentation as always, clear, at a good pace and interspersed with humour. Love the watch face on display as ever; thanks for the representation or support.

@adam6759 11 ай бұрын

Great video, last one an absolute gem!!

@yakovkhalip9714 11 ай бұрын

nice ! recently picked up a 1990' Packard Bell desktop at my country place - it was in a yard of people, who collect old metall stuff, selling it to scrappers... After few days under sun and rain it was still working - even Seagate ST3120A 106mb IDE HDD)

@iliasgmf 8 ай бұрын

14:36 the V Class POST Screen woke up memories of our first computer that had an socket 478 MSI motherboard probably from around the same time as this one

@blackheart58 11 ай бұрын

I like the look of the first system, the blue appeals to me. The third system is in such a sad shape. I wonder what it looked like before it was stripped. I love watching you dive into old systems and finding out what the bugs are. I also enjoy watching the restoration and salvaging of older systems. Some of them take me back to the days when a home computer system was a new fanged thing. That’s one of the many reasons I love your videos.

@keithbrown7685 11 ай бұрын

I wonder if there is a way to remove those little areas that look like the blue paint had crossed the boundary between the case and the frame.

@typls3564 11 ай бұрын

Great video ❤ as always

@Michael_Livingstone 11 ай бұрын

The bullet through the HD, that’s a new one.

@johnhammond3482 11 ай бұрын

i always enjoy watching your videos

@keefhk11 11 ай бұрын

Hi Mike. Thanks for another interesting video. I have quite a collection of old machines myself, including some odities such as Sun workstations and a huge Compaq muliple processor server with scuzzy raid.

@uptoptem3392 11 ай бұрын

Awesome video! I was planning my Crossfire machine while watching this. 5 Systems in one video!

@memoryhunter2084 11 ай бұрын

I fell in love with every fucking video of yours, I watch them like a kid watching some kind of a documentary and not taking an eye off for a second, amazing videos and thank you a bunch!

@cooky842 11 ай бұрын

I just binged almost all your videos. I love your drive and knoepedge of old tech. You made me think about my old oentium 3 550mhz on which i played diablo2 and so much ultima online. If i wasnt so tight on money i would support you on patreon, preserving old tech is important! I definitly subscribed to your channel and cant wait for the next one!

@miketech1024 11 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@winstonsmith478 11 ай бұрын

Enjoy your humor, restoration details, and HD archaeological digs. The characteristics of that last case that you liked so much remind me of the old Antec cases, that one being a low end one. Until 2007, I'd used only that brand for my PCs.

@lucasrem 11 ай бұрын

I still own some Antec cases, can't make any epic build in them.. Alienware, Gateway 2000, Colani tower, they less good cases are more epic now.

@NicolasTheGuy 11 ай бұрын

Nice video as always!

@pierreinthavong181 11 ай бұрын

great video!

@therisingrtied 8 ай бұрын

Omg the ABIT KT7A-RAID board brings back so much memories. I had that board it was so nice.

@russbetts1467 8 ай бұрын

Brilliant video. I'm old enough to remember those motherboards; graphics cards and sound cards; not forgetting Floppy drives and Windows 95. I've never seen an 'Enlight' PC before, but good to see the nice touch of a Ferrite ring on the front panel wiring. I've still to watch your next episode, 'Salvaging MORE parts'. Russ. UK.

@pizzaluvah 11 ай бұрын

"Autopsy.." "Entry wound.." "Right through the PCB.." I like your humor. 😆

@ramadaneel8048 11 ай бұрын

Very interesting video on some old but vintage looking computers.

@JohnSchmitt3rd 10 ай бұрын

Just discovered you, this hardware takes me back...

@richardnja 11 ай бұрын

you certainly know your stuff...i used to own a 286 with a 20MB hard drive which was very loud like the way you systematically move from one thing to another....in a neat and thorough way thank you for the IT candy!!

@deucalion5168 11 ай бұрын

Cool video!

@zoeyzhang9866 11 ай бұрын

Informative sharing!

@John-uc6gb 11 ай бұрын

really good video. thank you

@kidman2505 3 ай бұрын

I had an MSI-7142 (MSI K8MM-V) with a 3400+ Clawhammer as a teen with my first job. Great times!

@MikesArcadeMonitorRepair 11 ай бұрын

Another awesome video. Thanks.

@robert1975031 11 ай бұрын

I loved those enlight cases and I had one at one point, but those rails always were missing. I held onto the power supply for years.

@Butterscott_NJ 11 ай бұрын

System 5 is very nostalgic for me. The company my dad worked for in the 2000's bought them in droves, and rode them hard. Due the manufacturing environment they were in, they were coated with fine ceramic dust and it would bake those Enlight power supplies. They tossed loads of them with Athlon XPs into the e-waste pile and my dad would take home. The first computer I built myself was from scavenging parts from all of them. It was an Athlon XP 1800+ with a VERY similar, if not the same, Thermaltake Volcano cooler and a Radeon 9200SE. I eventually found a board with a 3200+ and a 9800 Pro to upgrade to. I used the case into the early 2010's eventually running a dog slow Athlon x4 and a HD6750.

@blackterminal 11 ай бұрын

I like that you are very positive.

@cfwebdeveloper 11 ай бұрын

Another entertaining video! Thanks! "And I do so I did!" ~MikeTech 2023

@LexHellius 11 ай бұрын

That blue case, supposed to be silver-gray. Looks like someone decided to paint it blue :) I had a similar one in early 2000s and I'm pretty sure it was silver-gray. I've completely forgot about it, until I saw your video - that brought back some good memories :) Thank you!

@ray_mck 11 ай бұрын

Those 3C905 NICs are workhorses -- definitely keepers!

@nerangcomputers 4 ай бұрын

KZfaq it's time to promote this creator!

@RuruFIN 11 ай бұрын

I'd make side panels from acrylic to those. Had one on my cheap case in the 2000s :)

@lucasrem 11 ай бұрын

Back then i used fancy cases only, still own them why keep the trash cases ? lol

@paullee107 11 ай бұрын

While you kinda do it every video, I'd love one that shows how to perform the tasks - like, floppy drive. Open, Clean, grease- what grease, etc. On each component Love the content as always!!

@2528drevas 11 ай бұрын

Good for you. This is a hobby of mine too.

@prozacgodretro 11 ай бұрын

Pretty sure the gray coating is elctroplated nikel, and the cleaning you did will rust right back up a bit worse possibly? You could spray some clear lacquer over it, or some kind of a primer that's what I usually if the case is not Rusty and I can get it off

@tangerinepuma28 11 ай бұрын

Yo Mike, I might be building my new computer and reviewing my old one, I ordered the computer case and I got the motherboard and cpu for free so I’m happy, can’t wait to watch this video!

@miketech1024 11 ай бұрын

Fun! Which components are you putting in your new system?

@tangerinepuma28 11 ай бұрын

@@miketech1024 my gtx 1650 (soon upgrading to a rx 6600 XT), i7 7700, b250m-hdv, and my Corsair hx-750, my case didn’t come in today sadly but it should soon

@RuruFIN 11 ай бұрын

Now I got chills just from pure nostalgia. The last system is pretty damn similar to my first gaming PC what it comes to specs, I had the same board (non-RAID version), 512MB PC133, Athlon 1000 @ 1404MHz & GF4 Ti 4200 (similar performance to that Radeon 9100 aka 8500 LE rebrand). I had also a SB Live! card on that.

@tony--james 11 ай бұрын

I'm late commenting/watching, I've been locally stunned, approx 250 feet from me, I went into a Retro Computer Hoarding situation. I'm still shaking, this guy has 150 vintage PC towers in his place, I got to finally see them , all are from approx 1993 to 2004, just jaw dropping, like walls of them stacked up 8-9 feet high, told me in 40 years they're gonna be worth a lot of money, could barely walk in there, I'm at a loss lol

@shermansheepherda8488 11 ай бұрын

You could start making Bullet proof vests for the Marines with HDD's inserted in them , would work out a lot cheaper than the Kevlar vests.

@MarcABrown-tt1fp 11 ай бұрын

Probably very heavy as you would need to interweave them to account for gaps, not to mention the case that absorbed a big chunk of the kinetic energy.

@marquesdlr 11 ай бұрын

Very good video! First system's blue is indeed original. It's the same case that came with my Pentium 4 back in 2002, funny to see it again!

@miketech1024 11 ай бұрын

I'm glad someone recognized it!

@cyberwolfe 11 ай бұрын

There was an AGP Pro? I just learned something new that I never even knew existed! So cool! I loved AGP graphics cards. 😃

@wettuga2762 11 ай бұрын

Allright! I also love retro beige cases with blue color accents, I'm currently using one for my 3Dfx machine, with matching beige/blue Genius stereo speakers, just missing a beige/blue keyboard and mouse but I guess that might be too tacky 🙂 Now I know what to do with all the bad HDDs laying around: use the platters to make a bulletproof vest!

@bengelman2600 11 ай бұрын

We gotta get you some MikeTech round stickers for your fan repairs.

@miketech1024 11 ай бұрын

This is brilliant!

@rayanmark1920 11 ай бұрын

I love this ❤❤❤❤❤

@mattp3437 11 ай бұрын

Mike, couple of additional thoughts. On the Super Power case. Not sure if you caught this but it doesn't have a normal I/O shield. It's a bolt in variant that I am not sure fits inot other cases without some modification. That is what originally tipped me off that the cases may not be off the shelf and may be an OEM system builder variant. You may want to save the I/O shield if you are disposing of the case. For cases with rust I used a product called Evapo-Rust that did a nice job disolving/removing down to bare metal. It is not a harsh chemical but does take it down to bare metal ... and will remove the paint on the case so you have to target where you want to apply it.

@chaseohara4781 11 ай бұрын

That train you found is from a Lionel Trains clock. I used to have one. It actually went around the face of the clock on the hour. Kind of like a weird coocoo clock. If you google Lionel Train Clock, you'll find images of it. 😂

@Brightonize 11 ай бұрын

Finding these random items inside these old machines is so amusing to me. It's like you'll never know what to find in these. 😄

@joebruno2675 11 ай бұрын

I used to use old storm window plexiglass for side panels back in the day.

@paramcomputers007 11 ай бұрын

I love old Pc Case 😍

@ipoopmuffins 11 ай бұрын

I’m stoked to see you tearing into hardware that I’m more familiar with. But man I can’t wait for you to get to that SGI system from the haul.

@miketech1024 11 ай бұрын

I still have much to learn about SGI systems. This is the first one I've ever even laid eyes on!

@ipoopmuffins 11 ай бұрын

@@miketech1024 yea I’ve never seen one in real life, and it’s a bit before my time. I’ve played games on computers since like 1996 but never really built one until like 2010 so I’m not familiar with older systems like you are. That SGI will be right up your alley I think. Restore it if you can, that would be awesome.

@maxtornogood 11 ай бұрын

Bullet through a hard drive, brutal but effective data destruction! Never even knew IDE Raid was a thing, I look forward to your future plans!

@DuneRunnerEnterprises 11 ай бұрын

Oh,my favourite!!!

@Universal.G 11 ай бұрын

That's a heck of a necklace you're wearing in the thumbnail 😂. Flava flave

@Lastman737 11 ай бұрын

I like the red boards.

@GeneralGayJay 11 ай бұрын

Cute! Interesting ❤️

@jeffb.6642 11 ай бұрын

Always enjoy watching someone restoring older computers like this, reminds me of my first PC in 2003, a Compaq ... something.. I don't think it was a Presario... but it had a 2.7GHz Celeron, 512MB of RAM and a 120GB 5400RPM drive - man I thought it was a beast at the time. Wasn't long though before I realized it didn't have quite the oomph that I was looking for, so within a couple of years (3 years?) I had built my very first PC with an AMD 4400+ X2, 2GB of RAM, Nvidia GeForce 7800GT and a massive 320GB hard drive. It was like trading a Mitsubishi Mirage for a Corvette.

@lucasrem 11 ай бұрын

Happy i was on intel Core Extreme and 8800 GTX back then, just released, waited for the 8800GTX my first $1k, kept it a long time ! 2016 ?

@alc5440 11 ай бұрын

System 3 was most likely a bank computer. Image Center is an application for retrieving statement images and whatnot. I know I shouldn't be surprised that the drive wasn't destroyed and yet somehow I still am.

@jonathanvo3672 11 ай бұрын

That’s gotta be the most American way to protect your data on that second machine 🔫😂

@keithbrown7685 11 ай бұрын

I'd take more than one shot tho. Say, five rounds, just to make sure. 🙂

@cee128d 11 ай бұрын

And a big plus for using Knoppix for testing. If a system won't boot Knoppix it's in bad shape. Too bad Klaus decided to end development on it. I anxiously awaited every new release to add to my collection. RIP Knoppix, you served us well over the years.

@miketech1024 11 ай бұрын

It is heartbreaking. Knoppix was hugely important to building my Linux skills when I was a kid.

@cee128d 11 ай бұрын

@@miketech1024 Yep. It has been my Go To distro for testing, diagnostics, recovery, and just overall Do Everything on a CD, DVD, and now USB Flash Drive. I rarely leave home without it on a Flash Drive.

@MarcosCodas 11 ай бұрын

Side panels: plexi! You can very easily have that cut to measure and pick the necessary thickness. I use acrylic for tons of projects.

@janijoeli 11 ай бұрын

Ohh, I think I had that exact RAID motherboard! Probably with a Duron 800 clocked to nearly 1000 or so (some of them were really good for overclocking). I had two 40GB IBM Deskstars in it in 80GB striping RAID configuration. Plenty of storage and blazing fast for the time, but I got struck by the Deathstars a couple times. After the second HDD failure in a short time and losing my data twice (backup storage wasn't really a thing for a student at the time, spent all my money on the aforementioned) I gave up and, if I remember correctly, switched to a single Seagate HDD and had no problems whatsoever. Looking forward to your follow-up video on the Abit mobo. :)

@rodhester2166 11 ай бұрын

Make plexiglass side panel, paint 1 inch wide edge of inner side of plexi to the match color of case to hide the magnetic tape, stick magnetic tape on the painted inside of plexi and maybe jazz the inside up with a cheap short led strip with remote control.. I have pics of a few I have done like this and they look awesome.

@halbouma6720 11 ай бұрын

Back in the day I always zero write filled any IDE drive I got - even the new ones would often flag bad sectors when scanning/formatting for the first time. If you do that with the 2GB caviar drive, it could clear out those bad sectors and be fine again. BTW, I'm still using my inwin A500 cases from 2000 lol. Thanks for the video!

@parandersson6541 11 ай бұрын

The computers were "defaced" hahaha lol.

@GELF 11 ай бұрын

I had a computer with the same blue case sometime around the year 2000

@billraty14 11 ай бұрын

What is synergy? It's a utility that lets you serve (share) your keyboard and mouse on several systems, a software KVM. Frequently used by software devs that have two machines on their desk, one to write and compile, the second to test, but they use one mouse and one keyboard. I think it is called 'Symless' now, but definitely something to check out.

@jon-paulgrainger1303 11 ай бұрын

That HDD should be deconstructed and put in a frame. Nice PII destruction 👍.

@JohnSmith-xq1pz 11 ай бұрын

This is more or less how I found my Sony Vaio 3.0ghz Pentium 4 HT when I saved it from e waste. The factory GPU and video/audio media card where gone aswhile as the HDD The reason I saved it was two fold, I was looking for a fun retro XP gaming machine, and no bad caps on the motherboard

@agy234 11 ай бұрын

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a fan on a north bridge. Pretty neat

@2xtreem4u 11 ай бұрын

i have the same model of power supply at home i use it to test hard disks and power my big case side fan on hot days :)

@dmjoel 11 ай бұрын

I would think a trip to a home center would yield, some sheet products for side panels, plexiglass, sheet metal or for real air flow, maybe a radiator cover they came in two tones and were perforated metal sheets.

@chiefthunderhorse4430 11 ай бұрын

I love these system break downs, you have quickly became on of my PC channels, I do want to ask though, do you have formal training or was this a hobby and you learned as you went, either way you have a great knowledge of what you're doing

@miketech1024 11 ай бұрын

No formal training. It's just been my hobby since I was 5 years old. Had my first working system together at age 7 using trash-picked parts. The '90s sure was a GREAT time for this! Professionally, I'm a Senior Systems Engineer but that's all centered around DevOps/Cloud infrastructure. All this cloud wrangling has me longing for the simpler time these systems hail from.

@westtell4 11 ай бұрын

i had something to do for work this morning so i'm an hour late... but YAY

@jeffffff 11 ай бұрын

My school had tons of computers in the same case as the 5th one. All terribly slow thin clients lol.

@eugeniuszgorka8599 11 ай бұрын

I don't have a Polish translation, and my English isn't very good, but I understand a little. Greetings from Poland > from Silesia . Nie mam tłumaczenia na polski , a mój angielski nie jest na wysokim poziomie , ale trochę rozumiem . Pozdrawiam z Polski > ze Śląska . 🤝👍 . The bullet in the hard drive is interesting😱🤔