The Bear-A-Byte PC: Pentium III Teddy Bear Computer

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Checking out the unique Bear A Byte computer system! I had to have this weird custom machine as soon as I saw it on Craigslist. An IKEA stuffed bear packing a Windows PC running an Intel Pentium 3 CPU? Oh yes. It's rather dirty though, so let's go about restoring and building this rig back even better!
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00:00 Introducing the Bear-A-Byte PC
07:24 Poking around inside
14:54 Taking it all apart
15:35 Cleaning and restoration
19:50 Reassembling the computer
21:50 First power on and testing
24:41 Installing Windows
28:38 Sound and graphics tests
31:11 Fatty Bear's Birthday Surprise
34:10 MechWarrior 2 Ghost Bear's Legacy
35:52 The integrated sound is terrible
36:37 Wrapping things up, UT99, NFS3 etc
#LGR #retro #computer

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@PENFOLD5 Жыл бұрын

Guilty As Charged…..I take full responsibility here. I’m the twisted genius who built this unbearable monstrosity. I put in about 40 hours of labor to accomplish this mod. I’m so insanely chuffed that of all the people who could give this thing a loving home, it turns out to be LGR! Yay! The comments here are way too enjoyable.

@LGR Жыл бұрын

Props for building this beast, sir. There's truly nothing else like it. Hope you enjoyed the video! It's wild how things come together like this.

@robertsteel3563 Жыл бұрын

I would Love to have one!

@PENFOLD5 Жыл бұрын

@@LGR you’ve done justice to my PC. You’re truly the most perfect human to be the owner of my machine who will cherish and love it as much as me, my wife, and kids did!

@skellymanz5084 Жыл бұрын

This computer and story are so wholesome! Thank you for sharing it with us 🐻

@guguy00 Жыл бұрын

heh, unbearable. I love that pun sir, intentional or not.

@throwback19841 Жыл бұрын

It's a cuddly teddy bear with a retro PC heart. It's basically Clint.

@offspringfan89 Жыл бұрын

Hahahaha

@jimbalbier8526 Жыл бұрын

@throwback Underrated comment!

@AgsmaJustAgsma Жыл бұрын

Clint in the LGR House.

@Randoplants Жыл бұрын

The bear PC actually looks quite nice with your wood aesthetic

@BobRooney290 10 ай бұрын

agreed. why not just put in modern equipment instead?

@llamacopter677 9 ай бұрын

@@BobRooney290 the air flow in that thing has to be god awful, plus I feel like putting modern PC parts in there would kinda butcher the original vision from the creator lmao

@NoReplyAsset 7 ай бұрын

...it also looks nice with his beard and chubby body. :3 because that body type is called bear too

@erikm12 Жыл бұрын

Man, that bear's never been the same since he joined the Adeptus Mechanicus...

@willm5032 Жыл бұрын

He just keeps screaming about purging heretics from his honey and something about the emperor's will

@Peryite17 Жыл бұрын

One day the crude biomass that you called a temple will wither and you’ll beg my kind to save you. But I am already saved. For the machine is immortal.

@vgtrombone Жыл бұрын

From the moment I saw the weakness of my fur, I was disgusted.

@sIDsleeper Жыл бұрын

Bearisarius Cawl

@rado78231 11 ай бұрын

Apparently as a Magos Bearologis.

@Comtar Жыл бұрын

Hey, it's me Charles! So glad to helped you get this, and so glad to see the bear look FAR less scary than it looked when I got it. You really cleaned it up!

@LGR Жыл бұрын

Yeah it turned out great! Thanks again, Charles :)

@Comtar Жыл бұрын

@@LGR Fun fact, I use to work at PC Club that you mentioned. I wonder if I helped this guy back in the day before he modded it! Hmm.

@JFD62780 Жыл бұрын

You, LGR and @PENFOLD ; y'all three NEED to be in the same exhibitor table when he brings that beast to a convention! XD

@bread9276 Жыл бұрын

Mmm bear pc

@thefaultinourpizza1513 Жыл бұрын

i saw this on craigslist a little while ago lol

@cs8712 Жыл бұрын

this looks like the end product of when LGR goes to a build-a-bear workshop

@Stonehopper1067HMG Жыл бұрын

Would he bring his own computer or would he take the one that they we’re using in the store?

@brianfix4404 Жыл бұрын

I think if he went to BaB he’d want to put a cigarette tray in it.

@andyovenstone9305 Жыл бұрын

@@Stonehopper1067HMG he always has the components for a full 486 with him, just in case.. :)

@tunafish_tr4550 Жыл бұрын

Build-a-computer

@VulpisFoxfire Жыл бұрын

@@brianfix4404 Well, if he has a spare 5.25" bay, he can easily do that... :-)

@kasgc Жыл бұрын

I hope the "creator" of that bearPC is saw this video and he is happy to see his child to be alive and breathing. Because i can only imagine how is that to see something such personal, the only one copy that you've created, to be in other's hands after decades, still functioning. I mean, that PC is a part of his story, part of his life, and it is so ... i can't even explain that feeling. But it's so touching for some reason, like someone is telling his story trough this thing. It is quite an artifact.

@LGR Жыл бұрын

He did, see the top pinned comment :)

@PENFOLD5 Жыл бұрын

Speaking to the cooling issues: The brown fur on the faceplate had negligible influence on the airflow. And the way I wrapped the bear around the case part making sure that the back side was completely unobstructed. But also keep in mind the hardware of the late 1990s early 2000s didn't have the same thermal and cooling issues that we experience with today's hardware.

@MrWolfSnack Жыл бұрын

Nope. PC's back then were fine with a huge brick of lead glued to the CPU and a little fan and they did plenty well.

@3of12 Жыл бұрын

They would consune somewhere between 10 and 20W back then, you can likely passively cool them with a bigger heatsink

@astrosteve Жыл бұрын

Oh yeah, it used ot be way different. CPUs used to not even need fans. My first computer had one single fan in it, on the PSU. That kind of setup would be unthinkable in 2023.

@charlesjmouse Жыл бұрын

I how you got the exhaust in the right place!

@startide Жыл бұрын

You took build a bear to a whole new place and level !

@keithmichael112 Жыл бұрын

I've heard these bear pcs are vulnerable to honeypots though

@Arachnoid_of_the_underverse Жыл бұрын

Its a bear necessity, they still hate blonds though..

@JonManProductions Жыл бұрын

Every Cybersecurity/IT person who sees this: You MFer.

@MK-lk7nc Жыл бұрын

Yes and they automatically go into hibernation mode in the winter months.

@jean-claudejosselin187 Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@lawnside82 Жыл бұрын

Teddy ruxbeen got an upgrade..

@slapnut892 Жыл бұрын

Now that's a PC that has all of the bear-necessities.

@3x5b Жыл бұрын

anyone else feel like LGR is just their comfort youtuber, just always feels like these videos are something to come home to

@vouadx Жыл бұрын

OMG I thought i was the only one who felt this way 😳! I'm Very very cozy in this channel🥰

@AtheistJr 8 ай бұрын

For me it's LGR and old AVGN episodes.

@ElyseExplosion Жыл бұрын

My husband, as soon as you opened the case: "my god, it's like fucking Robocop but a bear!" What a treasure. I'm smitten.

@louistournas120 9 ай бұрын

Smitten? I like Mr Burns.

@ChaosHusky 6 ай бұрын

How does your husband know what its like to fuck RoboCop? Is he bi? I also know what its like.. It's SHOCKING! But quite bearable..

@Lukeno52 Жыл бұрын

Those Deer power supplies were infamous for catching fire... so it is a miracle that something like this actually survived.

@AgentXRifle Жыл бұрын

… so there is a deer inside the bear? …makes sense!

@RyanAumiller Жыл бұрын

came here to say this. had a pile of these pass through my hands and into my dumpster in the late 90s/early 00s

@metacob Жыл бұрын

Bear in mind, with basically zero airflow any fire would suffocate immediately.

@alvar891 Жыл бұрын

The deer would of burned the bear to toast then. Lol

@F_I_J_I_W_A_T_E_R Жыл бұрын

@@metacob Bear in mind? It's right on your screen!

@awelcruiz Жыл бұрын

I can only imagine what Clint's neighbors would've been thinking had they looked out the window and saw somebody aircleaning a hollowed out teddy bear.

@throwback19841 Жыл бұрын

"Sandra, it's happening again!"

@overweightactor Жыл бұрын

"That boy ain't right."

@FaultyTwo Жыл бұрын

"Mom! That weird retro PC man is cleaning his.. teddy bear.. box? thingy?" "Come on now sweetie. We all know he had lost it since he gave a bath to his PC cases."

@pseudocoder78 8 ай бұрын

"Eh, guess it's Tuesday. That Clint is so bizzare."

@reggiebenes2916 Жыл бұрын

I love it that someone was willing to modify that back then. I remember in the late 90s just being thrilled that the computer was running, then never wanting to touch it, for fear of overheating or giving some random error that took forever to figure out. Bold step to put it in a huge teddy bear.

@PENFOLD5 11 ай бұрын

I bought the case bare bones and modded it up *before* I had the hardware installed. I brought the *whole* thing into the shop so the owner/tech would have some context of why the front panel was brown fur.

@jamiepilkey Жыл бұрын

There were serious discussions at the office about getting this one, but I'm glad it ended up with you!

@LGR Жыл бұрын

Ha, of course there was. It’s increasingly a toss-up which channel ends up with which weird PC 😄

@Spoons89631 Жыл бұрын

"Nothing burns like a Deer" that was the saying when we would see those back in the early 2000's at the repair shop I worked at. It never failed that if we had a machine that would come in with a deer PSU it would not power-on.

@ozzie_goat Жыл бұрын

Only the finest Chinese metallurgy

@straightpipediesel Жыл бұрын

@@ozzie_goat *Taiwan. China stuff didn't really pick up until the mid 2000's following their entry into the WTO.

@patricktrakzel9657 Жыл бұрын

Oh deer!

@MrCarGuy Жыл бұрын

@@straightpipedieselBut Taiwanese companies would still use suppliers from China

@DLTX1007 Жыл бұрын

@@MrCarGuy In those days, they didn't. The bad capacitors from those days were stolen formulas that were missing key ingredients from japanese manufacturers.

@painreliever83 Жыл бұрын

The builder really missed a trick by not putting the power button inside the bear's nose.

@PENFOLD5 Жыл бұрын

I never thought of that. Bear 🐻 in mind it was my wife's computer, and I didn't want to complicate it. If I had built it for myself..... that's another story. I probably would have gone all Borg on the bear!

@noahater5785 Жыл бұрын

Lol, literally booping it on the nose to turn the machine on, that’s hilarious! 😂😂😂

@Qwerbey Жыл бұрын

I've heard about luggable computers, but this is the first time I've seen a huggable PC

@jeantechnoir7702 Жыл бұрын

I can totally relate to that feeling of building something special for your loved one and this PC is beyond original, it's amazing.

@mogwaay Жыл бұрын

This is what the internet was made: to get people together, to get a giant Teddy Bear PC sent across the US to the one man that will truly appreciate it for what it is, sweet! 😅

@mobydoux Жыл бұрын

I agree. So much.

@kg790 Жыл бұрын

Trivia: The IKEA name of the bear, “Varlig”, is a word from the Swedish singing game “Björnen sover” (”The Bear is Sleeping”)

@frozendude707 Жыл бұрын

And "varlig" itself translates roughly to cautious, alert, on thin ice, careful, or something in that vein.

@prorandocopier7945 6 ай бұрын

@@frozendude707 "be cautious around the sleeping electronic bear"

@JohnVance Жыл бұрын

idk why but the zip drive is the funniest part of the whole thing to me, like what a cute little fossil

@mangobear3028 Жыл бұрын

As someone who LOVES bears and was sad af when warbear was already taken for a license plate choice, i need this in my life. I would never use it mind you, but I would put it in my foyer as soon as you come through the door.

@mikewifak Жыл бұрын

Teddy Ruxpentium III: Teddy is back, and this time he’s modestly more capable.

@fryode Жыл бұрын

I remember as a kid my neighbor friends got tired of their Teddy Ruxpins and wanted me to take them apart. I did so. Nightmare fuel ensued, but that juice was worth the squeeze. One kid went into animatronics and hired me for consulting work 30 years after the RuxpinDestruction.

@KartKing4ever Жыл бұрын

This is the most ridiculous computer I've ever seen, and I need it.

@OctavioGaitan Жыл бұрын

Interesting idea for a novelty PC, and I too want one! 😁

@billybollockhead5628 Жыл бұрын

If it was a monkey, rather than a bear.. it’d be a must have.

@linuxstreamer8910 Жыл бұрын

@@billybollockhead5628 a purple one right?

@pandemicneetbux2110 Жыл бұрын

I will be keeping this in mind for if I ever start building computers for people. BUilding a monkey or bear computer sounds like a great idea for a kid, or a Dollhouse PC. I could probably make money selling those as entry PCs to families.

@dancooper6002 Жыл бұрын

@@pandemicneetbux2110 Sure, until it catches fire and you get sued.

@BoterBug Жыл бұрын

I've had a smile on my face all video, but "Hibernation Mode" got a giggle out of me 😂

@grjr Жыл бұрын

I saw that bear on craigslist and thought, "who the hell would pay that much for that thing?" Well, now I know :) Funny to see you ended up with it.

@huskyvacs Жыл бұрын

The price of knowledge and wisdom comes at great cost. And really when there is only one of something, there is no value. It can be paid for the asking price, or nobody buys it and it goes to the landfill. I have saved many things that are truely historical for next to nothing, and museums don't even want it.

@CEzikMaj Жыл бұрын

You can tell that this sound card is UNBEARABLE

@nicoleking772 Жыл бұрын

I could Bearly' hear that thing

@botterik81 Жыл бұрын

LGR just proved every PC has the right to bear arms.

@hamza7518 Жыл бұрын

:patrick boo:

@VulpisFoxfire Жыл бұрын

And legs...

@samuelcolvin4994 Жыл бұрын

Or would that be to arm bears?

@Blitterbug Жыл бұрын

Ouch!

@Chaos89P Жыл бұрын

@@samuelcolvin4994 That as well.

@DCoWorld 10 ай бұрын

when the 'Computer Tech Guy' says, ''Bear with me, we have a lot of orders'' lol ...takes on a whole new meaning!

@Fayeluria Жыл бұрын

„She wanted a desktop, and she also liked Teddy Bears“ What a prime example of if he wanted to, he would! 😂

@garita3690 Жыл бұрын

10:46 “the pressure of the bear suit” it’s like the title of a memoirs of a theme park mascot actor 😂😂😂

@gentuxable Жыл бұрын

It seems to have been unbearable for the case.

@YogiTheBearMan Жыл бұрын

I’m thinking someone dropped it at some point

@himselfe Жыл бұрын

The eyes definitely need to light up when you power it on, and blink to indicate drive activity, or wired up to turn red when you press the turbo button. Wouldn't be a very difficult mod to do to be fair, but perhaps more destructive that you'd be comfortable with. EDIT: I'd personally also put a speaker inside the bear for sound.

@TheOtherBill Жыл бұрын

And replace the Windows startup sound with a roar.

@StigDesign Жыл бұрын

@@TheOtherBill and perhaps deer hunter background wallpaper and bear theme on win98se :D

@elfedorausado Жыл бұрын

That would give it Fridays at Freddy’s vibes 😂

@KairuHakubi Жыл бұрын

it makes me want to have a tanuki clock made, like that one random beast wars guy

@Thega74 Жыл бұрын

Imagine having this thing and you forget to turn it off... Just imagine waking up at midnight to a bear with flashing eyes.

@techmouse. Жыл бұрын

I want to see this bear worked into the Toy Story franchise. *"Some nightmares you never wake up from, Woody... Some nightmares are forrrrrreeeeeevvvvvveeeeeeerrrrrrrrr..."* [ hard drive buzzing noises ]

@lucasRem-ku6eb Жыл бұрын

You should upload it here ! MAYA skills ?

@noahater5785 Жыл бұрын

Nah, that would be nightmare fuel 😬

@ricardog2165 11 ай бұрын

I want to see it show up on Star Trek as a bear that has been assimilated by the Borg!

@DesignRevolutionary Жыл бұрын

The Pressure of the Bear suit: A Memoir I stepped into the bear suit, the cool fabric clinging to my skin, and zipped it up with trembling hands. The weight of the suit settled upon me, a physical manifestation of the pressure I felt. Would I be able to endure the sweltering heat inside the costume? Could I bear the weight of their expectations?

@infinitytec Жыл бұрын

Forget RGB. Shag carpet is what PCs need!

@ashkitt7719 Жыл бұрын

Would fit with the 70s aesthetic.

@jacobsekela8691 Жыл бұрын

That thing is simultaneously hilarious and somewhat terrifying.

@ahniandfriends123 Жыл бұрын

That bear looks like an SCP entity that breached containment.

@ThumpertTheFascistCottontail Жыл бұрын

It's giving me Cronenberg style vibes for some reason.

@KalteLanze Жыл бұрын

Oddly enough, I virtualized my family's original Millennium Edition disk a few years ago just for kicks and nostalgia. It ran perfectly for a few months but now it has the exact same audio issues you're experiencing here. Kinda neat to see the same thing happening on a physical machine, I just assumed it was a glitch with VirtualBox. Excellent vid just the same, brought many smiles to my face.

@louiseogden1296 Жыл бұрын

Gives a whole new meaning to Build-A-Bear...

@49Ibanez Жыл бұрын

My first thought seeing the thumbnail before watching the video is 'I bet this would overheat like mad'

@therealavolpe Жыл бұрын

Yeah it's a fire hazard, dude..!!

@VulpisFoxfire Жыл бұрын

If the hardware was more recent, cooling would be a bear to manage...

@AudioCraZ Жыл бұрын

PC Club was a small chain of computer stores with main corporate office/warehouse in City of Industy, CA. They had just started branching out across the US when the owner passed away. Unfortunatly the owners brother took over, stopped paying vendors, liquidated what he could, and left the US. I woked at PC Club for a few years, lots of great memories.

@Bobbias Жыл бұрын

Well that's a depressing corporate history.

@AudioCraZ Жыл бұрын

@@Bobbias It really was, especially for those of us that worked there.

@gentuxable Жыл бұрын

tbh and imho looking at the parts it seems not like a great company, I mean look at that PSU and Mainboard, 1999 and no ATX PSU was used that would power off itself after shutdown? PC Chips as a brand is questionable at the very least. Maybe it was really cheap but it looks like they basically took whatever old parts they could find to squeeze out the last penny.

@animeloveer97 Жыл бұрын

@@gentuxable thats not the stores fault but the manufacturer of the device. many big name brands sold the same trash components

@gentuxable Жыл бұрын

@@animeloveer97 to me it looks like those preconfigured PCs many smaller PC shops ordered from OEMs where they have control over the parts but I could be wrong, I suspected they just ordered the lower left model while there were some more decent options available for a little bit more money.. Sometimes things like a Pentium 3 but only 16 MB RAM and upgrading wasn't always an option. Real big brands like HP Vectra, Compaq DeskPro or IBM Aptiva were even more expensive for features smaller offices didn't need so building yourself as even my school (or my family) did was more efficient.

@hrrawr 6 ай бұрын

28:22 I Haven't seen that "It is now safe to turn off your computer." message since the first half of the 2000's! >:O

@tellyjoossens4186 Жыл бұрын

In the days this board was sold on the market I worked for a wholesale computers parts supplier. One of the best boards pc-chips made! All those extra brackets were a typical thing for this brand and this was the era where you could use AT or ATX cases since the market was just changing. Afterwards for Pentium 4 and AMD systems our company began to buy Ecs, which was really a step down aka hit or miss depending on the model since some SIS chipsets were slower/less stable than most VIA or Intel chipsets from brands like Asus or QDI.

@OakCityGamers Жыл бұрын

“There’s a weird old Pentium III teddy bear online, and everybody’s like; LGR you need this, and I’m for some reason agreeing with them.” LOL it came from the internet and now its home is LGR. Thank you Clint. Thank you very much.

@vouvusbovus9100 Жыл бұрын

That bear is an ABSOLUTE unit.

@KairuHakubi Жыл бұрын

Bear of the Interest

@MalleeMate Жыл бұрын

I’ve been off KZfaq for a while, and it’s so good coming back to this channel. Such chill vibes, cheers.

@edobkin Жыл бұрын

Clint I just loved this video lol! I was super thrilled that you decided to install ME on the machine as it has, by far, my favorite startup music!! Excellent work as usual - thanks for the great content!

@crepuscule47 Жыл бұрын

A Deer power supply... In a Bear PC. Now that's, something :D

@MK-lk7nc Жыл бұрын

Lol, that's awesome. The empty bear-case-cover @8:00 looks like some kind of weird portal, a Bridge to Bear-abithia. Also, the case with fur front and no bear at all... very nice. I could totally see a retro-disco-70s build kind of like that, maybe a mix of plush faux fur and pleather? With a disco ball.

@DickDawsonTheShills Жыл бұрын

I was expecting thomas the train to come out of it.

@juango500 Жыл бұрын

7:48 ! !

@shannonolivas9524 Жыл бұрын

You did a great job restoring it, it's very cute. The opening bear pun in the captions set the tone perfectly. Sad to see it leave my home area but I'm happy it's found a good home.

@SCMabridged Жыл бұрын

Now we just need a video of a bear installing a Windows ME PC inside of Clint.

@christophercole8114 Жыл бұрын

A "Bear PC" sounds great in theory, but you can't use it from December to March. You know why? It's in hibernation mode!

@robintst Жыл бұрын

Teddy Ruxpin really went through some weird phases in his life. He went from playing Ozzy Osbourne tapes in the 80s to running Mechwarrior 2 in the 2000s.

@borregoayudando1481 Жыл бұрын

this item truly seems like a fever dream come to life.

@SteamsDev Жыл бұрын

And on the day of its resurrection, the bear stood up on the hill and shouted: "IT'S MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" [Windows ME Sound Plays]

@jayman4095 Жыл бұрын

I was not expecting to feel nostalgic over something I had no idea it existed But I have to say that is a really cool build

@jmh3ruva Жыл бұрын

I love how you took us through every grizzly detail of this PC! ;)

@michaelhoskins832 Жыл бұрын

Boo! That was painful.

@lucasRem-ku6eb Жыл бұрын

it's a Taliban Bomb

@raf.raf. Жыл бұрын

Finally, now I can take my computer to bed and stay connected 24/7

@m7hacke Жыл бұрын

Okay Clint. This is it. You have out done yourself. This is the pinnacle of oddware. There is no way you will be able to beat this one. Just hang it up and give yourself a pat on the back for a job well done.

@Jisamaniac 11 ай бұрын

PC Club! Best place to buy customized parts back in the day. It was a great place to work.

@RRRRRRP Жыл бұрын

Certainly the most "huggable" PC I've ever seen 😄

@foxyloon Жыл бұрын

Now I've come across some crazy case mods back in the day, but this is amazing~ The issues with the sound reminded me that this is the exact era of PC that cemented the whole "onboard sound is garbage" mentality.

@Robert08010 Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I distinctly remember only choosing moboards that didn't have integrated sound or video because I knew I always wanted a good SBcard and an even better video card.

@thesteelrodent1796 Жыл бұрын

before RealTek HD, onboard sound really was terrible. All the early boards had ACS chips, and they were absolutely awful

@animeloveer97 Жыл бұрын

@@Robert08010 you could have just got the soundcard anyways no?

@Robert08010 Жыл бұрын

@@animeloveer97 Not exactly sure why but I was under the impression back then that adding those features like a good sound card was made more difficult if the moboard had that feature build in due to resource conflicts. So I always opted for the board without a build in graphic chip or sound feature.

@eDoc2020 Жыл бұрын

@@Robert08010 That's why there's almost always an enable jumper (or BIOS setting) for internal peripherals. If the internal video is always enabled then yes that could be a big issue.

@Vvardenfell_Outlander Жыл бұрын

SO glad you put Millennium on this machine! My PIII had ME and I don't remember having near as many problems with it as most people were reporting. Must have just lucked out on hardware.

@CatsT.M Жыл бұрын

Even the subtitles have puns! I absolutely adore this, it is such a bear-eth taking machine.

@ManducaFlown Жыл бұрын

‘What am I even doing with my life’ - that was hilarious… made me laugh out loud. Not just because of the madness of this computer, and you diligently cleaning it; but because we all think this exact thought from time to time.

@Parappadarappa2 Жыл бұрын

This is simultaneously the most hilarious and terrifying pc I’ve ever seen

@BilisNegra Жыл бұрын

The absolutely first thing that would come to mind as a cause in case of a house fire, pretty much.

@TastyBusiness Жыл бұрын

I remember when Compgeke and Elk Cloner started talking about that bear case. Funny to see it cursed with Windows ME here, a few months later. Oh! Fatty Bear's Birthday Surprise! I always wanted to play that as a kid, after I found the demo bundled with another HE title.

@blaineallenbrown 11 ай бұрын

I really love how seriously you take every video--including the bear pc! Please keep it up!

@LGR 11 ай бұрын

Thank you, will do my best!

@RowenStipe Жыл бұрын

The bear puns in the CC were outstanding, always love to see little jokes like them in there.

@Mrcharrio Жыл бұрын

I assume it's a Bear Bones PC. Also wouldn't overheating fears be constant with that on your computer?

@adventureoflinkmk2 Жыл бұрын

I know that's right, this is one PC I'd hate to do a modern hardware stuffing into.. and I've done such conversions to digital dec PC and Compaq desk pro en cases

@volvo09 Жыл бұрын

Not with the current hardware, but anything more and you'd need air intakes, since the front intakes are blocked off.

@Snyperwolf91 Жыл бұрын

PC-bear: " Hey, bro ! Should we play crysis on me ? " User: " Dude , you'll be toast by even installing it . Are you nuts ? " PC-bear: " Dont worry ! I call my friend smokey . He knows how to handle fires . That a$$ ows me one ." User: " NO . " PC-bear: " Alright Alright . Geeze ! I start Cyberpunk 2077 , NOW!!!" * Nuclear meltdown happens *

@michaelmartin4552 Жыл бұрын

It was not as big of a problem yet in that era. But yes, that is right at the time that heat started to become an issue with items like 2CoolPC coming out to help solve that problem. If anybody wants to see what some of the strange things we were putting in our systems in around 2000, look up the 2CoolPC. The cases had yet to add more fans, so that was a strange blower that you would put in the bottom of your case to try and blow more cool air onto your motherboard.

@mattnordsell9760 Жыл бұрын

When you mentioned the bear tunnel when you took the cover off, that reminded me of tunnel bear from back in the day. This has been amusing with all the bear puns that you had in it. The case is definitely a unique one for sure.

@Airsaber Жыл бұрын

An excellent video! It's impressive how well this PC has held out over the years. And it's pretty cool that Ikea still makes those bears!

@jedikwon Жыл бұрын

Wow, this is crazy. I live in Los Angeles, CA and when I first saw this computer on Craigslist, it looked so creepy, I just completely ignored it. It remained for sale for a while but man, I never expected to see this computer on LGR. Wow.

@GreatNorthernJuna Жыл бұрын

When that thing comes to life and goes all Terminator on us it’ll be even more terrifying.

@johntrevy1 Жыл бұрын

Still needs cuddling though.

@Dire-wuulf Жыл бұрын

I love this 'Bear' computer so much, thanks LGR for saving it!

@jeremymtc 11 ай бұрын

Your mention of the PC Club retailer is a total blast from the past! They were a local chain in SoCal which went defunct in maybe '04 or '05. Imagine an Aliexpress storefront inventory dumped into a Goodwill store retail layout, and that was pretty much PC Club. I had a Deer case from them which had the power supply die in glorious multicolored flames while playing FarCry. I learned about the use of quality components from that episode.

@megatronskneecap Жыл бұрын

This HAS to be a house fire starter at its prime. I would do a sleeper build in this, and pad that box with as much fireproof material as physically possible.

@maighstir3003 Жыл бұрын

The trouble with sleepers is components today run MUCH hotter than they did in the mid-90's, even with being more power efficient. This'd most likely be fine with components from back then, but try to shove a modern CPU and GPU in there and they would cook themselves in minutes due to non-existent airflow. I run an Athlon 7600X and a Radeon 570X (until I replace it with a current-gen card*), so not exactly top-of-the-line, in a desktop case from '95 and have somewhat of an issue even without the fur. 90's cases weren't designed for airflow, because it wasn't needed. * While a Radeon 7600 would be punny due to having the same model number as the CPU, I think I'll want something with more than the 8GB VRAM the recently released model has, so likely a 7700 when available.

@MK-lk7nc Жыл бұрын

Take the actually-has-fish water aquarium case and fuse it with the bear case. By themselves, both are Extremely Risky, but together, maybe the cancel out? Maybe it could be a scuba bear.

@MarkWhich Жыл бұрын

I wouldn't leave that PC unattended, a PSU failure would be a good start.

@kolonarulez5222 Жыл бұрын

A cooling fan's nightmare lol. How awesome is this! 🧸

@MikeDragon Жыл бұрын

Oh God. The very first computer my family had uses that same motherboard! I don't remember if the revision is the same, but the motherboard model definitely stuck with me. My dad bought that PC back in 2000, built by a brand called Metron. It came with a socket 370 Celeron 566MHz, 32MB of RAM (SDRAM), a 6.5 GB Seagate IDE hard drive, a 32x CD-ROM drive (plus a floppy drive, of course) and Windows Millennium Edition. The funny thing is that although the CPU was a socket 370 Celeron, it was installed on an adapter for the Slot 1 socket, therefore making it a Socket 370 Slot 1 Celeron. lol Overtime we upgraded it to a Pentium III 800MHz (installed on the actual Socket 370, though) and up to a total of 384MB of RAM and an 80GB IDE hard drive as well as a DVD-R/W optical drive. For the OS, over the years it went from Windows ME to 95, then to 2000, 98, back to ME, back to 2000 for a brief while until it landed back on 98 for a good while before it was upgraded to Windows XP Professional, which it ran for the rest of its days until it was retired around 2007/2008. I have fond memories of it and I spent a lot of time playing a lot of Need for Speed II SE, NFS III, NFS High Stakes, Hard Truck 2 King of the Road, LEGO Creator, The Fifth Element, among other known and unknown/obscure titles, all with terrible graphics settings because the onboard GPU on that motherboard is HORRIBLE and I could never afford an offboard GPU that would work with that motherboard. lol It's thanks to this PC that I discovered my love for computers and decided to work in IT. I still have that PC and it still works, though I haven't turned it on in years. I simply could not let it be thrown away so I kept it. It currently sits safely inside a box on a corner of my bedroom.

@braelinmichelus Жыл бұрын

The wait from the beginning to see if it worked was un _bear_ able! Though this restoration project must have been a _bear_ , no one was as ready to stick his _claws_ into it as Clint! Of all the people to buy this off craigslist being LGR is very prophetic, I mean it was _open season!_ I wonder how much _honey_ crust was stuck in that thing! But in all seriousness, now that it's all cleaned up, better keep it away from any _pic-a-nic baskets!_

@kevintappminville195 Жыл бұрын

That's the nec plus ultra in thermal management. It got a lot of bear-flow, and you can't get any case that looks cooler!

@ScooterinAB Жыл бұрын

This is definitely an example of "just because you can doesn't mean you should," though it is adorable as hell and needs to exist. That being said, I can only imagine how hard it is to keep this thing cool and clean.

@T3hBeowulf Жыл бұрын

Since the front and rear airflow is largely unimpeded and given that most of these PCs had solid metal side panels, I imagine cooling was not remotely an issue.

@gentuxable Жыл бұрын

A Pentium 3 system wasn't running that hot, it required active cooling but I've seen many Compaq Deskpro systems having almost no cooling for that kind of CPU without dedicated GPU. With an exhaust at the rear and a tiny intake at the front I see no issue.

@thesteelrodent1796 Жыл бұрын

before we hit 1 GHz, cooling wasn't really a big deal unless you overclocked the computer. Now, the factory OC chips Intel and AMD put out in the late 90s when they were battling to have the fastest CPU between 400 and 800 MHz, those bastards ran so hot you needed every bit of fan you could shove into the computer, and putting those inside a bear could possibly be fatal

@Danjovic Жыл бұрын

I remember seeing a Teddy Bear Ethernet switch decades ago, with wires getting out at the nape of its neck. That was bizarre, but in the weirdness realm this PC is a champ! I long to see anything weirder than that on LGR.

@coolelectronics1759 8 ай бұрын

I had a dolphin one I found in a box of free junk once!

@zh84 Жыл бұрын

Because I was eating while watching this I had the subtitles on. [warm fuzzy jazz music] [bear getting disassembled noises] I presume KZfaq didn't come up with those by itself!

@filipinowhiteboy Жыл бұрын

I always wanted to turn Teddy Ruxpin into a computer.....now I can!

@plapbandit Жыл бұрын

Holy fire-hazard Batman, lets hope Smokey stays smoke-free

@ellenorbjornsdottir1166 Жыл бұрын

That old +5V rail was running REALLY hot. Great catch.

@four20team Жыл бұрын

R.I.P. PC Club.......I have fond memories of those stores as a kid

@kevhead1525 Жыл бұрын

It's not a fire hazard because they thoughtfully lined the inside with asbestos. 😉

@animeloveer97 Жыл бұрын

asbestos stopped being used in the 70s or 80s lol

@kevhead1525 Жыл бұрын

@@animeloveer97 it was a joke. 🙄

@ImNXVS Жыл бұрын

People need to really watch more of LGR's videos with CC on because some hidden gems of non dialog are almost always to be found. It's almost like little easter eggs to his videos! I love the one at the beginning of this video btw

@helpis0ntheway 11 ай бұрын

Best part is the Bear can watch himself on screen! It's like a bear MRI 🐻

@TooManyHobbiesJeremy Жыл бұрын

Great job on tackling this bear rescue 😁

@jessragan6714 Жыл бұрын

Reminds me of Chumby, the desktop device designed to be "cuddly." Unfortunately, the makers of Chumby sunsetted it, making it about as useful as an ordinary teddy bear, without the cuteness.

@eDoc2020 Жыл бұрын

Chumby is actually pretty hackable. It's easy to load your own OS, or at least your own userspace for the existing Linux.

@PC4USE1 Жыл бұрын

I've been sober since 1988 but this video would be ideal for a drinking game .Anytime Clint mentions "bear' or does an "un-bear-able' pun,take a shot. Great video and oddly glorious.

@jasonmetcalfe4695 Жыл бұрын

I was thinking that as well

@MK-lk7nc Жыл бұрын

Congrads on 35 years sober, that's really impressive. It can still be a drinking game, just drink coffee

@jamesross3939 Жыл бұрын

Kudos going that long sober! For me 2006.

@nikolaismallwood8215 Жыл бұрын

This is an unbearably great video. A nice way to end the week off, and into the weekend haha! Love your vids as always, and hope you have a great Friday!