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[weeowey]

Remember about the RAM timings! It will give it the BSOD if you use the incorrect type of RAM and RAM timings.

[ICanHasSmash]

very nice free hp! i have a dv6500 and its a great machine.

[nannynicky4life]

with puppy linux on those compaq 700's, you wont need a hard drive for they can run on just cd's.

[2BunnyReturns]

21:47 - They might actually not be onboard. On my 2001 HP, there was a slot on the bottom but also one under the keyboard. The slot on the bottom, the pins wore out and if you could get the machine to boot up with memory in it, it would shut down or freeze or bluescreen soon after.

[kbhasikevin]

2:18 why not put in a mini pci-e tv tuner that works with the digital tv standard used in your part of the world, then install drivers, open windows media center and be happy that you can watch tv? I'm not sure if my HP tablet has an extra mini pci-e slot then i can watch tv or have 3g.

[skypedog221]

Was that Dell laptopthatyou showed a Latitude C600? I have a Dell laptop that looks just like that! The one I have is almost like mint. I'm trying to go ahead and make a video about it.

[MrRedneckjosh]

would you be able to give me a deal on a laptop? i need one for school. badly

[ilovethetwinfamicom]

I'm posting this comment from a compaq presario 700. I maxed out the memory at 640MB, I put a 40GB HDD in it and I replaced the mini-pci modem with a wireless card, and I f*cking love this laptop, it just does what I need, and really well. It even has a multi-touch trackpad!(sort of, you can scroll with two fingers)

[kbhasikevin]

@ilovethetwinfamicom windows xp or 2000, or are you using xubuntu?

[MezashiTheCat]

You said "ballin". I thought that was hilarious.

[ncrdisabled]

It was the first laptop in your video it would be great to replace that dell 2500 and I do have the parts to restore the first one in the video

[ncrdisabled]

That is the same laptop that I had that got blown up . I am disabled as you know I could take all the parts from my old one and put them in that machine and I would have a great laptop again.

Would you send it to me if I pay for shipping?

I really really need that laptop!!!!

[bbishoppcm]

@ncrdisabled which laptop?

[ncrdisabled]

@bbishoppcm It was the first compaq cq60 in the video I have the exact laptop that was blown up by a power surge so I have all the parts except the mother board . I have charger power plug memory keyboard and any other part except mother board.

Thai is why I am asking for it . You would be helping a disabled VET out!

[bbishoppcm]

@ncrdisabled Unfortunately, I tossed both compaqs. Unless you're referring to the HP G60?

[ncrdisabled]

@bbishoppcm I was talking about the hp60 I have all the parts eve a 100 dollar extended battery I bought last summer I had saved for it over 6 months . I could take every thing off my blown up laptop and put it on the hp60 and I would have a great laptop again. I could even send you a AST rampage memory card with 2 meg ram on it.

[annoyingfamily]

haha just six gigs of ram lying around XD

[gm9903]

Omg. I remember playing Dungeons of Daggorath on the TRS-80. Now I feel old :)

[ipeters61]

The Compaqs look like my uncle's old Presario 2100 that he used to have. It was from the Athlon XP era.

[1944johndeerel]

That first hp computor looks just like my dads

[Unicornguy]

That HP you showed at first looks a lot like my brother's laptop ,but his is older... I guess HP reused the case and just did a re-paint ,but I like that style myself so I'm not complaining.

[crogeek]

Do you have newer laptops with c2d/Pentium Txxx CPUs?

[markvergeer]

My old Acer Laptop that I gave to my mom was a Acer 292LMi, I actually had it running OSX 10.4.11 for a bit even. Quite a good machine!

[powerlockit]

power connectors always seem to break on laptops

[Gameboygenius]

I always say, if it aint got gunk, it aint junk.

A piece of advice: Don't ever confuse a HP charger with a Dell charger. They have the same plug, but different pinout. Dell charger and Dell laptop will be fried by connection to HP laptop or HP charger. Dell is using the middle pin for 3.3V EEPROM communication, while HP is using it for current sense which means it's basically connected to 19V on both sides.

[bbishoppcm]

@Gameboygenius Yes, you are correct. This is why Dell notebooks cannot be charged using aftermarket chargers, as they lack the ID chip. I ended up junking most of what you see in this video (the compaqs, and the acer), they simply were not worth any effort (terribly worn out, not preservation grade).

[macintoshgermany]

Où puisez-vous toutes ces ordinateurs portables, Brandon?

[bbishoppcm]

@macintoshgermany J'ai mes sources

[RetroGamerVX]

My hp finally died on me the other day, tyring to raise funds for a replacement (using wifey's in the mean time)

Ooh, I've never seen you with an 8 bit before as far as I remember, nice computer :o)

[bbishoppcm]

@RetroGamerVX I've owned several older 8-bit machines, all long before the days of YouTube unfortunately.

[TexasToast09]

I have had 6 hp laptops in the last 4 years. They all broke because of the power connector. You would think HP would take care of that problem!! NO! They had to give me 6 new laptops!!! haha, don't they think that's a waste of money!?

[rhydermike]

I know you're not much of a Linux-head, but have you had a go with something like Puppy Linux? You could copy it to a flashdrive using Unetbootin and then move it between machines (if they can boot from USB). Handy for testing or even for web browsing/word processing on old machines.

[bbishoppcm]

@rhydermike I've experimented with a few distros of Linux, including a live cd version (I forget which), and even a live CD version for G3 macintoshes.

[jedw]

$1700!! macbook ... Is it built from 18 carat gold. better be.

[bbishoppcm]

@jedw The machine was $1500, and after buying the external speakers, monitor, and keyboard, the price ballooned to over $1700.

[kiyotewolf]

Can't do much with the COCO 2, I somehow managed to be amazingly entertained by the one I had for years, till it failed to turn on one day.

[TheDataZoo]

LOL my dell d610 has done according to the hard drive around 29,000 hours :P h god its worn out :D

[TheDataZoo]

I like them old acer travelmates :D

[SamuraiClinton]

I always use an external keyboard with my laptop.

[lmull3]

i have a 2005 emac and that actually does use DDR memory. i forget exactly when they started using it, but i think it was around the USB 2.0 model

[talldude123]

The HP G60's all had battery recalls (mine included), that's probably why the battery was replaced.

[THEtechknight]

as far as the other machines, they arnt really worth it. like you said, old and crap. Good in its day, but you can say that with anything :-)

[OldTimeForties]

Computers from the around the time those Compaq's were produced, were practically indestructible. Well built, solid machines. Can't wait to see the future videos on these machines! :-)

[THEtechknight]

i just found one of those HP G60s in the trash as well, missing the DC jack. I rigged in a sony DC jack with a sony charger, and it worked perfect.

[Dell0304]

I LOVE FREE JUNK! BTW nice new intro!

Man, that's pretty good, a free G6. Too bad about the power. I like HP, but they're not the best.

Anyway, cool stuff!

[thedarkone2134]

Ah HP with power connector issues...I'm soooo surprised. :/



[andruha11234]

How do you get so many free computers? :( I'm so jealous :(

I still use a 1.8ghz p4 computer so things.. could really use something a bit more powerful

[andruha11234]

lol at the speedo going 40mph....

[bbishoppcm]

@andruha11234 ??? look at the odometer