yt:channel:alhdhWlkBjz9FwLx2YEBfg alhdhWlkBjz9FwLx2YEBfg MikeTech https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCalhdhWlkBjz9FwLx2YEBfg 2017-08-27T19:41:10+00:00 yt:video:l6y4ZFBlWnU l6y4ZFBlWnU UCalhdhWlkBjz9FwLx2YEBfg MikeTech https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCalhdhWlkBjz9FwLx2YEBfg 2024-10-13T17:42:06+00:00 2024-10-16T00:37:21+00:00 '90s Desktop Teardown and Test: It Got Weird! If you'd like to support the channel and help me to produce more videos like this, you can find me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MikeTech Thank you so much! This was probably the last use-case I expected from this machine... yt:video:i9UdCgmklDA i9UdCgmklDA UCalhdhWlkBjz9FwLx2YEBfg MikeTech https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCalhdhWlkBjz9FwLx2YEBfg 2024-10-06T15:42:49+00:00 2024-10-11T20:53:19+00:00 Pionex 486: Computer from the early '90s. Teardown and test! If you'd like to support the channel and help me to produce more videos like this, you can find me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MikeTech Thank you so much! Thanks to @THEPHINTAGECOLLECTOR for making the video from which I stole the DEVICE string. Here's the latest from Necroware on RTC modules: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecTZtZhE9bI yt:video:awhSS0gYhBE awhSS0gYhBE UCalhdhWlkBjz9FwLx2YEBfg MikeTech https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCalhdhWlkBjz9FwLx2YEBfg 2024-09-27T14:43:22+00:00 2024-09-29T01:22:57+00:00 Early 2000s AOpen CustomPC: Teardown and test If you'd like to support the channel and help me to produce more videos like this, you can find me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MikeTech Thank you so much! Unassuming, but super-robust. Let's see what makes this AOpen CustomPC so... custom? yt:video:DC-EZqMIerI DC-EZqMIerI UCalhdhWlkBjz9FwLx2YEBfg MikeTech https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCalhdhWlkBjz9FwLx2YEBfg 2024-08-10T17:05:53+00:00 2024-08-24T17:38:58+00:00 2000's system with windows! No, not those Windows... Early RGB build. If you'd like to support the channel and help me to produce more videos like this, you can find me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MikeTech Thank you so much! Business in the front, party on the side? RGB goes back further than we realize! This is a system from the early days of it. yt:video:kTSjwW_akMM kTSjwW_akMM UCalhdhWlkBjz9FwLx2YEBfg MikeTech https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCalhdhWlkBjz9FwLx2YEBfg 2024-07-21T18:47:45+00:00 2024-08-04T01:50:58+00:00 Basic, Budget Mid-2000s Systems - Teardown and Test If you'd like to support the channel and help me to produce more videos like this, you can find me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MikeTech Thank you so much! Nothing better to recover from a move than tearing into some basic Mid-2000s systems! 0:00 Intro 0:15 System 1 Tour 2:01 S1 Disassembly and inspection 4:05 S1 Refresh 7:03 S1 Drives 8:05 S1 MAX POWER! 9:15 S1 Testing 14:48 S1 Verdict 15:02 System 2 Tour 16:02 S2 Disassembly and inspeciton 18:32 S2 Refresh 21:35 S2 Ooh, pretty... 22:09 S2 Drives 23:12 S2 Not Max Power... 24:11 S2 Testing 26:03 S2 CD Drive Repair Attempt 30:02 S2 Verdict 30:30 Outro yt:video:Fb0hzLJ6B8w Fb0hzLJ6B8w UCalhdhWlkBjz9FwLx2YEBfg MikeTech https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCalhdhWlkBjz9FwLx2YEBfg 2024-06-08T14:37:19+00:00 2024-08-12T22:23:03+00:00 A PC tower dressed as an iMac? Unnecessary purple?? Count me in! Retro Tech Teardown If you'd like to support the channel and help me to produce more videos like this, you can find me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MikeTech Thank you so much! They wanted to be Apple and IBM so badly... 0:00 Intro 0:18 System 1 Tour - Antec Gemstone 2:31 S1 Disassembly and inspection 8:15 S1 Refresh 12:27 S1 Drives 15:07 S1 PSU Test, case clean-up 18:09 S1 Testing 23:57 S1 Hard drive harassment 30:11 S1 Testing and snooping 37:24 S1 Ohhhhhhhh 38:39 System 2 Tour - Bulbous AT/ATX with unnecessary purple 39:50 S2 Disassembly and inspection 42:55 S2 Refresh 44:42 S2 Drives 47:13 S2 Testing! 51:24 S2 Light show and verdict 52:16 Outro yt:video:B_jvQPLj-WE B_jvQPLj-WE UCalhdhWlkBjz9FwLx2YEBfg MikeTech https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCalhdhWlkBjz9FwLx2YEBfg 2024-05-18T16:15:28+00:00 2024-08-06T05:32:19+00:00 IBM PC XT (5160) Resurrection! If you'd like to support the channel and help me to produce more videos like this, you can find me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MikeTech Thank you so much! Perhaps the most important machine of my formative years, an IBM 5160 has finally graced my bench! This machine is probably had the greatest influence on my interest in tech. It provided my earliest experiences with hardware and software, ultimately leading to a successful career in tech. Sure we also had a 5150, but I much preferred the 5160 because I was obsessed with hard drives as a kid. So when this system turned up in one of my e-waste hauls, I couldn't be happier! 0:00 Intro 1:14 System tour 4:27 Disassembly and inspection 10:13 Motherboard clean-up and inspection 13:06 Drives 15:10 Power supply 20:38 Card planning and repairs 23:13 Wasting time with super (stupid) glue 24:03 Starting assembly... 26:39 Let's make a cable... 32:04 Testing attempt. 35:58 Hard drive harassment 39:34 Yet another testing attempt... 42:26 Success, and failure... 46:53 Simple diagnostics and repair attempt 1... 50:00 Advanced diagnostics... 59:59 Repair attempt 2... 1:01:30 More testing! LL format attempt 2... 1:07:36 Fixed disk trials and tribulations... 1:14:15 Backup plan... 1:18:22 Get some memory... 1:22:50 The 2nd FDD and one more chance for the ST-412... 1:26:20 Outro yt:video:hJux-G4rfE0 hJux-G4rfE0 UCalhdhWlkBjz9FwLx2YEBfg MikeTech https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCalhdhWlkBjz9FwLx2YEBfg 2024-05-10T11:44:13+00:00 2024-08-13T08:49:00+00:00 Early 2000's Sony Vaio systems! Teardown and test. If you'd like to support the channel and help me to produce more videos like this, you can find me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MikeTech Thank you so much! Time to get fancy with some Sony Vaio systems. These were considered premium pre-built systems at the time (by me at least). As such, these are the first Vaio systems I've actually worked on. Were they worth the premium they commanded? 0:00 Intro 0:17 System 1 Tour - Sony Vaio PCV-RX463DS 2:39 S1 Teardown and inspection 9:01 S1 Refresh 12:29 S1 Drives 15:02 S1 PSU go-through 16:33 S1 Testing and OS exploration 26:26 S1 Verdict 27:19 System 2 Tour - Sony Vaio PCV-7762 28:23 S2 Teardown and inspection 32:37 S2 Refresh 35:36 S2 Drives 37:58 S2 PSU go-through 38:25 S2 Testing 43:28 S2 Clean-up and verdict 44:11 Outro yt:video:q0wFKbNF5xg q0wFKbNF5xg UCalhdhWlkBjz9FwLx2YEBfg MikeTech https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCalhdhWlkBjz9FwLx2YEBfg 2024-04-19T14:32:13+00:00 2024-09-24T06:22:15+00:00 Byte-sized: Retro Shuttle XPC Small form-factor PC If you'd like to support the channel and help me to produce more videos like this, you can find me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MikeTech Thank you so much! Here's one you don't see too often. A Shuttle XPC small form-factor PC, based on a FlexATX motherboard. Their claim of space-savings might be dubious, but they sure are an interesting bit of oddware. yt:video:mFQISqA7hcg mFQISqA7hcg UCalhdhWlkBjz9FwLx2YEBfg MikeTech https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCalhdhWlkBjz9FwLx2YEBfg 2024-03-22T16:13:45+00:00 2024-08-06T01:07:44+00:00 Gateways From SPACE!? Teardown and Test If you'd like to support the channel and help me to produce more videos like this, you can find me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MikeTech Thank you so much! Let's look at some out-of-this-world Gateways towers! yt:video:-7Wfe9356CY -7Wfe9356CY UCalhdhWlkBjz9FwLx2YEBfg MikeTech https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCalhdhWlkBjz9FwLx2YEBfg 2024-03-10T16:22:02+00:00 2024-09-25T10:03:59+00:00 Early 2000's eMachines! Teardown and test. If you'd like to support the channel and help me to produce more videos like this, you can find me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MikeTech Thank you so much! This was a nostalgia trigger that I would have found unthinkable back in the day... eMachines? Really?? Never thought it would happen, but here we are... 0:00 Intro 0:23 System 1 Tour - eMachines eTower 633id 3:53 S1 Disassembly and inspection 7:36 S1 Refresh 10:03 S1 Drives 12:50 S1 PSU test and case clean-up 14:30 S1 Testing 23:07 S1 Verdict 23:32 System 2 Tour - eMachines T3624 24:33 S2 Disassembly and inspection 27:40 S2 Refresh 30:09 S2 Drives, PSU test case clean-up 31:22 S2 Testing 42:25 S2 Verdict 43:02 Outro yt:video:okowAsQwYuw okowAsQwYuw UCalhdhWlkBjz9FwLx2YEBfg MikeTech https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCalhdhWlkBjz9FwLx2YEBfg 2024-03-02T15:30:02+00:00 2024-09-23T09:55:31+00:00 '90s Compaq Desktops! Teardown and Test If you'd like to support the channel and help me to produce more videos like this, you can find me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MikeTech Thank you so much! I had a suspicion these two Compaq desktops were diamonds in the rough. In this video, I decided to find out! 0:00 Intro 0:20 System 1 - Compaq DeskPro 2000 1:36 S1 Disassembly and inspection 6:25 S1 Refresh 8:17 S1 Drives 10:07 S1 Testing 20:56 S1 Floppy Drive Repair 22:30 S1 Clean-up and verdict 23:47 System 2 - Compaq Presario 2254 25:11 S2 Disassembly and Inspection 29:47 S2 Drives 31:45 S2 PSU and a few loose ends 33:19 S2 Testing 46:46 S2 Clean-up and verdict 48:03 Outro yt:video:8FfZmYJ7QjQ 8FfZmYJ7QjQ UCalhdhWlkBjz9FwLx2YEBfg MikeTech https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCalhdhWlkBjz9FwLx2YEBfg 2024-02-10T14:45:11+00:00 2024-08-21T06:56:54+00:00 '90s Desktops - Teardown, Test and Turmoil If you'd like to support the channel and help me to produce more videos like this, you can find me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MikeTech Thank you so much! Let's take a break from the Pentium era and roll back to a time when the 486 reigned supreme! Featuring an AST Advantage Adventure 466. 0:00 Intro 0:12 System 1 Tour 1:45 S1 Disassembly and inspection 5:50 S1 Motherboard repairs 12:00 S1 Drives 14:59 S1 PSU and case clean-up 16:35 S1 Testing 25:18 S1 Drive Repair 27:40 S1 Verdict 28:11 System 2 Tour 29:06 S2 Disassembly and inspection 33:36 S2 Drives 36:06 S2 PSU testing and case stuff 37:08 S2 Testing and RTC hackulation 43:56 S2 Verdict 44:27 Outro yt:video:e9m2KX_14_0 e9m2KX_14_0 UCalhdhWlkBjz9FwLx2YEBfg MikeTech https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCalhdhWlkBjz9FwLx2YEBfg 2024-02-03T16:35:11+00:00 2024-08-21T12:20:10+00:00 The Odd Bunch: Giant towers to Baby ATs - Teardown and test! If you'd like to support the channel and help me to produce more videos like this, you can find me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MikeTech Thank you so much! Decided to mix it up a bit. Let's check out some of the largest to smallest towers from the mid-90s to early 2000's! 0:00 Intro 0:15 System 1 Tour 1:30 S1 Disassembly and inspection 8:04 S1 Drive and PSU test 9:09 S1 Testing 11:08 S1 Button fixy and clean-up 12:58 S1 Verdict 13:20 System 2 Tour 14:18 S2 Diassembly and inspection 18:18 S2 Refresh 20:41 S2 Drives 23:30 S2 Testing 26:46 S2 OS Exploration 38:42 S2 Some clean-up 39:47 S2 Verdict 40:15 System 3 Tour 41:16 S3 Disassembly and inspection 45:39 S3 Refresh 46:33 S3 Drives 47:41 S3 Testing 53:33 S3 Verdict 53:53 Outro yt:video:fEtf_jJzcUU fEtf_jJzcUU UCalhdhWlkBjz9FwLx2YEBfg MikeTech https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCalhdhWlkBjz9FwLx2YEBfg 2024-01-28T15:46:58+00:00 2024-09-24T08:26:57+00:00 Gateway Desktops: Can we resurrect them? If you'd like to support the channel and help me to produce more videos like this, you can find me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MikeTech Thank you so much! Here's some stuff I used in the video: De-soldering alloy: https://amzn.to/3UcWwuD De-soldering wick (I swear by this stuff): https://amzn.to/3VBrUnB Solder flux: https://amzn.to/42qnodH Power supply tester: https://amzn.to/3DbT1Ns Gateways in desktop form-factor? Yes please! 0:00 Intro 0:10 System 1 Tour - Gateway E-3400 1:35 S1 Disassembly and inspection 5:04 S1 Refreshy 9:49 S1 Drives and things 13:13 S1 PSU testing 15:53 S1 De-dust and re-assembly 17:31 S1 Testing 19:07 S1 Motherboard repair 21:11 S1 Testing (For real this time) 30:40 S1 Cleanup and verdict 31:36 System 2 Tour - Gateway P5-166 32:38 S2 Disassembly and inspection 35:48 S2 Refreshy 37:26 S2 Drive stuff 39:14 S2 Testing 41:28 S2 Verdict 41:50 Outro