Love this kind of content. This is the kind of thing the world needs right now imho. Education about technology that is still useable, and therefore, should NOT end up in landfill. Keep going!
@@cgplays9 There's nothing wrong with appreciating the new tech that keeps coming out, if you can afford it. I'm just pointing out that we need to be more mindful of technological waste.
I like playing with new stuff too, although I’ve always found it hard to justify the cost. Even for my M1 MAC videos, the Mac was borrowed. Most of the equipment I fix and make videos on is salvage or ewaste recoveries. For years I’ve been using an 3rd generation Core i7 desktop PC for my daily professional work in IT. I don’t understand why all the governments around the world are talking about carbon, but literally no one is talking about the impacts of electronics. Even recycling doesn’t recover nearly enough, leaving a huge environmental impact. Nothing wrong with new equipment, but it is unreal how much perfectly good electronics get shredded when they could be reused. Not to mention counties which can’t afford new stuff. It’s great to see other people share my view, thank you!
@@rebootretro Absolutely, the influx of electronic waste in the coming decades is going to be STAGGERING... And it's not junk either! Interesting fact about some common e-waste: There's more retrievable gold in a tonne of mobile phones, than in a tonne of gold ore... Think about that...
@@rebootretro If I remember correctly it’s a E5570. I have a Dell E7450 as my daily driver along with my MacBook for some reason it always freezes in Windows 10.
I have bought multiple cheap and old laptops hoping I could reuse them for light gaming and other light tasks. None of them were worth it. I would never suggest buying something older than 5th generation intel series especially those with a dedicated gpu.
I've got a Lenovo y510p with i7-4700MQ, GeForce 755m 2GB and 1366x768 screen. Normally the laptop had the option to swap the optical drive with a second GeForce. However, someone managed to reverse engineer the UltraBay slot and made an adapter in which you can insert any PCIe graphics card. I use mine with a Radeon RX 570 4GB and an external small factor PSU. It looks quite janky, but it works! And can you believe, this Frankenstein monster can actually play Forza Horizon 5 at native resolution on medium settings and with stable 60fps!
Thanks amazing! Expandability is king, janky or not! It's funny, because the entire Core i CPUs have not done leaps and strides like CPUs prior. As you've proven, a 4th gen CPU is still very competent when paired with a decent GPU. The only issue is that most laptops make it very hard to upgrade the GPU, or else impossible. Sounds like you got a pretty sweet setup!
The following method is how I got Windows 11 to install on unsupported computers, I opened the bios and disabled legacy boot and fast boot and then enabled secure boot and then I installed Windows 11 in the usual way from a flash drive. I used that method on two computers, one has a third generation i5 processor and the other has a third generation i3 processor and both computers are currently working well. For computers which use processors that are older than third generation processors a different work around needs to used, but it can be done and there are tutorial videos on YT.. I'm not actually a fan of the Windows operating systems, but I wanted to see if it could be done. I use Linux Mint as my daily driver.
I didn't measure temps - I just assumed the issue was a faulty GPU because they were pretty common. And also this laptop was a trash salvage. But another viewer suggested the same thing, that these tended to have paste and cooler mounting issues. I probably should have checked temps before assuming the GPU was failing. Thanks for the comment!
@@skygames1990 If I intended to keep it, I probably wouldn't have condemned it so quickly. The intent was to return it to recycling afterwards. It's kind of past the point of being "worth fixing". And it worked good enough for it's purpose, which was to perform test and make a video, lol. You're referring to the SMD station? It doesn't get used a whole lot. It's purpose was for work, but my hobbies certainly have benefited from it too ;). I don't do much SMD work, but it is INCREDIBLY handy to have around!
@@rebootretro Cool you have recycling. Unlike jungle country i live in. 😃 Anyway, i think it is SMD. I do not have enough expirience to cemment futher... 🙂 I done some soldering but it was with my dad help, very basic. Anyway, i left OP for people who are in this boat so that they check thermals via software and if needed replace solutions... thx for video. BTW, what you used to clean Asus. You used bottle of destilated water or isopropyl alcohol?
You picked the absolute worst possible candidate for this: The G73 was a DISASTER of a laptop. Lots of issues with heat/heatsink mount from factory, you had to tear the entire thing down to the motherboard to repaste/fix it.... put it all back together, and PRAY you torqued the screws evenly. And the screen was only like 220/250 nits, you couldn't see it in a bright room for anything.
Interesting, I wasn't aware the G73 was so finicky with heating issues. This was a random gaming laptop I got and was hanging onto just for this project. I've seen issues like this were the GPU starts to crash with heavier loads or when the VRAM fills past a certain point, and I know it was common for this series of GPU so I had assumed this was the problem. But perhaps the GPU isn't actually shot... Not worth the time to fix regardless, but I'm now curious... Thanks for your comment and insight!
@@rebootretro yeah, I had one back in the day, and I had to tear it down 2 or 3 times because getting even tension on the cooling plate was a pain. Once I FINALLY sorted that out (and found a brighter replacement screen she WAS. A good girl…but I was so frustrated by that point that she didn’t get used as much as I’d hoped.
@@mindinversions4487 Hey guys. Do you maybe know which series have better cooling system: DELL Vostro 3525, HP 15s, HP Pro Book, Lenovo Idea Pad 3? None manufucterer mention dB noise levels, so it is lottery. I need some Ryzen system with VEGA, RDNA 2 Series 6000 of Ryzen is still expnesive here with VAT 25%. I need some model that can be in level of perfomance with RX 560, or GTX 1050. Given it work at given 25W in BIOS or third party tools... for max power. ZEN 2 have Tjmax of 105°C while ZEN 3 have 95°C. But they never mention what is board max level of Tjmax... Thx both. 🍻 PS: Budget is around 700 Euro or 720 Usd.
Love this kind of content. This is the kind of thing the world needs right now imho. Education about technology that is still useable, and therefore, should NOT end up in landfill. Keep going!
@@cgplays9 There's nothing wrong with appreciating the new tech that keeps coming out, if you can afford it. I'm just pointing out that we need to be more mindful of technological waste.
I like playing with new stuff too, although I’ve always found it hard to justify the cost. Even for my M1 MAC videos, the Mac was borrowed. Most of the equipment I fix and make videos on is salvage or ewaste recoveries. For years I’ve been using an 3rd generation Core i7 desktop PC for my daily professional work in IT. I don’t understand why all the governments around the world are talking about carbon, but literally no one is talking about the impacts of electronics. Even recycling doesn’t recover nearly enough, leaving a huge environmental impact. Nothing wrong with new equipment, but it is unreal how much perfectly good electronics get shredded when they could be reused. Not to mention counties which can’t afford new stuff. It’s great to see other people share my view, thank you!
@@rebootretro Absolutely, the influx of electronic waste in the coming decades is going to be STAGGERING... And it's not junk either! Interesting fact about some common e-waste: There's more retrievable gold in a tonne of mobile phones, than in a tonne of gold ore... Think about that...
Dang I have the same dell somewhere
The E5570 or M4800? Both great machines depending on purpose.
@@rebootretro If I remember correctly it’s a E5570.
I have a Dell E7450 as my daily driver along with my MacBook for some reason it always freezes in Windows 10.
Nice video.
Quality content is rare those days.
I have bought multiple cheap and old laptops hoping I could reuse them for light gaming and other light tasks. None of them were worth it. I would never suggest buying something older than 5th generation intel series especially those with a dedicated gpu.
I've got a Lenovo y510p with i7-4700MQ, GeForce 755m 2GB and 1366x768 screen. Normally the laptop had the option to swap the optical drive with a second GeForce. However, someone managed to reverse engineer the UltraBay slot and made an adapter in which you can insert any PCIe graphics card. I use mine with a Radeon RX 570 4GB and an external small factor PSU. It looks quite janky, but it works! And can you believe, this Frankenstein monster can actually play Forza Horizon 5 at native resolution on medium settings and with stable 60fps!
Thanks amazing! Expandability is king, janky or not! It's funny, because the entire Core i CPUs have not done leaps and strides like CPUs prior. As you've proven, a 4th gen CPU is still very competent when paired with a decent GPU. The only issue is that most laptops make it very hard to upgrade the GPU, or else impossible. Sounds like you got a pretty sweet setup!
The following method is how I got Windows 11 to install on unsupported computers, I opened the bios and disabled legacy boot and fast boot and then enabled secure boot and then I installed Windows 11 in the usual way from a flash drive. I used that method on two computers, one has a third generation i5 processor and the other has a third generation i3 processor and both computers are currently working well. For computers which use processors that are older than third generation processors a different work around needs to used, but it can be done and there are tutorial videos on YT.. I'm not actually a fan of the Windows operating systems, but I wanted to see if it could be done. I use Linux Mint as my daily driver.
You should try msi afterburner instead of fraps
Thanks for the idea, I will give it a try!
tnx for the vid very interesting
Replace thermal solution if temps are high...
I didn't measure temps - I just assumed the issue was a faulty GPU because they were pretty common. And also this laptop was a trash salvage. But another viewer suggested the same thing, that these tended to have paste and cooler mounting issues. I probably should have checked temps before assuming the GPU was failing. Thanks for the comment!
@@rebootretro Assume nothing. Verify everything. 😃 Saw you had some tech for service. hobby?
@@skygames1990 If I intended to keep it, I probably wouldn't have condemned it so quickly. The intent was to return it to recycling afterwards. It's kind of past the point of being "worth fixing". And it worked good enough for it's purpose, which was to perform test and make a video, lol.
You're referring to the SMD station? It doesn't get used a whole lot. It's purpose was for work, but my hobbies certainly have benefited from it too ;). I don't do much SMD work, but it is INCREDIBLY handy to have around!
@@rebootretro Cool you have recycling. Unlike jungle country i live in. 😃 Anyway, i think it is SMD. I do not have enough expirience to cemment futher... 🙂 I done some soldering but it was with my dad help, very basic. Anyway, i left OP for people who are in this boat so that they check thermals via software and if needed replace solutions... thx for video. BTW, what you used to clean Asus. You used bottle of destilated water or isopropyl alcohol?
You picked the absolute worst possible candidate for this: The G73 was a DISASTER of a laptop. Lots of issues with heat/heatsink mount from factory, you had to tear the entire thing down to the motherboard to repaste/fix it.... put it all back together, and PRAY you torqued the screws evenly. And the screen was only like 220/250 nits, you couldn't see it in a bright room for anything.
Interesting, I wasn't aware the G73 was so finicky with heating issues. This was a random gaming laptop I got and was hanging onto just for this project. I've seen issues like this were the GPU starts to crash with heavier loads or when the VRAM fills past a certain point, and I know it was common for this series of GPU so I had assumed this was the problem. But perhaps the GPU isn't actually shot... Not worth the time to fix regardless, but I'm now curious... Thanks for your comment and insight!
@@rebootretro yeah, I had one back in the day, and I had to tear it down 2 or 3 times because getting even tension on the cooling plate was a pain. Once I FINALLY sorted that out (and found a brighter replacement screen she WAS. A good girl…but I was so frustrated by that point that she didn’t get used as much as I’d hoped.
@@mindinversions4487 Hey guys. Do you maybe know which series have better cooling system: DELL Vostro 3525, HP 15s, HP Pro Book, Lenovo Idea Pad 3? None manufucterer mention dB noise levels, so it is lottery. I need some Ryzen system with VEGA, RDNA 2 Series 6000 of Ryzen is still expnesive here with VAT 25%. I need some model that can be in level of perfomance with RX 560, or GTX 1050. Given it work at given 25W in BIOS or third party tools... for max power. ZEN 2 have Tjmax of 105°C while ZEN 3 have 95°C. But they never mention what is board max level of Tjmax... Thx both. 🍻 PS: Budget is around 700 Euro or 720 Usd.
OH GOD WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT BACK OF THIS LaPTOP
HAHA! This is why you should not shop for gaming laptops in ewaste piles!