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Restoring an old Windows XP Gericom Laptop
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 31 ม.ค. 2020
- Hi everyone thank you for 22:45 of your time. in this video I restore, upgrade and mod an old Gericom laptop from a mid 2000s, old laptop but I think is still not for a trash. The Windows XP is running fine and as well Games from Windows XP era.
Games that I play: Half Life, CS 1.6, Quake 3 Arena, Delta Force, Cadillac and Dinosaurs, and Metal Slug 2.
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i like watching your restoration vids, very calming :D
Thank you :D
Yep it is your right
@@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew mypal is a modern browser that still supports windows xp, you should give it a try
me too
Watching almost every video from this channel give me courageous to put ssd and upgrade the ram of my intel celeron laptop, and bring disc caddy to it also. I enjoy the process even i broke the track pad ribbon cable 😂
You're my inspiration, dude 👍
You are not alone there
once you go it the first time, You realize just how easy it is to do. You'll be buried in a pile of busted laptops in no time at all. :P
@@DanChainsawman I've fixed a few, but never to the point of total dismemberment 😂
I listen to your voice so I can go to sleep
Honest comment
It’s a joke but I’m glad people loved it 😂
ha una bella voce che merita di essere riconosciuta in tutto il mondo
Just open any book and stare at it
@@Bojang_Bugami32 veramente ahahah😃
Man, this laptop is GORGEOUS now. Also, I could listen to your voice all day :D I wish I was your friend!
Thank you bro :D by the way I'm your friend, why not :D
I admire you putting so much effort into this old hardware that everyone else would throw (including myself)...
Thank you for your videos. Watching what you did with laptops, I have recently upgraded 2 Toshiba Satellite l300. I replaced the damaged screen, changed the hard drive to ssd, upgraded the ram to its maximum, cleaned the whole laptop from bottom to top, changed the thermal paste and finally changed the OS to Ubuntu Bionic beaver. Since there were no major scratches, I didn't have to repaint it. It all works fine and faster than ever. Without your videos, I wouldn't have tried and would have put the laptop to trash. So thanks to you, two laptops have been saved and I'm currently writing this comment from one of them. Have a nice day.
I love these stories
Very nice that you managed to repair the Windows XP laptop and upgrade it. Love this old type of hardware and still making it useful. :)
I wish I was your neighbor 😂😂
lol
_BRUH_
I literally have a dell latitude d630 so yeah I would give it to him.
You can go for a 100GB SSD and ubuntu for the OS... I think you are a Hero of the tech world who saves old tech from dying.
When others TH-camr upload everyday, You only once a week.
Because you need to hard work for one video.
Very very respectful.
Thank you bro :D
@@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew your welcome
Ok. Now, make a restoration and upgrade a Intel Atom laptop to max. lol
You can install Windows 7 Lite on these old laptops and it runs fine. Might take a minute to find the right version of Windows 7 Lite as there are a lot out there. Usually drivers install fine.
Thriving Entrepreneur thank you my friend was looking for something not Linux like. Where can I download this software and do I need to pay? Thanks!
I'm pretty 7 won't exactly be the smoothest experience on a machine this weak. Windows 7 Lite is an unofficial version, so you can't be sure whether it's sketchy or not.
Dont! Windows 7 is too heavy for these machines. Even most of the Win7 era netbooks cant handle the Starter and Lite edition very well. I have a Packard Bell DotS and its struggles to run Windows 7 Starter with maxed out ram(2Gb) and SSD. My syster have a laptop with Intel B960(more powerful than the stock Celeron and the upgrade Pentium) and that is weak too for Windows 7.
@@talos86 Windows 7 Lite is an unofficial version of Windows 7 that runs on 512 mb of RAM and as low as 1 GHz processor. It's perfect for these types of machines.
I see so many people do this to these types of laptops, but really; what is the point? Windows XP and Intel Pentium M laptops can be rather nice for retro gaming as he shows its use in the video, and Windows 7 can be total horse shit on these types of computers, giving it honestly no actual valid use I feel.
Amazing job. Just a tip: Sand the final painting to remove the "'orange peel". It will makes the surface real smooth.
Something about these types of videos is very satisfying.
Hey Andrew, this laptop is actually manufactured by a company named ECS, and the manufacturer model of this laptop is "ECS 550" if I'm correct, which then other companies like Gericom rebrands the laptop with their own model number and resells it. I recognized this laptop from somewhere since the palmrest information specs sticker is also used with another company named Patriot, of which this model is "Patriot 3060".
My brother had the Patriot 3070, with the same sticker design which I recognized this from which was made by ECS under the name "ECS 321" from their G320 series of laptops.
Advent also did this, but I wasn't able to find your laptop model since I didn't want to waste a lot of time for this.
Hope everyone learnt something, and is ECS back again with their "kinda" generic line of laptops but not really haha
Very nice Job bro ! Maching music when you assemble it !
Your neighbour has taken the right path of next life for his/her celeron legend laptop by delivered it to you
Please upload every weekend❤
I will try to upload more often, now i'm working on some different projects, little bit pushing the limits, my next video will be about that
@@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew thanks a lot
I really love your videos about old laptops and their reanimations! :D
you're an artist man really..and you love what you do and that makes the videos satisfying..love from india sir
Good job! I still play Quake 3 haha! Was way ahead of its time when it was released
You know when a laptop is old because of the good old yellow motherboard
Great restore. Out of curiosity though did you not upgrade the drive because you wanted to keep the old XP install? I mean you could have cloned the drive with some software onto something with more space and speed, possibly even an SSD.
Good job!
A few tips: orange and black or orange and white it's okay. But orange - white - black is not a good idea.
To upgrade more the laptop I would have updated the bios. Sometimes upgrading bios make more cpu's compatibles or upgrade ram support adding more quantity up to 2 GB in some special cases.
The key for your keyboard can be found in waste/recycling places or in chinese stores, also complete keyboards.
First time (IIRC) I watch one of your videos. I had lunch while watching this. Thanks for the company. :)
I would give you a second like just for picking orange color, my favorite color. I wish computer companies would have more colors in their cases, laptops and desktops. Back in the 1980s and most of the 90s the beige color ruled for IBM compatible computers. Rarely you could find something else. Now beige has been replaced by black. I am SICK of it.
That heat sink is pretty dope for an old pc.
i love your videos. its so satisfying.
i always binge satisfying things and restoration
Nice restoration job dude! But you dont really wanna use Win XP do you? Its very unsafe since it doesnt get any support from MS anymore. Try Linux, its safe and has much lower hardware requirements.
Yay another video
Love u sir!!
I am from INDIA!
Love u again and again!!
Glad to see you upgraded wireless card too. I find it's an often overlooked upgrade. That and the optical drive in some cases.
this video makes me so damn calm... damn x)
Also orange is awesome !!!
When he turn trash into something better than my $1300 pc
I have an old laptop in orange design! Mine is Asus Lamborghini VX6S but there are older versions. Thank you for this video. Now I want to restore it like you did with this one
Bro VX6S is old but still with a beautiful design
These old 3:4 screens looks so big
(Not that they didnt back then)
But its something I miss from back then
WELCOME TO QUAKE 3 ARENA. PRESS FIRE TO BEGIN COMBAT.
I also take the cooling fan blades of (when it's possible) for cleaning and lubricating. It might collect some dust inside.
looks great firefox esr is the most up to date browser for xp.
You are just amazing. Keep up the good work man!
I like that orange. Looks like half life theme. Good job👍
love your videos, truly. in this case I totally get the aesthetic change, but a computer with a single core and 1gb of RAM...? I don't see how that could be used nowadays
Awesome video as usual, lovely to see older hardware such as this laptop refurbished and used again.
this channel just like baumgartner restoration, but specialized in old-tech laptops. :)
I love your videos and the way you respect old hardware, not enough attention to this guy, he deserves a lot more of viewers and subscriber's, great job man, keep on doing what you love, you are doing a really great job! :)
The music is just so good + your voice = heaven.
You cleaned the laptop really good mate, keep on doing these videos!
that's a perfect laptop for emulation!
Did you do a bios and chipset update? That's literally one of the most important things you can do for a restoration and upgrade build. That's the first thing I hunt down for all of my systems. Also for builds like this I'd recommend a 44pin to sdcard adaptor. You could theoretically hotswap your OSs for better testing. Cheers from the pnw, USA
i would recommend to use the open source program "snappy drivers" (for drivers) or install linux...
Snappy Drivers ORIGIN is better
@@damian9303 it is the same database isn't it?!
I do appreciate with your job, keep doing restoration clips.
Very impressive!!!
You know why i subscribed his channel because he did everything perfect.
Thank you bro :D
I wish I can afford camera sliders and have a nice studio background to make a good quality looking content like you. *Sigh* I can only wish.
Welcome back bro🔥
Man another laptop restoration soo cool
you have a sweet taste in choosing colors
Lubuntu or puppylinux as dual boot will give you a fully functionnal basic laptop.
I had completely forgotten about Delta Force! thanks for reminding me! I used to play it on my Pentium 2 system...with 128 MB ram and a 4 MB SiS video card :)
When you painted the case, you made it look like a Clevo case. (Gericom made their own cases.)
nice
Thank you :D
I like the hinges design.
Nice video , although the color you chose doesn't look good , I would go for a dark brown color ,but nice video .
my eyes bleed everytime I see SIS chipsets
Great job Andrew. Your videos are very inspiring. Another option for this laptop would be to upgrade it with a small SSD and install a lite, but more modern Linux distro, to achieve the same or even better results. You can still use it as a gaming machine and it would be safer, since Windows XP are outdated and not supported.
I find your videos very satisfying, keep it up!
Nice as always, yo make look in a different way the old hardware. I'm following your ideas, you job is an inspiration.
I like his accent...
Thank you :D
I agree lol
Me : the story is incredible long
Video : the story is incredible long
You are the best buddy! you made huge and professional work
The earliest run-and-gun game I can think of is "Mega Man" for the NES. Way earlier than Metal Slug and also much harder.
this would be a perfect computer to run INPA: BMW's diagnostic software for vehicles up to 2011
It’s like the reverse sleeper pc, looks like a gaming laptop on the outside is a Low spec laptop on the inside
Finally new music! Hell yeah. Nice retro laptop, keep it on Windows XP or older for maximum compatibility
Hello im from philippines, i like watching your videos
An SSD (IDE) could help a little. Web browsing may work better with alternative browsers. Dual booting with a light linux distro would be ideal
Where is the SSD?
Ssd not compatible with this laptop
but you can use a pata ssd (aka mini ide)
After this video I want to paint my Toshiba C640 to Red Colour. 🤣🤣 Last week I took my friend Compaq Presario CQ50 and upgrade it. BIOS, from Windows Vista to 10, from 2 GB Ram to 3 GB, from 2.0 AMD CPU to 2.2 Ultra AMD CPU. This is fantastic that upgrade something and see it work.
I recommend using epoxy resin instead of superglue for those hinge nuts. Superglue tends to crack on wear and tear.
its impossible to play newer games in an old laptop
*cat and andrew: hold my GTA V
You should have used a polishing sand paper after you used the orange spray.
Overall, great video.
Hey Andrew have you thought of giving Linux a go on one of these old machines? Love your videos
i hope ur neighbor doesnt reclaim the laptop after he watch this video :D
Very nice ,got myself a Dell Latitude D800 waiting for repair.
Gonna try to replace an idea with idea to data,and 120 GB SSD.
Cool update of 256mb to 1 gig like me in 2019 I did update from 4gig to 16 gig
This is a really good video!
This is awesome, big appreciate..
Go a head with your creativity, make a trash become something usefully. Thanks
nice! You might of been able to upgrade the motherboard! finding a motherboard that is the next gen of that laptop or even 2-3+ gens better with all the matching ports and plugs. iv'e done it a few times with laptops not this laptop though!
Guys most of you can try ChromeOS for old laptops, make them run as new (if you only need it to browse internet/movies etc)
i have an old Toshiba laptop and rock w core i3 380M now i want to updrage the chip so how could i know which chip will able to my mainboard ?
your video is very satisfying :D
I want to get into this but in my area we don't have decade old unused laptops to begin with. It's merit to live in developed countries to have access to large amounts of unused tech which people just throw away.
GOOD LAPTOP RESTORATION + MOD UPGRADES I already have this type of old laptop which is this Sony VIO series laptop
esta muy bonito,parace un portatil actual ....magnifico trabajo :-)
Amazing video! How do you know the maximum processor or RAM for your laptop? Thank you!
@Cat and Andrew Man, you do fantastic work!
Классное соотношение экрана.
you are a magician
Whats the title music in this video? just epidemic sound?
I need because very relaxing
i love how modular old laptops were
I have that processor on my old laptop. Amazing job, bro :D
The best out there🤚