Using An Old Windows ME PC! Big Mistake?

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  • @psivewri
    @psivewri  5 ปีที่แล้ว +376

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    • @Watrmeln
      @Watrmeln 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hello

    • @calebkeith9341
      @calebkeith9341 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Im definetly glad i subscribed hope you make it to 100,000!!!!

    • @nitroraptor5316
      @nitroraptor5316 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Psivewri been (watching) since you were at 48k!

    • @nitroraptor5316
      @nitroraptor5316 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Psivewri Unfortunately I haven’t been subbed that long :(

    • @stopactionsam
      @stopactionsam 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Brought a smile to my face

  • @TheHated0ne
    @TheHated0ne 4 ปีที่แล้ว +339

    0:53 *WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN MY PC*

  • @MartinPaoloni
    @MartinPaoloni 5 ปีที่แล้ว +206

    I think the motherboard is bent, not the RAM modules.

    • @user-tm3fz7qx3s
      @user-tm3fz7qx3s 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Agreed.

    • @bigalexg
      @bigalexg 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Yea. I fear he is referring to the DIMM "slots" on the motherboard (please stop calling it a logic board!) as DIMMs. A DIMM is a memory module, "dual inline memory module.

    • @FRoZeN_ACiD
      @FRoZeN_ACiD 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yup

    • @小阳光-q1o
      @小阳光-q1o 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Should just throw away the motherboard and get another one

    • @nathan_tasker
      @nathan_tasker 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I agree, the bend is quite significant. The retention clips are holding the DIMMs in place, but the pins on the stick are visible.

  • @luucas1012
    @luucas1012 5 ปีที่แล้ว +197

    2019: Using an old windows me in 2019
    2039: Using an old windows 10 in 2039

    • @miccha21
      @miccha21 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @Boris Sladakovic 3059 using an old windows supernova ultra extra 9000k, oh wait humatity is gone

    • @Mr.Helper.
      @Mr.Helper. 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      2079: Using an old MicAppleSoft v1 in 2079

    • @Bigbadwhitecracker
      @Bigbadwhitecracker 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Windows 10 won't be usable in 2029

    • @faishalrafielian9061
      @faishalrafielian9061 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Windows 10 might be renamed as only "Windows" in the future. Similar to what apple did to MacOs.

    • @borlemdias9532
      @borlemdias9532 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      2020: stopped being an idiot, and switched to Linux

  • @Layer7s
    @Layer7s 5 ปีที่แล้ว +925

    "Seems the previous owner Is a Shrek fan something we have in common" Hahahaha

    • @voteDC
      @voteDC 5 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      Shrek is love. Shrek is life.

    • @namesurname4666
      @namesurname4666 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@voteDC XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

    • @Phoenixesper1
      @Phoenixesper1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Fitting....ME belongs in a swamp.

    • @CalumHGaming
      @CalumHGaming 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Its never ogre

    • @albcod90
      @albcod90 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      i love this hahahahah

  • @ZacSaleski
    @ZacSaleski 5 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    "Seems as if the previous owner was a fan of Shrek."
    *We have a real Sherlock Holmes on our hands here*

    • @iktn132
      @iktn132 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      its dankpods 100%

  • @Syrune54
    @Syrune54 5 ปีที่แล้ว +350

    A heavy smoker owner plus a shrek fan
    *gr8 combination*

    • @Shock_Treatment
      @Shock_Treatment 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      You never know. Maybe the computer was a kid's, and their parents smoked.

    • @RaymondHng
      @RaymondHng 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Shock_Treatment In order to have the computer coated all over with that much tar from cigarettes, a person would have to be constantly smoking in the same room as the computer.

    • @a.tanner8524
      @a.tanner8524 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      RaymondHng actually nicotine is colourless. The tar in the cigarettes is what makes things yellow or brown.

    • @RaymondHng
      @RaymondHng 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@a.tanner8524 corrected

    • @lossycompressed
      @lossycompressed 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      S H R E K P O R N

  • @WASasquatch
    @WASasquatch 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    That was definitely a loved computer. Looks like well over a half a decade of solid use, especially with the video card upgrade. Definitely some gaming going on. Glad you picked it up and gave it new life.

    • @dickkickem
      @dickkickem 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      considering the desktop background was shrek 2 and it had 128mb sticks of ram in it i'd say it saw a decade of use at least lol

  • @brandonohno8312
    @brandonohno8312 5 ปีที่แล้ว +590

    this is how many cigars the old owner smoked a day

  • @backstab86
    @backstab86 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    windows ME, the operating system where you can bypass the login with just pressing escape instead of typing your password

    • @FRoZeN_ACiD
      @FRoZeN_ACiD 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That takes u to a guest login

    • @billnopoles1934
      @billnopoles1934 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      is true, but the network access is disabled

  • @SummonerArthur
    @SummonerArthur 5 ปีที่แล้ว +139

    The only thing i remember about windows ME was the startup sound

    • @TheDoritoFan80
      @TheDoritoFan80 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I remember how much it crashes.

    • @psivewri
      @psivewri  5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@TheDoritoFan80 So I guess you'd be hearing that start up sound a lot then 😂😂

    • @Titas21
      @Titas21 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Doesn t Windows 2000 has the same start up sound??
      Edit: Ohh wait, it does...

    • @namesurname4666
      @namesurname4666 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Isn't the same of 2000?

    • @AtomicAJ74
      @AtomicAJ74 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@TheDoritoFan80 So many people complained about Windows Me crashes, but I always found it to be very stable, and I built many computers with that OS.

  • @slickl9608
    @slickl9608 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I love how you narrate this like a kids show, where you point things out as they show up on screen

  • @lashyndragon
    @lashyndragon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    I can't think of a more fitting wallpaper for this legendary OS

  • @boneske
    @boneske 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    1:00 So it's a safe bet you haven't played with Windows 2000 either. Windows ME and 2000 had the same startup chime.

    • @officialshura214
      @officialshura214 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      same Os but in other names

    • @iClone101
      @iClone101 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Windows 2000 is what I grew up with. It was a beige Dell Optiplex GX1 from my dad's workplace after they switched to modern laptops. That startup brings back so many memories.

    • @boneske
      @boneske 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@iClone101 I installed Windows 2000 alongside Windows 98 SE on the first computer I built. Windows 98 became a huge waste of space on my hard drive because I spent most of my time booting into Windows 2000.

    • @pianokeyjoe
      @pianokeyjoe 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      And what a SWEEEET tone it was, especially because when you heard it, you knew things were working lol!

    • @wc2006
      @wc2006 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@officialshura214 actually windows me is based off of the 9x kernel (based on ms-dos) while 2000 is based off of windows nt (at the time new and purely 32-bit os)

  • @freefalcon23
    @freefalcon23 5 ปีที่แล้ว +87

    This isn't quite what I should be doing at 4AM but I don't regret it

    • @garyblanton418
      @garyblanton418 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lmfao

    • @gt362gamer
      @gt362gamer 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I finished it at 3AM. I really need a job or some shit.

    • @garrygemmell5676
      @garrygemmell5676 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@gt362gamer Some shit yeah
      forget the job!
      >;o#)

    • @Charted
      @Charted 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tf are u doing at 4am?

  • @milchpackungszertreter6769
    @milchpackungszertreter6769 4 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    No one
    Literally no one
    My school after seeing this pc : we will take entire stock

  • @joeyhillers9460
    @joeyhillers9460 5 ปีที่แล้ว +161

    Thanos snaps half of the universe away.
    Psvieri: And now we will put some eucalyptus oil on this blunder and try to clean it up...

  • @voteDC
    @voteDC 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I loved Windows ME back in the day and really didn't understand the dislike that it got. It really did just feel like Windows 98 3rd Edition to me. Now true I used a tool called the Optional Component Maker to strip a lot of the tat out but ME always ran sweet as a nut for me.
    The only reason I moved on was because I was desperate to play The Battle for Middle-Earth and that game only ran on Windows XP.

    • @stephaniethebatter7975
      @stephaniethebatter7975 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Probably because you were lucky enough to be using hardware that Windows ME could actually use without crashing.
      One of ME's greatest stability flaws was the lack of good drivers available, which is why the OS actually runs fairly well on a Virtual Machine.

  • @gamergrill9629
    @gamergrill9629 5 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    Are we all gonna just ignore that amazing transition from the case closed to open at the start? :O

    • @psivewri
      @psivewri  5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      There's one at the end as well ;)

    • @FRoZeN_ACiD
      @FRoZeN_ACiD 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Just smooooth

    • @ViciousAlienKlown
      @ViciousAlienKlown 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's why it's called a "transition".

  • @FuNkYB27
    @FuNkYB27 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Mate, fantastic work on such an old classic. I built my own machine with Win ME whilst my mates were still rockin Win 98se. Ran stable as hell and the best thing I loved about it back then was the Windows Themes and Creative Soundcard software panels you could run. Something I never found after Me.

  • @АлексейГриднев-и7р
    @АлексейГриднев-и7р 5 ปีที่แล้ว +106

    Only an Apple fan would keep calling a PC motherboard a "logic board" 😀
    Great video! 😊

    • @rrcoster
      @rrcoster 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Apple guy but still call Apple stuff logic boards and windows motherboards as that always ive heard it when first had my windows pc back in 1995 with Gateway 486 started off with.

    • @QuinnKallisti
      @QuinnKallisti 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      who cares ? Its transient language to refer to a host board of other components

  • @h11kariii84
    @h11kariii84 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Bro the startup sound makes me so happy

  • @AtomicAJ74
    @AtomicAJ74 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    That K6-2 processor is a good CPU, but it is still a low-end processor to be running Windows Millennium Edition. 128 MB of RAM will make a huge difference in performance for most tasks.
    That board uses both EDO RAM and SDRAM. I’m impressed. I’m sure they board has a physical addressing limit of 128 MB, so it didn’t matter how much RAM you installed.
    Very nice work cleaning up the system!

    • @mica7191
      @mica7191 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I was 6 years old back in 2003 when I used to play Yetisports mini games on my sister's boyfriend's Windows XP PC... The shrieking sound of a chunky 56K dial-up modem was such an earache

  • @marcse7en
    @marcse7en 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    It looks like the Motherboard is warped and NOT the RAM! The RAM fits in edgeways. The RAM cannot bend edgeways.

    • @i05af
      @i05af 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah thats what he said

    • @clipseo
      @clipseo 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Pretty sure u just made up the word edgeways lol

  • @michaeldale837
    @michaeldale837 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Looks like a 66MHz FSB K6 300MHz. See if the motherboard can do 4.5x so you can get the full 300MHz!

    • @glennmoore5880
      @glennmoore5880 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      When he showed the CPU after removing the heatsink, I was like WTF, that's a 300, BIOS settings must be screwed up. I remember upgrading from my Pentium 133 to a K6 2, can't recall the clock speed though but it would have been somewhere in this area. Good times.

    • @ae5668
      @ae5668 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's a pcchips socket 7 motherboard, so doubt it and the voltage will be to high too.

    • @marlon7790
      @marlon7790 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      i used to have an amd k6-2 of 350 mhz

  • @عليعبداللهعلي-ق9ي
    @عليعبداللهعلي-ق9ي 5 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    Oh my GOD !
    the startup sound makes me happy , I miss my childhood

  • @skyediann3399
    @skyediann3399 5 ปีที่แล้ว +316

    "Logic Board" It's a motherboard, this isn't an Apple Product.

    • @RWL2012
      @RWL2012 5 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      *mainboard*
      *system board*

    • @skyediann3399
      @skyediann3399 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@RWL2012 those are correct terms but not THE correct term, it's like calling RAM memory, yes it's right but it's RAM

    • @skyediann3399
      @skyediann3399 5 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      @@RWL2012 plus, logic board was just a term apple made up for their motherboards to make them sound special

    • @JonasDAtlas
      @JonasDAtlas 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@skyediann3399 To me it just feels like another "it's not a PC, it's filled with magic and rainbows" thing.

    • @skyediann3399
      @skyediann3399 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It's what apple wants you to believe

  • @MACGAMING17
    @MACGAMING17 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love watching your videos on retro/old computers. Thank you and can't wait to see more.

  • @supercattelephone
    @supercattelephone 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    That was also the Windows 2K boot chime, very nostalgic

  • @PostFrom
    @PostFrom 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My old Windows ME pc suited me well back in the day. I miss Napster and Audiogalaxy. Loved playing Quake 1, 2 and 3 on it as well. Along with shit load of misc 1st person shooters. Ran very well.

  • @mdrumt
    @mdrumt 5 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    You should got up PhilsComputerLab for some assistance on upgrading this beast. Compact flash, CPU, vram, ram etc. Also that PSU is a time bomb!

    • @CommodoreFan64
      @CommodoreFan64 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Agreed, and finding an old 1024X768 LCD monitor is a must for a system like this. I fairly regular see people throwing out old eMachines monitors like that at my local thrift stores, and keep one myself in storage in case I ever need it.

    • @psivewri
      @psivewri  5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@CommodoreFan64 Over the years I've owned well over 50 LCD monitors like that, however I never thought I'd ever need one 😅

    • @CommodoreFan64
      @CommodoreFan64 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@psivewri When I first met my girlfriend, she was like why do you keep all these older computer parts, and such, then a few days later her laptop started acting up, said bring to me, her HDD had crapped out, I walked to my bin of laptop drives I had salvaged, pulled out a near matching drive put it in, installed Linux Mint Mate on it, said I just save you $200 USD taking it some place else to get fixed, and she's never questioned me again when I find stuff while out on a thrift hunt, so I always keep at least one or 2 of an item I think I might need in the future either for myself, or someone else.

    • @i05af
      @i05af 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@psivewri hey, i can send you one if you want!

    • @mdrumt
      @mdrumt 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@psivewri you scored big with the Voodoo 2, great find!

  • @a.tanner8524
    @a.tanner8524 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I ran Me with an AMD Athlon CPU at the end of the 90’s early 00’s. I remember it being quite a stable OS, but in those days internet was still painfully slow.

    • @TheTruthKiwi
      @TheTruthKiwi 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's kind of sobering when you realize that there are several generations now that have never experienced the pain of dial up internet. They don't realize how lucky they are :p

  • @pentiummmx2294
    @pentiummmx2294 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Windows ME on 1997/1998 hardware, it's kind of slow but at least it works.

    • @crashbandicoot4everr
      @crashbandicoot4everr 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ME is almost the same as 98 SE, just loaded with a few more features (and bugs) :D

    • @NSHG
      @NSHG 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@crashbandicoot4everr There have been a lot of fanmade fixes that take care of ME enough to be stable.

    • @RWL2012
      @RWL2012 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@crashbandicoot4everr 98SE is still "new" for that kind of hardware, I'll never understand why more of those retro scene people don't just use Windows 95

    • @OfficialDJSoru
      @OfficialDJSoru 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@RWL2012 It's infamous driver issues.

  • @marcegzlz
    @marcegzlz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Congratulations on your dedication and your work! Your CPU was fantastic!
    I am surprised that a young man of your age knows and still enjoys Windows Millenium. Your face of happiness when playing is shown!
    What was missing and in fact it is impossible was to navigate the web, only a few pages can be opened, the others do not support them. A pity! Greetings and congratulations!

  • @amdintelxsniperx
    @amdintelxsniperx 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    one way to get the wared dimm slots to strighten up is to put a rubber spacer underneath them and screw the board down

  • @RandomlyDrumming
    @RandomlyDrumming 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    4:02 - if no one pointed out already, Duke Nukem 3D was not using 3D accelerator mostly due do to the fact - it's not a 3D game, but rather "2.5D", as it's been called. Quake 2, on the other hand, uses a real 3D engine and hence can take advantage of hardware 3D acceleration. Otherwise, cool video! :)

  • @KISSFanDan1995
    @KISSFanDan1995 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Someone give this man a period correct CRT

  • @pinomarino8917
    @pinomarino8917 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Given the age of the computer, it probably ran Windows 95 at some point in time. That startup sound was used in Windows 2000 as well.

  • @98SE
    @98SE 5 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    Anyone else notice the "666" in the CPU speed display on the thumbnail 😈😈😈

  • @robert4you
    @robert4you 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Greetings from Sweden! I bought my first PC in October 1993, a Compaq Presario 425 with Windows 3.1. God, I simply looove these TH-cam videos with old PC's. Pure nostalgia from the childhood of PC's. Two thumbs up 🙂

  • @seshpenguin
    @seshpenguin 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Awesome work! This is a satisfying little PC. Hopefully you can figure out the RAM Situation, that poor motherboard doesn't look so great.

  • @archer201977
    @archer201977 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Awesome! love how you recycled the old PC! Keep doing the best videos as i continue watching / supporting your channel!

  • @InfiniScion
    @InfiniScion 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This was fun watching , I collect and rebuild retro computers too.

  • @spearPYN
    @spearPYN 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    I am still using MS-DOS with a CRT 14" monitor for my daily tasks.

    • @gedias1
      @gedias1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I'm assuming that you didn't use it to type this.

    • @RobbDrew03
      @RobbDrew03 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Buy Windows 10 from Microsoft. Com

    • @bouncy372
      @bouncy372 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@RobbDrew03 Not everyone can afford windows 10

    • @grimhunter42
      @grimhunter42 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Why?

    • @spearPYN
      @spearPYN 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      GrimHunter42 because it is still the best desktop operating system with thousands of proprietary and shareware/freeware software around, software that is often better and aesthetically more pleasing to the eye and ear than todays modern bloatware written by idiots from India.

  • @Fabioslove
    @Fabioslove 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Loved it! Some suggestions: You could have tidied up the cables, especially the flat cables, using nylon cable ties. It would look better if you set the case display with the K6 CPU clock in use.

  • @KingKongFan
    @KingKongFan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great fun! I have a dozen old PC's with Win95, 98, ME, XP etc. They're all in pristine condition too. I would love watching you getting them up and running.

  • @Lastdon56
    @Lastdon56 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    "This program has performed an illegal operation and must be shut down. If problem persists, contact the program vendor."

    • @jdrs4214
      @jdrs4214 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lastdon56 Common crash error on my 1997 era Windows 95 IBM Aptiva “machine” ...as well as some decent Blue Screens of Death.

    • @jdrs4214
      @jdrs4214 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      To avoid electrocuting yourself, short each of those large capacitor’s legs with an insulated needle nose plier or a wide flat-head screwdriver, do discharge and neutralize them. Expect a spark, and a pop. You could also use a high ohm resistor to short the capacitors, to avoid sparks, and being startled.

    • @clunkgaming700
      @clunkgaming700 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      FBI OPEN UP!!

    • @shriramthirumavalavan6115
      @shriramthirumavalavan6115 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The term 'illegal operation' is particularly mind blowing.

    • @RahFah
      @RahFah 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      OMG, This error message haunts me since my childhood. I remember to broke my new Windows ME PC on the first hours of use.

  • @gregorygraham1374
    @gregorygraham1374 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Watching you work on those old computers bring back a lot of memories.

  • @maxilus1256
    @maxilus1256 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    When it boot up to Shrek wallpaper..
    *smash mouth - All Star*

  • @LaynusST
    @LaynusST 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This computer is in the videogame Black Mesa.

  • @Scitch87
    @Scitch87 5 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    1:10 "It seems like the previous owner was a fan of Shrek."
    I mean.....let's be honest here. Who isn't a fan of Shrek?

    • @sk8skii
      @sk8skii 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I'm a massive fan of shrek. I agree, Who isn't a fan of shrek?

    • @ndavies5968
      @ndavies5968 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lord farquadd?

    • @Bigbadwhitecracker
      @Bigbadwhitecracker 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      me

    • @ginktomvideosprods3712
      @ginktomvideosprods3712 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I hate it sorry

    • @clipseo
      @clipseo 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Umnnn... idk how about anyone over the age of 10?

  • @halfharvest
    @halfharvest 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow. That’s the exact same case, mobo, S3 graphics card, CD-ROM drive (top one), and processor I bought as a barebones kit from some vendor advertising in Computer Shopper way back in ‘98. It was my first PC build. Talk about a blast from the past!

  • @phaztheaussiebastard
    @phaztheaussiebastard 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    The CPU is a k6/2 300, not a 233. Check the mainboards jumper settings

    • @ching-chenhuang8119
      @ching-chenhuang8119 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I presume the type of the motherboard is PcChips M560 REV: 3.1A, according to the document:
      www.tqm.com.uy/archivos/pcchips/manuales/M560/M560V31.PDF
      The CPU external clock it supports is 66mhz, 75mhz and 83mhz, while the internal clock speed selector can only goes as high as 3.5X. Forget about 83mhz, which is too risky for PCI peripherals, if we select 75mhz*3.5=261mhz, roughly 26mhz, still can't go up to 300mhz........

    • @fuentescgabriel
      @fuentescgabriel 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ching-chenhuang8119 It`s a PCChips M575.

    • @abooogeek
      @abooogeek 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@fuentescgabriel Would a BIOS update solves the issue of detection? I guess these are the early SDRAM slots, and these mobo maybe picky. I would populate it with low RAM (64MB/128MB). A 128MB would be perfect for Win98SE.

    • @pianokeyjoe
      @pianokeyjoe 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Someone else caught that too eh!? Yeah, AMD K6 starting line was 266Mhz, which surpassed INTEL's 233MMX CPU rating. But yes, this one was a 300. I knew I was not going cray cray yet lol!

    • @pianokeyjoe
      @pianokeyjoe 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Jimmy S Ding Ding Ding! Right O! As a tech I dreaded working on client's PCs with that darn PCChips TXpro and VX pro boards! Their Cheaposity would sometimes cause ME to be blamed for their PC not working anymore lol! They called me cause it was not working RIGHT, then I would fix the issue and Windows optimal settings and correct hardware drivers,etc would prove to be too much for these boards sometimes. The CPU/RAM/FSB settings issue was one such FIX that caused a blow to the system, as alot of those PC CHIPS boards also suffered the dreaded Leaky bulging capocalipse. I am VERY surprised the system here did not perform an illegal operation after rebuilding it with the ram half in like that. AND Windows ME was very unstable product so even more surprised indeed!

  • @jamesvalentine925
    @jamesvalentine925 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I bought a monitor on ebay a couple of years back, when I unboxed it the stagnant smoke smell became aparant. I ended up stripping it down and scrubbing all the plastics in the sink, plus a ton of IPA to clean the screen up and any other sensitive parts. As an ex smoker I truly can't stand that smell. I feel bad for all the things I probably made smell like that back when I was a smoker.

  • @Scherrah1010
    @Scherrah1010 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    "This logon chime is rather unfamiliar to me..." - Umm... ever seen Windows 2000 (Professional, Server) then?

    • @mrjohnnyk
      @mrjohnnyk 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That chime is nostalgia for me, my first PC ran Windows ME. Terrible computer, but it was amazing for me at the time.

    • @jackkraken3888
      @jackkraken3888 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Windows 2000 for me.

  • @droolerdork
    @droolerdork 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This was a great restoration video! Also a pretty nice machine with lots of PCI cards :)

  • @manuelpena4547
    @manuelpena4547 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    You got a good retrogaming PC here. You should install Windows 98 SE though, to get this MSDOS glory and better drivers for the voodoo

  • @kristhy6066
    @kristhy6066 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I am addicted to your videos. I love watching computers being taken apart and put together again.

  • @tboneanimatetwoaccount2094
    @tboneanimatetwoaccount2094 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Windows ME was a wonderful version of Windows. The problem was that it wasn't being run on the correct hardware.

    • @AtomicBoo
      @AtomicBoo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      windows 2000 was the better version anyway, idk why microsoft released 2 very similar versions of windows so close to each other

    • @miki476
      @miki476 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@AtomicBoo How come windows me and 2000 were simillar? Me was based on 9x when 2000 was based on NT lineup and dedicated for proffesionals. Before XP only Windows 98 meant something for gamers,me was a big big unstable mistake.Then XP was the first NT windows friendly for all users

    • @tboneanimatetwoaccount2094
      @tboneanimatetwoaccount2094 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@miki476 The problem people had with ME was the drivers and the removal of real mode MS-DOS (although you could get MS-DOS mode back unofficially). XP did fix most people's issues with ME.

    • @marcooconnor
      @marcooconnor 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@AtomicBoo My dad owned a computer repair shop and i remember ME & 2000 being a distinctly average OS. It was forgotten or skipped over very quickly.

    • @talos86
      @talos86 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      The same was with Windows Vista. Most of the users used it on PCs, that not capable of running it properly. Thats why ppl are hating the Vista. I used it till Windows 7 and didnt had any problems.

  • @twinklinglicin
    @twinklinglicin 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    aside from the painting and rust fixing...that was my life every few months. taking apart my pc with all those wide ass cables and terrible wire management and dusting it all out with brushes, etc. That jingle is very recognizable to me...old skool stuff!! nice vid :)

  • @DxDeksor
    @DxDeksor 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Nice restoration !
    I found some useful informations for your PC :
    The motherboard is a PCChips M575. (Shady motherboard manufacturer, but as long it works, it should be allright). The "TXpro" chipset is actually and ALi M1531 (Aladdin IV+) so if you need drivers for it, look for that instead. You should be able to enable USB somehow, maybe you need some driver for that or you have to enable then in the BIOS.
    Also check for that number, you should find some website named "elhvb" where they let you download an archive containing the latest bios, some drivers and jumper settings for CPUs ! They even show you what settings to use with a K6-2 300, so you can run it at its maximum speed :)
    Also, you might want to consider to downgrade to Windows 98SE : Windows ME has many disadvantages over Windows 98. Windows ME's DOS is really really bad to run old games (almost as bad as windows xp's) while 98's is pretty much the best version of DOS. Also 98 can do pretty much all what ME can do (though you have to install everything it lacks yourself while it's packed in the install disc for ME).
    Last but not least, if you plan to play DOS games, I recommend you to install a different sound card that the one integrated on the mobo. Brands like Yamaha (ISA or PCI), Creative Labs (ISA only) or ESS (ISA or PCI) should do the trick very nicely :)
    Other than this, the bend on the board looks very bad, I'm surprised it's still working, hopefully you can fully get rid of it ...

    • @ZEREXIA
      @ZEREXIA ปีที่แล้ว

      Do you have drivers for vx pro ii im just asking

  • @santafe37s
    @santafe37s 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Another thumbs up mate! Great video! I love these classic old computers! Great job restoring that computer. I Still have a classic Pentium 1 case. Asus P5A-B Motherboard and restored it. Still works great today. To play all the classic games.

  • @mdqmatias
    @mdqmatias 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Ohhhh what a time it was, coming from the school, and play hours of games...

    • @Gamerbay2017
      @Gamerbay2017 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lovely addiction eh m8?

    • @mdqmatias
      @mdqmatias 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Gamerbay2017 yeahhhhh

  • @thomastartu9597
    @thomastartu9597 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That system looks very nice for running Windows ME. Standards look pretty beefy for this timeframe. With appropriate hardware, looks great for gaming.

  • @beedslolkuntus2070
    @beedslolkuntus2070 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Such a beautiful startup sound ME has

    • @stephaniethebatter7975
      @stephaniethebatter7975 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Fortunately, this sound seemed to be shared with Windows 2000. There's also an alternative version of the ME/2000 startup sound, usually found in the beta versions of these two OSes.
      Good luck trying to get these beta versions installed, though. At least you can still get the sounds from the installation CDs by going through the files with 7-Zip.

  • @rpm4679
    @rpm4679 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    It's loud? Strange...These old PCs were actually more silent than today's systems, good thing you pointed that out. It could've gone unnoticed. Good job taking it apart BTW!

  • @stephenravikumar7475
    @stephenravikumar7475 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Please tell me what did you study for refurbishing the Computers

  • @promer4690
    @promer4690 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was fascinated by computers when I was growing up though they were scarce. I am now hooked to your videos @psivewry!

  • @RedoStone35
    @RedoStone35 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    0:52
    SOME...
    0:53
    ...BODY ONCE TOLD ME THE WORLD IS GONNA ROLL (Windows) ME

  • @xacoupeguy
    @xacoupeguy 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    As a fellow south Aussie with a youtube channel I say a big howdy fellow youtuber and I'm loving your videos definitely takes me back especially the load up music ahhh memories keep up the good work!

  • @warrenmcclure7819
    @warrenmcclure7819 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you so much for this video! I love videos about older computers and gaming on older computers. To me it seems like the PC/Mac was at its peak in the 90s, so much was changing real fast and it just seems like a real cool time to be alive.

  • @natr0n
    @natr0n 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I used an amd k6 500 with Windows ME back in the day most stable system ever. Never had a single issue.

    • @miljororforsprakpartiet290
      @miljororforsprakpartiet290 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Also have the same experience, although with a PIII. Tons more stable than 98SE, aka "System is busy"-hell of BSOD's that would never work properly. Still using a Millennium K6-II for helping 98 rigs whenever they decide to fail.

  • @b-init1221
    @b-init1221 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    *Psivewri, The Savior Of Elder PCs*

  • @Rangerman9404
    @Rangerman9404 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I remember Windows ME all too well. Every computer I ever tried to use or set up with that OS was nothing but trouble, and as a result of my experiences, I conclude that the "ME" stands for Malfunctioning Edition

  • @johnmorgan4368
    @johnmorgan4368 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I think I saw ME on the BSOD more than actually being used.

  • @DeckardCain1986
    @DeckardCain1986 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Windows Me was my first pc OS... it was quite good for my high school things and I could even play some games and PSX emulators

  • @googlegamingboy2574
    @googlegamingboy2574 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Nostalgic Look! I still remember the new millennium!

    • @TN384
      @TN384 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I still remember the mistake millennium!

  • @MrHans818
    @MrHans818 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    First of you make me feel old. I owned a Windows ME For a number of years and loved it. I wished I would had keeped it. Plus almost everyone smoked back then and I suppose mine would had smelled of smoke also.

  • @OltScript313
    @OltScript313 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    0:05 I had the same computer when I was little

    • @a2patriot557
      @a2patriot557 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Me too my dad was pretty savvy with CPUs back in the day and we had the same tower for sure but he probably had different drives at times

  • @agustinode5832
    @agustinode5832 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Congratulations for your channel. I already subscribed. Greetings from Argentina.

  • @BadKarma714
    @BadKarma714 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I remember that Graphics card and my favorite was sound blaster sound card also you should of tried old Half life and dropped in the old couter strike

  • @otakudante321
    @otakudante321 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The "in current year" genre of videos is my favorite.

  • @georgelopez8287
    @georgelopez8287 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    That would be a great windows 98se/DOS machine.

    • @Skiedeagle
      @Skiedeagle 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think it originally came with windows 95 or 3.1

    • @georgelopez8287
      @georgelopez8287 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Skiedeagle proper

  • @kuja83
    @kuja83 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My favourite windows version of all. I still keeping the installation cd of Windows Me as well as Windows 95 floopy disk.

  • @WarriorsPhoto
    @WarriorsPhoto 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    More videos about this machines, Yes???

  • @stevec00ps
    @stevec00ps 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    @12:39 - floppy drive light stuck on - ribbon cable on backward to front! Also, the motherboard (logicboard wtf?!?) is what is warped, not the DIMMs, and one more thing, the K6-2 is running at 233MHz when it's actually a 300MHz part! I used to have one of those TXPro motherboards - cheap and cheerful! When they worked, they worked well.

  • @jordancsno
    @jordancsno 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    1:07 theres something we all have in common mate. #Shrekgang

  • @zenitpro
    @zenitpro 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I had a similar PC back in the day, although my CPU was the very first Atlhon CPU, and the graphics were rendered via a Vodoo 3 3000 video card - quite a great combo, I may say. The sound card was a Creative Soundblaster PCI 128, and I had tons of fun playing awesome games in the mid to late ´90s!

  • @Aucelo
    @Aucelo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Ok, hear me out. That case would make a rather nice sleeper pc!

    • @xaenon
      @xaenon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It would indeed. That motherboard was essentially a 'sleeper' type mod in its day. It was designed specifically as an upgrade path for those still putting along with AT-type Socket 7 rigs. By swapping this into your AT box, you could keep most of your Socket 7 hardware and get the upgrade path of Super-7 chips from AMD and Cyrix. Where Intel stopped with 233 Mhz Pentiums, Super 7 chips were running much faster! Notice when he's pulling the mobo out of the case - he mentions the two different types of RAM slots, but doesn't notice that the board has both AT and ATX power connectors. Yes, it could work with either type.

    • @geoometrics
      @geoometrics 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      No

    • @egykilenckilenchet
      @egykilenckilenchet 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      This "sleeper pc" thing is literally retarded. I've used the same PC case since 2006. Why buy another one??? I have no problems with cooling and it does it's job. It's had like 8 different mobos in it, high end GPUs for it's time, and now has no older than 2016 stuff inside. Idk why would you even spend money on a PC case.

  • @patthesoundguy
    @patthesoundguy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Totally a walk down memory lane for me. I had a machine or a few machines with those AMD k62 in them. I bet that motherboard needs a firmware update to support more RAM. Great video thanks for sharing your fun.

  • @Tadpole10538
    @Tadpole10538 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The s3 Virge dx is a very early 3D card

  • @raazelb
    @raazelb 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The turbo button is only for applications dating back to the late 80s to 90s for backward compatibility. That's all lol

  • @RevvyP
    @RevvyP 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You can always tell a Mac techie by the way they call motherboards "logic boards" in non-mac systems too

  • @Sam292929
    @Sam292929 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I have a Windows Me computer that was from 2001 and is pretty powerful with a 1ghz cpu

  • @stefka9156
    @stefka9156 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    let's call it with its proper name: windows meh

  • @rahmspinat
    @rahmspinat 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Holy crap you really polished that old machine. Nicely done!

  • @cyberjack
    @cyberjack 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    quite a machine back in day and "logic board" who calls it that ? like ever ..lol

  • @Luis-xr6ec
    @Luis-xr6ec 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Damn bro you brought me back to my childhood in a matter of seconds 😂

  • @ericb9511
    @ericb9511 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    WHY Would you do this it Doesn't have any value

    • @Bitfreakie
      @Bitfreakie 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Because it’s possible.

    • @billnopoles1934
      @billnopoles1934 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I do it because of the parallel port (LPT) it has 8 digital outputs and 7 inputs. I control some of my equipment with Visual Basic for DOS.

    • @MrHans818
      @MrHans818 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The very same reason people restore record players or anything else. Sometimes money isn't everything and who knows 20 years from now like much older things it could be worth thousands to collectors. I dearly wished I would had kept mine.

  • @chubbycatfish4573
    @chubbycatfish4573 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good stuff. I still have my first computer from 1995 when I was 10.