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Thank you for sharing this, it was really fun to watch! I have the exact same model, fully functional, but today only being used to power a USB powered air conditioner.
Excellent, well made video. I had one of these that I was saving for my kids to do retro gaming on, sadly it was stolen during a break in at my house :(
I could see the EEPC being paired up with something like eXoDOS lite and being a great option for DOS gaming, or even some older strategy games like Heroes of Might and Magic 3 or Age of Empires. It's a neat little machine for sure.
Great video. I bought an EeePC 1005HB 'Seashell' back when it was first released. It had the Atom N280 at 1.66Mhz with 1Gb of RAM, a bigger screen and a 160Gb mechanical HDD. It was such a small and sexy machine in comparison to most laptops. The keyboard was great too, but the screen resolution was weird. I still have it, now with a bigger battery, an SSD and 2Gb of RAM, running Windows 10, although I might put 98SE on it for some retro gaming.
As luck would have it, I received a very similar machine yesterday! It needs a new hard drive, and I will definitely be maxing out the ram. Can't wait to see their performance side by side. Looks like a very fun machine.
@@andrzej2574 I don't think any EeePCs can run Win9x with graphics drivers (official ones with 3D support), not even the 701. Just a bit sad, these would be neato mini Win9x machines.
Ha! Thanks for making this video. This was my first laptop as a kid and I was very proud of getting Halo CE to run on it using 3dAnalyze! It forced me to learn a lot about workarounds and overall software which was a fun experience.
Subbed! I had one of these back in 2009, bought it from my older brother. Like I imagine most people did, I played Half Life mods and watched tons of tv shows online through those sketchy streaming websites. Still have it in my basement, might do these upgrades!
So awesome to find some many people with fond memories of these machines. My best friend and I bought these at the same time, and we went back and forth with games and mods that we found. We always joked doing an EeePC only lan party. Maybe it wasn't so silly after all!
Back in the day I wanted one of these because of articles on i-hacked, they talked about upgrading it and adding ram for doing some war driving and such. They even added an external antenna.
So, I started the channel a couple of years ago but only ended up doing one video. But I've learned a lot and collected a lot of old hardware since then, so I'm going to try and do a new video every two weeks... It's usually a good excuse to play old games :)
I regret throwing mine away when its hardware got too outdated for my taste. I'm not a modder so I didn't know how to upgrade it. I really wish some company would release a netbook now with the same stats. I loved how tiny and lightweight and long-lasting it was, and I adored the feel of the keyboard, and most importantly, that hinge. That huge hinge is just so incredibly sturdy and chunky looking. The thing I want to do the most on a netbook is write. My imaginary perfect writing PC is this exact hardware, but with a black and white e-paper screen, and maybe modern storage abilities. There is a company that makes a device sort of like this for writers, but its screen is too small for my taste.
I missed out on getting one of those when they came out originally. I wanted one, but could never justify. However, about 3(ish) years ago, found one on Ebay New sealed for like £40. Weirdly I have done basically the same upgrades (does not have the built in 4GB so no worries there) and then proceeded to install the same games! I have actually had it "running" Windows 10 as well. Was slow though. Also downgraded it to Windows 98SE. That was pretty smooth. Good video mate.
@@MegaTerryNutkins Its been a while since I booted it up in W98SE but I'm pretty sure it was all working. with MS supplied drivers. I don't recall having to get anything special form anywhere. Short answer yes.
From what I've read they eventually removed them as cost savings, and I've heard they even eventually removed the bottom door altogether. It's too bad, it's a cool feature! Does yours have the contact points, if someone wanted to try and solder one in themselves?
Glad you liked it! Here's a link to the screwdriver I've been using. www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B07H27G9NF/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Of course I still have mine and I love it. Still have word, excel, autocad 2002, photosgop6 and many portable apps. The movie player Vlc works great. There is a little bit of ghosting on my screen but still usable. Still charges and last about 2 hours with wifi off.
I wish the LAN parties that I went to, that we would play Unreal Tournament. All we ever played was Counterstrike. I miss the LAN party days. They seemed like kind of a chore back in the day, because I was the computer nerd with the know how and hardware to network everyone up. But now I'd love to go to one again.
I haven't run into any issues. Power draw might become a problem. Many 5V portable hard drives came with a cable that could connect to multiple USB ports to ensure enough power, so might be better to stick with either that, or one that takes power externally.
I have two! I love them. I have a 2gb surf with no camera!. I installed an internal usb hub and added 4 memory sticks inside so I would have drice c,d,e,f,etc. It is fast ,if you have word 2013 for example. I even have autocad 2002 and Im able to run it and do drawings without a problem. Is so small and handy. The sound is loud because of the front soeakers. Please make a new cheap notebook again, there is a market for it. I also added 2gb ram and cleaned the insides. My screen is starting to show gohsting and I thought it may be a bad connection but it might be the graphics card or processor. Anyway I love them and they are useful, I also have three vaio p.
I had one of these. The keyboard and low resolution screen made it kinda frustrating/annoying to use, just that bit too cramped. Eeezy Peezy Linux made it slightly less horrible.
Yeah the 800x480 resolution is a bit hard to work with. I had modified drivers that allowed you to run a higher resolution, which was blurry since it wasnt the native resolution, but at least allowed more things to fit on the screen. Games didn't like it, though.
If memory serves, drivers came right from asus website. Oldversion.com had daemon tools. I had to do some searching to find the latest version that supported windows 98. Don't remember off the top of my head, but will try and grab that for you
I still have mine with Windows XP Fundamentals installed :D Its sat on my shelf just next to me! I used to use it in high school with my friend playing Halo CE over LAN and HL1 , Soldier of Fortune etc! I occasionally boot it up just for a laugh Might add that M-Sata adapter and get some better storage into it, or maybe experiment with linux or android distros on it
Definitely need to play with alternate operating systems on it myself. Probably pop up in a future video. I've got a couple other netbooks, but this one will always be my favorite.
I've been using my EeePC 701 on XP fully connected to WiFi for few years now, not a single virus has been spotted just avoid unknown websites and stick with Google products like docs yt and Gmail and ur safe
I used a full version of XP on mine that I had spare and just imaged the CD to a card, but I believe people have made backup images of the XP install for the EeePC and uploaded them to archive.org . So you might be able to find what you are looking for there. Glad you enjoyed it!
Good suggestion! That's the gma driver that let's you run resolutions above 800x480, and it fits it to the panel? I did all sorts of emulation on it, but I've never tried PS1. I've got a follow up planned for things you can do with it, I'll add PS1 to it.
Loved mine until obliterated. ~12k miles in a bike bag rolling all over the world. Used for picture stuff, journaling, light web surfing and one game, Warlords II. So many sketchy open wifi connections used.
Are used to have one. I loaded puppy Lennox on it. With puppy, Lennox, I was able to go on TH-cam nice and easy, I was able to do everything I wanted and needed to do. Best of all, puppy wasn’t just a normal system compared to the junk that this little notebook actually came with, but it also runs full Normal apps, like Libre office, fire, Fox, and so on. It was like using a very very tiny laptop, and since I have small hands and small, every other part of my body, this tiny little thing served me well.
I have the original Eeepc 700 or 2G. The built in 2 GB SSD soldered to the motherboard was damaged and was no longer recognized by the Bios, so I boot Windows 7 via a 32 Gb Compact Flash card on an external usb card reader. Still works, but a bit slower than with the built in storage. I only use it for streaming online radio and I got no problem running "PC Radio" apps. Also playing music and video runs smoothly as long as your video is in the standard 800x480p resolution (720p lags on my Eeepc 700!). The problem with these mighty small netbooks are the plastic casing, they become brittle overtime. Be extra careful dismantling, or else you'll get cracked plastic when you apply force prying up the panels.
I still game on my acer zg5. Plays everything I want it to, Doom, Quake, Duke, the ever important Lemmings and Commander Keen. Back in the day when 500mhz difference between machines was literally night and day
That's awesome! I had a blue one at one point. It stopped working two days after the warranty ended. I remember how much faster it was, and I seem to recall the screen resolution made it a lot more useable. Glad yours is still treating you well after all these years!
@@PNPRetro I Bought a lot of 8 off ebay some years ago and switch out the motherboards when they cook with a black shell. Took out the wifi card a long time ago too and replaced it with a broadcom crystal hd accelerator card from an old apple TV unit. It gives in game supported format cut scenes a much better quality about on par with my old voodoo 3
How did you circumnavigate the weird resolution? I'm struggling with games such as Settlers 3 and Tiberian sun. Cool little machine though. I purchased one without a charger for £3. I got a charger (with a black eee 4g included) for £15. So now i own an xp version and linux version!
There are some drivers out there that will allow the display to show a scaled 800x600 or even 1024x768. Text looks rough, but it improves compatibility for some stuff. And sometimes I just ran 640x480 for games that supported it, and the screen was relatively happy with that.
@@PNPRetro Yeah, there are some big downsides in the earliest EEE PC models. It's not great at retro games neither on DOS or Win XP. Still cute to have for playing a little bit rarely, but gaming a lot on it isn't great. This laptop is better used as an extra PDF reader, music player, etc. The later EEE PCs, with a more normal resolution, are MUCH better for gaming.
@@PNPRetro Yeah, that's what it's good for, haha. I might consider installing Haiku OS on it now that it has all sorts of productivity software for it. I've read that it works really fine on the EEE PC 4g.
windows 98 runs well on this . i loooove and miss mine so much i have the 1000h but the 701 was my baby and i ran the heck out of it mine was at 1.1 ghz with 800 mhz ram and had the ssd in it as well as a modded touch creen . i took that thing everywhere i also had a 9 cell battery so i had 7 hours of run time on it so it was awesome
Hello, thank a lot for this video ! I will try to do the same on my old eeePC 701 to take it with me in trip (because he's tiny ^^), but i have a question about the RAM : you say this computer work with 2GB DDR2 but you show a picture of 2GB PC2-5300… Does i missunderstood anything ? =o
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lol...the motocross madness "easter egg" was a favourite to me !!! btw, i remember when the triple e was announced, and i was very "intrigued" to buy one...i ended buying an hp netbook after years, but i sold it a couple of weeks ago!!!
I think I spend more time doing the Cannonball Run than actually playing the game! I definitely jumped on the netbook train early, and have had quite a few. Always hoping to get a little more power from them. Hope you had a lot of fun with yours!
Had one like this black, I got it wrecked due stupidity(but still boots), had it hidden somewhere until I got some parts for repair, but an ass relative stole it.
You can either get them from Asus or Internet Archive. If you download from Asus, the model name might be bit tough to figure out because there is Eee PC 4G Surf/XP, Eee PC 701SD/Linux and Eee PC 701SD/XP. I'm not sure if there is any actual difference between each of them but just try and see if it works or not. Unless you have newer model.
Why did you use/need to keep the SD card inserted again? You just used it to install Windows ¿95? It'll boot off the SD card but not the internal SSD? The 60GB mSATA SSD in the mini PCIe slot replaced the internal 4GB of storage, and you upped the DDR2 RAM from 512MB to 2GB.
Best guess is, since it booted off the SD card during the Windows XP install, and the SD card was writable, the XP installer identified the SD card as the C drive. So, when it went to install the boot loader, it did it on the SD card.
I'll poke at it some more. It was one of those things I noticed as I was finishing the video. Ejected the card, it wouldn't boot. Partition on the SSD showed active. Thanks for trying to help, I appreciate it!
Unfortunately, even with a network connection, you won't be able to perform the Windows updates normally. The Windows update servers have changed and are no longer compatible with older devices. You can download update files elsewhere and install them manually, but (at least with XP) your online experience isn't going to be good.
If you run CPU-z, does your ram show that its clocked at 100mhz? For some reason mine says the dram speed is 100mhz when overclocked and it should be in the 600mhz range. also, are you using the sd card as an internal hard drive? id assume this would be really slow, and was wondering why you would be using this instread of installing it on the new ssd you installed instead.
I would be happy to! The supplier I ordered from on eBay seems to be no longer available, but this appears to be the same card. Hope it helps! Adapter Card, 3x5cm mSATA Adapter to 3x7cm Mini PCI-e SATA SSD S101 900 901 900A T91 Riser Card for Eee PC 1000, Adapter Converter for PC Laptop www.amazon.ca/dp/B086VJR75J/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apan_glt_i_6QW0AD4ERSK6EA3YPB88?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
@@PNPRetro I'm well versed in Linux, I fix computers on the regular, I just think I got a Bad chip, it will go to to 800mhz, more than that and it just dies, i'm just going to discard some issue with My XP install, but gotta wait for the parts to get here
Glad to! Here's the SSD I used www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B076WSTKBQ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 And here is the adapter www.amazon.ca/Adapter-3x5cm-mSATA-Converter-Laptop/dp/B086VJR75J/ref=sr_1_15?crid=2HIYD4ECA00YH&keywords=eee+pc&qid=1645111010&sprefix=eeepc%2Caps%2C79&sr=8-15 Hope this helps! Good luck with your mods
Hello , just saw this vdo now. I have just bought 2 EEE PC 701. 1 I have installed win7 other one is original software. Can you please explain a bit more to me what ram and hdd you added here. Thanks
This was my dad's first laptop and I used it more than him. He was far from pleased whenever I do though, as I keep playing flash games in god awful low frames which had him convinced that it's my fault that it runs slow lol. Thanks to this vid, I got to taste this overheating nostalgia.
Hi, i got my hand on a similar eee 701, and bought a mini pcie and msata ssd. But when i was about to install it, the laptop is missing the pcie slot, but it still had the traces. I suppose i could solder one there, but from searching online, i'm not sure if this laptop came with a pcie slot from factory. Did yours had a pcie slot?
@@PNPRetro so... hello again, i managed to solder a pcie slot and the ssd works, but it just boggles me what you said in the video, and that it aplies to me also, why is it that the 4gb internal memory is unavailable now that i have a ssd and it needs a bootable stick / card with windows to start the OS. it's just very weirdly specific and i can't seem to find an explanatiion...
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These days, I use mine with FreeDOS. Too bad it doesn't have audio support. BTW, mine is a 700, not a 701. It's one of the first models, with just 2GB. Maybe ASUS decided to rebrand it halfway thru. Surprisingly, it still holds charge, even after some good 4 years without being powdered on. And differently from yours, you can't even open mine.
I've been surprised by the battery on mine, too! Can still get a few hours out of it. I did find an ac97 DOS audio driver, but I haven't had a chance to test it out yet. I'll let you know when I finally get to it. Would make it even better
I tested it with Lubuntu Minimal, and it works fine, but it uses 10 to 20 Mb of internal memory every time I turn it on, is this normal?, if not, how can I fix it?
A few years ago I installed Windows 10 on my Mother's netbook because she insisted on having Win 10. The netbook is a ASUS 1015PE ACPI BIOS Revision 0402 Eee Seashell Series Intel Atom N450 Netbook and I installed 2G of RAM to max. I wonder if I have a mini-PCI express slot and what would be my best options for this netbook. I am considering installing WinXP or Windows 7 while I decide which Linux Distro to install. I am open to recommendations, so I can get the best use experience for my elderly Mother.
how did you run these games on eee pc?, i tried to download directx to play and it doesn't install, how did you manage to make these "settings" to run these games on your machine?
I didn't have to do anything special. Fresh install of Windows XP with the proper drivers in, and I was able to install DirectX 9C without any issues. What's the error you get while installing?
@@PNPRetro @Print N Play Retrospective although I found the video very cool (I have this computer, it heats up and has a bad battery, but it can bring a lot of fun, the video was very good
I had the 901 back in 2008 and took it anywhere with me, played CS 1.6 in class with my friend over a lan cable xD it wasn't really capable of running games any newer than 2000 mainly due to the slow CPU not much faster than a Pentium 3, and the GPU lacking T&L which was a standard feature since GeForce 2 MX.
I played sooooo much 1.6 back then, and I don't recall if I ever tried it on it. Now I feel like I was missing out! How did you find that style of FPS on the integrated keyboard?
@@PNPRetro it was fine, the keyboard was actually decent to type on, but I actually don't have much trouble typing on smaller keyboards as I also own a GPD win max which is around the same size.
Do you know if you have the mini pci-e slot on yours? I think you could also install Linux onto a fast SD card and get it up and running that way. I've never gotten Windows to run successfully from the card, but that doesn't mean it's not possible.
Certainly could, and have in the past. But one of the goals was to see how gaming was on it. I've been playing with alternate operating systems a bit on it. Might be cool to revisit in the future and see which one makes it the most functional. Thanks for the question!
Olá desde Brasil. Você acredita que eu possa renascer um eepc desses, o 904hd? Gosto do seu tamanho para levar para a escola, e gostaria de mudar o processador para um i7 ou i9, e colocar mais ram, e rodar windows 10. O que você acha sobre isso?
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@@cristrob estou mano, vi esse netbook pra vender mas assim, não se acha bateria pra ele, então é fogo porque fica insustentável pra por exemplo usar fora de casa.
@@cristrob se você não quer/pode gastar com outro notebook sugiro colocar um ssd nele (com um adaptador m.2 ) e por uma ram 2gb ddr2 (notebook), vi que apesar de limitados, no sistema certo dá pra até jogar títulos antigos e emulador
I remember owning a 15inch 2005 laptop. and around 2008 to 2009 a lot of Friends started buying eepc netbooks.......the funny thing is, my 2005 15inch laptop (dell inspiron 6000) was better than all of them (with the exception of being heavy)
Yeah, the EeePC was definitely built for price and size more than performance. It always felt like an accomplishment to get something running properly on it.
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is it possible to plug a GPU into the eee pc using the PCIE card?
Early Netbooks always hit that special nostalgia bone in my body.
I know, right?!
Thank you for sharing this, it was really fun to watch! I have the exact same model, fully functional, but today only being used to power a USB powered air conditioner.
Honestly, that's probably going to be the "coolest" use :D You'll definitely see the EeePC show up on the channel again.
i got an older eeepc for free from a friend who was gonna donate it, basically plan to do exactly this with it! Great video!
Good luck with your upgrades! Glad you enjoyed the video.
love the retro intro and the PnP screen saver!
Thanks Adam!
Excellent, well made video.
I had one of these that I was saving for my kids to do retro gaming on, sadly it was stolen during a break in at my house :(
I'm sorry to hear that, that's terrible.
They've done you a favour.
lovely little machine. I had a friend in high school who got the Linux version when it first came out and I was always really jealous.
I could see the EEPC being paired up with something like eXoDOS lite and being a great option for DOS gaming, or even some older strategy games like Heroes of Might and Magic 3 or Age of Empires. It's a neat little machine for sure.
I was also thinking the same thing. Planning to swoop one up just for emulators and virtual machines.
hey bung, i want ask, this laptop can update to windows 8 or something?
what about the sound tho? im actually asking cuz i am very interested in doing smth like that
@@mmm-st4ne if i really needed w8 for smth i would go for 8.1 embedded industry pro specially if theres a 32bit version
Wow, great video. TH-cam suggested this video to me and I was pleasantly surprised by the quality and content. 👍
Thank you for your kind words! I'm glad you enjoyed it. I promise, more great things are coming!
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Great video. I bought an EeePC 1005HB 'Seashell' back when it was first released. It had the Atom N280 at 1.66Mhz with 1Gb of RAM, a bigger screen and a 160Gb mechanical HDD. It was such a small and sexy machine in comparison to most laptops. The keyboard was great too, but the screen resolution was weird. I still have it, now with a bigger battery, an SSD and 2Gb of RAM, running Windows 10, although I might put 98SE on it for some retro gaming.
As luck would have it, I received a very similar machine yesterday! It needs a new hard drive, and I will definitely be maxing out the ram. Can't wait to see their performance side by side. Looks like a very fun machine.
Have you tried running Windows 98SE on your EeePC? I'm curious if you found drivers for the intel chipset.
@Andrzej I did try a long time ago, and drivers were definitely a limiting factor.
@@andrzej2574 I don't think any EeePCs can run Win9x with graphics drivers (official ones with 3D support), not even the 701. Just a bit sad, these would be neato mini Win9x machines.
@@Dan-TechAndMusic the 701 can with modded drivers i used to run it and it was so awesome was soo snappy
I remember trying Left4Dead on an aspireone netbook. It worked but at very low frame rates.
I spent so much time playing Left4Dead. Not on this thing, but in general. Love that game.
Ha! Thanks for making this video. This was my first laptop as a kid and I was very proud of getting Halo CE to run on it using 3dAnalyze! It forced me to learn a lot about workarounds and overall software which was a fun experience.
Glad you enjoyed it! Didn't it always feel like a huge achievement when you got something working on it that you didn't think was going to work?
Subbed! I had one of these back in 2009, bought it from my older brother. Like I imagine most people did, I played Half Life mods and watched tons of tv shows online through those sketchy streaming websites. Still have it in my basement, might do these upgrades!
So awesome to find some many people with fond memories of these machines. My best friend and I bought these at the same time, and we went back and forth with games and mods that we found. We always joked doing an EeePC only lan party. Maybe it wasn't so silly after all!
@@PNPRetro I love the EeePC lan party idea, just the thought of full grown adults huddled around these tiny PC's. XD
Add a new level of difficulty
Back in the day I wanted one of these because of articles on i-hacked, they talked about upgrading it and adding ram for doing some war driving and such. They even added an external antenna.
I loved reading about all the mods people did. GPS, touch screens. I always planned to do them all, but never got around to it.
@@PNPRetro same!
good video bro! interesting looking back into the past
Glad you liked it! Thanks for watching. Keep an eye out for my next video in Thursday!
@@PNPRetro yeah for sure! you just started up ya channel eh? I'll deff keep in touch with what you're doing here
So, I started the channel a couple of years ago but only ended up doing one video. But I've learned a lot and collected a lot of old hardware since then, so I'm going to try and do a new video every two weeks... It's usually a good excuse to play old games :)
@@PNPRetro that's the way bro! chucked you a subby! keen to see what more you can bring, as I do an underrated youtubers series ;)
I saw that! Was poking around your videos, tossed you a sub too :)
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I regret throwing mine away when its hardware got too outdated for my taste. I'm not a modder so I didn't know how to upgrade it.
I really wish some company would release a netbook now with the same stats. I loved how tiny and lightweight and long-lasting it was, and I adored the feel of the keyboard, and most importantly, that hinge. That huge hinge is just so incredibly sturdy and chunky looking.
The thing I want to do the most on a netbook is write. My imaginary perfect writing PC is this exact hardware, but with a black and white e-paper screen, and maybe modern storage abilities. There is a company that makes a device sort of like this for writers, but its screen is too small for my taste.
My first ever laptop. I remember playing Warcraft 3, GTA San Andreas, and a bunch of emulators with this.
Sounds like you had a lot of fun with it!
Fun fact: Positivo (A Brazilian brand) also made netbooks.
I'll keep my eyes open for one! Thank you!
@@PNPRetro No problem.
This thing was a beast for its time. Thanks for the vid
Glad you enjoyed it!
Awesome video. These are great for retro gaming on the go.
you gonna be famous bro quality content
Glad you enjoyed it!
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Hope your enjoyed it!
eeectl also allows over 1ghz on the cpu but with 800 mhz ddr2
Not all have the mini pcie slot, i think you have the 701SD model
I missed out on getting one of those when they came out originally. I wanted one, but could never justify. However, about 3(ish) years ago, found one on Ebay New sealed for like £40. Weirdly I have done basically the same upgrades (does not have the built in 4GB so no worries there) and then proceeded to install the same games! I have actually had it "running" Windows 10 as well. Was slow though. Also downgraded it to Windows 98SE. That was pretty smooth.
Good video mate.
Didn't think of windows 98, that would be good for dos gaming.
Did you get all drivers working in Win98SE including audio?
@@MegaTerryNutkins Its been a while since I booted it up in W98SE but I'm pretty sure it was all working. with MS supplied drivers. I don't recall having to get anything special form anywhere. Short answer yes.
Did you also go into the performance options and change it for performance?
Great job! Just a suggestion, but you might want to add chapters to help folks find the relevant sections. I use my old 701 as a dos gamer hahah
Will do! It's something I discovered when I did my Voodoo 5 build video. I forgot to come back and add it to this one.
Thanks!
I have a Eeepc 701 4G, interestingly there's no mpci-e slot soldered to the board
From what I've read they eventually removed them as cost savings, and I've heard they even eventually removed the bottom door altogether.
It's too bad, it's a cool feature! Does yours have the contact points, if someone wanted to try and solder one in themselves?
Great video, I'm wondering about that powered screwdriver light combo what brand is that
Glad you liked it! Here's a link to the screwdriver I've been using.
www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B07H27G9NF/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I found this little guy in my house... I think it has been hete for alot of years but it is still perfectly fine. It only is a little bit dusty though
Of course I still have mine and I love it. Still have word, excel, autocad 2002, photosgop6 and many portable apps. The movie player Vlc works great. There is a little bit of ghosting on my screen but still usable. Still charges and last about 2 hours with wifi off.
Star Trek Armada 1 and 2 are available on GOG. You might want to check them to run them without issues. At least I am guessing.
Same with Bioshock.
You bring back such a good time memory. What shooter game (next after the moto cross) do you play on video? I could hardly remember it's name.
Glad you enjoyed it! That was the original half-life
I wish the LAN parties that I went to, that we would play Unreal Tournament. All we ever played was Counterstrike.
I miss the LAN party days. They seemed like kind of a chore back in the day, because I was the computer nerd with the know how and hardware to network everyone up. But now I'd love to go to one again.
My friends and I would often do two Lan parties a year, pre-pandemic. I hope we get back to it when the world is back to normal.
This EEE-PC can read external hard drives? Because some older laptops doesn't handle very hell the external hdd
I haven't run into any issues. Power draw might become a problem. Many 5V portable hard drives came with a cable that could connect to multiple USB ports to ensure enough power, so might be better to stick with either that, or one that takes power externally.
I have two! I love them. I have a 2gb surf with no camera!. I installed an internal usb hub and added 4 memory sticks inside so I would have drice c,d,e,f,etc. It is fast ,if you have word 2013 for example. I even have autocad 2002 and Im able to run it and do drawings without a problem. Is so small and handy. The sound is loud because of the front soeakers. Please make a new cheap notebook again, there is a market for it. I also added 2gb ram and cleaned the insides. My screen is starting to show gohsting and I thought it may be a bad connection but it might be the graphics card or processor. Anyway I love them and they are useful, I also have three vaio p.
I had one of these. The keyboard and low resolution screen made it kinda frustrating/annoying to use, just that bit too cramped. Eeezy Peezy Linux made it slightly less horrible.
Yeah the 800x480 resolution is a bit hard to work with. I had modified drivers that allowed you to run a higher resolution, which was blurry since it wasnt the native resolution, but at least allowed more things to fit on the screen. Games didn't like it, though.
where did you get the old version of daemon tools? which version is it?
If memory serves, drivers came right from asus website. Oldversion.com had daemon tools. I had to do some searching to find the latest version that supported windows 98. Don't remember off the top of my head, but will try and grab that for you
I still have mine with Windows XP Fundamentals installed :D Its sat on my shelf just next to me! I used to use it in high school with my friend playing Halo CE over LAN and HL1 , Soldier of Fortune etc! I occasionally boot it up just for a laugh
Might add that M-Sata adapter and get some better storage into it, or maybe experiment with linux or android distros on it
Definitely need to play with alternate operating systems on it myself. Probably pop up in a future video. I've got a couple other netbooks, but this one will always be my favorite.
Pls try emulation
Are you asking me to try emulation on the EeePC, or stuff like Dosbox and virtual machines to emulate old hardware?
@@PNPRetro try game console emulation on the eeepc and other hardware in general. Thanks.
Already in it!
My eee pc 4g has the free slot but it does not have the pci connector on the motherboard. How sad!
I wonder if you could just solder the connection into place... hmmm
Ah, smooth and classy, inspired by LGR. Nice!
100 percent inspired!
i hate how I read this in the LGR voice
I've been using my EeePC 701 on XP fully connected to WiFi for few years now, not a single virus has been spotted just avoid unknown websites and stick with Google products like docs yt and Gmail and ur safe
I'm just tinkering around with mine. I believe it's not a full version of xp on these and where did you get the iso from? Great video
I used a full version of XP on mine that I had spare and just imaged the CD to a card, but I believe people have made backup images of the XP install for the EeePC and uploaded them to archive.org . So you might be able to find what you are looking for there.
Glad you enjoyed it!
@@PNPRetro oh cheers thank you!
use the modded gma drivers games will run a little better
also this netbook should be able to run ps1 games fine if you don't upscale the rez
Good suggestion! That's the gma driver that let's you run resolutions above 800x480, and it fits it to the panel?
I did all sorts of emulation on it, but I've never tried PS1. I've got a follow up planned for things you can do with it, I'll add PS1 to it.
@@PNPRetro cool
Windows XP's Luna theme should function really well with 2gb of RAM. I have a Dell D630 that has 2 gb of RAM.
Loved mine until obliterated. ~12k miles in a bike bag rolling all over the world. Used for picture stuff, journaling, light web surfing and one game, Warlords II. So many sketchy open wifi connections used.
Haha what a wonderful way to wear it out!
One question what was the name of the Linux OS that the first eee PCs had? I want to do a presentation to my class about it
Xandros, I think?
Are used to have one. I loaded puppy Lennox on it. With puppy, Lennox, I was able to go on TH-cam nice and easy, I was able to do everything I wanted and needed to do. Best of all, puppy wasn’t just a normal system compared to the junk that this little notebook actually came with, but it also runs full Normal apps, like Libre office, fire, Fox, and so on. It was like using a very very tiny laptop, and since I have small hands and small, every other part of my body, this tiny little thing served me well.
Instead of Windows XP, you can also try Windows FLP as it uses way less resources
What's the overclocking utlity you used? I can't find it anywhere for XP...
Could leave links for the upgrade parts? I have one and I want to buy better parts
where did you get the eee-control? i cant find the link
It's been a little while, but I think I snagged it from here : cpp.in/dev/eeectl/
I have the original Eeepc 700 or 2G. The built in 2 GB SSD soldered to the motherboard was damaged and was no longer recognized by the Bios, so I boot Windows 7 via a 32 Gb Compact Flash card on an external usb card reader. Still works, but a bit slower than with the built in storage. I only use it for streaming online radio and I got no problem running "PC Radio" apps. Also playing music and video runs smoothly as long as your video is in the standard 800x480p resolution (720p lags on my Eeepc 700!). The problem with these mighty small netbooks are the plastic casing, they become brittle overtime. Be extra careful dismantling, or else you'll get cracked plastic when you apply force prying up the panels.
Great advice. It's easy to forget that plastics get britle over time. One unfortunate slip can take something from mint to rough really quick
I still game on my acer zg5. Plays everything I want it to, Doom, Quake, Duke, the ever important Lemmings and Commander Keen. Back in the day when 500mhz difference between machines was literally night and day
That's awesome! I had a blue one at one point. It stopped working two days after the warranty ended. I remember how much faster it was, and I seem to recall the screen resolution made it a lot more useable.
Glad yours is still treating you well after all these years!
@@PNPRetro I Bought a lot of 8 off ebay some years ago and switch out the motherboards when they cook with a black shell. Took out the wifi card a long time ago too and replaced it with a broadcom crystal hd accelerator card from an old apple TV unit. It gives in game supported format cut scenes a much better quality about on par with my old voodoo 3
How did you circumnavigate the weird resolution? I'm struggling with games such as Settlers 3 and Tiberian sun.
Cool little machine though. I purchased one without a charger for £3. I got a charger (with a black eee 4g included) for £15. So now i own an xp version and linux version!
£3 or £30?
@@markkofi8522 £3 👍
There are some drivers out there that will allow the display to show a scaled 800x600 or even 1024x768. Text looks rough, but it improves compatibility for some stuff. And sometimes I just ran 640x480 for games that supported it, and the screen was relatively happy with that.
If it wasn't for that odd resolution and small storage space it would've been a great little retro machine.
Heck, if the sound card worked under native DOS and it framed 640x480 instead of stretching it, it would be an awesome DOS portable
@@PNPRetro Yeah, there are some big downsides in the earliest EEE PC models. It's not great at retro games neither on DOS or Win XP. Still cute to have for playing a little bit rarely, but gaming a lot on it isn't great. This laptop is better used as an extra PDF reader, music player, etc. The later EEE PCs, with a more normal resolution, are MUCH better for gaming.
For the longest time I'd turn mine on its side and use it as a comic book reader
@@PNPRetro Yeah, that's what it's good for, haha. I might consider installing Haiku OS on it now that it has all sorts of productivity software for it. I've read that it works really fine on the EEE PC 4g.
windows 98 runs well on this . i loooove and miss mine so much i have the 1000h but the 701 was my baby and i ran the heck out of it mine was at 1.1 ghz with 800 mhz ram and had the ssd in it as well as a modded touch creen . i took that thing everywhere i also had a 9 cell battery so i had 7 hours of run time on it so it was awesome
I've never gotten everything working under windows 98 on this machine! In particular, sound has been a thorn in my side.
the target for that Netbook was students , many of them bought that Netbook
Hello, thank a lot for this video ! I will try to do the same on my old eeePC 701 to take it with me in trip (because he's tiny ^^), but i have a question about the RAM : you say this computer work with 2GB DDR2 but you show a picture of 2GB PC2-5300… Does i missunderstood anything ? =o
Glad you liked the video! PC2 and DDR2 are the same thing. You will often find sticks labeled with both names
Ok thank you very much for your answer. Just to be sure, PC2-5300 is the only comptatible RAM with eeePC701 (and not PC2-6400) ?
Cheapest PC VS Cheapest Mac:
Asus EeePC 701:
Intel Celeron M 900MHz
512MB DDR2 Removable RAM
4GB SSD With mSATA Connection
7" LCD Display
Intel GMA 900 Graphics
Ethernet
Triple USB
VGA
SD Card Slot
MicroPhone Jack
HeadPhone Jack
Power Input
Charger (AKA External Power Supply)
$399
Apple TV 1st Gen:
Intel Pentium M 1GHz
256MB DDR2 Soldered RAM
40GB HDD With IDE Connection
Nvidia GeForce Go 7300 64MB GDDR3
Ethernet
Single USB
HDMI
Component Video
Optical Audio
Power Input (AKA Internal Power Supply)
Power Cable
Apple Remote
$299
Idk what is it but there is something attractive about this netbook
Honestly, for all their flaws, I think they are my favorite PC form factor
Thank you for the video! But I ordered the same adapter and unfortunately it seems that it doesn't got the mini-pcie slot :(
Anyone had this issue?
Unfortunately a bunch after the original run didn't have the mini pcie slot. Guess it was a cost saving cut.
How did you make Motocross Madness run on the screen.When i boot the game it crashes but when i connect it to a external monitor it launches
lol...the motocross madness "easter egg" was a favourite to me !!! btw, i remember when the triple e was announced, and i was very "intrigued" to buy one...i ended buying an hp netbook after years, but i sold it a couple of weeks ago!!!
I think I spend more time doing the Cannonball Run than actually playing the game! I definitely jumped on the netbook train early, and have had quite a few. Always hoping to get a little more power from them. Hope you had a lot of fun with yours!
@@PNPRetro unfortunately netbooks were highly underpowered laptops. i had fun with mine, but passed away too quicly (due to its slowness!!!)
Had one like this black, I got it wrecked due stupidity(but still boots), had it hidden somewhere until I got some parts for repair, but an ass relative stole it.
Ahh, that sucks. I'm sorry you lost it :(
Hi, amazon' s link for 2 gb ram? Thk
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where did you get the drivers for graphics and other stuff?
You can either get them from Asus or Internet Archive. If you download from Asus, the model name might be bit tough to figure out because there is Eee PC 4G Surf/XP, Eee PC 701SD/Linux and Eee PC 701SD/XP. I'm not sure if there is any actual difference between each of them but just try and see if it works or not. Unless you have newer model.
@@touma-san91 thanks for the info, but I already got it
Why did you use/need to keep the SD card inserted again? You just used it to install Windows ¿95? It'll boot off the SD card but not the internal SSD?
The 60GB mSATA SSD in the mini PCIe slot replaced the internal 4GB of storage, and you upped the DDR2 RAM from 512MB to 2GB.
Best guess is, since it booted off the SD card during the Windows XP install, and the SD card was writable, the XP installer identified the SD card as the C drive. So, when it went to install the boot loader, it did it on the SD card.
@@PNPRetro Hmm, that doesn't sound correct... but in any case a partition manager (or booting a live Linux) should fix it.
I'll poke at it some more. It was one of those things I noticed as I was finishing the video. Ejected the card, it wouldn't boot. Partition on the SSD showed active. Thanks for trying to help, I appreciate it!
@@PNPRetro I loaded a SD card with puppy Linux but the eeepc can only boot from the SD card and used the 4gb internal for storage.
Mine is german variant, it can't connect to network so icant update it. Can u help me🖤
Unfortunately, even with a network connection, you won't be able to perform the Windows updates normally. The Windows update servers have changed and are no longer compatible with older devices. You can download update files elsewhere and install them manually, but (at least with XP) your online experience isn't going to be good.
If you run CPU-z, does your ram show that its clocked at 100mhz? For some reason mine says the dram speed is 100mhz when overclocked and it should be in the 600mhz range. also, are you using the sd card as an internal hard drive? id assume this would be really slow, and was wondering why you would be using this instread of installing it on the new ssd you installed instead.
Now the real question is can I download windows 10
would you be willing to provide a link for that mini pci-e to msata adapter? I just can't find one like that
I would be happy to! The supplier I ordered from on eBay seems to be no longer available, but this appears to be the same card. Hope it helps!
Adapter Card, 3x5cm mSATA Adapter to 3x7cm Mini PCI-e SATA SSD S101 900 901 900A T91 Riser Card for Eee PC 1000, Adapter Converter for PC Laptop www.amazon.ca/dp/B086VJR75J/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apan_glt_i_6QW0AD4ERSK6EA3YPB88?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
@@PNPRetro you're doing god's work, after I upgrade the storage I'll have to figure out why my eeepc won't go to 900mhz without dying
Glad I could help! I've got no idea of your technical level, but let me know if I can help!
@@PNPRetro I'm well versed in Linux, I fix computers on the regular, I just think I got a Bad chip, it will go to to 800mhz, more than that and it just dies, i'm just going to discard some issue with My XP install, but gotta wait for the parts to get here
Awesome! Sorry your chip is a dud, that's too bad. Good luck with all the upgrades!
hey! i got one, could you share the ssd and adapter links? thanks
Glad to! Here's the SSD I used
www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B076WSTKBQ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
And here is the adapter
www.amazon.ca/Adapter-3x5cm-mSATA-Converter-Laptop/dp/B086VJR75J/ref=sr_1_15?crid=2HIYD4ECA00YH&keywords=eee+pc&qid=1645111010&sprefix=eeepc%2Caps%2C79&sr=8-15
Hope this helps! Good luck with your mods
Can I use an even bigger memory card than 60gb?
Hello , just saw this vdo now. I have just bought 2 EEE PC 701. 1 I have installed win7 other one is original software. Can you please explain a bit more to me what ram and hdd you added here. Thanks
This was my dad's first laptop and I used it more than him. He was far from pleased whenever I do though, as I keep playing flash games in god awful low frames which had him convinced that it's my fault that it runs slow lol.
Thanks to this vid, I got to taste this overheating nostalgia.
Any day I can give someone a dose of nostalgia, it's a good day. Glad you enjoyed it!
Hi, i got my hand on a similar eee 701, and bought a mini pcie and msata ssd. But when i was about to install it, the laptop is missing the pcie slot, but it still had the traces. I suppose i could solder one there, but from searching online, i'm not sure if this laptop came with a pcie slot from factory. Did yours had a pcie slot?
Hello! Mine had the slot in place from the factory.
@@PNPRetro so... hello again, i managed to solder a pcie slot and the ssd works, but it just boggles me what you said in the video, and that it aplies to me also, why is it that the 4gb internal memory is unavailable now that i have a ssd and it needs a bootable stick / card with windows to start the OS. it's just very weirdly specific and i can't seem to find an explanatiion...
Windows Vista Dropped The Support For PCs Under 512MB Of RAM!
Windows 8 Dropped The Support For PCs Under 1.0GHz CPU Pre-SSE2 CPUs And CPUs Without NX And IDE-Based Laptops And SD-RAM And DDR1!
Windows 11 Dropped The Support For 32-bit Pre-Secure Boot Pre-TPM 2.0 Pre-SSE4.2 CPUs DDR2 DDR3 And Legacy PCs And SATA-Based Laptops And IDE-Based PCs And Laptops Wit Removable Battery And Intel Macs!
Thanks for the cheat sheet!
These days, I use mine with FreeDOS. Too bad it doesn't have audio support.
BTW, mine is a 700, not a 701. It's one of the first models, with just 2GB. Maybe ASUS decided to rebrand it halfway thru.
Surprisingly, it still holds charge, even after some good 4 years without being powdered on. And differently from yours, you can't even open mine.
I've been surprised by the battery on mine, too! Can still get a few hours out of it.
I did find an ac97 DOS audio driver, but I haven't had a chance to test it out yet. I'll let you know when I finally get to it. Would make it even better
Finally got around to testing it, and it didn't work... At least not with the EeePC. Too bad, I was hopeful!
Hi!
Where can I find this "Triple E Control" software?
cpp.in/dev/eeectl/
@@PNPRetro Thank you!🇸🇪
i cant connect to an internet and cant change language, can u help me pls?
I can try! Is it running XP?
I tested it with Lubuntu Minimal, and it works fine, but it uses 10 to 20 Mb of internal memory every time I turn it on, is this normal?, if not, how can I fix it?
Ohh how I remember many of nights with your face lit up by this screen 🥰
A few years ago I installed Windows 10 on my Mother's netbook because she insisted on having Win 10. The netbook is a ASUS 1015PE ACPI BIOS Revision 0402 Eee Seashell Series Intel Atom N450 Netbook and I installed 2G of RAM to max. I wonder if I have a mini-PCI express slot and what would be my best options for this netbook. I am considering installing WinXP or Windows 7 while I decide which Linux Distro to install. I am open to recommendations, so I can get the best use experience for my elderly Mother.
how did you run these games on eee pc?, i tried to download directx to play and it doesn't install, how did you manage to make these "settings" to run these games on your machine?
I didn't have to do anything special. Fresh install of Windows XP with the proper drivers in, and I was able to install DirectX 9C without any issues. What's the error you get while installing?
@@PNPRetro i can't install directx 9c, and i had installed the drivers (although i use it with lubuntu, and it supports the super nintendo emulator)
@@PNPRetro @Print N Play Retrospective although I found the video very cool (I have this computer, it heats up and has a bad battery, but it can bring a lot of fun, the video was very good
I had the 901 back in 2008 and took it anywhere with me, played CS 1.6 in class with my friend over a lan cable xD
it wasn't really capable of running games any newer than 2000 mainly due to the slow CPU not much faster than a Pentium 3, and the GPU lacking T&L which was a standard feature since GeForce 2 MX.
I played sooooo much 1.6 back then, and I don't recall if I ever tried it on it. Now I feel like I was missing out! How did you find that style of FPS on the integrated keyboard?
@@PNPRetro it was fine, the keyboard was actually decent to type on, but I actually don't have much trouble typing on smaller keyboards as I also own a GPD win max which is around the same size.
Sweet deal! I love small devices with physical keyboards. I've never quite mastered using a touch screen . Sad, but true!
I wish I kept mine …
They are a lot of fun!
I have the black one. I won't use it Unless I can replace the storage.
Do you know if you have the mini pci-e slot on yours? I think you could also install Linux onto a fast SD card and get it up and running that way. I've never gotten Windows to run successfully from the card, but that doesn't mean it's not possible.
perfect for running bootleg ipod's crappys software discs!
why dont you install linux on it
Certainly could, and have in the past. But one of the goals was to see how gaming was on it. I've been playing with alternate operating systems a bit on it. Might be cool to revisit in the future and see which one makes it the most functional.
Thanks for the question!
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Olá desde Brasil. Você acredita que eu possa renascer um eepc desses, o 904hd? Gosto do seu tamanho para levar para a escola, e gostaria de mudar o processador para um i7 ou i9, e colocar mais ram, e rodar windows 10. O que você acha sobre isso?
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Não dá mano, tudo soldado e não dá pra por algo de 20 gerações a frente em algo obsoleto...
@@th1ag0200 poha, a esperança é a última que morre meu 😄😆🤣 ok, vou começar a.lemsaar então nos.processadores dos.smartphones 😆😆😆
@@th1ag0200 tá.mas e aí, tem alguma sugestão? Se chegou aqui que nem eu deve tá buscando algo, ou me enganei?
@@cristrob estou mano, vi esse netbook pra vender mas assim, não se acha bateria pra ele, então é fogo porque fica insustentável pra por exemplo usar fora de casa.
@@cristrob se você não quer/pode gastar com outro notebook sugiro colocar um ssd nele (com um adaptador m.2 ) e por uma ram 2gb ddr2 (notebook), vi que apesar de limitados, no sistema certo dá pra até jogar títulos antigos e emulador
I remember owning a 15inch 2005 laptop. and around 2008 to 2009 a lot of Friends started buying eepc netbooks.......the funny thing is, my 2005 15inch laptop (dell inspiron 6000) was better than all of them (with the exception of being heavy)
Yeah, the EeePC was definitely built for price and size more than performance. It always felt like an accomplishment to get something running properly on it.
So you basically have a portable Retro-Gaming pc
Apparently Asus made Wii style motion controllers for these things 😂
is pronounced eeeeepeeeeeeeeeceeeeee
I said it right originally, but had to re edit it because the video was 3x as long.
How much rupees betry