Let's teardown and test some GIANT vintage computer systems! From the Franklin eWaste haul!

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    You have my eternal gratitude!
    This is the second batch of systems from the massive Franklin eWaste haul. These retro computer towers are absolutely MASSIVE! Let's tear them down and see if we can get them working!

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  • @ora2j251
    @ora2j251 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    That Yamaha card is a testament to the fact that when audio is good, it stays good forever.

  • @cburgess5294
    @cburgess5294 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    "eardum abuse" earned a thumbs up and subscription! That audio card and expansion module are still worth quite a bit of money.

    • @Leonard_MT
      @Leonard_MT ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And that caddy optical drive as well, it could probably go for over USD$100 if it still works.

    • @Loki-
      @Loki- 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Although these parts are interesting, they're not interesting enough to be spending that money on anything not modern to upgrade my technology.
      Old parts should stay cheap because of how much maintenance and repair is often required from their use. Otherwise they sit there just to be looked at. Which might as well just be an empty shell at that point.
      Old parts are often scalped for nostalgia. You can find tons of them still, especially these ones in particular. They aren't that old.

  • @Ronnocbot
    @Ronnocbot ปีที่แล้ว +67

    Man this guy is cool.
    Love the old hardware and the overall chill vibe. I can't imagine the amount of time that was spent on these recent videos.

    • @karljohnson1121
      @karljohnson1121 ปีที่แล้ว

      Maybe small amount, since it was made by AI and the guy is a deepfake. Everybody terrified here?

  • @dralock1
    @dralock1 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Noiseless audio input is so rare. what a gem.

    • @miketech1024
      @miketech1024  ปีที่แล้ว +5

      This sound card won my heart instantly upon seeing that! Noise is something I’ve always struggled with in PC recording.

    • @Ramdileo_sys
      @Ramdileo_sys 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@miketech1024 Okay... my friend .. before destroy by open a HDD like that _(witch it looks it was mechanically fine by the way)_...... you need to clean his power contacts at the least.. _(that behavior is from an HDD that is not getting the enough juice to properly start running you know)_.... you need to see if it is getting the proper voltage in the board.... or some bad cap is pulling down the voltage in it.... or simple oxidation in the contacts of the connector are maybe loosing half the voltage right there.. or a bad or broken solder join............... remove the board from de HDD... clean it... inspect it you see some bad component??.......... veeeeery common... is the silicon thermal pads discomposing shorting thing with the nasty liquid they lose when discompose........... is contact in the board also... that connect the board whit the engine coils inside... they needs to be clean and deoxid...... is one or more terminal with many springs contacts that connect to the heads and to the arm coils.... all those needs to be clean and dioxide also.... _(this goes for modern drive too.. some times an HDD said that it have bad sector because is not getting in the heads the proper voltage because those spring contacts are dirty or oxidized.. is the first thing to do when a HDD show bad sectors clean all his contacts)_ ........... with a thermal camera.. you should see if it is any component in the board that look to be overheating/shorting by most probably some bad cap that needs to be replace... etc... etc..

  • @JTSuter
    @JTSuter ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Your voice is clear, not over the top, and perfect for this content. I’m subscribed now for sure. Can’t wait to see more!

  • @RetroPC
    @RetroPC ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Mike, I already thought you were cool as hell, and then you had to bust out the electric guitar and shred...
    And now you're on a whole new level of Awesome!
    Loving your channel, bud. Keep up the amazing work. It's been so fun watching you rip into that computer lot you bought!

  • @alin3836
    @alin3836 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    When I noticed you only have 4k subscribers, I couldn't believe it. I love your content and I love seeing these old PCs come to life! You are preserving history!

    • @miketech1024
      @miketech1024  ปีที่แล้ว +19

      I can't even believe it myself! I thought it would take at least a year to get here. So glad to see there are so many people like me who appreciate systems like these!

    • @HighwayHunkie
      @HighwayHunkie ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Alin from Sweden?

    • @alin3836
      @alin3836 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@HighwayHunkie nah im romanian

    • @HighwayHunkie
      @HighwayHunkie ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@alin3836 yes the retro friend i got from sweden is romanian too hehe

    • @DanielBrosman08211986
      @DanielBrosman08211986 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@miketech1024 I can't even believe it myself! i Thought that your cases would be tall like the wall, the Thumbnial was a little bit phishy to make people think that this would be a massive cases but there just normal That is like scaming people and that sould go against Google's TH-cam policy don'tcha know.

  • @cwwhg
    @cwwhg ปีที่แล้ว +24

    You're brave to be wearing a nice watch when you're poking around in PC cases, I've scratched the heck out of far too many watches on janky pc cases over the years! 🤭 Thanks for another interesting video Mike!

    • @miketech1024
      @miketech1024  ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Thanks! The stainless steel does get scratched sometimes, but it's easy to polish. It does have the sapphire display which is incredibly scratch-resistant. Had my sapphire Series 0 Apple Watch since launch day all the way up until last year. The display was still absolutely flawless!

    • @goodecheeseburgers6320
      @goodecheeseburgers6320 ปีที่แล้ว

      But why the rainbow brigade?

    • @cwwhg
      @cwwhg ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@goodecheeseburgers6320 But what could ever be wrong with having a wallpaper designed by mother nature herself? It looks quite nice! Whatever you choose to interpret from a rainbow is entirely up to you... I just think they look pretty 🌈

    • @CT-vm4gf
      @CT-vm4gf ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@goodecheeseburgers6320Why not? Nothing wrong with colors.

    • @dregenius
      @dregenius ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ​@@goodecheeseburgers6320Found the snowflake who ironically calls others a snowflake 😂

  • @maxtornogood
    @maxtornogood ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I've got a Pentium MMX 233Mhz behind me & one of my childhood systems was a Pentium III at 866Mhz running Windows 98 with 128MB of RAM. It's nice to see someone doing clips on 90's systems in 2023!

  • @welpi1983
    @welpi1983 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Mike is a great guy, love the mix of nerdy and coolness he have. If we lived side by side i can imagine to be best friends!

  • @danielpetrov9179
    @danielpetrov9179 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Yamaha DS2416+Yamaha AX44, great find.

    • @miketech1024
      @miketech1024  ปีที่แล้ว +7

      It is still some very capable hardware even by today's standards!

  • @rebootretro
    @rebootretro ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Those Fujitsu hard drives were the absolute WORST! We built those AOpen systems back in the late 90's/2000's and the amount of those Fujitsu drives that failed was crazy! And I remember Maxtors often having bad drive bearings; they squealed so loud. I had one that was so ear piercing you couldn't sit beside it... but it ran fine for quite a while in a server hidden in a closet, lol! Always nice to see these AOpen systems! Thanks!

    • @neelsmostert
      @neelsmostert ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Had a 20GB one fail one me, It later turned out it was the fire retardant used by Cirrus Logic inside the controller chips that caused shorts whenever the drive heated up sufficiently. So if you drive failed, you simply kept it going by putting the entire thing in a fridge and copying your data to a better drive. Luckily Fujitsu soon after discontinued the use of those controllers.

    • @robert1975031
      @robert1975031 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      yeah those maxtors... ugh.. actually only had one of those fujitsu drives come around at one point, oddly enough it still works.

    • @rebootretro
      @rebootretro ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@neelsmostert Haha, I've done that freezer trick a few times. Didn't know about the fire retardant, that's pretty cool to know!

    • @miketech1024
      @miketech1024  ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I was honestly shocked to see that it actually worked and passed a surface scan! I took an image of it immediately after shooting the video.

    • @eshwayri
      @eshwayri ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I heated my bedroom with a full height Maxtor SCSI hard drive back in the early 90s. Unfortunately it also sounded like a jet engine. I also had a smaller full height Seagate in there, but it had a stiction problem, so I had to keep a hammer nearby for when I needed to power cycle.

  • @gmtm2162
    @gmtm2162 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    There is some wonderful old tech in those three towers. The Yamaha card must have been quite an investment at the time. What a find! I thoroughly enjoyed this video. Keep up the great work on the channel Mike

    • @miketech1024
      @miketech1024  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks!

    • @DuneRunnerEnterprises
      @DuneRunnerEnterprises ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeap.
      Maybe, it's would be a cool idea to combine 2&3 towers,creating some powerful beast.

    • @poofygoof
      @poofygoof ปีที่แล้ว +3

      My co-worker did the design for the Yamaha AX88 (8-channel analog I/O) which plugged into the DS2416. These survived with software support into the 2000/XP era, and I think could do 8 channel simultaneous record, 16 channel simultaneous playback, and had built-in DSP effects. I don't know if anybody is pining for "vintage digital" systems, but this definitely occupies a developmental niche in digital audio workstations.

    • @NJRoadfan
      @NJRoadfan ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@poofygoof People DO pine for vintage DAW equipment. Stuff keeps its value years later.

  • @cysquatch4883
    @cysquatch4883 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    "Oh no my warranty" said with an immense amount of sarcasm caused me to spit out a mouth full of coffee. 😂 Thanks for the great videos!

    • @photoniccannon2117
      @photoniccannon2117 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The funny thing is that those stickers have actually been illegal for several decade now. Manufacturers put them on devices anyway until the feds finally sent a warning to them a few years ago.

  • @fridaycaliforniaa236
    @fridaycaliforniaa236 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    12:07 « Oh no, my warranty ! »
    _Proceeds to slash the warranty sticker anyway_ 😂

  • @ericjenks9596
    @ericjenks9596 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I’ve been working on a g4 and two g5 power mac towers the past few days. Fun to keep old systems running!

    • @miketech1024
      @miketech1024  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Nice! I two G4s currently awaiting some love. Looking for a third one so I can make a complete video on Macs!

  • @notsocc
    @notsocc ปีที่แล้ว +3

    ‘No spinny’ made me laugh. I will rename a few laptops of mine as ‘no boot uppy’ and ‘hard drive corrupty’

  • @thisoldpc9449
    @thisoldpc9449 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I have the same baby AT tower that you put next to it! Nice vintage towers!

  • @fft2020
    @fft2020 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I'm gonna watch every single of your system reveal videos with delight !
    I'm so jelouse of that treasure trove you found ! Power to you !
    Thank you for showing us your little new babies !

  • @ScottLynn-gz2hl
    @ScottLynn-gz2hl ปีที่แล้ว +4

    _"I AM MY OWN WARANTY"_ - I don't silk screen it on a shirt, I have it embroidered.

  • @neelsmostert
    @neelsmostert ปีที่แล้ว +12

    The sound card is a creative labs Ensonique card. Creative acquired Ensonique and then rebranded the Ensonique chips to reflect the new name. Althoug known as a Sound Blaster Ensonique, it has no Sound Blaster DNA in it.

    • @zoomosis
      @zoomosis ปีที่แล้ว

      I think it was Ensoniq who developed the EMU10K1 in the Sound Blaster Live cards around the time Creative bought them out.
      Ensoniq also made synthesizers but that all stopped after the Creative acquisition.

    • @miketech1024
      @miketech1024  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ahh, so that's why Knoppix identified it as an Esoniq card!

    • @NJRoadfan
      @NJRoadfan ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Creative rebranded the Ensoniq AudioPCI line of soundcards after buying them out. The EMU10K1 is 100% a Creative developed chip. They bought out Ensoniq for their then-patented DOS Sound Blaster emulation drivers, along with their extensive OEM business.

  • @Jasonsadventures
    @Jasonsadventures ปีที่แล้ว +6

    How are you man, I discovered your channel only a couple or few weeks ago. You really love beige machine and it shows. I can't help but smile when you are almost stimming out with the excitement of old hardware. Very cool and keep going with the channel, I think it'll do very well.

    • @miketech1024
      @miketech1024  ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Thanks so much! I first became aware of computers and technology back in the beige era. These machines are very special to me! They take me right back to my childhood. 😊

    • @Jasonsadventures
      @Jasonsadventures ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@miketech1024 I'm a bit older so my childhood memories are C64 and Amigas but as a young adult I was early onto Linux in the 90s and had slot one machines so this time period is also special to me. I had a dual slot one celeron with the drill mod for SMP, that was a nice machine. 2 x 300a's at 450mhz and some 4.5 and 9 gig UW scsis (and gravis ultrasound)

  • @mark12358
    @mark12358 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Watched all the video with pleasure, a fine video again. Good stuff indeed there: HX chipset mb, caddy drive, Yamaha soundcard, and more! Great job, looking for the next one!

  • @Mopaec
    @Mopaec ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Well, this was the first time I've seen anyone glad to find a Geforce MX card.

  • @davefarquhar8230
    @davefarquhar8230 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    That looked like an Abit IT5H board in the Pentium MMX 233. That was the first motherboard with software settings for the multiplier and FSB. And a very good performing HX-based board too.

  • @TYxki
    @TYxki ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Nothing like some great content on this Friday morning! Thanks for the awesome video and keep up the great work!

  • @dccyo444
    @dccyo444 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That third one, the InWin case. I got one from Fingerhut 23 years ago. Had win 98. I like that case so much , a micro. I built my first puter from the ground up so I had a matching set on either side of the monitor. 98 & xp fun times. years later a did another InWin case (black) for my wife. Oh! and the speaks on the Fingerhut identical to the ones you have. The Fingerhut was branded ProTec. Damn, now I feel old, Ha!

    • @miketech1024
      @miketech1024  ปีที่แล้ว

      Wow Fingerhut… That’s a name I haven’t thought of in decades! Think I felt the dust get knocked off of some brain cells. 🤣

  • @eugeniuszgorka8599
    @eugeniuszgorka8599 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I like watching your movies. Greetings from Poland . Lubię oglądać Pana filmy . Pozdrawiam z Polski .👍🤓

  • @pentiummmx2294
    @pentiummmx2294 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    ABit AB-IT5H, Pentium MMX 233, 64 MB RAM, S3 Virge 325, Realtek RTL8029AS
    Soltek SL-67B, Pentium II 450, 256 MB RAM, Trident TGUI9680-1, Yamaha DS2416, Adaptec AHA-2940W SCSI card
    Supermicro P6SBA, Pentium III 850, 384 MB RAM, nVidia Geforce 4 MX 420, Creative Labs AudioPCI, Promise Ultra66 IDE controller, 3Com 3C905C-TXM, SIIG Firewire Card, Lucent ISA Dialup Modem

  • @Krisztian5HUN
    @Krisztian5HUN ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love your videos. Best retro chanel

  • @Greg1096
    @Greg1096 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Ive always loved these old full tower cases. FYI those on those old anodized coolers you can gain a good bit of performance by lapping them where they touch the cpu die, i would always go from 400 to 2000 grit sandpaper then burnish with a cotton polishing pad and red compound, used to do that on all of those to get a little more cooling.

  • @tony--james
    @tony--james ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Another Superb Video, love the guitar part ! also those little computer speakers in the background, literally everyone back in the mid-late 90s had those !!

    • @miketech1024
      @miketech1024  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thanks! Yeah I had these exact speakers back in the day. I was using them to monitor the guitar effects pedal output. They actually sound pretty good for such cheap and ubiquitous speakers!

    • @NJRoadfan
      @NJRoadfan ปีที่แล้ว +1

      JUSTr speakers..... rated 100watts PMPO..... powered by a 9v 500mA DC brick! 🤣

    • @tony--james
      @tony--james ปีที่แล้ว

      @@NJRoadfan 🤣Specs so good, you'd think they came from a white van speaker scam lol

    • @NJRoadfan
      @NJRoadfan ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tony--james We did sell at least a van's worth!

  • @jorgecalero6325
    @jorgecalero6325 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "I can remember CD burners being pretty exotic in 1997". You weren't even alive yet in 1997 😂😂😂 You still get a sub and a like for bringing back the good memories of the hardware I used to work on a lifetime ago 😊

    • @miketech1024
      @miketech1024  ปีที่แล้ว +4

      LOL I was only 9 years old, but very much alive. Been immensely fascinated with tech since the day I started kindergarten and experienced the Apple II (yeah, Philly public schools were quite behind). Started learning everything I possibly could about systems from that moment on. They’re hard to see, but I promise there are some grey hairs in that beard! 🤣

  • @wolfblaide
    @wolfblaide ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Also... I got to say... that thumbnail is gold. Tiny Mike vs. the Giant Beige Computer Towers.

    • @miketech1024
      @miketech1024  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      This is the absolute pinnacle of my graphics design capabilities! 🤣🤣

    • @wolfblaide
      @wolfblaide ปีที่แล้ว

      @@miketech1024 That made me LOL. With all your skill at pulling computers apart, this is hilarious to admit.

  • @JTSuter
    @JTSuter ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You’re basically the Steve1989 of vintage PCs. I’m just waiting for “Nice hiss” during a smoke test.

    • @miketech1024
      @miketech1024  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The ever-elusive smoke show may finally come in the next video!

  • @njm1971nyc
    @njm1971nyc ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Nothing like a bit of Mike to cheer me up after a rough day 😄 Would be nice to have a *bit* more Mike and a bit less beige plastic, but at least we get a little on-camera intro/outro 😉

    • @miketech1024
      @miketech1024  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That would require me to keep the garage clean LOL.

    • @WinrichNaujoks
      @WinrichNaujoks ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I second that. The PCs aren't the only eye candy.

    • @njm1971nyc
      @njm1971nyc ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@miketech1024 hehehe, nobody's looking at the garage, Mike 🤣 😉

    • @pinhellifelipe
      @pinhellifelipe ปีที่แล้ว +2

      His videos are very relaxing and he's such a cutie, I'd love to see more of him too

  • @mikestanley9176
    @mikestanley9176 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The floppy on that last system sounded nice and crunchy.

  • @JeffPomaybo
    @JeffPomaybo ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Part of me wanted to put my new home nas in big ass beige box... Keep showing us this score. its fun to see.

  • @isecore
    @isecore ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Oh, the nostalgia at seeing the second computer with the harmonica-style P2. The case is made by Aopen, called the HX08 and it was the bees knees for big-tower cases back in the late 90s and early 2Ks. I've owned two or three of them. Super-wellbuilt and very moddable. Usually they came with rotating feet but yours seem to be missing.

  • @erinw6120
    @erinw6120 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That last one is the In-Win Q500. Still have one, and its little brother, the A500. Solid cases, first ATX ones I ever picked up. The sliding motherboard tray design is the best. The Q500 actually shipped with two options for the base, fold-out feet (as it was very narrow compared to its height), and caster wheels (yea, long before apple "innovated" that).
    And today, I'm rocking the full-tower Cooler Master Storm Trooper, which only barely rivals the Q500 for drive mounting options and space.

  • @SGTMacBC
    @SGTMacBC ปีที่แล้ว +4

    You will need to lock the hard drive in to establish power to that hard drive. Good thing it was there. I was working at Lucent when that modem came out. Those were actually better to have as the onboard chip did the work. Unlike the later early 2000s modem had a smaller chip relying more on the cpu power.

    • @miketech1024
      @miketech1024  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks for the info! I was confused as to why the drive didn't at least spin up in the bay.

  • @Guitarhero1000
    @Guitarhero1000 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hahaha! Yeah you weren't kidding when you said you had an SG. That system would have been my dream computer back then.

    • @miketech1024
      @miketech1024  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I love this guitar, even though it's a cheap Epiphone. I guarantee the air compressor I traded for it 13 years ago is in the garbage by now, but this instrument continues to bring me joy to this day! One day I'll get an actual Gibson SG if I ever get serious about playing.

  • @shawnstillman736
    @shawnstillman736 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Well you got the fastest Socket 7 P1 and fastest P2. Both great finds in themselves but to get them both in one haul is excellent!

  • @Eyetrauma
    @Eyetrauma 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Computer repair interrupted by some impromptu shredding, love it 😆

  • @kaede15
    @kaede15 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That was so therapeutic. great video

  • @ScottLynn-gz2hl
    @ScottLynn-gz2hl ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Turns last computer on... power for entire neighborhood starts flash and dim. Neighbors stare in horror at dimming lights as though apocalypse was nigh.

    • @miketech1024
      @miketech1024  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Wait 'til they see me power on that SGI Indigo² 🤣

  • @tjls
    @tjls ปีที่แล้ว

    Your vídeos bring me fondly memories of a happier, easier time in life.

  • @JoBo-ug6tf
    @JoBo-ug6tf 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    OMG that second case!!! I had that case - bays for days and a slide out motherboard tray!! The first computer I ever built from scratch! Built like a tank and weighed about as much as one - skinny teenage me could barely carry that thing around! Pretty sure it had feet you could move out to help stabilize it. Had an ATI All-in-Wonder and eventually a pair of Voodoo cards in it (I think, it's been a while). Played so much Half-Life and Quake and so many other games on it. Bringing back all the feels!

  • @mohamedsabir5331
    @mohamedsabir5331 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    9:18 the birth of everyone's favorite noise maker.

  • @nielsen145
    @nielsen145 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    the last tower, reminds me, of my local photo store, he has a similar tower standing, with all kinds drives installed and yes he do still accept 3,5 disk

  • @RocketToTheMoose
    @RocketToTheMoose 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks to this channel I realized I used to have an Inwin A500 case for my Celeron 300A (OC'ed to 450 of course!) system. Really wish I had kept it...I didn't even get rid of it until a few years ago. All that's left is a PowerMan PSU, a 3.25 floppy drive, and two Voodoo 2 cards.

  • @mima85
    @mima85 ปีที่แล้ว

    27:22 - That case is what right now is housing my home server's hardware, since about 2012 when I found it at the scrapyard. I just love the look of it.
    Anyway, that Yamaha DSP card was a serious piece of kit back then and it costed a hefty amount of money.

  • @voidstar99
    @voidstar99 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm equally in awe about that noise floor. I wonder if it can even be replicated with commonplace opamps and ADCs that don't cost like $1232 each. I will definitely try.

    • @miketech1024
      @miketech1024  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I was absolutely shocked that this level of noise was even possible with PC recording. That was the biggest sticking point for me with any PC recording.

  • @blackheart58
    @blackheart58 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great video! Reminds me of the days I’d be chatting on Yahoo and get an IM from you to either boot or check on your server in your room. All the videos you make bring back so many memories! I love them! Looking forward to more!!

  • @RetroJay1974
    @RetroJay1974 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wow that audio pc is right up my street! I would have loved to have owned that machine back in early 2000. Thank you for doing a video about it :)

    • @miketech1024
      @miketech1024  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks! I’m so glad to have found this system. The retro audio rig is most-definitely getting built!

    • @SenileOtaku
      @SenileOtaku ปีที่แล้ว

      I think I still have that very same audio setup as that second computer (it was in some parts machine I got years ago).

  • @j.w.allison4637
    @j.w.allison4637 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That audio PC is so cool. Mucho Dinero when that was new probably.

    • @miketech1024
      @miketech1024  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I imagine so considering how capable this Yamaha hardware still is to this day!

    • @j.w.allison4637
      @j.w.allison4637 ปีที่แล้ว

      @MikeTech thousands in software too! 🫠

  • @ronkemperful
    @ronkemperful ปีที่แล้ว

    Brings back memories. My first PC had a 233 MMX Pentium with 64 MB of EDO RAM. At the time I owned it, in 1997 I wanted to max out the memory, BUT to put in 128 MB of matching EDO RAM the cost was prohibitive at 1400 dollars, so I suffered with a memory deprived system that could barely run Windows 2000 - I used the system for a few years as an Internet gateway and as a server for program and file storage.

  • @danielallen512
    @danielallen512 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    That CD drive uses a permanent magnet motor, it could have lost it magnetism, try magnetizing the spindle with an old hard drive magnet while getting it to run. The electricity should magnetize the rest of the way.

    • @miketech1024
      @miketech1024  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I'll definitely give that a try. Thanks!

  • @uptoptem3392
    @uptoptem3392 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yesterday, I was building my Windows 98 PC, you uploaded this video! Its a miracle! Also sweet guitar, I play bass and I really dig your epiphone.

    • @miketech1024
      @miketech1024  ปีที่แล้ว

      Nice! What kind of bass do you have?

    • @uptoptem3392
      @uptoptem3392 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@miketech1024 Ibanez Mikro with a Fender Rumble 15 amp. Just starting out.

    • @miketech1024
      @miketech1024  ปีที่แล้ว

      @@uptoptem3392 It’s awesome that you’ve started playing at such a young age! So many of the best players started young. When you learn things while your brain is still developing, it becomes second-nature. This is especially true for things like musical abilities. Keep at it!

    • @uptoptem3392
      @uptoptem3392 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@miketech1024 Thanks!

  • @pankoza2
    @pankoza2 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Pentium II and Trident TGUI9680-1 is surely a interesting and underrated combination

  • @NicolasTheGuy
    @NicolasTheGuy ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Oh man! Good with computers and guitars?! Impressive!

    • @miketech1024
      @miketech1024  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Definitely much better with the computers. 🙂

  • @njm1971nyc
    @njm1971nyc ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Congrats on all the new Patreon supporters by the way! Hope you'll continue to get many more to help fund this expensive habit 😄
    Come on guys, let's get him to the point where the Patreon supporters scroll down the screen for several seconds 😄 Show the channel some love and think of all the good karma that will come your way! ❤️

  • @Vanessinha91Pucca
    @Vanessinha91Pucca ปีที่แล้ว

    My old 386 back in the early 90s actually had this "baby" PC case... the memories

  • @patg108
    @patg108 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    that DVD drive in the pentium 3 did NOT like being complimented, every time you complimented it it had a problem! LOL!

  • @rizz0d
    @rizz0d ปีที่แล้ว +3

    very cool systems. i really like your method in these videos, great attention to detail and i love seeing these old rigs get their moment to shine.

  • @westtell4
    @westtell4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Love your videos you always seem to cheer me up

  • @FrenziedManbeast
    @FrenziedManbeast ปีที่แล้ว

    These are all great videos - I started taking PCs apart and putting them back together with my family's first machine back in '97: a Pentium 200 w/ MMX. So much of this brings back memories. I'm curious how you're storing all this hardware - a tour of your system in place and future plans would be cool to see. I appreciate how methodical you are with checking each component out. That P3 system I suspect was a rebuild into an older case. That case screams 1995 - 1997 but those internals like the GeForce MX420 didn't come out until 2002.

  • @bigtop1967
    @bigtop1967 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Love your channel - worked with many of these machines in the past...

  • @nalinux
    @nalinux ปีที่แล้ว +2

    In 1997, we often had SCSI cd-burner, the SCSI bus helped with the lack of power of the cpu, and quite slow IDE bus.

  • @RenanSpolon
    @RenanSpolon ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very cool equipment, I love it. 👑

  • @codybaird27
    @codybaird27 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I’m really enjoying your videos.

  • @geoffmerritt
    @geoffmerritt ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Back in the day, I used to have 1 PC with 2 removable HDD's one for me and one for the kids.

  • @DaemonForce
    @DaemonForce ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This was amazing. Thank you.

  • @DuneRunnerEnterprises
    @DuneRunnerEnterprises ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Whoa,bro,56k ISA MODEM !!!!
    This is more , than awesome,this is almost incredible!!!!!

    • @miketech1024
      @miketech1024  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm toying with the idea of starting a REAL dial-up BBS or something, just to put these old modems to work!

    • @DuneRunnerEnterprises
      @DuneRunnerEnterprises ปีที่แล้ว

      @@miketech1024 Interesting idea.

  • @Jerkwad152
    @Jerkwad152 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I had the most peculiar dream. In it, I was in possession of a massive computer case, about 9 feet tall, which housed the internal components of five separate desktop computers.

    • @miketech1024
      @miketech1024  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I say we build one!

    • @Jerkwad152
      @Jerkwad152 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@miketech1024
      That would be absolutely exquisite 👌

  • @LearnElectronicsRepair
    @LearnElectronicsRepair ปีที่แล้ว

    Mike, obviously you have the same interests as me, I'm also buying these sort of computers at local flea markets with very good success in fixing them. I have a full height AT PC here to look at, these are not easy to find 🙂

    • @miketech1024
      @miketech1024  ปีที่แล้ว

      It’s long been an obsession of mine. Nearly passed out when I laid eyes on that massive haul!

  • @mikecawood
    @mikecawood 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I like your channel, you don't waste much time on silly games and the channel is nice and technical.

  • @goyoelburro
    @goyoelburro ปีที่แล้ว

    I miss my full tower case from 1998. It was HUGE!!! Room for lots of stuff, no cable problems.

  • @St0rmcrash
    @St0rmcrash ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Another great video! Dang those towers are huge, and have a lot newer parts inside than I would have thought from the front. So glad each machine is getting some time and love in the spotlight. Also appreciate how you even try to get the fans tuned up, so many retro guys just rip out old fans to stuff in modern noctua fans or similar for more "quiet"

  • @wngimageanddesign9546
    @wngimageanddesign9546 ปีที่แล้ว

    I used to have one of those Inwin Tower cases! It was so well made, built like a tank with thick sheet steel, and clever design.

    • @miketech1024
      @miketech1024  ปีที่แล้ว

      It’s definitely made of some thick steel. Thing is heavy!

    • @wngimageanddesign9546
      @wngimageanddesign9546 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@miketech1024 IIRC, it used 1.25mm thick steel. That model was very popular, and it was nicknamed "The Coffin". Because the front face design resembles the curves of old Chinese coffins. :-D

  • @DeadReckon
    @DeadReckon ปีที่แล้ว +2

    23:15
    Nothing to apologize for, your neighbors weren't even blown out of their houses.
    Awesome find on these machines man, I wasn't expecting the guitar solo either, haha!
    Anyway you got some cool stuff this go round, shame that Promise card wasn't one of their better 100 or 133 cards, 66 will do for older systems tho, it might be a bit slow on a Pentium III. Cool find on the purple MX4 too, never seen one in purple before, but that's a great retro gaming card. I use a similar 64MB card in my retro system, mine is an early Pentium 4 era tho. Socket 478, Celeron 2.0GHz (Northwood I think), 1GB DDR RAM (overkill but why not?), 2x 80GB IDE HDD's, some kinda AOpen Cobra sound card that does OPL3, and I love the sound of OPL3 in games like Doom, and the MX4 I'm running which I think might be a Dell OEM card but I don't remember. The whole system except the HDD's and PSU dates to about 2001 / 2002. Runs Windows 98 SE, could do XP but I wanted it DOS based. I had a 256MB GPU in it, I think it was a FX 5200 or 5500 but it just seemed so wildly overkill and ran so hot I took it out, the MX4 does just fine, can run everything from Alice: Madness Returns to ye olde DOS games like Doom no problem. Even runs the original version of Half Life 2 before they ported it to the newer Soruce engine really well.

    • @miketech1024
      @miketech1024  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Oh the neighbors get plenty of eardrum abuse when I connect it to my sound system LOL. Oh man the Nvidia Geforce FX 5200 AGP was the first GPU I ever bought brand-new. I felt unstoppable playing on that thing! It was paired with an AMD Athlon XP 1800+ with 512MB PC-133 RAM. Wish I still had that motherboard... I do still have the case though, with all of its early 2000s absurdities!

    • @DeadReckon
      @DeadReckon ปีที่แล้ว

      @@miketech1024 Nothing like an eye bleeding early 2000's PC with a blue motherboard, red sound card, purple GPU, round UV reactive IDE cables and those annoying cathodes that always whined. Usually couldn't hear them over the fans, though... Never been my thing but it was a sight to behold!
      My current PC is sitting in the most industrial bland case I can think of, an Asus AP201 black without the side panel window. Upgraded to a 4070 Ti from a 2070 Super and I needed a new case. Got a i9 9900k, 32GB of DDR4 3200 and the 4070 Ti stuffed in this thing, as well as a 280mm AIO.
      Anyway I'm planning on thinning out some of my collection since I don't use most of the stuff anymore, not sure what I'm gonna do with it, not even sure what I have, being honest. I should've probably gone thorugh it all over the past winter.

  • @UBrickIFix
    @UBrickIFix ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That guitar track was so clean. Love it!

  • @hossburger12
    @hossburger12 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Really good content my dude. Pleasure to watch

  • @FrodeTllfsen
    @FrodeTllfsen ปีที่แล้ว +4

    That removable harddrive looks like a SCSI drive..

    • @miketech1024
      @miketech1024  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The caddy connector does look very SCSI, so I was surprised to see the enclosure connected via IDE.

    • @Kboyer36
      @Kboyer36 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Probably the same connector but definitely not SCSI. That was pretty common on those caddy's to use a connector like that and combine the IDE and power signals into a single connector.

  • @Rob_Morrison_GB
    @Rob_Morrison_GB 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    As soon as you said "except Audacity" i was saying "can't see Audacity" :D

  • @8BitNaptime
    @8BitNaptime ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Whoah I wish I could find a full-size tower like that, I have an Amiga 3000T motherboard that needs a home. Nice haul BTW.

    • @ewelmo3921
      @ewelmo3921 ปีที่แล้ว

      3000t not a 4000t? That's something I don't hear much anymore! (I'm an original Amiga factory service center technician)

    • @8BitNaptime
      @8BitNaptime ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ewelmo3921 3000T. Bought it over a decade ago from a "well known" ebayer, the board had its CPU/FPU ripped off the board so there are many lifted traces. I think it's repairable but without a case it's a bit too much effort to invest for now. I have the chips and Kynar wire to try and repair the lifted traces. But it's going to be ugly.
      So......... does the 3000T fit into a PC case or are there misaligned mounting holes?

  • @betamax80
    @betamax80 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I doubt this would support a K6-2 but this might be one of those use cases where a Cyrix M-II 333mhz may be a boost (these were often used as they ran at a low FSB speed normally 83mhz rather than 100mhz and therefore worked with "non super" Socket 7 boards. These were very often found on PC Chips TX Pro II boards.

  • @VSigma725
    @VSigma725 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have a very similar system to the one you have with all the audio jacks on the front, except mine has a Seagate branded tape drive instead of audio jacks and an AOpen case badge instead of the PC builder one. What makes it extra special is that it has a Gigabyte branded dual Slot 1 motherboard, with dual Pentium II 400MHz CPUs!

    • @miketech1024
      @miketech1024  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nice! I would love to find a multi-processor motherboard from that era!

    • @VSigma725
      @VSigma725 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@miketech1024 I also have a Dell Precision dual Slot 1 workstation, if you don't mind buying an OEM machine that's a fairly easy way to get a dual processor computer of the era.

  • @BritishEngineer
    @BritishEngineer ปีที่แล้ว +1

    19:51 is most likely inrush current to the reservoir capacitors after the rectifier

  • @lookitsahorner
    @lookitsahorner ปีที่แล้ว

    That system with the Yamaha - I used to have this case on an old machine I picked up years ago. Super sad and beat myself up over getting rid of it, it was an awesome case. I still have the motherboard mounted to its tray. It had the same AOpen PSU, so must be one which came with the case.
    It used to run OpenSUSE, sadly I didn't know much about linux back then and when I couldn't get root to log in, I gave up and wiped the disks. Wish I could have kept that too and explored it.

  • @intel386DX
    @intel386DX ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love this WinBIOS my 486 and Pentium PCs have it back in a day. It is so cool that even Pentium 3 have it ! :)

    • @pentiummmx2294
      @pentiummmx2294 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      my 486 has the WinBIOS

    • @intel386DX
      @intel386DX ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@pentiummmx2294 if you remember 486 hade even 4 different color schemes. I used the blue one :)

  • @Natures_Intentions
    @Natures_Intentions 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Awesome computers and some guitar play that made my night!!

  • @CaptainNedD
    @CaptainNedD ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I find your videos relaxing to watch. And I love your guitar playing. If you ever decide to put background music in your videos can I please ask for it to be you playing? Rock on…

    • @miketech1024
      @miketech1024  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks so much! I don't know, that recording test may be the only "musical" thing I do on this channel. 🤣 But I couldn't resist testing this system out for its original purpose!

  • @orenraveh1162
    @orenraveh1162 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Now I Unserstand Where The Origins Of The Drives You Test PSUs With😂

  • @cyningstan
    @cyningstan ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video! There was a time when I always went for a full tower case. I didn't want a mini tower taking up desk space, but I didn't want to have to reach down to the floor to put in a floppy disk or CD either. And they look so impressive! Can't say I ever filled mine up though.

  • @eshwayri
    @eshwayri ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I have several Promise Ultra-66 cards from that era. The IDE controllers on motherboards of that era were slow, buggy, and didn't support larger capacity drives. I always opted to use the Promise cards over anything on the motherboard.

    • @zoomosis
      @zoomosis ปีที่แล้ว

      SCSI was also the way to go in the early days of CD burning on PCs.

    • @eshwayri
      @eshwayri ปีที่แล้ว

      @@zoomosis I have a large stack of Adaptec 2940UW cards that can attest to that. Somewhere I should still have my Plextor SCSI CD burner, and my Pioneer DVD RAM drive. Also have several 4mm tape drives along with the backups I took in the mid 90s. One of these days I will try to restore my system from back then.

  • @vinilomelhorpresente4622
    @vinilomelhorpresente4622 ปีที่แล้ว

    Really good pieces of hardware, i had a pc with a athlon and windows 95 on my childhood

  • @Nomad-Rogers
    @Nomad-Rogers ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I would take the biggest one and make a huge sleeper PC plenty of room for fans and a Radiator.

  • @orangejjay
    @orangejjay 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love that Pepsi product placement. 😂😂

  • @reecepeart
    @reecepeart 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I reckon the first tower was a fast food control server. Seen these big boys at an old Maccas (what Australians call McDonalds) this big boy would sit in the managers office. In the days before internet connected head offices (what is now Iron Mountain) would pick the removable drives up and deliver them to Australian McDonalds HQ for audit/revenue/KPI analysis.