I Paid $70 For All This Tech! 

That Acer is actually a nice system. It can support 4th gen i5 and i7 processors. If upgraded with one of those and some more ram and ssd it would actually make a pretty nice computer

For $70, that was an insane tech lot! Very nice video again!!!

9:43 and 9:56 Always be extra careful when you spray liquid onto the monitors! The liquid can seep into the bottom gap and damage the panel that way. Just spray the cleansing liquid onto your fiber cloth and never spray onto the panel.

That box of "DMS 59 to DVI-D" cables by itself is easily worth $200 if you're patient enough to sell them on eBay. They look like the original AMD pack-ins. Passing them onto a computer recycling company would also be a huge win as they're rather annoying to get and those cards sans cable are utterly ubiquitous.

8:03 There is one more cable that you might want to keep. Right about in the center there is an SFP+ (or even QSFP+) cable. They are used for 10Gbit Networking (or 40Gbit on QSFP+)

9:45 that monitor is really common, and it actually is 5:4, with a resolution of 1280x1024

An Australian advertising knives on the internet is a brave man indeed...

At the beginning of the video I saw the M2000 sitting there and recognized it immediately. The M2000 was the first laptop I owned and used extensively. It was slow and I remember the CPU fan being really annoying, as it couldn't ramp up or down in rpm like most laptops (it would just turn on and off). But it was still fun to have a laptop and I did many school assignments, some basic games, and even (very) light photo and video editing on it.

Hear me out, in tech. It's never a waste of money. If you can add anything to your collection do it, it's a very nice feeling

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If you can buy a few boxes of tech for a low enough price, I think it's worth trying. Even if you end up with a few usable parts and spares it's worth it in my opinion.

Before you chuck out the UPS! There are 2 common problems with them. Firstly the internal 12V battery will usually be dead and should be able to be replaced as they are used in a lot of other places like motorbikes. Secondly in better models there are fuses at the back where it receives power. Sometimes they are blown and simply replacing the fuse would be enough.

The Thinkpad T60 was the first laptop I ever learned to repair. Found two at a thrift store and combined them to make one good unit. Fantastic machines, and still usable with a light linux distro.

Fantastic haul! Love these mystery-box shopping reports.

An old UPS may be very simple to revive, in most cases all that's needed is replacing its batteries. And they're dirt chip and universal. I'm myself using a 15 year old UPS, only replacing the batteries from time to time, and it works perfectly.

_... and a set of steak knives'_ No problem, just had to say it as I literally laughed out loud. This is a great video, old tech at its best!

Holy shit, you have no idea how jealous I am. Can't wait to see the new videos you'll be releasing on these old relics!

8:48 In the UK, quite a few people still listen to radio - particularly DAB as it offers more choice than the traditional FM and AM bands. Of course, streaming radio services are also possible, but not everyone has a good phone signal or an unlimited data connection.

Thanks, this was a reminder to check out the local auctions. I’ve got a few gems there in the past.

I love this type of content just like I love digging into old tech lots myself

A nice addition to your computer collection. Please always specify the full hardware specifications on all computers that you salvage.

I've come back to this video after all these months, the algorithm reminded me of it for some reason. The treasure trove you found considering the price (let's not leave the few "meh" items miss the point) blew my mind. By the way, the title should read 70 AUD, I guess there are many, many of us watching outside Australia. You could only have remotely started to consider whether you wasted any money if none of the machines worked, and still, the spare parts would have been worth what you paid or more. I'd go crazy if I was to hit the jackpot like this.

oh, wow...that is an amazing haul for the price... I'll keep my eyes open for auctions from now ON!!!!!!!!

Looks interesting to me looking forward to see all these items in your upcoming videos maybe restore some of them too. 👍🏻

i love how Psivewri drops this as i am trying to thin out my own collection lol

Aw man Psivewri your video's make my day

I love Dell boxes for their easy, intuitive layouts!! Never had one that I had to second guess any repairs on :-)

The Motorola handscanner we use them for scanning the barcodes on wifi acces points for troubleshooting purpose in the factory where I work, very neat.

I think its good that some e-waste is being sold rather than just going to landfill. The cut power connector would have been easy to repair with some solder and a bit of heat shrink. You could have used a connector from a dud power supply. What I can't repair I strip off and re-use like power connectors and other bits just encase I need to repair another PSU or I re-purpose things... even the PSU boxes can be used for other electronic projects. I would have kept the old keyboards and put them aside in the attic because you never know when they will become desirable and worth something. Back in the early 2000s lots of people were chucking away 486 computers, now they are going for good money and everybody wants them again. I love those Microsoft mice. I happened to buy a job lot of 20 of them the other day in white.

Nice Haul!

0:29 School : i take the entire stock !

for that Acer in 4 minute part, you could put there an i5, i7 or any equivalent xeon CPU - haswell so won't be an issue with price and availability. Add a cheap low profile GPU and you could sell it as some kind of "esport titles PC" or even just made into powerfull older consoles emulator machine :)

Well, that was an excellent lot, I'd certainly pay $70 (or more) for it, and also, a lot of the items that you'd written off, I would re-use and repair wherever possible. As for the PC that had its PSU cut off, that would just be for spare parts, but most of the other stuff would be fine for my requirements.

Really fascinated by the AMX NetLinx! That’s a device used to control a lot of audio video gear, and some theme park attractions actually use them to control special effects too!

Gotta love seeing the exact monitor I'm watching this video on show up.

Wow! You lucky lucky Guy, well done.

I own a similar model to that Compaq SFF. PSUs and Motherboards are a dime a dozen and are interchangeable. Both of them went out recently and replacing costed around $55 usd. Works very well as my Work and Gaming rig. Only downside is the lack of sata ports.

4:10 love to see the keychron :)

you should've picked all that retro stuff in the falcon for extra vintage flavour ;) nice video

2:34 I had a Compaq Presario M2000 laptop exactly like that one, bought it new in 2005. I wish I'd kept it as a collector's item/conversation piece.

Looks like some of those graphics cards may need the DMS59 adapter, often seem on low profile cards - also looks like you may be able to further adapt from what look like DVI-I (Digital + analog) to HDMI or VGA

Water dripped down to the bottom of the monitor could damage it. You should spray on the towel first and then wipe the screen

Brian from Tech Yes City will soon contacting you about those! Haha an aussie hunting for price performance will literallly sees gold here!

Thank you so much 😊

6:12 that is an exact Minecraft stack!

Loved this

10:03 I had the same problem with one of these monitors and the quick removal of the components of the old ccfl power supply that conveniently ran on 12v and $10 worth of led strips a switch and some speaker wire later I had a functional display that is still working to this day although I have to turn the backlight on and off manually

Excellent video! Nice lot of tech! Did you roll in the cost of those healthy doses of Eucalyptus oil? ;)

old office PCs can be turned into some neat like home servers and stuff, or even maybe something like a DIY NAS if it had enough space for more drives

Little tip firstly if the power supply is still good you can always take off the cable on a dead power supply and solder it to the working one and use heat shrink wrap

Depending on the type, old batteries can be worth scrap money and that dell with the failing back-light...we have a load of those at work, and they were crap when new with atrocious viewing angles and the colours were always off. White was more of a yellow

I always think about bidding on bulk lots at MGS and Evans and Clarke, but then realize, I have no way of getting it back to my place.

5:00 those are the computers at my school considered "new" and it would have been fixable with enough solder and thermal paste

If only I could find these kinds of deals here in SoCal :,)

Finding old tech that works or is worth something is very satisfying. I found an old sony minidisc player on the side of the road that works perfectly and is worth around $300 on ebay a few years ago. My dad came home last week with a sony wm-d6c walkman from the apartment e waste bin, also perfectly working. Looked on ebay and found that this cassette walkman is worth anywhere between $150 broken to $600 in perfect condition, and just the case can go for $150. Truly a good find, and we’ll be having a bit of fun listening to some old cassettes and playing with a bit of retro tech.

9:00 The LVHN hospital I go to uses digital signature pads that are very similar to this, if not the same one.

Just in case no-one else has already mentioned it, that HP monitor is 5×4, not 4×3. The native resolution is 1280×1024. They're my screen of choice-you can have three of them side-by-side and they don't take up much space but you've got plenty of height to work with. Incidentally, the GT 610 video card can support two such monitors but it might support only one 1920×1080 widescreen. Fantastic value for your $70. Great content.

i like these type kind of video gud work 👍🏻

The old desktops can work as a NAS or even a game server if you throw in enough RAM.

Please make more auction content

The ‘BeSt’ being the gt 610 I thought a gt 730 was bad😂😂😂

That dell optiplex gives me a lot of nostalgia.. we had one at our home when i was a kid.. that was my first pc that i used from home..

9:56 i was suprised when my moniter popped up lol

I take care of business properties so I get most of my tech for free every thing from laptops to old Pentium servers, and switches with PoE ports it has been fun using these to learn about networking and computing.

Those Microsoft mice are very nice. We were about to recycle one at my work a few years ago and I gave it a couple of clicks out of curiosity. Needless to say, that mouse didn't make its way to recycling.

I had a couple of these HP monitors. Unfortunately, the panels were busted but the stand is "just" VESA compliant, so I kept them and put other monitors on them (A couple of Fujitsu monitors I had without stands). I really like these.

One look at that pile made me go ’70 aud? Worth it’. I’d have grabbed that in a pinch, that little money for so much fun to go through and try stuff out, even if I just trashed it after it’d still be worth it. GX280, you are still cleaning it. Ten to one that the power supply is dead HOLY SHIT IT WORKS! Those PSU’s were a pain in the backside back in te day. Good to see one working! Original intellimice are so underrated. I literally switched from one of those to my MX master because I found nothing better Really my kind of video! As an audio geek (who mostly does audio testing/demo videos) I am a bit sad that you skipped the speakers.

9:30 Of course, that monitor would be perfect for old windows 9x era computer content, because the 4:3 Aspect ratio and white bezel will perfectly matches with the beige 90s computer cases.

The T60's a decent find and has some upgradeability once you get past the white list.

While I watched this when the video came out It just now reminded me that I got a video card that uses DMS59 but yet to get a adaptor (but test computer posted with card in).

We still use that rotating Hp monitor at a cybercafe !

2:24 this is same as my school computer lab laptop 😂😂😂

I got a gx270 a few years back and gave it a bit of a tune up, was quite surprised by the built-in mono speaker.

8:19 I have two of the exact same two Microsoft mice in my house, one of them is connected to my old motion computing t006.

0:38 Hey! That’s one of my computers but the c5000!

"the only legally gun here in Australia" :-D nice one ;-) Very nice things from the trash hold. thanks for the video.

For the DMS-59 bit: it's rather Homelabbers who use Nvidia Quadro NVS290 Graphics Cards. They are very low in Power Consumption, which is perfect as they are just existing as a necessary part in booting (on machines without integrated graphics), and video out if things go south. The best part is them being available with an x1 slot, not consuming any of the precious x16 slots you might want to use for network connections or other expansion cards. ...and those have the DMS-59 connector.

The hardware store I work at uses those Motorola scan guns, they are cool because they run windows mobile on them so I play solitaire on them sometimes

The computer dubbed DustyBoi is less dusty than my HP desktop from a hospital

My school still uses that HP system in most of the classrooms

When cleaning the screen, do not allow liquid to flow past the bezel. Over time, the connection of flex tapes may rot.

I have one of those little bluetooth lenovo mice. They're quite nice actually. Still use it for work on the go.

10:17 I have the same monitor except it's the gray, still use it to this day 😂

I would recommend you post that monitor with faulty backlight on ebay and list it for parts because most of these old LCD monitors fail at the power supply and since this one lights up fine.

ahh those dell and hp desktops. its been years since ive seen those. good times. good times

T60 looks like a good candidate for windows xp retro gaming, has some ati graphics chip there x1400 or eqiuvalent firegl variant. And the T2400 being a dualcore at 1.8 ghz should be plenty of speed for the os & those older games that is at the end of the single core era around 2004. For the Acer Aspire veriton, a low profile graphics card & something like a 1150 cpu like a I5 4460 you could do some e-sports titles pretty easily. A variant of it came with an I5 4460 apparently the Veriton X2632G

Ohh the T60 is a beauty, I love old Thinkpads

When I went to make my passport a few days ago, they had that EXACT digital signing unit ( 9:05 )

4:17 if that's sandybridge, you can throw in an i7 2600, 16gb DDR3, and a saucy lil low profile card, and make it a nice lil HTPC or budget gaming rig for someone who has space issues. i use a similar model with the 2600s and a 4gb rx 550 (yeston 640 sp model)

Awesome video! You probably have more computers than anyone in Australia at this point Greetings from USA 🇺🇸

the monitor with the failing backlight can be moded and turned to a snowblid side panel. just need to remove the backlight and set it up on an acrylic panel on a white case. would be a very interesting video

This is where all the old tech I own will end up when I die

Nice haul! Which auction site was it?

my chiropractor has that same topaz usb signature thing

Try installing ChromeOS Flex onto some of the laptop, it'll make a great lightweight Chromebook.

That GX280 is the Dell fly in the ointment for what was a very lucrative contract for the University of Glasgow. They managed to steal the contract from Viglen but then started supplying desktops with caps that blew very quickly. I worked at the Uni at the time and my own GX280 with a P4 2.8G and 4GB RAM gave up the ghost.

i still listen to radio for the news lmfao

I had a very similar looking Presario V2000 with the widescreen. Its speakers were toast, celeron 1ghz heated up crazy and SP3 would BSOD when turning on wifi lol. But looking it here refreshed so many memories

I love the background music you use, don't stop using that one song, it's actually perfectly fit for your videos🎉🎉🎉

Most of these are old laptops which I think that you should make videos on because tbh I really like when you post videos of old laptops being fixed and testing them in the modern era of computers.