Using An Old Windows ME PC! Big Mistake? 

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

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

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

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

this is how many cigars the old owner smoked a day

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Bro the startup sound makes me so happy

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

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

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

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

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

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

My first computer was a Windows ME with Pentium 4 1,5 Ghz, it ran every damn new game on the market for years. Best Computer ever.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Someone give this man a period correct CRT

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

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

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

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

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

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

Such a beautiful startup sound ME has

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I really like these restore videos, very relaxing.

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

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

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

These videos are so entertaining to watch, Thank you sir!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Your videos are so nostalgic! I just love it!

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

Your effort paid off! Looks amazing

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

This is def my kind of channel, great vids

Please tell me what did you study for refurbishing the Computers

This is a very well done video. I had WinME and enjoyed the heck out of it! Thanks for sharing and bringing old memories back!

*Psivewri, The Savior Of Elder PCs*

0:10 What a back panel! This is way, way older than a standard era-appropriate WinMe machine would be! Very much early Win95 or even 3.1 kind of machine... Numberless upgrades (RAM maxed to what the motherboard can take, cd burner, and so on) kind of mask that, but serial and parallel ports on dedicated plates, XT style keyboard port... really primitive.

Nostalgic Look! I still remember the new millennium!

Nice video and nice lounge music on the background! Cheers, mate!

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

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

If anyone is willing to clean up the power supply you can also try lubricating the cooling fan. This doesn't work on all fans but some have a rubber plug hidden under the fan sticker and once removed you can add a drop or 2 of light machine oil or sewing machine oil. This trick has helped me keep older power supplies lasting longer and for noisy power supplies to run quieter.

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

Had the same cpu set up except for the Vodoo. Thanks..brought back fun memories

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

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

The s3 Virge dx is a very early 3D card

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

More videos about this machines, Yes???

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

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

Someone else with organisational and cleaning OCD lol Perfect job a true consummate professional. I used to slice up all the ide cables and make them rounded - deffo a good space saver cable organisation!!!

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

You are the best. I enjoyed restoring this type of computers and it takes a lot of time, most of the times is not worth it. I have still some laying around. Two suggestions for other videos; a 486 and a thin client capable of running xp games.

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

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