Upgrading a 2005 laptop: IDE SSD Upgrade, Lubuntu 18.04 32-bit OS (HP Pavilion)

I upgraded my dad's old HP Pavilion dv1000 from 2005.

1. 1GB x 2 DDR1 RAM Upgrade
2. mSATA with IDE interface enclosure Upgrade
3. Installed Lubuntu 18.04 for 32-bit

mSATA IDE Enclosure case (Lazada Philippines)

Ramsta mSATA (Lazada Philippines)

[aliaseveIT]

CORRECTION: The HP Pavilion originally had 512mb RAM (2 x 256mb sticks). So it's a relatively significant upgrade going into 2GB. 🥳

This old laptop wouldnt boot to USB so I had to install EasyBCD PLOP Boot Manager (the free non-commercial version) to the old Windows 7 so it could recognize the Lubuntu installer. (Plop worked on this laptop but it didnt work on an all-in-one Sony VAIO so it's a bit picky)

UPDATE LINKS

Amazon US:

Lazada Philippines:

[its_crybxby]

*NEVER* throw away old tech. While the companies themselves say it’s useless and to just buy a new one, but you can actually save a lot of money by fixing it up, reinstalling the OS, and getting new parts. Also old tech has always fascinated me so I may be wrong lol

[championlead]

Best option will be to install an ssd via using an adapter which swaps the dvd port. Also check for cpu model and see if cpu port is suitable for a newer chipset.

[mathteacher]

Great job restoring that nearly 20 year old laptop! 💻✨

[GeorgeDaPro]

Fact: old laptops like this have un-soldered CPU. It uses a socket like motherboards. You can upgrade it with a powerful processor

[vinizan]

I saved lots of old laptops from trash with SSD and Lubuntu, its so good to do that

[simonsays]

I bought an old office pc with an i5 3470S, 4GB RAM and a 256gb SSD. I installed Linux Mint on it and the pc runs great. It's perfectly adequate for browsing, YouTube, social media, Netflix, Libre Office and simple image editing with Gimp. And that's all I do with it. And all for less than €50

[Diggy]

My ThinkPad R61 from 2007 runs Linux Mint, and it holds its own against newer basic laptops. I can watch YouTube vids, edit on WordPress, browse Facebook, and download large files at fast speeds. That last one comes in handy when making bootable USBs, which I can do without looking for a 3rd party app. Along with reducing e-waste, old laptops are great tinkering projects.👍🏽

[EvexiansVideoworks]

Oh! Amazing! Thank you for keeping such an old machine in service!

[guttom]

wow, lubuntu came a very long way. great choice of distro.

[SatelliteEnthusiast]

I have a 2009 Toshiba Satellite with max ram (2 sticks of 4gb DDR2), a 500gb ssd, a 16gb sd card with readyboost enabled, but I feel like I could swap the motherboard and cooler with the stuff from another model or solder a new core in to bolster performace even more. I want to make it work, it's such a beautiful laptop, and it's just like the one I used as a kid lol.

[Link-channel]

Good job! You can write, and read, and listen to music with this, and also code and compose music, as well as play old games!

[pvcrator]

On old laptops and PCs with 32-bit processor architecture we now put a debian-based distro (antiX, peppermint, or sparky, etc.) or even debian itself and then choose some lightweight desktop environment (lxde for example) . Ubuntu stopped providing 32-bit systems from 18.04 onwards. 18.04 stopped being supported in 2021, so it doesn't get security and software updates and practically it's very difficult to install new apps on it since the software repositories of version 18.04 are dead and software developers no longer provide software that supports this version ...

[theboredprogrammer]

I had a 2009 Panasonic laptop and I installed lubuntu and I extended the life of the old laptop which my mom uses as her social media and youtube daily driver. She only uses linux and social media.

[mrpeanutbutter]

Keep it. Sometimes, on newer hardware, applications on that computer will refuse to work or will run badly.

[PippeML]

I agree, giving a second life to old tech is the way to have less landfill tech trash, also it seems to be good for a (elementary school) kid to do homework (use it as some kimd of "desktop" ) or a grandma to browse facebook and IG. The point is: Great job!

[itstimeforMarioPLAYER]

I got a Dell XPS m1210 and installed Vista on it. Works like a charm. Also put XP media center on it.

[dcpowered]

Very nice work! Please keep making videos!

[General_C]

Even if it’s outdated just preserve it and keep it. Don’t throw out good tech

[AlternateSnake]

SSDs make a world of difference. I'm currently rocking a Thinkpad T420 and it does so well with even the basic and mundane SSD I put inside of it. SSDs alone change the game.