FREE Retro 90s Toshiba Laptop Restoration

Its time to fix up this Toshiba Satellite Pro 4270 that I was given for free.
After the restoration I did some run time testing on the battery was able to get about 1.5 - 2hrs installing applications, amazing for any laptop of this age.
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[gabesz]

I had an exact same modell back in 2005. I made some upgrades back then, changed the CPU to a 750Mhz Pentium III, added 256Mb RAM and a 40GB HDD. I really liked that Toshiba. Good memories :)

[mohammedhassan]

Can we all just appreciate how hugh gets these camera angles for us

[Heidegaff]

Hugh: *presses a button*
Toshiba Satellite:

[biggles]

I had one of these from an old job, only got rid of it this year having a clean out. Mine also had a proprietary external drive caddy you could add extra drives with. Great video and brought back some memories, thanks Hugh.

[mattym]

I had two 4300s many years ago. A little higher spec with a P3 700. A very capable machine for the mid 2000s, it ran 98 well. I remember SNES emulation ran perfectly. Also used for P2P clients (Limewire, Bearshare) and web browsing, with a PCMCIA WiFi card.

On one of the laptops, the hinges failed so the screen had no support, plus the power jack failed so the power brick was soldered in. I can remember it being propped up in the living room against a pile of books to keep the screen up!

Learnt a lot about computing in my teens on these old dinosaurs, leading me to my software development job today.

[TheSpotify]

Nice restoration! That wa a great laptop back in its day - and yes I do believe that Windows 95 (or 98) was the correct operating system to use. This was back when manufacturers added lots of ports to their laptops, as well as made them durable and upgradable.
I'm also fully aware on how Li-Ion batteries work; I have an old Packard Bell laptop from the Windows XP era, and that refuses to charge anymore due to it being left too low for too long. When I did finally get it charged (using an external charging method), it lasted less than 30 minutes, then went to a low level (again) and refused to charge. So it's important that you take care of your Li-Ion batteries to make sure they don't deplete too much and/or the cells become imbalanced over time.

[Knaeckebrotsaege]

2:01 this is what happens if the backlight stays powered on, but the supply voltage to the panel itself is shut off or there's no or a corrupt LVDS video signal anymore, a combination that normally shouldn't happen. What you're seeing is the panel stopping to refresh/control the pixels, so they fade till they return to their natural state. Usually indicates a broken flex cable to the panel, but not always

[brennanprice]

Even my 4 year old laptop’s battery doesn’t hold a charge, so this is really surprising

[tombuck]

I had to replay the part where you said you graduated last year...you’re insanely good at what you do 🤯

[accountannymous]

Everyone saying he posted this at midnight:

Me with the sun still out:

[jbk]

me at 12am: about to head to sleep

hugh: uploads

me: nvm gonna watch that now

[paranoidgenius]

Most old & battered laptops are destined to be scrapped, but given the love, time & patience, the know how, & a stock of new or refurbished parts, you can guarantee experience, & the thrill of resurrecting old & broken equipment, you cannot beat! I love your work & it tells me that you take pride in it, I have copious amounts of respect. I have an old early 90's "GRID" laptop that's falling to pieces with all the plastic casing failing all over it, cracks throughout! It looks to be in terrible condition, but amazingly (apart from having a screen so terrible) it boots into MS DOS, then I Type "win" & it boots into Microsoft Windows 3.1! That was a few years ago & I still have it! I'm planning a full restoration for it, I just have to get everything to hand.

[KnightMirkoYo]

Aww, that's heartwarming to see it. So little time passed, and we've moved on so far.

[BradleyVanTreese]

I really enjoy seeing old tech like this brought back to life. Such a cool feeling of nostalgia for someone my age.

[dumbfoxfurry]

idk if Hugh is gonna see this but I've been watching your content since 2019 and you've inspired and educated me to *try* repairing stuff, I learn a lot from your videos! Keep it up!!

[therealvbw]

Amazing how much of this machine still works, especially (almost) the hard drive. I hope Toshiba never lose their reliability.

[Dredwam]

this model was one of my first laptops and since we almost never throw away anything technical in my household, i might need to search for it on my attic xD
this video brings up so many nostalgic feelings in me, i'd never thought i see this old thing again xD thank you!

[lordmmx]

I had exactly the same machine back in the day. Awesome machine

[nickbarnett]

I love being born in 84 because we got to see consoles in the early stages of tech. Kids these days don’t realise how much has changed. ☺️

[b.elzebub]

Man, Toshiba was on fire with the repairability / upgrade-ability of their devices.. My first laptop was a Toshiba satellite from around 2008/2009. Still miss that old brick. Sadly the screen died on me and I could not really replace that at the time. Loved the keyboard on it and it was actually just as easy to open and mess around with as this one. I still have the keyboard actually.