Finding and Rebuilding the Old Family Computer - Part 1

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Part 1 in a video series where I find a Gateway system very similar to an old family computer (ca. 2003/4 through 2012) and build it back up to what the old family computer was. Unboxing, going through it, a brief look around to gain some historical insights on it, and wiping the hard disk.
Recording Date: Tuesday, January 9th, 2024
Processing Date: Wednesday, January 10th, 2024
Render Date: Wednesday, January 10th, 2024
Upload Date: Wednesday, January 10th, 2024
Publication Date: Wednesday, January 10th, 2024
Camera(s): Sony HDR-CX220
SD Card: Samsung U3 128GB MicroSDHC
Screen Recorder(s): N/A
Editing Software: Kdenlive
Other Thoughts: You know what I said about the Dell Precision 220's video having what would probably be this year's fastest turnaround time from camera to UA-cam? Well this one takes the cake, with it being published around 27 hours after the camera stopped rolling.
As far as that computer project that I never got around to talking about because I got onto a long digression regarding the extreme unreliability of the replacement system's Gigabyte G41MT-S2PT motherboard, that project was to revive a computer that I was given by my grandpa many moons ago, sometime around early-2015. That video was actually the first video that I ever uploaded on this UA-cam channel, on July 23, 2015. (That video was recorded nearly 9 years ago on February 28th, 2015. I don't believe that any of the original project or master video files for it are still around, as I think they were lost in the Great Seagate Hard Drive Failure of 2016, which is another major event that I will probably get around to talking about in the near-future.)
That system had either a flaky IDE controller or bad cabling when I got it, as well as a bad power supply. I swapped in a good power supply and replaced the IDE cabling, which brought it back to life. It was based around a low-power VIA C3 processor and was probably on par with a moderately fast Pentium II-era system, if not a slow Pentium III. The graphics performance was extremely slow, though. It also had an 80GB Western Digital Caviar hard drive (which I think I've still got around here, installed in my Dell Dimension 2400) and two optical drives. I've no idea if the optical drives have survived to this day. I think one of them did, but I'm not sure about the other one. The power supply tried its best impression of a firestarter in October 2015 and got replaced, and the fan that was cooling the processor heatsink is still running in my mom's computer today, though it's making noises indicating that it needs re-oiling. I think I took apart the floppy drive years ago and it never went back together. The motherboard also failed, and that spelled the end of the setup. I have no idea what happened to the computer case, but I think it got thrown out during one of my big cleanouts years ago.
When that antivirus upgrade went sideways on my mom's computer all those years ago, the only thing that it needed was an OS reinstallation. Unfortunately, that system was horribly misdiagnosed. I don't know whether it was intentional sabotage/misdiagnosis in order to upsell a whole new system build, or whether it was a case of too much inexperience ruining the pot. I'd like to say that it was a misdiagnosis, but the replacement to that system was upsold piece-by-piece over the period of several weeks, so the needle can easily swing either way between intentional, unethical sabotage or way too much inexperience.
As far as the diagnosis from the first shop that diagnosed the old Gateway system, I believe that their diagnosis was correct, but the initial replacement system was not built with a hint of any good practices or ethics whatsoever.
Needless to say, we've long since written off both computer shops and I no longer support those businesses. No, I will not play the name-and-shame game. And if you ask me to name-and-shame, your request will go completely ignored. That's not how I work around here, and is only asking for trouble.
On a good note, the initial replacement system not only became my first main computer setup, but also led to me teaching myself about system troubleshooting, working with Windows (and later Linux), and a whole lot more. I've already used more than 4,300 (4,970 total characters in here) of my allotted 5,000 characters in this description box, and I'm dangerously close to going off on another tangent, so I'd better sign off for now. Stay tuned for Part 2, coming soon!
P.S.: This video ties into my personal computing and UA-cam channel history in a really interesting way, fitting in at the point where my passion for computers truly sparked up, paving the way to where I am now, as well as a nice explainer prequel to many of my computing stories that have led me to where I am now.
P.P.S.: I think the old family computer was actually a Gateway model 510XL system.

[@georgez8859]

Thanks for the Video I have My Gateway 310 up for sale on E-Bay. Looks just like yours Pentium 4 gt610 video card Windows Xp Pro. maybe i will keep it after all

[@agy234]

Is that intro sound the Nt5 workstation login sound backwards?

[@TCGProductions03]

Yes it is. I wouldn't've reversed it, but some random "artist" sampled it in their song, so it caught a copyright claim because of that.