Scrap Computing
One man's trash is another man's treasure!
Let's explore, tweak, repair and benchmark some old, e-waste-grade computer hardware and have some fun!
DISCLAIMER: The content of this channel is meant for entertainment only. This is just my hobby and I am not an expert, so please don't consider any of the content as a tutorial.
MCE Blaster rev0.3 update: EGA to VGA adapter on the cheap
Adding a 0.39" MHz Display to the Repaired Case
Baby-AT Case Bezel Repair Experiment
Repairing a K-568 Turbo LED Display Module
Re-materializing a corroded video card with Retro-Deposition! (April Fool's 2025)
SiS540: The fastest IGP for Super Socket 7 ?
486 Sandwich Socket Blaster: Redesigned Interposer for 3V CPUs on 5V motherboards
Repairing a butchered ASUS P5A Part 2.
Can we save this Butchered ASUS P5A Super Socket 7 Motherboard? Part 1.
MCE Blaster MDA,CGA,EGA to VGA Adapter Released! (Part 2)
MCE Blaster: Pi Pico based MDA/CGA/EGA to VGA adapter (Part 1)
Throttle Blaster rev 0.3: Controllable by serial port
Throttle Blaster: An add-on Turbo circuit released! (Part 2)
Throttle Blaster: A hardware Turbo knob for slowing down the CPU speed (Part 1)
Horizontal Barrel Battery Blaster: A CR2032-based barrel battery drop-in replacement
Repairing a tricky L2 cache issue of a SOYO 4SAW2 486 Motherboard
Rescuing an MS-5185 Super-Socket 7 board with on-board ATi Rage PRO and Creative Audio-PCI
Rescuing a Prox-1560 Super Socket 7 SBC with an Aladdin V chipset!
Embarrassing mistakes made restoring this Biostar 486 motherboard
NWx287 RTC Module CR2032 edition
Vertical Barrel Battery Blaster: A CR2032-based drop-in replacement for leaky CMOS batteries
MHz Display Blaster: A 7-segment frequency display clone
Serial Mouse Blaster: The Quest for the Serial Optical Mouse (part 3)
Replacing a CMOS battery with a Super Capacitor?
Serial Mouse Blaster: Quest for the Serial Optical Mouse Part 2
Quest for the Serial Optical Mouse: The search for milliamps (part 1)
ISA Blaster: DirtyRat Project (USB Mouse on a Pico-powered ISA card in DOS) (Part 2)
ISA Blaster: A software-defined ISA card based on a Raspberry Pi Pico (Part 1)
486 Socket Blaster + 133MHz Am5x86 better than Intel Overdrive? (part 3)