Destroyed 386 PC Gets Epic Restoration – From Junk to Windows 3.11!

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This vintage 1991 AMD Am386 DX-40 PC arrived completely battered and yellowed—its front panel shattered due to careless handling.

In this restoration adventure, I go all-in:

✅ Full teardown to fix a severely broken front case—gluing, filling, sanding, and painting.
✅ Aggressive Retrobrighting to reverse extreme yellowing and age.
✅ Deep clean-up: motherboard, PSU, and both floppy disk drives.
✅ Floppy drive overhaul: Carefully cleaning and lubricating heads for smooth operation.
✅ Fixing a noisy PSU fan with lubrication.
✅ Battery disaster prevention: desoldering a leaking-prone battery and soldering a fresh replacement.

After restoring this old beast, I fire it up on a CRT monitor and launch Windows 3.11, just for fun—enjoying some nostalgic doodling in Windows Paint!

💾 PC Specs:

CPU: AMD Am386 DX-40
Motherboard: M321 rev. 2.3
RAM: 3712 KB
VGA: REALTEK 512 KB
HDD: Seagate 130.7 MB
OS: DOS / Windows 3.11

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