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I bought this weird desk PC from a community centre that was about to be demolished. So lets fix some bad capacitors, change the optical drive, put some nice quiet fans in it, and finally crack the Windows 2000 login passwords to see how it was originally set up!

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Relevant Links: Part 1 (Doom On A Desk): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wS6Ku-GZMIw SBEMU Test: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GN8jHKBeDHY Capacitor Plague: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague Noctua 60mm CPU Fan (Affiliate): https://geni.us/N4r8l Noctua 40mm PSU Fan (Affiliate): https://geni.us/oIft AMD Pencil Overclock Trick: https://computer-communication.blogspot.com/2007/06/unlocking-duron-and-athlon-using-pencil_08.html?m=1 NT Password Reset Tool: https://pogostick.net/~pnh/ntpasswd Time Lawsuit Story: https://www.theregister.com/2003/12/24/court_slaps_time_group

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Chapters: 00:00 Intro 02:42 The Capacitor Plague Strikes Again! 04:22 Super Quiet Noctua Fan Mod 06:52 Upgrading To A DVD Writer 08:52 First Boot & Windows 2000 Password Reset 12:18 Exploring The Original OS & Files 20:33 The i-Desk vs. Time ICEDESK Lawsuit