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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):    • Running DOOM On £30 eBay Office Furni...  
SBEMU Test:    • SBEMU Sound Blaster Emulator With "Un...  
Capacitor Plague: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacit...
Noctua 60mm CPU Fan (Affiliate): https://geni.us/N4r8l
Noctua 40mm PSU Fan (Affiliate): https://geni.us/oIft
AMD Pencil Overclock Trick: https://computercommunication.blogsp...
NT Password Reset Tool: https://pogostick.net/~pnh/ntpasswd
Time Lawsuit Story: https://www.theregister.com/2003/12/2...

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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 iDesk vs. Time ICEDESK Lawsuit