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Troubleshooting An IBM PC 5150 - Down The Rabbit Hole We Go!

Retro Hack Shack 1h 6m Published Mar 2025

About this video

About a week of fault finding goes into an IBM PC 5150 motherboard pulled from e-waste, and the maker admits to almost giving up along the way.

Good to know: Board-level work likely means soldering: burns and fumes, and old solder contains lead. Part 1 of a series; part 2 is out.

Why watch it

Opens a series on early IBM PCs found at e-waste, with part two already linked and three more planned, so this is where the run of repairs begins.

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