[GRLUG] Hardware question

[Steve Romanow]

On 2/23/2011 10:56 AM, Michael Mol wrote:
> CompRenew can take it. They'll take them apart, test them and sell the
> parts that still work.
>
> On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 10:52 AM, Benjamin Flanders<flanderb at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> What happens to that Dead Pile?  I happen to have quite a few old
>> laptops and desktops that I need to get rid of.  I'd like to do it
>> responsibly, yet with as little expense as possible.  Most of my pile
>> isn't dead, but just so darn old ...
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Share and Enjoy
>> Ben
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 5:55 AM, Adam Tauno Williams
>> <awilliam at whitemice.org>  wrote:
>>> On Tue, 2011-02-22 at 19:24 -0500, Bob Kline wrote:
>>>> I find that far fetched. It's just a collection
>>>> of fairly standard parts. But for assembly,
>>>> I'm not even sure there's anything in the
>>>> system that HP makes.  It probably does
>>>> get good quantity discounts on components.
>>> Having a large number of PCs at my employer - we do see a lot of units
>>> fail at about a year.  The electrolytic capacitors on the motherboards
>>> or GPUs pop like a bunch of zits.  Dell will replace the motherboard
>>> under warranty and that board will last until the warranty expires.
>>> Then the same thing will happen and the machine will get added to the
>>> dead-dell pile in the corner of the lab.
>>>
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+1 comprenew.  For a minimal fee they will also inventory it if you need 
documentation for your company.

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