[GRLUG] Hardware question

[Joel Freiberg]

They even have times where they'll come and get it from you.  If you
get on their mailing list they'll announce those dates.  I've taken a
ton of stuff to them to recycle... literally.

On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 11:22 AM, Steve Romanow <slestak989 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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