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What Do You Do With Old Computer Parts?

Posted by Hemos on from the donate-throw-'em-rebuild-'em dept.

yoyoma writes "I am planning to rebuild our desktop computers. What do other slashdotters do with old computer parts? I would prefer to donate them. These are some old parts that I will end up with: two GA-686LX motherboards with PII 233, greater than 224 MB RAM (the new computers will take DDR), some video cards (Matrox) and possibly two ATX cases with 300 watts powersupplies (looking for quieter, smaller cases). Decent enough, but they will have no hard drives, floppy drives, or CD drives. TecsChange, and this other place accept donation of parts. Has anyone done this? What about the receipts for tax purposes?"

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  1. Hoard 'em..... by Deag · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Put them in a big box and hold on to them.

    Give them a new life in the attic.

    And then someday, maybe sooner than you think, you might be glad of that noisy power supply.

  2. All Donations by BiggestPOS · · Score: 0, Redundant
    Should be sent to me. Immediately.

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  3. Schools by torgosan · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Donate to a local school; they can use the help.

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  4. Quick tax rebate by elefantstn · · Score: 2, Redundant
    What about the receipts for tax purposes?


    Quick tax rebate, Microsoft style: Take your old Windows 95 discs, back them up onto CD-Rs, and donate them. Claim $199 each.

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  5. Schools by El_Nofx · · Score: 0, Redundant

    My company donates all it's old computers to schools and they use them. a 233 is sufficient to do word processing and browsing the net. It is also a tax deduction. You can also sell the parts to refurb companies or recylce them..
    http://www.backthruthefuture.com/
    http://www.techrecycle.com/faq.html

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  6. Let's talk about "OLD" by Kozz · · Score: 3, Redundant
    Really. What about those of us who shamefully have a 386 or 486 sitting on a shelf in the back room? How do we dispose of these? Chances are that a school can't use them, nor can anyone else. And if I'm not mistaken, the lead in the circuit boards would leach out if in a landfill, so it's not environmentally friendly to just toss them. But I'd really rather not pay someone to recycle my old hardware or CRTs. I know that the lead in CRTs can be recycled as well.

    Anyhow, does anyone know of a way to get rid of / recycle the really old hardware without paying someone to take it?

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