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disposing of desktop pc

  • 03-07-2010 7:11pm
    #1
    stedeb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 264 ✭✭


    Hi All
    not sure if this is correct thread sorry if its not.
    my desktop pc has being having trouble turning on and off by itself

    so unplugged and havent used in a while
    tried it today and it turned on but displayed nothing monotor works on laptop
    so it works out that its hard drive thats busted
    so ive decided to get rid of it
    can you tell me what parts to take out before disposing off
    i have harddrive removed
    do i need to take out memory also ?

    thanks
    ste
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  • #2
    CreepingDeath
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,015 ✭✭✭CreepingDeath


    The best way of telling if it's just the hard drive that's gone is to boot it with a live cd eg. linux. See if that seems to work.

    If it does, then maybe reformat the hard disk if you can.

    If you've decided to strip it for parts, the usual things are memory, hard drives, CD/DVD drives, any cards eg. graphics or sound cards.

    If the power supply is decent, say 500 watts or more, maybe that too.
    Depends how much clutter you want afterwards.


  • #3
    stedeb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 264 ✭✭stedeb


    hi creeping death
    thanks for info but im getting rid of it so i just want to take out the parts that stores any data i had on it private details

    and either put it on adverts or to recycle centre
    i dont want to have parts left lying around
    thanks
    stephen


  • #4
    James G
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 143 ✭✭James G


    stedeb wrote: »
    hi creeping death
    thanks for info but im getting rid of it so i just want to take out the parts that stores any data i had on it private details

    and either put it on adverts or to recycle centre
    i dont want to have parts left lying around
    thanks
    stephen
    All you need to take out is the hard drive. If you choose to recycle it, you might want to take the optical drives. Anything else probably won't be worth it if it's an old desktop.


  • #5
    stedeb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 264 ✭✭stedeb


    thanks james
    pc is about 5 year old so i have harddrive out

    thanks for the info


  • #6
    oisin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 239 ✭✭oisin


    If you're from Dublin there's a place in Thomas Street that recycles PC's for use in the Third World.

    http://camara.ie/web/


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  • #7
    CreepingDeath
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,015 ✭✭✭CreepingDeath


    oisin wrote: »
    If you're from Dublin there's a place in Thomas Street that recycles PC's for use in the Third World.

    http://camara.ie/web/

    Although there's now a €20 drop off charge, while the likes of the council recycling centres eg. Ballymount will take them for free.


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