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Do you put them in special bags, or send them somewhere specific... or is it a case of chuck in the bin?
How would you get rid of old PC Components (assuming you are throwing them out rather than storing them in attic).
Do you put them in special bags, or send them somewhere specific... or is it a case of chuck in the bin?
your council should have a re-cycling site that will take appliances and computers etc.
Not really sure but you should try selling what you have and if it's an older system donate parts like CPU to collectors http://forums.hexus.net/wanted/13934...rking-etc.html
If everything still works, but is just by its best, you should donate it to someone. If it all works then I'm sure someone would take it off your hands just to mess around with it.
You can Freecycle it, or PC world offer a free recycling service, even if the goods were not theirs.
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/editorial/weee
"A: PC World are offering free in store take back so you are able to take your items to our stores. You need not have purchased the equipment in one of our stores."
Last edited by Phage; 12-10-2009 at 11:45 AM.
Society's to blame,
Or possibly Atari.
ebay is a good place to sell any old crap, you always find buyers for anything.
but like above you could always donate to people whom like doing 'projects' on em
Please don't put in the bin - PCs contain a lot of harmful chemicals that need to be treated properly. Your local recycling centre will have a section for electronics, and stores selling electronics also have to take in parts.
Your local council tip will have a special section for this sort of gear, otherwise freecycle it, charity shop, cash converters? But take the hdd out and physically destroy it beforehand. It's the only way to be sure all data has been erased, and it's fun!
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Originally Posted by Blitzen
Silly.
But take the hdd out and physically destroy it beforehand. It's the only way to be sure all data has been erased, and it's fun!
With no hard disk, it's junk so you can forget about taking it to a charity shop, cash converters or even donating it..Your local council tip will have a special section for this sort of gear, otherwise freecycle it, charity shop, cash converters? But take the hdd out and physically destroy it beforehand. It's the only way to be sure all data has been erased, and it's fun!
There is (free or commercial) software that will overwrite disks with zeros or random data, if you're paranoid you could run multiple passes over the disk to make sure. Unless you've had things on there that are likely to attract the attentions of the CIA, overwriting once with zeros should suffice.....
I've taken it all apart now. It was an old system. kt266 days and pc2100 ddr
Will see if my local tip can help. Cheers guys.
Re: Throwing Out Old System
I've always wandered why there were so many old computers in my loft... now I know why!
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