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What to do with...

Postby MatteeG » Sun Nov 11, 2012 4:36 pm

... an old PC tower. Still has motherboard, CDROM etc etc in it. Has sat in the back room for 2 years and its time to go!

Any suggestions?
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Re: What to do with...

Postby Psyber » Sun Nov 11, 2012 6:19 pm

Good question.
In Melbourne there used to be a charity group who would collect old computers and repair them to give to poor families.
Back here I haven't been able to find one, despite ringing around.

Recently, I had a computer, and some peripherals that were outdated to get rid of and asked my local council.
They suggested I could drive about 8km, and pay money to drop it off at their waste depot.
The council doesn't do hard rubbish collections either, but that I could drop off at the depot free if I had a trailer to cart it in.

Solution:
I put the IT items in plastic bags and left them on the back doorstep of the nearby council office one weekend.
Hopefully they will get the implicit message.

A larger item of hard rubbish - an old oven - I had to pay someone to assist me in carting to the depot in their trailer.
The dumping of that was free, but the assistance cost me $60.
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Re: What to do with...

Postby gadj1976 » Sun Nov 11, 2012 6:45 pm

colleague of mine collects them and then re images them for charity organisations. If you want, I can get his details.
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Re: What to do with...

Postby Psyber » Sun Nov 11, 2012 7:26 pm

gadj1976 wrote:colleague of mine collects them and then re images them for charity organisations. If you want, I can get his details.
I've only got one old computer left now, which I think has a mobo fault - I suspect the graphics card slot is faulty.
I was going to look at repairing it to use as a separate Linux box some time, but I'd be happy to donate it to anyone who repairs them for charity.
If your mate does that you could PM his details to me or post them here.

Otherwise, I've recently heard there may be a group based in a town about 5 Km from here.
(If so its a pity the local council either didn't know about them, or couldn't be bothered to put me on to them.)
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Re: What to do with...

Postby Dog_ger » Sun Nov 11, 2012 7:34 pm

Leave it out on the footpath.

No-one will take it.

Do yo have a wheelie Bin..? :D

Or a works skip. :D

Wedgie may take it.... ;)

Some on this site keep repairing their analogue rotary dial phones.

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Re: What to do with...

Postby gadj1976 » Sun Nov 11, 2012 7:40 pm

Dog_ger wrote:Leave it out on the footpath.

No-one will take it.

Do yo have a wheelie Bin..? :D

Or a works skip. :D

Wedgie may take it.... ;)

I know you mean well :D


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have you read any of the posts above?
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Re: What to do with...

Postby Dog_ger » Sun Nov 11, 2012 7:45 pm

gadj1976 wrote:
Dog_ger wrote:Leave it out on the footpath.

No-one will take it.

Do yo have a wheelie Bin..? :D

Or a works skip. :D

Wedgie may take it.... ;)

I know you mean well :D


?

have you read any of the posts above?


Yes...

You mean antique....

Like Gramophone....
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Re: What to do with...

Postby MatteeG » Mon Nov 12, 2012 9:28 pm

gadj1976 wrote:colleague of mine collects them and then re images them for charity organisations. If you want, I can get his details.


I may do this gadj. Will get back to you with a PM if we do.
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Postby overloaded » Mon Nov 12, 2012 9:44 pm

Delete the porn off it first
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Re: What to do with...

Postby HH3 » Tue Nov 13, 2012 8:58 am

overloaded wrote:Delete the porn off it first


Yeah if you have anything you wouldnt want anyone to see, do it properly. I used to work at Cashies and some of the stuff I saw on computers and mobiles was amazing. From the regular nude selfies, to drug crops, large sums of money and pictures of weapons.

Man I loved that job.... :lol:
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Re: What to do with...

Postby Strawb » Wed Nov 14, 2012 10:41 pm

HH3 wrote:
overloaded wrote:Delete the porn off it first


Yeah if you have anything you wouldnt want anyone to see, do it properly. I used to work at Cashies and some of the stuff I saw on computers and mobiles was amazing. From the regular nude selfies, to drug crops, large sums of money and pictures of weapons.

Man I loved that job.... :lol:

X2 man it was the best. At one of the stores I worked the guys brought in their portable hard drives when they were cleaning the Hard Drives to sell the comps. Plenty of interesting Movies on them.
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