Dispose, recycle old desktop computer?

[swingdjted]

I like the fishtank idea. that wouldn't be very hard to pull off.

Originally Posted by johanwhite

Your PC has a good configuration.So you can sell it and get a good amount from it.

Perhaps in 1998 it was worth quite a lot, but in 2010... It wouldn't be worth what it costs to ship whole. The CRT monitor has a lot of heavy glass in it. That case is multi-layer stainless steel (strong enough to hold that glass monitor without flexing) with a plastic shell. It's insanely heavy (and therefore expensive to ship). Parts would be reasonable weights for shipping though.

All of our students have school-issue brand new MacBooks, so the school wouldn't really accept this as a gift. I wish someone would have a use for it.

Below is what it looks like taken apart. Everything is in working order and could easily be put back together in about 10 minutes. The processor and CPU cooler is the black box on the left below the mobo - it connected like an expansion card would.

The pci and other expansion slots are on a separate large card under the PSU wires. That large card is plugged into the mobo, and the expansion cards (faxmodem and SoundBlaster sound card) are plugged into it.

One of the 2 fans belongs to the PSU, the other pulls inside air over the CPU cooler and out the back. The metal boxes are either hard drives, 3.5" floppy drive, or CD drive, depending on which you're looking at.

I still don't know what kind of black ports are next to the white PCI slots. They're longer, and an older technology.

[k_rock923]

Originally Posted by swingdjted

I like the fishtank idea. that wouldn't be very hard to pull off.



Perhaps in 1998 it was worth quite a lot, but in 2010... It wouldn't be worth what it costs to ship whole. The CRT monitor has a lot of heavy glass in it. That case is multi-layer stainless steel (strong enough to hold that glass monitor without flexing) with a plastic shell. It's insanely heavy (and therefore expensive to ship). Parts would be reasonable weights for shipping though.

All of our students have school-issue brand new MacBooks, so the school wouldn't really accept this as a gift. I wish someone would have a use for it.

Below is what it looks like taken apart. Everything is in working order and could easily be put back together in about 10 minutes. The processor and CPU cooler is the black box on the left below the mobo - it connected like an expansion card would.

The pci and other expansion slots are on a separate large card under the PSU wires. That large card is plugged into the mobo, and the expansion cards (faxmodem and SoundBlaster sound card) are plugged into it.

One of the 2 fans belongs to the PSU, the other pulls inside air over the CPU cooler and out the back. The metal boxes are either hard drives, 3.5" floppy drive, or CD drive, depending on which you're looking at.

I still don't know what kind of black ports are next to the white PCI slots. They're longer, and an older technology.

I'd say that they were ISA slots if I had to guess based on the description, but I can't really see them in the picture.