Odd/End Questions

These are a lot, feel free to skip over some. I just figured it would be easier to place them all in one post.


-What are you guys doing with your batteries from motherboards?

-What software are you using to test sector –errors for hard drives before resell?

-How do you inventory your hard drives/power supplies/memory before reselling (by brand or by size/output?)?

-How are you selling your digital cameras and PDAs? Breakdown or whole?

-What do you do with your special boards that you know retain higher value? Send pics to buyers?

-Are there any parts inside printers, aside from ink, that you check for resell before scrapping? Fuse elements? Etc.

-Is there a market for BIOS chips off of motherboards?

-In terms of reselling processors, do you typically resell duel core and up or do you ever check older processors for resell?

-How do you store your Memory, CPUs, Motherboards, etc for eventual resell?

Some decent questions Jer, numbers on them would help some
1. hoarding, lol
2. I've never done but one at a time,(although I've done hundreds, if not more) using windows disk checker in tools, requires some time, if it's set as a secondary drive no need to reboot, otherwise you must
3. I stick them on a shelf
4.n/a
5. stick em on a shelf
6.not even on bigger ones, I tried once on some very large ones, in a copytech forum, the guys who fix them want new parts
7. I sold some on Ebay once, I think it was 4, for about $5, feedback said simply, "how convenient"
8.n/a
9. I toss em in a stack (used to wrap em in plain kitchen paper towels)

-What are you guys doing with your batteries from motherboards?
Hording as well lol

-How are you selling your digital cameras and PDAs? Breakdown or whole?
Ebay if they work or else sledge hammer

-What do you do with your special boards that you know retain higher value? Send pics to buyers?
hoarding until i save up a lot of them

-How do you store your Memory, CPUs, Motherboards, etc for eventual resell?
card board boxes

Motherboard batteries-coffee cans, have about 5 filled working on #6
Printers-pull ink and boards, rest go for shred
Memory,CPUs,mobos-cardboard box,cardboard box,milk crates/ storage bins
I have a good ewaste buyer locally so most goes to him or I ship to one of the buyers here. Not set up to test anything and I like turning it over for cash quickly.
Have sold a few things on cl such as 8mm movie projectors in the past and just sold a dell 20in LCD monitor for $60 today to a computer repair shop.

cardboard boxes work too, and, although I don't recommend flaunting these to buyers, or even family for that matter, liqour boxes with their different sized inserts work especially well for accommodating various finger/add-in cards (PCI, ISA etc) They fit handily into the pockets, and the metal tab holds them up, and from the connectors you can easily distinguish what type it is.

I used to pick up boxes outside a local licquor/beer store to pack stuff in, they were free, easy, and convenient, they'd just set their empties out front on the sidewalk, take all you want. My sis and I were looking for something one day in my storage and she asks, what's with all the beer boxes?? (i at least generally took the liberty of picking the finer imported beers, crown royal boxes etc ; )

drop the coin/motherboard batteries off at best buy. when you walk in front entrance they have a container for batteries.

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Originally Posted by mattcotner

drop the coin/motherboard batteries off at best buy. when you walk in front entrance they have a container for batteries.

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You can sell them to an ewaste buyer....that's why we are hoarding them.

At my dayjob, they burn through cans of coffee like nobody's business. I've got them pretty well trained to save me all of the cans. I get about 3 or 4 a week, at least.

I use the cans in my shop to sort out little things... like screws, washers, staples/clips, etc. I throw mobo batteries (anything but LI-Ion or lead acid batteries, actually) in with this stuff. When a can gets full, I pitch it into a microwave carcass and call it shred. I don't get enough of those little batteries to make it worth giving up shop-space to store them separately.

Hey Wolf, those motherboard batteries are li-ion.

Looks like the cpu question got skipped. Well i can say on the dual and quad core cpus i get in scrap lots i do a thorough inspection on them, i look for damage / missing capacitors / chipped capacitors / heavy scratches on the connection surface, bent pins if it has pins. If it passes the inspection i wipe all of the thermal paste off with a paper towel then i clean the surfaces with rubbing alcohol and a soft cloth. Then i sort them out per model/part number and sell them on ebay. Over time i have developed relationships with several cpu buyers. Now all i have to do is make a list of what i have and email it to the buyers, see who offers the most and into the mail they go. I can tell you that my best find was 3 quad cores and about 50 dual cores in a mixed 50 pound cpu scrap lot. Due to my thorough inspection and cleaning process i have never had a cpu returned.

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Printers-pull ink and boards, rest go for shred

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Hey Brass, don't forget the mylars up in the cartridge area, their worth something in volume.

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Originally Posted by happyscraper

Hey Wolf, those motherboard batteries are li-ion.

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You know, you're right. I knew that, but I don't know why it never occurred to me when I've been prepping a mobo. Oh, well... I've probably only thrown a dozen in with shred. Not a huge loss, fortunately. I haven't gotten a ton of computers since I've started doing this.


I guess that's one more coffee can to find a place for...

Actually motherboard batteries are lithium batteries. The difference between that and lithium ion is that they are not recharageable. I dont think they sell at the same rate as lithium ion. I know for a fact lithium ion batteries have copper in them. I dont think the lithium button cells do.

The batteries from motherboads can explode and catch fire. Just an FYI for you guys holding them all touching in a coffee can.

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Originally Posted by drozenski

The batteries from motherboads can explode and catch fire. Just an FYI for you guys holding them all touching in a coffee can.

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i wonder if you put water in the can would it bother anything

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Originally Posted by Bear

i wonder if you put water in the can would it bother anything

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Not sure but water is a very good conductor.

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Originally Posted by Mechanic688

Not sure but water is a very good conductor.

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make coffee!

Looks like ill be pouring water in coffee cans full of mobo batts in the morn.

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Originally Posted by CarolinaEwaste

Looks like ill be pouring water in coffee cans full of mobo batts in the morn.

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I would think that it would promote leaking somehow, I wouldn't do it, Our local computer recycler the next city over sells the good ones cheap on C.L.
I think $1.00 ea.

the fact that they could ignite worried me, and i wouldn't recommend the water treatment either, although i did take my lil bucket of em out the shelf, and left it sitting in the middle of the shop floor for tonight. At least, maybe there, if worse were to be, I'd only find a scorched place there.

I've read in other threads for the larger ones to tape the connecting ends before shipping

from Lenovo website: See (1)

CAUTION: There is a danger of an explosion if the backup battery is incorrectly replaced. The lithium battery (IBM P/N 02K6572 UL-recognized component [file no. MH12210]) contains lithium and can explode if it is not properly handled or disposed of. Replace only with a battery of the same type. To avoid possible injury or death, do not: (1) throw or immerse the battery into water, (2) allow it to heat to more than 100°C (212°F), or (3) attempt to repair or disassemble it.

Make sure you pull the green-boards from the printers especially lasers. I mix em with my MoBo.

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Originally Posted by Bear

the fact that they could ignite worried me, and i wouldn't recommend the water treatment either, although i did take my lil bucket of em out the shelf, and left it sitting in the middle of the shop floor for tonight. At least, maybe there, if worse were to be, I'd only find a scorched place there.

I've read in other threads for the larger ones to tape the connecting ends before shipping

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Guess I wasn't the only one with a can full of batts sitting in the middle of the floor last night. And the water thing was just a joke. The thing im wondering is if and when they did explode would a heavy piece of metal on the top be blown off, or would it be good enough to suffocate a possible fire. Honestly never really crossed my mind before.