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Just the fan; the HDD's still there. They said they had no
confidential data on the machine & I was all whatevs. All it
needs is one of those a-little-larger-than-atx-screw-on fans that
goes in the Dell(TM) PowerFunnel(R) & maybe a rubber bushing
since I broke one on parts removal, but scotch tape would suffice
just as well.<br>
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There's a possibility the mobo is the reason the fan isn't spinning
but I find this unlikely.<br>
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Also, the laptops have useful optical drives, SO-DIMMS, screens, but
okay, I'll gut before donation next time a client brings me a
totalled machine for donation. The reflow laptop would be great
surface-mount soldering practice for NB anyways! We have the heat
gun, we just need one of those surface solder kits & some sets
of balls! The towel trick might even work but good luck getting it
to work more than 1 reboot.
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/23/2013 10:55 AM, John Ellis
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<div dir="ltr">Hi Al,
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<div style="">I think your a little off-base here although I do
think e-waste at Noisebridge can be a problem. Dropping
unusable stuff like busted CRT monitors to make them NBs
recycling burden would be pushing it.</div>
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<div style="">The Dell desktop could probably be repaired with
parts laying around. HDD and replacement fan, good to go.
Headless PCs can still be useful. </div>
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<div style="">The laptops, depending on age, may be useful for a
staving hacker to use for parts to repair their existing
laptop. This actually can reduce overall ewaste. Isn't there a
group at NB that does electronic strip-down and re-use of
electronics? Ideally, re-use not recycle is better for the
ewaste situation and environment in general.</div>
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<div style="">Another idea which may be semi-practical is
creating LCD drivers/controllers so old LCDs can be reused as
working displays. I've seen various suppliers make LCD testers
which do a vaguely similar function. Power up an LCD and
confirm it displays properly, away from the host laptop setup.</div>
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<div style="">Also, wasn't Jim involved in actually removing
ewaste to recycling. </div>
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<div style="">Regards,</div>
<div style="">John</div>
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<div style="">PS. Jean-Luc, if the Dell Desktop is still
available and unwanted at NB, I'll take it off your hands to
use as a dev/test box.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">We appreciate your intent, but if the
computers don't turn on, then they'll just sit around for
months until we throw them away (and e-waste disposal is
not free). Please don't donate broken stuff.</div>
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PM, Jean-Luc Picard <span dir="ltr"><<a
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usual, I'm attempting to pay an equivalent of an
associate membership fee w/ donations from home or
work. This is actually the first time I've
announced that I do this at all on the lists but
here I am doing it anyway.<br>
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Dell desktop -- runs XP, needs new CPU fan but
should boot right up otherwise. Do the
Administrator trick or run ophcrack to get in.<br>
Dell laptop -- annoying as hell to get to the
internals. Needs new HDD, chips reflowed.<br>
Compaq laptop -- Won't turn on. I tried popping
both batteries & draining the caps.
Afterwards I tore out the HDD for a secure
destruction of the data as instructed by my
client.<br>
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All this should come out to about $20 in
salvageable parts (DIMMS, fans, HDD's, etc).
Expect to hear from me in another month, when I'll
probably have more stuff to donate.<br>
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FYI: my past donations have been more functional;
mostly SO-DIMMS, broken ipods w/ guttable HDD's,
etc. You know, things that don't last a week in
Noisebridge.<br>
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