should I try to sell my damaged motherboard for parts?

newbiesforever · 07-25-2013, 02:14 PM

I have a replacement on the way for my motherboard, which is failing in several places (multiple SATA ports and RAM slots dead). After installing the new board, should I bother trying to sell the old one for parts or just throw it in my pile of electronic junk to be recycled? I thought it would be simply junk to dispose of, but I've seen more used motherboards for sale "for parts or repair" than I expected.

Habitual · 07-25-2013, 03:42 PM

Trash.

jamison20000e · 07-25-2013, 10:21 PM

Hack it...

H_TeXMeX_H · 07-26-2013, 03:43 AM

If it were just a few capacitors the board could be refurbished. In your case it may need to be trashed.

frankbell · 07-26-2013, 08:15 PM

Nobody (at least nobody in the commercial space) does board-level repair any more.

Find out who in your area is offering an environmentally-safe electronics disposal program and take advantage of them.

jamison20000e · 07-26-2013, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by frankbell

...Find out who in your area is offering an environmentally-safe electronics disposal program and take advantage of them.

better than trash... i buy old PCs for ten to fifteen bucks at thrift stores all the time if (got some from the trash and one from the side of the freeway) they don't work i learn using the parts for fun from my last posts link+rather mess with "trash"+, so donate it: fun, (true tweaking electronics++)\hack, fun.

jamison20000e · 07-26-2013, 09:30 PM

done edit hacking lol medias twisted the word and i still haven't found a good link for "hack" oh was it in: http://manybooks.net/titles/williams...04freed10.html don't think so (definitely a history book like the term "bug" coming from an actual moth in the room sized computer) any how it started in electronics then got used as (today) cracker!

it was in Free as in Freedom plus The New Hacker's Dictionary