Thanks, 41.
Yes, I have a power supply tester and sell the working ones to local repair shops. I also have a hard drive tester (now) and test all hard drives as well as wipe them DOD 3 pass.
I have had zero luck selling regular DVD's and CDs. however, I sell all DVDR/RWs to a local shop or two.
Most CPUs I see are P3 and earlier so I just scrap them out.
The P4s and newer all get tested (if all parts are intact save the hard drive.) If they boot up, I'm just now starting to figure out what to do with them. If they don't boot, then I just scrap the whole thing (after testing the power supply of course and saving the DVDRW, etc.)
I also have a local buyer and a buyer on this forum that buys larger ram sticks for more than scrap.
One major issue is that XP expires in April. Most of the machines I get are setup to run XP and that is the COA that I have for the machine. I don't have mass licensing for any operating system. I'm told by a couple of my suppliers that P4 machines that run XP are going to be a dime a dozen (figuratively speaking) in about 4 or 5 months. Not sure if it is worth it to try and sell them whole right now...
I'll look into the DVDRW and blue ray testers.
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