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a couple thoughts. do you have enough items on a consistent basis to off set the cost of equipment and your labor. do you have a sustainable market for the items. are you going to be able to exchange or refund for any defective items. ( by online i would guess you mean ebay?) if you sell on ebay, or any venue that accepts credit cards, you automatically grant a warranty to the buyer.
are you going to be selling motherboards and add on cards? cpu's? those are risky. especially on line.
having said that. all you need to test power supply's is a decent meter. motherboards require a known good power supply, correct cpu, ( you will need to keep several different ones to test various boards) correct memory and monitor. cpu's require the same plus correct motherboard. memory simply requires the correct working mb. you can get a longer ide cable for testing hard drives and optical drives. you can test more than one at a time. just pick up a different cable or add a controller card.
as you can see you will need to keep a variety of known good working parts on hand to test with. there are some diagnostic cards you can use, but they rely on a working cpu.
the test bench you are looking at is nothing more than a couple shelves with a fan and some adapters. you have to supply everything else.
you can use wood shelves & a small rubber mat and accomplish the same. we used to have a 3' x 4' kitchen table set up to test on. you can walk all around it to get access to where you need. we screwed a couple blocks to the legs to adjust the height to where we found it comfortable to work on. we had a couple book shelves we kept the parts on. start keeping those sata, ide, usb cables. you will need them. along with a few adapters.
i went around to the local dealers and started trading my working parts for their scrap. found it to be easier and far more profitable. just takes a bit of time to find the right dealers.
Originally Posted by rbrooks715
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