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    MY First Ewaste "Mother Load"

    Well all of my hours browsing the craigslist computer section and sending cold call emails and texts has finally paid off. I sent a text to a guy that had a add on craigslist for repairing laptops. After several texts back ne forth we finally met up today. I ended up with 32 motherboards, 30 laptops, a handfull of cpus, some finger cards, and a few harddrives. All in all i think this turned out pretty well for me. Now its time for me to learn how to break down a laptop. gonna try to put a couple of pics on here. oh and i want to thank everyone on this forum that has helped me and answered my questions.







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    good job was it free?

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    nice start!

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    Nice! Way to go!

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    Congratulations Mike. Job well done.

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    Not too many of us break down the laptops, we usually just sell them intact to one of the buyers. Somewhere around $.70 to $1.00 a lb.
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    Congrats on the ewaste. You are welcome for all the advise. lol, As I said in another thread I learned everything about ewaste here on this forum. On the lap top trear down, its fairly easy to figure out and do. I break mine down as well since shipping them whole would be a waste, Mike.
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    Thanks guys. I never would have done this if it wasnt for the knowledge shared on this site. No mikeinreco it wasnt free. M688 I talked to a local guy and he quoted me a price a little lower not sure what im gonna do yet. Several of the laptops are just shells with mother boards so i will prob finish breaking them down. When you sell them whole do you leave the batteries in them? Oh one more Questions. What do i do with the cpu's that are inbedded in the board rather then being in a socket?

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    The batteries go separate.

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