Ceares, any part of your old computer that is not proprietary nor damaged 
should be reusable.  The hard, cd, and dvd-rom drives should all be usable 
if they were not damaged, and the only way to know if they were damaged 
would be to try them out.  Be sure to set the master/slave jumpers 
appropriately, if necessary.  Memory tends to be mercurial, in that there 
are many different kinds of memory, so that it is likely that the older 
memory could not be used in your new computer.  However, one cannot rule out 
that possibility.  You just have to see in the documentation what your new 
computer requires, and ascertain whether your old memory meets those 
specifications.  If it obviously doesn't fit in the slot, then you can't use 
it. :)  (Don't try using it without making sure that it is compatible!!)

Dean Kukral

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "ceares" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 10:21 AM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Salvage


I have an e-machine that the power source and motherboard blew out on. I 
wound up getting another computer but I'm wondering would it be okay to 
salvage parts from the e-machine for my other computers, or would the blow 
out have effected them too?

Specifically, I like to use the harddrive, memory, and cd and dvd rom drives

 

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