Be very cautious when recycling parts from a machine that cato'ed that 
badly, especially if the failure was caused by a power surge (read as 
lightning) as a previous poster mentioned. High voltage surges through 
circuitry may not cause an outright failure, but certainly can shorten the 
life of delicate chips. Hard disk and CD-ROM controller boards are less 
susceptible to that damage then RAM, but the potential still exists. Test 
any salvaged parts in a spare machine (read as thrash them with intensive 
tasks) before trusting them to your production machine, if at all possible. 
Such testing will weed out bad parts without endangering the health of your 
best computer. Also, as another previous poster replied, be sure to look up 
what specs the old parts must meet to fit into a new machine. Good luck on 
your parts recycling. :)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "ceares" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 8:21 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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