cyberdan
Well-known member
Most of you all probably already know this but I just found out.
I go to yardsales and always ask for junk electronics to "save from the dump" Some guy gave me a box of Direct TV satelite boxes. I knew they were junk but maybe they still had the card in them (it has gold on the back like a big sim phone card) When I got home I checked all three boxes, the cards wre gone. But the fourth box was a TIVO satellite box so I opened it up. Gold on the circuit board and it had a HARDDRIVE. Makes sense TIVO does record programs. I am saving all the harddrives I can right now. I saw on another post that the platters go for about $1 each on feeBay.
The same guy also gave me 2 laptops one completly taken apart and another for me to do, also got about 10 modems & video cards. He was happy he just wanted to get rid of every computer part he had.
I go to yardsales and always ask for junk electronics to "save from the dump" Some guy gave me a box of Direct TV satelite boxes. I knew they were junk but maybe they still had the card in them (it has gold on the back like a big sim phone card) When I got home I checked all three boxes, the cards wre gone. But the fourth box was a TIVO satellite box so I opened it up. Gold on the circuit board and it had a HARDDRIVE. Makes sense TIVO does record programs. I am saving all the harddrives I can right now. I saw on another post that the platters go for about $1 each on feeBay.
The same guy also gave me 2 laptops one completly taken apart and another for me to do, also got about 10 modems & video cards. He was happy he just wanted to get rid of every computer part he had.
