What should I do with a bunch of dead PSUs?

[Shawn]

I already took the fans out. Can I do anything else with them or should I just toss what's left?

edit: Yeah, I was bored.

 

[Kalvin00]

Drive around and throw them at people.

 

[Cawchy87]

Depending on what type of heatsinks are in them, probibly just scrap them.

 

[RaDragon]

Blow up the capacitors 😀

 

[EyeMWing]

Cut off the wiring harnass, could be useful in modding (or you could make a wig out of them)

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: RaDragon
Blow up the capacitors 😀

How? 😀

 

[Evadman]

Originally posted by: EyeMWing
Cut off the wiring harnass, could be useful in modding (or you could make a wig out of them)

I always chop off the wire harnesses. i have like 30 and have never used one, but I am sure I will need one as soon as I toss one 😛

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: Evadman

Originally posted by: EyeMWing
Cut off the wiring harnass, could be useful in modding (or you could make a wig out of them)

I always chop off the wire harnesses. i have like 30 and have never used one, but I am sure I will need one as soon as I toss one 😛

I use them fairly often - ad hoc Y-splitters and such.

 

[TallBill]

Either shoot them or throw them away.

 

[James3shin]

Originally posted by: Kalvin00
Drive around and throw them at people.

hahhah....i once...nevermind.

 

[kyparrish]

ship them to Nigerian scammers, at their expense

 

[FoBoT]

throw them into the ocean

 

[Philippine Mango]

There are computer recycling plants, I've been keeping all my parts so that if I DO go there I can just recycle em.

 

[spanky]

psu have a lot of caps. i had a mobo that had bad caps and i found what i needed from an old psu. i dunno if u wanna go thru the trouble of removing the caps. they are worth almost nothing, but when u need them... boy do old psu's come in handy 😛

 

[lavagirl669]

Originally posted by: Kalvin00
Drive around and throw them at people.

LOL :thumbsup:

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: spanky
psu have a lot of caps. i had a mobo that had bad caps and i found what i needed from an old psu. i dunno if u wanna go thru the trouble of removing the caps. they are worth almost nothing, but when u need them... boy do old psu's come in handy 😛

Hmm..... good point. My dad's mobo has a few blown caps. It still works though so I've just left it alone.

 

[spanky]

Originally posted by: Supercharged

Originally posted by: spanky
psu have a lot of caps. i had a mobo that had bad caps and i found what i needed from an old psu. i dunno if u wanna go thru the trouble of removing the caps. they are worth almost nothing, but when u need them... boy do old psu's come in handy 😛

Hmm..... good point. My dad's mobo has a few blown caps. It still works though so I've just left it alone.

if i were u, i would find out which caps those are and look for potential replacements. once they go... it's gonna be a b!tch to get caps (finding it online, then waiting for them to arrive... just a pain in the arse).

 

[RaynorWolfcastle]

...
Profit!

 

[spanky]

OR......

1.) buy this
2.) fix it
3.) ebay

 

[amdskip]

If any of them are Antecs, send me a pm.

 

[Shawn]

Hmm.... I can't get these caps off with my 30w soldering iron can I?

 

[Evadman]

Originally posted by: Supercharged
Hmm.... I can't get these caps off with my 30w soldering iron can I?

Sure you can, it just takes slightly longer. I prefer my 60 watt'er

 

[TitanDiddly]

Make sandwiches.

 

[Shawn]

Yeah, I was bored.

 

[TitanDiddly]

I see matrix DVD.