Old Computers: Destroy Hard Drive, Anything Else?

[Garv]

I have a couple old computers to recycle.

I will remove and destroy the hard drives.

Just wearing my , do I need to destroy any other boards?

Thanks.

[sonofeugene]

No.

[TacFan]

Steps to follow:

1) Submerge in water for 52 minutes
2) Apply Heavy magnets to all components
3) Destroy all components with hammer
4) Burn with fire
5) Acid Bath
6) Repeat until not a trace left

[Garv]

Steps to follow:

1) Submerge in water for 52 minutes
2) Apply Heavy magnets to all components
3) Destroy all components with hammer
4) Burn with fire
5) Acid Bath
6) Repeat until not a trace left

^^^^Sounds like my style.

Thanks sonofeugene.

[WaltKowalski]

remove the memory sticks, and the Bios battery.

[Garv]

remove the memory sticks, and the Bios battery.

thanks.

[NorCalFocus]

[Scratch705]

HD, RAM, and BIOS battery like someone said above.

after that it is just circuit boards and wires.

recycle it and let someone recover the 1 oz of gold to put into a new circuit board.

[Garv]

recycle it and let someone recover the 1 oz of gold to put into a new circuit board.

1 oz.: I think you might be missing a decimal point or two, but thanks!

[hermosabeach]

Why the ram?
Why the bios battery?

[OutlawStar]

Why the ram?
Why the bios battery?

Tinfoil. Ram doesn't store anything long term, and the bios battery would reset the bios to factory defaults; time, clocks, and other system data, but nothing identifiable to anyone.

[hermosabeach]

When i have helped friends move, I see old PCs....

I offer to yank the hard drive... some have 3-5 old PCs...

I never have worried about the memory

Hard drives and either a drill or hammer

[NYT]

removing the bios battery doesnt do anything with newer boards. that is old tech. new boards require jumpers to be moved to short board and reset cmos. this is why businesses in the financial sector are required to destroy mainboards now.

our auditors require removing/destroying hdd/ssd, mainboard and memory modules. basically anything can can retain data.

[Bete Noire]

Just ask Hillary. She apparently can wipe it such that even god cannot read it.


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[OlderThanDirt]

We all know that you only need a soft rag to wipe a server.