I have an HP Presario M2000 laptop which, sadly, has met its demise. The screen on the laptop burnt out and now it would just about as much to replace it as it would to buy a new one.
Thus, I am purchasing a new laptop.
What I wish to know is whether or not I could use some of the components (all in working order) of this laptop in my new one. I know I can remove the RAM upgrade that I put inside, but what about the stock RAM? Any use for the hard drive? Processor/Video card?
... I guess that's about it. I can't really see that anything else could even feasibly be useable in another laptop, but hey. Feel free to surprise me.
Thanks in advance for your answers! Peace.
2007-02-07 16:32:25 · 5 answers · asked by darknight_2003 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
Leave it alone and donate it, someone will get better use out of it then you, maybe use it as a paper weight, a door stop, dogs chew toy, etc...
2007-02-07 17:44:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depending on the age of the laptop, it would be better for you to sell the whole thing used as a whole because as a system, it provides more value than any of its components could provide to your new system. Alternatively, if the system is too old to get value as a system, you may be able to get more money from selling the parts. The screen can usually fetch $100-$200. The rest of the parts are less valuable. The battery might get you $60. the HD $50, the memory $10... everything else is essentially junk. Maybe the graphics card.
Anyhow, use the money you earn from selling your old laptop (AFTER YOU BACK UP THE DATA AND WIPE THE DISK CLEAN) and buy a new, faster, bigger memory module.
2007-02-08 05:50:42 · answer #2 · answered by Schmalski 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can certainly salvage the Hard Disk Drive, the memory, and any PCMCIA cards in the computer. If the CD/DVD drive is removable, that would be useful as well. And the battery, of course.
After you take out all that, you can try selling them on Craigslist, and sell the carcass of the laptop for scrap or just dump it.
2007-02-08 00:54:35 · answer #3 · answered by InspectorBudget 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe the battery. the ram probably won't match, the hard drive can possibly be used as an external if you can convert it to usb. the case is good for showing people but that's about all. processor and video may be usable in a similar unit that needs it, but not in anything else.
2007-02-08 00:52:40 · answer #4 · answered by de bossy one 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take out as many components as you can, in case one of them breaks on a new laptop. H/D, memory, video card (if there is one), processor; pretty much all of what you've said.
2007-02-08 00:38:44 · answer #5 · answered by ilovelamp 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋