Contact
Email is the best way to reach me.
https://oldpcguy.com/contact/
Good reasons to write
- Something in a guide is out of date or wrong. Prices and Microsoft's deadlines move, and I'd rather hear about it than leave it up. Include the page's address so I can find the spot quickly.
- There's a topic you'd like a guide on. Tell me what you're trying to do and what computer you have.
- You have old business IT equipment in the Topeka area. See pickups below.
Old IT equipment pickups in Topeka
I run an e-waste pickup for businesses in the Topeka area. It's mostly old servers, network switches, and other enterprise gear, along with the office computers that get retired at the same time.
- Drives: hard drives and SSDs are wiped to the NIST 800-88 standard or destroyed. They're never resold.
- Paperwork: I can give you a certificate of destruction if you need one for your records.
- The rest: I take it apart here. Metal goes to local scrap recyclers, and circuit boards, memory, and processors go to a recycler that specializes in recovering them.
What to put in your email
A few details up front let me tell you quickly whether it's a fit and plan the trip:
- What you have and roughly how many: servers, switches, desktops, laptops, and so on.
- Whether any of it still has drives in it, and whether you need a certificate of destruction.
- Where it is in the Topeka area, and anything about getting it out, like stairs, a loading dock, or rack-mounted gear.
- When it needs to be gone.
- A photo or two, if that's easy.
Just a computer or TV from home?
For a household computer, TV, or printer, a free drop-off is usually the quickest way. My guide to electronics recycling in Topeka, Lawrence, and Manhattan lists where to go, what's free, and what costs money. Before it leaves the house, copy your files off and wipe the drive.
