Donate Computers

Millions of “outdated” working computers are ending up in US and Canadian landfills. It's a disturbing trend. It seems easier to discard a working computer than to find it a new home. Increasingly, discarded computers are only two or three years old and many years of useful life are unnecessarily squandered.

Please check (on the green bar above) if we have a Chapter near you to arrange a time for you to drop your equipment off.  Some chapters have volunteers who can make pick-ups of 8 full sets or more.  If there is not a chapter near you, you can mail your working Pentium 3 or above computer to us here at 936 Nantasket Avenue, Hull, Massachusetts 02045.  If you have a large amount of computers to donate we hope we can make arrangements to get your computers to us - please contact Donations@WorldComputerExchange.org

Below is the equipment we are currently looking for:

Working Pentium 3 and above desktop & laptop computers (see below if you do not know how to tell what level computer yours is) It is okay if the computer is a Celeron of comparable MHz.

Macs: Sorry we only accept working G3 and G4 laptops only and only at 936 Nantasket Ave, Hull, Mass. 02045 USA.

Monitors: working color monitors that are less than 9 years old and have a built in autoswitch for the voltage (these will say something like "Power: 110/220 volts" on the back of the monitor). All monitors built after 1995 have this except for one brand of NEC monitors.

For above: working keyboards, mice, cables, and power cords

Printers: working dot matrix, laser, and inkjet printers with cartridges and cables

Network gear: working network switches, routers, and hubs, EtherNet cards and cable

Peripherals: working scanners, digital cameras, CD ROMs, external modems, LCD projectors, zip and jazz drives, and UPSes (Uninterrupted Power Supply)

Software: educational, non-violent, appropriate

Parts: working internal modems, working extra hard drives, working CD ROM drives

Non-qualifying Equipment: If you have a computer or equipment that is not on our ‘needs’ list and cannot find another home for it, please dispose of it properly rather than place it in the trash. Many municipalities now have recycling programs for old equipment that recovers valuable metals keeps the many toxic metals and other parts out of landfills. There is often a small charge, $5, for this proper disposal. Contact your local recycling coordinator or Department of Public Works for more information.

To tell the Pentium level of your computer:

Usually there is a small sticker on the right front toward the bottom of the face of your computer that says Pentium II or Pentium III or Pentium IV.

If the sticker is not there it usually means that you have a clone computer rather than one manufactured by one of the major companies. There is nothing wrong with this.

If you turn on your computer - just before it goes into windows - it will say if it is a PIII or PIV. We do take celeron equivalents of PIIIs and above.

Or you can go to your desktop screen and right click on the icon called "my computer" and it will describe your computer there.

You can also look right on the computer chip - but these 2 ways should be easier and faster.