There seems to be a spate of fairly modern systems (especially Packard Bell) with Intel Core 2 Duo and Quad CPUs malfunctioning with motherboard failures. Often the customer will opt for a new replacement rather than a costly repair and software rebuild.
It seems a shame to just junk these systems after stripping for spare parts, then selling the CPUs and lighter components on eBay for a few pounds. I started buying new cases and motherboards for these systems for about £35 each and then re-constructing the systems and reselling them for typically half the price of an equivalent new system. Even the old OEM versions of Windows Vista is happy to be reinstalled and reactivated.
I probably don't make much profit on these but at least a bunch of parts will find a new home. I do tell the customer that they are rebuilds and hence do not offer a warranty with them. Apart from if they go bad in a couple of weeks, I'll repair or replace them.
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