How do I sell a laptop for parts?

**The Black Wolf** · 01-31-2013

My Asus won't turn on anymore. The battery doesn't even get a charge from the AC adapter. So I'm looking to sell my laptop for parts. How do I erase my personal information on it if it won't come on? Is it better to take the laptop apart and sell it piece by piece or do I just sell the whole thing?

Thank you.

**Lethal_NFS** · 02-01-2013

Take the hard drive out and sell the laptop as is.

**keefy** · 02-01-2013

Burn this to a CD or DVD

http://www.dban.org

I remove all other drives (just unplug the connectors) before wiping the drive I want.

**Serftai** · 02-01-2013

Originally Posted by The Black Wolf

My Asus won't turn on anymore. The battery doesn't even get a charge from the AC adapter. So I'm looking car navigation system to sell my laptop for parts. How do I erase my personal information on it if it won't come on? Is it better to take the laptop apart and sell it piece by piece or do I just sell the whole thing?

Thank you.

if you want to sell it please share some more details

**weskurtz81** · 02-01-2013

What model Asus is it? What are the specs?

**MjW** · 02-01-2013

It's a rule that you make more money by selling in parts. It requires patience, since selling in parts can take time, and knowhow in order to take everything apart and test them.

Even though I have the knowledge, I wouldn't bother selling in parts. I don't have the time for it. I would just format the HDD and sell it as is, for spare/repairs.

**The Black Wolf** · 02-03-2013

Originally Posted by weskurtz81

What model Asus is it? What are the specs?

Asus X53E

I don't know the specs, but the processor is 2.1 GHz fast. That's all I remember. You can get the specs just by looking it up.

Thank you guys.