First post, by fool
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While reading thread Merry Christmas everyone and have you ever lost something in your computer stash ? I was pondering this topic. Couple of cards is like a piece of cake, but how about hundreds of video cards, CPUs, motherboards and so on...?
Personally I have collected several old motherboard boxes for video and other expansion cards. All good working cards are single in ESD bag, antistatic bubble wrap in between layers to avoid mechanical damage. The problems is that I don't have any bookkeepping what box contains what, so usually I have to poke aroung a lot to find the specific card. Some motherboards are also in boxes, two or three boards on top of each other. Actually I don't like this method because of possible twisting. Larger quantity of ATX boards are in plastic box vertically leaning on each other - not so useful anyway. This motherboard stash is the most interesting matter where I need some ideas... For CPU's I use large low profile carton box with black EPA foam on the bottom. This works moderately as long as I don't drop it!
All the valuable better cards I keep in builds. Storaging complete builds is quite hard as well. Old AT-cases are mainly "boxy" what allows stacking two or three. I have put some bubble wrap in between to avoid scratches. Yet my storage condition is warm and dry, it's just of out space.
I just saw this ebay sale. This is no ad! I have nothing to do with this sale. It's well organized for such a massive collection. I'm jealous for the drawer! Luckily I'm not at this point yet with my stuff. I would get an eviction/divorce way before...
https://www.ebay.de/itm/Konvolut-PC-Notebook- … XkAAOSwaKxeqYmK
Can you share your inventions how to store and preserve valuable electronics?
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