ITEMS T4T CAN ACCEPT FOR DONATION

We DO NOT accept furniture, clothes, food, household items, televisions, appliances, or other items not related to computers.  We also DO NOT accept computer books, hardware or software manuals, or drivers on floppy disk.

 

While a financial donation is not required when you donate equipment, T4T suggests a $5.00 donation per computer, monitor and printer.  From the time we receive a computer to the time it leaves our hands to go to a nonprofit, school or family, we spend approximately $50 on it in time, upgrades, repairs, software, delivery costs, and storage rental.

 

 

 

COMPUTER SYSTEMS

INPUT DEVICES

VIDEO DISPLAY: MONITORS, ETC.

AUDIO

PRINTERS, FAXES, COPIERS, ETC.

SOFTWARE

HARDWARE – DRIVES

POWER MANAGEMENT

HARDWARE – OTHER

NETWORK EQUIPMENT

CABLES / CORDS

OTHER

 

 

 

COMPUTER SYSTEMS

ITEM

CAN ACCEPT

CANNOT ACCEPT

Desktop PCs

·        300MHz and higher

·        Working or broken
  • Processor speeds below 300 MHz

Laptop PCs

·        200MHz and higher

  •   Working or broken
  • Processor speeds below 200MHz
  • Units with damaged LCDs

Macintosh (Desktops & laptops)

·        All ages and speeds

·        Working or broken
  • All-in-one units with damaged monitors

Sparc, Apollo, etc.

CALL FIRST

CALL FIRST

Servers

CALL FIRST

CALL FIRST

 

VIDEO DISPLAY: MONITORS, ETC.

ITEM

CAN ACCEPT

CANNOT ACCEPT

***ALL MONITORS MUST BE IN PERFECT WORKING ORDER.  MONITORS WITH FUZZY OR BLURRY IMAGES, SCREEN BURNS, AND FAULTY COLORING WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

Monitors
  • 15” or larger
  • Color
  • CRT or LCD
  • PC or Macintosh

·        Broken/damaged units

  • 14” or smaller
  • Black and white
  • Sun or other non-VGA monitors

Anti-Glare/ Privacy Screens
  • Fitted for 17” monitors only

·        Smaller than 17”

Overhead Projectors
  • Any working

·        Broken/damaged units

LCD Projectors
  • Any working

·        Broken/damaged units

 

PRINTERS, FAXES, COPIERS, ETC.

ITEM

CAN ACCEPT

CANNOT ACCEPT

Printers

·        Laser

·        Must include toner
  • Ink Jet, Desk Jet, Bubble Jet
  • Dot Matrix
  • Broken, damaged or missing paper trays

Printer Network Cards
  • Hewlett Packard Jet Direct Cards only
  • Internal or External
  • Other brand printer NICs

Fax Machines
  • Plain paper
  • Must include toner
  • Broken/damaged units
  • Units with ribbon or roll-feeding ink

Copiers
  • Must include toner
  • Stand alone or desktop
  • Broken/damaged units
  • Units that make less than perfect quality copies

Ink/Toner
  • Ink Jet or Laser toner
  • Empty or full cartridges
  • Dot matrix ribbons
  • Drums

Word Processors / Typewriters

·        Must include ribbon
  • Broken /damaged in anyway

 

HARDWARE - DRIVES

ITEM

CAN ACCEPT

CANNOT ACCEPT

CD-ROM Drives
  • Read or Read/Write
  • Internal or External
  • 8x or higher read rate
  • SCSI or IDE
  • Below 8x read rate
  • Broken/damaged units
  • Case-loading or cartridge-loading units

DVD-ROM Drives
  • Read or Read/Write
  • Internal or External
  • 4x or higher read rate
  • Below 4x read rate
  • Broken/damaged units

Tape Drives

·        Internal or External

·        1.0 GB or higher

·        IDE or SCSI
  • Below 1.0 GB capacity
  • Broken/damaged units

ZIP, Ditto, JAZ Drives

·        Internal or External

·        SCSI or IDE
  • Broken/damaged units

Flash Drives (aka thumb drives or pen drives)

·        Any capacity
  • Broken/damaged units

Floppy drives

·        Desktop or laptop units

·        3.5” only
  • 5.25” drives or larger
  • Broken/damaged units
  • External PC units

Drive Media (disks, tapes, CDs, etc)

·        All media compatible with drives list above

·        Must be reusable

·        Jewel cases, CD sleeves, blank labels
  • Broken/damaged units
  • Used CD-R disks
  • Non-reformatted media

Hard Drives

·        Internal or external

·        2.0 GB or higher

·        SCSI or IDE

·        Desktop or laptop
  • Broken/damaged units
  • Below 2.0 GB
  • Non-standard size (3.5” units only)

 

HARDWARE - OTHER

ITEM

CAN ACCEPT

CANNOT ACCEPT

RAM (Memory)

·        Desktop or Laptop

·        32MB sticks or higher
  • Broken/damaged units
  • 30-pin
  • Video RAM

Video Cards

·        PCI or AGP

·        Plain video

·        Video capture

·        TV Tuner
  • ISA
  • Broken/damaged units

Sound Cards

·        PCI
  • ISA
  • Broken/damaged units

NICs (Network Interface Cards)

·        Desktop or laptop

·        Wired or wireless

·        10/100 or faster
  • Broken/damaged units
  • Coax
  • 10BaseT

Printer Network Cards
  • Hewlett Packard Jet Direct Cards only
  • Internal or External
  • Other brand printer NICs

Modems

·        Internal or External

·        Desktop or laptop

·        56kps
  • Broken/damaged units
  • Cable or DSL modems
  • Slower than 56K

Other cards

·        USB

·        SCSI

·        Firewire (IEEE 1394)

·        PCMCIA
  • Broken/damaged units
  • PS/2 cards
  • Parallel cards
  • Serial cards

Other hardware

·        Jumpers

·        MB Ribbons

·        PIII processors

·        Drive mounts

·        300W or higher power supply
  • Broken/damaged units
  • Slower than PII processors
  • System/processor fans
  • Heat Sinks
  • Less than 300W power supply
  • Motherboards
  • Empty cases

 

CABLES / CORDS

ITEM

CAN ACCEPT

CANNOT ACCEPT

Power Cord

·        110V, universal

·        Laptop AC power

·        Extension cords

·        AC/DC (any voltage)
  • 220V cords
  • Broken/damaged units
  • Non-U.S. plug types

Internal cables

·        Ribbons

·        CD-ROM to Sound Card
  • Broken/damaged units

Network cables

·        CAT5/CAT6 (RJ-45)

·        RJ-11

·        Patch and crossover

·        Bulk and terminated

·        RJ-45 terminators

·        CAT5 crimpers
  • Non-plenum-rated CAT5/CAT6
  • Broken/damaged units
  • Coax

Other cables

·        USB

·        Firewire

·        Printer (standard Centronix)

·        Serial (25-pin)

·        VGA

·        BNC to VGA

·        Gender changers

·        Adapters

·        Macintosh
  • SCSI
  • Serial (9-pin)
  • 4-head BNC
  • Cell phone
  • Broken/damaged units

 

INPUT DEVICES

ITEM

CAN ACCEPT

CANNOT ACCEPT

Mouse

·        Wired/Wireless

·        Trackball, Optical, Touchpad, Standard

·        USB or PS/2

·        Mouse pads
  • Serial mice
  • Broken/damaged units
  • Dirty/stained mouse pads

Keyboard

·        Wired/Wireless

·        USB or PS/2

·        Number pads
  • 5-pin DIN
  • Sun
  • Broken/damaged units
  • Badly stained or very dirty units
  • Keyboard trays

Joysticks/Game pads

·        Joysticks, game pads, steering wheels, gaming mice
  • “Y” connector units
  • Broken/damaged units
  • Game guns
  • Console gaming equipment

 

AUDIO

ITEM

CAN ACCEPT

CANNOT ACCEPT

Sound Cards

·        PCI
  • ISA
  • Broken/damaged units

Speakers

·        Computer speakers

·        Subwoofers

·        External only
  • Broken/damaged units
  • Badly stained fabric
  • Non-computer compatible speakers
  • Internal computer speakers

Microphones

·        3.5mm

·        PC or Mac
  • Broken/damaged units

Headphones

·        3.5mm or Mono
  • Headsets
  • Broken/damaged units

Other

·        Speaker wires

·        CD-ROM to sound card wire
  • Broken/damaged units

 

SOFTWARE

ITEM

CAN ACCEPT

CANNOT ACCEPT

***ALL SOFTWARE MUST BE LEGALLY LICENSED.  T4T CANNOT ACCEPT SOFTWARE WITHOUT LICENSES, NOR CAN WE ACCEPT COPIES OF SOFTWARE.  ALL SOFTWARE MUST BE ON CD-ROM.

Operating Systems

·        Microsoft Windows 98SE or higher

·        OEM, upgrade, or fresh install versions

·        Macintosh OS 8 or higher
  • DOS
  • MS Windows 98 first edition or earlier
  • MS Windows ME (Millennium Edition)

Office Suites

·        Microsoft Office 97 or higher

·        Lotus Suite 9 or higher

·        Word Perfect 8 or higher

  • Microsoft Office 95 or Bookshelf
  • Brands other than Microsoft, Lotus, Corel or Open Office

Educational Software

·        Encyclopedias from 2000 or later

·        Spanish or English

·        Any educational software on CD compatible with Windows 2000/XP
  • OEM bundles

Games

·        Any non-violent game on CD, compatible with Windows 2000/XP
  • OEM bundles
  • Violent games

 

POWER MANAGEMENT

ITEM

CAN ACCEPT

CANNOT ACCEPT

Power Supply
  • 300W or higher
  • Broken/damaged units
  • Less than 300Wunits

UPS (Uninterrupted Power Supply)

  • NONE
  • UPS of any kind

Surge Protector
  • Protection of 400 joules or better
  • Broken/damaged units
  • Power strips without surge protection

Batteries

·        Laptop batteries

·        CMOS batteries
  • Broken/damaged units
  • UPS batteries
  • Any non-computer related battery including A, C, D cell and 9V

Power Cord

·        110V, universal

·        Laptop AC power

·        Extension cords

·        AC/DC (any voltage)
  • 220V cords
  • Broken/damaged units
  • Non-U.S. plug types

 

NETWORK EQUIPMENT

ITEM

CAN ACCEPT

CANNOT ACCEPT

NICs (Network Interface Cards)

·        Desktop or laptop

·        Wired or wireless

·        10/100 or faster
  • Broken/damaged units
  • Coax
  • 10BaseT

Printer Network Cards
  • Hewlett Packard Jet Direct Cards only
  • Internal or External
  • Other brand printer NICs

Network cables

·        CAT5/CAT6 (RJ-45)

·        RJ-11

·        Patch and crossover

·        Bulk and terminated

·        RJ-45 terminators

·        CAT5 crimpers
  • Non-plenum-rated CAT5/CAT6
  • Broken/damaged units
  • Coax

Switches
  • 4-switch or more KVM
  • 3-switch or more parallel
  • USB
  • RJ-45
  • Broken/damaged units
  • A/B or 2-switch units

Hubs
  • 10/100 only
  • 4-port or more
  • Coax
  • Broken/damaged units
  • 10BaseT

Router
  • Wired or Wireless
  • 10/100
  • Broken/damaged units
  • DSL
  • 10BaseT

Racks
  • 19” only
  • Sizes other than 19”

Rack-mounted equipment

CALL FIRST

CALL FIRST

 

OTHER

ITEM

CAN ACCEPT

CANNOT ACCEPT

Telephones

·        Single line or multilane

·        Answering machines
  • Cordless phones
  • PBX or Key phone systems
  • Broken/damaged units

Cellular Phones
  • Working or broken
  • Any age

N/A

Scanners
  • Flat bed
  • Windows 2000/XP compatible
  • Handheld or sheet-fed scanners
  • Broken or damaged units

Digital Cameras
  • 1.0 MP or greater
  • Broken/damaged units

Web Cameras
  • Must work with Windows 2000/XP
  • Broken/damaged units
  • Units not compatible with Windows 2000/XP

PDAs
  • Any age/speed
  • PDA RAM
  • PDA Accessories
  • Styli
  • Broken/damaged units

Laptop Accessories

  • Docking stations
  • Batteries
  • Power Cords
  • Bags
  • PCMCIA Cards
  • Network dongles
  • Broken/damaged units

Carrying cases/bags
  • PDA
  • Laptop
  • Cell Phone
  • Book bags
  • Briefcases
  • Badly stained or torn units