Advice on shipping computer

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eLus1ve

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I need to ship my computer but I don't know what to send seperately and what to bag in a anti static bag. As far as the case, it's not much of a big problem since I'll be buying a new case anyways so I guess I can just use the box that came with it.
 
Unless you have a huge heatsink, I think you can ship the computer as is. As long as you pack it with enough padding everything should be fine.
 
discochan said:
Unless you have a huge heatsink, I think you can ship the computer as is. As long as you pack it with enough padding everything should be fine.
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:eek: If that's a full tower case, there's going to be lots of padding... :D
 
Do you have the cases origional box? You can put it in there with the foam bumpers to absorb the shock.
 
I agree with the above poster, if it were me I'd ship the harddrives seperatly, but to each his own.
 
discochan said:
Unless you have a huge heatsink, I think you can ship the computer as is. As long as you pack it with enough padding everything should be fine.
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foam padding rubbing against electronics = esd.

you should disassemble it and put all of the cards and other accessories in sealed anti-static bags.
 
Mace said:
foam padding rubbing against electronics = esd..
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That's why you just put the whole thing in a big plastic bag first.

It's not a big deal to ship the whole thing as-is unless you have a huge heatsink, as has been said. Would Dell, Gateway, etc. ship everything this way if there was a great chance of stuff breaking?
 
ok,

if it was me, and I had to ship it, I would take out the HD and remove the HS. Then I would take everything down to the UPS store and pay them to pack it for me. THIS IS CRITICAL. If you purchase insurance on your package but do the packing yourself and something does happen to break, they can deny your claim based on some BS reason like insufficient packing material. The only way to avoid that is to let them do everything. That way if something does happen, they have no excuses and will have to honor the insurance claim.


but in all honesty, I wouldn't ship my computer anywhere if there was any way at all that I could bring it with me. Do you really think that those A-holes give two shits about a box marked fragile? You're package is just a likely to inspire an impromptu game of kick box as it is to making it back to you in one piece.
 
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