I attended community college a few years ago and took a pair of courses designed as preparation for CompTIA A+ certification. Our final project for the class wa

I attended community college a few years ago and took a pair of courses designed as preparation for CompTIA A+ certification. Our final project for the class was to refurbish a desktop computer and donate it. Our instructor fired up a compressed air machine and we blew out all the dust. We checked connections and RAM, peripherals, optical drive, HDD, etc. We made sure the things booted and probed OK. We checked cosmetics on the front bezel and around the case. No wiping HDD or installing of OS was necessary here, it was strictly a hardware/BIOS-level project. Then we were graded and the refurbished machines were all shipped off to a local student-run project that provides usable computers to worthy organizations who need them. Definitely a feel-good project, all around!