Having decided out desktop is no longer needed and it wasn't worth passing on, I decided that the case would take up less room in the bin if I stripped the innards out and flattened it..........
I was impressed by the standardisation that must have been agreed so that components could easily be fitted and added with just a few screws.
The motherboard (ASUS) - well, I can't bring myself to throw this away. The tiny tracks on the circuit board - the standardised sockets - the lever operated socket for the processor. All amazing works of mass production.
The Hard Disk drive. I don't think I have ever seen such a wonderful peice of precision engineering - all for a very low cost.
Next to appreciate on its way to the bin will be the CD drive.
The power supply has gone on e-bay as it was fairly new.Again - impressive in the way that so many standard voltages and plugs are agreed upon.
Should I seek help?