Components Buyback

OEMs covered

Power supplies · Hot-swap fans · 10G/25G/40G/100G optics · Cisco/Arista compatible optics · RAID controllers · HBA cards

Pricing notes

Smaller-volume buyback; programme-level for refurb supply chains. These components feed the Maxicom Reuse-First spare-parts inventory that backs our AMC service.

What we see most of in Malaysia

How we process your engagement

Send your asset list. We respond with a written MYR quote in per engagement SLA (5 business days for AI accelerators). Pickup against signed manifest within Pickup scheduled per engagement, nationwide Malaysia. Wipe + functional test included as standard — drives sanitised to NIST SP 800-88 Rev. 1 Purge for spinning HDDs and IEEE 2883-2022 firmware Sanitize for SSDs/NVMe. Per-asset Certificate of Destruction issued, line-item invoicing per asset, settlement against your PO. Multi-site programme engagements consolidate to a single MYR settlement line; single-event engagements settle within 7 business days of manifest reconciliation.

Condition grading rubric — how we set the offer

Component buyback covers the long tail of enterprise spares — power supplies, fans, optical transceivers, backplanes, RAID controllers, HBA cards, and cabling. Each component class has its own grade structure. Power supplies: tested for full output, fan condition, capacitor integrity. Grade A: 18–32% recovery. Optical transceivers: tested for link, signal strength, eye-pattern. Grade A SFP+/QSFP/QSFP28 modules clear at programme-level pricing. RAID controllers: tested for cache, battery, firmware integrity. HBA cards: tested for link and firmware. Backplanes: visual inspection, connector continuity. Fans / hot-swap fans: tested for RPM and balance. The component channel is volume-driven; per-component recovery is low but aggregated recovery on a programme retirement is meaningful.

Typical recovery ranges — current secondary market

Sanitisation specifics — what the certificate cites

Components are largely stateless and require minimal sanitisation. RAID controllers: cache cleared, battery condition flagged, firmware re-flashed. Optical transceivers: EEPROM sometimes contains OEM-coded data (Cisco-coded SFP, etc.); the EEPROM is verified compatible with the secondary buyer's switch fabric or re-coded where the buyer requires. HBA cards: WWN identifiers are unique-per-card and remain with the card; configuration cleared, firmware re-flashed. Backplanes / power supplies / fans: physical inspection, functional testing, no data state to clear. Per-component certificate: not always issued for sub-component pulls; the parent server certificate references the component pulls.

Recent engagement scenarios (anonymised)

Scenario 1 — Optical transceiver retirement, 1,920 SFP/QSFP modules. A retired data-centre fabric generated 1,920 mixed-speed optical transceivers (10G SFP+, 25G SFP28, 40G QSFP+, 100G QSFP28). Sorted by speed grade; per-module testing for link and signal strength. Programme-level pricing applied. Reuse-First reuse rate: 87% (optics hold value strongly when functional). Settlement in MYR on a single line.

Scenario 2 — PSU + fan retirement from server estate. A retired data-centre estate generated 640 PSUs and 1,280 hot-swap fans alongside the chassis retirement. Programme-level pricing; failed-component flagging; functional testing on a sample basis. Settlement in MYR added meaningful percentage to the parent server-engagement recovery.

Scenario 3 — Specialty-component refurb supply, ongoing. A refurb-channel customer has an ongoing supply agreement for specific component pulls (PERC RAID controllers, Mellanox HBA cards, specific Intel optical modules) tied to their refurb-server output. Programme-level pricing on a quarterly settlement. The Maxicom AMC service inventory backs the same channel.

Pickup, chain of custody, and logistics

Component pickups consolidate from server-retirement engagements; standalone component pickups are less common but accepted programme-level. Sorted at receipt by class and OEM. Validator-rig testing where required (optics, RAID controllers, HBAs). Failed-component flagging. Settlement aggregation: components from multiple parent engagements consolidate to a single MYR invoice line on the customer's preference, or split per parent engagement. Optic-EEPROM re-coding: Cisco-coded SFP/QSFP modules are validated for compatibility with the secondary buyer's switch fabric; where re-coding is required, our optical-validation rig handles the EEPROM rewrite and the certificate logs the original and re-coded vendor IDs. RAID controller battery refresh: where the secondary buyer requires a fresh battery, batteries are replaced with OEM-spec replacements before refurb routing; battery serial logged on the certificate. Bulk PSU testing: power supplies undergo full-output testing under load (75% rated load for 30 minutes minimum) before clearing as Grade A; this filter eliminates marginal-output units that would otherwise reach secondary buyers and create warranty disputes downstream.

Common pitfalls that erode recovery

Pitfall 1 — OEM-coded optics not flagged. Cisco-coded SFPs are unsellable to non-Cisco switch fabrics without re-coding; we flag and re-code as needed. The same applies to Arista, Juniper, and HPE-coded optics — each has its own EEPROM signature. Pitfall 2 — Failed RAID controller batteries. Common pitfall in retired servers; depleted batteries make the controller cache untrusted. We test every battery and flag the state on the certificate; replacement batteries are fitted before refurb routing where the secondary buyer requires. Pitfall 3 — PSU output below spec. PSUs that fail full-output testing are flagged and recovered at material-recovery economics. The full-load test runs at 75% rated load for 30 minutes minimum; marginal PSUs that pass idle but fail load are caught here. Pitfall 4 — Backplane connector damage. Visual inspection at receipt; damaged backplanes drop to scrap because connector damage is rarely repairable cost-effectively in the secondary channel. Pitfall 5 — Mixed-OEM specialty cards (FC HBAs). Specific OEMs (QLogic, Emulex, Broadcom) have specific compatibility ecosystems; sorted at receipt for routing to the appropriate channel. Pitfall 6 — Optic transit damage. Optical transceivers ship in cages; rough handling can damage the optical sub-assembly without visible external damage. We test every optic post-shipment to verify signal integrity before refurb routing.

Why customers in Malaysia choose Maxicom for components buyback

Continuous operation since 1996 — the Maxicom group was founded in India in 1996 and operates across Malaysia, plus four other Maxicom regions. Per-asset certificate format admissible against , PDPA Malaysia, NIST SP 800-88 Rev. 1, IEEE 2883-2022, and equivalent regulators in every jurisdiction we have served. Reuse-First reuse rate of 65–75% blended across our 2024–2025 cohort — typically 1.5–3× the residual value of destruction-first OEM trade-in programmes. Settlement in MYR against your purchase order, line-item per asset, payment terms 7 business days from manifest reconciliation. Cross-border resale routing under NDA preserves channel-respect — your retired gear never re-appears in your local market unless you specifically authorise local resale. Programme-level pricing for multi-event commitments; quarterly business reviews for ongoing engagements. Single SOW, single ledger, single regulator-facing report — your fixed-asset team reconciles to one document.