It asks for a BIOS password when I start it. Can I still sell it?

Not until it is cleared. Ask your former employer's IT team to remove the BIOS administrator password and release the laptop from Intune and Autopilot. We cannot buy a laptop that a company still manages.

Do you take the older 840 G5 and G6?

Yes. Those are 8th gen, and EliteBooks are one of the two business lines where we still price 8th gen. Choose 8th gen in the calculator.

Our office is replacing 25 EliteBooks. Is there a bulk route?

Yes. Anything from 10 laptops up goes through our business page rather than the single-laptop calculator.

Should I wipe it or leave that to you?

Back up what you need and reset Windows yourself before it goes. We wipe every laptop before resale as well, but your data should never leave your hands in the first place.

Sell your EliteBook, from an 8th gen 840 to a G11.

The G number on the base tells us the generation, and the generation sets most of the price. Asset tags and engraving are fine. It has to work.

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Have these handy

Model: 830, 840, 850, 640, 650 or 660
Generation: G7 to G11, or by processor
Processor: Core i5 or i7, or Core Ultra 5 or 7
Condition: Excellent or Good
Status: Working, released from company management

That is all the calculator needs. It takes about a minute.

The EliteBook is one of the most common company laptops in South Africa, which is why so many of them come out of lease agreements and off employee desks. HP made that easy for us: the G number printed on the base is effectively a generation code. A G7 is 10th gen, a G8 is 11th, a G9 is 12th, and a G10 on the 840 and 850 is 13th.

That makes pricing an EliteBook unusually clean. Find the model and the G number, confirm Core i5 or i7, and the calculator does the rest. We also still buy 8th gen EliteBooks, the 840 G5 and G6 generation, which most buyers have stopped taking.

We only buy working EliteBooks, graded Excellent or Good. An ex-company machine with a scuffed lid and a battery that has seen better years is exactly what we expect. A machine still owned or managed by a company is one we cannot buy until IT has fully released it.

The HP EliteBook models we buy.

Working, in Excellent or Good condition. Do not see yours? WhatsApp us a photo of the sticker underneath and we will tell you.

EliteBook 830, 840 or 850 G7Core i5 or i7, 10th gen
EliteBook 830, 840 or 850 G8Core i5 or i7, 11th gen
EliteBook 830, 840 or 850 G9Core i5 or i7, 12th gen
EliteBook 840 or 850 G10Core i5 or i7, 13th gen
EliteBook 840 or 850 G11Core Ultra 5 or 7
EliteBook 640 or 650 G10Core i5 or i7, 13th gen
EliteBook 640 or 660 G11Core Ultra 5 or 7
Any other EliteBookCore i5 or i7, 8th or 10th to 13th gen, e.g. 840 G5 or G6

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What affects your offer.

The G number

It is printed on the base label and it maps straight to a processor generation. Each step up is a meaningful step in price, so a G9 is worth looking up properly rather than calling it a G8 from memory.

800 series or 600 series

The 830, 840 and 850 are HP's premium business range and the 640, 650 and 660 sit just below. The calculator prices them on separate lines, so pick the right model number rather than the size.

The aluminium lid and corners

EliteBooks are metal, which means a drop leaves a dent instead of a crack. A clean lid and straight corners keep it at Excellent. A dented corner usually means Good, which is still a sale.

Battery health on an ex-lease machine

HP's own diagnostics will show battery health, and after three years at a desk it is often well down. Check the percentage before you choose a condition, so the offer does not move after testing.

Wear and tear we are happy with.

We only buy working EliteBooks. If it boots, the screen and keyboard work and every port does what it should, this is the wear we expect on a business laptop and price for.

Asset tag stickers, barcodes or an engraved company name
Adhesive residue left by a removed tag
Shiny keys and a polished trackpad
Light scratches across the aluminium lid
A dented corner from a drop
A battery holding noticeably less than it did new
No charger, or a different USB-C charger
A missing rubber foot underneath

We buy Windows laptops working, in Excellent or Good condition. A cracked screen or a laptop that will not start is something we cannot buy for now. What we can do with a broken one.

Upgrading? Put it towards the new one.

Most people move to an EliteBook 840 G11 or a ThinkPad T14. If you are buying your own work laptop after years of company ones, an ex-lease EliteBook still pays for a good share of a newer business machine.

Take the payout as EpicDeals.co.za credit and we add 12%. Only worth it if you were going to spend it there anyway. If you need the cash, take the cash.

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Take it as EpicDeals.co.za credit and we add 12%.

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Consignment

We list it and sell it, you get 10% more. Most sell within 13 days.

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HP EliteBook questions.

On the label underneath, next to the model, for example HP EliteBook 840 G8. If the label has worn off, the processor name in Settings, System, About will tell us the generation instead.

How to find your processor generation

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