IC Chip Removal From Boards

**Bear** · 09-14-2022, 01:52 AM

Are these basically all the same?

It appears they're all about 7 dollars a pound, so why would one wish to spend half a day digging half a pound of them out? Name: DSCF6923.JPG
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**mikeinreco** · 09-14-2022, 07:53 AM

I normally remove these from low grade boards if I have time or am just in a rhythm of taking things apart.........If i'm in a rush I just leave them on board........honestly at the end of the day I don't think it makes much difference how you do it

**CopperMiner** · 09-14-2022, 10:32 AM

Do you remove them by simply pulling them out?

**Bear** · 09-14-2022, 12:59 PM

Yes. There are two types, one is soldered in, the other type is simply pressed in. They are easy to tell apart

**CopperMiner** · 09-14-2022, 02:02 PM

Thanks. I remove mosfets and transistors, but I do not really remove IC chips. I did a few times, but maybe I should pay attention to them and do it every time.

**CopperMiner** · 09-14-2022, 02:07 PM

Also, it is not about spending half a day for them, but to accumulate them on the long run. It is not like searching for gold in a riverbed. It is more like scrapping something and a bit of this and another bit of that. I see more as a volume thing like sorting mail in a post office or rail cars in a train yard.

**greytruck** · 09-14-2022, 02:55 PM

I use to remove them off almost every board with a flathead screwdriver, but that was like 10 - 12 yrs ago when i 1st started out.... Now, since im not mr. super e waste i just keep the ones that pop out. over my time i got a whole quart size ziplock bag and a half of them LOL

**miked** · 09-14-2022, 06:49 PM

To me its much like my view on the new small hard drives with the super thin boards. Of course the boards are priced well but it requires 5-6 screws to be removed. Easier to just drop the whole hard drive in a pallet load and send them off to a buyer. I currently have perhaps one hundred of the laptop hard drives on hand and will likely pull the boards but I am closing down on my next shipment.
As always do what works for you and your situation. 73, Mike

**Bear** · 09-14-2022, 08:52 PM

That square one, the 82 AMD is actually a processor, a CPU

I just did a search for that number and there are 3 on top with photos, all listed for over $75

**hills** · 09-15-2022, 07:58 AM

I don't bother with them anymore. Scrapping is production work. Turn n burn. Take it in and ship it out. Keep it moving through the shop. Don't get bogged down in the little details.

That's just my opinion of things.

Things that sit in the shop for any amount of time seem to stay there and clutter up the place. Before you know it .... you've got a mountain of " stuff " that you've accumulated. It seems like there's never enough time or energy to get it cleaned up and moving again. It's not making any money for you if it's just sitting there.

Again ... just an opinion : I think you need to have a certain sense of urgency. A "get it done" attitude. It's the worst possible thing when complacency sets in. Things slow down and eventually come to a halt.

A friend passed one of these on to me during the Covid lockdown here in Maine awhile back.

**Bear** · 09-19-2022, 01:45 AM

When you once, under some duress, paid a hundred dollar bill for just one of these precious jewels, and are now being offered 2 cents for their return, it seems better to me to wrap it in a dirty rag and take it to the wood pile, and to there smash it with the back side of a maul