Concerning cd rom and floppy boards - Page 2

Yeah thats a revelation to me also. Would make it a lot better on me shipping stuff in. DVD and Floppies at .18-.22/lb weren't worth paying .38/lb to ship in. Now If i can pull the board and get motherboard pricing and then shred the steel it makes it worthwhile to deal with.

im always paid mobo grade easy to do i never toss any board unless it has noting on it ..i strip everything ...

My yard pays 1.50 LB for cd/dvd rom boards, and 3.75 LB for floppy drive boards.............did I mention they also purchase racoon pelts???:0

Originally Posted by PartTimeScrapper

AM i reading this right? 3.5 inch floppy drive boards that are green on one side and brown on the other are motherboard grade? I always thought they were low grade and people just snapped off the gold connector.

+2 ????
Just started stripping the cd/dvds for their boards but thought the floppies were low grade.

Originally Posted by jaydee1445

Has any one done an analysis of the breakdown yet including man hours? I've got 1,000+ lbs of drives I'm trying to figure out if I want to pull the boards and shred or just flip. Guess I should do a test run of 100 lbs an see how long it takes.

Let us know how that breaks down for you please. I forsee myself with the same problem soon, and this will provide a great answer!

I pulled the boards out of 25 dvd dr in about 30 minutes but didn't wiegh the boards just threw them in the tub.

my local board buyer will buy midgrade, floppy and cdrom boards mixed in with motherboards at the motherboard rate, personally i would not buy floppy even at midgrade prices, but to each there own

Sorry for the late post here, catching up. When referring to floppy drives being graded as motherboard, are we talking about the board with the pins? Or is the board with the huge motor on it also motherboard quality? Personally, I think the motor board has more on it - usually a IC or two, and what looks to be several monolithic capacitors. I assume we need to remove the motor first. And what about the motor boards with a steel backing?

I'm shocked to find this thread, but glad I did. The conventional wisdom other than this thread seems to be that floppys aren't worth the effort other than the pins. Am I reading this right? Still holds true?

Originally Posted by foobar

Sorry for the late post here, catching up. When referring to floppy drives being graded as motherboard, are we talking about the board with the pins? Or is the board with the huge motor on it also motherboard quality? Personally, I think the motor board has more on it - usually a IC or two, and what looks to be several monolithic capacitors. I assume we need to remove the motor first. And what about the motor boards with a steel backing?

I'm shocked to find this thread, but glad I did. The conventional wisdom other than this thread seems to be that floppys aren't worth the effort other than the pins. Am I reading this right? Still holds true?

be best to ask your buyer foobar

Originally Posted by foobar

Sorry for the late post here, catching up. When referring to floppy drives being graded as motherboard, are we talking about the board with the pins? Or is the board with the huge motor on it also motherboard quality? Personally, I think the motor board has more on it - usually a IC or two, and what looks to be several monolithic capacitors. I assume we need to remove the motor first. And what about the motor boards with a steel backing?

I'm shocked to find this thread, but glad I did. The conventional wisdom other than this thread seems to be that floppys aren't worth the effort other than the pins. Am I reading this right? Still holds true?

take the pins off of the floppies if you can easily and toss the rest. Of course, with older floppies some of the cases are cast aluminum and you have to decide if its worth the effort for that. The CD/DVD boards strip very quickly, usually 4 screws on outside plate and a couple plastic tabs on the inside. 1 minute per unit tops. True, they don't weigh a lot, but getting a pound of boards is easy and the rest go into scrap. The only thing I take out is the main board, which sells very nicely IMO. Check out the buyers and see what they are paying. I also wait until I have a nice stack (50-100) and do them all in one sitting.

Originally Posted by miked

Just to perhaps clarify, I hope, the board with the pins I get mobo price and the small board with the motor I leave in the case and sell with the shred. Mike.

That seems somewhat backwards to me. The board with the pins is usually bare except for the pins. Sometimes there's a IC on it. The board with the motor though is much more densly populated with up to 3 IC's, and several of the monolithic capacitors (I think). Of course the motor would need to be removed, and sometimes they're stuck to a steel plate.

Either way, I'll shoot Mario an email. He sets the prices, and most of the time they make sense.

I am a little sad for the floppys in the past where i removed the board, cut the connector and threw the rest in low grade.

Another thought - if the board with the pins is worth motherboard (2.70 now), then why would anyone remove the gold connector at 1.20 a pound. I think I've seen prices at $4 a pound for the gold connectors off of a floppy drive - that may even out. But at anything close to or under motherboard price, I think you'd be best leaving it together.

Once you find out let us know...

I got several stacks of the **** things sitting in the shop. They annoy me to break down to the point I just keep settin an forgetting them..lol.

Heck I got 35 still in plastic bags from one of the computer guys I deal with. lol.

Stupid floppies!

Sirscrapalot - Is it 5 O'Clock yet?

I finally got an answer - my buyer takes the floppy boards with pins in the same pile as CD / DVD boards (motherboard grade). The going motherboard rate is higher than gold connectors. It doesn't take me very long to take apart the drive, so I'll pull the entire board out rather than pull off the connector.