Board Grade (missing components)

[Mechanic688]

Your first pic. I think Mick had a posting about the chipless ram, part of the value is in the chips.

[PinkFloydEffect]

But at the same time some of the devaluing is in the metal casing which is no longer there?

[wadarbr549]

in those last 3 photos you posted..the 2nd one looks to me like a board i get out of bigger smart tv sets...those black things that are in a row and kinda resemble sockete ic chips are actually some type of transformer or a choke of some sort...i finally popped one out and they are just dense copper coils...i have since popped them out of all the boards i have like that....the ones i have show at least 50 to 75 percent solid plating on one side

[PinkFloydEffect]

So maybe they belong with PC board grade (non-server)?

What about the last two?

[PinkFloydEffect]

I have tried using the forum search but have not had much success and I'm trying to avoid asking my buyer more questions...but here are more.

What about these contact/remote control boards? Also I have some copper plated contact board any idea what I can class this as??


Now these must be worth something...lots of gold tracing they are from LCD monitors and TVs and a few are from laser printers/scanners you can see one all the way to the right, most of them don't have much density just gold tracing/bonding...


I have this pile still that I am afraid will be entirely "brown board" aka li-iron price at my local metal yard:


Here is a closer look at four examples; the one with all the lights is from a handheld game, you can see the board with a tube socket that is one of the dozens of monitor tube driver boards I have then the other two with digital faces might be from VCRs and such, any idea??

[Mechanic688]

Last pic I would pull the black IC chips but other than that not much value there.

[PinkFloydEffect]

I got a reply from eWasted out of Ohio on these pictures...

- The blank Rambus goes at the same price as populated Rambus

- The TV/Monitor power supply boards from LCD units goes as PC power supply

- TV/Monitor video driver boards go as devalued/trimmed finger boards, printer, modem, and floppy boards

- Office phone board goes as devalued/trimmed finger boards, printer, modem, and floppy boards

- The remote control and copper contact board can go as low grade brown board

- Gold tracing LCD panel boards without population are in a separate class of $2.00/lb

[Ewasted]

I got a reply from eWasted out of Ohio on these pictures...

- The blank Rambus goes at the same price as populated Rambus

- The TV/Monitor power supply boards from LCD units goes as PC power supply

- TV/Monitor video driver boards go as devalued/trimmed finger boards, printer, modem, and floppy boards

- Office phone board goes as devalued/trimmed finger boards, printer, modem, and floppy boards

- The remote control and copper contact board can go as low grade brown board

- Gold tracing LCD panel boards without population are in a separate class of $2.00/lb

TV LCD power supply goes with mid grade low, $.35/lb
TV monitor video driver boards go with brown boards, if that is what the brown boards are above.

[PinkFloydEffect]

Mid grade low you say? I don't have that on my price chart yet for you guys, I have "Low Grade Brown Board" on the chart @ $0.21/lb so deciphering between $0.21 & $0.35 grades may become difficult.

The pile of boards are from tube TVs and monitors, but there is also video driver boards from higher end LCD TVs and monitors you told me in email belong with the $1.60 grade? Such as the following below:




I will pick apart that pile and repost some finer sorted piles for more help! I assume since that LCD panel non-populated gold trace board goes for $2.00lb I can mix it with small socket P4 and newer mobos??

[PinkFloydEffect]

I picked through the junk pile...got some questions (I hope eWasted chimes in)



Thought I saw a post on this site about these tube socket boards going for more than the tube TV/monitor large bottom boards with the power supply on it?



Remote control and copper contact board goes as low grade brown board I assume laptop keyboards go as the same if I strip the keys?



The low grade brown board I have from audio amplifier units such as home receivers that have large capacitors like this still go as low grade brown board I don't have to pull them?



Pretty sure still low grade brown board...would be a treat to get that price for this still imo



These are from microwaves and air conditioners still low grade brown board...but back to the topic of this thread...I'm curious if I can get the same price/not piss off my buyer if I strip IC's from my low grade brown board. Ohio @ $0.21/lb for low grade brown board is better then Manchester NH @ $0.12/lb which in that case I would mix it with my light iron at my local yard. Is there a high/mid grade brown board?

[ryanw]

There can be different categories for these lower grade boards. Unfortunately, it's usually not worthwhile for buyers to differentiate unless there's a lot of material involved. If a place has an all inclusive low grade price, then all of these would fall into that category. I woulds say feel free to pick off the IC chips. Just don't strip everything down to bare boards.

The CRT socket boards aren't worth more, they're usually worth the least.

The laptop keyboard doesn't have any board in it. There just some silver mylar in there layered among the other stuff.

I would really recommend not spending any time at all on these types of boards. That is, unless you have nothing else to do. Throw all brown boards into a pile, sell as a lot, and move on to other things.

[Mechanic688]

It's all low grade junk, use your time for the money making stuff.

[PinkFloydEffect]

Is it okay to store brown board outside in the elements since its practically light iron and I need to accumulate a lot?

[Mechanic688]

Is it okay to store brown board outside in the elements since its practically light iron and I need to accumulate a lot?

I got me a couple of the blue plastic 55 gal barrels and used a metal barrel lid (cause they cut the top out of the blue ones) to cover them, drilled a few drain holes in the lower sides and those were my outdoor storage units for low grade.

[PinkFloydEffect]

I was thinking of filling a plastic truck bed liner with a tarp over it.

[PinkFloydEffect]

Back to this board I will throw it in my computer power supply bin which I assume is more then $0.21/lb (low grade brown board price)

Maybe PC power supply board is considered mid grade brown board?

Then there is the board on the bottom, green on both sides but transparent...prob does not belong with the $1.60/lb stuff? Maybe "mid grade" brown board??

[PinkFloydEffect]

Its been a while I have been saving and still have not sold anything yet, I already made a mess of this thread so I will keep it here doing some ends and odds.

These seem to be all "mid grade / low" not sure if there is a "mid grade / high" and I think PC power supply board and main power board for non-tube TVs go with this too:



I have my "Finger Board Trimmed/Devalued AND Cable TV / Satellite TV / Printer / Modem and Floppy boards" which I assume is considered "mid grade / high" ? That is on the left but then I have the logic boards on the right can those go with anything higher such as "Motherboards Small Socket (All Colors - P4 and Newer)"



Apple G5 processors...P3 slot CPU?



Laptop wifi cards...with PCI finger boards or gold tip memory?



We have established the right boards go for the same price as small socket motherboards (All Colors - P4 and Newer) what about the ones on the left though?? I don't see the visible gold but they are LCD panel linking boards (X/Y)



I really am not sure what this is but assuming because of the density of the ICs it may be higher then brown board??

[Immulmen]

Its been a while I have been saving and still have not sold anything yet, I already made a mess of this thread so I will keep it here doing some ends and odds.

These seem to be all "mid grade / low" not sure if there is a "mid grade / high" and I think PC power supply board and main power board for non-tube TVs go with this too:



I have my "Finger Board Trimmed/Devalued AND Cable TV / Satellite TV / Printer / Modem and Floppy boards" which I assume is considered "mid grade / high" ? That is on the left but then I have the logic boards on the right can those go with anything higher such as "Motherboards Small Socket (All Colors - P4 and Newer)"



Apple G5 processors...P3 slot CPU?



Laptop wifi cards...with PCI finger boards or gold tip memory?



We have established the right boards go for the same price as small socket motherboards (All Colors - P4 and Newer) what about the ones on the left though?? I don't see the visible gold but they are LCD panel linking boards (X/Y)



I really am not sure what this is but assuming because of the density of the ICs it may be higher then brown board??

The last photo is what you are looking for. The more chips per square foot the better. I scrap part time so I don't have time to mess with brown boards. If a chip is in a socket I pull it, other then that it goes to a local yard. Everything else I sort as best as I can and is sent to Ohio.

[Flinthills]

The board in last photo will go much higher than brown board. I'll say in the $4 per pound ball park. Keep in mind this is a big ball park we're playing in.

[Mechanic688]

The green board underneath the brown one has gold grids where a pushbutton may have went. Those I throw in my OMG bucket. No value in the ones with black carbon where the gold is on that one.(under the OMG board) I usually take the time on the microwave boards to knock the larger IC's off, if their small they go with the board.