Sledge Learning the E-waste ropes.. have some compliments and questions!

Ok Gents.

First off I'm going to say that for anyone new to the board who comes to ask an e-waste question that 99% of everything I have learned on a 2 day, hyper-focused bender has been gleaned off of this forum and the use of the search box. I want to give kudos to a few members in particular for some PM's as well as just posting in topics that answered darn near every question I came up with. So to Mechanic, easyrecycle, SirScrap, Brojer, PartTimeScrapper and others... I say Thank you!

I have begun my journey into the e-scrap world.. it is a slow start.. but I was able to ask on Fb if anyone had some towers and I garnished 3 of them on Saturday. I then meticulously hunted and searched the forum for breakdown tips, pros and cons of doing certain things and not others.

I now must garnish a set of Torx drivers to do hard drive break downs, but already (just from the forum) I think I have in my mind all my buyers and everything!

I of course do have a question or two that I cannot seem to answer they are the following:

1. This is a CD-Rom Board- well two pieces of CD Rom board that are separated by and connected via the puny ribbon cable.
It appears that the front or small board is sort of a crap board possibly?
The larger board seems to be the one with "all the goodies" on it. Are these two different grade boards?


2. The second question is I found this in a 3.5" Floppy Drive. The board looks like it may be a desirable board for a refiner.. but it is fused to a metal plate.. thus I'm not real sure what to do with it. It does not appear that I can separate this "board" from the steel and the steel is FAR more weight than the board. Any tips on this thing? *EDIT* after further inspection this looks like whatever circuits there are that they are printed right on the metal.. there really is no "board" at all.. nothing to separate!




3. I think I have cleaned my Motherboards correctly. Basically, I only took off the CPU chip and took out the battery. Obviously if there was a large alum heatsink pinning the chip down it was removed. Other than that I have not touched anything else. I also did pry any heatsink "caps" off of the CPU chips to get better pricing.

That is all for now. Hoping to see if I can document my journey just a bit and be out of the hair of the long time e-waste guys and gals who have blazed the trail!

Ryan-
Thank you sir for your reply. Would these retainer brackets be generally plastic? I only have 4 Mobo's right now and if I look on the underside of the board it appears I have:
1. A Slot Processor Plastic Bracket (so it has 4 tabs poking through the back side of the board)
2. Second Board is (as you said) an Aluminum Heatsink Bracket (again 4 tabs poking through the back side of the board)

Both of these should be removed from their respective Mobo's?
Thanks!

On the lil CD rom board, I pull the pushbutton for later and the rest goes in the low grade pile. On the floppy drive board I pry off the center piece and the rest goes as shred. The center piece I put with my motors. Occasionally on the MB's you'll find a metal plate on the back side from a CPU heatsink being screwed to that metal plate. (There will be 4 screws)

Originally Posted by Mechanic688

On the lil CD rom board, I pull the pushbutton for later and the rest goes in the low grade pile.
On the floppy drive board I pry off the center piece and the rest goes as shred. The center piece I put with my motors.

Thank you
and
Thank you sir!

Fudge in pic #1 double check the small board. Once in a while they may be green on both sides and can go as a mid-grade low board which is still better than low grade. Also check the older cd/dvd drive boards, you may find an eprom or removable ic in a socket. Welcome to the confusing world of ewaste.

Thank you Brass... now to go research the terms "eprom" and "removable ic in a socket"
Check!

Another question that slipped my mind on my initial posting:
All the White Connectors that are the wire ends that come off a Power Supply: Junk or Save?
I tossed these in my bucket with other connectors.. but I don't think they are gold. True or False?
Thanks!

Power supply cord ends are brass. Gold connectors are used to transfer information and the likes, just a good way to try and figure out if its brass or not, figure out what the cord itself is for. You might get dirty brass or something for them. My yard has a category for plugs, and I think these will go in as that, haven't had enough to try yet

My yard takes pic #2 as electric motor as is

I may need to clarify.. These are the "P" Plug ends P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 etc. They are Silver.. non magnetic.. So I'm guessing dirty alum?

Originally Posted by sledge

I may need to clarify.. These are the "P" Plug ends P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 etc. They are Silver.. non magnetic.. So I'm guessing dirty alum?

I'm guessing tinned brass.

This is a entertaining thread . Don't forget the brass standoffs underneath the mobo . You can find them on some older cases . Make sure you research any older towers or send flowers limits pics of the pre 1990 stuff . My last load had a hp 382 . Seen similar units on ebay for over $800 tested . Good luck !

Mech is correct. Most white connectors are coated brass, some very tiney connectors are gold but very few. a quick way to be 99% correct is if it is colored it is gold except for the power plug. Also some tower to monitor plugs are white but pins are still gold. You did your home work you will do well quickly.

Originally Posted by Scrappah

On the second pic:

Remove the three Philips head screws and the winding goes in w/ motors. There's a little bronze bearing.

On the left hand side is the square flat IC chip. Cut the legs w/ a utility knife and pry it off.

Get the little brown rectangular shaped things w/ silver ends. They're called multi layered ceramic capacitors (MLCC's) They have PM's inside.

Ok.. Took off the winding and then tossed "board" into shred.. I'll dig it out and cut off the items you stated. Thanks man!!

Sledge- Head Spinning.. all good!

Why the jump? If I may ask, Sledge. You are better at larger scrap items it seems...Your time may be better used with cars, appliances...most ppl. on here are ill-equipped to do the big stuff...you are blessed with this ability...

I personally keep that jazz for cold, rainy days when I can't work outside. And all the stuff I have to do before winter...My stash of computers awaits...

Originally Posted by SuperDave

Why the jump? If I may ask, Sledge. You are better at larger scrap items it seems...Your time may be better used with cars, appliances...most ppl. on here are ill-equipped to do the big stuff...you are blessed with this ability...

I personally keep that jazz for cold, rainy days when I can't work outside. And all the stuff I have to do before winter...My stash of computers awaits...

HA.. no jump my brotha.. Just adding to my scrapping knowledge and one more revenue stream!