Computer parts Breakdown and identification - Page 5

hi
the hard drive casing are all the lower part of this aluminium as i have some and it is really shiny around center hole looking more like stainless steel or is this high polished ?

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Thanks I didn't know that the connector bits were gold, I've been throwing them away, oops. However that silvery bit on upper left motherboard in the third pic. That's aluminium and its easy to break off, I recommend breaking it off and placing it with aluminium, as for graphics cards; sometimes they have aluminium screwed on top of them above the gold fingers. Its usually large, and sometimes you can find a large section of copper on the inside.

Nice job, thanks for taking the time to educate us.

This was very informative. I learned I put stainless steel in with my aluminum dangit! I do have a question for you though: Prior to sending your Motherboards, peripherals, etc. do you cut all the gold off them, or sell them as is? Thanks again for this great tutorial

I was told that there was gold plated material in the laser reader casing. Here is a pic, tell me what you think.

interesting thanks! I am also finding nice ribbon cable with gold plated ends and boards in laptop dvd drives. What types of boards are these, mid grade like the desktop variety?

CD/DVD Grade check Ewasted. I think it is gold plating, I'm sure someone on here has a gold purity checking kit or what ever you want to call the kit.

Really a benchmark in identification for the newcomers like myself..


Thanks.

Hi folks, new to the forum. Almost all the pictures in this thread at not showing up and I wanted to know why? I want to learn but without the being able to see the pics I'm a bit lost. Thanks!

Thanks Mechanic688....It was the computer settings. I can view them fine now.

Originally Posted by Mechanic688

Why would you toss copper??? That would be like driving down the road and tossing a $20.00 bill out the window.

Don't make fun man! I went and grabbed all the ribbons out of my trash can after I broke down 3 computers the other day after reading this post! I had already cut of the connector ends of course, but I figured the ribbons themselves weren't worth much.

Originally Posted by Mechanic688

If their hi-grade boards leave it on but if your talking low-grade, pluck away.

OK, how do you know a low-grade board vs. a high-grade board? Weight? Age? Type?

Originally Posted by Mechanic688

Low grade is usually listed or graded by color; low grade is usually brown-tan color. Some may be whiteish,
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Uh oh..Mech's finally lost it. He's tooting his own horn!

Excellent thread an answers in here.

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