escrap questions - Page 7

Originally Posted by GeorgeB

thanks. what I thought but want to be sure.
Well less is not so bad, as long as it is not way less.

Thanks.

The 2 ic's are bringing around 5.50 a lb now, up to you if it's worth your time tho,,

Originally Posted by Mechanic688

The 2 ic's are bringing around 5.50 a lb now, up to you if it's worth your time tho,,

thanks mechanic

definitely worth it for that pricr for sure.

will ask some of the buyers on here if they buy because I haven't seen ads for them.

thanks again.

btw what is so special about them?

Originally Posted by GeorgeB

thanks mechanic

definitely worth it for that price for sure.

will ask some of the buyers on here if they buy because I haven't seen ads for them.

thanks again.

btw what is so special about them?

I broke the bottom out of one getting it off the board and when I looked at it there was all kinds of small gold traces back and forth going to the different legs. Just looked at a buyers price list and their listed at 6.00 a lb now.

Originally Posted by Mechanic688

I broke the bottom out of one getting it off the board and when I looked at it there was all kinds of small gold traces back and forth going to the different legs. Just looked at a buyers price list and their listed at 6.00 a lb now.

Thanks a lot mechanic. Really appreciate the information.

$6.00 a lb is not bad. Will break all the rest of them off tomorrow when I get home and put them in a separate bin.

If your needing to break them off then you should be leaving them on, unless it's a lower grade board.

Originally Posted by KZBell

If your needing to break them off then you should be leaving them on, unless it's a lower grade board.

does it devalue the board if I take them off?

rule of thumb. If its soldered on leave it on.

Originally Posted by GeorgeB

does it devalue the board if I take them off?

Yes, that is my understanding anyway.

Originally Posted by ron22

Great so now you are telling me I should through the box of motherboards I have and pull all the CMOS chips off (If socketed)
If I get board I might other wise I will start pulling them in future.

We're not telling you that, if you don't have time just leave them on. Some buyers want the batteries off anyway so while your doing that just check the board real quick for any plug-in chips.

Originally Posted by PartTimeScrapper

rule of thumb. If its soldered on leave it on.

The ones I have pictured above were not soldered on. I took a small flathead screw driver, and put underneath and just lifted them up.

I have seen others talk about them, but didnt know what they were worth.

The ones that are soldered on, I cant remove without breaking them.

Okay for some reason, I have 6 hard drives that are not getting detected on my pc. I dont know if that means they have already been wiped or not.

Besides the possibility of them already being wiped, is there another reason for this?

I dont feel comfortable trying to sell them on ebay if they do contain information.

If they dont detect on your computer how can they be wiped? If they dont detect then something is wrong with the drive.

Maybe you should just save yourself the brain damage and sell them to Parttimescrapper.

Originally Posted by PartTimeScrapper

If they dont detect on your computer how can they be wiped? If they dont detect then something is wrong with the drive.

I dont know..that is why I am asking, if the PC is not detecting them for some reason, would that mean they are already wiped.

I have 9 total. 5 were detected, and 4 wasnt.

Guess the 4 that wasn't, I will just break them down.

Originally Posted by ron22

MAke sure the jumpers are currect on the drive. If they are set to slave it most likly will not work.

How do I check that?