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    Motherboard with Solder on CPU

    I have 2 of these boards with AMD CPU soldered on. Are they worth any more or just throw them in with the other motherboards?




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    even if you could get them off intact they would be classified as pinless ceramic and worth less than an actuall pinless ceramic because of the lack of gold. I would just leave them on. You would also be downgrading the boards by removing them.

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    Rule of thumb. If its soldered on then leave it on. Most buyers want it this way.

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    OK I guess I was not clear.
    I have no plans on taking CPU off.
    I just want to know if this motherboard is worth more or do I just throw it in with my other motherboards?

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    I would toss it in with you Motherboards. They are Chinese boards anyway, not much gold on them.

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    I don't understand how taking a CPU off a motherboard is any different than taking one off that is soldered on. It's the same material in my eyes.

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    Toula, the main difference is the actual socket on a regular motherboard. I once had a CPU that was really stubborn and accidentally pulled the whole socket off. Take a look under one and you will see the reason the above boards are a lower grade. Lots of gold pins connecting the CPU pins to the board.

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    The difference from what I know is the ones that are soldered on usualy dont have gold pins. There for they are just a standard IC chip in value. Depopulating a board of coldered on IC chipc usualy devaluees the boards value. Every buyer is diferent so best to ask the buyer you intend to sell it too.

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    I would venture to say that the pins are gold plated and the traces on the motherboard are gold plated that the pins go into. Then the board goes over a solder bath. That way you have a soldered on cpu with the benefits of a gold to gold connection. I am not 100% positive on that though.

    I extract ceramic chips from telecom boards and there is still gold on them. I grind the back side of the board flush, then i poke my soldering iron into each pin. After that the chip almost falls off the board.

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    From what y'all are saying I'm gathering that there is gold on the CPU pins and gold in the socket hence the saying gold plugs into gold. The soldered on ones also have gold to gold connections but I'm guessing the connections are considerably shorter.

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