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?
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.
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.
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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