CD/DVD ROM Boards

Merry Christmas All,

I have a question that I cant seem to find the answer to by searching, if its been answered before I couldnt find it. My question is what are these boards graded at, would they be the same as motherboards or hard drive boards.
I see that some of the buyers on here pay different for hard drive boards but no-one lists the cd/dvd boards.



Thanks all, and Merry Christmas

CD/DVD boards get motherboard price.

Floppy drive boards are low grade but snap off the gold connector before it goes in the bucket.

TIP: I also like to pull the motors from the back of the drives or from under the board. 90% of the time there is a long brass worm gear that's easily snapped off. Motor goes in with copper breakage.

Thanks Scrap Lap, I've been donig the same thing with the floppy boards and with the motors on the cd/dvd's, just needed clarification on which pile the boards go in.
What part of Jersey are you in?

Not all escrap buyers take the CD rom boards as moterboard price anymore. At least one major buyer has a seperate grade "peripheral" that is worth about 2/3 the price of motherboards. I wouldn't be surprised to see this trend spread.

Originally Posted by brandon

Thanks Scrap Lap, I've been donig the same thing with the floppy boards and with the motors on the cd/dvd's, just needed clarification on which pile the boards go in.
What part of Jersey are you in?

I'm from LBI but I live outside of Trenton now. U?

Originally Posted by bjybjy

Not all escrap buyers take the CD rom boards as moterboard price anymore. At least one major buyer has a seperate grade "peripheral" that is worth about 2/3 the price of motherboards. I wouldn't be surprised to see this trend spread.

Thanks for the tip. I'll have to keep them in a separate bin from now on..

My guess is that all buyers are eventually going to go with the seperated boards....The rush to get the material is over and now the companies are looking out for their bottom line a bit more.

Scrap Lap, im in East Brunswick between exit 8a and 9 on the turnpike.

i pay the same for mb's, floppy and cd/dvd boards.

Hi715 ;;

where are you located ?????

two locations
one in shirley, ar. not far from you. and one just outside of oshkosh, wi.

715........prices??

The rush to get the material is over <<

why would there be a rush and why would a buyer/processor ever quit buying material?