Hello!

Polecat here.



I have a question for you.
I am set on doing as much of the refining process as I can, and therefore do not care if a mid/high-grade board is devalued.
So.
How can I best remove the CPU/RAM/VIDEO slots from the motherboard? The long black/tan/white plastic slots that have pins inside with slight traces of gold on them.

At the moment, I am trying to pry/smash them off with a screwdriver/hammer. This currently results in a large amount of damage to the pins themselves, and they usually go flying to the unspeakable corners of my bench, never to be found again.

Is there a better way to do this?