Is it a waste if time to scrap these items?

I only remove the items that will increase the value of a circuit board. You need to find buyers here on the forum and locally to see what they recommend. I have found that buyers differ in how they want boards processed.

Any metal or plastic brackets or mounting plates should be removed along with heat sinks, fans and batteries from mother boards.

On gold finger boards I remove heat sinks, fans and the metal mounting bracket. Some buyers allow the metal bracket to remain.

I do pull eproms from boards. They look like the top 2 chips in pic 3 except they are ceramic and have a glass window on them. I pull those because I can get 5 dollars a pound fro them.

On many telecom boards I remove transformers and other copper bearing pieces to increase the value of the board.

On brown boards I don't remove anything. They sell for 10 cents a pound and right now prices for transformers, electric motors and other copper bearing pieces are on a few cents more so they go as is.

Different yards have different requirements and different prices as do different regions of the US.

This is why you need to find as many buyers as you can, locally and also here on the SMF.



Talk to them and get to know them and always check prices before selling.