Apple I-mac

[gravygrabber]

I got an Apple I-mac along with some other stuff last week. I took it apart and the board is blue on both sides. I found 3 things on the board that looked like "chips" One had a long metal arm over it, one had a heat sink on it and one was just on the board marked Nivda or something (assuming video card)
None came off like a regular PC. I've never taken apart an Mac so I just used the heat gun until the chips came off and threw em in my processor pile. Is that what you guys do???

[logansryche]

More or less - I use a soldering pot to safely take the parts off. All the power of a heat gun minus the effects. Haven't torn anything apple apart in awhile, sounds like everything was onboard.

[gravygrabber]

Blue motherboard mid grade?

[ItAllAddsUp]

I just took apart one too, and was wondering the same thing. Loved the cast aluminum case though.

[ScrappinRed]

Blue motherboard mid grade?

Ask your buyer. By desoldering the chips you downgraded your board value substantially...

[gravygrabber]

but maybe increased my processor pile value?

[logansryche]

It's give and take - dismantle a board to it's components and you have little values if sold on places like ebay but loose the giant value of the board together.

[matador]

I've done a few iMacs.

On newer ones, I usually just take the CPU off, and send the rest in as a whole motherboard. But, that's my buyer's preference.

On older ones like the iMac G4, I just take the board off and send it in as-is.

You'll have value in the processor, but on some of those macs, the time is just too much for the reward for me. In the time it takes me to break apart one iMac G4, I can dismantle three PCs.

On one board though, it won't be too much of a difference either way.

Matador: "Living and learning."

[travistemple202020]

I get a kick out of the g-4 g-5's that have heatsinks that look like a small motorcycle engine

[CTscrapman]

They may get color mother board pricing but I pull off all those tantalum capacitors usually they have a good amount.

[aurum]

I usually get laptop motherboard price on those, which is a little higher. Some of the Intel based iMacs have a laptop type CPU in them. Check to see if it is the T7400, the CPU alone is worth about $50-100 in re-sale, T7600 worth about $30-50! Just pulled a T7600 out of one, sold for $40. I also love the heavy aluminum bases. I don't mind to scrap them.

[AuburnEwaste]

The funny part is that the only reason those T series CPU's are selling are because they are from a mac. You can get the same thing from a Windows laptop for a few bucks. It is amazing how much more money you can sell things on ebay for if you put "for Mac" in the title.

[parrothead]

I tore apart 1 imac and was very disappointed in the return. You can get better money for less time advertising it on Craig's list as a parts machine.

[JunkMonkey]

I find that whatever Apple product I get, will almost always sell for more than scrap. Those Imacs sell on ebay for $30+, even if they don't work. Sold 3 diff types recently, two that didn't even power up for $30+shipping. Other one was a 20" aluminum trimmed model, it powered up, but had issues. That sucker sold for $60. Always check out Ebay sold listings, even if you sell on Craigslist. It will give you some sort of baseline to figure out what you might expect to get for whatever you have.

Just my 2c, but I never, never ever, never ever ever, break down an Apple product.

Hope everyone on here is making it through these treacherous scrapping times.
Take care.

[matador]

I'll break down G4s. They can bring $25, but try shipping one. They're a nightmare.

I won't scrap anything that's a G5 or newer (Intel).

[Melk]

Yeah usually way easier to sell as is even broken. Easy money!