What would you do with these boards. Need help honestly

[mcemc]

Most of the scrap I get I buy. I purchase older units. I need an honest opinion on what you would do with these boards to maximize profit. Would you cut the gold fingers, pull the IC chips or EPROMS, pull the large gold chips off, or leave it all alone and sell it to someone that recycle boards. What would a board like this be worth. Most of the items I get are like this and have been wondering this for a while.

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Take a look and comment. All the help is greatly appreciated.

[ryanw]

Just leave them and sell as-is. If you are calling the chips in the bottom picture gold chips, they look like they're just stickers on plastic ICs.

Value? $4.50-5.00lb estimate, but I'm not a great telecom board grader.

[miked]

I would follow Ryanw' advise its what I do with similar boards. Mike

[AuburnEwaste]

You will be better off selling those as-is. Removing chips will downgrade the board, and with the current price on Gold fingers it would be a wash cutting them off and selling separate. 4.00-4.50/lb would be a good expectation on these, depending on your buyer.

[HipoGear]

Looks like some pretty large TCs on the bottom image. I'd pull those but leave all the ICs and smaller TCs in place.
They look nice!

[bigburtchino]

Pull the heat sinks and if you are collecting TC's (Tantalum Capacitors), the one board looks to have several of the SMD type of TC's at $20 a pound I would pull those too!

[EcoSafe]

all the above prices and advice is spot on.