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I also have some misc boards that I'm not sure where to categorize.

First pic is a PDA board from a Palm M515. What would the be sorted as?

Second pic are laptop NIC cards (left is a broadcom...

Figured I would ask ahead of time before I got dinged for sorting fees...

I have about 50 processors that i have sorted out into general groups (fiber, ceramic, etc). I have placed the like ones...

Did a transaction last week with armygreywolf. Sent some 2GB memory chips on Monday, had the money in Paypal on Friday. Thank you!

So along with heat sinks, some floppy casings, and most of the hard drive casings, I could mix the platters in my aluminum scrap bin as well? I pull the boards off the hard drives and sell them...

A friend had some tires and rims put on at discount tire. I helped negotiate the price, but I wasn't in the shop. After I confirmed everything she ended up taking the old tires and rims home. I...

If most are like the Dell in his picture, the pc usually comes with an operating system Certificate of Authorization (COA) code stuck to the pc that was sold with it. See this thread:...

I went on Monday, July 2nd with a pretty clean load of stuff. I got my check on Thursday July 12th in the mail. Everything matched on the invoice and the check was correct. Thanks for a great first...

What's most amazing is that there have been 4 sold at that price!

Things like used RAM (even new RAM) can be very tricky to test and sell. It may look like it works because the machine powers on and POSTs (Power On Self Test). But once it's hammered with an...

I have the best of both worlds for computer scrap... been a computer guy for 25+ years having the knowledge to know what I have in my hands AND have access to a lot of ewaste. However it all depends...

I watched it religiously for quite awhile. Always thought Leo was gay. The information on the show was pretty good, but sometimes I wanted to be the call-in and say "that's incorrect... this is how...

It's not specifically bound to the physical hardware inside the pc... it is bound to the pc itself. For example, a Dell Optiplex GX620 comes with a COA on the case for Windows XP Professional. That...

I'm not sure if it's actually legal through Microsoft's eyes. Those COA labels have an OS code series that was given to the manufacturer (Dell, HP, etc) and is supposed to stay with that OS...

Careful... Jimmy Hoffa is still missing and could possibly be in one of those barrels!

Took about 3 months. I sent all the memory, cpu's and hard drive boards out to other places, but it looks as though ARCOA is pretty competitive with the hard drive board pricing so I may bring it...

It was all graded as high grade mb at current pricing of $3.85/lb.

As far as the dropoff being 4 hours, it was part my fault as well. It was my first ewaste dropoff anywhere so I had questions...

I kept the mounting brackets on because i didnt know if i would be leaving them at arcoa or sendig them off to somewhere else I asked about taking the cards back and removing the plates and bring...

It depends, but the answer it's not worthless. If you are referring to a motherboard as something like this:

http://www.techiwarehouse.com/i/Motherboard/Motherboard1.jpg

After you remove the...

Went to ARCOA in Orlando today. Arrived at 8:30am. Finding the place was tricky - I had the right address and the GPS brought me to it, but the sign said MidWest Copier and I was confused till I...

Wish we could send some of it to you to help with the heat and fires! It's been just about non-stop raining since Saturday night here in central Florida (I'm just south of Orlando). From a constant...

If there is such a thing as a "good thing" when it comes to a tropical storm or a hurricane, it makes for a lot of scrap from flooding and damage. Lots of shorted out appliances and electronics!

Not sure how much your yard pays for aluminum, but if you took out the motor wouldn't you get a higher price for the electric motor?

Also, the magnets inside the drives can be dangerous - hard to...

I use a screwdriver on all slot processors embedded in plastic. Here's a photo tutorial:

http://i1235.photobucket.com/albums/ff429/zvv/other/1_top.jpg
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Ewasted... your PM box is full! I wanted to ask about FedEx shows they delivered the package about 10am today. I haven't seen my lot get updated with "Package Received". Just want to make sure the...

I'm sure people are busy scrappin, but it definitely should be a contest that is possible everyone can achieve. Some people (like olddude and his new whale coming in) get 10, 100, or 500x more than...