What to do with little boards

**Ironhunter** · 10-15-2013, 09:09 PM

Ok, guys I know I am a newb here so bear with me,

I have done multiple searches and not found the answer I was looking for (it is possible I missed it however).. The question is what to do with all the little boards I am getting off the laptops I am breaking down. (like .5x3" or the real little ones around .375x.750") Does anyone send them in as well are they worth the effort? Thanks for your advice. I am a little new to the e recycling, (used to do cars back in my youth..)

**Bear** · 10-15-2013, 09:32 PM

Good question Iron, I have an ever growing stack of those ones too that I hadn't thought about lately

**Mechanic688** · 10-15-2013, 10:17 PM

Most of the escrappers sell the laptops whole as that also gets rid of the plastic/screens, by the time you tear them down there is not much good left.

**Gravitar** · 10-15-2013, 11:13 PM

Are they the Wifi cards with the tiny row of gold fingers? If so, I just tossed them in with the finger cards. Picture would help a lot.

**tski72** · 10-16-2013, 03:11 AM

I agree with mechanic, contact your local ewaste buyer because after all those little pita screws, you dont have much, then you got a whole mess of plastic and a screen to recycle. check out the buyers section here and figure in the shipping and see if its close. then take the better route. I stopped tearing those down after one, too much wasted time and very low ROI.

just my .02

**metal gypsy** · 10-16-2013, 04:42 AM

My yard accepts e-waste and pays differently for all boards.
Currently those little boards are green on green boards and they
pay $1 per pound. I throw them in with lcd/dvd boards that pay the same.

**directrecycle** · 10-16-2013, 06:19 AM

if you do disassemble laptops you can sell the laptop screws for $5-$10 a pound. access doors/covers in random lots for approx $5 per pound. if you know how to test the screens you can get $20-$50 each on a some of those as well

**Ironhunter** · 10-16-2013, 10:50 AM

Time is not an issue for me as I enjoy the "puzzle " of how to get them apart and my son likes to help..

and I figure I'm making 0 per hour on the couch watching TV...

**Bear** · 10-16-2013, 11:00 AM

seems the general concensus is you should put all those little boards back where they came from, and sell them as whole scrap units ; )
( guess I'll have to do the same with my stack too huh )

**src3collector** · 10-16-2013, 12:16 PM

Originally Posted by Ironhunter

Time is not an issue for me as I enjoy the "puzzle " of how to get them apart and my son likes to help..

and I figure I'm making 0 per hour on the couch watching TV...

That's exactly how I see it. I'm tearing apart these drives and electronics at my desk at work and people think I'm nuts, but not only do I enjoy it but it's somewhat productive, at least alot more productive than surfing the web or playing candy crush, and it's a welcome distraction. I'm glad you asked this though as I'm getting quite a collection of these small boards as well. I might just end up trying to sell them in lots on ebay and see what happens.

**greytruck** · 10-16-2013, 12:30 PM

Originally Posted by Ironhunter

I figure I'm making 0 per hour on the couch watching TV...

Yep, Guys at work talk about going home and playing Grand theft auto till 4am. I said im going home and tearing apart electric motors till about 2.

**Ironhunter** · 10-16-2013, 05:26 PM

Hope this works, these are some of what I was referring to

**Bear** · 10-16-2013, 05:37 PM

I save the ones with those little round buttons, they have little gold contacts under them

**webuyselltradestuff** · 10-16-2013, 05:49 PM

Many of those are considered mid and even high grade boards...depends on your buyer and the amount of gold on them...so dont just dismiss them...I have turned a number of boards in as motherboard recently due to the quality.At the very least all boards at a minimum are low grade...and I get .15-.20 a pound on those...better than bulk laptop rates imo....but my guy also buysthe stripped laptop chassis for the lcd screen.

**Gravitar** · 10-16-2013, 07:23 PM

Originally Posted by Ironhunter

Hope this works, these are some of what I was referring to

I get Mid-grade pricing for those, around $2 a lb for me.

**jghilino** · 10-17-2013, 03:11 PM

laptop boards have lots of mlcc's on them and they go for $80-$100 pound , my 2 cents

i know theres alot of people for and against removing components from boards so feel free to comment

$20 per ounce and 3 ounces sold:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1-Troy-Oz-ML...item3cd26f098c

**travistemple202020** · 10-17-2013, 03:33 PM

I am glad your tearing them down its well worth it if your going to do this as a serious way of making money you need to maximize every dollar every cent because this is a bulk business and it adds up fast I personally now pay my employee 50cents each to tear them down. I do not do plastic atm because of space I do not have to store it but I sell everything else and just scrap value of laptops I average $7 selling boards screws screens batteries and so forth which is lower than what a lot of other people get but I am growing and making better connections every day even broken screens still will sell vs. recycling or tossing. this is a great site besides the whole of the internet to research, learn and maximize everything you can

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