What am I looking at?

**benjatc** · 03-04-2014, 01:30 PM

Hey,
I've have about 75 old sff Compaq's that I have been disassembling and they all have one of these expansion boards in them. Looks like PCI expansion ports and a few other connectors. Is there any value in these? My untrained novice eyes think the connectors look more like brass than gold. What do you think?

Thanks,
Benjatc

**Mick** · 03-04-2014, 01:48 PM

Gold plated. And "gold plugs into gold".

**benjatc** · 03-04-2014, 01:54 PM

Ok. I have no interest in harvesting it myself. I'm just trying to be better informed when dealing with buyers. Thanks.

**travistemple202020** · 03-04-2014, 02:01 PM

mick summed it up look for the buyers on here to give you an ideas of prices

**lousypirate** · 03-04-2014, 02:09 PM

commonly referred to as "riser boards"

**Mick** · 03-04-2014, 02:48 PM

What I meant was - Those "tab-things" are gold-plated and what they plug into is also gold-plated. Likewise, those white, slot-things are gold-plated on the inside as they are for PCI cards to plug into. The tabs on the PCI cards are gold plated. Hence - "gold always plugs into gold". You can sell them as is or, as I do, trim the gold off (cut very close to the gold) and sell the gold trimmings and the trimmed cards separately.

**benjatc** · 03-04-2014, 08:49 PM

Thanks for the feedback. What would the trimmings then be called? Gold fingers? Is that what some of the buyers are referring to or is that term used exclusively for RAM? Thanks again for your help.

**Mick** · 03-04-2014, 09:11 PM

Yes. Gold fingers. Buyers will want them trimmed very close so little to no green is showing. Keep track of what they are from and whether they are plated on one or both sides. Also separate by the amount of spacing between "fingers". Some fingers will have more space between the gold than others. The better you group them, the more you'll get overall.

**TheRecycleBin** · 03-06-2014, 07:20 PM

If you are breaking down computers, your board buyer should jump at them. If they aren't you need to find a new buyer. There is one on here in Ohio that I use and the prices are very good.

**armygreywolf** · 03-06-2014, 08:40 PM

Daughterboard. Different board of the same type you find in servers. Should have a price all it's own slightly higher than finger cards if it's graded right.

**benjatc** · 03-14-2014, 07:54 AM

Thanks for the replies!

**TheRecycler** · 03-14-2014, 05:26 PM

Gold and that's all that matter.

**emeeks** · 03-14-2014, 05:31 PM

Just finished a lot of these myself, ended up with about a pound of gold fingers. That's the good stuff!

**aurum** · 03-16-2014, 11:39 PM

Yes, there is value in them, should pay more than motherboard grade. My buyer has separate category for those called backplane board/riser card, usually $4.00-4.50 per lb.