To pull the laptop Mother board or scrap the incomplete laptop?

[miked]

I was also thinking about cutting our the CPU with my Dremmel, and harvesting the easy stuff like the Bat.,RAM, Hard drive.

My thought is if you are going to this much effort just break them down completely. After taking the ram, cpu, battery, hard drive why would anyone pay a premium for what is left over?

I'm a little unsure how using a dremmel tool would make getting the cpu out quicker. With the current scrap valueof laptop cpu's its nearly not worth the effort to remove them from the motherboard.

I'm not serious but I did just weigh up 6 0z. of laptop cpu's and it took 31 to make that weight. Math time: 6oz/16oz = 37.5% $12/lb x .375(37.5%) = $4.50/ 31 cpu's = 14.5 cents each. I'm not suggesting you don't pull them just consider the value of your time. I am a firm believer in doing it yourself and deciding what is the best course of action.

My model will differ from yours, I choose to take what would be pennies in scrap, test it and sell it for dollars. Because of this I tend to fully break down my laptops. We all need to find our niche. 73, Mike