Motherboard scrap prices?

Originally Posted by Magzz63

I have a bad habit of doing thing hastily! I guess I figured if I was going to remove all the plated pins, IC's, MLCC's, Tantalums,That the rest was garbage anyway so I depopulated a few boards. This is why I came to ask before I did anymore. My scrap is adding up fast and I am over my head as far as knowledge about this stuff. I have a lot to learn for sure.
I just found that a lot of my sound blaster audio cards are totally gold plated under the solder cover, same with a pile of synaptic cards I got from really old IBM think pads. I like collecting all the PM's and chips and stuff, like I said it's a hobby to me. So if I have the time it is better to get less for board and keep collecting the rest?

My last post was sarcasm. To get the most monetary value from your boards you should sell them without depopulating anything. Then if you want to collect PM take the money from selling your boards and buy some gold or silver.

BTW what solder cover are you talking about on sound blaster cards? I have boxes of new sound blaster cards.