does trimming the gold leads on the motherboards devalue them?

Originally Posted by bnbsfsd

I've a bunch of HP boards, motherboards that is, small socket, with gold fingers on the edge.

I figure I can put these into the finger boards, as they do have gold fingers on along the edge of the motherboard..



is that correct. or would they go into the high grade, or chi boards.? input would be nice. thanks.

cut the finger off and toss it in with the lower grade motherboards, or see if a buyer will give you green board price on it, ive sold them both ways

Originally Posted by happyisthealero

Anyone?

happy if youw wanting to remove gold pins from motherboards quickly the fastest method ive seen it to use a heat gun on the back side of the board and then pull it off the other side with pliers, works great for ribbon cable connectors and the like