I did my research and I want to verify my results.

Some of the IC's are just too small but the larger ones are worth the time.
I 2nd 41's sentiment on the power supplies.
Most (not all) buyers want the batteries removed from motherboards.
On #4- as your pulling the good stuff from the low grade boards, look around on the boards and you might see a random part that has a gold plating on it. Examples are maybe pins from a plug-in, legs of certain transistors, etc. You might spot random gold bits during the stripping process.



Good job researching for the answers. Their here but like mushrooms, kind of hard to find.