What it means to take apart a desktop

Originally Posted by jghilino

sounds like you are dealing with the wrong buyer if they want heatsinks removed, especially if theyre paying less than $4 per pound after the board is stripped clean, i know im not going to jump thru that many hoops to sell my boards lol

arcoa says: "Motherboards $4.40 (Batteries must be removed)"

I did notice this: some buyers require all heatsinks off, others don't, so I guess you could leave the main heatsink on too although it's probably kind of hard to reattach it once you remove the CPU.