WindowLESS Eproms - Gold & Silver

**Flinthills** · 03-24-2013, 10:32 PM

Originally Posted by NobleMetalWorks

If you are planning on selling your ICs Proms and Eproms to people who are going to refine them, I wouldn't crack them open to show what's on the inside. Once you do, it's difficult to tell if it's an IC, Prom or Eprom and all the refiner has to go on is your word. And as we all know, when dealing with precious metals, everyone believes everyone else is attempting to rip them off.

If my wording sounded as if I were advocating breaking them open, I apologize. My thinking was simply that others might want to know that there are chips out there as valuable as gold windows even though they do not have a window. Personally speaking, if I see ones that have the oxide layer in place, they're going in a different bucket from now on.

**NobleMetalWorks** · 03-24-2013, 10:41 PM

Originally Posted by Flinthills

If my wording sounded as if I were advocating breaking them open, I apologize. My thinking was simply that others might want to know that there are chips out there as valuable as gold windows even though they do not have a window. Personally speaking, if I see ones that have the oxide layer in place, they're going in a different bucket from now on.

Naw, it didn't sound like you were advocating tearing them apart, actually I can appreciate the fact you were curious and industrious enough to break them open to see for yourself what value might be hidden inside. I say good job. A lot of my posts have to do with pointing out things from my point of view, as someone who refines and recovers precious metals, and how I purchase that type of material, and I do so in order to help people who collect, break down and sell that type of material make a fair profit.

I thought your post was informative enough that I took the time to do what I hope compliments it some with a little bit of what I know myself. And I hope someone else is able to expand more so maybe I can learn something I didn't know as well.

So please don't take what I posted as me thinking you were advocating removing the lids or breaking apart chips, I just wanted to suggest for others who might read your post, or mine, and think they might should break open all the chips, that they might be better served not doing so.

Excellent post by the way!

Scott