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    Are you scrapping them all or are you trying to sell parts? If your scrapping the ones that are standing up, try dropping them on the concrete (in an inconspicuous location)...



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    My kid would have that turned into a fort when I wasn't looking
    or knock em down dominoes..
    Nice score!!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by NHscrapman View Post
    My kid would have that turned into a fort when I wasn't looking
    or knock em down dominoes..
    Nice score!!!
    Heck I'd make that into a fort

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    You can't hide from your wife in that fort too well!
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    Nice score, let us know the math after you break it all down. I am hesitant to spend money right now with the market being so weak so I try to get it all for nothing or close to $0 as possible
    The hours I put into breaking it all down does not justify more than maybe $3 at the most per machine- that's if they are not gutted already ( memory , cpu removed etc)
    I did 50 of those once, when you get going you become like a machine tearing those babies down
    And I don't dare bring the scrap units into the house ( rebuilds to sell are OK) but I get the stink eye from the wife for those too if they start to pile up.

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    It may be awhile on the math. I'm very seriously considering holding onto the mobos until gold recovers. #1.20 a pound is the best I've found so far local, If that's all I get, this may well turn into a losing deal.

    Hindsight's 20/20, but had I known there were no harddrives I wouldn't have taken this on. Even just 80GBs fetch 2 bucks apiece. That was going to be my profit. But I had to jump fast & hope. I can't believe the IT guy didn't nab the RAM when he was in there taking out the HDs.

    Meh... ya live, ya learn. (now which room can I hide a gaylord full of mobos in? LOLOL)
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    I'm not 100 percent sure, but those optiplex 280's should have copper heatsinks inside them. I broke a bunch of them down last year and they all had copper heatsinks, which was a nice surprise. Hopefully your results will show the same. Nice score

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    Quote Originally Posted by TheDude80 View Post
    I'm not 100 percent sure, but those optiplex 280's should have copper heatsinks inside them. I broke a bunch of them down last year and they all had copper heatsinks, which was a nice surprise. Hopefully your results will show the same. Nice score
    Copper would be schweet, but they're CU/Al... which surprisingly returns LESS THAN 6063 Al around here. (?????)

    I'm about 1/3 of the way through them... when I get on a roll I can do one in about 2 minutes as long as everything cooperates.

    My local Kroger is holding back a few gaylords for me for the power supplies & mobos.

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    can you post a pic of the heatsink? I forgot what ones come out of those. I may know how to get the copper out
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    Which exact model are these? Have you checked for the market for parts for these? You most likely would still break down most of them but on some older models there is a limited market for parts. Do yourself a favor and determine if there is a market. Testing the parts before you break them down is the easiest way to go. If you don't have a good hard drive with OS then get a copy of a 32 bit copy of one of the Linux OS. Ubuntu, Linux lime, Kubuntu, Linux lite. Lots to choose from and they are all free. Good luck, Mike
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    Now go beat the copper out of something, Miked

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    Geez! My wife flipped out when I had HD tear down in front of the TV. Good Luck!
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    Quote Originally Posted by MattInTheHat View Post
    can you post a pic of the heatsink? I forgot what ones come out of those. I may know how to get the copper out
    There's 2 different kinds.



    Top one in this pic looks for all the world like it's solid Al, but it's way too heavy. Ratt bastard file reveals a copper core in the bottom part, with Al fins.

    Bottom one is in maybe 10-15% of these units, and looks to be ~15 or 20 cents worth of Cu in a block at the bottom, then a couple of Cu 'pipes'. ... Unless I could get that block out in about 2 seconds and not a high risk of slicing off a finger, I'm not really interested in fighting with it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by auminer View Post
    There's 2 different kinds.



    Top one in this pic looks for all the world like it's solid Al, but it's way too heavy. Ratt bastard file reveals a copper core in the bottom part, with Al fins.

    Bottom one is in maybe 10-15% of these units, and looks to be ~15 or 20 cents worth of Cu in a block at the bottom, then a couple of Cu 'pipes'. ... Unless I could get that block out in about 2 seconds and not a high risk of slicing off a finger, I'm not really interested in fighting with it.
    Maybe you could sell them in lots to people that like taking them apart to collect the interesting copper shapes. The tube ones don't look like they would be worth taking apart for the copper if it's just copper tubing in them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by auminer View Post
    There's 2 different kinds.



    Top one in this pic looks for all the world like it's solid Al, but it's way too heavy. Ratt bastard file reveals a copper core in the bottom part, with Al fins.

    Bottom one is in maybe 10-15% of these units, and looks to be ~15 or 20 cents worth of Cu in a block at the bottom, then a couple of Cu 'pipes'. ... Unless I could get that block out in about 2 seconds and not a high risk of slicing off a finger, I'm not really interested in fighting with it.
    On the bottom one, I generally put them in a vice. Then take a chisel (wood chisel works very well) and hit it once or twice. It'll pop right off. More like 30 seconds most likely. About the same amount of time would be spent shaving the fins off of the top one.

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    Just finished the last disassembly. *WHEW*

    Not biting off that much again anytime soon!!!

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    mess around with the one on the top. the fins are soldered on.

    I used to sit watching TV and bend the fins back and forth, but there must be easier ways.

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    Well, I just returned from the yard selling the heat sinks, power supplies, CD drives, et al.

    I have all the RAM, and pinned/pinless CPUs separated & weighed & fixing to hopefully stuff all 43 pound of them into on large flat rate addressed to Ohio.

    If I sold every motherboard at the current best local rate I can find ($1.20/pound)... and knowing what I oughta get for the Ohio shipment... and knowing what I got today...
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    I'll only lose 500 bucks and 50 hours of my time on this fiasco.


    Knowing what I know now, I'd think twice if someone offered to GIVE ME those 411 computers.

    No more buying scrap for me. Not til the market recovers, anyway.

    Time to lick my wounds & unwind:

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    the problem with those was that they were all small socket boards............Without hard drive my current price would be around .10/lb.......which equals out to about $2 each........Lesson learned and looks like you are already moving on.....LOL

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    Quote Originally Posted by mikeinreco View Post
    the problem with those was that they were all small socket boards............Without hard drive my current price would be around .10/lb.......which equals out to about $2 each........Lesson learned and looks like you are already moving on.....LOL
    Yep. I didn't research adequately before I jumped in, and like Led Zepplin said...


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    Quote Originally Posted by mikeinreco View Post
    the problem with those was that they were all small socket boards............Without hard drive my current price would be around .10/lb.......which equals out to about $2 each........Lesson learned and looks like you are already moving on.....LOL
    I was hoping to make another offer on another truckload but this time I think I can still make money at .12 lb but not .14. The market dropped a little more after I bought the other load at .14 so at .12 I might still make the same profit. (cross fingers)
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