question for escrap buyers

Originally Posted by olddude

I remove all metal possable from all boards. does that mean I'm cheeting myself as I usually manage to do ?

With me...you can have around a %5 metal on the boards by weight. The metal on the pci cards are fine, the metal around the ports on motherboards are fine, the small metal plate behind the motherboard on dell systems are fine as long as its not the huge steel backing. If its the small square that the heat sink will attach to then its ok. If you are unsure you can post a photo on here and I will let you know if you need to clean it up more or not.