I take the boards off the CD and hard drives, and break the gold connector off the floppies. The CD/floppies still get around .10/lb as shred, and hard drives around .50/lb as dirty aluminum. I also take the stainless covers off.
The CD boards come off really easy. They usually have 4 screws and the board pops right out. I have done hundreds of these in the last couple of months and I can do one in less than a minute.
I still think it is worth it to take the hard drive board off and sell it separately. The board is worth about 1.00, and the hard drive about .50. Most of the buyers pay around 1.00/lb with the board, and most of them weigh a pound or less.
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