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http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/...ps8a7f3162.jpg
This was under the heat sink on top of the CPU.
http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/...ps2495db08.jpg
CPU attached to mother board.
All I have read about gold in computers is that gold touches gold. This is the size of a small socket CPU and weighs 21 grams.
It was a Toshiba Satelite Pro and did not have any USB ports.
You found gold but it's not going to make you rich.;)
looks like some nice plating there.
makes me want to get the scissors out =)
i found that before it value is good but remember it just 1 it's not very heavy .man i was so happy when i saw that lol.I had 25 of those toshiba laptops big bricks lol ,there really a pain in the butt,but most dont have them 1 of 25 had.. ah found pic http://oi50.tinypic.com/ioqmpi.jpg
i'm sure I found a toshiba satelite pro recently, must go look see if it has usb ports or not, i'd like one too.
yep, found it!
mines a satellite pro 420cdt
http://i1049.photobucket.com/albums/...o/rammy016.jpg
how's about a live scrap?
yeah why not, stay tuned folks, will start the scrap in 5 minutes!
the battery has gold fingers, well these are more like toes..
http://i1049.photobucket.com/albums/...o/rammy022.jpg
Got it open, so far some aluminium, a nice little board and 2 nimh batteries..
http://i1049.photobucket.com/albums/...o/rammy024.jpg
So from here there's another alloy plate covering up more board and I assume the cpu is under the little heatsink top right..
http://i1049.photobucket.com/albums/...o/rammy025.jpg
ahh.. false alarm, my plate thingy is silver and I can't get it off anyway.
so I must have one of the 25 that aren't gold :)
i scrape off some of the silver if you can, ive seen alot of copper that has a silver coating on it
ben, take off the heatsink that has the fan attached to it should be 4 screws, if it is like mine it may have the gold plated plate underneath, on the back side of the moboard should be an ali cap with 2 screws in it, take those out, under that cap should be 2 more screws.
when i found the one i started this thread about, i was like no way, this cant be.
So what is the price per # of the gold plating if you went through a buyer and not ebay?