isa and pci cards worth more than scrap value

Certain isa and pci cards are worth much more than scrap value. I found an ultra33 ide pci card worth $15 and an seagate st11r isa hard drive controller card worth $50 in the last batch of computers i scrapped. Almost all isa cards are worth more than scrap value, some are worth alot more. feel free to post your finds or ask questions in this thread

I know what PCI cards are but what are ISA cards?

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Originally Posted by GeorgeB

I know what PCI cards are but what are ISA cards?

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they are the ones that go in the long black slots in vintage computers/motherboards

these are isa cards:
Vintage ISA Cards LAN Networking Ethernet Internet Lot of 5 Cards | eBay
Vintage ISA Cards LAN Ethernet Modem Sound Video Lot of 14 Cards | eBay

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Originally Posted by jghilino

they are the ones that go in the long black slots in vintage computers/motherboards

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Like what vintage? pre-2000's? Can you give an approximate year range for when the computers were made?

I think I remember an extra ISA slot on motherboards still in the mid to late nineties...so before that.

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Originally Posted by jghilino

Certain isa and pci cards are worth much more than scrap value. I found an ultra33 ide pci card worth $15 and an seagate st11r isa hard drive controller card worth $50 in the last batch of computers i scrapped. Almost all isa cards are worth more than scrap value, some are worth alot more. feel free to post your finds or ask questions in this thread

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Can they be sold for more than scrap if they cannot be tested?

Here's one I pulled out of an IBM PS/2. It says "Advantage", "AST" and "202051-001 REV.R" on it. Did not find any auctions with this card on eBay so don't know whether it's worth more than telecom grade scrap.

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No, it it isn't.
This is a card with a COM and LPT port on it. Nothing special.

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Originally Posted by ilyaz

Can they be sold for more than scrap if they cannot be tested?

Here's one I pulled out of an IBM PS/2. It says "Advantage", "AST" and "202051-001 REV.R" on it. Did not find any auctions with this card on eBay so don't know whether it's worth more than telecom grade scrap.

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By far the best time to check one out is before you pull it apart ; ) That's a mempry card, likely should be above telecom.
AST 202051 AST Advantage ISA Memory Card| eBay

It may still sell as untested, but if you had only powered it up before breaking it down you could have used a "working pull" or something similar

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Originally Posted by Bear

It may still sell as untested, but if you had only powered it up before breaking it down you could have used a "working pull" or something similar

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Yes, the machine I took it out from booted partially which is what I will say if I put it on eBay.

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Originally Posted by alpha2000

No, it it isn't.
This is a card with a COM and LPT port on it. Nothing special.

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Not with all those RAM chips on it, it must be a RAM card as well (multi function).

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Originally Posted by corona

i have several big boxes of cards ive saved up time to start looking thru them

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I don't recommend them for shipping, or for show and tell, but liquor store boxes make great card holders, if you'll get the ones with all the cardboard bottle holding slats still there. They're ready made card holders which usually hold the card by the metal bracket, basically hanging free there, and leaving the socket or plug showing so you can readily distinguish the video cards from network cards etc.