Advice needed for the removal of CPU/RAM/VIDEO slots on a motherboard.

Hello!

Polecat here.

I have a question for you.
I am set on doing as much of the refining process as I can, and therefore do not care if a mid/high-grade board is devalued.
So.
How can I best remove the CPU/RAM/VIDEO slots from the motherboard? The long black/tan/white plastic slots that have pins inside with slight traces of gold on them.

At the moment, I am trying to pry/smash them off with a screwdriver/hammer. This currently results in a large amount of damage to the pins themselves, and they usually go flying to the unspeakable corners of my bench, never to be found again.

Is there a better way to do this?

Compressor and an air chisel. Build a box around where u are going to this. Get a piece of angle iron and bolt it to the back of a table or bench. Put the board up against it so it will keep the board still as you put pressure on it with the chisel. The box goes over the board so all the flying parts stay contained. I recommend eye protection and long sleeves and gloves. Good luckk

You could try to desolder it, or what i do is break the plastic with diagnol cutters and with needle nose pliers yank them out of the board and it works fairly well

Why spend the time for a small return? Better off finding a buyer for the boards.If these are Pent. 4 mother boards especially socket 775 then the gold content is not high.Your labor is not worth the time.

For those of us that remember Gustavos I have my set up similar to what he had. There was a video of how he did it but I think he removed it when he left. Anyway if you are going to process your boards this way you also may want to invest in a small wood chipper. It works great for cutting up the plastic enclosures around the pins. If you are real handy you can also make a small ball or hammer mill to break them up too. Look on you tube there are plenty of people that have posted videos of there home made mills.

Thanks guys!
Will do!

There is also the sand bath method i think it's called. I know it's been talked about on here, an there is a video on youtube for it.(Boring but..shows you how to do it.) I think it mighta even be BC who mentioned it on here.

Basically your heating the board in sand with a grill, once it melts the solder, grab tongs, tip it into a tray or dish with sand, everything falls right off.

Here's the video. Rather boring but you get the gist of it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pn5LjwnmYFg

then there is this one, which I've not watched yet. Much shorter.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNJIayXCXXw

I'd listen to BC tho. Just another way to do is all I'm offering. He's much more experienced, an my goto guy for any questions on this sort of thing. Sure others who do this will chime in.

Sirscrapalot - I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times. - Bruce Lee

I'd listen to BC tho. Just another way to do is all I'm offering. He's much more experienced, an my goto guy for any questions on this sort of thing.

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Oh stop it SirS your making me blush;) I just try to pass along what I have learned from others that came before me.

Ha!

Just adding to the legend that is the Brasscatcher.

Besides, I gotta give credit where it's due. An you sir are in for a big helping. ;)

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