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I bougt 15 older towers, well the ones that sit horizonal. All were Pentium 2 and 3 green fiberglass and the slot processors. But one had a nice surprise and its a first for me.
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Total memory and cpu's from the 15 computers, Mike.
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Congratulations Mike....you are moving up in the world of e-waste....keep going...we're pulling for ya' !!
Nice! I have only had a couple gold cap CPUs, but never a double cap yet.
That's great Mike, good things happen to good people.
Great Mike! Glad you had a good score.
I think ewaste is perfect for you, much easier and is a good sit down job.
Best to you my friend.
WOOHOO score one for mike. nice haul.
I always get such a rush when I pop off a heat sink and see gold staring back at me....Congrats on the find!
Has anyone got an explanation or a picture of a gold double cap for me, the ewaste noob please?Quote:
Originally Posted by parrothead
Sure, Wayne. That chip has a square gold cap on both sides of it making it a gold double cap. Some have a gold cap on either the top or the bottom. Others have no gold cap.
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This shows the front and back of a double side gold cap processor. They come in both Pentium and AMD formats....we recently found our first AMD double gold cap.
i got a Pair of inlet double gold caps yesterday. My first real good ones, i just hope the farther i keep going into this barn im cleaning out the more ill find.
Are they a rare find then?Quote:
Originally Posted by ComputerScrapper
You won't find them often unless you come across a great honey hole....They are rare but not impossible to find.Quote:
Originally Posted by wayne
The Pentium chip in my photo at the begining of this thread is a Double gold chip. The third photo is the face and the 4th photo is the pin side. Are they rare? For me one out of more than 100 towers before I got one. Mike.
They are fairly rare....I have only found 2 or 3 of them over the past several years of ripping apart old computers. I have actually found more Pentium Pro processors than the double gold cap chips. Don't expect to find a lot of these processors at all. One out of a hundred is not a bad average actually.Quote:
Originally Posted by miked
i go back tomorrow ill let you know if i find anymore. the place in the barn he had the old computer stuff is falling in so i go to be careful but the stuff i grabbed from the edge paid for the gas and food for the crew i got cleaning out the rest of the heavy metal. so far i already broke even just in the first 3 steel hauls so anything now is fun money. Lets hear it for hanging out at funeral homes passing out business cards. ( Anyone doing this be clean cut, have a heart and just try and help a family through a hard time and it could pay off big!!!)
yup pulled my first one yesterday along with several single gold 386, 486 and one baby 387, wich comes as a companion in some of the 386 IBMs nice go guy. will post pics later if I can find my d*** camera.
Olddude were you doing the "Happy Gold Dance" when you found all those 486/386 processors? I have done this dance many times....It provides much entertainment for neighbors, co-workers, loved ones and the odd mailperson that happens to wander past.Quote:
Originally Posted by olddude
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