Originally Posted by
jghilino
all of it motherboard grade, 3rd pic on the backside of the board i see a solid gold plated area approx 2"x8" can you confirm? if so that piece alone of that board is worth about $10-$20 on its own as a single sided solid plated trimming. I also see 3 ic's with stickers on them and a lot of removable ics in the top pic, peel a label off and see if you see a window on it. You can remove the ics without downgrading the board. IC chips are going for $6-$10 per pound so definetly worth removing. Worth more if you see gold in the window.
If you remove any chip, connector..etc from a board you are down grading it. For example any boards we purchase if they have been canabolized in any way they are valued at $1.00 or less.
As for the values of the boards in the pictures .
Picture 1 = a 486 board with a reatil value of $3.25lb
Picture 2&3 = Pci server platform with a retail value of $2.50lb
Picture 4 = Canabolized pci server platform with a retail value of $1.00lb
Removing anything from a board other then heavy attachments, steel or plastic is removing value from the board and is devaluating the board. if you dont seperate out any boards that you removed items from then you are basically frauding your buyer. Eventually he will notice.
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