rainbow boards

[copycat]

what does a board buyer mean no rainbow boards? what is this?

Thanks
Bill

[hobo finds]

I believe that these are multi colored Chinese boards. Some places pay less for them, others let you mix in a few with no problem...

[copycat]

anyone have any pics of these boards?

[Craasher]

Just think of it as a regular motherboard but when your breaking it down its another color besides green.

[ilyaz]

anyone have any pics of these boards?

http://www.boardsort.com/smallsocket.html

[JoeMattie]

This is an absolutely preposterous claim, being that literally all computer motherboards are made in China.

The color of the silkscreen solder mask has nothing whatsoever to do with the precious metal content of the board. Chris at boardsort should know better than to fall for this rubbish.

It's tantamount to claiming that all red cars are faster.

[scrappy888]

N how would u know this??.. do u make the boards o refine them..I will believe the pros..not the newb with a vast vocab

[AuburnEwaste]

Personally, I think the whole thing is kind of fishy.

Joemattie, the majority of motherboards are(or used to be) made in Taiwan. I have, however seen lots of GREEN motherboards that were clearly marked "Made in China". On the other side, I do find that some of the multi color boards are marked "Made in Taiwan".

Are any buyers reducing pricing on RAM or finger cards that are not green?

[Mechanic688]

This is an absolutely preposterous claim, being that literally all computer motherboards are made in China.

The color of the silkscreen solder mask has nothing whatsoever to do with the precious metal content of the board. Chris at boardsort should know better than to fall for this rubbish.
It's tantamount to claiming that all red cars are faster.

If it troubles you so much then email Chris and explain all this to him and not us, this is not Boardsort's forum. Thank you,,

[TheHoss]

This is an absolutely preposterous claim, being that literally all computer motherboards are made in China.

The color of the silkscreen solder mask has nothing whatsoever to do with the precious metal content of the board. Chris at boardsort should know better than to fall for this rubbish.

It's tantamount to claiming that all red cars are faster.

Agreed.

[aurum]

Not all buyers pay less. Last time I sold boards to my buyer, there were plenty of those colored boards in the mix, it did not matter.

[JPete]

Maybe I should pipe in here. It is the company that designs the boards that specifies the colors of the silkscreen and soldermasks, not the manufacturer. I've designed boards that were red soldermask for test, blue for commercial applications and green for MIL spec stuff. As for the precious metals, again that is up to specifications being called out. Typically if it is MIL or outer space, you will find up to 25 micro inches of gold over hard nickle on top of copper (varying thickness dependent on current capacity). Other applications like toys or low end consumer stuff gets tin or silver on top of the copper. With RoHS, a lot has changed to meet the higher temp tolerances.
Enough boring stuff, the bottom line is to ask what cash you are getting paid, not how a board is made.

[Ticonderoga]

I wouldn't go by the color of the board but I'm a seller not a buyer. I know my current high-end performance gaming board is blue. It goes well with the case, LED lights, etc.

[Jeremiah]

It seems to becoming a standard to pay less for non-green motherboards. I have a feeling that, for now, it is the easiest way to discriminate pm recovery. Not that all non-green boards are of less pm recovery but maybe a high percentage are. Nevertheless, if the pm recovery is no different, as stated, than this leaves only the possibility that the majority of companies are colluding against the sellers—highly unlikely. As it would only take one serious buyer to corner this market for non-green boards. In fact, if you truly believe this to be true, than why not start buying up non-green boards at higher prices (I have 50 pound on hand to sell you).

[ilyaz]

It seems some buyers are still in the process of figuring out how to clearly separate boards according to PM content. I've been selling my high-grade boards to BoardSort and he clearly distinguishes between green and non-green (aka "Chinese") boards only for newer boards which have smaller CPU sockets. For boards with larger (older) sockets, he has one category.

I've contacted another buyer who had only two types in his price list: green and non-green. I've sent him photos of large-socket boards that were mustard-colored and asked whether these would still be considered "non-green" (i.e. cheap). Sure enough, he responded that these would get the green grade.

[easyrecycle]

I will buy the rainbow boards at the same price as the green boards when you ship us your motherboards.

[harrisvh]

If you look at the older boards and compare them to the newer ones you can see that the plating is thinner. I think some people only go by the colour of the board because it is just much easier to distinguish between the boards age. Some go by the size of the cpu slot which would be a more accurate way of distinguishing the boards. If the amount of gold on cpu's is getting less then it only stands to reason that they will be cutting back whereever else they can as well. Memory hasn't decreased because there is a minimum plating required for it to stand up to removal and reslotting it in.
The problem is if your buyer is paying based on colour and you have a lot of the bronze/gold coloured boards which also can be just as old as the green ones and contain just as much pm's