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Things which can be extracted from motherboard

Vikascoder - 24-4-2012 at 06:59

Friends recently i got many motherboards which are just in dump waste . They do not contains processor . I want to ask which metals or useful things can be extracted from that board

Eliteforum - 24-4-2012 at 12:21

Lead, copper, possibly tiny amounts of gold. You'd have to recycle them on an industrial scale to get anything worth while though.

I de-soldered everything from an old Socket A motherboard, sandwiched it between two sheets of plexiglass and I use it as my mouse mat.

froot - 24-4-2012 at 21:32

I think this link has been posted before:

http://www.goldnscrap.com/index.php?option=com_content&v...

Recovering Pd from surface mount capacitors.

[Edited on 25-4-2012 by froot]

Vikascoder - 3-5-2012 at 02:42

From which parts of motherboard i can extract lead and how

sargent1015 - 3-5-2012 at 04:31

Quote: Originally posted by Vikascoder  
From which parts of motherboard i can extract lead and how


Do some research, the above link is very helpful, I am sure there are plenty more. We are not an excuse for not looking on your own.

But... That being said...

http://www.recovercomputergold.com/how-to-extract-gold-from-...

http://www.ehow.com/how_4843105_extract-gold-computer-circui...

These should get you started. Have fun!

Vikascoder - 3-5-2012 at 04:46

Sargent 1015 I know about extracting gold but how to extract lead from it.

sargent1015 - 3-5-2012 at 05:03

Google is your best friend here.

http://www.google.com/#hl=en&sclient=psy-ab&q=extrac...