Be Careful: Motherboards with less than 1/2 the Gold Content

[tklimson]

Need some feedback. our refinery says a lot of boards out of China are coming in at 1/2 the Gold content of real mobo's. They seem to have a very colorful components on them. Anyone else heard this?

 

[jimdoc]

I wouldn't doubt it, most everything they make is junk.

Jim

 

[tklimson]

I wouldn't doubt it, most everything they make is junk.

Jim

LOL Refineries catch this they pay half on it. They usually have no manufacturer name on it and have all these feminine colors on it.

 

[Anonymous]

and have all these feminine colors on it

Hey I resemble that remark! That one board has a fabulous purple on it! :mrgreen:

 

[philddreamer]

Next thing you're gonna tell us is that, you look pretty in pink!? :shock: :lol:

 

[patnor1011]

I would say that it is not problem of china but that they are newer than what we used to see until now. Less gold in newer technology.

 

[silversaddle1]

Then it's time to keep the rainbow boards seperate from the others. Sounds racist, don't it? :lol:

 

[Anonymous]

Next thing you're gonna tell us is that, you look pretty in pink!?

I do....I swear!

Then it's time to keep the rainbow boards seperate from the others. Sounds racist, don't it?

Chuckle!

 

[dtectr]

I can't find my notes, but ... previously, you could tell at a glance the type of connector by its its color - brown, black or white. IDE, SATA, PATA, PCI, etc.
I think "white" was PCI, for example, but I'm not sure.

The Rainbow Stew of computer connectors, {{sigh}}

 

[robert.paone1]

Im a noob

Does the entire mother board have gold within its multilayer s or is it just the connectors that are plated

 

[jimdoc]

Im a noob

Does the entire mother board have gold within its multilayer s or is it just the connectors that are plated

Just the connectors, and in some of the chips or flatpacks.

Jim

 

[Ocean]

I attended the e-Scrap convention in Orlando last week, and one of the vendors there showed me assay reports on the different color boards.

The PURPLE ones are the LOWEST quality.

They have about 1/3 as much gold as green mobos.

 

[escrap]

Ocean,

I was not there but I was talking to this vendor on the phone today. It is starting to become a real problem and the market will start to show it as well here in the near future.

 

[goob]

Some of those boards look like the high end "gaming" boards that cost $300+ new. It just shows how much of the computer industry is marketing and hype.

 

[Aristo]

I am interested in buying the "rainbow" motherboards at1/3 the price.

 

[patnor1011]

Every penny add up but I would say that 1/3 of gold content is not a big deal as there is not much gold on motherboard anyway. My opinion is that this is sort of a scary story or "word of mouth PR campaign" to be used as excuse for lowering buying price.
It is funny that they want to react on gold amount which is insignificant in motherboards case. Why they do not want to increase price - we all know that main metal being extracted from mobos is copper when copper price rising?

 

[joem]

Today my in town recycler just warned me about changes to prices of motherboards.
These multi-colour boards are driving down prices. He has not put new prices in effect yet but just told me to sort them incase this has an effect on the market.

 

[gold4mike]

Boardsort now has their board prices based upon the CPU socket type. Large socket mobo's go for more than small socket, multi-socket (usually server) boards bring the most.

They're also requiring batteries to be removed.

I'm gonna have to get all my boxes out of storage and sort them again, removing the batteries as I go.

 

[joem]

Boardsort now has their board prices based upon the CPU socket type. Large socket mobo's go for more than small socket, multi-socket (usually server) boards bring the most.

They're also requiring batteries to be removed.

I'm gonna have to get all my boxes out of storage and sort them again, removing the batteries as I go.

When I bring my boards in I must remove all heat sinks large and small, batteries, excess metal such as around processors and around ps connections, and excess plastics from slot processors.
I also found this site with an awesome poster describing parts.Warning it's a hi rez graphic not suitable for dialup connections
http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs46/f/2009/200/1/1/Computer_hardware_poster_1_7_by_Sonic840.png

 

[philddreamer]

Thanks Joe!

Phil