Loads of i486 and pentium pros..

[g_axelsson]

I hope that's a fair deal, boardsort have a lot less overhead when dealing with the volumes they do and acids are expensive and hard to come by here in Sweden.
I also offered to refine the lot as toll refining but Antoox prefered a quick deal. I'll add some pictures when I get it.

Göran

 

[solar_plasma]

Don't worry, it is fair. He has got all information needed to make his own decission and it is a win-win.

 

[Antoox]

Thanks for the info guys, hope Göran will make a gorgeous ingot from the nostalgic chips.

 

[g_axelsson]

The first part of the deal is done, I have the CPU:s in my storage and made the first part of the payment. The rest of the payment is due in a couple of weeks, in the mean time Antoox have a security in the form of a couple of gold coins and my 53g gold button.
It was a very nice experience to do business with him and we might do more business in the future.

Now... what to do with 70 kg of processors. I've only dealt with 10-20 CPU:s at at time before, time to buy more beakers! :mrgreen:

I will report the progress of most of this lot here, but it will take a while until I have time to start refine.

Göran

 

[resabed01]

Well done Göran, looks like you will be busy for some time now.

I can comfortably fit about 800g to 1Kg of ceramics in a 2000ml beaker. I don't like overfilling past the 1/3 mark because I like to leave headroom to prevent boilover. Plus having that volume and weight of hot ceramics and acid in a large beaker scares me somewhat. Ceramics will chew up the inside of a beaker so be mindful of how you handle them.
I bought a couple of 3000ml beakers last winter but I haven't yet tried them out but I should be able to fit 1.5Kg easily. I have over 14Kg of ceramics to process here.
Start with the low value CPUs first to get your process down and hone your skills. Then move onto the prize pieces.

 

[solar_plasma]

That's what I meant with "in good hands" and "win-win", - a safe and fair eye-in-eye-deal and a good new connection.

If I would have that much cpus to process, I would soak them in the same acid over and over in portions until the acid is getting to slow, - in order to minimize the amounts to handle. Though under heating much water will vaporize (if leaching base metals first) and can be replaced with concentrated acid again. Knowing the weight of base metals would be a help to calculate how much acid is needed. Therefor I would weigh one of them after a complete leach. Further it might be worth to buy some heavy duty beakers or at least one.

I am really delighted for you! But also it will be a lot of work for you this summer... :mrgreen:

 

[kurtak]

Antoox & Goran 8) 8) 8)

Kurt

 

[Emporio]

Wow, that's a lot of processors. I hope that both parties are satisfied. I eagerly await to see the outcome, Göran!

 

[g_axelsson]

This will take some time before I even start working on. I'm fully booked at least six weeks on, doing AV-installations.

Göran