sorting motherboards

[ilyaz]

I am preparing a bunch of old MBs for an eBay auction. I have more than 50 lbs of them and I need to figure out whether to sell them together or split into separate piles. Some of them came from older machines with ceramic CPUs, some from newer ones with green CPUs (whatever the proper name is). After I pulled out all the CPUs and RAM sticks, I threw all MBs into one big pile so of course now I don't remember which ones were which. So:
1. Do I really need to separate them? Are older ones more valuable than newer ones?
2. If I need to separate, is there a way of telling which MB is of which type, in terms of its scrap value?

Thanks!

 

[glorycloud]

One big pile should be fine. It's scrap. 8)

If you want to sell the older boards as "vintage scrap" then
you should test them if possible and try not to break anything
when you are yanking the memory, etc. off.

 

[ilyaz]

One big pile should be fine. It's scrap. 8)

I agree that it's all scrap, but just like I was suggested to separate ceramic CPUs from green ones, I was thinking the same goes for older vs newer MBs.

 

[seawolf]

I have noticed that on the older boards that the pins going to the printer /other connecters are fully plated newer boards are not.
Mark

 

[glorycloud]

If you can make a market selling newer versus older motherboards,
that's great. Keep us informed on how that goes for you on what someone
paid per pound differently because you sorted the boards by CPU type
or "age".