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 Post subject: PCB Review
PostPosted: Fri Nov 07, 2025 7:49 pm 

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Hi, I think this is an embedded WiFi card. OSCAR returns it as nonscrap.

Thanks in advance for the help.


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 Post subject: Re: PCB Review
PostPosted: Sat Nov 08, 2025 5:43 pm 
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It is a WIFI module from a Brother printer.
Well. You do not have gold fingers. Soooo. What to do? Me personally. I would remove the shielding. All of it. Then upload the cleaned picture to O.S.C.A.R. See what you get.


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 Post subject: Re: PCB Review
PostPosted: Mon Nov 10, 2025 2:17 pm 

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Good idea. So I tried that and it returned:

Fingered Laptop WIFI Cards

This appears to be a Fingered Laptop WIFI Card, as it has gold finger tabs and is typically found in laptops.

And it definitely does not have gold fingers.


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 Post subject: Re: PCB Review
PostPosted: Mon Nov 10, 2025 2:30 pm 
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Ok. Good deal.
But this is where you need to email Chris at Boardsort. Or another more experienced e-scrapper will post an opinion.
In the interest of time. I personally would submit it as High Peripheral. Only because you do have gold pins. A decent chip with some components on a small PCB. And. Important also. No junk.
But. Boardsort would be the final say.
Here to learn like everybody else. Again. O.S.C.A.R. is only a guide.


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 Post subject: Re: PCB Review
PostPosted: Tue Nov 11, 2025 6:24 am 

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This is where I might be dead wrong and even I need to find out from somebody at Boardsort. I have a general rule that something small would more likely be LGP even if its populated.

My hunch says keep the shield on and submit as LGP. I have a bunch of these and some are a pain in the ... to get those shields off without damaging the board.


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