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 Post subject: Upgrade by removal?
PostPosted: Sat Oct 12, 2024 7:55 pm 

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I see the videos for telecom. Removing the junk upgrades the board. Where else does this apply? In the videos for mid grade peripheral some are shown with easily removable items, like heatsinks. Will removing upgrade the board, at least in some cases? Or is it just reducing the weight? For those who ship there must be more value in removing copper/aluminum.


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 Post subject: Re: Upgrade by removal?
PostPosted: Sun Oct 20, 2024 2:13 am 

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General rule of thumb is reducing the weight and excess material worth nothing or ferrous items, will upgrade the board.
In cases where it's just empty space or the population of the board is small anyhow, it most likely will not upgrade the board.
The most items removed off boards in a way to "upgrade" them will be things like heat spreaders(sinks), transformers, plastics and steel.
This doesn't mean you can take any board and upgrade it like a midgrade to low perh just because you removed the junk.


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 Post subject: Re: Upgrade by removal?
PostPosted: Sun Oct 20, 2024 2:21 am 

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It's the experience in this field where you can take a gold cap filled board and remove the chips and sell separately; or knowing when to remove flatpacks, ICs, and gold fingers on boards to increase your payout. If you're not consistently pulling in hundreds of pounds of material to scrap, it's not worth knowing what to do and what can't you do. Most ways to upgrade a board come down to the ratios of the post weight compared to what is being removed per pound individually. Always do your math or estimate before you do anything in thoughts of "increasing" your money.


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