I know, right?

Yes it was

Thank you Michael

That brass shark is the coolest. Street Copper 11 really did good there. Yes, a hand full of the right CPU's can easily make any load of towers profitable.

Thanks Poo

Very cool - I'm going to try my hand at pouring this year.

Thanks, you too!

My pleasure man, love that shark

Shark Scrapper Im glad .. ewaste mike said he would scrap it 😂

Glad you like them!

Thanks, glad you found it useful.

"cell block D" 😂

Awesome thank you!

Thank you too

It's very nice.

You are very welcome, I'm glad this was useful for your.

Street Copper 11 did a great job with that.

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Where are you located I'm AU?

Closest you have is Ewaste Ben that I know of.

@@RoeMantic Adelaide. South Australia

@@sharkscrapper I might check his prices. I suspect the postage will cost more then the scrap value

@@wozzajayscrapping9056 I have that challenge as well when sending things to BOARDSORT. It's always a math exercise.

He sure did. I'm enjoying watching his vids - he makes some cool stuff.

@@sharkscrapper Can you link me please i want to see too

Its ok thanks i found his channel

thank you

Glad you think so!

Yes - I have multiple places I sell that range from small privately owned to larger corps.

Cool - where do you live? Do they still work? What is your plan?

@@sharkscrapper yes still work no problem , just I update my computer to a different one. I live in New Jersey. I want to sell them!

Auction lots have been getting more difficult. People spending way too much money on them.

I will add it to the que for a future video. A lot depends on how your yard grades wire. Most yard consider the ribbon wire as low grade and the rest as #2 insulated. You also likely need to remove the plug ends. Some yards, like the one I sell to, just take it all as #2 and don't make me remove the plug ends.

Kind of both. I bid on auctions and have local clients.

Sounds like an awesome opportunity for you. Talk to the manager/owner and see if they'll sell you the computers from the shred pile. They can easily have people set them to one side of the shred pile to keep them well collected. Offer the yard 1.5 to 2 times the shred price per pound for the computers. Even at these high shred prices you should do well in the deal.

@@sharkscrapper Thanks for the suggestion - I will give it a whirl and see if I can grab some more units. Thanks again and happy hunting.

Hey Dave, your process makes a lot of sense for someone doing PC repairs. Oscillators have a small amount of silver in them. However, getting at the silver is very time consuming. It requires breaking open the oscillator shell and processing the contents with appropriate acids. I've stopped removing most oscillators as I don't see it as economically worthwhile for my business model. I randomly remove big oscillators thinking I might experiment with it some day.

@@sharkscrapper ah thanks for sharing, I will let the electronics refiner I sell to do that extra work, he's got the acids to do that and he does share how much gold, silver, and other metals he's got from the systems with me and writes a check out to me for doing mass drop offs.

Jumpers over some of the gold plated pins on motherboards. They act like switches by closing a connection between the pins. They are used to configure boards and components. Look for small plastic "boxes" over some of the pins. Then can be any color and pull off easily. Inside is gold plated. I'll do a short in a couple days to show them more clearly.

Yes, I've heard the situation in Canada is not favorable for ewaste scrappers. Such a shame.

Thanks Justin, you are correct. I do resell reusable components for much more than scrap.

A Longshot since you commented so long ago, but what do you mean by "refurbish"? Some odd reason I've collected towers and laptops and idk what to do with them now. Taking up too much space. I have the knowledge of the parts, but how does one refurbish a pc from 2010 and sell it, knowing that the parts are typically outdated? Looking for genuine advice

@@hammyhammell4884 As long as the system will run Windows 7, it will run Windows 10 and thus has some life left in it. I’ll just go through my whole process. First, pick out what is worth keeping and what is not. Anything older than Intel 1st Gen or AMD socket AM3 is really getting too old to work on. Yes, I’ve sold Core 2 Quad systems for $80 a unit, but there’s just so many units out there that I’ve found that’s the best era to cut off and focus on scrapping out. So now you’ve picked out your Intel 1st Gens and newer, your AMD AM3s and newer. First off, I open them all up and spray them out with an air compressor. Make sure to hold any fans still so the jet of air doesn’t burn out the motors. Other people use canned air or electric blowers, just use whatever you’re most comfortable with. Second, I unplug all the power supplies and plug them into my tester, and test all the power supplies one by one. This is really tedious, but rooting out all the flaky power supplies saves you tons of head-scratching further down the line. You can use some of the power supplies you’ve pulled from scrap systems to replace any bad ones, just make sure you remember to test those too. Next, hook the power supplies back up and start testing the systems. Upgrading the memory is a great place to start, go with 2x2GB or 4x1GB DDR3 sticks at minimum, 8GB preferable. There is a free memory diagnostic online called Memtest86, I’d recommend burning a copy of that and testing the memory any time there’s behavior in the system you can’t explain. Memory sticks AND SLOTS do go bad, so just do your best to troubleshoot them. Upgrade processors as necessary, try to root out any Semprons or Celerons if possible. Third, set aside any hard drives. I tend to scrap out any capacities lower than 320GB, but it just depends on what all you have on hand. But before you scrap anything, plug them all into a working system as an external drive. I use a program called Produkey to pull off any Windows 7/10 keys or Office keys. SAVE ALL WINDOWS 7 KEYS. This includes keys both on the hard drives and physical sticker keys on the computer cases. A Windows 7 Home Premium key will activate Windows 10 Home, a Windows 7 Pro key will activate Windows 10 Pro. The other program I use is called CrystalDiskInfo, use it to check your 320GB and up drives for any errors, throw out any that come up red. After that, after you’ve verified everything is working, get the systems set up with clean installs of Windows 10 and activate as needed. Some final pieces of advice: don’t spend too much time on any one machine, especially if it’s one of the cheaper ones. Always be on the lookout for parts that look especially high end, like overclocking motherboards or overclocking RAM. Even if they’re older than Intel 1st Gen or AMD AM3, they fetch great prices on EBay. I sold a socket 478 motherboard the other day for $65, collectors are always after motherboards. Don’t spend any money, and as little time as possible on cosmetic repairs. If a case has broken plastic or dents that can’t be fixed or taped up, throw it out. Laptops tend to get brittle as they get older, so doing any work at all on them can be more trouble than they’re worth. Wipe down any systems before you sell them with Windex and a rag. They shine up really well, just avoid stickers as the Windex can cause them to fade or rub away. So anyway, that’s a very long answer, hope I at least gave you some advice you can use.

@@Argophobiac thank you. I appreciate it and will use this comment as reference.

The second and third gen were also lower hungry. I also sort out old machines like these.

Yes it can. A lot depends on your yard/buyer. You might get away with an IC chip, flat pack or two. But if you remove a gold cornered BGA you'll likely get down graded.

Yes there is. At a minimum you can sell them as low grade boards to most yards. But some have IC chips, copper coils/toroid's, Al heat sinks and transformers that can be depopulated.

Thanks!

I have no doubt you would

They call them High Grade Boards @ $1.25/lbs

LOL - no worries Seth

You’ve never let me down so I’m not going to let you down either 👊🏻

A plausible explanation. Unfortunately, I've already sold this board off so unable to go back and verify.

Matt - as you watch more of my vids you'll see I answer this. If I did this right, this link will take you to the playlist of videos where I address ROI: kzfaq.info/sun/PLPCBlDcDB_dxYtK5Qe9HqFM05DsfJ--5M

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roger that

Yup, so do I

Ike - sorry I wasn't clear on that in this video, I've discussed in other ewaste vids of mine. I make more money selling these motherboards to my local yard where I don't have to pay for shipping. I do sell my large socket MB's and many other higher end items to BOARDSORT.COM where the cost of shipping has less impact.

I sell them to my yard. I used to scrap them down, but am moving too many now. My yard buys with OR without wire. I make more from the wire by cutting it off and selling it as ICW#2. Hope that helps.

Hi Randy - I get these PC's from a lot of sources: commercial clients, the street, house hold pick ups, etc. Leave no stone unturned in the quest for PC's 🤣

As long as it isn't too much they don't mind. I still remove them when I can, especially if it's big Velcro wraps.

Gotcha. I was cutting ends off & those small plastic zip ties for quite a while just to end with insulated aluminum wire. I'm definitely gonna double-check with my yard or whoever I decide to sell to before I do the next bin. Thanks for the reply, and I appreciate your videos

I have multiple sources.

You're welcome.

I do enjoy scrapping electronics. Some computers are better than others.

It’s very dependent on one’s skill set and ability to get to the used PC market. Rebuilding, testing and handling returns/customer service takes considerably more time. But functional PCs obviously are worth more than scrap value.

I tried that and it didn't work out too well. They don't sell all that well and shipping is steep. I found that selling some of the components on eBay is viable. Things like 4GB+ RAM, 2 TB HDD's have a market and don't cost a lot to ship. Some folks also like to purchase vintage PC equipment - but that's a slow market.

I do get a great deal of my feed stock at no charge, sometimes even get paid for the pick up. But you've hit on the main challenge of anyone in this line of work - what is the value of our labor. For those that do this as a hobby this is not a concern. Since I have decided to do this professionally, my labor is a significant concern. Unfortunately, I don't have an answer for you as I'm just moving into a new facility with the size I need to gain processing efficiencies. At this early stage my margins are not great but I believe positive. We'll see as the year plays out if I've done my homework well enough.

I certainly didn't mean to make you cringe. The only CPU in this video that needed to be handled carefully, for potential functionality, was the i-series CPU. You'll notice I was holding it along the edges and did not touch the pads that make contact in the socket. All the other CPU's are sold for their potential gold recovery value so touching them on their pins or pads is no big deal. Hope that helps you feel better.

Hello back Grandpa

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I'm sorry, I don't understand your comment.

Fran - I asked you to email me so I could understand what you need. My email is on my ABOUT page.

Let's discuss via email: sharkscrapper@gmail.com

I'm glad you're enjoying the videos Trenton. The cost of scrap PC's varies considerably and can be as low as zero. Sometimes I'm given the material because people and businesses just need to make space and don't want to deal with them. In other cases, I'm buying PC's by the pallet load. It's a very interesting and dynamic business.

@@sharkscrapper Ive seen that from your videos but I really dont even know where to start. Do you just go into businesses and ask for their scrap PC's or do you just wait next to their garbage bin or are these friends of yours? Ive taken apart T.V.'s and a few DVD players but I didnt know what to look for (This was before watching your videos). You make this look easy but just starting out it seems like more work than its worth unless you know where to sell and buy and from who

It only looks easy because I've been doing this a long time. Even then, I sometimes get the odd PC or server that just doesn't want to cooperate. As for how to get scrap from businesses - yup just go in and ask. Have a biz card with you and a half to one-page flyer that states what you take. Be ready for a lot of folks to say no, most are polite about it, but it only takes a handful of good clients to keep you busy. I've also done snail mail and email offers in targeted locations. Another option that has worked for me is to ask the owner if it's OK that I look in their waste bin each week for scrap. Eventually, some just start leaving to the side to make it easier for you BUT you must visit the bin at least weekly AND always leave it cleaner than you found it - no trash lying around, close the lid, etc.

@@sharkscrapperI see, thanks for the advice. One more question, which businesses should I target? PC repair shops?

Easy money doesn't last long - honest money is the goal

@@sharkscrapper Haha i think in any legitimate business the money is always honest..its the people ur dealing with that will keep you on ur toes..much better to be a shark then a sucker I'd say..lol

Fran - send me an email (see my ABOUT page) and tell me more about your project please.

these cpu's will not be used on any boards of any kind nor the will be cashed in for the gold in them they will be a display how the cpu has changed throughout the years any brand will do and any amount will do can you help me out... also i watch all your scrappin videos they are awesome

It happens some times. I frequently buy by weight in pallet loads. It's a mixed bag of very bad to very good.