Processor GOLD

[TheGreatSatan]

Are all processor pins made of Gold? Because I think I'm going to start recovering it from them. Do I just grab on and pull?

[OvRiDe]

I don't think that you can pull them out.. most of the time when they recover the gold out of processors and chips .. they super heat it so that every thing burns off but the raw materials and separate it from there.

[Eclecticos]

I know someone who does this. He purchases lots of old computer memory,
and uses an acidic solution to remove the gold from the chips.

[xmastree]

Are all processor pins made of Gold?
No. they're gold plated.
There is gold inside the chip though:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/80486dx2-large.jpg/800px-80486dx2-large.jpg

See those wires round the edge? They're pure gold.

[Liquid_Scope_99]

i heard from a guy dont know if its fact that say the gold parts of mobos are gold and he melts those down

[XcOM]

yes it is true, my dad used to work for a computer recyceling company, they super heated the mobo's ram, CPU's PCI cards, basicly anything that has a PCB or connectors on them,

All the metals drain off and seperate when superheated, the skim off what they can sell, the rest gets sent off to companies like ELG

[nevermind1534]

You can smash the original Pentiums with a hammer, because they're made out of porcelain.

[XcOM]

i never knew that, i think i might just go and try that tomorrow after work, sounds like fun,

Or i could even use the old Pentiums for clay pidgen shooting

[nevermind1534]

Remember, that usually, the newer the processor, the lless gold, so you'll want to go for the older ones. Some of the really old CPUs used 24 karat gold. The Pentium Pros have a huge amount of gold in/on them.

[XcOM]

the pentium pro's had god plated writing engraved on the top IIRC

[nevermind1534]

the pentium pro's had god plated

You mean gold plated? Yeah, they're favored among many people for that gold on the top, and they're huge. I've seen new, unused pros in OEM factory shipping things (crates, stacking interlocking plastic containers, and such) on ebay that people buy for the gold.

Here's som links for you:
Link 1 (http://cgi.ebay.com/INTEL-Pentium-A80502-90-Sx958-Gold-CPU_W0QQitemZ220287051933QQihZ012QQcategoryZ14293Q QssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem) Link 2 (http://cgi.ebay.com/Lot-of-13-Pentium-Pro-CPU-For-Gold-Scrap-Recovery-2-5lb_W0QQitemZ230296752053QQihZ013QQcategoryZ3360QQ ssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)

[xmastree]

When I was an apprentice, we used to open up ceramic IC's by dropping them on the concrete floor. If they landed exactly right, they would crack open and you could see the chip inside.

[TheGreatSatan]

You mean gold plated? Yeah, they're favored among many people for that gold on the top, and they're huge. I've seen new, unused pros in OEM factory shipping things (crates, stacking interlocking plastic containers, and such) on ebay that people buy for the gold.

Here's som links for you:
Link 1 (http://cgi.ebay.com/INTEL-Pentium-A80502-90-Sx958-Gold-CPU_W0QQitemZ220287051933QQihZ012QQcategoryZ14293Q QssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem) Link 2 (http://cgi.ebay.com/Lot-of-13-Pentium-Pro-CPU-For-Gold-Scrap-Recovery-2-5lb_W0QQitemZ230296752053QQihZ013QQcategoryZ3360QQ ssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)

So the top part and the pins are gold? I have a couple fo those already

[nevermind1534]

I believe so, but I think they're made of carbon, not porcelain.