Scraping gold from computer motherboard

Computer motherboard can be recycled for gold and other precious metals. Here we will explain how to collect gold out of PC motherboard.

When we talk about gold inside motherboard it is good to know that gold is in most cases plated which means that gold is present on the pins on the motherboard. Almost every pin inside is gold plated and first step for scraping gold is to take pins out of motherboard.

You can remove these pins with hot air blower (blowlamp) with easy. In fact with blowlamp you can remove every part of motherboard and then collect parts that contain gold.

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Recycle motherboard for gold

Motherboard is the main component in many modern computers in general. It holds many of the crucial components of the system, while providing connectors for other peripherals. A motherboard, like a backplane, provides the electrical connections by which the other components of the system communicate, but unlike a backplane, it also connects the central processing unit and hosts other subsystems and devices.

Each computer has its own CPU, main memory, and other essential components connected to the motherboard also other components may be attached to the motherboard as plug-in cards or via cables. These connectors are important to us because they are mostly made from gold in some percentage.

For better connectivity each connector is gold plated and that is a good reason for recycling motherboard for Gold. Besides motherboard there are other components where gold is hidden. Take a look at this link and find out some more about finding Gold in PC and recycling it.

How to Recycle Gold From Circuit Boards

Recycling gold from circuit boards or computer motherboards starts with collecting gold plated components from them. After collecting all golden parts it is good to separate them by groups like, CPU, memory, gold plated pins etc...


Here is explained how to find gold on the motherboard. Take a close look after you cut off some gold plated fingers and you will notice gold on the top of them. That gold colour is actually gold layer on the base material. Gold is plated on the base material, and it needs to be recycled.

Recycling gold from pins and other components from motherboards is explained on this article.