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On 2014-06-12 08:06, Per Jessen wrote:
Carlos E. R. wrote:
Otherwise, identify the flash memory chip and pull it out. No need to grind to dust the entire board.
That would reduce the board's residual value to 0, might as well grind it all up instead.
No, there is a large economy that thrives on dissembling circuit boards. The rip out the small gold wires inside chips and few other things. And they also sell some of the circuits as new. I saw a documentary on tv the other day. Apparently there has been a train accident in Germany because of such used circuits burning, and more incidents everywhere. It is apparently a big problem for manufacturers, they have to X ray new chips to verify that they are really new. Of course, you can not sell such a board for use. The price goes down a lot, to perhaps cents. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" at Telcontar)