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arieben
PostPosted: Fri Mar 27, 2026 4:02 pm 

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hello,

i've been getting a lot of consumer networking equipment lately and noticed that while the boards are well populated, a large %age of the chips are BGAs and not ICs.
how should i factor this into grading? two 1x1cm bgas = a single 1x1cm IC or something along those lines? i have heard that BGAs contain less gold on average especially newer ones.

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marked141
PostPosted: Fri Mar 27, 2026 4:57 pm 

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Take a look at the price list. There's bga with gold tab at 42/lb currently, ICs at 15.25/lb currently and bga with no gold tab at 2/lb currently.

You'll have to see what's on your boards specifically tab vs not and you can see how it affects the value based on the price list

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arieben
PostPosted: Fri Mar 27, 2026 8:21 pm 

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marked141 wrote:
Take a look at the price list. There's bga with gold tab at 42/lb currently, ICs at 15.25/lb currently and bga with no gold tab at 2/lb currently.

You'll have to see what's on your boards specifically tab vs not and you can see how it affects the value based on the price list


thanks marked141. i totally memory holed that there was a BGA no gold tab category.

so 1/8th the value of ICs.. ouch. looks like i will have to reevaluate my grading.


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Spence1015
PostPosted: Sun Apr 05, 2026 3:02 pm 

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Most consumer network switches, routers, modems , and cable boxes fall into the High Per, whether the flat packs are gold cornered or not. The ICs along with either style BGA , makes it to that category; usually.
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