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PostPosted: Fri May 15, 2026 10:00 am 

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This is my first post on this forum and would appreciate any suggestions on how to classify this Compaq board. It looks like a motherboard but I couldn't find anything similar on the site to verify. Thanks.
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PostPosted: Fri May 15, 2026 10:08 am 
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walking over a 1$ to make a dime... old Compaq servers this age are wroth far more as even not working than as scrap.


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PostPosted: Fri May 15, 2026 5:30 pm 

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austin86 wrote:
walking over a 1$ to make a dime... old Compaq servers this age are wroth far more as even not working than as scrap.


Thanks for the education, but I didn't scrap a server. These boards were in a box of circuit boards that was given to me to send to Boardsort by the non-profit that I volunteer with. I will pass this info on to them.

I am just trying to learn what it is so I can maximize the return for the charities that we support.


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PostPosted: Fri May 15, 2026 9:39 pm 

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Austin has experience in refurbishing and reselling so he'll definitely point out a board with resell value if he recognizes it, so if the board appears to be intact you might explore listing it on ebay or somewhere else.

As far as scrap, are there any components on the back? Is the board fairly heavy (compared to a similar sized board)?

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PostPosted: Sat May 16, 2026 5:11 pm 

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marked141 wrote:
Austin has experience in refurbishing and reselling so he'll definitely point out a board with resell value if he recognizes it, so if the board appears to be intact you might explore listing it on ebay or somewhere else.

As far as scrap, are there any components on the back? Is the board fairly heavy (compared to a similar sized board)?



I appreciate the input to let me know that the board has more than scrap value but would like to avoid selling any computer parts on eBay because I couldn't answer any technical questions about the hardware. As you can see from the photo, there is very little on the back. Thanks for the reply.

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PostPosted: Sat May 16, 2026 6:43 pm 
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jvgrattan wrote:
austin86 wrote:
walking over a 1$ to make a dime... old Compaq servers this age are wroth far more as even not working than as scrap.


Thanks for the education, but I didn't scrap a server. These boards were in a box of circuit boards that was given to me to send to Boardsort by the non-profit that I volunteer with. I will pass this info on to them.

I am just trying to learn what it is so I can maximize the return for the charities that we support.

understandable, my day job is at a nonprofit too and getting them to understand the value of old pc parts is easier said then done. there's a handful of people that will pay good money for 90s and older servers, check out around vcfed.org, vogogs.org or amibay. luckybob is one such person who buys the stuff. I'm also someone who would buy older high end servers/workstations from the mid/late 90s if their complete or close to it. do keep in mind finding the buyers can be hard as there's few of us around so it might sit for a while or not sell but when they do it tends to be far more then scrap price. i know I paid over 500$ for the ALR server I own over 5 years ago.


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