Question Is there anything worth salvaging from a motherboard that doesn't work ?

[Palador]

Hi.
I have an old MSI B350 PC Mate mobo that hasn't been working for a while. Recently, I bought a whole new set of components (CPU, RAM, etc.) for my MSI B450M PRO-VDH-MAX and decided to test different components in the old PC Mate to see if it really isn't working or if there were just some compatibility issues or something (I always like to double, triple, etc., etc. check before I throw out a piece of hardware).

Anyway, the B350 PC Mate still doesn't successfully POST, so I'm ready to toss it out. I'm just wondering if there's anything worth salvaging from it before I toss it out.
I'll take off the M.2 mount and screw since those are always useful, but otherwise is there anything? I'm not planning to get into soldering and all that.

 

[Lutfij]

Unless you're a recycling plant, no there's no point salvaging anything that's soldered onto the motherboard that is now dead.

 

[CountMike]

I always salvage all heat sinks and clips on PCIe x16 bus,

 

[KAI 63]

Hi.
I have an old MSI B350 PC Mate mobo that hasn't been working for a while. Recently, I bought a whole new set of components (CPU, RAM, etc.) for my MSI B450M PRO-VDH-MAX and decided to test different components in the old PC Mate to see if it really isn't working or if there were just some compatibility issues or something (I always like to double, triple, etc., etc. check before I throw out a piece of hardware).

Anyway, the B350 PC Mate still doesn't successfully POST, so I'm ready to toss it out. I'm just wondering if there's anything worth salvaging from it before I toss it out.
I'll take off the M.2 mount and screw since those are always useful, but otherwise is there anything? I'm not planning to get into soldering and all that.

I had 3-4 boards that get power but wouldn't post so I saved them off to the side. 2 of them were in pristine condition in OE boxes that I brought "as is "thinking maybe they had a bent pin I could fix but wasn't the case. I learned about the CH341 a bios programmer and gave that a shot and was able to revive 3 of the 4 boards so far. That might be worth a shot. As for salvaging anything I always save screws, clips from PCIE rails, heatsinks etc before tossing any out.

 

[LinuxDevice]

Someone who is in the business of repairing computers might end up with a need for a component off of the original, but for most people there isn't much worth saving. RAM isn't part of the mobo itself, but I think that's important to save since there is usually a time when the RAM becomes outdated and nobody has it, driving up prices.

 

[SkyNetRising]

I'm just wondering if there's anything worth salvaging from it before I toss it out.

Bios battery and VRM heatsinks.