The gold wire hidden in the old Intel Pentium 2 CPU

 The gold wire hidden in the old Intel Pentium 2 CPU should be separated from the package to extract more gold.

💻✨ Inside the old Intel Pentium 2 CPU lies hidden gold wire waiting to be discovered! By carefully separating it from the package, you can recover more valuable gold for recycling. ♻️🔧 A true treasure in vintage tech! 

Separating the Gold Wire in an Intel Pentium II CPU Package for Better Gold Extraction The Intel Pentium II (P-II) CPU, a piece of computing history, contains small but valuable amounts of precious metals, notably gold. While the CPU pins and surface-mounted components are often the primary focus for gold recovery, a less obvious source of gold exists inside the cartridge-style package: fine gold bonding wires connecting the CPU die to the substrate and the package's internal circuitry. To achieve the most efficient gold extraction, these internal gold wires should ideally be separated from the rest of the package materials.

The Pentium II Package Structure The Pentium II processor typically came in a Single Edge Contact Cartridge (SECC), which was a plastic housing that contained a small printed circuit board (PCB), often referred to as the substrate or module. The actual CPU core (die) was mounted onto this substrate. The gold content in the Pentium II is primarily found in a few key areas: Connector Pins/Fingers: The gold-plated contacts on the edge of the PCB that plug into the motherboard slot. Internal Gold Bonding Wires: Extremely thin gold wires used to electrically connect the silicon die (chip) to the PCB traces. Trace Plating and Component Solder: Lesser amounts are found in some internal plating and the gold plating on specific surface-mounted components.