I take offense to the "garbage pickers" comment, we prefer to be called "dumpster divers." I would say that when I pulled stuff out of PC repair shop dumpsters, over half worked or could be cobbled together. My main 17 inch monitor needed a flyback adjustment, it works ok but is start to flake out (2 to 3 years later) My file server for the LAN with a dumpsterdived board, CPU, cooler, PSU case and tape drive(s) has over 120 days uptime on it. Hell, in 2001-2002 I pulled a P3 700 with PSU, board and chip out of a dumpster, took it home and powered it up. I stopped buying new hardware for the most part except drives and RAM, as these are hardest to get for obvious reasons. Only prob is when the .coms seemed to become .noms the supply dried up.

But back to the main branch, Has anyone ever tried to destroy a modern mainboard? Is it just me or is their resistance against blades just astronomical?