The battery leaked on these motherboards, are they ruined?
NiCD/NiMH batteries leak when they are old and severely discharged, and this commonly causes damage to vintage computers. Here is a 286 and a 386DX motherboard that had the battery leak. Are they ruined?
386 Motherboard:
Unknown brand
C&T Chips Chipset P82C205, P82B305, P82A304, P82A303, P82C302, P82C301 P82A306, PA82B305
Information page on Stason.org:
286 Motherboard:
DTK PTM-1030 Mini '286
Chipset: VLSI VL82C100
-- Video Links
DTK case repair (damage caused by battery leakage)
BIOS post codes
ISA/PCI Post Code Diagnostic Card:
BIOS images and pictures for the 386 motherboard:
High Res Pictures:
Sorry not uploaded yet
-- Tools
Deoxit D5:
Jonard Tools EX-2 Chip Extractor:
Wiha Chip Lifter:
O-Ring Pick Set: (I use these to lift chips off boards)
Elenco Electronics LP-560 Logic Probe:
Hakko FR301 Desoldering Iron:
Rigol DS1054Z Four Channel Oscilloscope:
Head Worn Magnifying Goggles / Dual Lens Flip-In Head Magnifier:
TL866II Plus Chip Tester and EPROM programmer: (The MiniPro)
TS100 Soldering Iron:
EEVBlog 121GW Multimeter:
DSLogic Basic Logic Analyzer:
Magnetic Screw Holder:
Universal ZIP sockets: (clones, used on my ZIF-64 test machine)
RetroTink 2X Upconverter: (to hook up something like a C64 to HDMI)
Plato (Clone) Side Cutters: (order five)
Heat Sinks:
Little squeezy bottles: (available elsewhere too)
--- Links
My GitHub repository:
Commodore Computer Club / Vancouver, WA – Portland, OR – PDX Commodore Users Group
--- Instructional videos
My video on damage-free chip removal:
--- Music
Intro music and other tracks by:
Nathan Divino
@itsnathandivino