Troubleshooting a pair of A2000's

[QuikSanz]

Send the best one to Acill in Oxnard and have him give it once over. Then have him look at the really bad one.

[QuikSanz]

Whoa, Stick with the 6.2 one and spare part the other for sure.

[QuikSanz]

Well, here are the results of my first pass at cleaning the "new" A2000 motherboard of the battery gunk:

http://i.imgur.com/c5Qmu6N.jpg

I'm gonna keep at it and see how it goes. I'm a complete novice when it comes to soldering, so I fully expect to completely destroy this mobo by the time I'm done, but hopefully I'll learn enough that I can do some actual good when it's time to attempt the cleanup on the "good" Rev. 6.2 board.

If (as was already suggested) the 68000 socket itself needs to be swapped out, other than locating a suitable replacement, are there any guides or tips you guys can point me toward?

Thank you all again for your continued suggestions and guidance here - I really appreciate it!

Been soldering since I was 8, lots of electronic classes but not in soldering. Pretty much Mil Spec now.

A good soldering iron, I use Weller at work with adjustable temp, and one of those blue nylon spring loaded solder suckers will do wonders. 1mm solder is also good.

[QuikSanz]

Yup, that's the solder sucker I use. Solder removal braid works best on SMD but is useful with thru hole stuff in a pinch.