A4K has ARRIVED!! But, oh! The BATTERY!

[Dr_Righteous]

As I said before... Get that battery off the board NOW. Best to use a vaccum desoldering iron, available cheaply at radioshack. Take the corrosion leakage off the board with ammonia and a soft toothbrush. I believe Redrumloa has some batteries he'd be willing to part with, but in the mean time the system will work fine without it.

As for Buster... Don't worry about it unless you start having problems with upgrade boards. In that case, find an electronics repair shop that can replace SMT chips.

As for video... Try VGAOnly... You'll have to remove all other drivers to use it. I don't see why Multiscan didn't work, but this should fix you up for the time being.

[Dr_Righteous]

@dandelion

If you can get ahold of it, use cleaning grade freon (ie: non-lubricated tuner cleaner). Completely non-conductive, and unlike WD-40, non-flammable.

The battery redrumloa has is perfect for the job. Professional looking, NiMH so it won't leak like NiCD.

As for soldering, what you have is perfect. Just heat up the pin, wet it with a little solder, then suck it out with the vaccum tool. It should suck clean.