looks like the battery has leaked. Any way to clean up?

[lord_smeag]

Looks like the battery has leaked in my A2000HD. :madashell:

I have removed the culprit battery and all the expansion cards. The ics look clean and the cards also look unaffected.

Have seen worse boards but not sure if i can recover this opne. Does anybody have any advice on whether or not i can recover this board. Have a look at these images and let me know asap please. I miss my Workhorse 2k tank.

[lord_smeag]

Seemed fine untill about 3 days ago when it just would not boot. Power light on and hd flickered then stoped. cant boot to my wb 1.3 disketes either. so i opened it up and noticed the green residue.

So would isopropol do? I have useed that to clean my c64's 1541 head on the drive with no apparent damage. Also where the hell do you find batteries for a machine i bought in '89???

[lord_smeag]

Oh wicked! thanks for the fast reply mate!  :-D

[lord_smeag]

I have re-seated the 68000 and there was indeed some oxidisation that had made its way there, although very little. i have cleaned it with the iso.

Just have to wait for the battery to turn up so i can test it out. fingers crossed ...

Also not quite sure what you mean by 'these points should be connected' My board has never had that black component between the cpu socket and the red thingy.

[lord_smeag]

oh ok gotcha moto, that trace seems fine on my board. Sorry about the width thingy, my first post here so didn't think about the width issue.

[lord_smeag]

After removing the mc68k and cleaning what i could. There is is still no joy. :evil:

Maybe the only hope is to replace the whole socket or maybe its easier to find another a2000 board. the A2091, flicker fixer, ram exp etc i'll keep and try to locate another 2k board to put them in.

It's probably better that way. wonder if the mc68k itself is munted?

[lord_smeag]

Thanks for all the help with this one guys but nothing has worked as yet. I think that maybe coldfishes suggestion is now the only hope, bar sourcing another a2000 motherboard.

This weekend is the big jobby.

On a positive side i sourced an unexpanded a1200/40hd. :-D  Now i want to put a spare 30gb laptop hd inside of it. I also have one for my a600 hehe. Problem is i just can't find a local supplier with the correct ide cables for em. :madashell:

Anybody know of the best place to source these. any suggestion appreiated.

cheers

[lord_smeag]

How would i test the fuses?