EdFlux wrote:
AFAIK zippo fluid isn't corrosive, i've used it before to clean very dirty PCBs with tar/resin on them.
And yes the board was dry :-D
Still, no go. Upon further inspection, it looks like the S74FCT chips on the board have a few pins soldered together. These are located between the SIMM slots. If anyone has a board to compare, i'd like to know if they are supposed to have pins soldered together or if this was a prior repair attempt. Doesn't look that way on the pic on the hardware database. I did get my A2000 to start with the board disabled while holding "0", but it doesn't work everytime.
The vias also have green stuff in them, not looking good.
Great, now you can't ship the board anywhere without declaring it as explosive/hazardous material. :-)
