Battery acid damage, A500 512k expansion

[mikeymike]

I got my A500 out of storage.  I was pleasantly surprised that there wasn't any damage to the side of the board I could see.  Switch it on, caps lock light went on/off, power light flickered, then nothing.

I switched off the expansion, it booted (well, didn't check for the kickstart screen, but it sounded happy).

I pulled out the expansion, turned it over to see some battery fluffyness, but the main thing IMO is that the circuit pathways to (particularly) one chip have changed colour, so I assume that won't work any more.  I'll take a picture once my wife finds the camera.

[lorddef]

Had exactly the same here happen a while back and never managed to fix the expansion.

Cleaned it up, all the tracks appeard OK, but it was dead.  Infact i finally binned the expansion yesterday.

[mikeymike]

Is there anywhere I can get a replacement?

[tone007]

They're usually all over eBay for not a whole lot of money.

[ZeBeeDee]

Is there anywhere I can get a replacement?

Here ya go ... one A501, ready for buying and shipping

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/512k-Ram-Expansion-Card-Commodore-Amiga-A501_W0QQitemZ230368093418

[tone007]

..but who knows what's under that cover.

I'd shop around for one with a nice clean shot of the board and lack of battery damage.  Seems like every one I come across has acid eating away at it.