First post, by Xs1nX
Hi all,
So I have a old 486 laptop that just will not power on at all, it is very very dead, wont post.. nothing.
How much of a good idea is it to pull the CPU(it is socketed) and buy a cheap 486 motherboard and put said 486 in that board and see what happens ?
The CPU has a small heatspreader attached to the top so I am not sure which 486 it is, I think however its a DX, maybe a DX4. And due to component clearances on a AT/ATX motherboard I may have to find a way to remove the spreader also..
Would this seem like a good use of a lil bit of money and a bit of time ?
I have plenty of suitable memory, a good selection of various ISA and PCI cards and so on, so the only expense would be a motherboard.