Reply 35200 of 53283, by pan069
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appiah4 wrote on 2020-07-21, 11:17:Well, I've cleaned the board (and the socket) as best I could. There were also some bent legs on the northbridge that I straigh […]
Well, I've cleaned the board (and the socket) as best I could. There were also some bent legs on the northbridge that I straightened.
Disassembling the socket didn't work too well, I managed to remove the lever but removing the top part was not possible. There are some socket/tabs that hold it down and the socket plastic is too brittle to actually flex enough to remove the top without cracking it, so I gave up. The hole around the scorched plastic is wide, I'm pretty sure this is due to an overheating pin that scorched the socket plastic and 90% confident the socket pin should work fine. I will give it a try tonight and see how that works out.
I have the same board, newer revision though. I was lucky, I found it new in box a little over a year ago. I'm using it in my 486DX4-100 build. It didn't came with a PS/2 mouse bracket though but I got one of those generic Startech PS/2 mouse headers, I just need to change the motherboard connector on it.