I can't really answer your questions, but if it was me I'd be more concerned initially by the fact that the battery has leaked all over the place. It may not even POST without some extensive repairs.

PTherapist wrote:

I can't really answer your questions, but if it was me I'd be more concerned initially by the fact that the battery has leaked all over the place. It may not even POST without some extensive repairs.

Oh wow thanks!

PTherapist wrote:

I can't really answer your questions, but if it was me I'd be more concerned initially by the fact that the battery has leaked all over the place. It may not even POST without some extensive repairs.

This was THE first thing I noticed.

Get rid of it asap.

#2 is that it looks pretty clean and it will need the battery goo cleaned up as well.
VLB board with (from first glance) an original harddrive (looks like a WD or a Conner or something, I am very lazy and didn't try to read the label or compare with known existing parts).

The case might be the most interesting part, in case the mobo turns out to be dead.

Please correct me if I missed anything 😀

PTherapist wrote:

I can't really answer your questions, but if it was me I'd be more concerned initially by the fact that the battery has leaked all over the place. It may not even POST without some extensive repairs.

Tetrium wrote:

This was THE first thing I noticed.

I don't know how you guys can see that from such a grainy/compressed picture. The facing terminal looks corroded but I honestly can't tell what you're seeing as obvious leakage or damage. Where are you looking??

Or is it a color thing? (I don't do colors that well, especially not browns & greens.)

There's a *LOT* of green on things that should be brown or metallic. Not good. Very not good.

Tetrium wrote:

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PTherapist wrote:

I can't really answer your questions, but if it was me I'd be more concerned initially by the fact that the battery has leaked all over the place. It may not even POST without some extensive repairs.

This was THE first thing I noticed.

Get rid of it asap.

#2 is that it looks pretty clean and it will need the battery goo cleaned up as well.
VLB board with (from first glance) an original harddrive (looks like a WD or a Conner or something, I am very lazy and didn't try to read the label or compare with known existing parts).

The case might be the most interesting part, in case the mobo turns out to be dead.

Please correct me if I missed anything 😀

Thanks bro!
O I don't own it, I saw an ad and was evaluating...

xjas wrote:

I don't know how you guys can see that from such a grainy/compressed picture. The facing terminal looks corroded but I honestly […]
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PTherapist wrote:

I can't really answer your questions, but if it was me I'd be more concerned initially by the fact that the battery has leaked all over the place. It may not even POST without some extensive repairs.

Tetrium wrote:

This was THE first thing I noticed.

I don't know how you guys can see that from such a grainy/compressed picture. The facing terminal looks corroded but I honestly can't tell what you're seeing as obvious leakage or damage. Where are you looking??

Or is it a color thing? (I don't do colors that well, especially not browns & greens.)

yeah same difficulties as me

dionb wrote:

There's a *LOT* of green on things that should be brown or metallic. Not good. Very not good.

Thank you too guys!

I had the same model which survived leakage but I never fully trusted the board... it wouldn't be 100% stable no matter which fsb.
The damage doesn't look too good - unless it's a bargain, stay far away.

amadeus777999 wrote:

I had the same model which survived leakage but I never fully trusted the board... it wouldn't be 100% stable no matter which fsb.
The damage doesn't look too good - unless it's a bargain, stay far away.

Thanks so much for letting me know!