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First post, by k3x1s

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Hello to everyone!
I have old Compaq Presario 460 and that stopped work.
Many of microchips was oxidized. Most damage in place around cmos battery. Few microchips as resistors, capacitors was lost..
When i turning on computer i getting just black screen 🙁
I asking you guys who have computers 400 series make photo of place with battery. You my last hope! Want to fix it and play old cool games of my childhood. Like Dune 2, X Com, Wolfenstein, Kyrandia..

Reply 1 of 11, by Ultrax

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I can get you a photo of the battery area on a 433's motherboard soon 😀

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Reply 2 of 11, by Ultrax

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Here are the photos. The board was quite dusty, but I did my best to dust everything off without an air compressor. This motherboard belongs to a 433 that was destroyed in shipping. I have a 425, but the motherboard in the 433 is the same as the 460 so why not. (Plus, I don't feel like dissecting my precious 425 at the moment, 🤣.)

If the corrosion is too bad, I would advise getting a new motherboard entirely. Corrosion is definitely repairable sometimes, but it can (and often does) eat the traces of the PCB.

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Presario 425|DX2-50|8MB|SB V16S|D622/WFW3.11 😎
Deskpro XE 450|DX2-50|32 MB|NT4.0/95
SR2038X|Athlon 64 X2 3800|2G|GT710 WINXP
Dimension 4400|P4 NW 2 GHz|256M|R128U AGP|WINXP
HPMini311|N270|2G|9400M|WINXP
Libretto50CT|P75|16MB|YMF711|WIN95 😎

Reply 3 of 11, by k3x1s

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Hey, man! You are awesome! Thank you very much for help!
But i cant see the numbers of resistors. There a smallest digits. Can i ask for one more help? Can you tell me what numbers of resistors that i highlighted in red on the photo?
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Reply 5 of 11, by Ultrax

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Whoops, I didn't see your reply right away. Sorry 😜
I'm glad I was able to help! I need to locate my USB microscope so I can read the values on the resistors. Will report back here soon 😀

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Presario 425|DX2-50|8MB|SB V16S|D622/WFW3.11 😎
Deskpro XE 450|DX2-50|32 MB|NT4.0/95
SR2038X|Athlon 64 X2 3800|2G|GT710 WINXP
Dimension 4400|P4 NW 2 GHz|256M|R128U AGP|WINXP
HPMini311|N270|2G|9400M|WINXP
Libretto50CT|P75|16MB|YMF711|WIN95 😎

Reply 6 of 11, by Caluser2000

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Grab a can of Deoxit and give to mobo a good spray and scrub the bad areas with a soft bristle tooth brush.

There's a glitch in the matrix.
A founding member of the 286 appreciation society.
Apparently 32-bit is dead and nobody likes P4s.
Of course, as always, I'm open to correction...😉

Reply 8 of 11, by Ultrax

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I totally forgot about this thread! Again, sorry. I should check my threads more often. Assuming you still need the pictures, I have located my USB microscope and will try to read the values on those components soon.

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Presario 425|DX2-50|8MB|SB V16S|D622/WFW3.11 😎
Deskpro XE 450|DX2-50|32 MB|NT4.0/95
SR2038X|Athlon 64 X2 3800|2G|GT710 WINXP
Dimension 4400|P4 NW 2 GHz|256M|R128U AGP|WINXP
HPMini311|N270|2G|9400M|WINXP
Libretto50CT|P75|16MB|YMF711|WIN95 😎

Reply 9 of 11, by k3x1s

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Everybody thanks for replies! We washed motherbpard in distilled water and cleaned by ethanol with toothbrush. Photos was made after this.
Resistors from picture fell off and we replaces by resistors from another motherboard. But few of them randomly. Because we didnt know number of original one.
Computer turning on but black screen and hdd not launching with connected IDE. If IDE disconnected then hdd powering on.
Ultrax, we still waiting you 😀 And thank you for your help!

Reply 10 of 11, by Elanus

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k3x1s wrote:
Everybody thanks for replies! We washed motherbpard in distilled water and cleaned by ethanol with toothbrush. Photos was made a […]
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Everybody thanks for replies! We washed motherbpard in distilled water and cleaned by ethanol with toothbrush. Photos was made after this.
Resistors from picture fell off and we replaces by resistors from another motherboard. But few of them randomly. Because we didnt know number of original one.
Computer turning on but black screen and hdd not launching with connected IDE. If IDE disconnected then hdd powering on.
Ultrax, we still waiting you 😀 And thank you for your help!

I have a 433 too, Im taking some macro-shots of this area today, to help with the numbers

Reply 11 of 11, by Elanus

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Elanus wrote:
k3x1s wrote:
Everybody thanks for replies! We washed motherbpard in distilled water and cleaned by ethanol with toothbrush. Photos was made a […]
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Everybody thanks for replies! We washed motherbpard in distilled water and cleaned by ethanol with toothbrush. Photos was made after this.
Resistors from picture fell off and we replaces by resistors from another motherboard. But few of them randomly. Because we didnt know number of original one.
Computer turning on but black screen and hdd not launching with connected IDE. If IDE disconnected then hdd powering on.
Ultrax, we still waiting you 😀 And thank you for your help!

I have a 433 too, Im taking some macro-shots of this area today, to help with the numbers

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