First post, by sirlemonhead
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Hi everyone,
I took my old 386 out of the attic at the start of the year to give it a good cleaning and to put it back together.
Unfortunately the battery leaked so I had to remove it. The motherboard got some battery fluid leaked on it. It looked like this:
I cleaned it up as best I could with lemon juice which I think should have neutralised the acid? I did notice that the PS/2 keyboard and mice connectors on the back of the case also had that odd blue stuff around the round metal outer part of the PS/2 connector that I never cleaned.. I'm wondering if I should clean that too..
Sorry rambling. Just wanted to confirm that the lemon oil should have neutralised the battery fluid to avoid any damage to the circuit board?
The battery looks like this:
As you can see it leaked and went all furry 😀 I removed and disposed of the battery, but retained the lead that was used to connect it to the motherboard header. I'm looking for a replacement and was just hoping to put 3 x 1.5 volt AA batteries in a battery holder and hook that up.
I think the question I had was, is this ok? I know nothing about this type of battery but I heard that some old computers had rechargeable CMOS batteries? does anyone know if this is one of those or is it just a normal disposable type?
Sorry for the rambling post 😀