The only side that needs quite a lot of rework seems right inbetween the screw hole and ATX connector. The rest seem to be only lacquer scratches (even if they look deep) but those inbetween the area I mentioned earlier do seem to be really affected and need some patch work.

Also, knowing MSI of that era, replace all capacitors. I'm not even kidding - MSI and ABIT of the Slot 1 era were awfully notorious of ending up with bad capacitors.

Good magnifying glasses, a glass-fiber eraser, good flux, thin copper wires and a steady hand should solve the problem.

majestyk wrote on 2022-05-29, 14:52:

Good magnifying glasses, a glass-fiber eraser, good flux, thin copper wires and a steady hand should solve the problem.

I would add some UV ink as well, but that's just personal preference. Kapton tape also works.

First thing I’d do is some light abrasion down to to the copper to see the actual extent of the damage. It’s potentially only superficial.

If any traces look scuffed after removing the protective layer then tone out the traces. Only at that point if any fail to tone out would I start down the repair route.

Just as possible at this point that the lack of POST/boot is down to bad caps.

Ta all I can replace the caps but I'll wait and put this board aside till I buy a good digital magnifying screen the way the traces are is hard to find where one ends up to a test point

majestyk wrote on 2022-05-29, 14:52:

Good magnifying glasses, a glass-fiber eraser, good flux, thin copper wires and a steady hand should solve the problem.

i'd really stay away from fiberglass pens, especially for something like this, and some sandpaper should still do the job.