First post, by Steapa
Hi! I'm new here.
So I found a place in my town where I can find lots of untested 486/386 parts dirty cheap. But many of the parts are broken and I need a way to avoid choosing them.
I'm want to build a 486 PC so I'll look for a socket 2/3 motherboard, 486sx CPU, 30-72 pin SIMM RAM, VLB video/sound card, controller card... Basically everything.
I heard that's easy to see when a motherboard battery leaked and to avoid them. There are more tips like this for other parts?
I guess this is a stupid question because must be hard to check if the hardware is broken only by looking at it, but I don't have another choice...
Thanks.