Remove that battery ASAP, shoot some photos of the affected area, clean it with vinegar then isopropyl alcohol and shoot some more photos.
The damage looks minimal but there are small traces underneath the battery that are likely gone and need repair.

Miphee wrote on 2019-12-31, 05:33:

Remove that battery ASAP, shoot some photos of the affected area, clean it with vinegar then isopropyl alcohol and shoot some more photos.
The damage looks minimal but there are small traces underneath the battery that are likely gone and need repair.

^^ this, big chance the KB connector is green completely from the inside too. And those traces are mostly repairable, but small diodes below next to it might get eaten by the acid too..

Thanks for the replies i did check for continuity on those 3 big traces that look basically gone or totally exposed and it seems good, i already ordered a soldering iron it should come in less than a week.

Hopefully i can fix whatever issues the motherboard has without too much alteration or work.

Soldering iron should be here tomorrow or the day after, but is there any way to identify who made this motherboard?

EDIT: wow they are really taking their time shipping my soldering iron 😒

EDIT2: Soldering iron came in 2 days ago, im preparing to remove the battery and take pictures tommorrow (wish me luck, any tips would be highly appreciated)

BEFORE CLEANING PICTURES: https://imgur.com/a/2ooYcqN
AFTER CLEANING PICTURES: https://imgur.com/a/3Xo8Puj

Anything you guys see that i should fix?

I think you made out ok, doesn't look like any of the traces are ruined, but you need to buzz out the smaller traces on either side of the big 3 as well

maxtherabbit wrote on 2020-01-11, 02:53:

I think you made out ok, doesn't look like any of the traces are ruined, but you need to buzz out the smaller traces on either side of the big 3 as well

What do you mean by buzz out?

Now that the battery is removed and the traces look okay, there is one thing i havent been able to figure out.

I have a ULSI MathCo 387sx rated for 25mhz that will not work correctly in this motherboard, sometimes when i boot it, it will detect the math coprocessor but it will not work correctly, and other times it will not detect it in the bios, but software i run to check it says its installed but not installed at the same time when its not detected by the bios(Ill have to get an example of this)

But the worst part is, when its detected, alot of software and games don't run, it will just halt at the command prompt. And when its not detected but is in the motherboard, there is still alot of software that will just halt.

"ensx-1220-121589-K8" normally the 1220 bit would give the manufacturer but as yet this one is not known.
"Friend 386SX" does not give any hits either.
What might help is the Gateway model number, there is an ever so smal chance they or someone else documented the system, not the motherboard as such.

evasive wrote on 2020-05-06, 08:00:

"ensx-1220-121589-K8" normally the 1220 bit would give the manufacturer but as yet this one is not known.
"Friend 386SX" does not give any hits either.
What might help is the Gateway model number, there is an ever so smal chance they or someone else documented the system, not the motherboard as such.

Ill throw up some pics of the numbers on the case soon