First post, by majestyk
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Now here´s a sad story: I bought this mainboard last year (quite cheap), I knew some damage had been done by battery leakage, but I wasn´t aware of the true extent.
Since the board came with both original Supermicro VRMs, 2 Pentium Pro 200/512 and 2 quality fans/heatsinks the risk was moderate. I was hoping to be able to repair ths board though.
A vast area around and below the battery was covered with some sort of brownish coating. I removed the battery, 2 ISA slots since the contacts were totally corroded, 2 ICs that had been undermined and fell off while gently brushing away the dust. After that I cleaned everything with IPA and let it dry.
Some pics for illustration:
It´s nice how they have hidden the "Made in Taiwan" carefully under the ISA slot while a second sticker says "Made in USA".
What do you guys do with such a ruin? Did anyone manage / have the patience to restore such a load of traces? (I already restored about 20 of them on the downside.
Is there any chance to succeed here at all when I don´t know what has been happening in the layers between?