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First post, by LequaRex

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About a month ago I've got a 386/486 motherboard off of eBay. It was sold as dead (typical NiCd leak).

https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/auva-c … -p8-cpm25-p8-cp

At first it was always stuck in reset, but I've come so far, that it's going out of reset. I'm also using one of those POST analyzer cards, a DMM and oscilloscope. What I've done and achieved so far:

CPU is solderd onto the board (PQFP Am386 DX40)
OPTi 82C495SX chipset

  • Repaired and reinforced traces (not under the SIMM sockets though)
  • removed diode, that was charging the battery
  • Voltage LEDs are all lit on the POST card
  • All crystals generate good and stable clocks
  • The motherboard goes out of reset
  • CPU , on board cache, keyboard bios and chipset are getting moderately warm (CPU a little warmer, around 40 °C)
  • Put keyboard controller and BIOS EPROM in (new) sockets (there were also some corroded vias under them)
  • The tantalum caps near the keyboard connector were partially swapped out by the previous owner and me

What I get now are 10 short beeps and the last codes are 0C and 0D. What can I do next?