Hello everyone

Sorry to join and ask a question however I feel it's my only hope of resurrecting this old board which I purchased as faulty so I knew it didn't work

It took me a while to find a manual to match but I have found the closest match and set the jumpers correctly. It's apparently a gemlight board but I have cross checked manuals and can confirm that the jumpers are in identical places on the DTK manual and the Gemlight manual

Basically there is no life at all. No beep codes when attaching a PC Speaker. I have connected an ISA Diagnostic board but that only shows -12v led and no codes. You could hear the power supply and anything connected such as a hard drive whining through the PC speaker so knew something wasn't quite right

I have found a broken trace (leaked battery) and have repaired that now I have 12v led and no whine from the PC speaker but still dead

I've gone over every single jumper over and over again and cannot get anything. There is voltage all over the board. The original barrell battery has already been removed so have soldered on a button battery socket with a 2032 battery as some boards won't post unless a battery is installed but still nothing

Although the old battery had caused some damage, it is extremely minimal with no more visible damage

Does anyone have any ideas at all? Maybe it's dry solder joints who knows

Thanks for taking the time to read