25 Jan
2011
25 Jan
'11
1:44 p.m.
On 25/01/11 15:51, John Robertson wrote:
You might want to try replacing the Dallas Battery
backed up RAM as
well, they only last about ten years - perhaps the battery has shorted
and this is killing the data bus?
Tried with the DS1687 pulled, no joy. Date on the chip is only 2002, anyway.
5V is present on the BIOS ROM, haven't checked anywhere else.
Given the amount of Green Goo around the ni-cad battery, I'm thinking
one of the sockets has succumbed, and the dunk-and-scrub probably
finished it off. Either that or the contact cleaner I sprayed in the ISA
slots is shorting the thing out...
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Phil.
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