As already discussed heavily on the list, it's probably due to the
battery corroding/erupting over time. The Mac Color Classic I got my
hands on was the same way. Since I really had nothing to lose, I took
the easy approach of actually just washing the board under water. Once
dried and reassembled it worked.
There were much more elegant approaches on how you might repair such
damages on the list. Might be worth a look.
Josh Dersch wrote:
Title says it all; rescued a Color Classic from
Certain Doom, but the
motherboard is beyond repair (somehow it's all rusted and nasty while
the rest of the machine is clean as a whistle...)
Anyone have a working spare to part with (or know a good place to get
one cheap?)
Thanks as always...
Josh