Uploaded May 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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The third P2B is going through the restoration process today! This board is very similar to the previous board - the ASUS IC is badly corroded and many traces and vias need to be cleaned. Surprisingly, there were no broken traces anywhere on the board. In each episode, I try to provide some extra detail aside from the restoration process - and today, we will look into a mod that may give the P2B native Pentium III Coppermine support!

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▬▬▬▬ *Timestamps* ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
00:00 Intro
01:18 Cleaning ASUS chip
04:43 Desolder ASUS chip
05:32 Corroded solder joints
06:37 PCBWay
07:19 Corroded vias
08:39 ASUS chip
10:52 Testing board
13:10 Coppermine on P2B
15:44 Coppermine mod
16:24 Replace power control chip
19:07 Testing mod
20:43 Conclusion