Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
@DavesVintageApplTech gifted the channel a Chips & Technology 286 motherboard. One that was given by Chips to an employee to celebrate the release of the motherboard, if I have the story correct. It is new old stock (NOS), and at first glance it looks new, except for the missing NiCad battery.
About that battery: it leaked. And while it seems to have spared the top side of the motherboard, there were four little broken traces (Ah! Ah! Ah! *Thunderclap*) on the bottom of the board (plus two on the top side, but they were only serving to allow some of those broken traces to avoid others, so I forgot about them in my original count... sorry).
If I'm going to build an era-appropriate computer in what I believe used to be an AT clone computer (before getting re-painted and made into a 486 for me to buy at VCF East 2023 consignment), I need to get busy checking for additional damage and then testing the motherboard.
Did I successfully repair the four little broken traces? Will I find additional damage? Will the board throw a temper tantalum? You'll have to watch to find out!
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@DavesVintageApplTech gifted the channel a Chips & Technology 286 motherboard. One that was given by Chips to an employee to celebrate the release of the motherboard, if I have the story correct. It is new old stock (NOS), and at first glance it looks new, except for the missing NiCad battery.
About that battery: it leaked. And while it seems to have spared the top side of the motherboard, there were four little broken traces (Ah! Ah! Ah! *Thunderclap*) on the bottom of the board (plus two on the top side, but they were only serving to allow some of those broken traces to avoid others, so I forgot about them in my original count... sorry).
If I'm going to build an era-appropriate computer in what I believe used to be an AT clone computer (before getting re-painted and made into a 486 for me to buy at VCF East 2023 consignment), I need to get busy checking for additional damage and then testing the motherboard.
Did I successfully repair the four little broken traces? Will I find additional damage? Will the board throw a temper tantalum? You'll have to watch to find out!
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![The Apple ][ Plus Clone: The Desolation of Sockets... as I Attempt Repair (Computerized Start™ Live)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/BkyfY4LIXzg/mqdefault.jpg "The Apple ][ Plus Clone: The Desolation of Sockets... as I Attempt Repair (Computerized Start™ Live)
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I bought an Apple IIe Clone Motherboard on eBay (the place where I buy the things I later regret™) knowing full well it was an Apple ][ Plus clone motherboard and missing some chips. Yes, COMPUTER was jealous at first, but then COMPUTER realized I needed practice on a similar motherboard before I continue removing sockets, so were good...
Last time I worked on this board, I replaced enough capacitors to satisfy my concern that there wasnt enough capacitance on the board for proper operation. I was able to confirm the original 6502 was working by swapping it into my Apple ][ Plus. I also removed a few sockets that looked like they had too much solder. Still, the board powers up to garbage. I resigned to ponder the schematic.
Tonight, I am going to replace the rest of the capacitors, then I will commence The Desolation of Sockets. I have identified a few components that could prevent the CPU from running code, and I will be removing sockets for those components if they look questionable underneath. Well go from there.
Will I find issues under sockets? Will I get the board to do something by the end of the stream? Youll have to watch to find out!
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