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535153 2007-03-23 00:08:00 Ok the batteries in my old Amiga leaked, i have removed the batteries but I want to clear the green stuff off the circuit board, any Helpful suggestions?

yes I know Amigas are prehistoric but well they are fun
Morgenmuffel (187)
535154 2007-03-23 00:12:00 The same thing happened with mine a few yrs ago.

It was beyond cleaning tho mobo tho it ruined it.

Depends if its eaten into something, on whether it'll work even if u manage to clean it.
Speedy Gonzales (78)
535155 2007-03-23 00:32:00 The machines were still going fine but I decided to remove all the batteries from after reading about the issue, 3 out of 4 batteries had leaked but they all got removed,
I just want to clean the boards and get the green residue off and neutralise it so no further damage is done
Morgenmuffel (187)
535156 2007-03-23 00:36:00 Probably just soap and water, scrubbing with a toothbrush. I remember doing this with 386 boards. Terry Porritt (14)
535157 2007-03-23 02:25:00 Isopropyl Alcohol, you can get a small plastic bottle of it from your chemist (~$3.00). Say you need it to clean your cassette tape player heads. Be careful, it is highly flammable. After cleaning I apply a small amount of WD40 using a tiny paint brush (the type your children use to paint in books) to keep the air off the exposed tracks which have probably had the solder resist removed by the corrosive battery fluids. zqwerty (97)
535158 2007-03-23 02:38:00 Some of them had those particular batteries and some of them didn't. The ones with are doomed. pctek (84)
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