I had this happen to a 486 motherboard,and I thought it was a gonner.
However, I took some Isopropyl Alcohol and cotton swabs and removed the
mess from the top layer of the board,and it started working fine and has
worked fine since. I guess it it true that in many cases, it will have
affected the inner layers and there is no hope. However, in some cases, it
might just be shorting the top layer traces.

Sean

At 11:08 PM 10/31/95 GMT, you wrote:
>Hi fellow piclisters,
>My PC board got corroded by a leaky nickel-cadmium battery. The PC is
>still working but some tracks and through holes nearby the battery
>look awful. Lots of blue-green stains. My first impulse would be to
>clean it with soup and water and a brush.
>
>Somebody has a better suggestion?
>
>Regards
>
>Luis Loeff
>

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