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upgrading motherboard/corrosion on motherboard

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a b V Motherboard
September 22, 2001 1:16:36 AM

I have several questions to ask in this post and any reponses would be greatly appreciated. I currently have an Abit BE6-II (Rev 1) MB, but the Parallel Port doesn't seem to work (Port cannot communicate with the Printer). I do have the parallel mode set for SPP and the printer was working. Anyway, I bought a "new" Abit BE6-II (Rev 1) from Memory media and received it today. I have yet to install it because it has corrosion (I am assuming corrosion because of the white fuzzy stuff that looks like some sort of oxidation) on some of the pins for the chips near the CMOS battery and some of the other pins for the chips on the board. Has anyone else bought motherboards and seen this type of corrosion? What was your experience if so? Memory media said that they get their motherboards directly from Abit and there should not be anything wrong with the board. I just find it strange that my Abit BE6-II motherboard that is 2 years old looks a lot better than this supposedly "new" motherboard. If I install this motherboard and everything appears to work, could this corrosion cause problems over time? The corrosion is not on any of the slots.
The second part of my dilemma is that maybe alot of the Abit BE6-II have this problem since they could have been in a warehouse for a couple of years in humid conditions. Any thoughts on how these older boards are stored? If I decide to go for a "newer" board from a different manufacturer that is compatiable with my processor and other peripherals what difficulties might I run into with windows (Windows 98 SE) working correctly. I have heard diffculties with installing a different motherboard without doing a clean install of windows. I would prefer to not reinstall windows on my machine. I have found some sources on the net saying to delete HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Enum and everything under it before doing a motherboard upgrade. Any other steps that one might take if a clean install wants to be avoided? Thanks in advance for any information or links relating to these questions.

Derek

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a b V Motherboard
September 22, 2001 4:44:41 AM

I would just get another BX board, if you can't find another BE6-II. Personally I would have said to hell with the Version 1.0 and got a version 2.0, and no, when you stick with BX you do not need to reload, but sometimes you do need to reconfigure. I don't think any changes would be necessary to the O.S. if you just upgraded to a Revision 2.0 board.

Back to you Tom...
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a b V Motherboard
September 22, 2001 5:06:38 PM

It sounds like the battery leaked some acid or something. If it were me I would send it back straight away, even if it works. If it is some kind of acid from the battery, even if there are no problems with functionality now, it can only get worse. You might be able to clean most of it off, but what about where it may have flowed underneath stuff?
a b V Motherboard
September 22, 2001 7:59:59 PM

Like I said, I would replace it with a Revison 2 motherboard of the same model. They haven't made revision one in a long time!

Back to you Tom...
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