HI
I am hoping someone here might help me with my A3000 which im trying to save the motherboard on. I got it many years ago. Has Tam Int K8 on it. I assume its Tamaki Intermediate but who knows.
Anyway.. I belatedly read they were known for the clock battery leaks ruining them after I tried to turn it on and it went into a command line prompt instead of the expected desktop.
I whipped it open and sure enough the battery was pushing discusting orange poison out the top. I clipped it off and threw that away. Fine so far.. Then did the vinegar and meths/alcohol treatment which made some parts turn a interesting shade of blue green. The thing I need help with is there was a little very fine wire "bodge" that was connected at two points in that area and during my cleaning one end came off and I dont know where it was connected! So im a bit worried what might happen. Now of course ive looked hard online and all the pictures I can see of A3000 motherboards do not show this mysterious wire. I dont know if its a super early edition of the mother board or if its related to the onboard hard drive or ram expansion. I dont think so but still that leaves what the heck is that little wire for? What was the other end connected to?
If you have no ideas then can any of you hazard a guess by looking at the end that is still connected and that area its located? I hope. Photo below showing the mysterious wire. Note its the little tiny wire not the larger one where the battery directly was. Ive got the end of a pen pointed at the wire concerned.
John