Hi,
I just picked up a woebegone A2000 off Ebay. I knew that I was going to have to clean it up a bit from the pics, but I was shocked when I opened up the case. I swear there was at least 20 years worth of dust and filth at least a quarter inch deep all over the motherboard. Of course to make it worse, you guessed it, the battery had leaked!
Okay..... When I recovered enough to breath again, I decided that the first thing I could do was neutralize any lingering battery acid by making a paste of baking soda and water and smear it around the area surrounding the battery. Once I had the motherboard out of the case I could then remove the battery and give the mb a good soak in alcohol and then rinse with distilled water.
Now comes the irritating thing. How the heck do you get the A2000 mb out of the flaming case? I have unscrewed the screws holding the mb to the bottom of the case, but it's not budging. What am I missing?
