I’m at least one step closer to reviving a 386 motherboard I have been working on. There was a bit of damage due to a nasty battery leak, and it wasn’t showing any sign of life when I hooked up a PSU and POST card. After replacing a dodgy looking capacitor, I’m at least getting an initial boot screen, but it’s very quickly cycling between counting RAM, then briefly displaying the below screen, irrespective of whether the keyboard is connected or not, and rebooting… It would appear there is a damaged trace - although realistically many - and so the next step will be to go over it very closely and check continuity.

Currently listening: 4AM Breaks -“Jungle Fatigue Vol 2 (2023)"