Sparks fly while I crash and burn fixing a 386SX motherboard

I recently got this 386SX 40Mhz motherboard during a recent Turbo Mail Call episode, and it is missing parts so it can’t run. Let’s try to get this board working, so I can see how the performance stacks up to other 386SX boards.

0:00 Intro
1:13 The broken motherboard
13:07 Baseline repairs
24:48 First power up
35:44 Testing a 3rd motherboard
47:79 Continuing the repair attempt
1:00:23 Outro

— Links

BIOS dump:
https://archive.org/details/386sx_20260204_0655

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https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbtwi4wK1YXd9AyV_4UcE6g

Support the channel on Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/adriansdigitalbasement

My GitHub repository:
https://github.com/misterblack1?tab=repositories

— Instructional videos

My video on chip removal without damage:

— Music

Intro music and other tracks by:
Nathan Divino
@itsnathandivino

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