there is a cap that goo's up and rotts up legs/pads of a  TI-VLSI I/C over right next to the PDS slot, witch is unique for the C/Q 610 MB.

Ryan did you send him a price for your Capped working 610?

I was the one that re-capped this thing over a year ago.

pretty sure it has tantalums.

I remember this 610 because i had to tear apart my PM6100 to test it.

And it worked like a top.

i remember he got it back though, and then he said that it was dead just as it is now.

i told him that it worked great here and to maybe check the voltages at the psu.

then i never herd anything from him.

so i am under the assumption that something he did got it to work. and has been working all this time until recently.

Maybe, I did not clean the legs of that VLSI good enough with a tooth brush and acetone?

So maybe try that?  get a tooth brush and some acetone and be careful because those legs can bend over.

we don't need another ROLLERMANZ.......

but wet that whole area really good with the acetone, and lightly scrub, maybe carefully pat dry with some TP paper and then do it again.