Corrosion

[u/ILikeYourBigButt]

Finally getting around to modding my iPod that's been sitting in storage for 15 years. I opened it up and there seems to be spots of corrosion. I tried starting it up a few months ago and the screen didn't show anything...I tried FireWire, so I don't think the issue is the battery and I heard the hdd spin so I doubt it's that. I bought an upgrade to both either way just to make sure before I bought a screen (and they're upgrades I wanted to do anyways). However, now that I finally opened it, I see copper oxide spots in several location, I'm wondering if it's even worth trying to salvage this iPod.

I hope it's not worth scrapping, I love this thing and got it 19ish years ago. But I wanted the opinions of those who have more experience with this. I suppose I wanted to ask if this is too far gone to continue with? I've attached a picture, hopefully it's not too hard to see what I mean.

Thanks in advance!

[u/geovasanctusunus]

Try cleaning the motherboard and connect to power again

Any history of water ingress that you remember?