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Exactly what I ended up doing, worked like a charm! Hopefully I can have this battery safely disposed with a few other batteries I intend to recycle this week. (MacBook battery, a few iPhone batteries, etc) I'll probably get around to cleaning the board in a day or two, (Unfortunately I have...

Update: I was able to get the battery out by pushing with a flathead screwdriver, upon inspection of the battery it seems a lot worse than I initially perceived. However I still cannot make out any leakage or staining in the battery holder other than the corrosion on the contacts. Guess I can...

Alright will make sure to sparingly use the vinegar, I just got around to opening the laptop and it seems I lucked out, there's very little corrosion and it only seems present on one of the contacts, no signs of further leakage.  The rest of the board seems fine (picture below), I may not be...

What is appropriate to use when cleaning the electrolyte and corrosion off the board? Isopropyl Alcohol and Vinegar? 

Another issue has risen, I looked into some videos about PowerBook 170 issues and a leaking battery was listed as one of them, thus I attempted to remove the battery following these instructions https://www.macrepaircentral.us/powerbook-140-145-145b-170/main-battery.html, unfortunately the...

Would a PlayStation 1 power supply work? It outputs 7.5v at 2.2A, however the PowerBook charger I have outputs 7.5v at 3.0A, not sure if the old electronics would play well with a different output. (It's also possible those PSUs could be going bad too but my ps1 hasn't acted out yet) I would...

I recently picked up a PowerBook 170 that was having some issues in hopes to repair it. The operating system does not seem to boot, I see the cursor but nothing else happens. This seems as simple as reinstalling System 7. However what the seller did not mention was the mouse only registers...