Thanks Fishtown, the ends of the copper were black and flaky and 'carbonised' and fell off when I moved the board. One other question that would be helpful to educate me - the Medion 250w PSU has a 4 pin CPU connector and the motherboard has an 8 pin. Can I upgrade the current PSU to something higher wattage with a GPU plug in order to use a GPU with the PC? Is it OK to connect an 8 pin CPU power plug (most PSU seem to be 8 pin) to the 8 pin on the motherboard. The processor is i3 10100 and I'm not planning to change it, I know it is lower wattage and only needs a 4 pin connector but will using an 8 pin connector be OK? Most likely I will replace the motherboard when I can afford to as I am not skilled with soldering / repair. Thanks Again 🙂
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