Jumper for Voltage?????

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by **nicolae788** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 3:26 am

Hello
I have a MSI 5184 ver1! How do i change the voltage from 12 V on the VPP pin to 5V????is there a jumper or something?in the manual it doesn't say anything about this!!!!
Thank you
Alex.

by **ajzchips** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 2:15 am

Leaving it at 12V usually doesn't damage the 5V BIOS chips since the 12V pin is usually internally disconnected.

by **nicolae788** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 3:27 pm

Yes i understand, but the vpp pin it's not internally disconnected since i was able to flash it into an another board a Pcchips M539 at a voltage of 5V.My question ist's if this 12V on the vpp pin could erase the data in the chip?????????
Thank you for your reply
Alex.

by **ajzchips** » Fri Aug 13, 2004 3:57 am

As long as you don't flash it on that board, I believe it shouldn't harm it.

by **nicolae788** » Sat Aug 14, 2004 8:36 pm

Hi
O.K. thanks for the info!
This should eliminate the bios from beign faulty since the 12 V do not erase it.It means that the board it's damaged somehow somewhere if itt doesn't initialize.I posted something on this on the 'my motherboard it's dead' if you want to take a look and ask me everythin you need to diagnose as much as you can the problem but it surely it's something wrong with the board!!!unfortunately