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OK, I found the AMInf363 program...now my question is what chipset to select in it. Should I select what is in the IT7 (actual MB flashing in) or the chipset of the MSI MB were the chip goes back into?

Rainbow, I left the original bios chip from the ABIT IT7 MAX alone since that board is working FINE. I don't want to make my life even more difficult. This chip is a : SST 49LF004A The MB I try to fix is MSI 645 Ultra (6547) with chip W49F002UP12B (Winbond) . An alternative chip from an ABIT BH6 is ...

Denniss, you're a bit over my head...could to post again in a way that I understand? There is an AMI info-program?

Thank You, Rainbow. I'm getting dizzy from crawling on the floor to change the bios chips. The first time I pulled my chip (with string) it flew so far it took me an hour to find it again. I still like the newer PLCC sockets better than the old ones. I tried the last amiflash utility but it didn't w...

here is an update: The first bios chip from the MSI 645 ultra board (Winbond W49F002UP12B)was not taking anything, forced or not. I found another chip in another ABIT board (BH6 I believe), a MX28F2000T series bios chip. After all the tries it wouldn't confirm writing the bios file. Here is the log ...

I tried to hotflash a MSI 645 Ultra bios chip in an ABIT IT7 Max 1.0 motherboard. I believe I read enough to do it right but Uniflash did not like to identify the MSI chip. Further I found it curious that all file sizes on the floppy were only showing half of what they should e.g. the biosfile of my...