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by HardwareGeek
Tue Oct 17, 2006 10:22 pm
Forum: My motherboard is dead
Topic: How to save a soldered BIOS?
Replies: 11
Views: 12487

I have never tried desoldering relatively micro sized chips before. I have experience in soldering with just fixing simple circuit failures. Probably i would either ruin the board or the chip while desoldering. I really need more electric and electronic knowledge, pure softwate skills already proved ...
by HardwareGeek
Tue Oct 17, 2006 6:30 pm
Forum: My motherboard is dead
Topic: How to save a soldered BIOS?
Replies: 11
Views: 12487

Thank you very much cp. You are indeed a Master Flasher. I've bought some related material, now looking for a suitable EPROM chip. I'm also thinking to buy a Willem Eprom programmer. Would you suggest it?

And also i'm thinking about other option due to i may not be able to find a suitable chip ...
by HardwareGeek
Tue Oct 17, 2006 12:54 am
Forum: My motherboard is dead
Topic: How to save a soldered BIOS?
Replies: 11
Views: 12487

I checked all the capacitors before, they all seemed to be ok in appearance. But thanks much for the link, it may become handy in the future.
by HardwareGeek
Mon Oct 16, 2006 11:20 pm
Forum: My motherboard is dead
Topic: How to save a soldered BIOS?
Replies: 11
Views: 12487

It follows as :
SST
39SF020
90-4C-NH
001416-B

Is there any chances that the second BIOS is ok, but simply doesn't kick in due to bad configuration?
by HardwareGeek
Mon Oct 16, 2006 7:28 pm
Forum: My motherboard is dead
Topic: How to save a soldered BIOS?
Replies: 11
Views: 12487

Thanks for your reply cp, but i don't have any idea about which is the "chip enable pin" on this BIOS chip. I'll try my best and search for it. I'll also consider about gaining some soldering skills. By the way, wouldn't i harm the chip(or the data stored in) while soldering or desoldering it?

And ...
by HardwareGeek
Fri Oct 13, 2006 10:20 pm
Forum: My motherboard is dead
Topic: How to save a soldered BIOS?
Replies: 11
Views: 12487

How to save a soldered BIOS?

I like to play and modify hardwares. Recently i bought a faulty board, thinking i could fix it with some luck, to make some modifications and test some hardware on that. You know the starter of so-called revolutionary and life saving GA-BX2000 series dual-bios boards...

The board is a GA-BX2000 ...