Le mer 21/04/2004 à 16:57, Ronald G. Minnich a écrit :
On 21 Apr 2004, Mathieu Deschamps wrote:
half a millimeter between chip pins and a working motherboard :what if i'am a bit stress and lift up badly the chip ? I got the answer...
ah! the problem!
go to your friendly Radio Shack (I have seem them in France, is that your location?) and get the PLCC puller. It's a great cheap tool and it is almost IMPOSSIBLE to hurt anything with it!
Well, I've just gone to their internet site a few minute ago. But you know now it has gone farther than a simple question a harm. It's a question of safety, and of comfort
- why not building a flash_rom util which could send bios code steam
via LTP, COM or USB, PCI : the aim not to touch the "working" bios(even though its not needed after boot time) . Plusvalue of this : Cold plug : Make a backup copy for example
It's a great idea but what are you going to hook that USB port to? a $400 programmer, that's what. That's the problem.
true.
- trying to disconnect/diswire bios socket from the up mainboard (that
is to say to get 0v on every pin of the socket) . Ideal view (mb manufacturers !) : get a jumper to handle this
I don't think you can get them to do it.
I alone surely not ! If the demand exists the offer will except if them, don't want it, but why would they ?. It not new that the comfort of use and customization is a true plusvalue in computing and in electronics (hardware). Maybe it could appear to be just "tuning" but not only.
3 ... err .. run dry
hot plug.
I can't help thinking that working on same bios that went up is a bad idea (in ref of: never build in the source directory). Promise I stop doing my hammer head :) I'll stop bother with it : I'll go hot pluging because i've now understood there's no other alternative.
ron
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