29.06.2010 15:46, Jason Self пишет:
Indeed; I've never soldered/desoldered anything in my life. I thought that Flashrom was used to get Coreboot onto the board. I clearly misunderstand the purpose of Flashrom if physical modification is also needed. If that's specific to the M2A-VM perhaps I should look for a different Micro ATX board with which I can use Flashrom. Suggestions?
You can brick your board if something goes wrong. So it's recommended to use 'top hat' tool (simply 2 PLCC panels, that are connected pin-to-pin, except, as I remember, CS signal) - that allows to place new chip over soldered one, and safely use new chip for experiments - and if something goes wrong, just remove 'top hat' and get system with original BIOS. P.S. Soldering is easy by hot air that heating bottom of PCB - 300..350C. + of course flux. And it's ideal to have in this case two-side heating - ftom top and bottom; solder becomes liquid for 2-3 minutes...