Guido Fiala wrote:
On Wednesday 14 September 2005 21:56, Dave Ashley wrote:
I don't know about anyone else but the dental floss idea didn't work at all for me, the floss interferes with the pins.
I had this idea on how to remove the chip easily, but I haven't tried it. Just get some strong epoxy and glue onto the top surface of the flashrom something to act as a handle. After it's dry, use that to pull the chip out.
Instead of epoxy you might use hot-glue (or whats it called), or, even better, "Power Strip" - a removable 2-side-glue flexible tape...
It's a good idea, but keep in mind that some programmers (such as my Needhams) have a cover that closes over the chip to program it, so a removal knob might interfere with closing the cover. Maybe the programmer will make contact anyway with the cover open, haven't tried it so I don't know.
Steve