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!
- 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.
- 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.
3 ... err .. run dry
hot plug.
ron