matti christensen wrote:
i broke the motherboard = once again tried to change the bios chip and ripped socket off the board
Oops! :\
i really am nearly crying - i am 56 years old and it appears that i am never gonna have a truly free system
It might still be possible to repair the mainboard, but it is always easiest to start out with a mainboard that is already well supported and then go further from there.
//Peter