My eden motherboard has a PLCC socket, and the image of an eden motherboard on the via website (http://www.viavpsd.com/product/4/8/epia_mini_itx_H.jpg) shows a socket as well, so i'm assuming that all of the eden boards do. I'm also going to get a bios savior for it which will make hot-swapping as easy as pie. This only costs about £30, so is well worth getting.
Jody
------- Original Message -------- From: steve@nexpath.com Subject: RE: More details on the Eden support Date: 30/10/02 10:10
A number of the Giga-byte boards seem to have the bios soldered, in particular the the GA-6VEML (the Walmart $199 computer). The Via Eden appears to also but I am just looking at the photo. For the EPIA, if you bongo the PLCC (socketed), you'll need another PLCC bios mobo to fix it and hot swapping a PLCC has got to require a deft touch.
-Steve