I think I'll go with the replacement ZIF socket as described by Bari. I had no idea it was that easy to remove a TSOP device, so that approach never occured to me.
I would consider another motherboard with socketed bios, but given the price constraints I'm forced to work in (sub $100, NForce4), it seems that most boards in that range have TSOP bioses.
Also, I wanted to re-read the FAQ portions regarding flashing, but keep receiving a "A database query syntax error has occurred" error when I click on the FAQ link on the main LinuxBios.org website. I could not find a contact email (the help link was broken as well), so could one of you relay a "FAQ is down" message to the website maintainer?
Thanks, Brad Brown
Bari Ari wrote:
If there is enough room around the tsop flash device on the mainboard, the flash device may be replaced by a ZIF tsop socket. Such as one by:
http://www.emulation.com/catalog/off-the-shelf_solutions/sockets/tsop/
http://www.emulation.com/pdf/skt518.pdf
The tsop zif sockets are larger than the tsop package so you need the extra space to solder them in place.
-Bari
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On 12/28/05, sales@bradbrown.com sales@bradbrown.com wrote:
I think I'll go with the replacement ZIF socket as described by Bari. I had no idea it was that easy to remove a TSOP device, so that approach never occured to me.
Well its not quite as easy as the picture looks. But its not too hard. Our techs ususally use a heat gun. What they show in the ChipQuick picture is not a TSOP but the same principal applies.
-- Richard A. Smith