Philippe, the SDRAM chip I bought is identical, besides the production date the imprint is no different between both. I have extracted the 2MB flash EEPROM already so if you can use the file, I can send it to you right away (firmware level v57). I did go through the trouble of desoldering the TSOP-48 package, putting it into an EasyPro programming device and aligning the chip until the readouts were consistent. Which makes me quite sure I have captured the binary content without errors in it. After soldering it back in the device worked as before - so basically nonworking but able to show working menus and screens. No network connectivity however. After exchanging the SDRAM things worsened considerably even though the new chip is identical. I am thinking about reverting to the old SDRAM chip to see if things improve - which would amaze me to be honest. But maybe I screwed up something during the soldering job. My main suspicion is still a bad solder joint among the CPU solder balls. Problem is that it is pretty much impossible to bake the entire board because there are many parts which would not survive the amount of heat for sure, connectors, sticky foam pads, all the capacitors have plastic bases that might melt, the backside connectors (cinch, ethernet, power etc.). Everything could be removed but the boards are very susceptible to solder pad lifting so things might get even worse. It's just not feasible in my opinion. Pity.
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