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! > 1. 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. > 2. 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 _______________________________________________ Linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
