Both the socket and the chip are marked with the location of pin 1 or a notch between pin 1 and pin 32 on the rom and a similar notch on the socket. Line them up and you will be fine. It will indeed ruin the rom and/or the board if you put it in backwards. This is due to most roms using the edge pins, 1,16,17,32 for power and ground. If you place the chip in backwards power will be applied backwards and that could smoke the chip and the board.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kurt S. Harlan Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 2:32 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Ltsp-discuss] Linksys boot rom I have purchased a boot rom for my Linksys LNE100 Ver.2 NIC. Does it matter which way(direction) I install the chip? Does anyone know if it will hurt (the chip) if I have it reversed? Another LTSP newbie, Kurt Harlan ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by:Crypto Challenge is now open! Get cracking and register here for some mind boggling fun and the chance of winning an Apple iPod: http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?thaw0031en _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by:Crypto Challenge is now open! Get cracking and register here for some mind boggling fun and the chance of winning an Apple iPod: http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?thaw0031en _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
