On Thu, 5 Aug 1999 02:25:57 +0200, Or Botton wrote:
> About a year ago, my computer "blew up". It was a P133, and what
> happened was that somehow a power surge went trough the board, and
> litraly blown up one of the chips. As far as the naked eye can see,
> that chip was the only damaged part.. I cant tell until i'll run
> trough it with the appropriate equipment.
> I'm now playing with the idea of replacing that damanged chip, by
> this attempting to rescue the board.
> Problem is, that chip got many, many tiny pins, that are attached
> to the board. The big question is, should I even try?
> The cover of the chip is only partialy present, but this is the info
> that I managed to read (from what was left, anyway.):
> intel(R)
> PC___
> SB82___
> L6262___
> SU093
> INTEL(M)(C) '95
> In places where I drew an underline ("_"), there is a missing cover.
> (R), (M) and (C) are the characters,R,M and C in a circle.
> (as in the 'Copyright' logo and 'Original' logos.)
> There is another chip on the board that looks almost the same.
> Its details:
> intel(R)
> PCIset
> SB82437VX
> L6244969
> SU085
> INTEL(M)(C)'95
> The board has the logo "PCI for AT BUS" on the front, and the logo
> "Elpina" on the back. There is also the current info written on it:
> TOPSEARCH
> 2496-2765
> The 2496 is black numbers on white(green, actually) background,
> and the 2765 is white(green) numbers on black background, in a
> white(green) square border.
> Now 3 questions remain:
> 1)Anyone can identify the "blasted" chip?
> 2)Is there anywhere where I can get that chip again?
> 3)Should I even try?..
1)Probably
2)From an old board
3)Using the old board itself instead of its' chip is much more practical
(though not as much fun :) ).
boB
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