BIOS CHIPS : New Replacement Bios Chips or Re - Flash

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For Replacement chips $14
re-flash of existing chip $8

rumor has it that you never get your original flashed, they say its damaged and you need a replacement...extra charges then occur.

"iCE Flashing iNC" <> wrote in message news:941b.ce30.da@djice...
> visit www.bioschips.webhop.net
>
> For Replacement chips $14
> re-flash of existing chip $8
>

JAD wrote:
> rumor has it that you never get your original flashed, they say its damaged and you need a replacement...extra charges then occur.
>
> <mail@.net> wrote in message news:941b.ce30.da@djice...


>>For Replacement chips $14
>>re-flash of existing chip $8

The risk involved in flashing any hardware is great, of course, so one
should only use software/firmware/hardware from a source you trust
implicitly.

It is easy to claim capability and easier still to assert honesty.

Mike
--

http://www.mrichter.com/

On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 12:43:34 -0700, Mike Richter <>
wrote:

>JAD wrote:
>> rumor has it that you never get your original flashed, they say its damaged and you need a replacement...extra charges then occur.
>>
>> <mail@.net> wrote in message news:941b.ce30.da@djice...
>
>
>>>For Replacement chips $14
>>>re-flash of existing chip $8
>
>The risk involved in flashing any hardware is great, of course, so one
>should only use software/firmware/hardware from a source you trust
>implicitly.
>
>It is easy to claim capability and easier still to assert honesty.
>
>Mike
plus, if your BIOS chips are surface mount soldered to the board
rather than socketed, you need about $1000 worth of
soldering/desoldering equipment to change them...
I do it for a living.....

Having skipped an E.L.F. meeting to be here, Mike Richter <>
scribbled:

>The risk involved in flashing any hardware is great, of course, so one
>should only use software/firmware/hardware from a source you trust
>implicitly.

And you can NOT trust spammers, because...

A) Spammers are stupid, and

B) Spammers lie.








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On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 01:56:29 GMT, Never anonymous Bud
<> wrote:

>Having skipped an E.L.F. meeting to be here, Mike Richter <>
>scribbled:
>
>>The risk involved in flashing any hardware is great, of course, so one
>>should only use software/firmware/hardware from a source you trust
>>implicitly.
>
>And you can NOT trust spammers, because...
>
>A) Spammers are stupid, and
>
>B) Spammers lie.
>

i bet theres about $50 worth of equipment this guy uses to flash a
bios if that.

On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 01:56:29 GMT, Never anonymous Bud
<> wrote:

>And you can NOT trust spammers, because...
>
>A) Spammers are stupid, and
>
>B) Spammers lie.

__________________________________________________ _______

And spammers are rich, too. Recently a spammer was interviewed on TV.
He's making around five figures a month. No wonder they do it.

--
Bill, W7TI

Having skipped an E.L.F. meeting to be here, W7TI <> scribbled:

>On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 01:56:29 GMT, Never anonymous Bud
><> wrote:
>
>>And you can NOT trust spammers, because...
>>
>>A) Spammers are stupid, and
>>
>>B) Spammers lie.
>
>_________________________________________________ ________
>
>And spammers are rich, too. Recently a spammer was interviewed on TV.
>He's making around five figures a month. No wonder they do it.

When in doubt, refer to Rule #2...






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> plus, if your BIOS chips are surface mount soldered to the board
> rather than socketed, you need about $1000 worth of
> soldering/desoldering equipment to change them...
> I do it for a living.....
>
heh
I have never seen a EEPROM small enough to require you needing $1000 worth
of kit to remove it..
probably more like $80 or $90

It depends on whether or not you want to damage the board or the BIOS flash
memory chip when removing the chip. Sure, anybody can remove the chip. But it
takes some expertise to do it right. I think that $1000 worth of equipment
plus some experience can do the job better than $80 or $90 of gear in the hands
of a novice.

Now some boards have socketed flash BIOS chips, which are easy to pop out and
put back in. But these boards are very much in the minority. It costs too many
pennies to add a socket to motherboard, and everyone in the industry is pinching
pennies and cutting costs.

The big picture question is why someone would need to replace a flash BIOS chip.
In these days of sub-$100 motherboards, it hardly seems worth it when a good but
not identical replacement can be found. Of course, if you like in the hush-hush
mission critical military-industrial complex where EXACT replacement parts are
required as part of a contract, then repair of obsolete motherboards is probably
an everyday occurance... Ben Myers

On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 08:43:01 +0100, "rstlne" <.@.> wrote:

>> plus, if your BIOS chips are surface mount soldered to the board
>> rather than socketed, you need about $1000 worth of
>> soldering/desoldering equipment to change them...
>> I do it for a living.....
>>
>heh
>I have never seen a EEPROM small enough to require you needing $1000 worth
>of kit to remove it..
>probably more like $80 or $90
>
>