Finding right BIOS chip and programming it

[t26553]

i wanted to know if buying a bios chip with slight different numbers would affect the PC. so i had this problem with a corrupted bios(Mentioned in this thread) and one of my suggestions was to remove the bios reprogram it and then solder it back on the motherboard. my bios chip is "MXIC MX25L3206E M2I-12G 3L664300 K125176".

IMAGE OF BIOS CHIP ON BOARD:

i've found the same chip on ebay but with slight different numbers on the end.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MACRONIX-MXIC-MX25L3206E-M2I-12G-SERIAL-FLASH-MEMORY-BIOS-CHIP/111688227710?hash=item1a01231b7e:g:R5UAAOSw~OdVcdv~

so would this be alright or would it not work?

If it will work how can i reprogram the BIOS chip to work for my pc i have an Acer aspire xc 105

 

[zyh1987]

Chip is a mx25l3206e m2i-12g

looks like sop8, you may want to double check the dimensions.

I have never actually setup the whole entirely myself, but I have used the tools before when I was working as application engineer for amd.

You can either clip it as the video shown, or use a heat gun to desolder the chip and load it into a programmer.

Here is a guide for it. see if that’s something you are willing to do.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2Y06x1f22B0

As for flashing tools, you can look up on eBay, look for sop8 programmer, something like this:

https://m.ebay.ca/itm/EZP2013-USB-Programmer-8-adapter-socket-SOP8-SOIC8-clip-24-26-25-93-Bois-EEPROM/192351913821?hash=item2cc911475d:g:uSoAAOSwsBtZ-sy0