Question Replacing bios chips

[Viper=tr=]

A bunch of old timers used to help out people with corrupted bios from bad flashes or corrupted from overclocking.
We used to boot up into windows. Extract the boards chip. Place in a blank chip. Flash any bios needed. Then put back the boards chip with its bios.
Anyone do this anymore with AMD boards where the bios has to be upgraded to take certain CPU's? The blank chips are cheap and easy to take out.

 

[rgd1101]

why not just flash the bios the normal way?

 

[Viper=tr=]

why not just flash the bios the normal way?

Some boards are bricked from bad flashes.

 

[Misgar]

Anyone do this anymore

Some computer repair shops have the necessary skills and tools. You need a hot air workstation to unsolder the old BIOS from a typical mobo and a PROM programmer to load the appropriate firmware, before soldering the chip back on the board. Check your local repair centre and see if they offer this service.

 

[LuKaWin10]

Some computer repair shops have the necessary skills and tools. You need a hot air workstation to unsolder the old BIOS from a typical mobo and a PROM programmer to load the appropriate firmware, before soldering the chip back on the board. Check your local repair centre and see if they offer this service.

Saudering is always the worst. It can lead to you doing it again or something will mess up. Programming it is not the hardest but complex

 

[Viper=tr=]

Some computer repair shops have the necessary skills and tools. You need a hot air workstation to unsolder the old BIOS from a typical mobo and a PROM programmer to load the appropriate firmware, before soldering the chip back on the board. Check your local repair centre and see if they offer this service.

 

[Viper=tr=]

Ussualy on a standard PC mother board they slip out with a simple socket extractor.
https://www.walmart.com/ip/1Pcs-Plc...p.ds&msclkid=8f92f111fe5c140033b49657ebdc53fc

 

[LuKaWin10]

Ussualy on a standard PC mother board they slip out with a simple socket extractor.
https://www.walmart.com/ip/1Pcs-Plcc-Ic-Extractor-Removal-Tool-Bios-Rom-Chip-Puller-Programmer-Tester/13112702699?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=102506227&adid=22222222222000000000&wmlspartner=wmtlabs&wl0=e&wl1=o&wl2=c&wl3=10352200394&wl4=pla-1103028060075&wl5=&wl6=&wl7=&wl10=Walmart&wl11=Online&wl12=13112702699_10002525584&wl14=bios chip removal&veh=sem&gclid=8f92f111fe5c140033b49657ebdc53fc&gclsrc=3p.ds&msclkid=8f92f111fe5c140033b49657ebdc53fc

Yep, that is interesting to