[LinuxBIOS] GA-M57SLI-S4 continuity test on the second plcc socket.

[Richard Smith]

Stefan Reinauer wrote:

>> Another thing is something that a friend of mine says yesterday: why
>> instead of removing the chip, take and desolder only the vcc pin, put
>> a micro-switch on it, solder another chip on top of the existing and
>> do the same with its vcc pin, so with two micro-switches you can
>> select wich bios chip use. What do you think about this solution?. 

Having a chip on your LPC bus with data and address lines connected but 
with no Vcc will mostly likely screw you. Operation of the chip will be 
undefined.

> You also need to do this for CE and CS. 
> 
> No idea how hard or easy it is to desolder single pins instead of the
> complete chip. It is a good idea though!

On PLCC it will be pretty hard since they are not really pins that you 
can just lift up off the pad.

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Richard A. Smith
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