Pretty miffed when my 7VM400M-RZ stopped working, quite a handy board for testing Socket 462 processors
First try at resuscitation was replacing its larger capacitors, when that didn't work, all smaller ones as well
Still dead as, so I embarked upon what would usually be my first try, reprogramming the BIOS externally
Unfortunately Gigabyte being one of those $hit manufacturers who added a couple of cents to their profit margin by soldering BIOS chips directly to the board, I had to cut the chip out
solder in a socket
-then- program a replacement chip
Still no sign of life
I'm now considering a north bridge reflow, although have had one success
https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?t=47708
and one failure with that
https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?t=50171
Any suggestions?
First try at resuscitation was replacing its larger capacitors, when that didn't work, all smaller ones as well
Still dead as, so I embarked upon what would usually be my first try, reprogramming the BIOS externally
Unfortunately Gigabyte being one of those $hit manufacturers who added a couple of cents to their profit margin by soldering BIOS chips directly to the board, I had to cut the chip out
solder in a socket
-then- program a replacement chip
Still no sign of life
I'm now considering a north bridge reflow, although have had one success
https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?t=47708
and one failure with that
https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?t=50171
Any suggestions?
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