replacing bios chip

[chernobyl]

i recently ruined my bios big time and ordered a new bios chip from ebay, QUESTION IS i have the 990fxa-ud3 rev 1.1 the bios is soldered onto the mobo can i heat it up and remove and replace with new one that was ordered
or did i order this new bios chip for nothing and should i just buy a nicer mobo and not mess with s$%$t

 

[dragoonk]

1. How did you ruined your bios, and how do you know that the bios chip is faulty?

2. You could solder it quite nicely if you have a magnifier and a sharp soldering tool. it's a little bit more difficult to remove the broken one off the mother board.

 

[chernobyl]

1. How did you ruined your bios, and how do you know that the bios chip is faulty?

@bios said i had a update or an old bios in her and so i updated it and could never get back in er bro just black screen of death and cant do nothing im no pro but im sure i wrecked my bios

 

[dragoonk]

How did you try updating your bios? In windows or trough an USB flash drive?

What do you mean black screen of death? Nothing happens when you tun on your computer? Absolutely nothing?

What motherboard are you using?

 

[FTLN]

If the motherboard is still under warranty then send it back, if not then youve got nothing to lose by trying to solder on new bios chip... you never know it might work....
Good Luck

 

[chernobyl]

How did you try updating your bios? In windows or trough an USB flash drive?

What do you mean black screen of death? Nothing happens when you tun on your computer? Absolutely nothing?

What motherboard are you using?

it was through the @bios gigabyte thingy and yes it is just plain black screen with nothing when started up

 

[chernobyl]

If the motherboard is still under warranty then send it back, if not then youve got nothing to lose by trying to solder on new bios chip... you never know it might work....
Good Luck

thanks friend

 

[chernobyl]

if any one has any tricks for this gigabyte 990 fxa-ud3 please let me know, i have pulled the cmos battery out did the jumper and still no bios , i dont realy know what im doing but i will try anything to fix it

 

[cronic5]

Typically when you burn out a soldered BIOS chip, there is very little you can do in order to fix it. Does the BIOS chip you ordered even have BIOS loaded onto it?

I've destroyed a BIOS chip in the past, but luckily for me it was a removable chip, and back when BIOSMAN was around, I was able to order a new one with the BIOS loaded.

You can try to solder a new one on, but I'd send it in if it is still under warranty. It isn't easy to fix a soldered BIOS, like I said.

 

[chernobyl]

Typically when you burn out a soldered BIOS chip, there is very little you can do in order to fix it. Does the BIOS chip you ordered even have BIOS loaded onto it?

I've destroyed a BIOS chip in the past, but luckily for me it was a removable chip, and back when BIOSMAN was around, I was able to order a new one with the BIOS loaded.

You can try to solder a new one on, but I'd send it in if it is still under warranty. It isn't easy to fix a soldered BIOS, like I said.

lol yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees people of the bios chip foum i started taking apart my hardwhare tonight and realy started to look at the bios chip and what did i find ................................ a piece of god damn lint ball shorting out my bios chip so i blew it out put it back together fired her up and bingo bios chip is fixxed bios booted up and your all awsome muthazzzzzz thanks peeeeeeeeeeps how stupid of a problem was that

 

[cronic5]

I don't know about the UD3, but on the UD7, you CAN remove the BIOS chip, it just isn't very easy. They are designed to be permanently affixed.

You can pry them up carefully, or just snip them off and clean it up without the chip there, then solder the new one in, being sure to solder it in the same way the old one was out. Really, if you do it correctly it SHOULD work, but that is no guarantee.

If you don't have a warranty and have nothing to lose, I'd carefully snip off the old one, de-solder the old legs and clean it up the solder as best as possible and try the new one. Be sure to take pictures of the way the old one is oriented and how the pins go into the board, etc.

If it is under warranty, just send it in and take whatever loss you get in the shipping, trust me it is a lot better to do that then to ruin a perfectly fine motherboard.

In the future, try not to use utilities to flash your BIOS. Doing it manually is ALMOST ALWAYS better. Also, if you haven't flashed a BIOS before, then don't do it without getting help first. Flashing the BIOS is dangerous if you don't do it correctly or something goes wrong.

 

[chernobyl]

I don't know about the UD3, but on the UD7, you CAN remove the BIOS chip, it just isn't very easy. They are designed to be permanently affixed.

You can pry them up carefully, or just snip them off and clean it up without the chip there, then solder the new one in, being sure to solder it in the same way the old one was out. Really, if you do it correctly it SHOULD work, but that is no guarantee.

If you don't have a warranty and have nothing to lose, I'd carefully snip off the old one, de-solder the old legs and clean it up the solder as best as possible and try the new one. Be sure to take pictures of the way the old one is oriented and how the pins go into the board, etc.

If it is under warranty, just send it in and take whatever loss you get in the shipping, trust me it is a lot better to do that then to ruin a perfectly fine motherboard.

In the future, try not to use utilities to flash your BIOS. Doing it manually is ALMOST ALWAYS better. Also, if you haven't flashed a BIOS before, then don't do it without getting help first. Flashing the BIOS is dangerous if you don't do it correctly or something goes wrong.

right on bro i will find out cause it was the gigabyte bios utility that said to update to and i went along with it thinking why would a gigabyte product ruin its own product, and see if that will get me any where with the warenty im not sure about and thanks for your post bro have a gooder thanks for the help and all

 

[SPS]

I woudn't even attempt this, for all you know it could be working fine and you've done something completely nooby. Consult Gigabyte support.

 

[chernobyl]

I woudn't even attempt this, for all you know it could be working fine and you've done something completely nooby. Consult Gigabyte support.

i agree sps one thing i havnt done is remove any of my cards or hardwhare so i will do this tonight and see and i am a super noob so i might have to take it to my little shop and just suck it up, i am trying to learn and become self sufficiant so thank you for your post and stuff