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07 Jan 2023

Attempting in situ BIOS chip flashing

Most DDR3-era motherboards are seeing multiple points of failure by now, the most common being the degradation of the BIOS memory chip. In some instances, re-flashing the BIOS image file to the chip with the use of a USB programmer can help.

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This particular motherboard has two chips, one as a backup.

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The procedure is simple and requires an operable computer to interface with the BIOS chip.

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Contact must be ensured between pins on the test clip with the pins on the chip.

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This particular chip needed to be replaced because it failed verification after flashing.