01-17-2012, 12:57 PM
Dear all,
I have a malfunctioning laptop (actually, non-functional) due a corrupt bios resulting from updating the bios.
As its out of warranty, I will have to fix it myself.
I disassembled it in order to see the bios, it seemed to me like a SOIC-8 chip made by WinBond.
I understand that I can use an external EEPROM programmer to flash it, but the problem is that this requires desoldering and I have no experience with it.
What I would like to know is that if its possible to flash the bios without removing it from the mainboard ? if yes, then what is the required equipment ?
I will grateful if you can also include tutorials/video/....
Many thanks.
I have a malfunctioning laptop (actually, non-functional) due a corrupt bios resulting from updating the bios.
As its out of warranty, I will have to fix it myself.
I disassembled it in order to see the bios, it seemed to me like a SOIC-8 chip made by WinBond.
I understand that I can use an external EEPROM programmer to flash it, but the problem is that this requires desoldering and I have no experience with it.
What I would like to know is that if its possible to flash the bios without removing it from the mainboard ? if yes, then what is the required equipment ?
I will grateful if you can also include tutorials/video/....
Many thanks.