MSI Z170M BIOS chip location and change procedure

[joebongo]

Hi,

Deathbringer tried hard to help me reset my long forgotten password for my board that I CMOS reset when my HDD failed and left me with only 2 of 3 monitors working after repair.

But the password bit was something he couldn't help with.

I've not found any alternate BIOS I could flash to overwrite it (but then again being new to all this maybe I've not searched in the right places) so I ordered a new chip thinking it would be like the YouTube videos and be an easy replacement.

I have a new BIOS chip delivered this morning (picture attached) and it doesn't look like the ones in the videos! I'm wondering if anyone knows where on the board I'd find it, and whether it is a soldered chip or a pull and replace chip as it has those horizontal bits on the legs.

Thanks 

Joe

[joebongo]

It's a solder job and out of my league.

Game over for this MB I think.

Gutted.