Empty SPI socket on Foxconn motherboard, will it work?

[RJARRRPCGP]

Re: Empty SPI socket on Foxconn motherboard, will it work?

I guess you are missing the bios chip, 8Mb flash eeprom.

8 Mb=1 MB

lol

[cheapie]

Re: Empty SPI socket on Foxconn motherboard, will it work?

8 Mb=1 MB

lol

Yes, and your point is...???

[Koda]

Re: Empty SPI socket on Foxconn motherboard, will it work?

I have one of them on a dead foxconn mobo. Its a winbond chip.

Not sure of what numbers are written on it but could find out if you need it.

No need but thanks, I'll try to hotflash another chip for it. Found another 8mbit bios chip from another dead mobo. Should work I think, latest BIOS file for my mobo is 940kb.

[Gabriel]

Re: Empty SPI socket on Foxconn motherboard, will it work?

8 Mb=1 MB

lol

Your math seems to be good, have you been eating yellow snow ?


@ Koda
Why did your cousin remove the bios chip ?

[mcdaydavies]

Re: Empty SPI socket on Foxconn motherboard, will it work?

That chip next to the RAM slots is not the bios, it is the ICS cpu controller. It monitors the cpu voltage, temperature etc.

[gilly1984]

Re: Empty SPI socket on Foxconn motherboard, will it work?

No need but thanks, I'll try to hotflash another chip for it. Found another 8mbit bios chip from another dead mobo. Should work I think, latest BIOS file for my mobo is 940kb.

No probs, but if you need it anyway I can send it your way.

[Koda]

Re: Empty SPI socket on Foxconn motherboard, will it work?

@ Koda
Why did your cousin remove the bios chip ?

He said it fell off in transport while he was moving the case somewhere doing something. The case was open and he simply lost it. He must have banged it pretty good for the chip to exit the socket or for some reason he's lying to me.

[larrymoencurly]

Re: Empty SPI socket on Foxconn motherboard, will it work?

That 8-pin DIP is the BIOS chip, and I've seen other motherboards where the BIOS label was stuck on something other than a BIOS chip.

I've done one SPI flash, for a bricked MSI mobo with a soldered BIOS chip (Macronix MX25L800, 2.7V - 3.6V read/write/erase). I used SPIPGM2 to flash it from a parallel printer port and didn't need a CPU.

[gg1978]

Re: Empty SPI socket on Foxconn motherboard, will it work?

That's the BIOS circled in Green.. The chip by the RAM slots is the Super I/O chip.. Serial Flash ROMS are common on newer boards, and they are 8 pins, either DIP or SMT..

[brethin]

Re: Empty SPI socket on Foxconn motherboard, will it work?

The thing you marked in green is not a BIOS chip, it's probably the legacy controller for things like PS/2, Serial and such stuff (ISA based)

The small 8 legged IC is the BIOS, it is a SPI based BIOS (SPI stands for Serial Peripheral Interface and explains how it needs so few legs to do it's work, it's like SATA for your HDD to make a crude comparison)

100% correct!

[brethin]

Re: Empty SPI socket on Foxconn motherboard, will it work?

I will agree with Koda here, that the BIOS is up by the RAM. Just try it! If you need an AM2 CPU I've got some, send me a PM and I'll send one your way cheap.

100% Wrong