I couldn't find anywhere on the internet where someone had discussed actually using one of these newer wson8 probes for flashing your Wson8 BIOS chip without removing it from the MB.
I recently ordered one to give it a shot and it actually worked quite well.
The tricky part is obviously keeping the probe pins in place on the exposed Wson8 pads of the MB while reading/writing.
I used a larger binder clip attached to the top of the probe to create a large flat surface, then added about 1lb of weight to it.
This aided greatly in allowing the probe to stay in place with help of a steady hand.
Sky is the limit on more elegant solutions to hold the spring probe in place, but I wanted to post that it worked and wasn't really any more difficult finding the correct position than using a Soic8 clip on chips with exposed legs.
I recently ordered one to give it a shot and it actually worked quite well.
The tricky part is obviously keeping the probe pins in place on the exposed Wson8 pads of the MB while reading/writing.
I used a larger binder clip attached to the top of the probe to create a large flat surface, then added about 1lb of weight to it.
This aided greatly in allowing the probe to stay in place with help of a steady hand.
Sky is the limit on more elegant solutions to hold the spring probe in place, but I wanted to post that it worked and wasn't really any more difficult finding the correct position than using a Soic8 clip on chips with exposed legs.
O.k. then… unplug the power supply from the main board and put in a full size ATX PSU (yeeeesss! Exact that blown Powerman IP that I fixed a while back), plug it in and the old...
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