Recovering Dead Motherboards Killed by the CIH Virus
Inserting the BIOS Back
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Be careful to not place the chip in wrong position, or you will probably literally burn out the BIOS chip. Both the chip and its socket have a marking called “pin 1”. You have to march the pin 1 marking on the chip with the pin 1 marking on the socket.
Figure 8: Pin 1 notches on DIP chip and socket.
Figure 9: Pin 1 notches on PLCC chip and socket.
PLCC chips are easing to be installed back, because one of its side (the pin 1 side) isn’t squared but triangle-shaped. Thus, it is impossible to insert them in the wrong position.