Removable BIOS chips

[jay_nar2012]

I was wondering if i swapped my BIOS chip with another, would it do any good, like 2 AM2 boards, one has the ability to OC and the current has a custom HP BIOS so i can't OC, if that makes sense.

(Just putting down random words trying to make sense)

And by removable chips of BIOS i mean these-

Which fit into these -

 

[GhislainG]

It will work only if the motherboards are almost identical (same chipset, Ethernet controller, sound chip, same I/O ports, etc.)

 

[inzone]

I think before doing something like that you should call the tech support of the motherboards to make sure that it will work.

 

[noidea_77]

And you have found a source for the chip with the exact right BIOS pre-loaded for your MB? Keep in mind, that you can not load the BIOS to an empty chip in your MB!

 

[jay_nar2012]

Wasn't going to do it, just wondering.

Also wandering putting a chip from a Intel board in to a AMD one.

 

[InvalidError]

Keep in mind, that you can not load the BIOS to an empty chip in your MB!

But it might be possible to hot-swap from a working board with working BIOS... boot with original chip, swap, flash. This was a relatively popular unbrick trick ~10 years ago for people who had access to identical spare boards.

 

[inzone]

I do remember having an isue with a board a long time ago and the board company sending me a bios chip in the mail so I could replace it. I don't know if they still do that or if bios chips are soldered onto the MB.

 

[InvalidError]

I don't know if they still do that or if bios chips are slodered onto the MB.

I don't remember noticing a socketed BIOS chip in years, likely due to most manufacturers featuring dual-boot BIOS or bootstrapped BIOS to avoid bricking RMAs.

 

[noidea_77]

Even if the hotswap works - and I don't believe it will - you need a flash program, that doesn't check the previous version and a full version of the BIOS. You may have recognized via a normal BIOS update, that only parts of the old one are overwritten by the new one.

 

[Brett928S2]

Hi

It wont work...you CANNOT go amd board to intel and the chip wont work anyway....

All the best Brett

 

[jay_nar2012]

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[Mousemonkey]

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