If bios chip is put in backwardson a K7M. ........

[Chas]

Would it destroy the board or just the chip . My friend was getting weird cmos screen with artifacts and removed his bios chip thinking resaeting it would help ( against my advice) . He reinstalled it upside down which caused the bios to heat up . The board is totally dead I was able to confirm the bios chip was insrtazlled wrong as I also own an ASUS k7m. Should he try to get a replacement bios chip or a new Mobo?

 

[mastertech01]

Hard to say till you try it, I would try a chip first if the board would cost 2X what the chip does or more.

 

[Cooltech2k]

well if you got a k7m also than try yer bios in his bord & if it works than he needs a new bios & if it doesnt than he needs a board

 

[Unbornchicken]

if you stuck it in upside down, it WILL fry easily.. very easily. you will probably need a new bios chip

if you removed it quick enough, you may not have damaged it permanantly, just need to rewrite it, but if left in there too long (more than 5 seconds or so), then you will need to get a whole new chip

 

[Audiofight]

The gates on the bios chip will be destroyed in about 3-5 seconds. They are a one-way path for current and putting it in backwards will definitely destroy all the gates printed on the chip. You will probably need a new chip. Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I wasn't the first to say it.

Good luck

 

[radman3d2]

Yes, it will burn up. It happen to me. Smoketest! It was gone before I knew it.