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Replacing the BIOS Chip

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Flava0ne
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2017/12/11 04:20:52 (permalink)
Is this procedure a simple plug and play? If so, can someone please show me how? I don't want to damage anything by accident.


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    Re: Replacing the BIOS Chip 2017/12/11 04:49:59 (permalink)
    1) Telling us which motherboard model you have would be extremely helpful.
    2) Why do you want to replace the BIOS chip?
     
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    You locate the BIOS chip clamshell.  You open it up.  You pull the old one out, insert the new one in the same orientation, and close the clamshell securely.

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    Re: Replacing the BIOS Chip 2017/12/11 05:06:49 (permalink)
    Sorry, I have an X99 Classified motherboard which I just set up for cross ship RMA. Since I won't know what version of the BIOS will be on it when it arrives, I want to swap out mines (current v2.04) with the replacement because I have 128GB of memory and when I originally purchased my X99 Classified, I had to purchase a pair of 8GB generic DDR4 memory (which I was able to get a full refund back on it) to be able to POST and flash the version which added support for 16GB memory modules.


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    Re: Replacing the BIOS Chip 2017/12/11 05:32:13 (permalink)
    RMA motherboards always are flashed with the latest BIOs, so no need to worry.

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    Re: Replacing the BIOS Chip 2017/12/11 05:41:38 (permalink)
    rjohnson11
    RMA motherboards always are flashed with the latest BIOs, so no need to worry.

    Okay thanks for the reassurance!
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    Re: Replacing the BIOS Chip 2019/05/28 06:05:11 (permalink)
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    post edited by louy1 - 2019/05/28 14:41:11

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