god thanks I had no such problems with my peggie.
anyway, if you didn't damage board circuits but only socket it could be fixed.
You shouldn't have touched that rom. User is not allowed to do such modifications and it voids the guarantee. On the other hand producer is obliged to fix their product if it was their fault.
I hope Eyetech will respect guarantee anyway and fix/exchange your board (it was their job to install good rom in the first place!).
I hope they will, because its too small market to lose customers.
