It's rediculis that a computer board seller tells a user to rip apart his motherboard and replace roms/etc... I mean sure in our genre it isnt to much of a stretch, but its still an unprofessional response to a user having bugs in the hardware in my opinon of course.
First of all Mips, you've turned this thread into a (yet another) Eyetech bashing venue for yourself. This thread was SUPPOSED to gather some useful tips and hints for this poor guy, but it's full of flames and trolls. Sometimes you amaze me (but I still like you all the same ;-) ).
But seriously, is it such a hassel to replace a socketed chip? We're talking about a hobbyist computer, a computer that you buy in parts and build yourself. The CPU is socketed. And how about the ram? Should you send the motherboard back to Eyetech to add more ram? It's no harder then replacing a socketed ROM chip, especially with an INCLUDED ROM-puller tool. The fact is, if the poor fellow simply noticed there was a ROM puller this would have been a two minute job and all would have been cool. Personally, I would prefer EyeTech just send me the ROM & tool instead of me sending them the motherboard and then wait for weeks for it to come back. Why this guy decided to start ripping up his motherboard is beyond me, I would never even consider starting such a project without researching it to the nth degree! I just hope for his sake it's still salvagable, but professional repairs may not be worth it; just buy another one.
Of course the only thing I don't quite get is why he couldn't just flash the rom, or would it not even boot to the BIOS? (I forgot all the original details by now, after reading all that useless trolling...)
- Mike
