UNI-Bios Socket

[Daedalus]

I completely remove my original bios, and am putting a socket in for uni bios....do I need to do anything special, or does the uni just plug right in?

I know on the instructions online, you have to cut a pin and jump with a resistor, do I need to do this?

AES system fyi..

 

[El Capitan]

I followed the piggyback method, with the resistor.

I don't actually know what this really does (but it does work!)

Hopefully XX or another techie can help out!

 

[werejag]

just solder in the socket and drop in your unibios

nothing special no resistors etc

 

[Xian Xi]

Just remove the old one and replace with a socket. One thing additional I would do is if it's not a 3-6 revision board I would bridge pins 38, 39 and 40.

 

[Daedalus]

Just remove the old one and replace with a socket. One thing additional I would do is if it's not a 3-6 revision board I would bridge pins 38, 39 and 40.

Can you give some more info on this? I don't mind doing it, im just curious as to what its gonna do.

 

[Daedalus]

I looked at the board to find an etching to see the revision, how do you know which you have?

 

[BIG BEAR]

I looked at the board to find an etching to see the revision, how do you know which you have?

Revision Location
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[Daedalus]

Revision Location
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LOL I knew it....figures with my luck...no revision on board...



So does this mean I should jump these 3 pins? What is it going to do. Also, I socketed it for a reason, I wanted to be able to plug the original BIOS just in case. Will this hurt my original bios any?

 

[BIG BEAR]

Your revsion is NEO-AES
In regards to the bios,if you removed your original bios completely and replaced it with a socket,you don't have to bridge anything. Just plug and play whichever bios you prefer.

Be extremely careful when removing the original bios.Make sure you remove every bit of solder possible from the joints and if you use something like a small flat head screwdriver to lift the bios from the board,be sure to make sure the sharp edge of the screwdriver is covered with tape so you avoid damaging a trace that way.
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LOL I knew it....figures with my luck...no revision on board...



So does this mean I should jump these 3 pins? What is it going to do. Also, I socketed it for a reason, I wanted to be able to plug the original BIOS just in case. Will this hurt my original bios any?

 

[Daedalus]

Your revsion is NEO-AES
In regards to the bios,if you removed your original bios completely and replaced it with a socket,you don't have to bridge anything. Just plug and play whichever bios you prefer.

Be extremely careful when removing the original bios.Make sure you remove every bit of solder possible from the joints and if you use something like a small flat head screwdriver to lift the bios from the board,be sure to make sure the sharp edge of the screwdriver is covered with tape so you avoid damaging a trace that way.
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Thanks for the tips...I already have the socket in place and original bios temporarily plugged into it till the unibios gets here. I evidently wasn't careful enough and broke a better half of a pin off, luckily I have tons of old boards laying around, I cut a pin carefully off of a dead chip and soldered it to the remaining piece on the bios and its a strong hold and works perfectly....getting the oirginal bios out is a pain in the ass though....if I decide to do it again, I'll prolly just piggy back it....I just don't like how it looks.

BTW what exactly does that pin jumping do anyway?

 

[Xian Xi]

It basically sends +5v to the unused address lines to prevent lockup. It rarely happens but it does happen. On a 3-6 there is a trace that goes across all 3 pins but on earlier revisions it doesn't go to all 3. You can just make a solder bridge or if it's easier you can just place a small bare wire across the 3 pins and solder it on.

 

[Daedalus]

It basically sends +5v to the unused address lines to prevent lockup. It rarely happens but it does happen. On a 3-6 there is a trace that goes across all 3 pins but on earlier revisions it doesn't go to all 3. You can just make a solder bridge or if it's easier you can just place a small bare wire across the 3 pins and solder it on.

Thanks for the reply, I haven't had any lock up yet and I use this system alot, if it does happen, I'll definitely add it in.

 

[Xian Xi]

Don't worry about the lockup as it only happens when someone uses a chip that is too big for the file. It RARELY happens, only happened to me once and that was in 2005.