[Gutterz]

Im going to tackle it in a few hrs when my daughter gets picked up. Have you swapped your bios chips around Kal?

[Kal-EL]

Yah, no worky.

[Neuromancer]

I cant tell from that photo but it does not look like the pad was ripped off... it looks the SMD leg is still stuck to it.

Just heat it, pull the old leg off drop the new part on and resolder it.

If it DID rip the pad off, that is more difficult, you can usually send it back to manufacturer with a $10-25 dollar check and they will repair it.

Jetway fixed a board for me, I sent a $10 check and they returned it and fixed the board (Even though the dmage was caused by a moron throwing the included 1U heatsink in the motherboard bag loose and knocking off some caps)

[Gutterz]

Neuro u misunderstood me. I though the 1R0 was a rubber pad but it wasnt it was an actual part. An the tangs are still their. They snapped at the 1R0 chip. The only way I see it being fixed by me is to resolder the broke points. The way it looks is like Asus heated up the 2 spets on the board an pressed on to the solder squares. If I remove the ears from the mobo I dont think I could attach it again. I have not soldered much in my life time an one of the things had to be RMA's 10 min in lol.

[FACE]

Originally Posted by Gutterz

Neuro u misunderstood me. I though the 1R0 was a rubber pad but it wasnt it was an actual part. An the tangs are still their. They snapped at the 1R0 chip. The only way I see it being fixed by me is to resolder the broke points. The way it looks is like Asus heated up the 2 spets on the board an pressed on to the solder squares. If I remove the ears from the mobo I dont think I could attach it again. I have not soldered much in my life time an one of the things had to be RMA's 10 min in lol.

The chip is replaceable.... if you were to put another one on, it wouldn't be that hard at all. It is the least messy of all solder jobs....

1. Remove any old solder, and the joint pieces left. Make sure to get all the old solder off the pad.
2. place a tiny (really tiny) spec of flux in the center of each pad.
3. heat the pad with the iron so the flux melts, then quickly touch the solder to it... The pad should cover with solder almost perfectly.
4. Grab the new part. place another tiny spot of flux on the bottom of the legs. place the part where you want it to be, then heat the legs up one at a time while applying light pressure.

5. Done!

[Gutterz]

First attempt didnt work. Trying again now.

[Kal-EL]

Yah, I've had retails with what appeared to be h/s marks on a perfectly new chip. But you can tell when you apply the TIM, the IHS sucks it in like a breath of fresh air.

[Gutterz]

Ive done it four times an it wont post. Turns on then off an then on an stays on same as it did without the part.

[Gutterz]

Contacted Asus asking how much to repair, so I wait in aggravated mode.

[FACE]

The part itself might be damaged, or maybe something else got knocked loose (?)