Re: [cobalt-users] Msg for Gerald Waugh - re fried BIOS on Raq4i

[Thom LaCosta <baltimoremd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 30 Dec 2002, Chris wrote:

> >
> > Of course that same person could have a nice "RaQ
> > Motherboard/Upgrade/Buydead parts" business.
> >
> > thom
>
> I'd have to agree with ya thom, but to pay someone to remove the chip,
> socket the PCB, and then flash and drop the replacement chip into the socket
> wouldn't be cheap... at least not if I were doing the soldering - those
> things can be a pain to remove.

Yes, but folks who work on them eeelektronical critters on a ree-gug-ular
basis get pretty good with them surface mount things.

I won't tell my age...but in a previous life I had a nice side business
repairing pagers for hospitals...lots of close work and soldering...now, I
have a hard time seeing the building, let alone the chips.


Thom