ender91 Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 Hi everybody,Do the Gt70 Ms-1762 (barebone) have a Bios chip that is soldered directly to the mainboard or is it in a socket so i could remove it? i found a german website, where i can buy a bios chip with the bios that i want on it, so i said i have a unlocked bios file, they told me that that is no problem but they need to know the number on the bios chip and if the bios chip can be removed from the mainbord, if anybody opened his laptop completely and know it, that would be nice if he told me ^^ sry for my poor english but i think everybody knows what i want to say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debianik Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 it's for 100% soldered but ofcourse can be replaced but with hot Air station or something similarwhy you neeed to replace it ? MSI doesn't start ? then you can disassembly and check what S/N or whatever you need to buy new bios chip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator BAKED Posted March 3, 2013 Moderator Share Posted March 3, 2013 It should be an 8-pin chip so no hot air station needed, the easiest and probably the safest way is to use an exacto knife to cut of the legs from the chip and then use tweezers to hold a leg with and at the same time put the soldering iron to it and lift it of WITHOUT any force so you dont lift any pads, then do the same to the rest of the legs.Clean the pads with isopropanol and put a bit of solder to the pads, apply flux and the new bios chip in placethen some flux to the legs and solder the legs in place one at a time,Since it's an 8-pin chip a heat gun is overkill and you could end up with lifted pads when the epoxy gets to hot which is BAD.To get to the chip you'll need to take it completely appart and locate it on the side of the motherboard which is under the keyboard,Don't forget to disconnect the CMOS battery cable.The BIOS chip can be found on ebay for around 20$ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bagster Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 Does anyone know where is it located on the mobo ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dukafleed Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 hmmm its a bit risky to do so, however, u can always find it by opening the case and searching for it, i dont know where it is located though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmsWillow Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 It should be an 8-pin chip so no hot air station needed, the easiest and probably the safest way is to use an exacto knife to cut of the legs from the chip and then use tweezers to hold a leg with and at the same time put the soldering iron to it and lift it of WITHOUT any force so you dont lift any pads, then do the same to the rest of the legs.Clean the pads with isopropanol and put a bit of solder to the pads, apply flux and the new bios chip in placethen some flux to the legs and solder the legs in place one at a time,Since it's an 8-pin chip a heat gun is overkill and you could end up with lifted pads when the epoxy gets to hot which is BAD.To get to the chip you'll need to take it completely appart and locate it on the side of the motherboard which is under the keyboard,Don't forget to disconnect the CMOS battery cable.The BIOS chip can be found on ebay for around 20$Greetings you know what will be exact location of the BIOS chip on the motherboard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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