Also Igor, If you are going to be removing the processor, pay attention to the feel of the 4 corners of the Processor when you remove it. One corner is beveled off, and it must go back in the same way. Glenn. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alex Snow" <alex_snow@xxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 3:06 PM Subject: Re: off-topic: Telling chips apart? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 well the cpu is obvious it's large and square and has a heatsink sitting on it. it's also in a zif socket. On Mon, Mar 15, 2004 at 10:32:37AM -0500, Igor Gueths wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi all. Has anyone figured out a good way to tell chips apart on a > circuit board? Because I've tried many times, however they are all > shaped the same so I can't tell the difference between say, a CPU and an > EEPROM. Just wondering if anyone has encountered a similar or same > problem. And if so what was/were the sollutions? Thanks! > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFAVcyVNohoaf1zXJMRArGGAJ9p6dsf2jbIcZwS40ZJq5eXa9u/kgCfeoJ+ > 9RIM2czT7OnEvTn/jt6sZMI= > =HCpl > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup - -- Always borrow money from a pessimist; he doesn't expect to be paid back. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAVhq49XVrM3ri110RAgO4AJ98s7F3YJ5EgysPT52wDlvs5SbclQCfUs2q 1IG+GJR1vN4n8sHIpGRVgF0= =UZ1X -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup at braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup