Help me, what is this confangled device?!!?

[patriot71]

I just got my dfi sli-dr today and it had a whole lot of crap in the box. that part was awesome. however, I got this thing and I dont know what it is. I suspect it might be a molex pin remover but I dont see how in the hell it could be, I tried taking off some pins on a spare psu and had no luck. I didnt see any mention of it in the user manual either. wtf..

 

[Kendan]

It kind of looks like a bios chip puller. You would use it to remove the bios chip. Although I have heard that they can do more harm than good

 

[patriot71]

It kind of looks like a bios chip puller. You would use it to remove the bios chip. Although I have heard that they can do more harm than good

interesting.......*strokes beard*

 

[Gnufsh]

You use it to pull out PLCC ICs. Most newer boards use these for their BIOSes, although slightly older boards use DIP style ICs. I have one of these, and they're quite useful if you screw up a bios flash and need to do a hot flash (DIPs you could use your fingers or a screwdriver, but PLCCs are harder).

I believe that the more harm than good idea comes from DIP style chips. I've bent more pins with a DIP puller than I have using a screwdriver. I don't think that holds true for PLCCs, though.

 

[_slh_]

Its like any other tool. If you use it properly, it does the job, and does it well. If you dont, you risk breaking stuff. I Use them every day at work.

 

[madcow235]

they supply it so you can quickly move the jumpers from non-sli to SLI.

 

[Aphex_Tom_9]

heh, i use bent paperclips for BIOS chip removers