5 Apr
2005
5 Apr
'05
10:41 a.m.
Jules Richardson wrote:
If the motherboard is "valuable" in some way
(containing the
right slot layout for the user, or having a decent BIOS, or
onboard SCSI or something) then one option might just be to
replace the damaged PCI slot.
I've never tried this, but it can't be much harder than
snipping a dead IC from a board, cleaning everything up, and
replacing. Either buy a new PCI socket from a component place,
or try removing one from a dead motherboard. I've never tried
the latter (only with ISA sockets) - but a blowtorch on the
underside of the donor board might do the trick without
damaging the PCI slot....
I've removed a few ISA and PCI slots using a hot-air gun.
My success rate for ISA was quite good but PCI was less good:
I did salvage a few but most of the time part of the socket
also melted and one or more connectors moved.
I was doing this "just because I could" (I was scrounging
other bits at the time) so I don't know whether the
salvaged ISA or PCI slots would have worked again.
A blow-torch seems even more destructive than a hot air gun!
Antonio
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Antonio Carlini arcarlini at iee.org