First post, by gordon-creAtive.com
I bought a GA-586HX 2.01 off eBay. I couldn't get it to even start and spend quite some time troubleshooting until I burned my finger accidentally touching the BIOS chip. Sure enough: It was put in the wrong way. I suspect the seller got confused since the golden label is on the wrong way unlike on all the images you can find on Google...
My questions:
Is the board toast? Anyway to know without a new BIOS chip? There's no short to ground on the power input connector.
Can I replace the BIOS Chip? I've never dealt with BIOS chip/EEPROM/etc. before so I don't really know where to start.