Question Bios Chip

[Chuck]

Hi can someone tell me if a bios chip is supposed to get very warm.

 

[Mike Easter]

Hi can someone tell me if a bios chip is supposed to get very warm.

Hi yourself why do you ask?

 

[Chuck]

Hi yourself why do you ask?

Hi

I was just install a new card in my PC after just turning it off and the
chip was very hot is this normal or this this a warning of things to come.

 

[Mike Easter]

I was just install a new card in my PC after just turning it off and the
chip was very hot is this normal or this this a warning of things to come.

I think there might be some confusion.

This pic is not a very good illustration of a bios chip on a mobo
http://snipr.com/u78c4 -- but I haven't searched around for a better
portrayal.

You said you installed a new *card* and you found something hot
(presumably on the new card); which makes me think that you actually
mean that you found some chip on the unnamed card hot.

Why don't you start at the beginning and tell what kind of a card you
bought and also and more specifically which chip felt hot to you.

Where is the chip located and what are the words if any on the top of it?

 

[Chuck]

On Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:27:03 -0800, Mike Easter wrote:

Hi Mike

No it was the bios chip on the motherboard I touched it when I was
installing the card.

 

[Mike Easter]

No it was the bios chip on the motherboard I touched it when I was
installing the card.

I can't think of any reason a bios chip should be *hot*, significantly
warmer than its general environment.

Some bios have a much bigger role/job than they used to. You still
haven't told us anything about the specific chip or mobo in question.

 

[Chuck]

On Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:59:40 -0800, Mike Easter wrote:

It's a A8N SLI DELUXE

 

[Jure Sah]

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Hi,

Mike Easter pravi:

I can't think of any reason a bios chip should be *hot*, significantly
warmer than its general environment.

Some bios have a much bigger role/job than they used to. You still
haven't told us anything about the specific chip or mobo in question.

The BIOS *chip* is only active during early boot when the program is
shadowed into memory or when data is being written to it trough the
shadowing mechanism (very very slow ancient ISA interface aka LPC;
almost never used).

The chip is essentially flash memory and there is no particular reason
why it should be hot, unless it is getting warmed by a hot motherboard.

LP,
Jure

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