Greetings, We fell victim to a faulty (or incompatible) AMI BIOS flash utility distributed by PC-Chips, now I'm on a crusade to return this obsolete POS to it's somewhat-operational state. I don't own any sort of EEPROM programmer. so I'm calling on this list to see if someone can help defy this company of any twisted satisfaction by reversing this injustice! It's a 32-pin AMI BIOS chip (not soldered to the board), this chip may work or an equivalent is also available from Radio Shack. It belongs to a PC-Chips M570 (v1.3) board, of which I have several ROM's that I believe will suffice (provided the utility/burner works). Thanks for reading, -Jay Jarvinen ------------------------------------------------------------------- (for reference) We're not alone: http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:a7f0cefcab475ce2:www.stud.fernuni-hagen.de/q3998142/ubb/Forum2/HTML/000657.html+chipset/flash+m571&hl=en A company that could help does exist: http://www.badflash.com EEPROM programmers are* available locally (although difficult to find, at least for me): AEI Electronic Parts, 224 Washington Av N Minneapolis, MN (612) 338-4754 .. (formerly Acme, now abbreviated) they keep 1 model in stock, ~$250