Obviously nowadays when admining we mostly have laptops – laptops don’t tend to come with serial I/O ports anymore, so you buy a Serial -> USB adapter, say this one or any one with a legit (there are fakes) FDTI FT232RL chipset. Download and install the relevant drivers but where do we go from here? Specifically […]
Fixing/Flashing a broken motherboard w/ SPIPGM2 and Serial
You will need:
- Dead Motherboard
- Spare PSU
- Paperclip
- Laptop/Desktop with LPT/Serial
- An old unused cable with a 2×5 header on one end (usually come free with motherboards)
- Universal Boot CD
- SPIPGM2
- CWSDPMI7
- Cable Wiring Guide
- A BIOS ROM for your motherboard (go to your manufacturers website and download the latest)
- Basic DOS knowledge
