[time-nuts] SMT Probing Stuff

[Attila Kinali]

On Sat, 29 Sep 2012 18:16:57 -0700 (PDT)
"J. Forster" <jfor at quikus.com> wrote:

> I recently bought some clean IBM Thinkpads cheap with unknown Boot
> PassWords. There is a hack to access the existing PWs and rewrite them,
> but it requires connecting to an 8 pin SMT IC.
> 
> I know several vendors make "Dip Clip" type devices for connection to such
> chips, but I'd like reccomendations on whose are really any good.

What speaks against soldering some AWG30 wire onto the pins?
Usually thats nearly as fast as using a clip, but gives you much
better connection. Unless i have dozens of boards i have to connect
to, i usually use this instead of clips.


			Attila Kinali
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