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Alright, Thanks. I have to go out of town for about a week, but when I get back I'll give this a try and let you know how it turns out =) I appreciate the advice.

Thanks Wingatesl, I have never heard of that process until now. I have a ton of patience and this looks like a good challenge Cool

I think I'll give that a try on an old board first, and if it goes as ...

To swap this chip, I need to solder the correct chip over to the new board, correct?

I feel pretty comfortable with my soldering skills, but I dont know if I have a tip small enough to do this and ...

When you say "program the chips" Are you referring to programming the correct firmware over to the new board?

I pulled this drive out of a working computer in order to install another drive just to check and see if it was working. When I reinstalled the original drive, it was dead. I feel sure that static mor ...

I pulled this drive out of a working computer in order to install another drive just to check and see if it was working. When I reinstalled the original drive, it was dead. I feel sure that static mor ...