General EPROM chips

[siceclipse]

Hey guys,

I was over a friends house, we were doing a lot of crap to our friends car. He asked if i had EPROM and i said yes (1995) , but its a DD and i dont have to down time to send my ECU out to get chipped. To that he laughed and showed me a spare chip he had and our other friend , having heard all of it came over and said "yeah mike, just take a thin flathead and you can pop your old Eprom out and slip in the chip you order from TMO/Keydiver..."


Is that true??
I thought something had to be done (socketing)

Is it really just as simple as sliping one off the board and pressing the new one in?

If so im gonna order one right now and install it next week.

thanks for helping and setting me straight.

 

[RickClarke23]

No right now the Eprom is Soldered directly to your Ecu....you need to have a new connecter socketed to your board that allows the chips to be pulled out and replaced. Dont try to pry up on it with a screwdriver ....get that thing socketed (most computer or tv repair shops can do it for like 50 bucks and it dosent take long)

 

[JayRolla]

Yea dont pry at it. That would be bad. Anyone that works with electronics and know how to solder can do it.