Re: [NTLK] More brainwipe paranoia

From: Zachery Bir (zbir_at_urbanape.com)
Date: Fri May 07 2004 - 04:14:03 PDT


On May 7, 2004, at 6:06 AM, Daniel Padilla wrote:

>>> The memory chips are under the ROM board.
>
>> Aha. So, I looked under the ROM daughterboard, and the contacts for
>> the
>> two chips attached to the motherboard seem to be covered in a fine
>> grey-white dust. These are at U12, U13, U20, and U21.
>
>> <http://images.urbanape.com/NewtonDRAM/>
>
> The chips you shown in those pictures are the DRAM chips, as you
> correctly labeled. The problem you're having is related to the FLASH
> chips,
> U19 and U16, they're marked as SHARP LH28F016SUT-10.

I've added three photos of those two chips. U16 has something bridging
some of the contacts. You can see it a little bit in the last photo, if
a little blurry. Other than that, they are far more pristine looking
than under the ROM board.

Zac

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