AiTrip EEPROM BIOS USB Programmer CH341A + SOIC8 Clip + 1.8V Adapter + SOIC8 Adapter for 24 25 Series Flash

Don't worry about the 5v 3.3v controversy of this. it works fine with 3.3v chips...

This little machine is amazing. I was in the process of updating my brothers bios until all of a sudden the computer shut down and would not boot back up. Unfortunately, I did not have a laptop, so I went ahead and was able to stack the motherboard up and reach the bios chip and connect with my PC. I used a CH341 program, but it wasn't working initially since I had the clips on backwards, also you will need the driver for the device since the machine was showing it as unrecognized device. The driver can be found online. Great product!

I originally got this to try and fix a server motherboard that got "bricked" by a bad BIOS update. After getting a bad flash (my mistake, I flashed the wrong thing) it wouldn't power on.Fortunately I had another identical server so I was able to use this programmer to read the Winbond chip from that one and write it to the faulty system, and that fixed it. Awesome!In my case I was fortunate that using the SOIC8 clip adapter worked fine, but I know in some cases you might have to remove the chip. I'm just glad I didn't have to because I've never done SMD work.Since that repair I've done other things with this, just reading the BIOS chips of anything I could get my hands on. In many cases I've had to fiddle with the clip adapter to get it to work, but eventually it will. Maybe getting a higher quality clip adapter in the future would help, but if you're persistent, you might have good luck.I also purchased separately a SOIC16 adapter since I had to read a 16-pin chip for another project, and the reader worked fine with that too.As a tip, lookup the part # of the chip you're reading and figure out what voltage it uses so you'll know whether to use the 1.8V adapter or not, etc. It'll just save you some guesswork.Overall this is a great little tool for the person who knows what it does and how to use it.

Can't be used with 3.3 volt chips (which are very common). It can be modded to 3.3 volts just by adding two wires (there are videos on how to do it, but the soldering is on a very small scale). My modded reader works perfectly fine using AsProgrammer free software on 3.3 volt chips.

...but almost. I had to install 2 drivers, but found them quickly enough on a chinese-only manufacturer's website but chrome translated it and I was able to install the drivers without issue. After that it was able to detect my BIOS chip, and returned a list of 3 possibilities, sure enough my chip's label matched one of them. it was able to read and write to the chip with no issues. Furthermore, this device does not need to be modified for lower voltage like endless videos claim. The 5v presence that everyone is worried about is in the microamp range. Unfortunately my mobo issue turned out to be unrelated to BIOS, but I don't mind having this device lying around to update firmware on old MIDI controllers or other pre-USB devices that have socketed firmware chips.

I was skeptical with this programmer being cheap. Had to find drivers for this device but wasn’t hard with a quick google search.For the record I replaced the instrument cluster in my 2010 4.0 v6 mustang with a cluster from a premium 2010 4.0 mustang. This added two more gauges and had the mycolor features on the cluster.(to even get to that point a new dash harness is required as well as the info/setup/reset switch, PATS programming with new cluster installed, and asBuilt data from a 2010 premium v6 VIN programmed with ForScan for the Instrument Cluster Module to enable the features on the cluster.)With that done, the only issue was the mileage being incorrect. This new cluster had 60,000+ fewer miles on it. Which is no big deal as long as you don’t plan on selling it without proper documentation and door jamb sticker. But for me it was just personal preference. I hated not knowing the true mileage without having to do calculations every time.I came across similar videos on YouTube on how to do this mileage correction and decided to take a shot at it as I wouldn’t be out much money. Once I had the driver installed and the CH341A Programmer software ready I connected the clip to the chip without needing to desolder it and it read the data allowing me to save as a .bin to use with tachosoft online mileage calculator. Then I was able to program the new data to the chip and have my mileage correct for about $40 total.I also disassembled the cluster in my 2012 5.0 GT to verify that the same 24C16 chip is used and should also work on any 2010-2014 mustang.

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Worked, but super hard to find drivers for. Had to resort to browsing Reddit threads to get it to work. Eventually got it, but I would say go for the slightly more expensive one that has readily available drivers.