Well, the me of the past didn’t do such a good job of removing that BIOS chip… but the good news is, we can rebuild him! We have the technology! If only I had my Hakko 808 back then! :)

The MPR-15768-T ROM had been removed for the earlier BIOS dump. This is the preparation for fitting a socket and repairing the damaged connections; the next post records the trace repair.