Clevo Overclocker's Lounge

Remember we told you to get the Pomona 5250 clip? Even though you need the jumper wires (easy to hook up), that's the best clip to buy.

You buy this:

https://www.amazon.com/CPT-063-Test-Clip-SOIC8-Pomona/dp/B00HHH65T4/

and this or another manufacturer for these:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01LZF1ZSZ/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_7?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3KL3JVC9E1BY6

They're also available all over on ebay as well (the 5250 clip!)

Always, always works.
Just make sure you line up the pin 1-pin 8 correctly.

 

Just because there are 1200BHP monsters out there does not mean you can't have fun in a more normal car

 

The wires are usually not broken on new clips.
It's the teeth that are the problem.
In the cheaply made clips, the teeth dont get a sold connection on the pins, or the plastic "mouth" is too thick and gets blocked by another IC by the bios chip.

if you compare a Pomona 5250 clip and a cheap chinese clip side by side, it becomes very obvious why the Pomona is worth the effort to buy.

 

No, you easily break them once you get to touching them or moving the cables over time. We have had about 5 of these that have done that over and over and they were solder back in place.

Those cheapy clips fit on everything they need to fit. The vbios and bios chip. Even with the component right next to the vbios. Why? because the tip is the same size. So not really sure what you are talking about there.

And I do recall me being the one recommending spending the extra money on a better made (Pomona Clip) clip and wires. While everyone thought that was a waste of money.

And as to that hold them side by side.... I think you better go take a closer look at that picture I posted. That tip is exactly the same size.

 

The metal teeth, not the tip, sorry.
I have a 'chinese' clip which actually worked to flash the Pascal Vbios. But the teeth were visibly different than on the Pomona clip, and it took more fidgeting to get it to not detect 0x0 0x0 (or a random hex value) on the Skypro.

The Pomona clip was ez mode.

 

The metal teeth? What metal teeth? I'm looking at them both right now and the Pomona contact point is straight up and down while the other one has a contact point hump near the grabbing point. (The sides are what lock on the the chip - Not the contact points)

 

One of the two black clips I had wouldn't even sit on the Bios chip, because the plastic part was too thick! it was bumping against another component on the video card!
the second black clip had a 'grip' that was smaller and fit on much better. But still had to fuss with it to get a read and it wouldn't stay on easily either. The Pomona clip was much easier and attached nice and firm.

 

The teeth are the metal contact points that actually touch the pins of the chip in the plastic clips.

 

good news, found a Pomona and ordered it straight away only downside, have to wait till April

 

Ground shipping from China?