Unfortunately, that is the only place you can stick a NSC, under the ROM chip. That's a fact of life, unless you can mount a socket on the other side of the logic board, and just reroute the pins to the correct connections. I have never attempted this, because if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Sean ProLine: sturner@pro-ssor Internet: sturner@pro-ssor.cts.com UUCP: crash!pro-ssor!sturner