I couldn't find any suppliers of the SOIC package so I bought a couple in the PR35 package ( I didn't feel right about asking for a sample from the manufacturers). I haven't fitted one yet because I just haven't had time. When I do I'm thinking about mounting it on the HDD cradle as the HDDs are probably the most temperature sensitive part of the player. This issue about the chip being re-programmed is interesting. I thought it had just blown up.