We have "tear downs" of the Kindle devices indexed in the master index pages.
To save you a few clicks:
http://www.techrepublic.com/photos/c...39#photopaging
It is a BGA (Ball Grid Array) mounted device inside of a shield.
It **WILL** take a fully equipped re-work shop to change it.
It **is** a commodity part, your favorite web-search thingy can find you a distributor (or distributors).
It does not come pre-programmed - you get to do that yourself.
The SoC has a "Downloader Mode" burnt into it, you can use that to do the initial programming.
**IF** you have the image files.
**BIG NOTE:** Our "repair image files" **DO NOT** include the area of the flash chip that contains the personal and device specific information!
You will have to copy that out of your bad flash chip, somehow, before you start cooking off the old flash chip.
If that isn't possible, then cook off the old flash chip (with minimum temperatures and exposure time) - mount it an appropriate chip-tester, and use that to copy out the parts of the storage area required.
Note, assuming that you have that chip-tester - then you can mount your new flash chip in it and re-program it before cooking it onto the Kindle board.
(PS: That is how the factory does it - program before soldering).
**OR**
e-bay it as-is for parts, put money towards new Kindle.
PPS: Most re-work shops will not even answer the 'phone for less than the price of a new Kindle.
Welcome to the land of consumer devices with the useful lifetime of a fruit fly.
