After some silence I can report SUCCESS on that issue! YEAH! Happy I am:
After first repairing the TopMax programmer, digging out my old GALEP3
prgrammer and building a very special adapter socket for the DS1553, I was able
to have a detailed analysis:
(1) The DS1643 and DS1553 chips can stop t
> Next step will be trying the same on my UltraBook (DS1643 instead of DS1553
> on the UltraBook IIi). But need to Xray that one first before attaching a new
> battery.
I have a DS1643 replacement prototype if you're interested.
Thanks,
Jonathan