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A '''locking chip''' is the Transformer component which implements [[Stasis lock|stasis lock]], a form of protective shutdown.
A '''locking chip''' is the Transformer component which implements [[stasis lock]], a form of protective shutdown.


Without a locking chip, damage a Transformer can normally survive will instead kill them outright.  It can only be safely installed or removed when a Transformer is in [[Repair mode|repair mode]].
Without a locking chip, damage a Transformer can normally survive will instead kill them outright.  It can only be safely installed or removed when a Transformer is in [[repair mode]].


[[Reformatting|Un-formatted]] [[Protoforms|protoforms]] do not have locking chips; this function is performed by the [[Stasis pod|stasis pod]]'s locking chip.   
[[Reformatting|Un-formatted]] [[protoforms]] do not have locking chips; this function is performed by the [[stasis pod]]'s locking chip.   





Revision as of 11:13, 27 March 2009

A locking chip is the Transformer component which implements stasis lock, a form of protective shutdown.

Without a locking chip, damage a Transformer can normally survive will instead kill them outright. It can only be safely installed or removed when a Transformer is in repair mode.

Un-formatted protoforms do not have locking chips; this function is performed by the stasis pod's locking chip.


Fiction

Beast Wars cartoon

The locking chip in Airazor's stasis pod was destroyed when it crashed. Rhinox removed Cheetor's as a temporary replacement. The Spark