On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 08:06:08PM +0200, Quux wrote: > it is an empty plcc32 socket to flip over an soldered in flash > chip. attached to the socket is a secondary flash mem and some > circuitry to handle the "chip enable" signal, i.e. pull down the > primary one and daisy chain the data/addr bus.
I'd love to find out more about exactly how this is done. > now I wonder, whether it is risky to use it on a non Elitegroup > mainboard and it might brick a mobo with no matching circuitry. Depends on if they do something special on their boards to allow it to work safely, or if the top hat itself is safe enough. > Ideally, I hope it works on a Gigabyte M57. should I give it a > go ? Please do, but don't blame me if the board breaks. :) Myself, I would investigate both the top hat and the mobo it came from thoroughly before trying the hat on another board. //Peter -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.linuxbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
