Re: 4100 - LBA48 support
The clock storage is where the info that is cleared with reset cmds, found this out on my 2000. The older clock chip were large in size and had a battery backup build into the chip, good for 7 yrs. The 2000 v1 did not have a battery backing up cmos, like the newer boards.
I think there is proably a flag set some where that disables the LBA support on the 4100's. But if they got defective chips in them (atleast early models) turning it on WILL NOT be a good idea. If it has an error in calculating the parity bit all data will be lost. Now if the chips have been updated with a newer or different supplier it should be a go.
Who is a programmer that can find this flag or code?
The easier way to locate it may be to monitor the data flow (port capture) to see what part of the mem address is being changed. Since the code is loaded by address into the flashram (Intel Hex code). This is the same technique used by hackers, follow the data flow.
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