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