> Would someone with some EE background look at the pdf below, and explain to > me in layman terms if it's possible to use WP# pin 30 on standard motherboards. > > http://www.ssti.com/products/pdf/519-58SM-LM8-192-01.000-DS.pdf
The simple answer: No More detailed explination: Pin 30 is defined as a ground pin by the ATA specifications (http://www.t13.org/), so conforming motherboards and controllers do *not* have a means to toggle this pin high or low. If you jumpered pins 2-3 on the WP# jumper, the disk would *always* be write protected when using a standard IDE controller. The use of pin 30 of the IDE interface cable is apparently for those users who are designing their own embedded systems. I would suggest folks wanting to make use of this new ATA flash disk with write-enable wire a switch between pins one and two of the WP# jumper on the disk module (perhaps using an old "turbo" switch, if you're lucky enough to have one available on your case of choice). Charles Steinkuehler http://lrp.steinkuehler.net http://c0wz.steinkuehler.net (lrp.c0wz.com mirror) _______________________________________________ Leaf-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel
