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Gold Card Battery
Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2023 9:36 pm
by dilwyn
As the battery in my Gold Card no longer works, is it OK to just remove it and leave the Gold Card without a battery, in case the flat battery leaks?
I've never really relied on the battery backup clock anyway, so I probably wouldn't miss the battery, assuming the Gold Card can work without the battery installed.
Re: Gold Card Battery
Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2023 10:10 pm
by Peter
dilwyn wrote: ↑Thu Oct 12, 2023 9:36 pm
As the battery in my Gold Card no longer works, is it OK to just remove it and leave the Gold Card without a battery, in case the flat battery leaks?
Yes that is okay.
Re: Gold Card Battery
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2024 7:12 pm
by my216
Out of interest, what is the purpose of the battery in the Gold Card? Is this like a CMOS battery?
Re: Gold Card Battery
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2024 7:56 pm
by ones' complement
Provides battery backed clock and a few unused bits in RTC chip hold settings for AUTO_TK2F1 (boot automatically as if you pressed F1 with TK2 extensions enabled, AUTO_TK2F2 for F2, AUTO_DIS cancels). Also SCR2EN/SCR2DIS for second screen and FLP_JIGGLE (fix for some drives). IIRC only 4 bits, but CMOS like settings
