Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 19:50:21 +0200 From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no> To: Doug Ambrisko <ambrisko@ambrisko.com> Cc: Takeharu KATO <takeharu1219@ybb.ne.jp>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> Subject: Re: ichwd for ICH8 Message-ID: <861wet3fdu.fsf@ds4.des.no> In-Reply-To: <200707271630.l6RGUIZd088700@ambrisko.com> (Doug Ambrisko's message of "Fri\, 27 Jul 2007 09\:30\:18 -0700 \(PDT\)") References: <200707271630.l6RGUIZd088700@ambrisko.com>
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Doug Ambrisko <ambrisko@ambrisko.com> writes: > Dag-Erling Sm\xc3\xb8rgrav writes: > | Doug Ambrisko <ambrisko@ambrisko.com> writes: > | > Atleast with older ICH chips the TCO reset can be disabled in hardware > | > with a pull-up or pull-down resistor (I forget which) on one of the > | > PC speaker lines. > | Yes, but the driver detects that and refuses to attach. > Okay, that doesn't mean that you can't try to remove the pull-up > resistor or use a stronger pull-down resistor on the speaker > output pins. Hopefully the MB has a speaker header. Grounding the > output of the speaker might work in a pinch. It needs to be > done during power on and probably reset. What for? If the SPKR line is high during reset, the watchdog timer is disabled and the NO_REBOOT bit is immutable. The driver detects that and refuses to attach. This is not the case on Mike's hardware. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no
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