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necroware committed Dec 30, 2023
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## Force Motorola / Intel mode

The BQ3285 and most of the compatible chips can work in two modes Motorola and
Intel. The Motorola mode was usually used on home computers with Motorola CPU
and on x86 compatible PCs used the Intel mode. The BQ3285 and most compatible
chips have auto detection feature for the mode. If pin 1 is pulled high, then
the chip will work in Motorola mode and if it is set to low, then the Intel
mode is selected. Unfortunately very old systems used original RTC chips, where
the pin 1 was floating and the chips were hard wired internally to be always
either in Motorola or Intel mode. On this nwX287 replacement module pin 1 on
the PCB is connected to the pin 1 of the chip, so the mode selection should
work, however if accordant connection on the mainboard is floating, the chip
will go into the default mode, which is Intel. That will be a problem on older
systems, which expect the chip to be in Motorola mode. Therefore an optional
jumper was introduced on the module to force a particular mode if needed. If
the module is not workin in your system, try to put a solder blob as required.

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