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Title: damage rom from flashing?
Post by: augustwest on July 08, 2003, 06:10:53 am

ive been trying a lot of different roms lately trying to find something that suits  me and got to wondering if one could eventually damage the z\'s rom chip from too much flashing?

Title: damage rom from flashing?
Post by: Taim on September 04, 2003, 08:28:16 pm

It is possible.  I forget the exact amount, somebody once posted the MTBF for the ROM chips.  I do believe, you shouldn\'t run into this problem as ROM should be read-only.  You really aren\'t doing that many writes.

I will say that if you ARE flashing over 200+ times, I would POSSIBLY be concerned about how long your rom chip is going to last.

Now, keep in mind that everything man-made is in some way, shape or form flawed (personal opine).  Thus, it has that odd, sometimes frequent ability to break.  Something else to consider.

Title: damage rom from flashing?
Post by: Anonymous on September 27, 2003, 01:49:47 am

Not a problem...the EEPROM flashes are rated at a minimum of 100K writes.  Don\'t be too concerned.