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Instrument Memory & Volatility
Non-Volatile Memory
12. COMe 
EEPROM
64 Kbit EEPROM
No Yes Defines PCIe, SATA, USB, 
DisplayPort, VGA, LAN, 
audio link
Programmed 
before installation
A4 Processor 
Assy
Contains no 
user data
None
13. Board 
Controller
512 Bytes 
EEPROM
No Yes Record board information 
(boot times, WDT, etc.)
Programmed 
before installation
A4 Processor 
Assy
Contains no 
user data
None
14. CPLD
64 Mbit SPI 
PROMM
No Yes Power sequence control Programmed 
before installation
A4 Processor 
Assy
Contains no 
user data
None
15. I2C EEPROM
2 Kbit EEPROM
No Yes Stores EAPI-related 
settings for COMe 
module
Programmed by 
factory
A4 Processor 
Assy
Contains no 
user data
None
16. COMe 
EEPROM
64 Mbit SPI 
EEPROM
No Yes COMe BIOS SPI ROM Programmed 
before installation
A4 Processor 
Assy
Contains no 
user data
None
17. Disk Drive
80 GByte
This drive is 
partitioned, as 
detailed in 
“Disk 
Drive 
Partitioning” on 
page 18.
Yes Yes Contains Operating 
System, Instrument 
Software, Factory 
Calibration Data, 
Diagnostic software, 
Crash recovery image, 
user instrument states, 
user data files, user trace 
data and any user 
installed third party 
software.
Programmed 
before installation 
or by 
factory/service 
center calibration 
procedure 
software, or by 
upgrade 
installation 
software. Also 
programmed via 
operations and by 
the user.
A5 Disk Drive 
Assy
Contains user 
data.
See Table 5-1 
on page 21.
Table 4-1  Summary of Non-Volatile instrument memory
Memory 
Component, 
Type and Size
Writable During Normal 
Operation?
Data Retained When 
Powered Off?
Purpose/Contents Data Input Method Location in 
Instrument and 
Remarks
Sanitization 
Procedure