diff -Naur orig/apps/settings.c modified/apps/settings.c
--- orig/apps/settings.c	Thu Jul 25 17:55:21 2002
+++ modified/apps/settings.c	Sun Jul 28 16:18:01 2002
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@
 #include "lcd.h"
 #include "mpeg.h"
 #include "string.h"
+#include "ata.h"
 
 struct user_settings global_settings;
 
-#ifdef HAVE_RTC
 
 /********************************************
 
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@
     rtc_config_block[3] = 0x0;	/* config block version number */
 }
 
+#ifdef HAVE_RTC
 /*
  * save the config block buffer on the RTC RAM
  */
@@ -184,8 +185,60 @@
     return 1;
 }
 
+#else /* HAVE_RTC */
+/*
+ * save the config block buffer on the 61 Sector
+ */
+static int save_config_buffer( void )
+{
+    int r;
+    
+    DEBUGF( "save_config_buffer()\n" );
+    
+    /* update the checksum in the end of the block before saving */
+    calculate_config_checksum(rtc_config_block + sizeof(rtc_config_block) - 2);
+    
+    r = ata_write_sectors( 61, 1, rtc_config_block);
+    return r;
+}
+
+/*
+ * load the config block buffer from the RTC RAM
+ */
+static int load_config_buffer( void )
+{
+    unsigned char addr = 0x14;
+    unsigned char cksum[2];
+    unsigned char *p;
+    int r;
+    
+    DEBUGF( "load_config_buffer()\n" );
+    
+    r = ata_read_sectors( 61, 1,  rtc_config_block);
+    
+    /* calculate the checksum, check it and the header */
+    calculate_config_checksum(cksum);
+    
+    if (rtc_config_block[0x0] == 'R'
+         && rtc_config_block[0x1] == 'o'
+         && rtc_config_block[0x2] == 'c'
+         && rtc_config_block[0x3] == 0x0
+         && cksum[0] == rtc_config_block[0x2a]
+         && cksum[1] == rtc_config_block[0x2b]) {
+            DEBUGF( "load_config_buffer: header & checksum test ok\n" );
+            return 0; /* header and checksum is valid */
+        }
+    
+    /* if checksum is not valid, initialize the config buffer to all-unused */
+    DEBUGF( "load_config_buffer: header & checksum test failed\n" );
+    init_config_buffer();
+    return 1;
+}
+
+
 #endif /* HAVE_RTC */
 
+
 /*
  * persist all runtime user settings to disk or RTC RAM
  */
@@ -193,7 +246,7 @@
 {
     DEBUGF( "settings_save()\n" );
     
-#ifdef HAVE_RTC
+//#ifdef HAVE_RTC
     /* update the config block buffer with current
        settings and save the block in the RTC */
     rtc_config_block[0x4] = (unsigned char)global_settings.volume;
@@ -223,7 +276,7 @@
     memcpy(&rtc_config_block[0x28], &global_settings.total_boots, 2);
     
     save_config_buffer();
-#endif /* HAVE_RTC */
+//#endif /* HAVE_RTC */
     
     return 1;
 }
@@ -233,16 +286,16 @@
  */
 void settings_load(void)
 {
-#ifdef HAVE_RTC
+//#ifdef HAVE_RTC
     unsigned char c;
-#endif
+//#endif
     
     DEBUGF( "reload_all_settings()\n" );
 
     /* populate settings with default values */
     settings_reset();
     
-#ifdef HAVE_RTC
+//#ifdef HAVE_RTC
     /* load the buffer from the RTC (resets it to all-unused if the block
        is invalid) and decode the settings which are set in the block */
     if (!load_config_buffer()) {
@@ -290,7 +343,7 @@
             memcpy(&global_settings.total_boots, &rtc_config_block[0x28], 2);
     }
 
-#endif /* HAVE_RTC */
+//#endif /* HAVE_RTC */
 }
 
 /*
@@ -313,7 +366,7 @@
     global_settings.wps_display = DEFAULT_WPS_DISPLAY;
     global_settings.mp3filter   = true;
     global_settings.sort_case   = false;
-    global_settings.playlist_shuffle = false;
+    global_settings.playlist_shuffle = true;
     global_settings.total_boots = 0;
     global_settings.total_uptime = 0;
     global_settings.scroll_speed = 8;
diff -Naur orig/firmware/drivers/ata.c modified/firmware/drivers/ata.c
--- orig/firmware/drivers/ata.c	Sun Jul 28 00:44:52 2002
+++ modified/firmware/drivers/ata.c	Sun Jul 28 16:17:45 2002
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@
     return ret;
 }
 
-#ifdef DISK_WRITE
+//#ifdef DISK_WRITE
 int ata_write_sectors(unsigned long start,
                       unsigned char count,
                       void* buf)
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@
     mutex_unlock(&ata_mtx);
     return i;
 }
-#endif
+//#endif
 
 static int check_registers(void)
 {