-./pollux_set "ram_timings=3,9,4,1,1,1,1"
+ ./pollux_set "ram_timings=3,9,4,1,1,1,1"
+fi
+
+# the sync mount causes problems when writing saves,
+# probably due to many write calls, so have to get rid of it
+if grep mmcblk /proc/mounts | grep -q '\<sync\>'; then
+ oldmount=`grep mmcblk /proc/mounts | grep '\<sync\>' | awk '{print $4}'`
+ mount /dev/mmcblk0p1 /mnt/sd/ -o remount,dirsync,noatime