@WD323, welcome to the community!
You were already told (it's usually poor taste in forums to ignore the reply; or even make another thread - simply because you don't know what the poster meant):
It's nothing Linux-specific as it's not software. It's a hardware feature on circuit boards. Hope this helps. Also, feel free to ask if you don't know.
You cannot use a text editor to alter a binary file (and in general circumstances, a binary file cannot be edited, even with the appropriate software). You'd have to build the working solution into a custom firmware and/or have a big fix completed - so it makes it to the official firmware.