User Guide

C-2 Appendix C

DOS Environment:

Reboot your computer into DOS environment.

Insert the Installation CD into your CD-ROM drive.

Copy all files to a new directory from path D:\Utility\Flash\DOS. (D: refers to

the CD-ROM drive letter)

Copy the new BIOS binary file to the new directory.

Change to the new directory and type the following command:

atiflash -p [Num] [File].rom

([Num] refers to adapter number; [File] refers to the name of BIOS binary file.)

Then press the “Enter” key. The program will begin flashing your display card

BIOS.

When the flash is complete (the screen will display images again), you must

reboot your computer system to make flash take effect.

The following commands are for the ATI Flash ROM programming utility, for your

reference only.

ex :

atiflash -p 0 bios.rom

----- ATIFlash 1.29 (OEM version) Help -----

Format: ATIFLASH [command] [parameter1] [parameter2] [parameter3] <option/s>

[command]:

-i Display information of ATI PCI adapters in the system.

-p <Num> <File> [r] Write BIOS image in file <File> to flash ROM in Adapter

<Num>. Reboot after write if [r] flag is specified

-pm <Num> <File> [r] Write BIOS image for MAC

-s <Num> <File> [Size] Save BIOS image from adapter <Num> to file <File>.

First [Size] kbytes of ROM content is saved if [Size]

is specified.

<option/s>:

-loadimg Searches BIOS image from current directory & loads

first image found that matches BIOSP/N of the current

ROM content, regardless of BIOS revision.

Usage: "-p <Num> -loadimg"

-load505 Same function as '-loadimg' flag, but checks for

specific P/N 113-50501-102. Usage: "-p <Num> -load505"

-f Force flashing regardless of security checkings (e.g.

AsicID & BIOS file info check OR boot-up card).

--h obscure flag to enable help.

*<Num> = adapter number, <File> = filename, [Size] = data block size in KBytes

*Use command -i to see the adapter numbers in the system.

DOS errorlevel returned 0-pass 1-failure 2-rom already programmed

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