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- | README file for
- |
- | ELSA flashtool for updating the BIOS of
- | ELSA WINNER II
- | (FLASH_S.EXE version 1.41)
- |
- | Copyright (c) 1997-99 ELSA AG, Aachen (Germany)
- |
- | ELSA AG Internet : http://www.elsa.de
- | Sonnenweg 11 LocalWeb : +49-(0)241-938800
- | D-52070 Aachen
- |
- | ELSA Inc. Internet : http://www.elsa.com
- | 1630 Zanker Road,
- | San Jose, CA 95112
- | USA
- |
- | ELSA Asia Inc. Internet : http://www.elsa.com
- | 7F-11, No. 188, Sec. 5
- | Nanking East Road
- | Taipei 105
- | Taiwan, R. O. C.
- |
- | ELSA Japan Inc. Internet : http://www.elsa.com
- | Mita Suzuki Building 3F
- | 5-20-14 Shiba, Minato-ku
- | Tokyo 108-0014
- | Japan
- |
- | 04/06/99, GCopoix
-
-
- Table Of Contents
-
- 1. Overview
- 2. Disk/CD Contents
- 3. Usage Notes
- 4. Release Notes
- 5. Notes & Warnings (!)
- 6. Bugfixes & Changes
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- 1. Overview
-
- FLASH_S.EXE is a utility to easily update the BIOS on an
- ELSA WINNER II graphics board.
-
- You will find a list of supported ELSA graphics boards
- in section 4.1.
-
-
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- 2. Disk/CD Contents
-
- The program disk/CD contains the following files:
-
- FLASH_S.EXE the executable program
-
- DOS4GW.EXE DOS extender used by FLASH_S.EXE
-
-
- README.TXT this text file, including notes on the
- current program release
-
- LIESMICH.TXT German version of the text you are currently
- reading
-
- IMAGES (DIR) Subdirectory containing the BIOS images which
- are used for update. You will find a list of
- these images in section 4.1.
-
-
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- 3. Usage Notes
-
- 3.1 Standard BIOS update
-
- If you want to update the BIOS on your ELSA WINNER II
- graphics board just call FLASH_S.EXE from MS-DOS by:
-
- FLASH_S.EXE
-
- The program will look for supported ELSA graphics boards.
- If the program will find one of the supported graphic boards
- in your computer, it will search for the correct BIOS image
- in the directory IMAGES.
-
- After confirmation the program will save your old BIOS to the
- file C:\OLD_xxxx.bin (xxxx is a number, i.e. C:\OLD_0000.bin,
- C:\OLD_0001.bin, ...) and program the new image to your
- ELSA graphics board.
-
- Notes:
-
- - If the BIOS currently installed on your ELSA graphics board
- is the same version than the BIOS in IMAGES, no update is
- done.
-
- - If the BIOS currently installed is older than the one in
- IMAGES, you will be asked if you really want to program
- an older BIOS version to your graphics board.
- If you confirm with 'y' your current BIOS will be saved to
- C:\OLD_xxxx.bin and the older image will be programmed
- to your ELSA graphics board.
-
-
- 3.2 Command Line Parameters
-
-
- FLASH_S.EXE [filename]
-
- It is possible to pass the filename of the BIOS image, you want
- to program to your graphics board to FLASH_S.EXE.
- If you i.e. pass the name of the saved image to FLASH_S.EXE it
- is possible to restore your saved BIOS version to your
- ELSA graphics board:
-
- (e.g.: FLASH_S.EXE C:\OLD_0000.BIN)
-
- FLASH_S.EXE will check if the BIOS matches your graphics board.
- If not you will get a note.
-
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- 4. Release Notes
-
- 4.1 Supported graphics boards
-
- ELSA WINNER II (IMAGES\W2_xxxxx.apn)
-
-
- The program FLASH_S.EXE will check if the BIOS image is valid
- and useable with your ELSA graphics board.
-
-
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- 5. Notes & Warnings
-
- 5.1 Don't corrupt your BIOS!
-
- Please make sure that while programming a new BIOS to your
- ELSA graphics board you
-
- - don't reset,
- - don't switch off
- or
- - don't interrupt your computer in any way until it's finished!
-
- If you interrupt FLASH_S.EXE in any way before finishing your
- BIOS, you will corrupt the BIOS of your graphics board.
- In this case, please phone our support.
-
- Please wait, until FLASH_S.EXE has finished programming the new
- BIOS to your ELSA graphics board.
-
- The program FLASH_S.EXE will give you a note after it has
- successfully finished the bios programming.
-
-
- 5.2 Windows DOS-boxes, OS/2
-
- Please note that the program FLASH_S.EXE doesn't work in a
- Windows (98/NT) DOS-box or under OS/2.
-
- You have to boot a DOS system.
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- 6 Bugfixes & Changes
-
- 6.1 AMD flashes will be supported
- 6.2 new filename system
- 6.3 added support for ELSA ERAZOR II
- some other minor bugfixes
- 6.4 added support for ELSA ERAZOR II PCI & ELSA Synergy II
- 6.5 added support for ELSA ERAZOR II
- 6.6 added support for some more FlashROM devices
- 6.7 added support for ELSA ERAZOR III & SYNERGY II,
- added support for some more FlashROM devices
- 6.8 added support for WINNER II
-