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| README file for
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| ELSA flashtool for updating the BIOS of
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| VICTORY Erazor
| ERAZOR II/III/Pro/LT/Pro OEM
| Erazor X/Xý
| SYNERGY II/ULTRA/Pro/Force
| GLoria II/II LT/II PRO
|
| (FLASH_R.EXE version 1.48)
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| Copyright (c) 2000 ELSA AG, Aachen (Germany)
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| ELSA AG Internet : http://www.elsa.de
| Sonnenweg 11 LocalWeb : +49-(0)241-938800
| D-52070 Aachen
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| ELSA Inc. Internet : http://www.elsa.com
| 2231 Calle De Luna
| Santa Clara, CA 95054
| 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
|
| 01/21/2000, BPanning
Table Of Contents
1. Overview
2. Disk/CD Contents
3. Usage Notes
4. Release Notes
5. Notes & Warnings (!)
6. Bugfixes & Changes
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1. Overview
FLASH_R.EXE is a utility to easily update the BIOS on an
ELSA VICTORY Erazor / ERAZOR II/III / Synergy II / ERAZOR X /
GLoria II / Synergy Force graphics board.
You will find a list of supported ELSA graphics boards
in section 4.1.
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2. Disk/CD Contents
The program disk/CD contains the following files:
FLASH_R.EXE the executable program
DOS4GW.EXE DOS extender used by FLASH_R.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.
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3. Usage Notes
3.1 Standard BIOS update
If you want to update the BIOS on your ELSA VICTORY
Erazor / ERAZOR II/III / SYNERGY II graphics board
just call FLASH_R.EXE from MS-DOS by:
FLASH_R.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_R.EXE [filename]
It is possible to pass the filename of the BIOS image, you want
to program to your graphics board to FLASH_R.EXE.
If you i.e. pass the name of the saved image to FLASH_R.EXE it
is possible to restore your saved BIOS version to your
ELSA graphics board:
(e.g.: FLASH_R.EXE C:\OLD_0000.BIN)
FLASH_R.EXE will check if the BIOS matches your graphics board.
If not you will get a note.
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4. Release Notes
4.1 Supported graphics boards
ELSA VICTORY Erazor 4 MB SGRAM (IMAGES\VERxxxxx._rv)
ELSA VICTORY Erazor 8 MB SGRAM (IMAGES\VERxxxxx._zv)
ELSA VICTORY Erazor/LT 8MB SDRAM (IMAGES\VERxxxxx.zdn)
ELSA ERAZOR II 8/16MB SGRAM (AGP) (IMAGES\ER2xxxxx.atn)
ELSA ERAZOR II 16MB SDRAM (AGP) (IMAGES\E2Dxxxxx.atn)
ELSA ERAZOR II 16MB SDRAM (PCI) (IMAGES\E2Dxxxxx.ptn)
ELSA ERAZOR III-16 (IMAGES\E31xxxxx.a2n)
ELSA ERAZOR III-32 (IMAGES\E32xxxxx.a2n)
ELSA ERAZOR III-32 Video (IMAGES\E32xxxxx.a2v)
ELSA ERAZOR III-32 Panel (IMAGES\E32xxxxx.a2p)
ELSA ERAZOR III ULTRA SGRAM (IMAGES\E3Gxxxxx.aun)
ELSA ERAZOR III ULTRA SDRAM (IMAGES\E3Dxxxxx.aun)
ELSA ERAZOR III ULTRA Video (IMAGES\E32xxxxx.auv)
ELSA ERAZOR III PRO (IMAGES\E32xxxxx.apn)
ELSA ERAZOR III PRO OEM (IMAGES\E32xxxxx.aon)
ELSA ERAZOR III PRO VIDEO (IMAGES\E32xxxxx.apv)
ELSA ERAZOR III LT (IMAGES\E32xxxxx.amn)
ELSA SYNERGY II-16 (IMAGES\S21xxxxx.a2n)
ELSA SYNERGY II-32 (AGP) (IMAGES\S22xxxxx.a2n)
ELSA SYNERGY II-32 (PCI) (IMAGES\S22xxxxx.p2n)
ELSA SYNERGY II-16 ULTRA (IMAGES\S21xxxxx.aun)
ELSA SYNERGY II-32 ULTRA (IMAGES\S22xxxxx.aun)
ELSA SYNERGY II-16 Pro (IMAGES\S21xxxxx.apn)
ELSA SYNERGY II-32 Pro (IMAGES\S22xxxxx.apn)
ELSA SYNERGY Force (IMAGES\GS1xxxxx.asn)
ELSA ERAZOR Xý (IMAGES\ED1xxxxx.AUV)
ELSA ERAZOR X (IMAGES\ES1xxxxx.ASN)
ELSA GLoria II, AGP, DDRAM, DVII (IMAGES\GD2xxxxx.AGD)
ELSA GLoria II, AGP, DDRAM (IMAGES\GD2xxxxx.AGN)
ELSA GLoria II, AGP, SDRAM (IMAGES\GS2xxxxx.AGN)
ELSA GLoria II LT (IMAGES\GS1xxxxx.ASN)
ELSA GLoria II, PCI, SDRAM, DVII (IMAGES\GS2xxxxx.PGD)
ELSA GLoria II, PCI, SDRAM (IMAGES\GS2xxxxx.PGN)
ELSA GLoria II PRO, AGP PRO, DDRAM (IMAGES\GD2xxxxx.OGN)
ELSA GLoria II PRO, AGP PRO, DDRAM, DVII (IMAGES\GD2xxxxx.OGN)
The program FLASH_R.EXE will check if the BIOS image is valid
and useable with your ELSA graphics board.
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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_R.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_R.EXE has finished programming the new
BIOS to your ELSA graphics board.
The program FLASH_P.EXE will give you a note after it has
successfully finished the bios programming.
On the ELSA ERAZOR /-II/-III / SYNERGY II the screen will go off
while acessing the BIOS. FLASH_P.EXE will give you a note too.
5.2 Windows DOS-boxes, OS/2
Please note that the program FLASH_R.EXE doesn't work in a
Windows (98/NT) DOS-box or under OS/2.
You have to boot a DOS system.
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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 some more graphics boards & FlashROM devices
6.9 added support for some more FlashROM devices
6.10 added support for ERAZOR III PRO OEM, ELSA ERAZOR X and ELSA GLoria II
6.11 added support for ELSA GLoria II PRO
6.12 added support for ELSA Synergy Force