Bios Upgrade - QDI ZX1280 User Manual

BIOS Upgrade

On rare occasions, it may be necessary to upgrade the video
BIOS on your QDI ZX1280 card. In such a case, you will receive
a new BIOS Binary file and a utility labeled NV3Flash.
Follow these steps to upgrade your video BIOS:
Start your computer from MS-DOS system floppy disk,
Step 1.
or while Windows 95 is booting, press the key 'F8'
and select 'Command Prompt Only' from the start
menu.
If you have received the BIOS upgrade files. At DOS
Step 2.
prompt, create a directory in your hard disk, then copy
the upgrade files into this directory. change the
directory to the BIOS upgrade directory.
At the DOS prompt, type the following command to
Step 3.
install the new BIOS into the QDI ZX1280 card's
Flash Memory
NV3Flash xxx.ROM
xxx.rom is the BIOS BIN File you received. This
will load the BIOS image file into the card's BIOS
space.
Important: Do NOT reboot or power down the machine until
the message 'Last address written' is displayed, otherwise
the BIOS to be incompletely programmed, resulting in a non-
functioning graphic card.
After installation of the new BIOS, restart your machine nor-
mally. Please be sure to Hard Boot your system by either press-
ing the Reset button or the Power button.