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== DumpBIOS 64k ==
 
== DumpBIOS 64k ==
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DumpBIOS 64k is the tool to recover your actual BIOS flashed on the card. Before flashing a new one or simply for my help you can dump it.<br>
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Short instructions:<br>
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*Extract the ZIP-file.
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*Execute the executable file (Use Windows XP or below).
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*A file named BIOS.BIN will be saved beside the executable file.
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*Rename the file, so you can identify the BIOS if you need it again.
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If you want to support me:
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*Capture some information about the card
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** Name of the card
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** AGP? PCI? SGRAM? SDRAM?
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** Revision printed on the PCB
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** GPU/RAM-clocks
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*If possible generate a hash for the BIOS-file.
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*Send an E-Mail with the BIOS and as much information you can find to the address you find [[3dfxBIOS:About|here]].
  
 
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== Identify the card ==
 
== Identify the card ==
  
In some cases you maybe come to the point, that your card is too exotic or defective to ifentify correctly. The most common case is the defective one.
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If you are not 100% sure what card you just installed in your system or do you have a supposed defective card, it is possible to get some information.<br>
If you have a defective card, it is possibly to get some more information. Maybe a simple reflash of the BIOS can revive the card. But therefore you need a few information.
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So you can inventory the card or maybe get a chance to repair it by simply reflash the BIOS.<br>
 
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Here are some tools to check your graphic card.
 
Here are some tools to check your graphic card.
  

Revision as of 18:53, 16 June 2015

General Information

DumpBIOS 64k

DumpBIOS 64k is the tool to recover your actual BIOS flashed on the card. Before flashing a new one or simply for my help you can dump it.

Short instructions:

  • Extract the ZIP-file.
  • Execute the executable file (Use Windows XP or below).
  • A file named BIOS.BIN will be saved beside the executable file.
  • Rename the file, so you can identify the BIOS if you need it again.


If you want to support me:

  • Capture some information about the card
    • Name of the card
    • AGP? PCI? SGRAM? SDRAM?
    • Revision printed on the PCB
    • GPU/RAM-clocks
  • If possible generate a hash for the BIOS-file.
  • Send an E-Mail with the BIOS and as much information you can find to the address you find here.
Attribute Value
Date 08/05/1999
Notes
Download Zip.png

Identify the card

If you are not 100% sure what card you just installed in your system or do you have a supposed defective card, it is possible to get some information.
So you can inventory the card or maybe get a chance to repair it by simply reflash the BIOS.

Here are some tools to check your graphic card.

PCI.exe (Intel)

Attribute Value
Version 2.2
Date 11/23/1994
Notes
Download Zip.png

PCI.exe (c't)

Attribute Value
Version 3.03.00
Date 11/30/1999
Notes
Download Zip.png

PCI.exe (Craig Hart)

Attribute Value
Version 1.1
Date 03/16/2005
Notes
Download Zip.png

PCI32.exe (Craig Hart)

Attribute Value
Version 1.6
Date 07/20/2007
Notes
Download Zip.png

PCI for Windows (c't)

Attribute Value
Version 1.0.0.1
Date 10/22/1998
Notes
Download Zip.png

Vendor/Device-IDs

Attribute Value
Date 01/22/2008
Notes
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