The card has to be initialized (i.e be running properly) for the flasher driver to detect it. So instead of asking to put the flash card in Slot 1, I simply prompt the user to use only 1 card, avoiding ALL mistakes.Īlso, the Nvidia flasher can only flash Mac cards. But the nVidia flasher will try to flash the nvidia card in the lowest slot. The ATI flasher will try to match the ROM file to the right card, avoiding to flash wrong one. I guess someone can test, by dumping their PC 5870 rom, then maybe do 1 tiny fan mod, then try flash it with my app (rom has to be different to card in order for the flash to go trough)Įith: The nvidia flasher acts different from the ATI flasher. Since the app only looks for ATI cards there is a big chance this will work for the 5800 series too.

So they are not recognized as ATI cards, so the Flasher wont find them. This is not the case however, SOME cards (some as in very few, i've seen about 3-4) are not recognized correctly in OSX. The Golden Guide to Flashing Graphic Cardsīearcatrp: This app should support every ATI card. In Zeus, go Firmware, browse for the firmware, select card model With the ati card inside, and drivers installed in windowsģ. Install windows, or just boot from a Windows disk. It's recommended not to use these functions with two Nvidia inside the computer.ġ. You can donate to Zeus and it makes me very happy.įlashing and Dumping Nvidia only works on the Nvidia card in the bottom slot. My even more special thanks to Donaters, for without them the app would have stayed at ATI Flashing Tool 1.0 My thanks to specially, Netkas, Rominator and Pipomolo for providing with key elements in creation of this app.

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