Re: Graphics card ROM flashable??

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From: someone
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 00:00

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Long time ago, ATI Mach64 series already had flash bios.
Matrox Millennium 1st generation had.
My present Guillemot Banshee also has.
Check your vga card spec to find out.

Fred Klabuster wrote in message <36F2B0BD.122861A6@bigfoot.com>...
>I have heard that it is possible to update the BIOS of a graphics card
>via flash-ROM, like on a mainboard.  Can anyone tell me if this is true,
>and whether this true for any modern graphics card or just a few select
>ones.
>BTW, I have an Asus AGP V-3000 card, of course I am ESPESHULLY curious
>to find out whether it is flashable.

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