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Hi
I have an nVidia TNT2 M64 card that came with my Dell system. It has
no TV-out and has 32.0 MB of RAM on-board. The original BIOS version
was 2.05.13.03 and I decided to try and upgrade it. I managed to
locate the latest version for this card, 3.05.00.10, and checked my
card would support it by first loading the new BIOS image using
VGABIOS.EXE.
This worked out OK, so I backed-up the original BIOS and re-started in
DOS mode to flash the video card's BIOS. I did this using NVFlash and
the procedure went OK. The problem is that, on re-starting the
computer, the POST message stated that the card had 16.0 MB of RAM.
That's incorrect! I know it has 32.0 MB because that's what was
reported with the original BIOS.
In the end, I had to re-flash the card with the original BIOS because
the card was unusable under Windows 98 SE.
Why is the new BIOS mis-reporting the amount of RAM on the card? I
also tried flashing with versions 2.05.19.03 and 2.05.20.02 but the
same thing happened. How can I get a newer version BIOS to work with
this card? I'd love to get version 3.05.00.10 working because, when
loaded under VGABIOS.EXE, I noticed quite an improvement when playing
certain games.
If anyone has any ideas I'd be grateful for some help.
Regards
Daniel Lam
Hi
I have an nVidia TNT2 M64 card that came with my Dell system. It has
no TV-out and has 32.0 MB of RAM on-board. The original BIOS version
was 2.05.13.03 and I decided to try and upgrade it. I managed to
locate the latest version for this card, 3.05.00.10, and checked my
card would support it by first loading the new BIOS image using
VGABIOS.EXE.
This worked out OK, so I backed-up the original BIOS and re-started in
DOS mode to flash the video card's BIOS. I did this using NVFlash and
the procedure went OK. The problem is that, on re-starting the
computer, the POST message stated that the card had 16.0 MB of RAM.
That's incorrect! I know it has 32.0 MB because that's what was
reported with the original BIOS.
In the end, I had to re-flash the card with the original BIOS because
the card was unusable under Windows 98 SE.
Why is the new BIOS mis-reporting the amount of RAM on the card? I
also tried flashing with versions 2.05.19.03 and 2.05.20.02 but the
same thing happened. How can I get a newer version BIOS to work with
this card? I'd love to get version 3.05.00.10 working because, when
loaded under VGABIOS.EXE, I noticed quite an improvement when playing
certain games.
If anyone has any ideas I'd be grateful for some help.
Regards
Daniel Lam