VGA BIOS for TEPPRO PCI card

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luncheonticket
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i need a VGA BIOS for a Teppro Hulk III Banshee PCI video card. teppro website doesn't give support for this card anymore...
if anyone knows where can i find that bios please let me know...

thanx in advance,
L.T.
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http://welcome.to/3dfxBios
Generic Biosfile - get a file for Banshee PCI and the memory / TV-Out type you have .
luncheonticket
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i downloaded the right bios file for my card:
PCI Banshee w/ SDRAM but the 3dfxflash app refuses to flash the bios and coughs the following msg:
Unknown EEPROM (Manufacturer ID: C2h, Device ID: AAh)
is there any way to override this? do i need a newer version of the 3dfx flash app? the chip is a MX...
thanx in advance,

L.T.
ajzchips
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An MX what? 28... 29... 39... 49...
If it's a 27..., then it's not flashable.
Rainbow
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You have wrong flash utility - it does not support your Macronix chip correctly. The C2 is correct ID for flashable Macronix chips.
Patched and tested BIOSes are at http://wims.rainbow-software.org
UniFlash - Flash anything anywhere
luncheonticket
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the chip is a MX28000PQC. if anyone knows where can i find the right app for that chip, please let me know...
thanx in advance,
L.T.
Rainbow
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Try this one http://www.chaintech.co.yu/podrska/draj ... ashUtl.zip.
But I have Banshee datasheet so I might include flashing support in UniFlash.
Patched and tested BIOSes are at http://wims.rainbow-software.org
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luncheonticket
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thanx for the tip rainbow, but the flasher you told me to try doesn't work either and coughs a similar error msg than the other app:
Unknown EEPROM (Manufacturer ID: 55h, Device ID: AAh)
notice the different Man. IDs in both apps... what is that supposed to mean? the flasher utility found on 3dfxbios website is newer than the one rainbow gave me. anyway, i came across with other issue in this attempt of flashing that card: i got the VGA BIOS TSR from 3dfxbios, and it refuses to load the 1.00.10-SD BIOS i downloaded, but it works with the original BIOS revision (1.00.03-SD). i don't know what's wrong with that, as i am absolutely sure i downloaded the right BIOS version (PCI-SDRAM-no TV-out)...

thanx in advance,

L.T.

P.S.: i know this hasn't got to do with BIOSes, but what is the difference between SDRAM and SGRAM memory? all i know is that they are different types of memory, that's all...
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