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	| README file for 
	|
	| ELSA Flashtool E_FLASH
	|
        | Version: 03.19
        |
	| Copyright (c) 2001 ELSA AG, Aachen (Germany)
	|
	| ELSA AG                    Internet   : http://www.elsa.de
	| Sonnenweg 11               
	| D-52070 Aachen
	| Germany             
	|
	| ELSA Inc.                  Internet   : http://www.elsa.com
	| 1630 Zanker Road,         
	| San Jose, CA 95112
	| USA
	|
	| ELSA Asia Inc.             Internet   : http://www.elsa.com
	| 7F-11, No. 188, Sec. 5     
	| Nanking East Road
	| Taipei 105
	| Taiwan
	| 
	| ELSA Japan Inc.            Internet   : http://www.elsa.com
	| Mita Suzuki Building 3F    
	| 5-20-14 Shiba, Minato-ku
	| Tokyo 108-0014
	| Japan
	|
	| 08/08/2001, MMelder


        Table Of Contents

        1.      Overview
        2.      Disk/CD Contents
        3.      Usage Notes
        4.      Release Notes
        5.      Notes & Warnings (!)


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1.      Overview

        E_FLASH.EXE is a utility to easily update the BIOS on an
        ELSA graphics board.

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2.      Disk/CD Contents

        The program disk/CD contains the following files:

        FLASH.BAT	the executable program
        TOOLS (DIR)	Subdirectory with E_FLASH.EXE and
			DOS4GW.EXE DOS extender used by FLASH_P.EXE
        BIN (DIR)       Subdirectory containing the BIOS binaries which
                        are used for update. 
        README.TXT      this text file, including notes on the
                        current program release
        LIESMICH.TXT    German version of the text you are currently
                        reading



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3.      Usage Notes

3.1     Standard BIOS update

        If you want to update the BIOS on your ELSA graphics
        board just call FLASH.BAT from MS-DOS (or from an MS-DOS-
        compatible Operating System) by:

        FLASH.BAT

        If the program will find one of the supported graphic boards
        in your computer, it will search for the correct BIOS binary
        in the directory BIN.

        

        Notes:

        - If the BIOS currently installed on your ELSA graphics board
          is the same version than the BIOS in BIN, although an update 
	  is done.


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4.      Release Notes

4.1     Supported graphics boards

        ELSA Synergy III 1xVGA/1xDVI
          
        The program E-FLASH.EXE will check if the BIOS binary is valid
        and useable with your ELSA graphics board.


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5.      Notes & Warnings

5.1     Don't corrupt your BIOS!

        Please make sure that while programming a new BIOS to your
        ELSA graphics board you

        - don't reset,
        - don't switch off or
        - don't interrupt your computer in any way until it's finished!

        If you interrupt E_FLASH.EXE in any way before finishing 
	your BIOS, you will corrupt the BIOS of your graphics board.
        In this case, please phone our support.

        Please wait, until E_FLASH.EXE has finished programming the 
	new BIOS to your ELSA graphics board.
        The program E_FLASH.EXE will give you a note after it has
        successfully finished the bios programming.


5.2     Windows DOS-boxes, OS/2

        Please note that the program FLASH_P.EXE does not work in 
	a Windows (3.x/9x/ME/NT) DOS-box or under OS/2.
        You have to boot an MS-DOS (or compatible) system and 
        start FLASH.BAT.