Flashing bios from MSI GF4 Ti4200 to MSI GF4 TI4600

Create a bootable floppy disk. Type Format a:\ /s at a command prompt or use Windows by right clicking on the drive and selecting "copy system files".

Gather up all the files you will need to flash the video card (nvflash.exe, dos4gw.exe, and the updated bios you will be upgrading to) and copy them to the floppy disk. Put them in root.

Open Notepad and create a text file. Put the following text in it. (you can name the .bin file anything you want. Just remember what you named it because you will need it for another batch file.

nvflash -b a:\backupbios.bin

Save the txt file as backup.bat.
(NOTE: You will have to change the save as to "all files". If you don't, it will name it flash.bat.txt)

Create another txt file and name it restore.bat. Put the following txt in it.

nvflash -f a:\backupbios.bin

(NOTE: VERY IMPORTANT!! Use the exact same file name you used when you backed up the original bios.

Lastly, create a third batch file called flash.bat. Put the following text in it.

nvflash -f a:\biosnamehere.bin

(NOTE:The biosnamehere.bin will be the actual name of updated bios that you will be flashing)

You should have three batch files named:
backup.bat
restore.bat
flash.bat

Copy the batch files to the floppy disk.

Now your ready to test. It's VERY IMPORTANT that you test the backup and restore batch files before you try to flash any updated bios'.

Boot to the floppy.
at the a> prompt. Type "backup.bat" (without the quotes)
It should backup your current bios and save it to the floppy disk.
When it's done, reboot the computer using the floppy disk.
At the a> prompt. Type "restore.bat: (without the quotes)
You will not hurt the video card because you are just restoring the bios that's already on it. Your only testing that the batch files work.

When your satisfied the files are working, proceed to use the flash.bat file to update the bios.

If the flash completes, keep the floppy disk in the drive and boot to it. If you don't see any video, then most likely the flash failed or the card didn't like the new bios. If the computer don't hang when booting, then let the computer to continue to boot. Give it a few minutes to complete. Monitor the Floppy drive activity light. When it goes out and stays out for about a minute type restore.bat and hit enter. You wont be able to see what you are typing, but it should still restore the original bios. When the drive light goes out, wait a minute or two and reset the computer.

If the computer hangs, put a PCI graphics card in the computer and set the motherboard bios to boot to PCI graphics first. Insert you floppy disk and use the restore.bat file to fix your nvidia card.

[Jason425]

So i have to get bios for gf 4600 with 64 ram? I thing that it is posible. I heared that i can get somewhere the flash sofwear that copy my old bios on disk and then you can change clock and name in biost, then you can flash with this bios. Is this true?

I have one stupid question. Realy stupid but help me anywhey. How can i add my picture like anyone else.

[Jason425]

picture to what..left? that's called an avatar.... camper..