Radeon 9800XT and bios flash

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Harry Putnam

Running a Radeon 9800XT on an athlon64 3400+ setup. (Asus K8V mobo)

When I boot up, the video goes into hibernation or sleep or something
part way thru bootup and then comes back on in awhile as bootup nears
completion.

I found an update for the card that is supposed to cure that. However
the instructions about how to install it are a little thin.
(From ATI website
Description

1. Fix monitor goes to standby mode for a few seconds when system is booting to Windows.
2.
3. 1. Under Windows XP or 2K, extract all the files in the zip file into a folder.
4. 2. Run Winflash and system will reboot to Windows again.
5. 3. System starts to flash VGA BIOS.

What does `Run Winflash' mean exactly .. just:
cd C:\path\unzipped_files
winflash <ENTER>

And what should I expect at 3) System starts to flash VGA BIOS?
 
Running a Radeon 9800XT on an athlon64 3400+ setup. (Asus K8V mobo)

When I boot up, the video goes into hibernation or sleep or something
part way thru bootup and then comes back on in awhile as bootup nears
completion.

I found an update for the card that is supposed to cure that. However
the instructions about how to install it are a little thin.
(From ATI website
Description
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THERE IS NOTHING WRONG. It is the ATI detect running. Get Windows
Startup Inspector and disable ATIPTA.

You're more likely to **** up the card misflashing the BIOS looking at
your newbie questions below.
 
Conor said:
THERE IS NOTHING WRONG. It is the ATI detect running. Get Windows
Startup Inspector and disable ATIPTA.
Click to expand...
What a nifty tool the `Inspector' is.
You're more likely to **** up the card misflashing the BIOS looking at
your newbie questions below.
Click to expand...

Thanks... I was a little worried about that very thing.
 
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