Flashing & Dumping Tutorials
All taken from <http://www.m3dzone.com/zoiah/>
How-to dump if your Flash program doesn't support dumping.
All NVFlash'es before version 3 don't support dumping. So here's a tutorial
1.Download DUMPBIOS, (in the BIOS -> Flashing (& Dumping) Tools area)
2.Extract it in a directory.
3.Restart in MS-DOS mode (Win95 & 98: Press F8 while booting, choose Boot to MS-DOS Prompt).
4.Go the directory where you had extracted everything.
5.Type: "dumpbios". Your videocard's BIOS in now dumped in bios.bin.
The BIOS is dumped.
How-to dump using DFLash.
Some cards (mostly Diamond ones though

are incompatible with the regular NVFlash programs. That's why Diamond has written their own flash program. DFlash. This is the tutorial on how to use it.
6.Restart in MS-DOS mode (Press F8 while booting, choose Boot to MS-DOS Prompt).
7.Go to the directory you have extracted DFlash in.
8.Type: "DFlash /df BIOS.ROM" (Exchange BIOS.ROM for the name you wish to give to the dumped ROM.
Your BIOS is now dumped.
How-to flash using DFLash.
Some cards (mostly Diamond ones though

are incompatible with the regular NVFlash programs. That's why Diamond has written their own flash program. DFlash. This is the tutorial on how to use it.
9.First of all... Backup your BIOS!
10.Download the latest DFlash, (in the BIOS -> Flashing (& Dumping) Tools area) and DOS4GW (also in the BIOS -> Flashing (& Dumping) Tools area).
11.Extract all files in one directory and copy the reference bios you wish to flash also in the directory.
12.Restart in MS-DOS mode (Press F8 while booting, choose Boot to MS-DOS Prompt).
13.Go the directory where you had extracted everything and type: "dflash /disable_sdp". Your monitor might turn off for a while but that's ok.
14.Now type: "dflash /force_flash BIOSNAME.ROM" (Exchange BIOSNAME.ROM for the name of your bios. Example: "dflash /force_flash nv5bt.rom"). Your monitor will go in a stand-by (up to a minute). DO NOT RESTART THE COMPUTER UNTIL THE SCREEN HAS COME BACK!
15.Now relax and press CTRL-ALT-DEL. If everything had gone right than your system should now display the newly flashed BIOS. If your system doesn't come up you fucked-up your card...
Your system should now be happily running the NVidia reference BIOS
How-to dump using NVFlash 3.03
NVidia changed the options in version 3.00 so here is a tutorial on how to dump your BIOS using NVFlash 3
16.Download NVFlash 3.03 (or newer), (in the BIOS -> Flashing (& Dumping) Tools area ) and DOS4GW (also in the BIOS -> Flashing (& Dumping) Tools area).
17.Extract all files in one directory
18.Restart in MS-DOS mode (Press F8 while booting, choose Boot to MS-DOS Prompt).
19.Go the directory where you had extracted.
20.Type: "NVFlash -bBIOSNAME.ROM". (Exchange BIOSNAME.ROM for the name you wish to give to the dumped BIOS.)
You've now dumped your BIOS
How-to flash using NVFlash 3.03
NVidia changed the options in version 3.00 so here is a tutorial on how to flash your BIOS using NVFlash 3
21.First of all... Backup your BIOS!
22.Download NVFlash 3.03 (or newer), (in the BIOS -> Flashing (& Dumping) Tools area) and DOS4GW (also in the BIOS -> Flashing (& Dumping) Tools area).
23.Extract all files in one directory and copy the reference bios you wish to flash also in the directory.
24.Restart in MS-DOS mode (Press F8 while booting, choose Boot to MS-DOS Prompt).
25.Go the directory where you had extracted everything and type: "NVFlash -r". This will disable write-protection in case it is activated on your card. Your monitor might turn off for a while but that's ok.
26.Now type: "nvflash -fBIOSNAME.ROM" (Exchange BIOSNAME.ROM for the name of your bios. Example: "nvflash -fnv5bt.rom"). Your monitor will go in a stand-by (up to a minute). DO NOT RESTART THE COMPUTER UNTIL THE SCREEN HAS COME BACK!
27.Now relax and press CTRL-ALT-DEL. If everything had gone right than your system should now display the newly flashed BIOS. If your system doesn't come up you fucked-up your card...
Your system should now be happily running the BIOS you wanted to flash.
How-to flash using cracked Guillemot Flash program.
Guillemot uses newer versions of NVFlash but they have modified it a bit. So here are the instructions.
28.First of all... Backup your BIOS!
29.Download giflash 3.13 (or newer), (in the BIOS -> Flashing (& Dumping) Tools area) and DOS4GW (also in the BIOS -> Flashing (& Dumping) Tools area).
30.Extract all files in one directory and copy the reference bios you wish to flash also in the directory.
31.Rename the biosfile you're using to "BIOSFIL.ROM" (without the quotes.
32.Restart in MS-DOS mode (Press F8 while booting, choose Boot to MS-DOS Prompt).
33.Go the directory where you had extracted everything and type: "hflash". Your monitor will go in a stand-by (up to a minute). DO NOT RESTART THE COMPUTER UNTIL THE SCREEN HAS COME BACK!
34.Now relax and press CTRL-ALT-DEL. If everything had gone right than your system should now display the newly flashed BIOS. If your system doesn't come up you fucked-up your card...
Your system should now be happily running the BIOS you wanted to flash
How-to use VGABIOS <tutorial/vgabios.html>
VGABIOS
VGABIOS is a program that allows you to use a BIOS without having to flash it in your videocard's EEPROM (flash bios).
This example is for people with Windows 9x. You can't use VGABIOS on WinNT and Win2000 systems.

This tutorial assumes your BIOS is called nv5bt.rom and you wish to place VGABIOS in the C:\VGABIOS directory. If you wish to change one of these things then replace them with the ones you use.
Beware! You can't put VGABIOS in directory longer than 8 characters. (Yes, I do know that it is possible but it's not worth the extra hassle.
35.Create a directory C:\VGABIOS (or wherever you want it, but this will be the directory in this example)
36.Copy vgabios.exe in C:\VGABIOS
37.Copy your bios file in C:\VGABIOS
38.Restart in MS-DOS mode (Press F8 while booting, choose Boot to MS-DOS Prompt).
39.Go to C:\VGABIOS (cd C:\VGABIOS)
40.Type: "vgabios -fBIOSNAME.ROM" (Exchange BIOSNAME.ROM for the filename of your bios. For example: "vgabios -fnv5bt.rom")
41.Start windows by typing: WIN
42.Go to your Display panel (Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> Display -> Settings -> Advanced -> (TNT/TNT2/GeForce, Whatever chip your card uses) and look at the BIOS Version. It should be the one that you used in VGABIOS. If it doesn't than you did something wrong.
43.Run a few programs, games, etc. to see if the BIOS works for your system.
If you are satisfied you can make it permament by flashing it with NVFlash or make semi-permanemt by putting VGABIOS in your autoexec.bat:
1.Open autoexec.bat with notepad.
2.Add this line to the bottom: "C:\VGABIOS\VGABIOS.EXE -fC:\VGABIOS\BIOSNAME.ROM". (Exchange BIOSNAME.ROM for the filename of your biosfile.
3.Save the file.
4.Restart your system.
5.Go to your Display panel (Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> Display -> Settings -> Advanced -> (TNT/TNT2/GeForce, Whatever chip your card uses) and look at the BIOS Version. It should be the one that you used in VGABIOS. If it doesn't than you did something wrong.
6.Run a few programs, games, etc. to see if the BIOS works for your system.
Your system should now be happily running the NVidia reference BIOS.