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5SEP03 - DUMPVBIN.EXE - Copy the Video Card's ROM BIOS to a Binary File
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DUMPVBIN is a Windows 95/98/Me CONSOLE program that will attempt to locate
the ROM Extension of the active video card and copy it to a ROM image file.

NOTE:
It MUST be run as a Windows 95/98/Me Console program. It will NOT work in
Windows NT/2000/XP Console mode.

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What is a ROM Image File?

Modern computer video cards hold their software and font images in EEPROM
(Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory) so that bugs can be
corrected and new features added.

Manufacturer's websites provide updated binary ROM image files and "flash"
utilities that use these image files, so that card purchasers can update the
BIOS in their cards.

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What is a "Flash" Utility?

A "flash" utility allows you to copy a new binary image file into the video
card's memory. They will also normally allow you to save the existing ROM
image to an image file, check the BIOS and diagnose problems, etc.

Unfortunately very few manufacturers' utilities allow you to view - or
change - the embedded fonts within the video card's ROM.

However, for most popular video cards, there are public domain editors
available that allow you to replace the manufacturer supplied fonts and
often "tweak" some of the card parameters to optimise performance.

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SYNTAX

   DUMPVBIN  /?
   DUMPVBIN  /H
   DUMPVBIN  /HELP
      Displays a Help Screen

   DUMPVBIN  BINFileName

BINFileName is the path name of the (optional) target ROM Image File. If no
pathname is provided it defaults to VIDBIOS.BIN in the current directory.


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DEPENDENCIES

This program uses several Windows' DLL files. If these are not present you
will get an error message indicating which DLL is missing.

If this occurs, download the required DLLs from the links given in:-
   http://www.procon.com.au/UtilDLLs.htm

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DISCLAIMER

Use this utility at your own risk! If you do not understand
  CONSOLE Mode,
  Command Line parameters,
  Flashing Video ROM,
  etc.,
you can only cause yourself grief.

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