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AtiFlash "program cannot be run in DOS"

Zubkover

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Hi guys.

So for TWO FAKIN YEARS I tried to make AtiFlash work, but every time I couldn't so I just either unsoldered BIOS and flashed it or or got around it somehow with win version... but now my client has 95 GPUs that need to be flashed ASAP or else they'll actually fry. And he has no OS on machines, because Linux pendrives.

So I made BIOS mod and... Atiflash doesn't work.

For RX 580 on BTC+ H110 Asrock:
Either 2.77 or 2.74 of AtiFlash doesn't work.
YES I KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WINFLASH AND FLASH
Tried: HP Format with it's DOS, Org. Win98boot files, both Rufus DOS modes with MS-DOS and FreeDOS
Tried also at: 970M Pro3 + R9 380X / R9 280X and AB350M + R9 380.... same thing.

Da hell am I doing it wrong?
 

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Heres my signature for help, click the one that says AMD flash
 
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The latest versions of ATIFlash that can be run in DOS mode are 4.11 & 4.17(which are earlier than 2.74 and 2.77). If they won't work with your client's GPUs(because they are too new), then you will need to use a later version of ATIWinflash(or run a later version of ATIFlash via CLI). The latest versions of which(2.71, 2.74 & 2.77) don't work with the latest version of Windows 10(1803). So far as I know they work with every other version of Windows, all the way back to Xp(maybe further). 2.6.7 is the latest that works for me(with my 2013 GPU) with the latest version of Windows 10. But I've heard it doesn't work with more recent GPUs. Actually I've heard both, some say it does work, some say it doesn't.

EDIT: In case that's a little too confusing. If it's a version of ATIFlash that came packed(in the same folder) with ATIWinflash it won't work in DOS mode. You can open the file with a hex editor to verify that too. If it can't be run in DOS mode it will be stated in plain English near the beginning of the file. Like so:

ATIFlash.exe 2.77
No DOS.PNG


ATIFlash.exe 4.17 for comparison
DOS.PNG
 
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Ow. That's actually useful.

So basically it these older ones won't work on RX 580s then only WinFlash or... CLI?
What is this?

// Done it. Commends now work, but even on R9 300 series I'm greeted by Adapter not found.
 
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So basically it these older ones won't work on RX 580s then only WinFlash or... CLI?
What is this?
I don't know if they'll work or not. They might.

CLI = Command-Line Interface(or Interpreter), or Command Prompt(cmd/cmd.exe). PowerShell is also a CLI(essentially, though technically it's a Command-Line Shell), but I don't think it works with ATIFlash.

Basically, you need to be running Windows to use ATIFlash via CLI(or ATIWinflash).
 

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I don't know if they'll work or not. They might.

CLI = Command-Line Interface(or Interpreter), or Command Prompt(cmd/cmd.exe). PowerShell is also a CLI(essentially, though technically it's a Command-Line Shell), but I don't think it works with ATIFlash.

Basically, you need to be running Windows to use ATIFlash via CLI(or ATIWinflash).
Nah. That doesn't help my anyhow. Thanks either way for FINALLY clearing things up for me.
Why does PowerUp still advertises 2.77 as native ATIFlash in the same branch as DOS ones?
 
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I've added version 2.84 to our downloads section, which works on latest Windows version:
https://www.techpowerup.com/download/ati-atiflash/
Nice! The GopInfoX app is good to have too(though I already had another version of it).

The strangest damn thing is...now 2.77 works again. I'd tried it 2 days ago, and it still wouldn't. Then I just tried it again today after testing 2.84. I was hoping it would open the GUI so I could side-by-side compare the differences between 2.77 and 2.84. And it opened just fine. WTF? How/what/where/why? :wtf:

Anyhow...not much changed with the GUI. 2.84 on the left, 2.77 on the right.
2.77 vs 2.84.PNG


Other than that...exactly the same.
 

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And it opened just fine. WTF? How/what/where/why?
You started the new version first? Which loaded its driver, and then the old version used that new driver
 
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You started the new version first? Which loaded its driver, and then the old version used that new driver
Yeah, I started the new version first. Then closed it. Then tried 2.77 and it worked.

I think you're right about the driver(or something?). It probably had something to do with running 2.84 first at least. But I just restarted my system and tried 2.77 again, and it now doesn't work at all anymore. Even after running 2.84. Weird. Oh well...don't need it anyway.
 
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