User’s Guide
Phoenix WinPhlash64
Version 1.0
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 .........................................................................1
Introduction ...................................................................................... 1
Chapter 2 .........................................................................2
Winphlash64 Usage......................................................................... 2
Starting Winphlash64......................................................................................2
Windows ............................................................................................................................... 2
DOS ...................................................................................................................................... 2
Windows Graphical User Interface..................................................................2
Backup and Update BIOS..................................................................................................... 2
Basic Backup ........................................................................................................................ 3
Main Screen.......................................................................................................................... 5
Advanced Settings Button .................................................................................................... 5
Flags Tab.............................................................................................................................. 5
DMI Tab ................................................................................................................................ 6
DOS Interface .................................................................................................7
Basic Backup ........................................................................................................................ 7
DOS Commands and Syntax................................................................................................ 8
Using FLASH.INI.............................................................................................9
Winphlash64 Error Messages............................................................................................... 9
Build the Winphlash64 Utility ................................................................................................ 9
Winphlash64 Limitation....................................................................................................... 10
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Chapter
1
Introduction
The Phoenix Winphlash64 utility can flash the system BIOS on a 64-bit
Windows environment by using DXE drivers. These DXE drivers include the
Flash device driver, the chipset driver, and the platform driver. Please refer to the
Winphlash64 technology reference for more information about how to port these
DXE drivers.
The following table describes the features of the WinPhlash64 program.
Table 1-1 WinPhlash64 features
File name Description Operating
System
Uses
PHLASH.INI
Crisis
Recovery
Command
Line Mode
WINPHLASH64.EXE 32-bit
application
for 64-bit
Windows
64-bit
Windows
XP/Server
2003/Vista
Yes No Yes
