Support Note: 237
Product: GrafixStar 600, Apocalypse 5D, Apocalypse 5D Sonic
Subject: Apricot MS540 system BIOS upgrade

March, 1997

If you are running a GrafixStar 600 or other advanced graphics card with an Apricot MS540 system with the following system BIOSes, you get no video output, and the system does not boot:

This is fixed using Patch 237, available on the Apocalypse CD-ROM in the folder \Apoc5D\Updates\Sn0237\Patch 237\, which has been provided by Apricot Computers Limited / Mitsubishi Electric. This patch contains Flash code to upgrade the system BIOS to v5.07 for both the 5434 and the 5436.

Contents:

JFLASH.EXE

D6_5434.BIN - 5.06 for 5434
D6_5436.BIN - 5.06 for 5436
D7_5434.BIN - 5.07 for 5434
D6_5436.BIN - 5.07 for 5436

Please read the instructions supplied with your system for system BIOS upgrades, or contact Apricot.

http://www.apricot.co.uk

Mitsubishi Electric PC Division
Apricot Computers Limited
3500 Parkside
Birmingham Business Park
Birmingham B37 7YS

Tel: 0121 717 7171
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