stephen_robinson, So, as no-one answered my question... do you remove the resisters* or flash first?
if you remove the resisters will it boot on a PC for flashing, if not should I flash first?
or the other way, if it's flashed will it boot on a PC?
Okey, done it. I flashed first, after I'd flashed there was no display on the PC, (but it seemed to be booting, so I suppose it could have been reflashed from the backup.rom file, if I typed it all in right without anydisplay), then I removed the resisters, which was dead easy, (I'd imagine putting them back on would be horrific!) and it booted up correctly on my dual 533, didn't try it my dual 1.42 as the molex power cables are too short, I'll have to send off for some extenders.
Anyway:-
this Youtube video was quite useful: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYQ7xHNkE5c
But this is the best site for advice: http://themacelite.wikidot.com/flasher-s-buying-guide-9800 http://themacelite.wikidot.com/pins-3-and-11
the atiflash can be downloaded from http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/Utilities/BIOS_Flashing/ATI/
for a USB bootable stick the HP USB Stick Formatting Tool can be downloaded from http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/330/.html
but it seems to lack the actual dos system files to make it bootable, probably due to copyright issues. so dunno where to find them
