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How to Atiflash on a Mac Pro without Windows or boot screen

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Things you need: Mac Pro with PC graphics card installed Live Linux installation DVD USB dongle with  Atiflash for Linux There is a version of Atiflash available for Linux (now renamed amdvbflash). The flash tool will not see the PCIe graphics cards if it is run on Linux in EFI mode. To force Linux on a Mac Pro to boot in legacy BIOS mode, start it from a live DVD. Before you start, make sure your Mac Pro reliably boots to your macOS partition without a need to use the boot screen. You can then install your new PC graphics card in the Mac Pro. There is no need to remove it at any point.   Download  and c opy the amdvbflash file to a folder on a USB flash drive or other removable media. Connect it to your Mac Pro. Boot to live Linux by pressing  "C"  at startup. Copy  amdvbflash  to the RAM disc by dragging your working folder to the  Downloads  folder. Open terminal and  cd  to ./Downloads/<your_folder>/ Make  amdvbflash  executable using the graphic interface or with t