---
name: "em8300-mc_ex"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "em8300"
version: "0.16.4-4"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/em8300-mc_ex"
---

# em8300-mc\_ex(1)

for extracting microcodes from vxds

## NAME

em8300-mc\_ex — for extracting microcodes from vxds

## SYNOPSIS

**em8300-mc\_ex** \[*FILE*\]  \[*NAMEBASE\]*

## DESCRIPTION

*This manual page documents briefly the*  **em8300-mc\_ex** command.

This manual page was written for the **Debian GNU/Linux** distribution  because the original program does not have a manual page.

**em8300-mc\_ex** is a program that is for  extracting the microcode from windows vxds. After running this  program two or three microcode files will be written to the   current directory, the number depending on the driver you have.  The different microcode versions seem to be for different  revisions of the cards. Currently, the only way to determine  which microcode is correct for your card is to try them all  and pick the one that works the best. Do not be alarmed if some  of them do not work at all.

## OPTIONS

- **FILE**

  refers to the VXD file which comes with the Windows drivers  and is found in the Windows\\System folder. The file is usually called   rmquasar.vxd (H+) or enc2dev.vxd (Creative Labs).

- **NAMEBASE**

  is the prefix of the saved microcode files.

## SEE ALSO

em8300-dhc (1), em8300setup (1).

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Michael Moerz  \<mikem@debian.org\> for the **Debian GNU/Linux** system (but may be used by  others). It was updated by Nicolas Boullis  \<nboullis@debian.org\>. Permission is granted to copy,  distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the  GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1  or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation;  with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts and no  Back-Cover Texts.