So, today I decided to install a new VGA card in my setup and to my surprise, soonish realized I had somehow corrupted the PnP EEPROM on my AWE64 Gold. With the resources available on these forums I was able to flash with the AWEFLASH utility another CT4390 EEPROM over it and - success! - I was able to use my AWE64 Gold again.

Almost without issues.

When entering Windows I get an error on loading soundfonts. The configuration utility shows I have no onboard memory at all. Playing midi files or testing AWE sounds in the DOS diagnostics utility makes a rough looping noise with a short pause. And more or less locks the computer up.

So, I wonder: did something else get broken too at the same time with the EEPROM getting corrupted? Or did the flashing not succeed fully - AWEFLASH did complain that what was being read back did not match what was written and that it was aborting - but afterwards everything else except soundfonts is working.

Any ideas?