Yes, NVFLASH.EXE needs to be run after booting directly into DOS -- sorry I didn't mention this earlier.

Anyone who has purchased and received this card within the past couple of weeks: would you please run "nvflash --check" and post the output, or PM me with it? This is using nvflash v5.57, which you can download from just about anywhere. The output should only be a couple lines of text. I really need...