X800 GTO² to X850 XT BIOS Mod

[DanishDevil]

Hey guys, what are you talking about when you refer to "Rabit" mods? Link, anyone?

http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=872

BTW, does that Enerman Liberty 620W PSU have active PFC or not?

Yes, it does. Here are some specs:

Full compliance with the highest standard to desktop power requirements. Split 12V rails provide most stable current to CPU, GPU , MB and drives.

Full support of Dual Core systems (incl. Pentium D EE and Athlon 64 X2) & Dual CPU systems.

Convertible design to power up ATX/BTX systems and support dual CPU entry-level server/workstation.

PF value up to 0.99 to provide stable and clean power under 100-240VAC by auto switching.

High efficiency of about 80% under wide load range (30-100%) minimizes your electricity bill.

Special design 12cm fan combines silence and cooling by intelligent speed control.

Protected by OCP, OVP, UVP, OLP, SCP, OTP for maximum safety. Full rated power under 0-40 o C/32-104 o F ambient temp.

Smarter cable choice and better cable routing for a neat and tidy case.

Unique 4-pin Molex + SATA connectors in pairs give you free choice on using either PATA or SATA devices.

Support of Dual PCI-E graphics cards, SLI or CrossFire.

Toughest EMI shielding protects your system and near-by appliances.

-F.E.A.R. but only when I go for the renaming of fear.exe to anything.exe which is supposed
to give better performance

What is this renaming that you speak of? Does it work for the demo too??? I kno, I'm a cheapass when it comes to buying games. That's why I love my America's Army.

my card hits 80c stable in ati tool whilst doin artifact scan, cat control centre says that this is just short of amber/red on the scale, so Im not concerned too much with that, and it didnt make an error after 30 mins of artifact scan. Not interested in o/c over x800xt speeds...

That's a bit hot. If you plan on upgrading your video card within the next year, that should be fine, but that card running that hot won't last more than a year or so.

 

[kapeeteeleest_peeg]

Danish Devil:
That's a bit hot. If you plan on upgrading your video card within the next year, that
should be fine, but that card running that hot won't last more than a year or so...

Hmmm, it only runs 4oC lower on stock bios??? 400/490
I feel an xt cooler coming on... lol or is it a gf7800gt? after I flash this hunk of junk to 12 pipes & sell

Also, Ive been die hard ati since the big 9700 pro event, but they're dissappointing at the moment... x1000 range is pants apart from over priced, unavailable flagship!
nVidia is the daddy jus now, parts can be bought when announced,
ati need 2 get theyre act together cos Im OFF to 7800 land!!

Rabit lets you doctor a bios prior to flashing it onto your card... its on this site somewhere in downloads of all places... lol, from there, u can find it yourself, Im to tired to find it 4 u

 

[Warlocker]

Just got a Connect3D GTO and it looks moddable through ATITool however when I try, it stays at 12 Pipes. Any ideas?

 

[DanishDevil]

Did you use the -f in the flash? Are you using the correct flash utility? Did you follow the instructions exactly? Do the fuse characters match?

 

[Warlocker]

Did you use the -f in the flash? Are you using the correct flash utility? Did you follow the instructions exactly? Do the fuse characters match?

I was able to get 16 to show after using -f command and the PowerColor x800XT BIOS. I then flashed it back to the original BIOS until I get a better cooling fan.

Thanks

 

[mbd1475]

Can I go higher with better cooling?

To anyone:
I am running my C3d GTO at 540/540 stable (no artifcacts and 3dMark05 does not crash). Anything higher, and 3dMark crashes. However, during 3dMark my GPU temp never gets above 61.8 degrees. Do you guys think that my Zalaman VF700 will help me go higher, once I receive it?

 

[funkioto]

I'm having trouble with my start up disc, I get this each time I boot from floppy:

Invalid setting in the MSDOS.SYS file: ---------
Starting...

Type the name of the command interpreter (e.g., C:/WINDOWS/COMMAND.COM)
A>_

I used the 'create Msdos start up disc' in windows but I get the above message every time. What can I do about it?
Soul

I found the EASY way is to make a bootable dos CD in Nero.
Just go to 'boot cd' and select the nero dos loader thingy.
then chuck the bios + flashrom on it and BAM, easy as that

 

[kapeeteeleest_peeg]

C3D Gto Temperatures?

what kind of temperatures should be aimed at for with this card? (and dont jus say low lol!)
These cards seem to have the same heatsink/fan assy. as the x800xt on which they are based, & yet Im getting 79oC when playin games or doin artifacts check... on the default bios.

Has anyone on here had, or currently have an x800xt so we can find out what temps they are supposed to run at... unmodded, Ati reference stylie?

Cos', I really cant b R'sed buying a card cooler, I'd rather jus buy somethin better

 

[Ombracol]

nfs most wanted is my hottest runnig game it runs at 60c that right at my threshold cause my card is oc so hi it blacksout at 63c i get no artifacts ever but it just givesout at 63 552/600 with tweaked memory timings
I wonder how hot my x300 gets cause it doesent have a fan just plastic heatsink but i can get the core up to 500 and memory upto 290 using the x550 bios

 

[mascaras]

Yeah, thats where Im goin next...

just to try and erradicate cat control centre 'car' corruption...

...after that, I may go back to the pwrcolor x800xt bios or rabit'ed C3D16pp@500/500 & go through my game collection to see how many games it is 'actually' gonna corrupt.
...wished I'd gotten the 7800gt I'd promised myself now

you nedd to instal framework 1.1 or else you have corrupt CCC .

 

[sew333]

Hey. If i run the bios from POwercolor XT , the card will be better overclockable?

In this moment, i have a bios C3D X800GTO SAMSUNG. And OC 560\560.
If i change to POWERCOLOR XT the clocks may higher overclock?For sample: 580\580

OR not ????????????

 

[kapeeteeleest_peeg]

C3D .Net Framework?

you nedd to instal framework 1.1 or else you have corrupt CCC .

I have .net framework 2.0? does it have 2b 1.1?
also, I found, some time ago, that without 1.1 it doesnt run at all

 

[-=X=-]

I've found this in my "local" shop (PCI-E slot):

It is supposedly just an x800 GTO (not ²) though it says on the site that it has the r480 core and 1.6ns memories. Could this core possibly be unlocked with a simple bios flash?

 

[blsnelling]

From everything I've read, no. Yes it may have an R480 core but only the GTO2 and Connect 3D can be unlocked to 16 pipes and the Connect 3D is a R423 core.

 

[foggy]

sorry to be a pain

Whilst flashing my sapphire X800GTO2 i recieved the following message in DOS

Serial Rom
bios device = 0x5D4F
asic device = 0x5D4F
existing SSID =0x1600
new SSID = 0x0302 error 0FL01

it then ask`s if i want to force flash.....

1.... is this correct?


If all goes well which driver`s do i then use, the original or drivers for the x 850 or others

thx

 

[blsnelling]

Yes. The proper command uses a -f and forces the flash since the device ids are different. The way you're doing it is fine.

 

[anomen]

which driver`s do i then use, the original or drivers for the x 850 or others

aside from hacking/custom drivers, like Omega's drivers, ALL Radeon's use the same drivers, from the 7000 series to the just released x1000's... just go to ATI and download the one's for your OS.

 

[foggy]

well i flashed but the pipe lines went down to 8 and catalist complained i had no drivers installed so i flashed it back

All is ok except i still only have 12 pipe-lines

 

[tigergenerals]

EASY BOOTABLE CD for no floppy!

I found the EASY way is to make a bootable dos CD in Nero.
Just go to 'boot cd' and select the nero dos loader thingy.
then chuck the bios + flashrom on it and BAM, easy as that

Actually, funkioto... you are half way there.

After messing around with several google links (a lot of which I didn't understand cause I'm a simpleton and many of which were outdated or dead), I discovered what funkioto is suggesting, that I can make a bootable cd with Nero.

At first, I also did what funkioto suggests, choose the bootable cd option and dumped my files onto the cd. However, booting up in dos, it does not recognize the files since the cd is read as an image and the files are not part of that. I tried twice to be sure there were no errors and still no gold.

However, I figured that since booting up in dos allows me access to all my drives still, that I could just create a folder with the new bios and flashrom util. So I created a new dir with these files in it in my base C:\.

I rebooted in dos where my C:\ was switched to D:\ (so depending on how you have paritions set up, you'll have to do some searching) and went to the dir I made with the modified bios and flashrom utility... and flashed without forcing and was successful on the very first try.

Most of you reading this forum probably had a much easier time than I, but for simpletons out there like me, I hope this helps!

 

[DanishDevil]

On the topic of temperatures, if you have GOOD case ventilation, and I mean like a great kind of good, nothing much over 60C. For cases with poor cooling, I can't say. I've never had poor airflow in my case. I jerryrigged 3 80mm fans into my first dell (Pentium III 933-trust me that was the SHIT).

GL to all the guys with the new modded cards. Remember, because we're tweaking, these cards won't last too too long. Only push as far as you are willing to risk.

 

[Ombracol]

True Danish we are difenitly reducing the cards life but by then I will be a console guy again when ps3 Comes out ....and then I will wait and see what the end of next year will bring for pc with the multi processor cpus and the physics card that will be coming out by the our gtos will be what 9800 are now

 

[Ombracol]

What size is your psu Danish

Danish What size is your psu I'm having trouble finding one for my case my original psu is about 5 and a quarter tall

 

[DanishDevil]

Maybe it's time for a new case bud. Get the Themaltake Armor (Mine)

Enermax Liberty 620W PSU Dimensions:
W150 x H86 x D140 (mm)
W5.9 x H3.4 x D5.5 (in)

 

[VTwedge]

i tried for the armor devil its the sweetest case i could find but its around 100 english pounds so its over my badget now damn i drool just looking at that case i got a coolermaster centurion its good enough for now. im running the stock cooler on my c3gto at 520 520 the core is 38C idle and 60 under load and im tryin to get a new fan to replace the stock one, do u guys think the zalman vf700 alcu is better ot the arctic cooling ati silencer 5 rev 2?im leaning towards the arctic cooling for now any suggestions?

 

[dr.bling]

need help please as i am a dos newbie

i got my cdr to boot into dos with the files

FLASHROM CHG
FLASHROM EXE
FLASHROM BIN
CONNECT3D BIN

now what do i do with them ?
what order do i boot them up in ?
how do i get the connect3d bin to boot ?

thanks in advance