X800 GTO² to X850 XT BIOS Mod

[Darkstar02]

Alright I unzipped it inside of the image. Now do I just use Nero BurningROM and burn that image?

P.S. AIM=AOL Instant Messenger, I can't believe you've never heard of AIM!

 

[Frogger]

yes nero Aim clicked in my brain after post too many jack daniels tonight i guess don't use any AOL products

 

[Darkstar02]

Testing now. Thanks for the help.

 

[Darkstar02]

Which bin should I use?

 

[Frogger]

Sapphire.X800GTO2_16P... did you shorten it to 8 letters

 

[Darkstar02]

it worked.

Although, I was hoping this would make the flickering in games go away. Do you have any idea why there might be flickering in games like Oblivion and Unreal Tournament? I think it has something to do with the textures and the lighting.

 

[Ignor_CZech]

HELOOOO PLEASE !!!... really that nobody knows nothing about AGP version X800GTO ???

Pleas help me with X800GTO to the AGP

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Really there is no version X800GTO to the AGP, which it is possible open of all 16 pipelines ???? Bought I some from Sapphire in bulk package, looks exactly like X800GTO2, but in ATI tool has this:

config_die_fuses 0xFFFF7FFF

config_substrate_fuses 0xFFFFFF9E
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Have version from Sapphire with R480, and powerslot also. With my "splendid English" can't be bothered to read through 175 pages.

thanks for all your help guys

 

[CybrosisEvolved]

Flash Bios

I was just woundering if you could confirm that the Bios you linked here (http://www.techpowerup.com/articles/127/images/Sapphire.X800GTO2_16P.Samsung16.bin)
will work on My Sapphire X800 GTO2. Im trying to Unlock the 16 pipelines but when i went to flash them with Flashrom in DOS, it came up with an error message saying that they do not match, if you'd like I can find the exact parts that didnt match, that were displayed in the error.

attatched here is 2 screenshots of the ATI tool Specifics.

I was going to force flash it first but I thought in my own excitement I was making a BIG mistake.

(BTW its a blue-board with no additonal power connector required. Just to help you catergorise it easier )

 

[infrared]

Yep, that card can easily be flashed Cybrosis. In ATITool, go to miscellaneous settings, and there's a button to save your bios to file, if you could do that, put it in a zip folder, and add it as an attachment, i'll modify it for you.

Ignor_CZech, i'm afraid your card can't be unlocked, sorry

 

[infrared]

Ok, here you go cybrosis. the command to flash it is:

flashrom -p -f -newbios 0 bios.bin.

It's also a good idea to put your original bios on the bootdisk, so you can flash back, should you get a bad flash. Good luck

 

[Ombracol]

it worked.

Although, I was hoping this would make the flickering in games go away. Do you have any idea why there might be flickering in games like Oblivion and Unreal Tournament? I think it has something to do with the textures and the lighting.

The flickering might be yiour refresh rate cause the card is running at a higher frame rate than your refresh rate of your monitor you can try putting all your settings to the highest quality or turn on vertical sync

 

[sephiroth99]

hi

me too I had the same issue as CybrosisEvolved, ill try the bios you posted infrared, because my gto2 has a blue pcb, to external power and is not dual dvi.

but I have another question, when I backup the bios in dos, the file is only 58kb, but the all the bioses are 64kb on this site, is it because the backup is not working?

thanks a lot!

edit: i just saw the bios infrared had posted is 58kb too, so whats the deal?

 

[dwaned]

I've just tried to flash my x800gto2 but got got a bad flash:-(
Tried to blind flash back to original bios but it's not doing anything, obviously I can't see whats going on. I used a USB stick to boot into dos and had all the bios files on it too.

Any ideas???

 

[infrared]

dwaned, if you want a while while it's booting from the usb stick, then carefully type the command with your original bios name, it should work. Make sure you give it a while after the command before restarting, so you don't interrupt the flashing process.

sephiroth99, i believe the bioses are smaller for the AGP cards for some reason. I'm not entirely sure why. I can modify your bios if you like

 

[sephiroth99]

infrared : that's odd, because I have the pci-e version...

 

[infrared]

strange... I dunno then, i'll see if i can figure it out. As long as the bioses work, i'm not fussed tho.

 

[dwaned]

dwaned, if you want a while while it's booting from the usb stick, then carefully type the command with your original bios name, it should work. Make sure you give it a while after the command before restarting, so you don't interrupt the flashing process.

Tried that infrared, no joy. Still a long error beep when I start it then nothing..... anything else I can try???

 

[infrared]

hmm, does your motherboard have dual pcie slots? you could borrow a friends to see whats going on, or buy a cheap pci card. Can you check in your motherboard instructions to see what the long single beep indicates? If it's not booting into dos in the first place, it will be difficult flashing it back. You might have to flash it on a friends PC if they'll let you.

 

[dwaned]

Ok infrared, I'll try sort out another card to see what's going on.
Thanks for your help.

 

[ShadowFlare]

hi

me too I had the same issue as CybrosisEvolved, ill try the bios you posted infrared, because my gto2 has a blue pcb, to external power and is not dual dvi.

but I have another question, when I backup the bios in dos, the file is only 58kb, but the all the bioses are 64kb on this site, is it because the backup is not working?

thanks a lot!

edit: i just saw the bios infrared had posted is 58kb too, so whats the deal?

That's normal, the size just varies between different versions of the bioses.

 

[sephiroth99]

That's normal, the size just varies between different versions of the bioses.

so if its normal, what should I do? flash the bigger one? or the one infrared posted? or sumbit my backup so someone modify it?

i dont wanna screw up my precious...

thanks!

 

[ShadowFlare]

so if its normal, what should I do? flash the bigger one? or the one infrared posted? or sumbit my backup so someone modify it?

i dont wanna screw up my precious...

thanks!

That bios infrared posted was for the same type of card you have, right? Then it should be fine. If you want to be absolutely sure, you could post yours anyway, though.

 

[sephiroth99]

Ok, I'll try the one from infrared. If something goes wrong, I'll have my backup ready

 

[infrared]

Sure, it's for the same card, if you want to be safe though, it only takes about 2 minutes to modify the bioses, i can do yours if you like. That one should work though.

 

[Ignor_CZech]

X800gto Agp

Ignor_CZech, i'm afraid your card can't be unlocked, sorry

Thanks for your answer Infrared. I must put up with it perhas ...But I´m crying