X800 Pro VIVO to XT PE Bios Mod

[Urlyin]

Hmmm so I guess my Saphire x800Pro VIVO PCI-E fell from the sky as a gift from the god . . . hehe

Neways you may talk about it some more over the next 23 pages but I dont wana look over it and it was an old post so im sure you updated it. Anyhow I have -=Saphire x800Pro VIVO PCI-E=- just wondering what the best bios flash would be for it, its running the r423 chip type 450/475 12 pipes. LEmmy know thanks a lot guys

On the next page ...

Well you're right about them being made. Their just not available yet, read this review for some good info http://firingsquad.com/hardware/ati_x800_x600_xt/ .

ASUS doesn't put anything different on their boards than any other mfg (other than PCB color and HSF mfg specific). There is a difference between an XT and a XT Platium Edition, about 20mhz I believe. All XT's come with VIVO (ati rage theater chip)

Which brand might depend on the bundled software and price. Each card preforms differently. ASUS usually has a good software bundle but is priced 20 to 50 dollars more than say a Powercolor with a limited bundle or why get the ASUS if you already have the software. ASUS does throw in a videocam as well...

Also don't buy a high end card if you're running a low end system. The card will never reach it's potential...

...long ...long thread .... first backup your original one and I haven't looked lately to see what BIOS W1z had for the PCI-E cards. But I'd try the latest ATI BIOS first, it may be you'll need to test a couple to which one works best for your card ... update to my last quote is that ASUS does use a different temp chip in some of it's cards. Maybe W1zzard can verify that ...

 

[Unregistered]

Is there a 500/500 or 520/520 ATI X800xt bios out?
I looked in the collection but only have one listed under pci-e

 

[Urlyin]

Is there a 500/500 or 520/520 ATI X800xt bios out?
I looked in the collection but only have one listed under pci-e

AGP XT 500/500 BIOS under Connect3D and Sapphire ...

 

[Unregistered]

X800pro VIVO PCI-EXPRESS bios flashing

I recently bought a retail sapphire X800 pro vivo card and attempted to flash the bios.After about six different bios files i found this post and decided to remove my heatsink.Imagine my shock when i seen that the laser cut was on my card which contains the yellow vivo plug.I guess they caght on and nixed anyone buying the newer pro vivos to activate the extra pipes.So if you are having trouble this is probably why.

 

[Ropey]

I bought a Sapphire x800 pro VIVO with 1.6 ms Samsung Ram. Flashing went well with recognition as XT PE, flawless at stock speed and mem 520/560.

I had that problem when I used the Doom3 fix 4.9 cat beta drivers... try the 4.8 cat drivers... it worked for me ... also I thought the ATI BIOS worked the best...

The two unknown devices are:

1. ATI WDM Rage Theatre Video NSP

and

2. ATI WDM Specialized MVD Codec

I let windows search the install Sapphire disk and it found the proper drivers.

Is there a way to get a AGP card to post after accidenly clearing the BIOS and having the machine restart on you? I have put in a PCI card set it to the default display int he bios but when I put the X800 in there the comptuer will not POST it just cont to beep, any idea's? I know once I get it post I will be fine and able to flash it again

You need to clear the cmos and remove the AGP card leaving the video card in the PCI Slot. Then go into the bios and set to boot to PCI first rather than AGP. Then install the AGP card again and startup. The bios will initialize the PCI video card first and you will be able then to reflash the bios of the agp card.

Regards and thanks for the clear method to give me this rocking Mod

Ropey

 

[Urlyin]

Ropey ... those are for the VIVO, use drivercleaner3 to uninstall the ATI drivers and then install the latest cat drivers from ATI ...

 

[Unregistered]

it dont works

when i type flashrom -s 0 oldbios.bin for save the old bios , it says that the command or the filename is wrong!!!!

 

[Urlyin]

when i type flashrom -s 0 oldbios.bin for save the old bios , it says that the command or the filename is wrong!!!!

Review the page here, make sure it's a zero and not the letter 0 .... which flashrom tool are you using?

 

[codestrom]

Sorry to post a bit off topic, but this is clearly where advanced users are looking. I have Dell 5150 with ATi mobility 9000 m9.. atiflash, flashrom and atitool all dump 0 byte rom file. I'm guessing this is a Dell/ATi locking the rom issue. Dos prompt > debug does give output, but not savvy enough to create a .rom file from it. Normally, I use Linux and have a spare HD for my laptop and trying to get some permanate boost from my video card. *Unaware of any way to do this from xorg or ati closed Linux drivers. Thanks thanks and sorry for off topic. It doesn't make any difference if I'm booting off USB device? Device ID is 4c66

 

[Unregistered]

Help!!

I have a PCI-E Club 3D X800 Pro ViVo.Which BIOS should i use for the 16 pipes Mod? I`ve tried with the ATI X800 XT BIOS for PCI-E but it don`t work!!!!!!!
(when you can , answer in German)

 

[Urlyin]

I have a PCI-E Club 3D X800 Pro ViVo.Which BIOS should i use for the 16 pipes Mod? I`ve tried with the ATI X800 XT BIOS for PCI-E but it don`t work!!!!!!!
(when you can , answer in German)

Sorry... I don't know German. But in what way did it not work... A lot of the PCI-E Pro VIVO have laser cuts and the BIOS flash does not enable 16 pipes ...

 

[Unregistered]

new sapphire

are the new sapphire x800 pro vivos 8xagp

*Manufacturer SKU:
100580VIVO

are they laser cut or uhh no?
and what is the percentage rate of flashing rate to xt pe?

i plan on getting one. i know it's kinda late in the game. i'm just wondering if its too late and that sapphire has blocked it. i tried reading lotsa forums :-/ havent found any answers.. so any reply would be great

 

[Unregistered]

same guy as above, jsut wanted to add..

sorry abotu the mess.. just wanted to add.. to flash and obtain same power/speeds as x800 xt pe, should i get a new heatsink/fan or is the current one good

 

[Urlyin]

sorry abotu the mess.. just wanted to add.. to flash and obtain same power/speeds as x800 xt pe, should i get a new heatsink/fan or is the current one good

Your chance are still good that it will flash to a XT at 500/500 may need a vmod to get it to a PE .. should be okay with the stock fan with the XT PE speeds

 

[uselessnanhai]

volt mod.. is using the pencil thing?

 

[Urlyin]

volt mod.. is using the pencil thing?

Pencil or Varible resistor

 

[jammnrose]

can it be done

i am almost certain that i do not have the VIVO card...no yellow connector...but are there any markings on the outside of the box that would tell me otherwise??
i also read somwhere in this thread that non-vivo cards made by ati themselves do not have the cut... is this true? is there a way to verify this w/o taking heatsink off?
otherwise i would have to do a hard mod i which i dont think is a good idea....right?

thanks

 

[Urlyin]

i am almost certain that i do not have the VIVO card...no yellow connector...but are there any markings on the outside of the box that would tell me otherwise??
i also read somwhere in this thread that non-vivo cards made by ati themselves do not have the cut... is this true? is there a way to verify this w/o taking heatsink off?
otherwise i would have to do a hard mod i which i dont think is a good idea....right?

thanks

Look at the back of the card to see if there a Rage Theater Chip... you can save your original BIOS try the flash and if it doesn't work flash back .. no it will void the warranty and it's only a slim chance it will work ...

 

[zaptone]

Are the current PCI-e x800 PRO VIVO's still moddable by doing this?

 

[Mr. Howard]

Help!!!

Hi.... I Tried to flash my bios with modified flashrom and stuff on my powercolor x800 pro vivo!!!
It worked.... Windows spotted a x800 xt pe after flashing

But when I opened Atitool I saw that my active pipelines where still 12 and not 16!!!

I Did it the way you told us to do it W1zzard but I do not have 16 pipelines yet!!!

Please help....

btw!
The Flashing went very well and no error messages or something like that!!
Everything exept unlocking the pipelines went successful!!

Please help me....

 

[Urlyin]

Hi.... I Tried to flash my bios with modified flashrom and stuff on my powercolor x800 pro vivo!!!
It worked.... Windows spotted a x800 xt pe after flashing

But when I opened Atitool I saw that my active pipelines where still 12 and not 16!!!

I Did it the way you told us to do it W1zzard but I do not have 16 pipelines yet!!!

Please help....

btw!
The Flashing went very well and no error messages or something like that!!
Everything exept unlocking the pipelines went successful!!

Please help me....

Mr. Howard is your card a PCI-E?

 

[Mr. Howard]

X800 Pro VIVO modding

Nope... My x800pro vivo card is not a pci-e its agp!!

Bought it for about 5 months ago!!

 

[Mr. Howard]

Btw..

Do I have to use gigabyte bios perhaps??

 

[Mr. Pipi]

hi,
first:i´m from germany and so i hope u excuse for my english.
well, i got a sapphire x 800 pro vivo and flashed my bios to different xt pe bios from diffrent producer like sapphire,connect 3d etc. benchmarks like aquamark 3 or 3d mark 05 work without problems but when starting far cry, in some levels i got a bluescreen or freeze.and when i check this problem with ati tool "scan for artifacts" there appears the first error after 0.0 sec. so i flashed my old bios again and checked for my max core and mem.it increased up to 530/570 and perhaps it would increas more and more if i didn´t stop the test.so i thougt that my x 800 could run stable with a xt pe bios and so i´ve checked out an other bios. i ´ve chosen the power colour xt pe bios.far cry runs now stable and there doesn´t appear a bluescreen yet. but when testing with ati tool "scan for artifacts" there still come errors, but now after 3.5 min. a little improvement. so i increased the fan speed up to 100%.
and then the error appears after 7.5 min.i have the ac ati silencer 4.
could anyone help me with my problem. i want the scan test run for infinity min without problems.
so what could i do without flashing a xt or pro bios, i want the best matching xt pe bios for my x 800.
so i ´d like to thank u for ur answers

 

[EC]

Problems after flashing BIOS

I just got a sapphire x800 pro vivo card to replace my 9800 pro. I removed my 9800 pro from my mb and put the x800 in and started up. I loaded up ati tool and tested core and memory at xt speeds without any problems. I then flashed the bios to ATI x800xt pe. When I check the pipes in ati tool, I saw that it was now reporting 16 pipes, however when I started the scan for artifacts test, my computer froze immediately. I rebooted and decided to start up quake3 to see if it would have any problems, it froze immediately and I got an ATI GPU error after a few seconds. I flashed it back to x800 pro bios and have been running it for a couple of days without any problems. I just can't figure out why I can't do anything after flashing to xt. I tried the regular xt bios and had the same problem. I flash the xt pe bios again and underclocked the core and mem back to pro speeds. same lockup problem. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.