X800 Pro VIVO to XT PE Bios Mod

[Unregistered]

Hi,

ich hoffe ihr könnt mir ein paar Tipps geben.

Also ich habe gerade meine HIS X800Pro IceQII nach der anleitung auf die XT Platinum geflasht.
Nun habe ich 16 Pipelines. Allerdings bekomme ich abundzu kleine Bildfehler.
Woran könnte das liegen ?

Also ich habe den Coretakt vor dem Flashen getestet und ATITool sagt maximal 583.20 MHZ möglich
also über 100 mhz mehr als normal. Den Speicher habe ich nur auf 500MHZ getestet lief aber ohne
probs. Wenn ich nun den Speichertakt und den Coretakt runtersetzte habe ich immernoch ein paar
kleine Bildfehler. Einer is immer am "Start"-Button in Windows.

THX für die Hilfe

und klasse anleitung !

 

[Unregistered]

So,

also ich habe nun mal getestst woher die Bildfehler kommen könnten.
Also wenn ich den 16 Pipelines flash mit x800 Takt flashe habe ich auch Bildfehler.
Also müssten die Bildfehler doch an den 4 extra-Pipelines liegen oder ?
Oder kann es daran liegen, dass ich die Karte auf einem 860mhz Duron 256MD Sdram
und 2x AGP-Board betreibe ?

Also hier die getesten maximalen Taktraten ohne Hänger.

Core: ca. 555 MHZ
Mamory: ca. 550 MHZ

Besteht für mich noch eine Hofnung, dass ich meine Karte mit dem XT flash (muss nicht der PE sein)
zu 16 Pipelines flashen kann ohne Bildfehler zu bekommen ?

THX !

 

[Sled Dog]

Hmmm, I should really register... ;-)

I am choosing between an x800 pro and an x800 XL. I can can the pro for 350$ CAN. That versus the 450 needed for the XL! SO that's why this whole modding thing appeals to me. Its a sapphire that I can get so its reassuring to know that there are others who have done it with sucess! So. I checked out the BIOS collection here and there are no Sapphire XT PE for PCI-e. Where did y'all get yours???

Also in light of ATIs crossfire, does the driver recognize the Pro as a full blown XT PE? Like as in 100%? As in it doesn't know the difference???

Thanks very much... I should join this forum.

 

[orac07]

Cheers worked well on my GeCube 800pro .
The extra pipes were worth another 600 3D Mark 2005 bench points over the same speed pro .

 

[Azrael_NZ]

Cheers worked well on my GeCube 800pro .
The extra pipes were worth another 600 3D Mark 2005 bench points over the same speed pro .

What BIOS did you use, and did you have to do anything special? My GeCube X800pro refuses to work properly...

 

[Sled Dog]

OK, I've figured out my former question on my own, but thanks anyway... but still one really simple question...

When getting the new BIOS, does it matter what brand the BIOS is? For example, if I had a Sapphire x800 Pro VIVO, would it matter if I used an ASUS XT PE BIOS, or Powercolor XT PE BIOS, or HIS XT PE BIOS??? Just wondering this because their is no Sapphire x800 XT PE BIOS for PCI-e.

Thanks... just a "yes" or a "no" will do.

 

[Bruno_Ratnieks]

Msi Vivo Pro Vtd .. duh

Hey guys,
ive read all the forums but i couldnt find people modding this board,
MSI VIVO PRO 256 VTD.

Following this steps,
Clean all drivers uninstalling and using driverclean
flash the bios with success (ive tried x800pro16.bin, gigabytex800xt.bin, atix800xt.bin) with success.
I restart the box.
Windows boot up in vga mode, then it ask for drivers (X800 XT Platinum Edition).. then ask for reboot
So I reboot, and during the boot process, on the windows logon, with good resolution (Win 2k SP4), the monitor turns off (led blinking), and the system hang..

The specs of the board: MSI RX800Pro 256-VTD, has the yellow connector and 1.6 ns Samsung memory.
Note: After the flash, in windows with standard VGA driver, ive look at AtiTOOL, shown the XT clocks (520/560) but in the pipelines shown 0 (zero).. this is show after the drivers are loaded only?

I rollback the bios flash to the backup, x800orig.bin and windows boot up again..

If YOU! can help me reply this thread or contact me by email/msn..

Email: sniffer@sniffer.net
MSN: brulacerda@hotmail.com

thanks,
Bruno Ratnieks

 

[Unregistered]

HI. I AM COMPLETLY NOOB wen it comes to most OCing. I am planning on building my own pc soon and im thinkin x800 pro vivo is the way to go. But seeing as i am noob i was wondering how hard it is to do this. How much experience i need. Is all i do to do with bios cuz on another forum at another site ppl said i had to souter stuff and be good with electrical stuff. Also what is "flashing" and "flashrom". Last thing, do i need the PSU watts of the x800 xt or can i have x800 pro's

 

[gR3iF]

buy a pcie x800xt

 

[Urlyin]

Hey guys,
ive read all the forums but i couldnt find people modding this board,
MSI VIVO PRO 256 VTD.

Following this steps,
Clean all drivers uninstalling and using driverclean
flash the bios with success (ive tried x800pro16.bin, gigabytex800xt.bin, atix800xt.bin) with success.
I restart the box.
Windows boot up in vga mode, then it ask for drivers (X800 XT Platinum Edition).. then ask for reboot
So I reboot, and during the boot process, on the windows logon, with good resolution (Win 2k SP4), the monitor turns off (led blinking), and the system hang..

The specs of the board: MSI RX800Pro 256-VTD, has the yellow connector and 1.6 ns Samsung memory.
Note: After the flash, in windows with standard VGA driver, ive look at AtiTOOL, shown the XT clocks (520/560) but in the pipelines shown 0 (zero).. this is show after the drivers are loaded only?

I rollback the bios flash to the backup, x800orig.bin and windows boot up again..

If YOU! can help me reply this thread or contact me by email/msn..

Email: sniffer@sniffer.net
MSN: brulacerda@hotmail.com

thanks,
Bruno Ratnieks

Bruno ... if's it a PCI-E card then it's more than likely has the lazer cut ... which means you'll not be able to open the pipes with a flash ..

 

[Dyno]

Hey guys can this crad be modded to 16 pipes?
Sapphire X800Pro Toxic 256MDDR AGP8X VIVO

The reason i ask is because it has other features that normal X800Pro's dont have.
If it will work should i use the ATI XTPE bios or Sapphire XTPE bios?

Developed for the enthusiast, Sapphire believes in empowering our family of hardcore tweak addicts by including a built-in calculated performance enhancements with the inclusion of the A.P.E. , TMR and Lethal Cooling technologies . The Automated Performance Enhancement (A.P.E.) allows for the optional increase of memory clock speed to pre-tested levels while maintaining the hardware's health.

Thanks for any help

 

[Urlyin]

Hey guys can this crad be modded to 16 pipes?
Sapphire X800Pro Toxic 256MDDR AGP8X VIVO

The reason i ask is because it has other features that normal X800Pro's dont have.
If it will work should i use the ATI XTPE bios or Sapphire XTPE bios?



Thanks for any help

Dyno... Most if not all of the AGP VIVO flashed to XT or XTPE .... I'd go with the ATI first but generally the mem settings are the main difference between the BIOS ... you may have to try more than one to find the one that works best for you card ... If you read through some of the threads there are post from members using BIOS editors that go more into the BIOS settings

 

[Azrael_NZ]

My AGP ViVo still refuses to go right, even though another guy bought the exact same card, and his goes fine....

 

[delas52]

whaT are my chances of getting a non lazer cut saphire x800pro vivo from newegg?? PCI.E.

 

[PCI-E Sadness]

Hi all,

I have tried and re-tried multiple bioses and hardmod attempts on my PCI-E X800Pro VIVO(Sapphire, was laser cut). I cannot get 16P. Has anyone got 16P on their PCI-E cards?

Have I spent the last 2 days trying for nothing?

Would love to hear people's experience with PCI-E!

 

[Dyno]

Succesfully flashed Sapphire Toxic X800 Pro to XT PE
Used sapphire bios and it works perfectly.

Very happy chap at the moment, so thanks W1zzard for the excellent guide

 

[SilentEcho]

I have been trying this I have the HIS x800 pro VIVO. I did everything right did driver cleaner, but when it reboots it doesnt automatically installs it says it cant find it, than I cancel that one and the next one pops up and installs the pro. I checked with ATITool and still have 12pipelines but with the high default clocks. Can anyone help me out on this?

 

[Unregistered (Help!)]

X800 pro with empty bios

i did the flash and then tried to turn it back using empty bios and then put on the old bios like it said and it came up with an error, rebooted the pc and then it didn't recognise my graphics card

 

[celloman]

Thank you guys for good instructions. I got my connect3d x800 pro VIVO agp card modified by using the ATI x800pro vivo 16p -bios. Now everything works great and faster than before, but the noise from the fan almost vanished after the flash. To get both less noise and more pipes is fantastic, but i was just wondering whether the fan speed is meant to be this slow. Connect3d uses the default x800 fan, so shouldn't the fan rpm:s be same with both connect3d and ati bios?

 

[djbbenn]

i did the flash and then tried to turn it back using empty bios and then put on the old bios like it said and it came up with an error, rebooted the pc and then it didn't recognise my graphics card

Don't ever restart after doing the empty flash and then the other not working. Your probably going to need to do a blind flash or if you have a pci video card, you can set that up and see what your doing. Go here and read the article down the bottem on how to recover form a bad flash.

-Dan

 

[Unregistered]

Just to say thankz for all the help that i got from the guide at the beggining of this thread, was really helpfull. I managed to flash my Connect3D X800 Pro VIVO to a XT PE. Not running at XT speeds tho as i prefere to run at pro stock speeds. Had a bit of bad expierence with the 9800 Pro flashed to a 9800 XT. The card just gave up eventually after a year running at XT speed. I just wanted to unlock the pipelines on the x800 pro, which unlocked first time with no problems. Also got the ATI silencer 4 and it works a treat.. current temp is 38C. On full load it goes to about 55C. I think thats pretty cool. Anywayz thankz all!!

 

[w167akm]

Flashed as described....ERRORS !!

Hiya,
I just flashed my X800 PRO VIVO and have got bad picture: *Attached.

Have tried going back, but still same. (*still got 16 pipes enabled)
Have wiped and reinstalled: Catalyst 5.3 5.5 5.7. same
Have tried latest MB Bios. same
Have tried different GPU Bios'. same (saphire x800pro/x800xt/x800xtpe connect3D x800xtpe)
Have wiped+reinstalled Battlefield 2. same

I'm guessing I have faulty Extra pipelines.
all other games purfect. I cant get back to only 12 pipes. Accidently wiped Original backup bios.
Can you please help?
Does any1 have original Connect3D x800provivo Agp Bios?
Does any1 know how to restore original 12pipes?
Thanx All....Michal

 

[djbbenn]

Did you use the modified flashrom to go back to 12p?

-Dan

 

[w167akm]

Still Got Problem

YES / NO !!!

Yes got back to 12 pipes........
No, still got graphics problems????

1 Does any1 have any suggestions why I could have this graphics problem?
Even now that I have gone back to original Bios I am still having problems.

2 Do you think this rules out Bios issues ? and leaves me with hardware problem?
3 Is it possibly software? as it only happens in Battlefield 2.


Thanx Michal..................... :..(

 

[armzilla]

quax

Long time reader, first time poster

I am out of luck! I cannot find Sapphire's X800 XT PE for pci express. I have the X800 pro vivo by sappire. I am reluctant to use the ati bios in fear of creating paperweight. Please recommend a course of action.

thanks,
arm