X800 Pro VIVO to XT PE Bios Mod

[Tawton_Pro.uk]

Yes im gettin a x800pro agp vivo djbbenn for 170£ (English Pounds)

 

[dolf]

Great, AGP yessssssssss you probably will have XT PE easy. Just for our information could you please run ATItool, press "settings" button and "shift" and show us what do to have about fuses (bottom of the window .

 

[djbbenn]

Yes im gettin a x800pro agp vivo djbbenn for 170£ (English Pounds)

Nice, you can mod it to a X800XTPE. Just hope you don't have defective pipes.

-Dan

 

[BigD6997]

now that i made a copy of the bios on my card, how do i get the video bios onto my usb flash drive when i type in the mbtk and all that stuff into my comand prompt it doesnt recongnise it

 

[Unregistered]

hiho.. i flashed my bios of the x800pro iceq II and now the computer wont start.

i found some good ideas on the internet for reflashing the backup, the blind flash i cannot do, cause the computer dont start up with the x800 card in.

now i get a pci video card to boot up from them and reflash the x800 in dos. now the problem:

i cannot go to dos when i`ve both cards in... the first init thing in bios is set to pci but the computer doesn't really start up, i see a little bit of the start screen but the bios beep from the motherboard dont comes.

whats the problem? do i have to change some more settings in the bios!?

thx 4 help.. and sorry for my bad english -> swiss ;-)

 

[djbbenn]

Try taking the AGP card out and boot with the just the PCI card. Then put the AGP card back in. It works for some people.

-Dan

 

[Unregistered]

i tried this but nothing happens...

or do you mean to plug in the card while the pc's running?

 

[djbbenn]

No don't put the AGP card in while its running, it could damage something. Althought someone did that once and it caused the card to be reconised, but it was a different situation than yours.

When you say the computer doesn't start up, do you mean it doesn't boot at all, or just no screen?

-Dan

 

[Unregistered]

the computer don't start... in one computer i see the bios screen but only the cpu clock and ram then nothing goes on.
at once i started the bios screen comes full and before the system goes to the disk to boot it comes black and on the left upper side appears a blinking " _ " and nothing goes on.. but this don't happen again-

i just test the option that the bios continue if an error appears.. but the same thing

in the other computer the screens black and nothing beeps.

 

[djbbenn]

Hmm, not good. So will it boot with no PCI card, like just the X800? I know you said its a black screen, but if you have the floppy in the drive it might just boot. Sorry i'm not much help, but theres not much you can do but just keep trying different combinations.

-Dan

 

[Unregistered]

the pc boots up when i've only the pci card in..!! no problems, and also when i put my old 9600xt card in the agp slot (without the pci) it works.. so the problem must be on the x800 card.

the dos startdisk works, i testet it with the pci card in (without the x800).

 

[djbbenn]

I remember when a guy had a problem...the guy I mentioned before. Now that I got a better understanding for your problem, his seems very simular. What he did was stick the AGP card into the slot when the computer was on...that was at boot I believe. He did it, cause the card wasn't working at all, so he said might aswell try, cause theres nothing to loose. It worked too, the card was reconised and he did the flash with the PCI card. I still don't recommend doing it, but if you feel your at a point where you might aswell try, well try. But I would use that as a last resort, cause it could damge the card more than it is, or the main board. I know thats not much help...

-Dan

 

[Unregistered 1]

How can I tell what speed memory I have?

I just got my card back from RMA today and find that it is a completely new card. The serial and part numbers don't match up to what I did have when it was sent. I knew my old memory was the 1.6 memory but how can I tell what this new memory is? I took these numbers off the chips

Samsung 422
K4J55323QF - GC16
AWD236PAS

Now I am not positive the Q is a Q or an O It is pretty hard to tell even under magnification.

 

[djbbenn]

Its 1.6ns... GC16 stands for 1.6.

-Dan

 

[Unregistered]

no problem.. im very happy about your help..!

hmm its very weird.. now im on the 3rd and last computer in our house ;-)
now i know that i can start windows when i put first the 9600xt in and boot, shut down... put the x800 and the pci in and then i can start windows.. but not dos -> then appear the blinking " _ " in the edge..

now i make the dos bootdisk new and test it again.. if i have the pci card not in, i can flash blind, the dos starts.. but there comes a error (i hear it on the speaker) but i cannot see whats the error is, i want to save the bios again in a file (blind) and then i looked in windows to find the generated file, but the file isnt here.. i think the computer cannot see the x800 and make no backup.

now i try it with the new dos startup disk and post again hope im lucky

 

[djbbenn]

What are you typing to flash the bios to the card?

-Dan

 

[Cally]

Need some help.

Its 1.6ns... GC16 stands for 1.6.

-Dan

Good to know thank you.

Now I have never flashed a video card bios before and am a bit nervous about doing it. I have flashed the MB bios once and that went ok. I downloaded the xt bios and the modified flashrom program. So I am guessing I copy the modified flashrom program to a floppy along with the xt bios and boot up the computer? Do I need to make a bootup disc on the same floppy? Does it make any difference what I rename the new bios?
I apologize if these questions had been asked before. I did read through the forums posts and didn't find all the information about this to feel comfortable. I sure hate to screw up a brand new card if I do this wrong.

 

[Unregistered]

so i've tested it again with the new bootdisk.. no succsess.. :-( i think i fucked up the card, but dont know how.

tomorrow i will contact the online shop where i buyed it and maybe they make it free, and if not, i pay something.. i think this is cheaper than a new card.

thx for your help!! and i've you have a idea again, write it, i will try

greez nicus

 

[Unregistered]

ah.. this i write to flash:

flashrom -p -f 0 old.bin

and to save

flashrom -s 0 save.bin

greez nicus

 

[Unregistered]

I tried to modify my powercolor x850 pro vivo PCIE with 3 different bios' Still not luck, it can handle the extra speed for about 30 mins then I have to underclock it. What a damn shame no one pays attention to the x850 series. Guess ill stick to my crudy 12 pipelines

 

[Zoors]

I would advise against using the 9800 Pro solution with your X800Pro, as it will likely not be effective enough, especially when overclocking, that's if your able to fit it atall.

Hey folks,

I just took off the stock fan from my X800PRO (flashed to sapphire XTPE) and guess what?

It cooled off the card pretty ok! To do a quick compare...

Running a BF2 Session, before and after, I came upp with the following:
(I have another post where I compare the PRO default clocks and the ATITool 3D screeen)


Battlefield2 peak temperatures GPU/GPU Environment during a looong session.
=========================================================

Fan...........................Clocks.............................................Temps

Stock PRO..................Earlier Profile "Stable" = 500/540......73.4 / 47

VGA Silencer..............The XTPE Profile = 520/560................60 / 48
(for 9800)



Interestin, huh?
Did the 9800 Arctic Cooling "VGA silencer" fit? Yes.

But... The fan goes opposite direction, sucking outside cool air into the GPU and further into the PC.
Tryed to swap polarities, but then fan didnt wanna move.
And fan speed is on max all times. (Like I allways had on the 9800)
The fan contact did fit even as it was not 3 but 2 pin. Just check the colors and press it in.
So... the PC oughta be hotter inside, you might say. Nope. Idle temp are still 26 for the mobo.

So I prooved it work. But I will anyway buy the ATI Silencer soon as possible. But, hey, no rush! =)

 

[Unregistered]

Hey folks,

I just took off the stock fan from my X800PRO (flashed to sapphire XTPE) and guess what?

It cooled off the card pretty ok! To do a quick compare...

Running a BF2 Session, before and after, I came upp with the following:
(I have another post where I compare the PRO default clocks and the ATITool 3D screeen)


Battlefield2 peak temperatures GPU/GPU Environment during a looong session.
=========================================================

Fan...........................Clocks.............................................Temps

Stock PRO..................Earlier Profile "Stable" = 500/540......73.4 / 47

VGA Silencer..............The XTPE Profile = 520/560................60 / 48
(for 9800)



Interestin, huh?
Did the 9800 Arctic Cooling "VGA silencer" fit? Yes.

But... The fan goes opposite direction, sucking outside cool air into the GPU and further into the PC.
Tryed to swap polarities, but then fan didnt wanna move.
And fan speed is on max all times. (Like I allways had on the 9800)
The fan contact did fit even as it was not 3 but 2 pin. Just check the colors and press it in.
So... the PC oughta be hotter inside, you might say. Nope. Idle temp are still 26 for the mobo.

So I prooved it work. But I will anyway buy the ATI Silencer soon as possible. But, hey, no rush! =)

Not having great luck with the longevity of the AC coolers I am buying the Zalman VF 700 CU next week. I have had 2 AC silencers "wear" out on me. One started making noise upon bootup and the other just plain got too noisy and finally quit running. I thought this time out I would try a different approach to cooliing. The cost is aobut the same for either product.

 

[Cally]

need some specific help

Before I get myself into trouble I need to know if I only put the flashrom and the new bios on the floppy or do I need some other files for dos?

Is the flashrom program specific enough in its running so I will know what to type and when to type it?

Does it matter what I rename the new bios file to before I copy it onto the floppy?

Should I use the modified Flashrom or the ATI one?

 

[djbbenn]

You need to make the disk bootable. After that just put the bios, and the flashrom on the disk. You have to rename the bios fiel to 8 letters or less. So call it it "newbios.bin" for example. Use the modified flashrom, the ATI one preserves pipes settings so it wont enable the extra pipes. Make sure you save the orginal bios.

-Dan

 

[bobyjo]

IMO::I recommend that you use "ATIFLASH", I have never used Flashrom so I can't say anything about it.

If you use atiflash this would get the flash done. Copy atiflash and the bios you want to use to a floppy disk. Be sure this is a boot disk. Does not matter what OS it boots to, as long s it is pure dos.

Boot on the disk,

type atiflash -p 0 -r bios file
atiflash -i copies your original bios to the floppy disk.

where I typed bios file, you would use the dir command and write down the exact dos name of the new bios. Then type that name in there. IE::X800XT_040624.bin just for example. All bios files differ in thier exact name.

I know nothing about any pipes etc. So if you have issues with the pipes. I can't help you there.