X800 Pro VIVO to XT PE Bios Mod

[bobyjo]

You do not have to pay a restocking fee, if you return the component for exchange or repair.
I never have anyway. I have bought a bunch of stuff from them.

 

[opp]

Help!!!

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

Hope I didn't fry my card, but I have a HIS Excalibur X800Pro VIVO (256 MB GDDR3) IceQ II video card running on an Asus A7N8X motherboard. I didn't get any errors when I flashed it to the ati x800pro 16p rom. But now it doesn't get past POST, it just stays at a blank screen. I have a PCI video card and I can boot off the floppy to DOS successfully but only when I have the X800 Pro taken out, so it doesn't seem I'll be able to do the "blind" flash to restore to it's original rom. I have put the BIOS setting to choose the PCI to boot up and I've confirmed that it's not laser cut.

Am I SOL? Tried to get the extra pipelines to improve my rig's performance for Quake 4... Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, O.

 

[zOaib]

im pretty sad...the refurb card i received from newegg was DOA and now i have to pay a $30 restocking fee, AND shipping. argh..anyone see any good deals on x800pro vivo AGP version? :shadedshu

newegg still carries the asusx800 pro vivio for agp should have gotten that only 230 dollars and it easily modded to a xt pe 16p card .........

 

[NoObStIcK]

Hay guys, recently I want to update my 9800pro to x800xl, after seening this thread, it makes me want to buy a x800pro vivo!

I lived in NZ and the cheapest x800pro vivo I can find is a Gecube x800pro vivo agp with 1.6ns ram, I am just wondering if any of you guys got this card and bios mod it successfully?

And does this Bios Mod 100% works? Cos I never Bios mod before so for me it is going to be a challenge and if not, then I think it would be better to buy a x800xl then x800pro (Sine xl got better performance than pro)

 

[zOaib]

Hay guys, recently I want to update my 9800pro to x800xl, after seening this thread, it makes me want to buy a x800pro vivo!

I lived in NZ and the cheapest x800pro vivo I can find is a Gecube x800pro vivo agp with 1.6ns ram, I am just wondering if any of you guys got this card and bios mod it successfully?

And does this Bios Mod 100% works? Cos I never Bios mod before so for me it is going to be a challenge and if not, then I think it would be better to buy a x800xl then x800pro (Sine xl got better performance than pro)

my friend got a gecube x800 pro vivio and moded it succesfully by using the ati xt pe bios , but he did have to get the ATI SILENCER COOLER 4 , and replace the stock fan .

 

[Boox]

First: Thanx to W1zzard for this great tutorial! Or how we say in Germany: Geil, super Arbeit
(literal translation: horny, good work)

I've got a MSI X850 Pro-ViVo (AGP)...but I'm undecided to upgrade, because I didn't read in this thread (great rhyme ) anything about a MSI-card and a few about AGP-cards...okay, I just read only about 15-20 pages, not 71

Which BIOS should I use? I would prefer one of these:
ATI X850 XT PE (AGP) 256 MB
ATI X850 XT (AGP) 256 MB

Is that the right choice?

[Sorry about my english ]

 

[PhAnToM]

I flashed mine with the XT bios because the XT PE bios was giving me a lot of trouble and issues. I just overclocked it manually :\. @ 555 core, 585 mem w/ Zalman

 

[Boox]

Ah, okay...thanks

I think, I'll try it

 

[Vrgn86]

Hello, Boox, Here is a dump of my current bios. It is a built by ATI AGP x850Pro.
I used atiflash for flashing, this bios is set to xt speeds and xt timmings with the full 16 pipes
and full control of the fan!

 

[ericlikeseatin]

does anyone have an automated flash utility via a CD ISO for the x850pro?

 

[bobyjo]

If you have a burner and software that will burn disks.
You can make a bootable disk.
Copy the files you need to the disk.
Set your bios to boot from the CDr and boot up.
Then flash the bios the same as if you had a floppy disk.

 

[sniviler]

I used the info and files on this site very simple http://www.nu2.nu/bootcd/

 

[Carterhawk]

Fan Death

if i try to flash my card to X850XT or XTPE the fan stops running. oh it will start, for a few seconds, but when the card is done initializing and hte POST starts, the fan dies off. if i stay at the original bios it runs fine. is there a way to make it go full throttle from windows or by editing the bios info?

the card says its a built-by ATI VIVO X850 Pro. i dunno if ATI ever made any vivo's themselves, no one ever mentions it here.

Any thoughts? would getting a zalman or arctic cooling heatsink/fan be my best solution?

the card will run, and boot to windows, but no fan, and any 3d at all, even the car in teh CCC window, will crash it within a minute or 2.

 

[sniviler]

Carterhawk, 1st off did you get 16pipes ? after you can confirm you have 16 just flash back to your original bios using the modded flashrom and regain fan crontrol and keep your 16pipes.

are you using atitools to manualy set the fan ?

CCC is Crap, uninstall it and use the old CP or try ATi tray tools

 

[Carterhawk]

yeah it looks like the 16 pipes are active. but i would like to get the clocks up higher.

 

[sniviler]

yeah it looks like the 16 pipes are active. but i would like to get the clocks up higher.

just use atitools to overclock

 

[Carterhawk]

just use atitools to overclock

just drage the sliders up?

 

[sniviler]

go little at a time and check for artifacts

 

[Carterhawk]

i already did the find max, my card will handle 530/570 just fine i think

 

[Vrgn86]

ATTN: Carterhawk

You can use the bios I posted a few pages back!!
The bios is x850pro with XT speeds and Timings,XT Device ID
AND with FULL DYNAMIC FAN CONTROL.

 

[Boox]

@Vrgn86: Wow, thank you
I think I'll try your BIOS...and i it's not working, i can flash my old one back?

 

[Boox]

I've got another question: How can I find out, which latency my ram has?
The chips are covered with a plate and I don't want to unplug it

 

[Vrgn86]

I've got another question: How can I find out, which latency my ram has?
The chips are covered with a plate and I don't want to unplug it

Only way to know is to look, Yes you can reflash with original if you need.
Like I said this bios is my current, it is an BBA x850pro,16 pipes,xt speeds, xt deviceID.
And dynamic fan control.

 

[Carterhawk]

1. How did you manage dynamic fan control?
2. How do i use the svideo in on my VideoIn/VideoOut device?

 

[Vrgn86]

I use AtiTool for my fan control.
The cables supplied with the card will let you use those features.
The cables are marked for in and out.