X800 Pro VIVO to XT PE Bios Mod

[Gregor]

I have managed to modded it to 16 pipes few days ago.
Tnx dolf anyway.

 

[DarkTrooper]

Connect3D X850Pro AGP VIVO

Hi, I got my Connect3D X850Pro AGP VIVO, it is the 2.0ns Version of the board... even with no oc it is very hot, around 69°/48° I can go to 530/530 and have 70°/49°. Seems quite for the default value. Is there a way to see if it is none the less modable to 16 pipes without removing the cooler ?

Greetz

Marc

 

[privateer0506]

x850 pro to X850xt

Success...Used XT AGP bios and forced using modded flashrom.
laser cut on board, reached 519.5/540 x 16 pipes card running at 35C / 36C with Arctic Cooling ATI 5 fan... running straight for 16 hrs no artifacts, etc. Varied loads and games.

How hot can I let the temp get?
I ran it at 540/590 temps went up to 55C/63C is that OK? Usually leave the PC on all the time and don't want to fry card.

Thanks

 

[zOaib]

Success...Used XT AGP bios and forced using modded flashrom.
laser cut on board, reached 519.5/540 x 16 pipes card running at 35C / 36C with Arctic Cooling ATI 5 fan... running straight for 16 hrs no artifacts, etc. Varied loads and games.

How hot can I let the temp get?
I ran it at 540/590 temps went up to 55C/63C is that OK? Usually leave the PC on all the time and don't want to fry card.

Thanks

under 70 is decent !

 

[Attila]

Mod question.

First of all I have to congratulate W1zard on a very well written article. Very concise and easy to follow. I successfully followed the instructions and was able to flash my card to enable all 16 pipelines. The only thing is my system (or the card perhaps) seems to have trouble with the new core and memory speed which are 520/560 as opposed to the Pro version which is 475/450. When I keep it at the 520/560 speed my games (and the desktop of my computer) seem to alternate in Refresh rates so that the desktop or the game screen size changes to beyond the viewable area and then eventually freezes. Through experimentation and running ATI Tool I have determined that setting the speeds at 490/475 seems to allow my system to be stable and instead I installed the X800 Pro VIVO 16P version of the bios.

My question is, why can I not run my card at those higher core and memory speed settings? Is it because the voltage needs to be increased to the card somehow through the BIOS settings? My card is an HIS Excalibur X800 PRO VIVO card with the Ice QII cooling technology. I have an Athlon FX 3500 Newcastle processor slightly overclocked running at 2.4 G with 2 GB of OCZ EL Platinum low latency Ram.

 

[Storm_Uk]

Hi people, i am getting a MSI X800 Pro VIVO from ebuyer. Just wondered if anybody has had success with this card? I know my friend had a Connect 3D Vivo which he flashed to a XTPE and he said all went fine but then after a few weeks the card just crashed once and then when he rebooted there were a lot of curruption and big white blocks on screen. He said that he tried to flash back to original bios and that didn't work. So he had to RMA it. Anyone experianced this before? Any advice would be great thankz.

 

[sniviler]

Hi people, i am getting a MSI X800 Pro VIVO from ebuyer. Just wondered if anybody has had success with this card? I know my friend had a Connect 3D Vivo which he flashed to a XTPE and he said all went fine but then after a few weeks the card just crashed once and then when he rebooted there were a lot of curruption and big white blocks on screen. He said that he tried to flash back to original bios and that didn't work. So he had to RMA it. Anyone experianced this before? Any advice would be great thankz.

probably got to hot once to often and fired something

 

[Storm_Uk]

probably got to hot once to often and fired something

Not the case as he had an ATI Silencer 4 fixed to it and it never went above 57 degrees. His computer is one of the coolest ive seen so i doubt it was that.

 

[Star]

hey i have a Connect3D x800GTO and was sucessful in using a modded x800GTO bios to unlock it to 16p. I'd like it to display x800XT or x800XT PE in windows, but i don't see a XT or XT PE version in the bios collection for PCI-E. will the AGP version of the bios work? it has the same specs. also are each manufacturer's bios different? (i guess they are since there is a need for many different BIOS') would for example, a saphire x800 XT PE bios work on my card?

 

[BlackPearl]

You might want to use one of the bios for 2.0 ns Samsung memory - perhaps the Powercolor X800XT PCIe/Samsung 2.0 bios? I haven't used it personally because I just use ATITool to set any speed I want with the modified C3D 16p bios, but some users of this card have reported success.

 

[flapjack]

Hey everyone. This is quite the thread. I've read about the last 20 pages and am still stuck on a decision.

Basically, I can get an ATI retail boxed X850 Pro for $260 shipped, plus a $30 rebate for a total price of $230. This is after a $15 dollar off coupon I have at Buy.com.

Here's the link

I would love to flash it using the instructions in the first post, but I'm a little hesitant after reading about all these problems.

Can anyone even at least take a shot what my chances are of success? Based on the fact that it's an ATI card, would my chances be better or worse?

 

[JLBENEDICT]

hey i have a Connect3D x800GTO and was sucessful in using a modded x800GTO bios to unlock it to 16p. I'd like it to display x800XT or x800XT PE in windows, but i don't see a XT or XT PE version in the bios collection for PCI-E. will the AGP version of the bios work? it has the same specs. also are each manufacturer's bios different? (i guess they are since there is a need for many different BIOS') would for example, a saphire x800 XT PE bios work on my card?

If you are not sure which BIOS to use, try what I have done.
Since you are successful in using the unlocked 16 pipe BIOS, do a BIOS dump.
Use RaBiT and edit this BIOS; edit the "Device ID" and change it to 5D57.
Now save it, and reflash your video BIOS with this. Turn off your system, and turn it back on.. Windows will now detect a new VGA adapter on bootup.. and of course, it will now be an X800XT.

 

[bobyjo]

Hey everyone. This is quite the thread. I've read about the last 20 pages and am still stuck on a decision.

Basically, I can get an ATI retail boxed X850 Pro for $260 shipped, plus a $30 rebate for a total price of $230. This is after a $15 dollar off coupon I have at Buy.com.

Here's the link

I would love to flash it using the instructions in the first post, but I'm a little hesitant after reading about all these problems.

Can anyone even at least take a shot what my chances are of success? Based on the fact that it's an ATI card, would my chances be better or worse?

If you are interested in purchasing a lower end card and flashing to the upper end card.
You would do better to go with a X800 Pro VIVO, or a X800 XT card.
This card will flash to the X800 XT pe version and virtually no problems.

 

[flapjack]

If you are interested in purchasing a lower end card and flashing to the upper end card.
You would do better to go with a X800 Pro VIVO, or a X800 XT card.
This card will flash to the X800 XT pe version and virtually no problems.

Actually, I'm not interested in the X800's at all. If that were the case, I'd probably go with a 6800 GT and mod that.

I would like to mod the X850 Pro into an X850 XT PE. The deal in the link I sent was pretty good. $230 for the Pro is not bad at all. Even better if I can get it to XT PE speeds.

Do the ATI cards have low success rates nowadays? Or just the 850's in general?

 

[zOaib]

Actually, I'm not interested in the X800's at all. If that were the case, I'd probably go with a 6800 GT and mod that.

I would like to mod the X850 Pro into an X850 XT PE. The deal in the link I sent was pretty good. $230 for the Pro is not bad at all. Even better if I can get it to XT PE speeds.

Do the ATI cards have low success rates nowadays? Or just the 850's in general?

all the ati x850 pro's even vivo are laser cut , cannot be modded ! i think the asus x850 pro isnt , and also if u can get your hands on a x800 gto2 , which actually has a 480 chip on it , can be successfully moded to an x850 xt pe 16p

 

[flapjack]

all the ati x850 pro's even vivo are laser cut , cannot be modded ! i think the asus x850 pro isnt , and also if u can get your hands on a x800 gto2 , which actually has a 480 chip on it , can be successfully moded to an x850 xt pe 16p

Are we talking about even the AGP cards?? If so, this is a bummer.

 

[sniviler]

The BBATi x850pro vivo can be unlucked, did 3 in the last 2 months

 

[flapjack]

What card is that? I tried every price search engine and couldn't find it.

I also tried "BBA x850"

 

[sniviler]

What card is that? I tried every price search engine and couldn't find it.

I also tried "BBA x850"

BBA = BUILT BY ATI

Like this http://www.allstarshop.com/shop/product.asp?pid=12650&sid=QDX22S12LVAK9H0SXE6A8GW5K1594H60

 

[flapjack]

BBA = BUILT BY ATI

Like this http://www.allstarshop.com/shop/product.asp?pid=12650&sid=QDX22S12LVAK9H0SXE6A8GW5K1594H60

No wonder I couldn't find it! Now what I find to be weird, is others are saying ATI has modified the card to not allow unlocking. Read the last few posts where someone is telling me ATI has "caught on".

http://www.rage3d.com/board/showthread.php?p=1334013458#post1334013458

 

[flapjack]

Man, now you got me wondering what my chances of unlocking this bizatch are. CompUSA has it this week for $250, no rebate. The only problem is it doesn't have VIVO. Does that make it unmoddable?

http://compusa.shoplocal.com/compus...le&storeid=2402193&rapid=198589&pagenumber=15

Even sweeter is that I have a $100 gift card to use there.

 

[sniviler]

Man, now you got me wondering what my chances of unlocking this bizatch are. CompUSA has it this week for $250, no rebate. The only problem is it doesn't have VIVO. Does that make it unmoddable?

http://compusa.shoplocal.com/compus...le&storeid=2402193&rapid=198589&pagenumber=15

Even sweeter is that I have a $100 gift card to use there.

All BBA X850 agp PRO's have vivo, if you read the side of the box. If they have a yellow connector on the card, they have vIvo.

 

[flapjack]

Ahhh, ok. I was looking at the outside of the card on the slot plate.

So that one I posted a link to at CompUSA can possibly unlock.... what are the chances? You say you've done 3 in the last two months? Do you build computers for people or just host LAN parties?

Also, how did you unlock? Did you flash, or use software. If you used software, please post what type. Details man... DETAILS! I'm getting excited. I think I'll get one tomorrow.

I'll be bummed if it doesn't unlock, though....

 

[sniviler]

read here http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=5103

yes i build computers and host party's

 

[flapjack]

Do you have a good BIOS that works well for this card?

I just want the XT PE BIOS with the stock Pro speeds. From there, I can soft OC to find it's sweet spot, do a BIOS dump with ATI Tools, edit the ROM with RABit, and reflash, right?

Running an XT PE BIOS at 500/500 for a while should give me time to order and install a ATI Silencer, too. Is it worth trying to find the Silencer 5, or is the 4 enough?