How to flash videocard bios

Sir.Smoke.Alot · 07-February-06, 08:44 PM

Any one know how or know where i can find out how to flash my videocard bios ?? also, i dont have a floppy drive..so can i still flash my videocard bios ?

Jobistober · 07-February-06, 09:10 PM

Check out this tut on flashing your bios HERE:

You can also find a bios to flash to here--->BIOS Files

Sir.Smoke.Alot · 07-February-06, 09:44 PM

ok cool, my card is made by power color...will a ATI bios be fine ?...nver mind i found the bios i need

but can i not save it to a floppy ? if i have it saved on my desktop can i not open it from there?

Ator · 07-February-06, 09:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sir.Smoke.Alot


	ok cool, my card is made by power color...will a ATI bios be fine ?...nver mind i found the bios i need but can i not save it to a floppy ? if i have it saved on my desktop can i not open it from there?

If it's a Windows-based flasher (like ATIWinflash), you can save and open it from anywhere. I used that program for flashing my X1800XT to the "PE" version.

Sir.Smoke.Alot · 07-February-06, 10:03 PM

i cant find atiwinflash but i found EZwinFlash....same thing ? if not can you send a link where to download atiwinflash ??

Also, if i hvae a x700 by Power color, can i flash it with a ATI x700 xt ?? ...or will that make it go haywire.

Jobistober · 07-February-06, 10:15 PM

What, do you not have a floppy drive?

Ya know, if you don't have a floppy, I'm not sure if you can flash your bios. You might be able to run it through DOS from your desktop, but you'll also need the flashing utility located on your desktop as well. However, I'm not so sure that will work.

edit- Oops, Ator beat me too it... and with better advice at that

And you can flash your card to an X700XT as long as the card, in it's current state, can handle the clock speeds of a stock X700XT.

Sir.Smoke.Alot · 07-February-06, 10:28 PM

yea they are....cool, im gana give this a try tomorrow morning, im pretty sleepy right now. But hey ator can you please link up ATIwinflash i cant find it

.....also i just noticed that the X700 XT has gddr3 memory, i am using gddr2, will this matter?

Jobistober · 07-February-06, 10:37 PM

I found it for you. You can download it HERE. Scroll down and find ATiwinflash and click it to download.

Sir.Smoke.Alot · 07-February-06, 10:45 PM

Hmm, i extracted and ran ATIwinflash
and it gave me a error. utility does not support graphic device, BIos sturcture maybe slightly different,......do i have to do somthing with the bios that i downloaded ??

Jobistober · 07-February-06, 10:48 PM

what bios are you trying to flash with?

Sir.Smoke.Alot · 08-February-06, 09:03 AM

The core im tring to flash is the ATI RV410, its the core for the whole x700 series, but the X700 XT use's gddr3 as apose to my card using gddr2, will this make a difference ? and why do i get this crazy error from ATIwinflash ?

Jobistober · 08-February-06, 10:22 AM

I know what the core was, but what BIOS? If you have a sapphire card, make sure you're using a saphhire BIOS. And I don't know why you're getting that error message. Maybe Ator can help you there. Sorry

Sir.Smoke.Alot · 08-February-06, 10:40 AM

Im not sure what bios i have right now...im guessing the Power Color X700 bios with 256mb ? its the bios that came on the card.

Jobistober · 08-February-06, 10:45 AM

Then make sure you get another PowerColor bios to flash to. (i.e. PowerColor X700Pro/XT 256Mb BIOS)

edit- ad you have to match the ram chips too. if you car has samsunbg chips, for example, then you need a bios that also features those chips.

Sir.Smoke.Alot · 08-February-06, 10:53 AM

The PowerColor x700 is Unknown memory, and the ATI x700 XT use's samsung, so i guess that wont work.

edit- If any one knows why i am getting this error from ATIwinflash. please let me know

Jobistober · 08-February-06, 12:33 PM

Flash to another PowerColor BIOS then. Maybe that's why you're getting an error because the BIOS images aren't matching up. Try the "PowerColor X700Pro 256" BIOS.

Sir.Smoke.Alot · 08-February-06, 12:56 PM

Ok, i ll try it, but i curently have the downloaded bios on my desktop....is that ok ? or do i have to put it in the folder with ATIwinflash ?

Ator · 08-February-06, 02:00 PM

Make sure you use the "force flash" option.

GDDR2 memory won't clock anywhere near as high as GDDR3, so I wouldn't recommend flashing it.

Sir.Smoke.Alot · 08-February-06, 02:22 PM

Oh, ok, thanks ator.

Ator · 08-February-06, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Sir.Smoke.Alot


	Oh, ok, thanks ator.

No problem.

Hey, there's a program called Rabit that can create custom ATI BIOS'es. I don't know where to get it, so i'll post it on my server when I get home from work. Be sure to check that out.

07-February-06, 08:44 PM	#1 (permalink)
Sir.Smoke.Alot Apex Master Tech Apprentice Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Near toronto Posts: 240	How to flash videocard bios Any one know how or know where i can find out how to flash my videocard bios ?? also, i dont have a floppy drive..so can i still flash my videocard bios ?

07-February-06, 09:10 PM	#2 (permalink)
Jobistober P'Hoe'toshop Fanatic Join Date: May 2005 Location: Colorado Posts: 2,633	Check out this tut on flashing your bios HERE: You can also find a bios to flash to here--->BIOS Files __________________

07-February-06, 10:03 PM	#5 (permalink)
Sir.Smoke.Alot Apex Master Tech Apprentice Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Near toronto Posts: 240	i cant find atiwinflash but i found EZwinFlash....same thing ? if not can you send a link where to download atiwinflash ?? Also, if i hvae a x700 by Power color, can i flash it with a ATI x700 xt ?? ...or will that make it go haywire. Last edited by Sir.Smoke.Alot; 07-February-06 at 10:14 PM.

07-February-06, 10:15 PM	#6 (permalink)
Jobistober P'Hoe'toshop Fanatic Join Date: May 2005 Location: Colorado Posts: 2,633	What, do you not have a floppy drive? Ya know, if you don't have a floppy, I'm not sure if you can flash your bios. You might be able to run it through DOS from your desktop, but you'll also need the flashing utility located on your desktop as well. However, I'm not so sure that will work. edit- Oops, Ator beat me too it... and with better advice at that And you can flash your card to an X700XT as long as the card, in it's current state, can handle the clock speeds of a stock X700XT. __________________

07-February-06, 10:37 PM	#8 (permalink)
Jobistober P'Hoe'toshop Fanatic Join Date: May 2005 Location: Colorado Posts: 2,633	I found it for you. You can download it HERE. Scroll down and find ATiwinflash and click it to download. __________________

07-February-06, 09:44 PM	#3 (permalink)
Sir.Smoke.Alot Apex Master Tech Apprentice Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Near toronto Posts: 240	ok cool, my card is made by power color...will a ATI bios be fine ?...nver mind i found the bios i need but can i not save it to a floppy ? if i have it saved on my desktop can i not open it from there?

07-February-06, 10:28 PM	#7 (permalink)
Sir.Smoke.Alot Apex Master Tech Apprentice Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Near toronto Posts: 240	yea they are....cool, im gana give this a try tomorrow morning, im pretty sleepy right now. But hey ator can you please link up ATIwinflash i cant find it .....also i just noticed that the X700 XT has gddr3 memory, i am using gddr2, will this matter?

07-February-06, 10:45 PM	#9 (permalink)
Sir.Smoke.Alot Apex Master Tech Apprentice Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Near toronto Posts: 240	Hmm, i extracted and ran ATIwinflash and it gave me a error. utility does not support graphic device, BIos sturcture maybe slightly different,......do i have to do somthing with the bios that i downloaded ??

07-February-06, 10:48 PM	#10 (permalink)
Jobistober P'Hoe'toshop Fanatic Join Date: May 2005 Location: Colorado Posts: 2,633	what bios are you trying to flash with? __________________

08-February-06, 09:03 AM	#11 (permalink)
Sir.Smoke.Alot Apex Master Tech Apprentice Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Near toronto Posts: 240	The core im tring to flash is the ATI RV410, its the core for the whole x700 series, but the X700 XT use's gddr3 as apose to my card using gddr2, will this make a difference ? and why do i get this crazy error from ATIwinflash ?

08-February-06, 10:22 AM	#12 (permalink)
Jobistober P'Hoe'toshop Fanatic Join Date: May 2005 Location: Colorado Posts: 2,633	I know what the core was, but what BIOS? If you have a sapphire card, make sure you're using a saphhire BIOS. And I don't know why you're getting that error message. Maybe Ator can help you there. Sorry __________________

08-February-06, 10:40 AM	#13 (permalink)
Sir.Smoke.Alot Apex Master Tech Apprentice Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Near toronto Posts: 240	Im not sure what bios i have right now...im guessing the Power Color X700 bios with 256mb ? its the bios that came on the card.

08-February-06, 10:45 AM	#14 (permalink)
Jobistober P'Hoe'toshop Fanatic Join Date: May 2005 Location: Colorado Posts: 2,633	Then make sure you get another PowerColor bios to flash to. (i.e. PowerColor X700Pro/XT 256Mb BIOS) edit- ad you have to match the ram chips too. if you car has samsunbg chips, for example, then you need a bios that also features those chips. __________________

08-February-06, 10:53 AM	#15 (permalink)
Sir.Smoke.Alot Apex Master Tech Apprentice Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Near toronto Posts: 240	The PowerColor x700 is Unknown memory, and the ATI x700 XT use's samsung, so i guess that wont work. edit- If any one knows why i am getting this error from ATIwinflash. please let me know Last edited by Sir.Smoke.Alot; 08-February-06 at 11:40 AM.

08-February-06, 12:33 PM	#16 (permalink)
Jobistober P'Hoe'toshop Fanatic Join Date: May 2005 Location: Colorado Posts: 2,633	Flash to another PowerColor BIOS then. Maybe that's why you're getting an error because the BIOS images aren't matching up. Try the "PowerColor X700Pro 256" BIOS. __________________

08-February-06, 12:56 PM	#17 (permalink)
Sir.Smoke.Alot Apex Master Tech Apprentice Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Near toronto Posts: 240	Ok, i ll try it, but i curently have the downloaded bios on my desktop....is that ok ? or do i have to put it in the folder with ATIwinflash ?

08-February-06, 02:00 PM	#18 (permalink)
Ator At-Whore Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: The ends of the earth Posts: 2,057	Make sure you use the "force flash" option. GDDR2 memory won't clock anywhere near as high as GDDR3, so I wouldn't recommend flashing it.

08-February-06, 02:22 PM	#19 (permalink)
Sir.Smoke.Alot Apex Master Tech Apprentice Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Near toronto Posts: 240	Oh, ok, thanks ator.

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