Recent content by l33t_c0w

Interesting. Could anything bad happen from bridging the cut? (Assuming, of course, that it's done correctly ;) ) Also, it seems like the newer gto2 ending with 'SR' comes with two games, and the one ending in 'L' doesn't. Perhaps that's the only difference? edit: I was unable to copy my bios...

Thirded. :) It sounds like bridging the cut should allow the bios flash. But Stilt said that didn't work, I thought. Would any of the more knowledgable people feel like explaining how it works? I'm intensely curious now... On another note, I'm considering RMAing this card and getting a...

I can scrape together an extra $50, so I'll definately think about doing that. What of the attempted bios flash though? It said that it succeeded I thought. I'd feel sort of nervous returning a card to newegg that I'd tried to modify. Or is it a certainty that I failed to change the bios?

I just purchased a Connect3D x800 GTO. I tried to flash it, and it seemed to work, but afterwards, ATITool still reported 12 pipes. ATITool says it's a r423, and when i entered "flashrom -l 0" it said something about the bios being locked. These're my fuse data. CONFIG_DIE_FUSES = 0xEFF3DFFF...

locked bios I guess I seem to have gotten a card with a locked bios as well. I tried to flash it, seemed successful, rebooted, and ATITool is still showing 12 pipes. rebooted with the bootdisk again and did a "flashrom -l 0" and it said my bios was locked. Fuse data thingies is...