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cosmyco · Sep 23, 2005, 12:11 AM

Greetings to all...

I've been searching everywhere, have tried anything I could think of and no success... Like this post on the Mvktech Forum (http://www.mvktech.net/component/opt...d,16655/#16655) , I keep getting errors when I try to flash the BIOS of my card, even using the "sst" and "f" switch of both ATIFlash and FlashROM... Even trying to erase the BIOS won't do the trick...

The error says...Serial ROM is locked (and ATIFlash/FlashROM -l 0 also reports locked). My card wasn't always locked... When I tried to flash it with a FireGL T2 BIOS, it became locked though...

It happened after an unsucessful attempt to flash the bios, now no bios, not even flashing with a empty bios, will do. I've seen lots of people around in my searches having the same problem, so I think overcoming this issue will bring lots of cards to life !

So now I'm using an Trident PCI card of 1MB, and hating myself... If someone has a clue, it's pretty welcome...

Thanks in advance...

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Problem solved !

Somehow, when I tried to flash again trough C: (booting from floppy, then cd C: ), the card was flashed without a glitch ! If someone out there in the big world have this issue, I'm willing to give more clues if needed... All of the best for all of ya !

Sep 23, 2005, 12:11 AM	#1
cosmyco Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 11 (0.00/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	ATI Gecube 9600 PRO Serial ROM Locked ! Stuck with 1 Mb Trident VGA, Help ! Greetings to all... I've been searching everywhere, have tried anything I could think of and no success... Like this post on the Mvktech Forum (http://www.mvktech.net/component/opt...d,16655/#16655) , I keep getting errors when I try to flash the BIOS of my card, even using the "sst" and "f" switch of both ATIFlash and FlashROM... Even trying to erase the BIOS won't do the trick... The error says...Serial ROM is locked (and ATIFlash/FlashROM -l 0 also reports locked). My card wasn't always locked... When I tried to flash it with a FireGL T2 BIOS, it became locked though... It happened after an unsucessful attempt to flash the bios, now no bios, not even flashing with a empty bios, will do. I've seen lots of people around in my searches having the same problem, so I think overcoming this issue will bring lots of cards to life ! So now I'm using an Trident PCI card of 1MB, and hating myself... If someone has a clue, it's pretty welcome... Thanks in advance... ================================================== ====== Problem solved ! Somehow, when I tried to flash again trough C: (booting from floppy, then cd C: ), the card was flashed without a glitch ! If someone out there in the big world have this issue, I'm willing to give more clues if needed... All of the best for all of ya ! Last edited by cosmyco; Sep 23, 2005 at 11:24 PM. Reason: Problem solved, 9600 PRO up and running !