Possible to mod a 8400gs to 9300gs?

[freaksavior]

http://www.gpureview.com/show_cards....=529&card2=581

they are the same exact thing? could i just flash a 8400gs to a 9300 and sli a onboard 9300 with a dedicated 9300?

[Fitseries3]

great question.

standing by for the answer.

[freaksavior]

well if nothing else i may try just flashing the 8400 to a 9300 bios and popping it in the MSI I have with the other 9300.

[KainXS]

You should be able to, I remember flashing my 8800GS to 9600GSO just for a bios fan fix, all I really had to do was edit the timings so thats all you should need to do I guess.

[Fitseries3]

i wish i could flash the 8400gs to a 9800gt. that would be sick

[Cold Storm]

Originally Posted by Fitseries3

i wish i could flash the 8400gs to a 9800gt. that would be sick

lol.. if you could do that... I want the old card back.. At the price of a 8400gs...

subscribed to see.

in my way of thought, if the specs are right on all fields, then it should be able to.. look at the GT250's and how the Maximus Formula board can be flashed to a Rampage Formula board.. I don't see why not.. but I don't have the card anymore to try.. lol..

[Xazax]

I dont think you cant because the 8400GS was made on the 90nm right? and isnt the 9300 65nm wouldnt that make some short of difference? Even so, you can Hybrid SLI with the 8400GS in the first place..

[Fitseries3]

Originally Posted by Cold Storm

lol.. if you could do that... I want the old card back.. At the price of a 8400gs...

subscribed to see.

in my way of thought, if the specs are right on all fields, then it should be able to.. look at the GT250's and how the Maximus Formula board can be flashed to a Rampage Formula board.. I don't see why not.. but I don't have the card anymore to try.. lol..

maybe i can flash this rampage 2 gene to a gigabyte ud5

do it FS. tell me how it goes

[KainXS]

do it, do it, do it,

I flashed my 8800GS with a 55nm 9800GT and GTX+ bios before with no prob so I see no reason why this shouldn't work

[freaksavior]

find me a 9300 bios and i'll do it tonight.

Its the asus silent 8400gs card.

needs to be same clock speeds as possible to the 8400gs

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814121235

[freaksavior]

Still need a bios to flash.

[MoonPig]

If this works, im doing it with my spare 8400GS!

Keep us posted.

[Bo$$]

he wants someone to give him a bios first

[freaksavior]

i've searched around and cant find a 9300gs bios. The 9300 my dad has is onboard so im thinking its 9300m but still i need a bios.

[Solaris17]

dump bios of your 8400 and give it to me

[wahdangun]

Originally Posted by Xazax

I dont think you cant because the 8400GS was made on the 90nm right? and isnt the 9300 65nm wouldnt that make some short of difference? Even so, you can Hybrid SLI with the 8400GS in the first place..

no, 8800GTS/ultra that was on 90 nm, 8400GS was on 65 nm, so it basically same card with different sticker and different bios string

[freaksavior]

Originally Posted by Solaris17

dump bios of your 8400 and give it to me

http://www.mediafire.com/?qftmtudt0mf

its a "G100" but also the 8400gs

http://www.techpowerup.com/gpudb/205...A_8400_GS.html

The card says its a 8400gs on the tag. but the GPU-z reading says G100 at 65nm and a G98 core.

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l2...r/_MG_0129.jpg

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l2...r/_MG_0130.jpg

[Solaris17]

here you go.

if that doesnt work lmk their is more i can do

[freaksavior]

Thanks i'll flash it later

[Solaris17]

Originally Posted by freaksavior

Thanks i'll flash it later

i have to because well u know i have to

-I can tell you it will probably work
-I can also tell you i just provided the file im not forcing you to try it
-make sure you have a backup
-know what your doing
-W/E you do if it fails DONT REBOOT amke sure u have the orig and mod .rom's on your usb/floppy/cd and hop on another rig we can help you blind flash if need be.

[freaksavior]

Ive never flashed a nvidia card before. I've flash a X800 to a X850xt but thats it.

[Solaris17]

its relatively easy...i personally think its easier to flash nvidia. look at my mod guide for the commands. However i will warn you card changes can be more dangerous than a simple bios mod or update. your in essance turning this into a diffirent card...make sure you have some pos fx5500 or something lying around. their is more i can do to the bios so if it doesnt work right lmk and ill tweak it more.

[freaksavior]

i have a 6200 turbo cache i got from cdawall
i have a GTX260 that i got in a trade
i have a xfx 4850 i bought
i have a 8800gt i got in a trade

will those do?

also follow this

http://www.mvktech.net/content/view/15/37/

??

[hat]

I like to make my USB drive bootable to DOS and use nvflash. Just do nvflash blah.rom and it will ask you are you sure, press y to continue, wait for a while and you're done. You might have to use the -f flag to force the flash because nvflash checks the bios for integrity first. Changing an 8400gs to a 9300gs would probably offset the integrity so you would have to force it.

[freaksavior]

Originally Posted by hat

I like to make my USB drive bootable to DOS and use nvflash. Just do nvflash blah.rom and it will ask you are you sure, press y to continue, wait for a while and you're done. You might have to use the -f flag to force the flash because nvflash checks the bios for integrity first. Changing an 8400gs to a 9300gs would probably offset the integrity so you would have to force it.

sweeeeeeeeeeeeett! im so doing this when i get back home