PowerColor ATI Radeon 7000 oem bios needed

cg · May 3, 2005, 03:02 PM

Hi,

I'm a noob here. I just bought a PowerColor Radeon 7000 PCI to flash for my old Apple G3 BW. I discovered too late that this card has a 64k prom chip even though Flashrom indicated it's a 128k version. It will need modding (replacing the chip with a 128k) if I want to use it on my mac.

I'm thinking of just returning it but when I flashed it back to the original backup bios using Flashrom all I'm getting after the usual Windows XP boot-up is a black screen. I don't know if the backup bios is corrupt.

Could anyone please send me a good PowerColor Radeon 7000 pc bios. I have 6 days to exchange this item so I need to do this quickly.

Thanks for your help.
cg

djbbenn · May 4, 2005, 01:32 PM

Just bring the card back...say it didn't work or it started to mess up after a while. Don't tell them you messed with the bios on it. They will take it back as long as they don't know what you did to it.

-Dan

cg · May 4, 2005, 05:58 PM

I ordered the ST M25P10AV 128k eprom chip from dgkey.com at 3pm yesterday. It was shipped from Winnipeg and it arrived today here in Toronto via Purolator at 9am. Amazing!

I will solder the 128k chip and flash it for the mac. I hope it works. If not I will reflash it for a pc and consider it a learning experience.

thanks

djbbenn · May 4, 2005, 11:00 PM

Have fun and good luck lol

-Dan

cg · May 5, 2005, 01:33 AM

I soldered the 128k chip and flashed it under OS 10.3 using the ATI Oct 04 flasher and it's working great!

I tested both the DVI and VGA connections and both work fine. DVI is definitely better with my LCD. I also installed the PCI Extreme Quartz hack and it works fine. Overall GUI performance is much improved

cg

obso1337 · May 5, 2005, 04:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cg

Hi,

I'm a noob here. I just bought a PowerColor Radeon 7000 PCI

really?

djbbenn · May 5, 2005, 12:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cg

I soldered the 128k chip and flashed it under OS 10.3 using the ATI Oct 04 flasher and it's working great!

I tested both the DVI and VGA connections and both work fine. DVI is definitely better with my LCD. I also installed the PCI Extreme Quartz hack and it works fine. Overall GUI performance is much improved

cg

Nice job there cg...

-Dan

May 3, 2005, 03:02 PM	#1
cg Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 3 (0.00/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	PowerColor ATI Radeon 7000 oem bios needed Hi, I'm a noob here. I just bought a PowerColor Radeon 7000 PCI to flash for my old Apple G3 BW. I discovered too late that this card has a 64k prom chip even though Flashrom indicated it's a 128k version. It will need modding (replacing the chip with a 128k) if I want to use it on my mac. I'm thinking of just returning it but when I flashed it back to the original backup bios using Flashrom all I'm getting after the usual Windows XP boot-up is a black screen. I don't know if the backup bios is corrupt. Could anyone please send me a good PowerColor Radeon 7000 pc bios. I have 6 days to exchange this item so I need to do this quickly. Thanks for your help. cg

Processor:	Intel Q6600
Motherboard:	DFI LanParty P35-TR2
Memory:	4x1024MB Crucial OC-6400
Video Card:	ATI HD 3870X2 Crossfire
Hard Disk:	WD Black 640GB / Seagate 7200.10 320GB
Optical Drive:	Liteon LH-20A SATA
CRT/LCD Model:	20" Samsung SyncMaster
Case:	Lian Li PC-A16b
PSU:	SilverStone Decathlon DA750
Software:	Windows 7 HP

Processor:	Intel Q6600
Motherboard:	DFI LanParty P35-TR2
Memory:	4x1024MB Crucial OC-6400
Video Card:	ATI HD 3870X2 Crossfire
Hard Disk:	WD Black 640GB / Seagate 7200.10 320GB
Optical Drive:	Liteon LH-20A SATA
CRT/LCD Model:	20" Samsung SyncMaster
Case:	Lian Li PC-A16b
PSU:	SilverStone Decathlon DA750
Software:	Windows 7 HP

Processor:	Intel Q6600
Motherboard:	DFI LanParty P35-TR2
Memory:	4x1024MB Crucial OC-6400
Video Card:	ATI HD 3870X2 Crossfire
Hard Disk:	WD Black 640GB / Seagate 7200.10 320GB
Optical Drive:	Liteon LH-20A SATA
CRT/LCD Model:	20" Samsung SyncMaster
Case:	Lian Li PC-A16b
PSU:	SilverStone Decathlon DA750
Software:	Windows 7 HP

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May 4, 2005, 01:32 PM	#2
djbbenn Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 2,497 (0.84/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 46 Times in 29 Posts System Specs	Just bring the card back...say it didn't work or it started to mess up after a while. Don't tell them you messed with the bios on it. They will take it back as long as they don't know what you did to it. -Dan

May 4, 2005, 05:58 PM	#3
cg Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 3 (0.00/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I ordered the ST M25P10AV 128k eprom chip from dgkey.com at 3pm yesterday. It was shipped from Winnipeg and it arrived today here in Toronto via Purolator at 9am. Amazing! I will solder the 128k chip and flash it for the mac. I hope it works. If not I will reflash it for a pc and consider it a learning experience. thanks

May 4, 2005, 11:00 PM	#4
djbbenn Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 2,497 (0.84/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 46 Times in 29 Posts System Specs	Have fun and good luck lol -Dan

May 5, 2005, 01:33 AM	#5
cg Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 3 (0.00/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I soldered the 128k chip and flashed it under OS 10.3 using the ATI Oct 04 flasher and it's working great! I tested both the DVI and VGA connections and both work fine. DVI is definitely better with my LCD. I also installed the PCI Extreme Quartz hack and it works fine. Overall GUI performance is much improved cg

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