Couple of questions before flashing my 2900.

JC316 · Oct 16, 2007, 02:00 AM

Ok, I am going to flash the pro, but I have some questions.

1. Should the old drivers be uninstalled?

2. I use ati-flash right?

3. How can I save my old bios, and do I even need to?

DaMulta · Oct 16, 2007, 02:03 AM

reinstall the drivers after the flash

Yes that is the tool, make a boot disk and add that file along with the new bios.

save your original bios with this
http://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/BIOS_Saver.exe

download your new bios your goin to use to flash with and rename it to 2900xt.bin

type this in dos to flash it

atiflash -p 0 -newbios 2900xt.bin -f

panchoman · Oct 16, 2007, 02:05 AM

so jc, you finally got the balls to flash it, good job, and good luck

with damulta guiding you, you shouldn't have any problems

DaMulta · Oct 16, 2007, 02:07 AM

Your going to boot into windows on 2/d clocks so you should only see a problem if there is going to be one when you run a 3/d app.

JC316 · Oct 16, 2007, 02:08 AM

ok, just so I am clear on this. It should look like this

atiflash.exe -f -p newbios1.bin

DaMulta · Oct 16, 2007, 02:09 AM

atiflash -p 0 -newbios 2900xt.bin -f

0 as in zero

you don't need to type in exe

DaMulta · Oct 16, 2007, 02:10 AM

You might be able to mix up the -p -f different ways. I read that -newbios transfers the new voltage settings.

JC316 · Oct 16, 2007, 02:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaMulta

atiflash -p 0 -newbios 2900xt.bin -f

0 as in zero

you don't need to type in exe

Alright, I am going in. BRB

panchoman · Oct 16, 2007, 02:14 AM

good luck jc.

JC316 · Oct 16, 2007, 02:21 AM

Back. Success. 2900XT.

743/828 stock.

JC316 · Oct 16, 2007, 02:21 AM

http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/cc2fh/

DaMulta · Oct 16, 2007, 02:23 AM

Ha

Run 3dmark06 stock

JC316 · Oct 16, 2007, 02:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaMulta

Ha

Run 3dmark06 stock

Coming up.

JC316 · Oct 16, 2007, 02:39 AM

11,083

DaMulta · Oct 16, 2007, 02:40 AM

my stock one card

JC316 · Oct 16, 2007, 02:42 AM

Your memory is much higher than mine. My stock memory is 828. It shows just how CPU dependant these things are.

JC316 · Oct 16, 2007, 02:43 AM

I am at 3.4, and I have 1000 points on you and your memory is clocked higher. You need a better CPU damulta

DaMulta · Oct 16, 2007, 02:47 AM

JC316 · Oct 16, 2007, 02:49 AM

hahahah. Kickass. I have wanted to see what those things can do.

panchoman · Oct 16, 2007, 02:50 AM

congrats on the purchase. now if only i was rich enough to afford mad expensive systems like yours :'(

DaMulta · Oct 16, 2007, 02:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JC316

hahahah. Kickass. I have wanted to see what those things can do.

I want a AMD Quad

panchoman · Oct 16, 2007, 02:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaMulta

I want a AMD Quad

go grab a barcelona lol

DaMulta · Oct 16, 2007, 02:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by panchoman

go grab a barcelona lol

I don't have a socket f board

JC316 · Oct 16, 2007, 02:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by panchoman

congrats on the purchase. now if only i was rich enough to afford mad expensive systems like yours :'(

You still have a great system man, it will last a good while. yeah, I want an AMD quad too, but no such luck right now

Exceededgoku · Nov 16, 2007, 06:45 AM

I am soo going to do this when I get home, I'll give results

Oct 16, 2007, 02:00 AM	#1
JC316 Knows what makes you tick Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: DFW/ Texas Posts: 6,047 (2.26/day) Thanks: 714 Thanked 912 Times in 696 Posts System Specs	Couple of questions before flashing my 2900. Ok, I am going to flash the pro, but I have some questions. 1. Should the old drivers be uninstalled? 2. I use ati-flash right? 3. How can I save my old bios, and do I even need to? __________________ Core 2 Duo Overclocking guide Athlon 64 overclocking guide “If I were to do this, it'd be my luck that the door would rip off the hinges, burst into flames, and rape my face with fiery hot death.” -El Fiendo

System Name:	Budget Gaming
Processor:	AMD FX6300
Motherboard:	Gigabyte 880GMA-USB3
Cooling:	Coolermaster Hyper 212+
Memory:	8GB Ripjaws DDR3 1600
Video Card:	HD7850 1GB
Hard Disk:	1TB Sata2
Optical Drive:	DVD RM
CRT/LCD Model:	Acer 19"
Case:	Generic black
Sound Card:	Stock onboard
PSU:	Lepa 500W
Software:	Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit

Oct 16, 2007, 02:03 AM	#2
DaMulta My stars went supernova Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Oklahoma T-Town Posts: 10,337 (4.17/day) Thanks: 1,449 Thanked 1,477 Times in 1,113 Posts System Specs	reinstall the drivers after the flash Yes that is the tool, make a boot disk and add that file along with the new bios. save your original bios with this http://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/BIOS_Saver.exe download your new bios your goin to use to flash with and rename it to 2900xt.bin type this in dos to flash it atiflash -p 0 -newbios 2900xt.bin -f __________________ ocLIT The Hardware Punishers

System Name:	Work in progress
Processor:	AMD 955---4Ghz
Motherboard:	MSi GD70
Cooling:	OcZ Phase/water
Memory:	Crucial2GB kit (1GBx2), Ballistix 240-pin DIMM, DDR3 PC3-16000
Video Card:	CrossfireX 2 X HD 4890 1GB OCed to 1000Mhz
Hard Disk:	SSD 64GB
Optical Drive:	DVD-L 16x
CRT/LCD Model:	Envision 24'' 1920x1200
Case:	Using the desk ATM
Sound Card:	Sucky onboard for now :(
PSU:	1000W TruePower Quattro

Oct 16, 2007, 02:05 AM	#3
panchoman Sold my stars! Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 6,650 (3.12/day) Thanks: 339 Thanked 1,227 Times in 1,036 Posts System Specs	so jc, you finally got the balls to flash it, good job, and good luck with damulta guiding you, you shouldn't have any problems __________________ Need any Graphics Made? Visit Graphic Artists United! R.I.P Megan--Heaven has a new angel

Processor:	Amd Athlon X2 4600+ Windsor(90nm) EE(65W) @2.9-3.0 @1.45
Motherboard:	Biostar Tforce [Nvidia] 550
Cooling:	Thermaltake Blue Orb-- bunch of other fans here and there....
Memory:	2 gigs (2x1gb) of patriot ddr2 800 @ 4-4-4-12-2t
Video Card:	Sapphire X1950pro Pci-E x16 @stock@stock on stock
Hard Disk:	Seagate 7200.11 250gb Drive, WD raptors (30/40) in Raid 0
Optical Drive:	Lite-on 20x SATA DVD Burner
CRT/LCD Model:	ANCIENT 15" sony lcd, bought it when it was like 500 bucks
Case:	Apevia X-plorer blue/black
Sound Card:	Onboard- Why get an sound card when you can hum??
PSU:	Antec NeoHe 550-manufactured by seasonic -replacement to the discontinued smart power series
Software:	Windows XP pro SP2 -- vista is still crap

Oct 16, 2007, 02:07 AM	#4
DaMulta My stars went supernova Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Oklahoma T-Town Posts: 10,337 (4.17/day) Thanks: 1,449 Thanked 1,477 Times in 1,113 Posts System Specs	Your going to boot into windows on 2/d clocks so you should only see a problem if there is going to be one when you run a 3/d app. __________________ ocLIT The Hardware Punishers

Oct 16, 2007, 02:08 AM	#5
JC316 Knows what makes you tick Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: DFW/ Texas Posts: 6,047 (2.26/day) Thanks: 714 Thanked 912 Times in 696 Posts System Specs	ok, just so I am clear on this. It should look like this atiflash.exe -f -p newbios1.bin __________________ Core 2 Duo Overclocking guide Athlon 64 overclocking guide “If I were to do this, it'd be my luck that the door would rip off the hinges, burst into flames, and rape my face with fiery hot death.” -El Fiendo

Oct 16, 2007, 02:09 AM	#6
DaMulta My stars went supernova Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Oklahoma T-Town Posts: 10,337 (4.17/day) Thanks: 1,449 Thanked 1,477 Times in 1,113 Posts System Specs	atiflash -p 0 -newbios 2900xt.bin -f 0 as in zero you don't need to type in exe __________________ ocLIT The Hardware Punishers

Oct 16, 2007, 02:10 AM	#7
DaMulta My stars went supernova Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Oklahoma T-Town Posts: 10,337 (4.17/day) Thanks: 1,449 Thanked 1,477 Times in 1,113 Posts System Specs	You might be able to mix up the -p -f different ways. I read that -newbios transfers the new voltage settings. __________________ ocLIT The Hardware Punishers

Oct 16, 2007, 02:14 AM	#9
panchoman Sold my stars! Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 6,650 (3.12/day) Thanks: 339 Thanked 1,227 Times in 1,036 Posts System Specs	good luck jc. __________________ Need any Graphics Made? Visit Graphic Artists United! R.I.P Megan--Heaven has a new angel

Oct 16, 2007, 02:21 AM	#10
JC316 Knows what makes you tick Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: DFW/ Texas Posts: 6,047 (2.26/day) Thanks: 714 Thanked 912 Times in 696 Posts System Specs	Back. Success. 2900XT. 743/828 stock. __________________ Core 2 Duo Overclocking guide Athlon 64 overclocking guide “If I were to do this, it'd be my luck that the door would rip off the hinges, burst into flames, and rape my face with fiery hot death.” -El Fiendo

Oct 16, 2007, 02:21 AM	#11
JC316 Knows what makes you tick Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: DFW/ Texas Posts: 6,047 (2.26/day) Thanks: 714 Thanked 912 Times in 696 Posts System Specs	http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/cc2fh/ __________________ Core 2 Duo Overclocking guide Athlon 64 overclocking guide “If I were to do this, it'd be my luck that the door would rip off the hinges, burst into flames, and rape my face with fiery hot death.” -El Fiendo

Oct 16, 2007, 02:23 AM	#12
DaMulta My stars went supernova Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Oklahoma T-Town Posts: 10,337 (4.17/day) Thanks: 1,449 Thanked 1,477 Times in 1,113 Posts System Specs	Ha Run 3dmark06 stock __________________ ocLIT The Hardware Punishers

Oct 16, 2007, 02:39 AM	#14
JC316 Knows what makes you tick Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: DFW/ Texas Posts: 6,047 (2.26/day) Thanks: 714 Thanked 912 Times in 696 Posts System Specs	11,083 __________________ Core 2 Duo Overclocking guide Athlon 64 overclocking guide “If I were to do this, it'd be my luck that the door would rip off the hinges, burst into flames, and rape my face with fiery hot death.” -El Fiendo

Oct 16, 2007, 02:40 AM	#15
DaMulta My stars went supernova Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Oklahoma T-Town Posts: 10,337 (4.17/day) Thanks: 1,449 Thanked 1,477 Times in 1,113 Posts System Specs	my stock one card __________________ ocLIT The Hardware Punishers

Oct 16, 2007, 02:42 AM	#16
JC316 Knows what makes you tick Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: DFW/ Texas Posts: 6,047 (2.26/day) Thanks: 714 Thanked 912 Times in 696 Posts System Specs	Your memory is much higher than mine. My stock memory is 828. It shows just how CPU dependant these things are. __________________ Core 2 Duo Overclocking guide Athlon 64 overclocking guide “If I were to do this, it'd be my luck that the door would rip off the hinges, burst into flames, and rape my face with fiery hot death.” -El Fiendo

Oct 16, 2007, 02:43 AM	#17
JC316 Knows what makes you tick Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: DFW/ Texas Posts: 6,047 (2.26/day) Thanks: 714 Thanked 912 Times in 696 Posts System Specs	I am at 3.4, and I have 1000 points on you and your memory is clocked higher. You need a better CPU damulta __________________ Core 2 Duo Overclocking guide Athlon 64 overclocking guide “If I were to do this, it'd be my luck that the door would rip off the hinges, burst into flames, and rape my face with fiery hot death.” -El Fiendo

Oct 16, 2007, 02:47 AM	#18
DaMulta My stars went supernova Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Oklahoma T-Town Posts: 10,337 (4.17/day) Thanks: 1,449 Thanked 1,477 Times in 1,113 Posts System Specs	__________________ ocLIT The Hardware Punishers

Oct 16, 2007, 02:49 AM	#19
JC316 Knows what makes you tick Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: DFW/ Texas Posts: 6,047 (2.26/day) Thanks: 714 Thanked 912 Times in 696 Posts System Specs	hahahah. Kickass. I have wanted to see what those things can do. __________________ Core 2 Duo Overclocking guide Athlon 64 overclocking guide “If I were to do this, it'd be my luck that the door would rip off the hinges, burst into flames, and rape my face with fiery hot death.” -El Fiendo

Oct 16, 2007, 02:50 AM	#20
panchoman Sold my stars! Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 6,650 (3.12/day) Thanks: 339 Thanked 1,227 Times in 1,036 Posts System Specs	congrats on the purchase. now if only i was rich enough to afford mad expensive systems like yours :'( __________________ Need any Graphics Made? Visit Graphic Artists United! R.I.P Megan--Heaven has a new angel

Nov 16, 2007, 06:45 AM	#25
Exceededgoku Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 379 (0.15/day) Thanks: 35 Thanked 23 Times in 18 Posts System Specs	I am soo going to do this when I get home, I'll give results __________________ Core 2 Duo E6600 @ 3.2Ghz (400Mhzx8) 1.52V (set in bios, 1.47v real) \| 4GB GeIL PC6400 4-4-4-12 @ 800Mhz 4-4-4-12 \| Gigabyte DQ6 @ 1600Mhz \| Sapphire HD2900XT 1GB \| Enermax Infiniti 720W \| Silverstone TJ07-B with custom watercooling \| BenQ FP241WZ http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/9zggs/ GPUZ Validation 1060/1443

Processor:	Core 2 Duo E6600
Motherboard:	Gigabyte DQ6
Cooling:	Arctic Cooling 7 Pro
Memory:	4GB GeIL DDR2 PC6400 4-4-4-12
Video Card:	Sapphire HD2900XT 1GB
Hard Disk:	Raptor X
Optical Drive:	Liteon SOHW 1633S x 2
CRT/LCD Model:	BenQ FP241WZ
Case:	Silverstone Temjinn TJ09-B
Sound Card:	Audigy Soundblaster 2 ZS
PSU:	Enermax Liberty 720W
Software:	Vista x64

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)