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Questions about X850Pro AGP

dko

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sniviler, Yes i did, and it is still not running. I just flashed the original bios using
flashrom -f -p 0 backup.bin so that i could start all over...maybe there was some kinda conflict with the bios from the previous (now dead R.I.P) video card which i did successfully softmod. Then i did the softmod over again with
flashrom -f -p 0 xt.bin. In this situation, shouldn't the fan be whooshing or something? Well, it didn't. atiflashed it back to
atiflash -p -f 0 backup.bin
Now i have another successfully 16pipeline x850pro but no fan. Any input. I've been messing around with the fan control using atitool. Trying all settings, but nothing seems to work. I mean, this is my second card, there shouldn't be anything wrong with it. So maybe is it my computer. when i fried the previous card, did i do something to the motherboard or agp slot?
 

dko

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maybe i should somehow flash the original bios from somewhere. Maybe i should have used atiflash to get the original ( i mean from the beginning where nothing was modded) bios and flash it back. I used flashrom just the last time as i mentioned above, so i think that should've worked.
 

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try ATIFLASH -NEWBIOS -F -P 0 original bios.BIN

Is your card built by ATi? if it is I have the same and i'd be happy to send you my original bios.
 

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sniviler,
sorry bro. But luckily i got it going! I think when i put the power connector housing for the card back on, i put it on backwards. I turned it around, and plugged it back in and now it's working. what's weird is that i tried the zalman power connector in both directions and it didn't work. I also hooked up the zalman to the psu connector and it still didn't work. I think that's what threw me off. Looks like i'm returning the fan, and just be happy with stock (with 16pipes!). thanks to the ppl who replied to my cry of help!
 

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I just got an ATI Radeon X850 Pro agp w/ vivo. I tried flashing it with the modified flasher. I've used different bios recommended like the xt and the xtpe bios. It will not unlock my pipes. Help please...
 

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I have a Connect3D X850PRO VIV0 AGP.

The chip's an R481 according to ATI Tool.

I would like to be able to flash it to a X850XT PE.

Here's my fuse information

CONFIG_DIE_FUSES 0xFFFF7FFF
CINFIG_SUBSTRATE_FUSES 0xFFFFFF9E
CONFIG_ROM_FUSES 0x861
GB_PIPE_SELECT 0x227A4

Would somebody tell me please whether I can unlock the extra 4 pipes please? If I can, how can I tell which BIOS it's safe to use? Connect3D don't seem to make an AGP X850XT PE so I assume that BIOS for that card from Connect3D will be unavailable.

Thanks much in advance.
 

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dolf said:
Unfortunately NO WAY to unlock :shadedshu .

oh bugger!!!!! :( thanks for the quick reply.

never mind, it's still a very nice card; maybe I'll see if I can return it or flog on ebay and get a mate to get me an unlockable one.
 

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^ if that's a x850 pro then no 16 pipe for you sry :(
 

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x850 pro

i have an x850 pro. you need the modified flash program avalible on this site. the x850 xtpe bios on this site and the ati flash on this site. put all three on a start up disk. reboot with this in your drive and run the modified flash. when the a promt comes up enter flashrom-p -f 0 backup.bin this will save the original bios which you will need. then enter flashrom -p -f 0 "new bios".bin. rename the new bio x850xtpe before you put it on disk. after flashing the new bios in. use atiflash to reflash in the old bios. atiflash -p -f 0 oldbios.bin. this will unlock all 16 pipes. besure to use modified flash to program in the new bios and atiflash to reprogram in the old bios. this will keep it from relocking the pipes. i have done this to my card and it works great. i reflashed the old bios in because the x850xtpe bios caused my card to run hot. i am running bf2 on all high with no problems at all.

xp 2000 @ 2125mhz. 1gb ddr 333 ram. x850pro with 16 pipes. giga-byte ga-7n400 pro 2 (rev 2.)
 

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ps. make sure the bios is for your card. if you have pcie card then make sure it is the x850xtpe pcie pios or things will be majorlly screwed up.
 

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I recently picked up an 850 pro.

Can't unlock it but I guess if it's any consolation it oc's to 590/600 without any troubles.
Hopefully a work around comes to enable all the pipelines.
 

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udrink said:
I recently picked up an 850 pro.

Can't unlock it but I guess if it's any consolation it oc's to 590/600 without any troubles.
Hopefully a work around comes to enable all the pipelines.

I you sure you can't/didn't unlock it? The config_rom_fuses shows 0x860, that should be a 16p card, if it was a 12p card it would end in 1, not 0.
 

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TurboGLH said:
I you sure you can't/didn't unlock it? The config_rom_fuses shows 0x860, that should be a 16p card, if it was a 12p card it would end in 1, not 0.
there are no bios locked pipes true.. but you can see that the card has h/w perminantly locked pipes
 

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SPHERE said:
there are no bios locked pipes true.. but you can see that the card has h/w perminantly locked pipes

I tried to do a side by side compare between the screen shots and atitool running on my system (agp x850 /w 16p), however atitool isn't returning the CONFIG_XX data on my system. It stops at the default clock speeds. What variable, and what value for that variable show that the core is hard locked.
 

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Damn i hate it that i cant unlock my Connect3D 850 Pro Card. Does anybody know where to buy a card in germany which works with the mod ?

Btw is a AMD XP 2500 @ 3200 with 1GB Memory fast enough to handle the speed of a X850 Pro or XT card ?

I read that the cpu is too slow .. is that true ?
 

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i have an xp 2000, 1 gb of pc2700 ram. and my x850 pro w 16 pipes works great.
 

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Gaga said:
Damn i hate it that i cant unlock my Connect3D 850 Pro Card. Does anybody know where to buy a card in germany which works with the mod ?

Btw is a AMD XP 2500 @ 3200 with 1GB Memory fast enough to handle the speed of a X850 Pro or XT card ?

I read that the cpu is too slow .. is that true ?

I'm running an 850pro at 550/600 16p on a 1800 @ 2.2, runs great on every game I play, HL2, 1280x1024, all options set to high, 8xAA 16xAF and it's still very playable. If you want benchmarks, 6250 in 3dmark05.
 

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i have an ati x850 pro and flashed the bios to unlock the 16 pipes and works fine. i am trying to build a near silent system and want to know is there a fanless vga cooler that can handle the card, without going to the expense of water cooling
 

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I downloaded ATItools and it doesnt display "The config_rom_fuses" info how are you able to view that to find out if my card can be unlocked aside from the yellow outlit on the card? I threw in a pic of what I see. Am I mising somethign that adds more features?
 

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monkeyboy442 said:
i have an ati x850 pro and flashed the bios to unlock the 16 pipes and works fine. i am trying to build a near silent system and want to know is there a fanless vga cooler that can handle the card, without going to the expense of water cooling

I'm by no means an expert but it's pretty safe to say the answer to this question is NO.

I hear the arctic 5 ATI cooler is very quite and moves probably the most air. That an the Zalman are the best fans and use bigger, slower moving fans to take care of the heat.
 
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