X800GTO2 AUTOMATED FLASH UTILITY Via DVD\CD... Very easy :)

[julesdakar]

i have test your cd with my X800 GTO 256 Mo

in dos mode they write flash termined all is ok! but i have one probleme nothing change can you see my post please ?

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=5920

 

[nortius_maximus]

hi
i am having trouble with this iso for modding my gto2.

i have downloaded it and have it on my computer.
i have tried to use winiso 5.3 and alcohol to unzip this file, but when i do there is nothing there.

please someone put this dumb animal out of his misery as i am getting FEAR tommorow.

cheers for your time

 

[locutus12]

hi
i am having trouble with this iso for modding my gto2.

i have downloaded it and have it on my computer.
i have tried to use winiso 5.3 and alcohol to unzip this file, but when i do there is nothing there.

please someone put this dumb animal out of his misery as i am getting FEAR tommorow.

cheers for your time

thats because its not zipped you silly bugger some zip applications pick ISO files up as archives. use nero v6 or better if possible, and select BURN IMAGE from the recorder menu. or do similar with what ever program your using

 

[nortius_maximus]

hi
right you are talking to someone who is obviously feeling mentally challenged today so please nothing is really to obvious.

i have burned the iso file to cd and when i reboot from cd nothing is found and so windows loads up.

1. am i supposed to make this a bootable disk?

2. how can dos read an iso file?

3. am i really this stupid?

please if i give you my address can you just come round and shoot me
thanks

 

[locutus12]

lol, ok, well first off, 2 questions,

1 do you know how to set your bios to boot from CD drive and have you done this?

2 do you have nero v 6 or higher lying around ?

 

[nortius_maximus]

hi
yes i press f11 and choose 3 cdrom.

i have been using nero 6.0.0.6 .

so yes on both accounts

 

[locutus12]

ok, well open up nero burning rom (the full program not the crappy nero express) close the nescd wizard that pops up, go to the menus at the top and click record and youl see burn image, click that and locate the ISO from the file browsing window. select it and click OK. youl get an empty file browser in nero which is how it should be. click burn and reboot when done

 

[Dynamic]

From gathering information throughout this forum i've came to a conclusion on attempting the mod on a Connect3D X800 GTO. First i'll try to see if the fuses match, then get on with the mod....

Method 1:
1)atiflash -s 0 c3dgto.bin (Save old bios)
2)atiflash -p 0 newbios.bin (X800 VIVO 16PP Mod bios/GTO MOD [This Site]) -newbios
If the second procedure doesn't work i'll do the force command....
3)atiflash -f -p 0 newbios.bin -newbios (Force flash with modded bios)
4)atiflash -f -p 0 c3dgto.bin (Flash back my original bios including the new 4 pipelines)
Reboot....
One thing i want to make certain is that when i do use the "-newbios" to preserve bios settings the command comes after the bios and why? So that's what i'm going to do, flash it with a Connect3D X800 PRO VIVO 16pp bios modded with the -newbios command and then reflash my old original bios that i backed up before. I'll then reboot and go back into windows and hopefully everything works, if not....
1)reinstall ati drivers "5.10" and hopefully works...
If not....
Try to clear all my modded/unmodded bios with the specific command listed somewhere i have to find right now and reflash with original Bios. I'll then try Flashrom instead of Atiflash and do the same thing over...What do you guys stink?

 

[nortius_maximus]

hey thanks alot loctus

everything is fine all 16 pipes overclocked to 520/540.
i have just run 3dmark 05 i think i got 4285 with stock 12 pipes
and now with 16 pipes stock i got 4875
with 16p and 517.5/533.25 = 5792
i am looking forward to getting my artic cooler and maybe a faster fan for my xp120 and start really overclocking it some.

thanks alot my brain got pickled with the tech power up mod walk through trying to make all the boot disk as i don't have a floppy i was going to attempt using my mp3 player but i did not really have to buy and new card if i did it wrong.
thanks alot
this is the exact reason i bought this card
i still have alot of overclocking to do this is my new rig

you have made alot of people happy
thanks again

 

[locutus12]

anytime nortius_maximus, but just a quick note, the cooler on the X800GTO2 is what they use on the X850 so its not that bad i use the stock cooler and clock mine to 560GPu 585memory which gives me 6200 3D05 marks with a max temp of 60oC (which is good...) but if you do change the cooler, get some arctic silver 5 cooling goup, its very good. and remember, less is more, use clingfilm to level the goup out

From gathering information throughout this forum i've came to a conclusion on attempting the mod on a Connect3D X800 GTO. First i'll try to see if the fuses match, then get on with the mod....

Method 1:
1)atiflash -s 0 c3dgto.bin (Save old bios)
2)atiflash -p 0 ......



...What do you guys stink?

i think youve posted in the wrong forum, this is for GTO2 modding the mod rate for the GTO isnt 100% im afraid however i am working on a bootable ISO for it also.

 

[julesdakar]

locutus12 i've buy today, the ZALMAN - Dissipateur GPU - VF700-Cu!!! you think i must buy this thermal grease artic silver 5 ???? for overcloking my x800 GTO 256 Mo

http://www.techwarelabs.com/reviews/cooling/arctic_silver5/

 

[locutus12]

its just my opinion but artic silver 5 would be better than the standard grease they use.

 

[julesdakar]

well not all GTO`s will mod in the first place i am afraid, only the GTO2 will mod 100% i think it works with sapphires fireblade edition GTO and possibly with connect 3d but as of yet its untested on those, if anyones got a spare PCI card and a copy of there original GTO bios they are welcome to try it out, if it fails there should be no damage to the GTO card, it would just be a case of installing the PCI card and flashing the GTO back to original bios.

hey i have sapphire x800 GTO can i help you and try with my card? if you want i have backup my original bios i can give you a copy!

 

[Dynamic]

Well, i thought both GTO and GTO2 cards almost mod the same. You always flash back to the original bios without the 'newbois command to be safe along with the 16pp. Well, anyhow i'm trying to cancel my GTO card because i might have a better chance of getting the GTO2 at a very fair price then the wack sell at Newegg......

 

[TotalChaos]

I have issue now where my card keeps going to standby, I have tried to flash it back but I get a zero byte size error. Help me please

 

[locutus12]

i need abit more info than that... what do you mean your card keeps going to stand by? what error do you get?

 

[TotalChaos]

ok during the flash procedure if I try to revert to 12 pipelines I am presented with an error saying zero byte size press 1 to continue. When I attempt to boot to windows the card shuts itself off basically and I lose signal to my monitor, I have tried the TV out option with no luck, I have tried CRT as apposed to LCD.

I dont have another PCIe card to try or I would have tried that also

 

[locutus12]

erm... to be honest, i dont have a clue zero byte size... oh wait... i may have.... 5 minutes


EDIT:


ooops! syntax error!! my my fault

use this for now to flash back to 12 pipes till i can swap the main links out.

http://s42.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=04YQK6OIIINS10WC5SR4ZQYJIK

same as before, burn an iso.

sorry about that as for your card going into standby... that shouldnt happen! run it in 12 pipes for a few days, if it still does it, take it back and get another and flash it.

 

[TotalChaos]

Actually it went back to the store today, I have a standard X800GTO as a loaner until they can get me a new GTO2 with R480 core but not unlocked bios

 

[locutus12]

you didnt send it back with the modified bios did you??? it will invalidate your warrenty if they find out

 

[TotalChaos]

no it was flashed back to 12 pipelines before it was returned

 

[locutus12]

good good well i hope you havent lost too much faith in the GTO2, they are worth the trouble once modded

 

[Aevum]

btw, just as a small tip,
you might want to use artic ceramic with video cards, the latest chips from ati tend to have alot of small resistors on chip, and a spill of artic silver could kill it, artic ceramic dosn´t conduct under pressure or heat (unlike artic silver) and provides quite a good result, i think temperature results are better then AS3

so, if you have a sharp eye and a stady hand, use artic silver, but if you want to play it safe, use ceramic,

 

[TotalChaos]

Nah i have not given up hope, I am just using a standard GTO until they can replace my GTO2

 

[Aevum]

ok, sapphire x800 GTO^2 running 16 pipes at XT speeds, 5958 3dmark 05
add another notch to your belt, good work

thanks for the work invested in this project, to tech powerup for the bios and to locutus12 for the CD, made my day alot easier,