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ATI Radeon 9550 Overclocking and BIOS modding FAQ Guide

Pala said:
First I'm sorry for my English.I need help,
I've flashed Asus Radeon 9550@Radeon 9600(with radeon 9600 aiw bios).This bios was good.But I said why can't this card work better and I flashed again with 9600XT bios.Now I can't boot my computer.I have an onboard vga on my mobo.Bu I can't use my card with onboard vga together to reupdate my bios.What can I do this?If can't do this,how can I recover my bios?
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sounds like you are in trouble,as other said, there is only a way to flash back if your card bios is bad.
1.get a pci display card and slot in
2.get in the bios and set the first display unit to pci(this mean boot to pci first)
3.ready the bootable disc that make from this side with bios together(select from the bios page)
4.get in dos and flash it back.

this method i had tried once and success
 
I just flashed my Asus Radeon A9550GE/TD (Hynix 5ns) with that BIOS: http://www.techpowerup.com/bios/Asus.9600SE.128.Hynix50.040304.bin (it says 9600 SE 128 MB, OK), and it works, but after the restart the OS re-detected it again as Radeon 9550. I checked the BIOS with RadEdit, it's correct for 9600, but Windows detects the card the same. Could it be possible that I am doing it wrong, or because the EEPROM was locked (I used the -f command), or else? Ideas?
 
Thanks for help,
I got a pci card but i can't use it with monitor.It's one of connecting points for monitor hasn't a hole(very fun situation :D ).But I can boot my computer without monitor,i can't see anything.Everything works but monitor.Could you tell what do I have to do?Which steps should I follow?
 
Pala said:
Thanks for help,
I got a pci card but i can't use it with monitor.It's one of connecting points for monitor hasn't a hole(very fun situation :D ).But I can boot my computer without monitor,i can't see anything.Everything works but monitor.Could you tell what do I have to do?Which steps should I follow?
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do you means the output adapter from ur display card jack cannot socket into your monitor?without the display on monitor you cant flash.maybe others guy can help you out on this forum.sorry
 
mikechinym said:
do you means the output adapter from ur display card jack cannot socket into your monitor?without the display on monitor you cant flash.maybe others guy can help you out on this forum.sorry
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My card came back from dead for me ;).I made a hole on close point(Türkish mind :D ).After this,pci card worked as well as Radeon 9550.I flashed Asus9550GE with sapphire128 9550bios.There are some intersting things i wanna ask you.Before I flashed it with sapphire bios,I was using it 414\540 but i use it now 420\560.How could this be possible.Did i make voltmod to this card with the new bios?Thanks from now...
 
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Pala said:
My card came back from dead for me ;).I made a hole on close point(Türkish mind :D ).After this,pci card worked as well as Radeon 9550.I flashed Asus9550GE with sapphire128 9550bios.There are some intersting things i wanna ask you.Before I flashed it with sapphire bios,I was using it 414\540 but i use it now 420\560.How could this be possible.Did i make voltmod to this card with the new bios?Thanks from now...
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voltmod can only be mod from the mbo and cannot mod within the bios.so, dont worry.by the way,when doing bios flashing,it just depends on your luck.like my one,i flash from gecube to asus bios but still run,with only some problems during the games.sometimes, it crash.
 
h0tsauce said:
will this work on an old 9500np 64mb?
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depends on your luck. mostly,i think cannot.for some user, they look for the ram type whether it is samsung,hynix or other brand.one more thing,bios mod wont gurantee speed raise because the material that build on that card had its own limit.biosmod is risky.
 
Thanks to all.I've sold my9550 to my uncle.Today I'm gonna buy a Leadtek6800LE.How can i open its pipelines?After I open its close pipelines i will write the scores.
 
Problem with ATI Radeon 9550 - Need help please !

Hi,

I could use some advices. I got a new video card - Saphire Ati Radeon 9550 - 256 MB. I've just reinstalled windows and now the quality on my movies, videos etc is very poor. Let me give you an example. I have a video movie made with High Definition. Before installing windows was crystal clear but know I can even see some pixels. Can you please tell me what can I do now to solve ? Thank you in advance for your advices !
 
I want to know how I do to connect my Ati Radeon Sapphire 256mb to tv out, and how much can increase the speeds mem and core (actually 410-217)
 
patman said:
I want to know how I do to connect my Ati Radeon Sapphire 256mb to tv out, and how much can increase the speeds mem and core (actually 410-217)
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use the cable that provided when you purchase that card.simply plug in to your card and the other end plug into your tv "s-video in"port(you can see the port if your tv had the "s-video" in port othervise buy another tv).i only use the tv when i am watching movie othervise i can't even see the icon text in windows.after all had been plug,boot up your pc,you will then see the windows post and booting screen.you know what to do next... :)
 
What Core and Mem do you recommand me on a Connect3d 9550 256 Mb with no cooler,but whit a cheap radiator.
I have an Asus A7A266 motherboard and an AMD DURON 1300 MHZ and 512 DDR
P.S. Please excuse my bad english.
 

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What about the Bios mhz for the AGP card?

In my bios, Asus K8n-E Deluxe, I can change the mhz setting of the AGP slot from 66 thru 75. If I use the ATI tool to overclock the card is there any reason/advantage to selecting a higher setting than the default of 66?
 
I've just installed the rivers to my Ati Radeon 9950.After i restarted my pc when to get in windows(you know when i choose the user) on my monitor appears check your signal cable and i have to reset it.Please help me:respect: :respect:
 
I installed the video card on Gigabyte motherboard(in don't remeber the model) with Agp 8x and it worked.What do i have to change on my bios to make it work.My motherboard is Asus A7A266 with Agp 4x.PLEASE HELP ME
 
Hi all

I see you all managed to oveclock your radeons very good. I clocked it too. it works on 400/290 without artifacts. But i have one problem, you see i ahd 256 ddr ram so i upgradeed my comp with 1 more 256 stick iand i got huge porblems. When i paly gaems or watch movies i my comp freeze. I have upgradeed my maniboard bios but still i haev problems. My configuraton is p4 2.4 northwood 2x256 pc3200 mobo: asrockp4vt8+ (it supports agp 8x and ddr 400 mem). I was thinkin to flash my graphic card bios but it seys in faq that asus bioses are non flashable. And also its funny i bought asus radeon 9550 GE 256mb 128 bit but when i go to display properties or i everest it says 9600 series and in ati tool device id is 4150 not 4152 or 4153 so is nmy card flashabale or is there any other solution to fix this problem( i cannot buy now on 512 ddr stick casue im ut of money):D
 
Does anybody know How to flash ASL /axle/ 9550 . It's 128bit 128 MB and I think it's locked but I might be wrong. Anybody with the same card who got the success story?
 
I've got a problem with AtiTools 0.24.A mark "Remove Radeon 9000/9200/9550/9600 clock" and i overclock the video card.But after i restart my Pc the clock is reseted and "Remove Radeon 9000/9200/9550/9600 clock" is still marked.Is there another solution besize downloadin the softmod drivers???
Please Help
 
9550 to 9600xt

Hi I just flashed my 9550 to a 9600xt the BIOS I used had the memory speed 5ns as what my card has. now should I have uninstalled the drivers first? and should I be useing omega drivers at all? when I firsted booted up after the flas windows reconized it as a new card so I uninstalled the drivers and reinstalled everything was fine for a few minutes then the screen went black I know that the flash went well but not sure about the omega drivers? should i just use ATI drivers. the core speed is a little higher on the 9600xt then what I was running overclocked but the memory was a little slower

9550 375/204
9600xt 500/202
Should I just stick with overclocking?
any help would be nice
also I read on the forum the it dosn't matter what memory it is as long as the speed matches or is who makes the card
 
sjust said:
Hi I just flashed my 9550 to a 9600xt the BIOS I used had the memory speed 5ns as what my card has. now should I have uninstalled the drivers first? and should I be useing omega drivers at all? when I firsted booted up after the flas windows reconized it as a new card so I uninstalled the drivers and reinstalled everything was fine for a few minutes then the screen went black I know that the flash went well but not sure about the omega drivers? should i just use ATI drivers. the core speed is a little higher on the 9600xt then what I was running overclocked but the memory was a little slower

9550 375/204
9600xt 500/202
Should I just stick with overclocking?
any help would be nice
also I read on the forum the it dosn't matter what memory it is as long as the speed matches or is who makes the card
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for me,i am stick with my oc timing.500/500ddr. the risk is,my card life will be shorter.i know this is not good. its been 2 months,i stick with it.
so,the conclusion is take your risk.
 
9550 overclock

Ihave overclocked got the gpu up to 425 but the memory only goes to 206 before I start to have artifacts at least that what ati tray tools tells me. I have mira memory on a powercolor 256 megs. is there any way to get the memory to go faster?
 
sjust said:
Ihave overclocked got the gpu up to 425 but the memory only goes to 206 before I start to have artifacts at least that what ati tray tools tells me. I have mira memory on a powercolor 256 megs. is there any way to get the memory to go faster?
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well, it depends. the quality of the product is the main factor.
to score the best,i use the latest atitool.
use the catalyst 5.9 from omega website.
i find the maximum for both gpu and ram
my ram is hynix 5.0ns,i also dunno why it go so high.
besides of that, i place 2 psu fan for both side of the card, to cool down the temp of the ram.
i didn't pu heatsink on ram.
there might be a risk that the card will burn.:banghead:
actually, increase the gpu wont effect much.
increase ram will be more useful.
 
9550

That might be my problem the memory is getting to hot. I work in a factory so I think i'll try and make some heatsinks for the memory. just wondering how thick I should I should make them. we have alu slugs at work that should work but they are .25 inch thick. we do have some thinner .125 inch thick. anybody with some suggestions
 
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