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ATI Radeon 9550 Overclocking and BIOS modding FAQ Guide

9550 to a 9600 bios flash

I'm glad I found this forum.

Just bought a $100 Sapphire 9550 128 bit 256 mb. I only have played around overclocking with TRIXX thus far. The card has a fan on it, and I rigged a case fan up against/across the immediate 4 PCI slots below my where my vid card is ( nifty eh? ). So, its cool i guess. I am interested in the whole "flashing the Bios" idea. Seems possible to get it to at least a 9600 from what I've read. I don't plan on beefing up my cooling. I can't notice any significance in what I'v been doing with TRIXX but i guess thats because I am only running games like Medal of Honour and Call of Duty.

* I don't have ATITOOL, but ill get it right after submtting this post.

* In TRIXX i cannot see the card temp or VPU temp, is that critical to know?

* If anyone has any warnings or thumbs up stories, hit me with them please

* I have a Sempron 3000+ OC from 2.0 Ghz to 2.27 Ghz

* Anyone know if the jumper on the board is for stock/turbo modes? If so,whats the diff in speeds?

If your reading this line then thank you for taking the time to
read everything above!


:rockout:
 
9550

I just found the jumper on my card as well and was wondering what it was for myself. I have a Sempron 3000 myself but can only get it up to 2.1. I think it's the memory I have(Kinston pc-2700) and the power supply (400 wats). Getting a new ps 550 wats but not here yet. going to see if I can rig something for a fan to blow on the card as well.
 
hello, I recently bought a Connect3D Radeon 9550 (RV350LX) 256MB 128Bit.

I want to know how much i can get from this videocard.

Connect3dRadeon9550.jpg


I have read a lot in this thread but nobody ever talks about this card. The first thing clear for me is that if i want to overclock it i'll need a "real" cooler. :)

If somebody knows more about this card or can redirect me to some site where i could find more info i'd be very gratefull.

My system specs:

Motherboard: MSI K8T Neo-V Socket-754
Processor: AMD Semprom 64bit 2600 Mhz
VideoCard: Connect3d Radeon 9550 (etc)
RAM: Kingston DDR 512MB 333Mhz
HardDisk: 2 x Gateway Barracuda ST340014A 40Gb

Regards, E.J.
 
Is there anyhope to flash gigabyte 9550 to 9600 ? I tried and it say bios is locked, how to unlock ? Plz show me some clues, thx
 
Msi Rx9550-td128

I just have this card, Use ATITool OC and find out artifact pretty soon. Then I decide to flash BIOS. This card use Samsung 5 so I use the BIOS of Powercolor 9600 pro (Aug 23 03). It works find at 400/240 in Window. But there is a problem at POST SCREEN, when I boot the computer, the screen just refresh VERY SLOW. Same thing happen when I'm working with MOBO BIOS SCREEN. I did try reflash other BIOS (Saphire 9600pro samsung 5, MSI 9600 pro Samsung 3.3) and got a worse result in Window (very high artifact with the same clock) and the problem with POST SREEN still exist. I did try several others 9600 BIOS with different clock but the problem with POST SREEN exist and the only POWERCOLOR BIOS give the best clock. Should I give up or stay with powercolor and get VERY SLOW POST SREEN POST SREEN.

Thanks
Ngoc Nguyen
 
nyioo7@hotmail.com said:
i overclocked my msi 9550 128 mb card with samsung 4.0 to gecube 9600 pro and it is working great. but what i like to know is , is the fast write still on and why is there no smartgart in my ati setting. can these setting change the performance?

AMD Athlon XP 3200+
MSI K7N2 Delta2-LSR
1 GB kingston 3200 dual
MSI ATI Radeon 9550 128 mb 250/203
Maxtor SATA 80 GB
Click to expand...

How fast your card does after flash GeCube?
I have the MSI 9550 128, but I thing It's Samsung 5. It got 400/240 with Powercolor 9600 pro BIOS and worked smooth in window.
BUT there is a problem with POST SCREEN when the computer is BOOTING, It refresh very slow???

Do you see this problem???
 
Already flash to 9600XT, i used Gecube bios to flash with Flashrom. To flash with clocked BIOS like Gigabyte's, adding the parameters -sst -f . That's so simple but seem like noone here care to answer.

@ngocrebel: your name so familiar, u come from Vietnam ?
 
I see some guy talk about Voltmod. Why do we have to modify the board. I use the Asus P4C800 Deluxe and it can be adjust the votage for AGP port (also for CPU and RAM). But I don't know how safe it is then just keep the default setting. If you have an idea then please share, I'm kind of guy that don't like the "DEFAULT THING"

Asus P4C800 Deluxe
P4 3G Prescott, 1MB L2 (OC 3.4G)
1GB Kingston PC3200 HyperX dual Channel
2WD 80GB SATA RAID 0 for window, 2 Seagate 160 SATA
MSI 9550 128MB flash with Powercolor 9600 pro (400/240x2)
500W ultra X connect PSU.
 
Unlocking/OC'ing a HIGHTECH EXCALIBUR RADEON 9550SE Series

I'm not normally one to ask for help, but I have come to a problem or two that I cannot seem to figure out on my own. I am trying to simply unlock my card at the very least. I have used ATItool ATI, RaBit, ATIFlash, WinFlash, ATI Tray Tools, and Radonator to no avail.
I have also flashed my card to almost every bios on the bios page that matches Samsung, I believe mine is Samsung 4.5 or something to that affect. I had a few that wouldn't even post, and a few that would post 8/16bit flashing boxes. Idealy I would like to flash it to a 9600SE ViVo. I haven't been able to find a bios to match that, if there even is such a card, which I do believe there is.

One more little thing, Does anyone have any idea what that little yellow jumper is for?

Thanks in advance
RuMoR

My system:

Processor GenuineIntel ~2386 Mhz
Memory 512.00 MB

This is all the info on my card.

9600_9550_r8k25d_500.jpg


Catalyst Control Center reading

Card Manufacturer Powered by ATI
Graphics Chipset HIGHTECH EXCALIBUR RADEON 9550SE Series
Device ID 4153
Vendor 1002
Subsystem ID 201C
SVendor ID 17AF
Bus Type AGP
Current Bus Setting AGP 4X
BIOS Version 008.017D.016.00
BIOS Part Number BK-ATI VER008.017D.016.000
BIOS Date 2004/04/21
Memory Size 256 MB
Memory Type DDR SGRAM / SDRAM
Core Clock in MHz 250 MHz
Memory Clock in MHz 196 MHz
Primary Display Yes


System Information reading

Name HIGHTECH EXCALIBUR RADEON 9550SE Series
PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4153&SUBSYS_201C17AF&REV_00\4&6B9BF1C&0&0008
Adapter Type ATI RADEON 9550 AGP (0x4153), ATI Technologies Inc. compatible
Adapter Description HIGHTECH EXCALIBUR RADEON 9550SE Series
Adapter RAM 256.00 MB (268,435,456 bytes)
Installed Drivers ati2dvag.dll
Driver Version 6.14.10.6583
INF File oem10.inf (ati2mtag_RV350 section)
Color Planes 1
Color Table Entries 4294967296
Resolution 1024 x 768 x 75 hertz
Bits/Pixel 32
Memory Address 0xE0000000-0xEFFFFFFF
I/O Port 0x0000EC00-0x0000ECFF
Memory Address 0xFF8F0000-0xFF8FFFFF
IRQ Channel IRQ 16
I/O Port 0x000003B0-0x000003BB
I/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DF
Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\ati2mtag.sys
(6.14.10.6583, 1.33 MB (1,391,104 bytes), 25/08/2004 1:28 AM)

Name HIGHTECH EXCALIBUR RADEON 9550SE Series - Secondary
PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4173&SUBSYS_201D17AF&REV_00\4&6B9BF1C&0&0108
Adapter Type ATI RADEON 9550 Secondary AGP (0x4173), ATI Technologies Inc. compatible
Adapter Description HIGHTECH EXCALIBUR RADEON 9550SE Series - Secondary
Adapter RAM 256.00 MB (268,435,456 bytes)
Installed Drivers ati2dvag.dll
Driver Version 6.14.10.6583
INF File oem10.inf (ati2mtag_RV350 section)
Color Planes Not Available
Color Table Entries Not Available
Resolution Not Available
Bits/Pixel Not Available
Memory Address 0xD0000000-0xEFFFFFFF
Memory Address 0xFF8E0000-0xFF8EFFFF
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\ati2mtag.sys
(6.14.10.6583, 1.33 MB (1,391,104 bytes), 25/08/2004 1:28 AM)

This Card has the same Bios Number, so i looked for a bios for it, I couldn't find one.

Manufacturer: Gecube
Model: Radeon 9600 (PRO)
Chipset: ATI Radeon 9600 (PRO)
Interface: AGP 8x
Memory Size: 256.00 MBytes
Memory Type: DDR
Default Engine Speed: 498.25 MHz
Default Memory Speed: 195.75 MHz
BIOS Version: 008.017D.016.00 2004/12/28
OS Drivers: Catalyst 5.6
OC Engine Speed: 437.80 MHz
OC Memory Speed: 216.00 MHz
Cooling Info: stock cooling, very reliable!
 
ngocrebel said:
I see some guy talk about Voltmod. Why do we have to modify the board. I use the Asus P4C800 Deluxe and it can be adjust the votage for AGP port (also for CPU and RAM). But I don't know how safe it is then just keep the default setting. If you have an idea then please share, I'm kind of guy that don't like the "DEFAULT THING"
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Adjusting agp voltage is different than voltmodding video card. When you voltmod your video card it means more voltage directly card gpu and memory. I had Sapphire radeon 9550 last winter and make the voltmods on it. It ran stock voltages gpu:420Mhz and mem:240 (not the fastest).
Then I rise gpu voltage ~0,2v and memory voltage ~0,2v. result: gpu:515Mhz & mem:275Mhz.
 
I have a jumper on my card as well and would like to know what it is for myself. Powercolor 9550 256 mgb. I have googled it and have found nothing about it. I have a couple days off this week so I might change it to see what it does hope it dosen't burn up. Let you all know what happens.:wtf:
 
I have a ATI 9550 256MB PRO and I recently overclocked it. I attained 445/245x2, however, I didn't want my card to stress too much so I lowered the core speed to 399. My card is cooled with Zalman VF700 AlCu (http://www.gadgetophile.com/zalman-vf700-alcu-installreview/). Since my card doesn't have a built-in thermometer, I don't know the temperature of the card. But when I place my hand near the fan of the Zalman, I feel a very hot air. If the fan is blowing off hot air, then the VGA chipset might be twice as hot. My question is, is this normal or my card is close to getting fried? I'm looking for suggestions. Thanks.
 
where can i find the bios for my card sapphire 9550 256 elilxer mem card <

also what bios to use to take it to a 9600 for clocking <<

eny info would be kewl thanks as ever
Sc00terx

also seen this from another site

""""I fixed the 9500Pro BIOS. It's now overclockable!

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I did a comparison of the 9700Pro BIOS, the 9700 non-pro BIOS, and the 9500Pro BIOS and was able to find the one hexidecimal value that is keeping the 9500Pro and 9700 non-pro from overclocking.

Address Line: 00000070h
Originally: 44 76 4E 37 91 08 02 10 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Edited: 44 76 4E 37 90 08 02 10 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00


ATi is setting the same hex value on the 9500Pro and 9700 non-pro to keep them from overclocking. I tested this change on both a 9700 non-pro and 9500Pro and it works. All of the overclocking utilities functioned correctly...Rage3D Tweak works great with it!


Download the new 9500Pro/9500non-pro/9700non-pro overclockable BIOS's and the newest version of ATIFLASH here:

http://www.3dchipset.com/bios/index.php

You may need to uninstall/reinstall your ATi Drivers and Control Panel."""""
 
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sc00terx said:
where can i find the bios for my card sapphire 9550 256 elilxer mem card <

also what bios to use to take it to a 9600 for clocking <<

eny info would be kewl thanks as ever
Sc00terx

also seen this from another site

""""I fixed the 9500Pro BIOS. It's now overclockable!

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I did a comparison of the 9700Pro BIOS, the 9700 non-pro BIOS, and the 9500Pro BIOS and was able to find the one hexidecimal value that is keeping the 9500Pro and 9700 non-pro from overclocking.

Address Line: 00000070h
Originally: 44 76 4E 37 91 08 02 10 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Edited: 44 76 4E 37 90 08 02 10 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00


ATi is setting the same hex value on the 9500Pro and 9700 non-pro to keep them from overclocking. I tested this change on both a 9700 non-pro and 9500Pro and it works. All of the overclocking utilities functioned correctly...Rage3D Tweak works great with it!


Download the new 9500Pro/9500non-pro/9700non-pro overclockable BIOS's and the newest version of ATIFLASH here:

http://www.3dchipset.com/bios/index.php

You may need to uninstall/reinstall your ATi Drivers and Control Panel."""""
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is that mean u are able to change a card from 9550 stock to 9700 non-pro by just change its bios.
that is amazing.if like that u can open the pipelines also right.
if i use the bios u modified, can i run on my gecube 9550gt
 
sorry mike i think i got that a bit rong its for a 9500Pro to be a 9700pro but if i am rong again some one will say :)


as ever sc00terx
 
Hi I have a quick question,

I just bought a GIGABYTE GV-R955128D Radeon 9550 128MB

and I was reading that you cant flash gigabyte cards with not gigabyte bios, but I was wondering if I could flash it with gigabyte 9600 bios its the same manufactere bios would that work ? I just want to save my hastle of reflashing the card 300x.

Any help would be appreciated.
 
i think the 9550 is come to its end already.
although i oc it up to 500/500
it is still cannot stand together with the 9600 score:ohwell:
 
Hello, i'm newbie here, just bought gecube 9550 x-speed (9500gu-c3) heres the summary from ati tool:
evice ID 4152
Chip name RV360
host interface agp
memory size 128
memory type ddr
memory bus width 128
active pipelines 4
default gpu clock 398.00 mhz
default mem clock 300 mhz

is there any 9600 bios suitable for this gfx card? does this bios offer higher gpu voltage & mem voltage?
 
My giga byte R9550 256 Mb of ram

I have a GigaByte R9550 256Mb 125bit With hynix 5.0 250/200*2
can I Flash it with a R9600 non-pro or XT bios with Hynix 4.0 rams?
cause i didnt find a R9600 non -pro or XT with a same ram.
sorry for bad english.
Romania
 
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it's better use atitool to find out the max of your card.then find a suitable bios and flash it(tis is very dangerous if you didn't had a pci vga card ready)
my advise, better oc it using atitool and then set the clock in windows.
 
ati asus 9550GE 256

hi fellah's

my ati radeon 9550GE 256
run's at 440/270

now my question is will i be able to overclock it even more after i would have flashed this card or not ?

btw it's rv350 chip like any other 9550

thanks in advance
 
iceke18 said:
hi fellah's

my ati radeon 9550GE 256
run's at 440/270

now my question is will i be able to overclock it even more after i would have flashed this card or not ?

btw it's rv350 chip like any other 9550

thanks in advance
Click to expand...

You probably won't be able to overclock much more, if you can it would be down to more agressive timings, but I doubt it.
 
Hello all! I'm new here, but not noob in overclocking 9550.
Some time ago i sended my burned GigaByte 9550 to guaranty service. They've replaced my card with other one, but.. with locked RAM freqeuncy! I tried many bioses with different memory settings, different drivers (stock, omega, dna) and RAM freq is always the same! I can overclock to e.g. 1000 MHz, but card still works as 400MHz :( (everest shows 500/1000, but 3dmark rate is ~1400)
That's why I think it's hardware lock. Does anyone know how to bypass it? HELP!!!
 
Hello members and moderators of this forum.
I have a ati Radeon 9550 128mb DDR Rv 350, people told me that it´s possible to upgrade my card to a radeon 9800 Pro only by installing the latest softmod drivers. I did that, one time, many and many times with no sucess. I did the two diferent ways that i saw in this installation section but also with no sucess. Now i have the 6.1 version.When i run atitools i see only 4 pipelines. I have already remove the clock lock.
I have installed the ultimate version beta of atitools, and the same problem.
I don´t know what to do more, especially because i want to play quake 4 with better graphics , and i don´t have more money to spend.
Please, help me, tell me something...
Thanks in advance

Pentium iv 2.8ghz 1550DDR; hdd sata 120gb; audigy soundcard, etc.
 
Hi hjv2006, your problem: a 9550 doesn't have a mod to make it a 9800 Pro, nor are there any pipelines that can be unlocked. Your mistaken with a 9800SE, those can use the softmod. 9550s on the other hand are esentially scaled down 9600s. This means that you can use ATITool to overclock them loads (especially the core, that should easily hit 400MHz), or you can do a bios mod, but overclocking them is safest. There are no pipelines that can be unlocked, but there is a fair amount of performance to be gained. Just to let you know, a 9800 Pro will have way better performance that any normal 9550 could reach.
 
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