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MIRAGEone

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Card: Gigabyte 9950 256mb AGP (GV-R955256D)

ok so i made a backup of the bios that came with the card
made a copy of that backup.. and changed the clocks (to a safe number.. ran atitool.. used those clock freqs easy.. no problems)
saved the changed clocks to the copy of the backup

ran the flash tool that came with the gigabyte softare..
during mid flash.. the program came up with "an unexpected error and has to close"
FUUUUCK.. gigabyte is utter shit
hated it from the moment i put the card in my system

anyway
i cant reflash it with the backup bios i made because whenever i turn the computer on with the card connected. it wont boot up
any advice ?

EDIT: i know booting with a PCI card is recommended, but i dont have one.. and trying the builtin VGA doesnt work.. guess i need PCI eh ? is that my only option or does someone have another idea ?
 
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put in a pci graphics card, boot using that as primary graphics then reflash :)

Edit, Stop editing when i'm posting :p
 

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is that the only option ? wonder how much a cheap 8mb pci card would go for :p $10 ? hehe
 

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EDIT: i know booting with a PCI card is recommended, but i dont have one.. and trying the builtin VGA doesnt work.. guess i need PCI eh ? is that my only option or does someone have another idea ?

if you choose to use the built in vga, you must change the option in bios to use it as the primary display device.
 

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there isnt one.. thats why i cant do it that way
can only choose to use pci over agp.. or agp over pci
 

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there isnt one.. thats why i cant do it that way
can only choose to use pci over agp.. or agp over pci

is there an enable/disable option?
 

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no... but even if
wouldnt disabling the agp card..
stop windows from detecting its even connected ?
meaning.. i wouldnt be able to flash it ?
hehe
 

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What has windows had to do with it?

Did you tryed to flash from windows? ... cause if you did that's not good.

You have to flash from Dos (using a bootable disk floppy or cd)

And I dont know other method than the one with the PCI card if your card does not work anymore (try find one in some old computer 386/486/PI/PII).

Good luck
 

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you can flash from within windows.. theres programs for it winatiflash etc
shure dos is safer
but u can still do it from within windows
 

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anyway.. i bought a cheap 2mb pci card online for $5
ill fix it in the end :)
 

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...and in DOS mode use first rambios to see if the flash is compatible with the card.

Also check with rabit the specifications of the flash to match your card specifications (memory bus, memory type SDR/DDR/DDRII, and memory timings)

Good luck
 
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I flashed my mobo bios yesterday and it crashed half-way through.

the motherboard wouldn't post.

The comp. shop replaced it under warranty..............omg.....nearly £100 down the drain.
 
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