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Flashing 9550-9600??

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I know that you can flash the Radeon 9550 to the 9600. But what I don't understand is how to do it. lol. When it gets to the part about pick something about the BIOS collection or something like that. Anybody that could talk me through completely flashing this, most appreciation goes to you, and everybody taht will help;)
 
anybody have any info???
 
i think you cant because i think both card uses a different GPU.
 
Ok, I downloaded the bios flash thing, but I don't understand part 2. "Flash the Bios file to your video card using the -f parameter. For example flashrom -f -p 0 9600.bin.
A little sidenote: Many people complain that they get a "file not found" error when trying to flash the Bios under DOS. The problem is that DOS does not know long filenames, so all files are truncated to some funky names like Powerco~1.bin. Either use the dir command, when in DOS, to find out the short filename or rename it to something shorter while still in Windows."

I don't know how to do that part. could somebody help me on that part?
 
Common guys, i need some more posts on this I want to flash my card. pls.
 
thx guys...i got a a-lot of help here..
 
That simply means that if the bios file you downloaded is named for example ATI0056778.34545.bios.bin (those names can be REALLY long), writing the whole name will get you only error reports.

The reason is that dos likes to use "nicknames" for long file names like that (for example if would like to go to your Program files, you would have to type "cd progra~1").

Easiest way is to rename the bios file you downloaded (in windows right click the bios file -> rename), to for example bios.bin. Then it´s short enough for you to just follow the instructions and forget the whole question.

To make real easy, rename the bios file like I said. Then the flash command in dos is

flashrom -f -p 0 bios.bin
 
use a name 8 characters long or under
 
Wait ok, I renamed it (right clicked, rename, then I put bios.bin, like you said. After than you said (Then the flash command in dos is

flashrom -f -p 0 bios.bin) How do I do that part now. I appreciate all the help so far by the way.
 
When i double click on the file...it asks me what I want to open it with..What do I do from then??
 
hello?? anybody.. lol
 
You need an empty, working (preferably new) floppy disk.

Insert the floppy, right click floppy drive in windows and select "format".

After the format, right click floppy drive again and select "make system disk". It will make you a dos boot disk.

Copy the flashrom OR atiflash utility to the created system disk. Also copy the new bios (bios.bin) the floppy.

Leave the disk in and reboot. You will get dos screen, where you can put in the commands (do the flashing part).

NOTE: Additional precaution procedure: You will need ANOTHER floppy disk.

I strongly recomend doing the following:

When you first go to dos using the floppy, backup your current bios, the one in the card at the moment. The command to that is also found in the general flash guide, it´s the same command I think but "-s" instead "-p". Check the guide. It will write you current bios on the floppy. DO NOT flash yet, remove floppy and go to windows again.

When in windows again, make A NEW boot disk like before, using ANOTHER floppy disk. Then copy your OLD bios (which is on the another floppy at the moment..) and the flashing utility on this floppy. RENAME the OLD bios file you copied to "oldbios.bin". Open the A:\ drive (floppy) and select "tools -> folder options" at the top of the screen. Find "view" tab, and UNTICK the option "hide protected system files".

You should now see "autoexec.bat" file on the floppy. Right click it and select "edit". In my case, there wasn´t any text. What ever the case, write a NEW line saying:

flashrom -f -p 0 oldbios.bin

Nothing else.
Save and exit.

Now when ever you insert that disk and boot, IT WILL FLASH YOUR ---OLD--- BIOS TO THE GRAPHICS CARD. You should never need it, but if something goes wrong and you get the black screen of death, you should be able to insert this disk, boot, wait until floppy drive stops doing anything and boot again and have everything working again. :)
 
Hi guys!

I plan to buy Palit vga card = geforce 6200 256 128 bit, but I want to know if the chip is NV43 to oc ya know. Pls help

which one i should buy geforce 6200 or radeon 9600 pro
 
there you two versions of the 6200, one with NV43 and the other is NV44A. if you need to pick one of these get the NV43 version, which is softmoddable to 6600. but i would get a 9800pro of a x800 if i was you, 6200 is a waste of time as you dont get much of a graphics performance boost.
 
Is there any other way to do it skycaptain, because I don't have a floppy drive..i thought they outdated years ago, and never thought i would need one again.
 
Sorry I wasn´t home for a few days...

In case you already didn´t find your answer:

There´s that guide for flashing bios in these techpowerup pages, I think you have been reading it. It has a separate section telling how to flash in windows, meaning you just run the program told in the guide, and give the program the bios file you wan´t to use.

Flashing in windows can be more risky, but I think it doesn´t matter as long as you´re not running any other programs at the same time. The program should have an option to "dump" or save your old bios, so do that before flashing so you can flash back to the original bios if ever need to.

This way you can´t do or use that "auto-flash floppy" I described, so be sure to use the right kind of bios, mess it up and your card is gone. :)
 
hey man, check your private messages sky, i sent some info. to u.
 
Ok, I cannot flash the ATI Radeon 9550. I have tried to flash it in winflash, and I click force, and program, and it tells me to restart, and still nothing??????????? Would somebody pls tell me what I am doin wrong?
 
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