Hi everyone!
I was looking for a new bios for my 8600m gt, and found the ones for Acer 8600M GT 512 MB. I noticed in the details for this bios, the Vendor id:10de and device id:0407 are equal to mine.
Now in pcidatabase.com this device is listed as
Chip Number: NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT
Chip Description: NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT
Notes: Video card in MacBook Pro / Santa Rosa (256MB)
further reading down on that page I find
Chip Number: 0402
Chip Description: gainward bliss 8600 gt 512mo silent fx pcx
Notes: Dist. Gainward 8600GT
Pending Submissions:
Chip Number: 0407
[ Submitted February 23, 2009, 12:11 pm]
Now I am confused. What is the correct information here?
According to Everest, my GeForce is installed with a bios version 60.84.41.00.18, which is the same version as the oldest bios in the list in this database, dated 2007-04-23.
Is it the same bios? If so, can I use this new one on my 256mb? Can I modify it if not? Or perhaps (if I'm lucky), is my 256mb really a biosdowngraded 512mb?
Hope someone can answer me
Gunnar
I was looking for a new bios for my 8600m gt, and found the ones for Acer 8600M GT 512 MB. I noticed in the details for this bios, the Vendor id:10de and device id:0407 are equal to mine.
Now in pcidatabase.com this device is listed as
Chip Number: NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT
Chip Description: NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT
Notes: Video card in MacBook Pro / Santa Rosa (256MB)
further reading down on that page I find
Chip Number: 0402
Chip Description: gainward bliss 8600 gt 512mo silent fx pcx
Notes: Dist. Gainward 8600GT
Pending Submissions:
Chip Number: 0407
[ Submitted February 23, 2009, 12:11 pm]
Now I am confused. What is the correct information here?
According to Everest, my GeForce is installed with a bios version 60.84.41.00.18, which is the same version as the oldest bios in the list in this database, dated 2007-04-23.
Is it the same bios? If so, can I use this new one on my 256mb? Can I modify it if not? Or perhaps (if I'm lucky), is my 256mb really a biosdowngraded 512mb?
Hope someone can answer me
Gunnar