Flashing ATI graphics card from DOS - Overclock.net

Steme · 07-24-06

Is it possible to do? If so please direct me to the correct application. Ive tried quite a few none seem to work in DOS mode. Any help is muchly appreciated.

**ENTERPRISE** · 07-24-06

Yes its possible. Look at this site for all your needs. : http://www.mvktech.net/

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ATI Radeon BIOS Flash Guide
Written by Mavke
Tuesday, 16 March 2004
There are 2 ways on how to Flash your ATI Radeon Graphics Card BIOS and those depend on the Program that you use. Make sure you always make a Backup of your Original BIOS first!

First of all you will have to make a boot disk (http://www.bootdisk.com) and put on there atiflash.exe (v1.16) or flashrom.exe (v2.37) and also the new BIOS file you want to flash your Card with (xxxx.rom). After you created the boot disk, restart your PC with the boot disk.

- Flashing with ATIFlash (ATI) - Use ATIFlash v1.16
Standard Procedure:
1. a:atiflash -s 0 backup.rom [Enter] (to backup the Orginal BIOS)
2. a:atiflash -p 0 file.rom [Enter] (to flash your card with a new BIOS)

Non Standard Procedure:
(If you are trying to flash a bios for a different card then you will get a security warning that the bios does not match your card. If you are absolutely sure that the bios is compatible you can use the -f parameter to force flashing)
2*. a:atiflash -f -p 0 file.rom [Enter] (to flash your card with a new BIOS)

- Flashing with FlashROM (ATI) - Use FlashROM v2.37 oe v2.40
Standard Procedure:
1. a:flashrom.exe -s 0 backup.rom [Enter] (to backup the Orginal BIOS)
2. a:flashrom -p 0 file.rom [Enter] (to flash your card with a new BIOS)

Non Standard Procedure:
(If you are trying to flash a bios for a different card then you will get a security warning that the bios does not match your card. If you are absolutely sure that the bios is compatible you can use the -f parameter to force flashing)
2*. a:flashrom -f -p 0 file.rom [Enter] (to flash your card with a new BIOS)

Another way for making a Backup of the Original BIOS, which is more simple, is using the ATITool (v0.0.20) program.

- Backup with ATITool - Use ATITool v0.0.20 or v0.0.21
Standard Procedure:
1. Launch ATITool
2. Use "dump bios" Function and dump the BIOS to backup.rom (to backup the Orginal BIOS)

When you have a Backup of your Original BIOS, please also submit it on my site or mail it to meThis email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it , so that I can put it in my Archive.
Try to Provide the following information :
- Brand of the Card
- Type of the Card
- Amount of Memory of the Card
- Brand of the Memory (when possible)

http://www.mvktech.net/content/view/17/37/

busta_ger · 10-07-06

i have a x800pro and i dont know what for a bios i need.
there is a bios for asus,gigabyte,etc...

Juggernaut · 10-11-06

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i have a x800pro and i dont know what for a bios i need.
there is a bios for asus,gigabyte,etc...

What brand of card do you have? Ive flashed my card with the latest X800pro bios I could find on www.techpowerup.com

Read this here http://www.overclock.net/ati/28036-h...hlight=x800pro

When I still was looking for a bios mod I made this thread:
http://www.overclock.net/ati/82258-b...ght=Juggernaut

Read it to it should help you. If you still have questions let me know or open your own topic.

Bios modding in DOS is the way to go and the guide ENTERPRISE posted is very good. Always make sure you keep your stock bios somewhere. Happy modding

RICK103 · 08-09-09

how do you get dos to read the files on the boot disc? (i am using CD, no floppy drive) cant seem to change the drive letter from A: to E:. Seriously need to flash my HD4890 as its an ES version and is giving me loads of problems with certain games.

scottath · 08-09-09

Easiest way i have found was to make my flash drive bootable - then stuck all the files on it.....

This is a newer version of the app i used to do it with my flash drive:
http://www.datafilehost.com/download-15a9babe.html

space@pe · 08-09-09

if you'r having problems making your usb flash drive bootable try this method:

http://www.csd.dficlub.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1136

http://www.techpowerup.com/articles/...g/vidcard/34/1

http://www.mvktech.net/component/opt...einfo/id,3040/

http://www.techpowerup.com/articles/.../vidcard/154/1

RICK103 · 08-09-09

Thank you very much! i will try these methods and report back.

RICK103 · 08-09-09

I tried this method:

http://www.datafilehost.com/download-15a9babe.html

although it seems the easiest and definetely worth trying first but i just kept getting errors so i spent more time on this one:

http://www.techpowerup.com/articles/...g/vidcard/34/1

and it worked very well with detailed instructions. Thanks for help! Now all games work fine although the card doesnt scale well to my screen like the HD4850 did, but it doesnt really matter, just upscaled it. Thanks!

RICK103 · 08-09-09

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Originally Posted by Altec2456

Your fuccing retarted ati blows ass go buy a voodo 2

Wow, thank you for this generous insight into not only the 'voodo2' but also my mental capacity. Perhaps your next post will be as eye-opening as you previous post on another topic 'Nvidia is a testical penis grabber'. Please enlighten me more with your genius mind of knowledge

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