Help me, Flash problem.

[BadAsh]

Hey Guys,

I read the Post about flashing my ATI RADEON 9800Pro to 9800XT Speeds and followed the instructions correctly to the point and now I start the computer and it doesn't even P.O.S.T. It starts for about 2 seconds and then It will shut off. What is going on? Is there anyway I can revert this? I am currently running my ATI RADEON 7500 64mb to view and I cannot play the games that I wish to. Can Someone help me?

Thank you in advance.

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[GeneticWeapon]

Flash back to your old bios <b>that you saved</b>.

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[BadAsh]

I did save it but I cannot get the Computer to boot up with the ATI RADEON 9800PRO in it. It shuts down after only 2 seconds of being on. The Computer will not even POST.

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[GeneticWeapon]

You have two choices, you can either blind flash(which isnt too difficult), or you can buy/borrow a pci video card to boot from while you flash your old bios back onto the card.
<b>These kind of problem's are exactly why I didnt want a sticky post to be made of Willamette's 9800Pro>9800XT thread.</b>
BadAsh, see if you can get ahold of a pci video card, and we'll get you fixed up.

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[BadAsh]

Thank you GeneticWeapon,

I have actually two PCI Cards.

One is a Rage II+DVD (atleast that is what it says on the chip) I believe it has 4MB of memory.
The other is a MACH64 and I don't know how much memory is on it. Will either work?

Please explain the Blind flash as well.

I appreciate your help.

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[Crashman]

How the hell is he going to reflash the card when the system won't stay powered up with that card installed? Last I knew you had to have a running system to flash a card.

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[GeneticWeapon]

I'm pretty sure that his computer isnt shutting off because he flashed his card's bios. I suspect that he simply isnt getting anything displayed on his monitor.
BadAsh, can you tell us if your pc itself still runs?...any light's on or drives spinning?

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[Crashman]

He said in his first post the computer starts for 2 seconds and shuts off!

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[GeneticWeapon]

Read the original post again Crash, he's using the computer to post these messages on. He simply changed out the video card to a Radeon 7500 AGP.

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[GeneticWeapon]

I'm pretty sure that if he set's his pc up to boot off the pci card, his system will stay running.

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[BadAsh]

When I put the ATI 9800Pro in, The computer boots for two- three seconds max. The it turns off. I have to turn it back on to get it going again(meaning it will stay on for two - three more seconds and shut off.) While the ATI 7500 is in it it keeps working. Does that make more sense? I don't think I worded it correctly the first time.

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[BadAsh]

OK. I have put both a PCI (MACH64) and the ATI 9800PRO into another computer and It will stay on if I have PCI selected in BIOS as my first Video to be accessed. Now If I Flash the card will it flash the MACH64 to the original?
Since it is an ATI card as well?

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[GeneticWeapon]

GREAT!!.. when you type "<b>atiflash -p 0 whateverbios.bin</b>"...the zero designates the AGP slot, so you dont have to worry about mistakingly flashing your pci card
And of course, where I have "whateverbios.bin" typed, you are to enter the name of the bios you are flashing to(your original)


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[BadAsh]

OK. I am trying it now. I will post as soon as it is done, failure or not.



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[GeneticWeapon]

Alrighty

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[BadAsh]

You Are My Saviour. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!!!!

It works great.


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[GeneticWeapon]

Yay!!!

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[mrface]

Score another one for GW.

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[GeneticWeapon]

Well...I've been through it all before with that 9500Pro I had.

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[mrface]

didnt you burn that one up?


also what ever happened to that beautiful 8500le you had?

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[GeneticWeapon]

didnt you burn that one up?

I broke it...yes. It's now buried deep in Canada somewhere (Grape's house)

also what ever happened to that beautiful 8500le you had?

That card is in my parent's machine



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[mrface]

cool.

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