please help flashed r360 pro to an xt now it fails to start

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Hmm I can only think of 1 idea, and that is for you to buy a new card unless
someone knows how to get a new bios in wityhout starting the card.




doughy


"d3" <none@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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> its an msi 9800pro used a flash utility any advice thanks


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On 7/15/2004 11:08 AM d3 brightened our day with:

>its an msi 9800pro used a flash utility any advice thanks
>
>
You're probably screwed. ...maybe try borrowing a PCI card (remove the
9800 AGP card), set your mobo BIOS to init PCI first, ahead of AGP, have
both cards in the motherboard and boot with your flash disk, *hope* you
see a POST screen, and try to flash back to what it was before.

Did you actually know what you were doing when you flashed the card, did
you back-up the previous BIOS? Before you go messing around with
modding BIOSes and such, you should be pentuply sure that you've got all
the right stuff. Even then you can end up hosed.

--
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

- Inigo Montoya
Steve [Inglo]

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Have you tried flashing back to the original bios?

Do you have a backup of the original bios?

If not try here. http://softmod.ocfaq.com/bios.php

Make sure you have the correct details of your card.

I softmodded my x800 pro to a xt to get the 16 pipelines and failed due to
needing a VIVO card but re-flashed back to the pro bios with no problems.

Hope this helps
Need any help just ask

Spence
"Inglo" <ingloogoo@zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.xcc> wrote in message
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> On 7/15/2004 11:08 AM d3 brightened our day with:
>
> >its an msi 9800pro used a flash utility any advice thanks
> >
> >
> You're probably screwed. ...maybe try borrowing a PCI card (remove the
> 9800 AGP card), set your mobo BIOS to init PCI first, ahead of AGP, have
> both cards in the motherboard and boot with your flash disk, *hope* you
> see a POST screen, and try to flash back to what it was before.
>
> Did you actually know what you were doing when you flashed the card, did
> you back-up the previous BIOS? Before you go messing around with
> modding BIOSes and such, you should be pentuply sure that you've got all
> the right stuff. Even then you can end up hosed.
>
> --
> "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it
means."
>
>
- Inigo Montoya
> Steve [Inglo]

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OK here's what I did exactly.

After I installed the wrong BIOS, I couldn't boot with my card.

I booted my PC with onboard video. After booting to DOS, while the computer
was working, I put the Radeon card into AGP slot and flash the old BIOS.

You should be able to do this with another PCI or AGP card.

(like a motherboard hot-swap BIOS trick).



"d3" <none@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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> In article <40f6ef9c$1_2@aeinews.>, dimar@aei.ca says...
> > Just get any card, boot to DOS and prepare the flash process using
original
> > BIOS. Write the command lines ( flashrom.exe -f -p 0 filename.bin).
Before
> > pressing ENTER, remove the other card and place the R360 in place. Press
> > ENTER and it should flash it back.
> >
> > Anyway, it worked for me.
> >
> >
> >
> > "d3" <none@nowhere.com> wrote in message
> > news:MPG.1b60760fbf5a31cf989680@news.west.earthlink.net...
> > > its an msi 9800pro used a flash utility any advice thanks
> >
> >
> >
> thanks for the feedback i did make a backup on the boot floppy but i
> cant get the floppy to boot with the 9800 what do you mean remove the
> other card i have only a 4200 and the 9800 do i need a pci video card
> thanks again

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Follow the Inglo post except don't remove your AGP card.
You need PCI card (or ISA ) in BIOS set that first video device is in PCI
slot
and now you should be able to flash your AGP card again,
because your PC after reboot should use PCI video card and have access
to AGP card too.

"d3" <none@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1b60ca851ba42cbc989681@news.west.earthlink.net...
> In article <40f6ef9c$1_2@aeinews.>, dimar@aei.ca says...
> > Just get any card, boot to DOS and prepare the flash process using
original
> > BIOS. Write the command lines ( flashrom.exe -f -p 0 filename.bin).
Before
> > pressing ENTER, remove the other card and place the R360 in place. Press
> > ENTER and it should flash it back.
> >
> > Anyway, it worked for me.
> >
> >
> >
> > "d3" <none@nowhere.com> wrote in message
> > news:MPG.1b60760fbf5a31cf989680@news.west.earthlink.net...
> > > its an msi 9800pro used a flash utility any advice thanks
> >
> >
> >
> thanks for the feedback i did make a backup on the boot floppy but i
> cant get the floppy to boot with the 9800 what do you mean remove the
> other card i have only a 4200 and the 9800 do i need a pci video card
> thanks again

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modding or overclocking is a risky business :-)


"DavidS" <snapkad@post.cz> wrote in message
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> BTW who advice is to change video card when computer is turn on ?
> dimar@aei.ca ? He stated that it worked for him, but I would bet (99%)
> it would kill your motherboard.
>
> "d3" <none@nowhere.com> wrote in message
> news:MPG.1b60ca851ba42cbc989681@news.west.earthlink.net...
> > In article <40f6ef9c$1_2@aeinews.>, dimar@aei.ca says...
> > > Just get any card, boot to DOS and prepare the flash process using
> original
> > > BIOS. Write the command lines ( flashrom.exe -f -p 0 filename.bin).
> Before
> > > pressing ENTER, remove the other card and place the R360 in place.
Press
> > > ENTER and it should flash it back.
> > >
> > > Anyway, it worked for me.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "d3" <none@nowhere.com> wrote in message
> > > news:MPG.1b60760fbf5a31cf989680@news.west.earthlink.net...
> > > > its an msi 9800pro used a flash utility any advice thanks
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > thanks for the feedback i did make a backup on the boot floppy but i
> > cant get the floppy to boot with the 9800 what do you mean remove the
> > other card i have only a 4200 and the 9800 do i need a pci video card
> > thanks again
>
>

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"Dima R" <dimar@aei.ca> wrote in message news:40f78883$1_2@aeinews....
> modding or overclocking is a risky business :-)

....and, as amply demonstrated by this thread, a rather stupid activity for
anyone who uses their own, rather than their parents' credit cards to
finanance their hobbies.:-P