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Thanks for all your replies everyone. I know I stuffed up with fooling
around with my cards bios. Anyways, I was able to obtain a PCI card for
AU$1.00 at a local flea market. My main problem was that I could not track
down the proper bios (HIS Excalibur 9600XT Turbo) but made a best guess and
used a Sapphire bios that was similar in specs to my card. Well, I am
typing this from that machine now. When I'll obtain the correct bios I will
reflash it again.
Thanks,
Shane
"Ian" <ian@nospam.net> wrote in message
news:428fcba1_3@mk-nntp-1.news.uk.worldonline.com...
> Sleepy wrote:
>> "nospam" <nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:428fa376$0$8120$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au...
>>> Sorry to bother the group again.
I now think I get myself a PCI
>>> graphics card to fix my AGP Excalibur card. However, after checking
>>> the HIS web site, I cannot seem to locate a bios my card - an
>>> Excalibur Radeon 9600XT Turbo.
>>>
>>> Can anyone suggest a site from where I could get a bios for this
>>> card?
>>>
>>> BTW, I have already emailed HIS asking them to send me the bios file
>>> as yet, of course, I have not yet got a reply.
>>>
>>> Shane
>>>
>>>
>>> "nospam" <nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:428f8eb1$0$10307$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au...
>>>> Thanks Rick. Now all I have to do is get my hands on a PCI card.
>>>>
>>>> Shane
>>>>
>>>> "Rick" <nospam@earthlink.net> wrote in message
>>>> news:OlLje.4085$X92.3922@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net...
>>>>> "nospam" <nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:428f8018$0$4658$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au...
>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I hope you can help me. I was trying to tune up my PC with
>>>>>> various tweaks.
>>>>>> One of the things I had tried to do was update the bios of my HIS
>>>>>> Excalibur
>>>>>> Radeon 9600XT Turbo Platinum card. Unfortunately, it appears
>>>>>> that I used an
>>>>>> incorrect bios because, after rebooting, there are no graphics
>>>>>> displayed on
>>>>>> that particular PC's monitor. The card is simply not detected
>>>>>> by the computer.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is there any way I can repair that card's bios?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thankyou,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Shane
>>>>>
>>>>> You'll need a PCI video card. If you have one, and your system
>>>>> bios supports autodetecting between AGP and PCI video boot,
>>>>> you can just reflash the card with a proper bios.
>>
>> Contact the manufacturer again - they should be able to supply you a
>> bios setup to run automatically from a bootable floppy disc. Sapphire
>> did this for
>> me when I stuffed up the bios on my card.
>
> You know those jobs you wish you'd never started! Usually the flash
> utility
> allows you to backup the old BIOS. If you are ever doing this kind of
> thing
> again, might I piss you off by suggesting that you do that! Hope you get
> it
> working.
>
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