radeon bios update

[kle1n]

i have a radeon 9700 pro and i think if i download a new bios for my gfx card i could actually play a game without it freezing so where can i get a radeon bios update?
thx

 

[Flyboy]

I don't think you can. And I don't suspect you ever will be able to. ATI is known for not releasing BIOS updates (I believe)

I think we will be stuck with the current BIOS.

 

[kdo2milger]

You can download <A HREF="http://users.skynet.be/bk265512/RadDown.htm" target="_new">Radeonator 2.0 Beta 2</A>, this nifty little program will allow you to overclock, and it is 9700 backward compatible.

I am using it on my AIW8500 with no probs...

<font color=red><b>We all love disassembling things to see how it works,
but who wants to put it back together again?

 

[kle1n]

i have a big problem with my radeon 9700 pro. my pc keeps crushing or rebooting. i updatet and installed every driver that exists for my asus p4s8x board and every other type of driver for my card. i reinstalled my pc. i bought a 430 watt psu. i swapped cards around. i did everything and this shi*t still keeps crushing or rebooting plz help me i need it! :/
i got a 2.4 ghz p4
radeon 9700
256mb kingston ddr
1 network card 100mbit one on bard
one samsung 40 gbyte ide hdd
ahh by the way i used the adapter calbe and tried it with the floppy calbe from the psu didnt workj either


and my psu has 433 watt
the bios program doesnt start what shall i do? u got another?

 

[slvr_phoenix]

A 433W power supply is nice, but is it any good? There are some truely crappy power supplies out there that have nice high W, but then have crap for decent amperage on the various rails. So is it a cheap 433W power supply, or is it a good solid brand name? And do you have any voltage monitoring software so that you can see if any of your rails are dipping into the unstable range?

<pre><A HREF="http://www.nuklearpower.com/comic/186.htm" target="_new"><font color=red>It's all relative...</font color=red></A></pre><p>

 

[kle1n]

no i havent i wanna give my radeon more voltage becaue i think this will stop the crashing

 

[kdo2milger]

Not bagging on your psu, but what brand is it?

P4's will draw and demand alot of power.

Is the new psu P4 CERTIFIED? You most ensure that it is.

You will not have any stability at all if it isn't...

<font color=red><b>We all love disassembling things to see how it works,
but who wants to put it back together again?

 

[kle1n]

qc passed so i think certiefed 420 watt i heard more ppl with my mobo have the problem and ati updatet their chip so i am getting a new ati card and will see if it works what u thinks?

 

[kdo2milger]

Go for it.

<font color=red><b>We all love disassembling things to see how it works,
but who wants to put it back together again?

 

[xxsk8er101xx]

i bet the power supply is bad.

Life is irrelivent and irrational.

<A HREF="http://www.anandtech.com/mysystemrig.html?id=9933" target="_new"> My Rig </A>

 

[CtRw]

I'm also using a p4s8x with the 9700 only i have a P4 2.53. I had some lock ups in games but my biggest issue is getting the card to run a bus speed of 4x or 8x???? I figured thats why it was locking up. Any ideas on how I can fix that!? btw it only took me a week to get windows on this system (prolly because of the board). I also have an enermax 550 watt powersupply.

 

[Skipper007]

I think I read something about a problem with running Radeon 9700 in AGP 8X on some boards, but I can't remember where.