ATI RADEON 9800 BIOS MOD (fatal outcome)

Atomic · 13th Nov 2008, 01:16 AM

I followed the ati radeon 9800 pro TO fireglx tut.
and i flash my card into "AtiFireGLX1-128.bin" BIOS (i got from here) and it went good. So i restarted my pc and now my screen remained black, the card didn't work anymore.
So i tried to reflash my card with the original bios (blindly because the screen remains black

) but it won't flash back to my original BIOS. PLEASE HELP
I also tried plugin my card into another pc with an onboard video card, so i could startup from that card and then flash my ati card. But when my ati is plugged into that other pc the screen stays black also (while my screen is plugged in my onboard card and i set in the bios, that my default card should be that onboard card) but i still won't start!!!!

What should i do?? my ati card is useless now!
Can i reset my ati card back to default bios in an other way?
please help me i don't know what else to do

Lacus · 13th Nov 2008, 01:41 AM

hmm, most likely your card died...Let me ask Max if it's still can be saved or not.

Max_87 · 13th Nov 2008, 01:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Atomic

I followed the ati radeon 9800 pro TO fireglx tut.
and i flash my card into "AtiFireGLX1-128.bin" BIOS (i got from here) and it went good. So i restarted my pc and now my screen remained black, the card didn't work anymore.
So i tried to reflash my card with the original bios (blindly because the screen remains black

) but it won't flash back to my original BIOS. PLEASE HELP
I also tried plugin my card into another pc with an onboard video card, so i could startup from that card and then flash my ati card. But when my ati is plugged into that other pc the screen stays black also (while my screen is plugged in my onboard card and i set in the bios, that my default card should be that onboard card) but i still won't start!!!!

What should i do?? my ati card is useless now!
Can i reset my ati card back to default bios in an other way?
please help me i don't know what else to do

The onboard GPU is using the AGP bus I think. You can't have two GPUs connected to the AGP bus.

Get a PCI display card and give it another try. Set the PCI display card as default, plug in your 9800 and flash back the original BIOS. That should solve the problem.

PS. I'm really surprised that there are still people doing this mod.

Lacus · 13th Nov 2008, 01:38 PM

cool, the great gpu guru has answer your question

Adrian Wong · 13th Nov 2008, 10:01 PM

You can also go into the BIOS and set the onboard GPU as the default graphics card so it boots up using the onboard GPU. Then flash the Radeon 9800 BIOS back into the card.

Max_87 · 14th Nov 2008, 12:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Adrian Wong

You can also go into the BIOS and set the onboard GPU as the default graphics card so it boots up using the onboard GPU. Then flash the Radeon 9800 BIOS back into the card.

I don't think it works if the onboard GPU is using the AGP bus. This is probably why he is getting black screen with the Radeon 9800 plugged in (onboard GPU is already set to default).

Chai · 14th Nov 2008, 12:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Adrian Wong

You can also go into the BIOS and set the onboard GPU as the default graphics card so it boots up using the onboard GPU. Then flash the Radeon 9800 BIOS back into the card.

I think you should read Max_87's post.

Adrian Wong · 14th Nov 2008, 12:48 AM

Oh crap, I forgot! AGP bus!

Yeah, you will need a PCI graphics card.

Atomic · 18th Nov 2008, 11:29 PM

Yehaa! It's fixed

Thanks for the quick responses guys. I got hold of an PCI-card and i reflashed my card that way.

greetz Atomic

Max_87 · 19th Nov 2008, 12:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Atomic

Yehaa! It's fixed

Thanks for the quick responses guys. I got hold of an PCI-card and i reflashed my card that way.

greetz Atomic

Glad that you fixed your card

13th Nov 2008, 01:16 AM	#1 (permalink)
Atomic Newbie Join Date: 12 Nov 2008 Posts: 2 Reputation: 0 Rep Power: 0	ATI RADEON 9800 BIOS MOD (fatal outcome) I followed the ati radeon 9800 pro TO fireglx tut. and i flash my card into "AtiFireGLX1-128.bin" BIOS (i got from here) and it went good. So i restarted my pc and now my screen remained black, the card didn't work anymore. So i tried to reflash my card with the original bios (blindly because the screen remains black ) but it won't flash back to my original BIOS. PLEASE HELP I also tried plugin my card into another pc with an onboard video card, so i could startup from that card and then flash my ati card. But when my ati is plugged into that other pc the screen stays black also (while my screen is plugged in my onboard card and i set in the bios, that my default card should be that onboard card) but i still won't start!!!! What should i do?? my ati card is useless now! Can i reset my ati card back to default bios in an other way? please help me i don't know what else to do

13th Nov 2008, 01:41 AM	#2 (permalink)
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Adrian Wong Da Boss Join Date: 10 Oct 2002 Location: In front of my ASUS F8V notebook! Posts: 32,304 Reputation: 3574 Rep Power: 75	Oh crap, I forgot! AGP bus! Yeah, you will need a PCI graphics card. __________________ Dr. Adrian Wong Tech ARP \| Blog @ Tech ARP \| The Free Trade Zone DYKT : The only offshore account I have is at the sand bank? We need PROGRAMMERS and TECHNICAL WRITERS! Contact us if you are a hot shot programmer or technical writer! My items for sale : 50x SD Card \| Memory Stick PRO \| Cyclone Energy Saver \| Seiko SS watch \| Tiger/Carlsberg beer jugs \| Travel Speakers \| Motorola V600 \| Nokia N90 SOLD! \| New Lowepro Mini Trekker AW Other items for sale @ the FTZ : Zalman CNPS9500 LED @ $20 \| Zalman CNPS7700 Cu @ $20 \| Zalman CNPS7000 Cu @ $20 \| Swarovski bracelet watches \| Dell 17" LCD \| Hi-Fi speakers \| English DIVX movies \| HP LaserJet toners! \| Office chairs

18th Nov 2008, 11:29 PM	#9 (permalink)
Atomic Newbie Join Date: 12 Nov 2008 Posts: 2 Reputation: 0 Rep Power: 0	Yehaa! It's fixed Thanks for the quick responses guys. I got hold of an PCI-card and i reflashed my card that way. greetz Atomic

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