Jon
11-11-01, 04:49 PM
Thought I'd share this with those of you that have a RETAIL Radeon 64MB VIVO video card.
The file I attached below contains the files you need to flash this card to the SE version. The difference is that the clock and memory speed of the SE version is 198/198 instead of 183/183 of the regular VIVO.
Just extract the files to a floppy disk, it will be bootable as it is. Reboot back up to this disk and do the following:
1: Type at the A:\> FLASHROM.EXE -i
This gives you the device ID of where your card is located. It should be 0 if on AGP port. You will need this number as you will see in the later steps. Once you have your device ID number go to step 2:
2: Type at the A:\> FLASHROM.EXE -s 0 BACKUP.ROM
This will backup your current BIOS to the floppy with the name of BACKUP.ROM. This is very important! Once this has finished you can continue on to step 3 which is the flashing of the new BIOS.
3: Type at the A:\> FLASHROM.EXE -p 0 XXXX.ROM
XXXX.ROM is the filename of the new BIOS ROM you are flashing your card with. I have included two different version. One version is the SE version that retail Radeon 64MB DDR VIVO users will want to use to upgrade to the SE version. This filename is r64se.rom. So you would type:
A:\>FLASHROM.EXE -p r64se.rom
If you have an OEM Radeon 64MB DDR VIVO with the 166/166 clock speed you can flash with the retail version I included. Its filename is r64ddr.rom. You follow the same exact instructions other than the name of the BIOS ROM you are using.
---------------------------------------DISCLAIMER---------------------------------------
As you know, when flashing any BIOS you take on a certain risk. You are taking a risk by trying this and I take no responsibility if you screw something up. Your warranty will probably be voided after you try this. It is possible to recover from failure if you have a PCI or ISA video card handy. Just boot using that and use the same instructions to flash back to the BACKUP.ROM you BETTER have made.
I have done this myself (30 minutes ago) and works perfectly fine for me. I can tell no difference than before other than my default clock speeds on the card are now 198/198.
THE BIOSes I included are for NTSC monitors ONLY!!!! No PAL support for these which means they are typically made for US cards. If you don't know what this means then you don't need to do this.
Feel free to ask any questions you may have about this and I'll do the best I can to answer. If you think this is stupid, go away and don't bother anyone that may be interested.
Happy flashing!
The file I attached below contains the files you need to flash this card to the SE version. The difference is that the clock and memory speed of the SE version is 198/198 instead of 183/183 of the regular VIVO.
Just extract the files to a floppy disk, it will be bootable as it is. Reboot back up to this disk and do the following:
1: Type at the A:\> FLASHROM.EXE -i
This gives you the device ID of where your card is located. It should be 0 if on AGP port. You will need this number as you will see in the later steps. Once you have your device ID number go to step 2:
2: Type at the A:\> FLASHROM.EXE -s 0 BACKUP.ROM
This will backup your current BIOS to the floppy with the name of BACKUP.ROM. This is very important! Once this has finished you can continue on to step 3 which is the flashing of the new BIOS.
3: Type at the A:\> FLASHROM.EXE -p 0 XXXX.ROM
XXXX.ROM is the filename of the new BIOS ROM you are flashing your card with. I have included two different version. One version is the SE version that retail Radeon 64MB DDR VIVO users will want to use to upgrade to the SE version. This filename is r64se.rom. So you would type:
A:\>FLASHROM.EXE -p r64se.rom
If you have an OEM Radeon 64MB DDR VIVO with the 166/166 clock speed you can flash with the retail version I included. Its filename is r64ddr.rom. You follow the same exact instructions other than the name of the BIOS ROM you are using.
---------------------------------------DISCLAIMER---------------------------------------
As you know, when flashing any BIOS you take on a certain risk. You are taking a risk by trying this and I take no responsibility if you screw something up. Your warranty will probably be voided after you try this. It is possible to recover from failure if you have a PCI or ISA video card handy. Just boot using that and use the same instructions to flash back to the BACKUP.ROM you BETTER have made.
I have done this myself (30 minutes ago) and works perfectly fine for me. I can tell no difference than before other than my default clock speeds on the card are now 198/198.
THE BIOSes I included are for NTSC monitors ONLY!!!! No PAL support for these which means they are typically made for US cards. If you don't know what this means then you don't need to do this.
Feel free to ask any questions you may have about this and I'll do the best I can to answer. If you think this is stupid, go away and don't bother anyone that may be interested.
Happy flashing!