I have a Connect3D Radeon 9600 non-pro.
Stock speeds are 324/203. With powerstrip I'm able to push this up to 432/233. Since the memory won't go over 233, I assume it might be locked (or the memory just can't go any further). I want to flash the bios of my card to a newer version, one which isn't locked.
To find out what bios I could use, I opened the advanced properties of my display adaptot, and found following information:
RADEON 9600 SERIES
ChipType: RADEON 9600 XT AGP (0x4152)
DacType: Internal DAC (400mhz)
Memory: 128MB
BIOS: BK-AMI VER008.011.001.001
As you can see, it says it has an XT chipset! Does this mean my card is actually and XT card, crippled with a locked BIOS, or is this just a glitch in Windows or the Detonator Drivers? (have latest version installed)
Also, what's the worst that could happen if I were to flash the card with an invalid BIOS? Would it render my card completely useless, of will I be able to flash it again (say booting with a PCI card)?
Tom
Stock speeds are 324/203. With powerstrip I'm able to push this up to 432/233. Since the memory won't go over 233, I assume it might be locked (or the memory just can't go any further). I want to flash the bios of my card to a newer version, one which isn't locked.
To find out what bios I could use, I opened the advanced properties of my display adaptot, and found following information:
RADEON 9600 SERIES
ChipType: RADEON 9600 XT AGP (0x4152)
DacType: Internal DAC (400mhz)
Memory: 128MB
BIOS: BK-AMI VER008.011.001.001
As you can see, it says it has an XT chipset! Does this mean my card is actually and XT card, crippled with a locked BIOS, or is this just a glitch in Windows or the Detonator Drivers? (have latest version installed)
Also, what's the worst that could happen if I were to flash the card with an invalid BIOS? Would it render my card completely useless, of will I be able to flash it again (say booting with a PCI card)?
Tom