9500 pro

[cursor]

I have heard that OEM demand for the 9500 pro has been strong. It's also popular among enthusiasts like us. With its already agressive pricing, I doubt that price would drop much if at all in the next couple of months. It might drop $10 if more become widely available, but I can't imagine it dropping much more--even if Nvidia started selling the GF44600 for less (which isn't going to happen, imho).

 

[Evnas]

A quick question Ware can I get the newest BIOS driver for the ATI 9500PRO chip?? And Can you flash the ATI bios on a non ATI board. GX Gigabyte 9500PRO??

U can get the BIOS from HERE, and yes, the BIOS will work with 3rd party cards

 

[sqsisa]

9500 Pro Prices

www.pricegrabber.com/search_getprod.php/masterid=655060/blsrt=1/ut=3fd080b781453da3


The price has gone up a little since the Warp11 factor. I bought mine from Essential Computer @ www.essencompu.com/nupplysingar.asp?ID=2947 for 187.00 Retail Version. Hope this helps.

 

[brint]

U can get the BIOS from HERE, and yes, the BIOS will work with 3rd party cards

okay, how do I use the flash program?

 

[Evnas]

okay, how do I use the flash program?

Its a very simple program...take a bootable floppy (u can make it by formatting a floppy, and clicking on "Copy system files"), the copy over the flash program and the BIOS version, boot it up, and type "atiflash -p 0 9500WARP.bin" to flash the BIOS

 

[kiljaden5]

Follow these instructions to flash the bios, these are Warp's origional instructions:

After you boot your computer using the floppy, at the A:\ type:

atiflash -s 0 original.bin <---that is a zero not an 'o'
(THIS SAVES YOUR ORIGINAL BIOS)


atiflash -f -p 0 9500WARP.BIN <----that is a zero not an 'o'
(THIS FLASHES THE NEW ONE)

After the flash is complete, turn off your computer using the power button, not the reset button, wait a few seconds, and power back on.

It is VERY important to save the origional bios, because in case you mess up, your card can still be saved.

 

[brint]

Thanks kiljaden5 and Evnas. You have been a great help!!
I hope that I can repay you some day.

Regards brint