Dryadsoul
07-20-2008, 08:57 PM
Amazing what a little effort in the reading department can accomplish!
Having never flashed a GPU BIOS, i read all available data concerning the 4800 series between here and TechPowerUp.
Finally deciding to pop my flash cherry with Gurusans' 750 stable bios, i reluctantly went with WinFlash; as i haven't
installed a FD in any PC since 2001. I cringed as my screen/mouse locked up during the flash. On reboot all seemed
kosher till I clicked on GPUZ and got a green screen, with black screen on second reboot.
After an hour of reading and tool downloading and another wasted hour trying to figure out how to make a jump drive
bootable without installing Power Iso, i installed my trusty FD and followed Wizards' bootable ATI Flash guide. And
booyah..........it's alive!:cool:
My appologies for the lengthy post, but i felt recognition was due to all the usual suspects for their blood, sweat
and tears it takes to provide such an excellent/knowledgible user data base. And all at their own time/effort/expense,
gotta love a passion driven intellect.:up:
20 minutes after 4850 resurrection, using Gurusans' bios and RBE, i was capable of flashing a modded stock
Sapphire bios to 730/1201. :D
Enough said, Thank's Again!
Having never flashed a GPU BIOS, i read all available data concerning the 4800 series between here and TechPowerUp.
Finally deciding to pop my flash cherry with Gurusans' 750 stable bios, i reluctantly went with WinFlash; as i haven't
installed a FD in any PC since 2001. I cringed as my screen/mouse locked up during the flash. On reboot all seemed
kosher till I clicked on GPUZ and got a green screen, with black screen on second reboot.
After an hour of reading and tool downloading and another wasted hour trying to figure out how to make a jump drive
bootable without installing Power Iso, i installed my trusty FD and followed Wizards' bootable ATI Flash guide. And
booyah..........it's alive!:cool:
My appologies for the lengthy post, but i felt recognition was due to all the usual suspects for their blood, sweat
and tears it takes to provide such an excellent/knowledgible user data base. And all at their own time/effort/expense,
gotta love a passion driven intellect.:up:
20 minutes after 4850 resurrection, using Gurusans' bios and RBE, i was capable of flashing a modded stock
Sapphire bios to 730/1201. :D
Enough said, Thank's Again!