X800Pro VIVO To X800XT Bios Flash Poll

Can I vote twice? :p

GeCube X800 Pro ViVO
Successful: Yes
Purchased from: Komusa

Manufacturer: PowerColor X800 Pro ViVo
Successful: Yes
Purchased from: eGay

Well here goes :slap:

BBati x800pro vivo. Can't run XT clocks, couldn't unlock the pipes through bios flash. bought from cusa.

Used the hardmod to unlock the pipes and I'm about 20mhz shy on core/mem. No voltmods as I have pencil tricks and I can't find the solder iron for the life of me.

Did you try this method?

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Originally Posted by Minnyboy

After b!tching for so long about my second X800Pro VIVO (PowerColor w/ 2ns/1.6ns ram) not being able to flash w/ the X800XT bios & enable the 4 pipelines, I finally listened to someone who told me to quit my b!tching.

I was tempted to give up on it but decided to try out the flashrom16/empty.bin & then re-flash with the X800XT bios & WTF?? It WORKED!!!

So anyone that can;t get the extra 4 pipelines using the "normal" flashrom, use the flashrom16 & empty.bin from techpowerup.

Make sure that you save your old bios first, then use flashrom16 & empty.bin to empty the bios & then flash your VC's bios straight away with the laster ATI X800XT PE bios (520/560).

WORKS WONDERS on a card that I swore was a p.o.s card....

I am a believer now....

Good to see the poll still going on.
Keep up the good work fellas.

Minh :toast:

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The hardmod has about a 5% success rate, if that, so I seriously doubt that's what enabled the extra pipes. I've tried it on an X800 Pro and could not get it to mod. You probably did something wrong.

As for the overclocking, that's a bit shy of average, but the question wasn't asking that.

I know this is the vivo poll but I bought an ATI X800pro from Compusa. It has the yellow connector and rage chip on it so I flashed it to an X800XT PE without a problem. The card even came with the vivo wire. I tested the vivo and it works just fine.
What should temps be at? I idle at 40 and have seen it up around 53 after gaming. I'm not sure what temps should be.

I just got another Connect 3d X800 Pro Vivo and flashed it with XT-PE Bios and slapped a ATI Silencer 4 on it. It handles XT-PE speeds without any issues so far.
I have another Club 3d X800 Pro Vivo on wich I enabled the 4 pipes but it can't even handle the XT speeds so I decided to buy another one.

Temperatures:
Club 3d original Fan at default clocks: ~35°C Idle / >80°C full load
Connect 3d ATI silencer at XT-PE clocks: ~33°C Idle / >70°C full load

I tested the full load temp. with ATI-Tool while artifact-scanning.

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Originally Posted by dmon

I know this is the vivo poll but I bought an ATI X800pro from Compusa. It has the yellow connector and rage chip on it so I flashed it to an X800XT PE without a problem. The card even came with the vivo wire. I tested the vivo and it works just fine.
What should temps be at? I idle at 40 and have seen it up around 53 after gaming. I'm not sure what temps should be.

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sweet...

oke i am in the x800 xt pe family too :toast:

can someone maybe say what memory timing he put his card 4 the best oc @ stock cooling :p:

@ about 2 weeks, i going to strap my wc+ peltier on it :D

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Originally Posted by chillingdude

oke i am in the x800 xt pe family too :toast:

can someone maybe say what memory timing he put his card 4 the best oc @ stock cooling :p:

@ about 2 weeks, i going to strap my wc+ peltier on it :D

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Cool. :D Good question, about timings, I haven't messed with that at all yet. I'd have no idea what to set it to, yet. Time to use my friend Google. ;)

yes i'll do that too :D

i'll post the results about the ngs and my temps soon :p:

I voted no but prematurely; just flashed using modified Flashrom and now I have 16 working pipes;

ASUS X800 PRO TVD (VIVO) 1.6ns samsung

Used: Gigabyte bios (no go), ASUS X800 XT PE (no go), BBA X800 XT (no go)

Modified Flashrom + Latest X800 XT PE = success!! 16 pipes now :D

Connect3d X800 Pro Vivo
1.6ns

Worked like a charm

Just to add. Another successful user.

PowerColour x800 Pro VIVO flashed to XT PE BIOS. Running default XT PE (520/560) speeds. Looks like these cards are pretty good. Works right out of the box, no modding or any additional cooling required.

Forgot to add: Its using Samsung 1.6ns

welcome to XtremeSystems ISS :toast:

1.6ns? :slobber: daym... how much did you pay?

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Originally Posted by saaya

welcome to XtremeSystems ISS :toast:

1.6ns? :slobber: daym... how much did you pay?

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Thanks! I paid 680 Singapore dollars. Thats abt 511.769 USD. I know it expensive for a x800 Pro VIVO. Unfortunately, prices of such cards are rather expensive in my country.

sapphire x800pro vivo used the pro 16p enable bios tested pe speeds. now i am using the xt-pe bios all is good scores compare on the orb.

Hm weird thing my card wasn't stable at XT PE speeds so I lowered to 500/560 it ran games fine but yesterday I played CS for an hour then ran the artifact tester for ATITool and it was getting artifacts then the screen got all disfigured, I don't mean just artifacts or checkerboards I mean complete disfiguration.

Is that the type of corruption you guys get or am I dealing with a dying card? Once I reboot its fine, but that kind of weird corruption freaks me out.

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Originally Posted by `schr0et

Hm weird thing my card wasn't stable at XT PE speeds so I lowered to 500/560 it ran games fine but yesterday I played CS for an hour then ran the artifact tester for ATITool and it was getting artifacts then the screen got all disfigured, I don't mean just artifacts or checkerboards I mean complete disfiguration.

Is that the type of corruption you guys get or am I dealing with a dying card? Once I reboot its fine, but that kind of weird corruption freaks me out.

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I think its due to your card and/or the core voltage is too low. However, I heard that the Vcore of Asus card is at ~1.44V which is higher than what PC users have (1.4-1.42).

I could oc mine up to 550/578 w/o any artifacts using ATI Tool. Btw, I have found that enabling max AAF/FSAA lowered overclockability of the card. No difference using stock or better cooling (modded an Alpha 8045).

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Originally Posted by ISS

I think its due to your card and/or the core voltage is too low. However, I heard that the Vcore of Asus card is at ~1.44V which is higher than what PC users have (1.4-1.42).

I could oc mine up to 550/578 w/o any artifacts using ATI Tool. Btw, I have found that enabling max AAF/FSAA lowered overclockability of the card. No difference using stock or better cooling (modded an Alpha 8045).

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That's what I'm using, a PAL 8045 that I cut down to fit, when I still ran a 9800 Pro. You probly just need even more voltage. I've played around quite a bit, and used up to 1.82v. The best setting I found was around 1.6v to 1.65v. The main thing is, watch your temps. But while the stock cooler gave me temps in the low 70's, I've never been over 55 with the Alpha.

Sapphire x800pro vivo (rlsupplies in watford UK) (£298)
1.6ns
used ati XT bios works like a charm @ 560/600 not tried higher yet

no additional volts or cooling this is fresh out the box :YIPPIE:

Working BBA PRO (VIVO model).
1.6ns Samsungs on it.

Cruising at 620/620 stable :banana:

Just noticed I am at XTPE speeds, but 12 pipes... Core is not cut.
I try to flash with Gigabyte utility, but it won't work??? :confused:

Good to see that this thread is still alive & kicking....

I've noticed that it don't matter what "brand" your X800Pro VIVO is, they should all be able to unlock those 4 extra pipes...

Now it's just a case of your card being able to handle X800XT PE speeds...

Keep 'em coming...

Cheers,
Minnyboy

Took the cooler off... No bridges cut...
I flashed FX800XT.bin, but I still have 12 pipes says ATITool.
Tried to flash the damned Gigabyte thingie and it just didn't work... It didn't want to flash... GVF11 -p E:\2\R80X256V.F1 did not do anything at all.

So I'm running at PE speeds, but reporting 12 pipes... What am I doing wrong?

Btw, does anyone have the link to bootdisk files for CDROM (I have no floppy) with MS DOS? I hate CALDERA DR :mad:

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Originally Posted by ctgilles

Took the cooler off... No bridges cut...
I flashed FX800XT.bin, but I still have 12 pipes says ATITool.
Tried to flash the damned Gigabyte thingie and it just didn't work... It didn't want to flash... GVF11 -p E:\2\R80X256V.F1 did not do anything at all.

So I'm running at PE speeds, but reporting 12 pipes... What am I doing wrong?

Btw, does anyone have the link to bootdisk files for CDROM (I have no floppy) with MS DOS? I hate CALDERA DR :mad:

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You need to use the modified flashrom search the thread its posted here somehwere. Thats what I had to use to flash my asus. I'm returning the ASUS and getting a Saphire X800 PRO TOXIC VIVO though :) I like the blue pcb and the silencer coming stock with it is a plus.

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Originally Posted by `schr0et

You need to use the modified flashrom search the thread its posted here somehwere. Thats what I had to use to flash my asus. I'm returning the ASUS and getting a Saphire X800 PRO TOXIC VIVO though :) I like the blue pcb and the silencer coming stock with it is a plus.

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that's not the problem... the problem is that the damn gigabyte flash thingie won't work... could it be because I'm in caldera dos??

i heard about other people having problems with the gigabyte tool, try the other tool from ati(?)

maybe theres more info about it in the xtreme bios mod section?