4870 ASUS TOP BIOS (upto 900MHz in CCC)

[IN7OX]

flashed both of my saphire 4870s
working fine

[korrupted]

Diamond 4870 on ASUS TOP BIOS (flashed with atiwinflash on Vista x64, zero issues), stock HSF (replaced TIM), no volt mod, fan at 55 percent, loads around 60C; plays TF2, Crysis, and benches multiple rounds of 3dmark/Vantage at these speeds.

[M-XXXX]

Where im doing wrong?


I've saved 4870.rom and Atiflash to C:\Documents and Settings\M-XXXX\Flash and my videocard is in the second adapter (so I wrote 1 instead of 0) Where is the problem?

[ultimate11]

Everything with atiflash happens in true DOS only, you cannot run/flash using this utility inside Windows.

is it recoverable any more ?

[Rick Flair]

Where im doing wrong?


I've saved 4870.rom and Atiflash to C:\Documents and Settings\M-XXXX\Flash and my videocard is in the second adapter (so I wrote 1 instead of 0) Where is the problem?

Well the picture of Command Prompt shows your not even in the proper directory.

Secondly while Atiflash can be used in Windows with the Command Prompt window the possibility of a flash failure makes it not worth doing this way. Booting into a true DOS environment and using Atiflash is the best way to flash your videocard.

[Rick Flair]

is it recoverable any more ?

It should be, flash from DOS, real DOS not Command Prompt from Windows.

[M-XXXX]

Well the picture of Command Prompt shows your not even in the proper directory.

can you help me out then and tell me the right commands? I run out of ideas!

[Rick Flair]

can you help me out then and tell me the right commands? I run out of ideas!

In your Command Prompt window it shows you are in the directory,

C:\DOCUME~1\M-XXXX>

From here type,

CD Flash

Now you should be in the proper directory and can use Atiflash,

atiflash -p -f 0 4870.rom

Having said all this the flash should go OK but atiflash should really only be used in true DOS, not the Command Prompt way that you are attempting.

[ultimate11]

i just ed up my flash and its 8 am in the morn (got owned around 5am)

so i inserted a 8500gt in slot 1 of pci-e

and put the 4870 in slot 2 and system finally booted.


i used the flashway in page2 (winatiflash) , and after the whole bar finished twice , my system freeze on the 3rd time and after i pressed the reset button it was owned

now i m tryin to recover it :/

i tried to run winatiflash but it wont run and stays 25% on core 1 , (any other app i run during this wont respond either, would like to hear comments)

Z:\atiflash360>atiflash.exe -i
Exiting due to signal SIGSEGV
General Protection Fault at eip=00035e57
eax=fd750000 ebx=00000000 ecx=fd750000 edx=02990000 esi=00035ad0 edi=00066a0c
ebp=000e48a8 esp=000e4840 program=Z:\ATIFLA~1\ATIFLASH.EXE
cs: sel=01af  base=02990000  limit=0042ffff
ds: sel=01b7  base=02990000  limit=0042ffff
es: sel=01b7  base=02990000  limit=0042ffff
fs: sel=017f  base=0000dea0  limit=0000ffff
gs: sel=01bf  base=00000000  limit=0010ffff
ss: sel=01b7  base=02990000  limit=0042ffff
App stack: [000e6a08..00066a0c]  Exceptn stack: [00066920..000649e0]

Call frame traceback EIPs:
  0x00035e57
  0x0003651b
  0x00035af5
  0x00023dc8
  0x00002592
  0x00009314
  0x000167a3
  0x000169c7
  0x0003f74f

i wonder which index is my ati card need some help on it

i revived the card back up again but ccc wont run and for some reason my spdif onboard to logitech is dead well .. any idea


edit : update installed 8.6 off the cd , which is working fine , any comments would be thankful.

[Rick Flair]

i revived the card back up again but ccc wont run and for some reason my spdif onboard to logitech is dead well .. any idea


edit : update installed 8.6 off the cd , which is working fine , any comments would be thankful.

You should start a separate thread with your problems, hate to say it but do you know how to use Windows and DOS well? But like I said start a separate thread.

[M-XXXX]

In your Command Prompt window it shows you are in the directory,

C:\DOCUME~1\M-XXXX>

From here type,

CD Flash

Now you should be in the proper directory and can use Atiflash,

atiflash -p -f 0 4870.rom

Having said all this the flash should go OK but atiflash should really only be used in true DOS, not the Command Prompt way that you are attempting.

Thank you for all your help. In the end I flashed from DOS (thank you for advice) I had some problems with booting from USB, so I asked for instructions in windows flashing). In the end I booted from USB and the think was done in 10s!

[praesto]

Has anyone changed the core voltage through bios flashing? I think you can squeeze a bit more voltage out by bios modding the 4850, is the same thing possible with a 4870? Either way, what are your maximum core overclocks with bios volt mod/ no mod?

[korrupted]

I ran my flash from an Administrator level command prompt in Vista x64, with UAC turned off, if anyone thinks that may be related to why most have issues with usint atiwinflash.exe. Just tossing that out.

[MetalRacer]

I just flashed my Asus 4870 from DOS without any problems. SmartDoctor 5.17 still works in Vista 64 but it no longer works in XP 64.

[xMrBunglex]

Has anyone changed the core voltage through bios flashing? I think you can squeeze a bit more voltage out by bios modding the 4850, is the same thing possible with a 4870? Either way, what are your maximum core overclocks with bios volt mod/ no mod?

i think 1.263 vGPU is as high as you can go through BIOS but i'm not sure. i'd love to be corrected by anyone who knows for sure.

i'm not game stable with the default settings on the TOP BIOS. i've lowered the clocks on both my cards to 750/900 while i contemplate what to do next. i really don't like the idea of volt modding my cards because i know i'll end up selling them within a year.

[annihilat0r]

What's the idle fan load in this BIOS?

[xMrBunglex]

What's the idle fan load in this BIOS?

according to GPU-Z, both of my cards are idling at 30% fanspeed.

[xMrBunglex]

i'm not game stable with the default settings on the TOP BIOS. i've lowered the clocks on both my cards to 750/900 while i contemplate what to do next.

an update for those that are curious. i'm stable with the TOP BIOS if i force my fanspeed to 65%. i've confirmed that my problem is with my top card only and it's being caused by heat. my case has a 200mm side fan with a big center hub that lines up perfectly with my top card, so i think there is a dead spot there as far as airflow is concerned. i also have only a quarter inch of space between my two video cards due to my motherboard's layout.

i might just get a pair of Acceleros and see if i can make them work for me.

[purecain]

i find running the gddr5 above 1045 causes a core overclock of 860 to become unstable... if i keep the mem clocked @1045 i have no issues what so ever...

i think it might be the memory thats getting too hot xMrBunglex... try out my theory, good luck....

[Rick Flair]

i find running the gddr5 above 1045 causes a core overclock of 860 to become unstable... if i keep the mem clocked @1045 i have no issues what so ever...

i think it might be the memory thats getting too hot xMrBunglex... try out my theory, good luck....

Are you artifact free at 860 core in ATItools? Your card volt modded?

[AriciU]

Is there anyway to update to this damn bios by anything other then DOS? I cannot get my damn USB stick bootable no matter what i try. Pisses me off bad, why the can't you update from windows ffs? This is 2008 already

[r4st4m4n]

Pisses me off bad, why the can't you update from windows ffs? This is 2008 already

because even now in 2008, windows is still not 100% stable

[AriciU]

It's stable enough for me. DOS should die already. Is there any linux equivalent of ati flash?

[r4st4m4n]

It's stable enough for me. DOS should die already. Is there any linux equivalent of ati flash?

BTW, Have you tried Atiwinflash ... The instruction to flash the asus bios are somewhere at the beginning of this thread.

[AriciU]

Yeah. It gives a system ID mismatch error or something like that. I could edit the clocks from the Asus bios to my vanilla bios that i use but i don't know if there is something more to the Asus bios then the clocks and fan profiles.