Sapphire 3870 Atomic Bios

[Jeff Flowerday]

Thanks for the link,

I already recieved the latest bios for my cards directly from sapphire's support. now the fan is operate more aggressively and temps are below 60C during full load! And I also got my new power its a seventeam 1030 watt ...it's loud too.

for now, if any one tried this Atomic Bios, please report the temps at idle and full load with the normal 3870 using this bios.

Which bios is it that you received from Sapphire support?

[roadie]

Thanks for the CPUZ screenie, Bungle. I am running a Sapphire 10.071 BIOS at the moment from the Techpowerup! database but it doesn't have the fixed fan control. I am waiting on the moderator of the Sapphire Tech Support Forums to send me a fixed BIOS, probably the same one sean_php is using.

sean_php, I used the Atomic BIOS for a while and the fan speed control and thus temperatures where as bad as all the other BIOS I have run. On the desktop, everything was fine; the core was at 50 degrees and the card was perfectly quiet. However, the core would quickly climb to 90 degrees if ATI Tool's artefact scanner were active.

[Varsos]

Thanks for the link,

I already recieved the latest bios for my cards directly from sapphire's support. now the fan is operate more aggressively and temps are below 60C during full load! And I also got my new power its a seventeam 1030 watt ...it's loud too.

for now, if any one tried this Atomic Bios, please report the temps at idle and full load with the normal 3870 using this bios.

I tried it yesterday and even though it has 71 bios the fan speed is even slower than the 73 bios Temps go over 90 degrees Celsius

[sean_php]

the BIOS which I received from sapphire's forum moderator (kind of good and fast guy) is dated 2008/01/23 (same they that I asked for it) and the version is the same old 010.067.000.000 (but gpuz reads 010.067.000.000.026905). as I mentioned the temps are now OK by sacrificing the silence. there is still the 860 ( I Think) MHz engine barrier.

I don't know it is a matter or not, but for getting the bios directly from sapphire, you need to send them your SKU# number (which can be found from the box or back of the card itself), I wonder if they compile unique bioses for each SKU or it is for the version of the card ( I heard that there is a blue pcb version of 3870 out there by sapphire too).

oh and in this bios, the 2d clock is not set to 300 anymore, it is 777 as well, but problem with Crysis (slow downs) is still exists with this bios too.

[spajdr]

Yeh there is singleslot blue sapphire 3870, i still have it, but im selling it soon
http://www.alfacomp.cz/ezbozi/21164/28923av.jpg

[Jeff Flowerday]

the BIOS which I received from sapphire's forum moderator (kind of good and fast guy) is dated 2008/01/23 (same they that I asked for it) and the version is the same old 010.067.000.000 (but gpuz reads 010.067.000.000.026905). as I mentioned the temps are now OK by sacrificing the silence. there is still the 860 ( I Think) MHz engine barrier.

I don't know it is a matter or not, but for getting the bios directly from sapphire, you need to send them your SKU# number (which can be found from the box or back of the card itself), I wonder if they compile unique bioses for each SKU or it is for the version of the card ( I heard that there is a blue pcb version of 3870 out there by sapphire too).

oh and in this bios, the 2d clock is not set to 300 anymore, it is 777 as well, but problem with Crysis (slow downs) is still exists with this bios too.

The forum moderator sent me a bios yesterday as well it's a 73 and has aggressive fan control. It does seem to have 3d powersave issues in crysis, though not as bad as before. It looks like they are trying to fix it for sure.

[sean_php]

The forum moderator sent me a bios yesterday as well it's a 73 and has aggressive fan control. It does seem to have 3d powersave issues in crysis, though not as bad as before. It looks like they are trying to fix it for sure.

Hi,

hmmm I don't know why my given bios is 67...do you have the red pcb card with stock cooling? did you noticed any problem by bumping over 860MHz core?

[zanzabar]

The forum moderator sent me a bios yesterday as well it's a 73 and has aggressive fan control. It does seem to have 3d powersave issues in crysis, though not as bad as before. It looks like they are trying to fix it for sure.

can u post or or send it to techpoweredup

[Jeff Flowerday]

Hi,

hmmm I don't know why my given bios is 67...do you have the red pcb card with stock cooling? did you noticed any problem by bumping over 860MHz core?

I haven't tried to go over 860. I have the BBA version. This bios is suppose to be only good for the Built By ATI(BBA) sapphires.

PN - 188-O1E62-011SA / SKU# - 21122-00-20R **

** - THIS IS FOR BBA ( BUILT BY ATI ) CARDS ONLY WITH THE P/N AND SKU AS MENTIONED - DO NOT FLASH A SAPPHIRE BUILT CARD WITH IT.

I've attached it for you. Use at your own risk.

[sean_php]

I haven't tried to go over 860. I have the BBA version. This bios is suppose to be only good for the Built By ATI(BBA) sapphires.

PN - 188-O1E62-011SA / SKU# - 21122-00-20R **

** - THIS IS FOR BBA ( BUILT BY ATI ) CARDS ONLY WITH THE P/N AND SKU AS MENTIONED - DO NOT FLASH A SAPPHIRE BUILT CARD WITH IT.

I've attached it for you. Use at your own risk.

Thanks for sharing, I have the exact same SKU# and my card is BBA (according to CCC report).

I will try it, whatever it gives...I will report back I wonder why they sent me a 67 bios!?

[sean_php]

OMG, ATIWinflash says "SubsystemID's Mismatch" .... hmmm I think I must contact again with the good guy at sapphire's forum.

[Jeff Flowerday]

OMG, ATIWinflash says "SubsystemID's Mismatch" .... hmmm I think I must contact again with the good guy at sapphire's forum.

Don't use atiwinflash. I use atiflash from a bootable usb drive.

[Jor3lBR]

i don't know what to say, Sean. i have two HIS reference 3870's. i flashed them both at the same time and they both worked for me. beyond that, i don't know a whole helluva lot.

How is the flashing procedure for 2 cards at the same time (without taking one of them out the case)?

The crossfire links where engaged?

Witch file should I use:
- Sapphire.HD3870.512.071113 - 61Kb

or

- Sapphire_HD3870_fixfan_unlock - 64Kb

[Jeff Flowerday]

How is the flashing procedure for 2 cards at the same time (without taking one of them out the case)?

The crossfire links where engaged?

Witch file should I use:
- Sapphire.HD3870.512.071113 - 61Kb

or

- Sapphire_HD3870_fixfan_unlock - 64Kb

If you use atiflash you use the -p option:

-p 0 for the first card
-p 1 for the second card

[Jor3lBR]

If you use atiflash you use the -p option:

-p 0 for the first card
-p 1 for the second card

So basically I will do this:

atiflash -s 0 backup.bin
atiflash -s 1 backup.bin

and then

atiflash -p 0 biosname.bin
atiflash -p 1 biosname.bin


Should I use the 64kb file or the official Atomic Bios? I own 2 x Sapphires HD 3870...

[Jor3lBR]

So basically I will do this:

atiflash -s 0 backup.bin
atiflash -s 1 backup.bin

and then

atiflash -p 0 biosname.bin
atiflash -p 1 biosname.bin


Should I use the 64kb file or the official Atomic Bios? I own 2 x Sapphires HD 3870...

Can anyone answer above question? Witch one is the correct bios file? Thanks.

[xMrBunglex]

use the fixfan BIOS or one of Daidalos' custom BIOS's, which can be found elsewhere in this section.

[Jor3lBR]

use the fixfan BIOS or one of Daidalos' custom BIOS's, which can be found elsewhere in this section.

Hey,

I used fixfan and seamed to work, idling less then 45oC now.

But I after the flash I got this problem:

- windows could not handle these 2 unknown devices:
http://i25.tinypic.com/2h3c3eo.png

I'm using Warcat 7.2 x64 drivers.

[Jor3lBR]

Hey,

I used fixfan and seamed to work, idling less then 45oC now.

But I after the flash I got this problem:

- windows could not handle these 2 unknown devices:
http://i25.tinypic.com/2h3c3eo.png

I'm using Warcat 7.2 x64 drivers.

I did a Windows Update and it fixed the issue.

But now I can't see the Crossfire menu anymore...

[slugzkea]

I haven't tried to go over 860. I have the BBA version. This bios is suppose to be only good for the Built By ATI(BBA) sapphires.

PN - 188-O1E62-011SA / SKU# - 21122-00-20R **

** - THIS IS FOR BBA ( BUILT BY ATI ) CARDS ONLY WITH THE P/N AND SKU AS MENTIONED - DO NOT FLASH A SAPPHIRE BUILT CARD WITH IT.

I've attached it for you. Use at your own risk.

What if you force flash and give it a shot anyways? will you still get a post?

I'm not sure if my 3870 is ATI board released, but I did get the card right when it came out. It's a dual slot, red cover over heatsink/fan with a sexy chick on it.

The circuit board is red. I tried the atomic bios and I'm getting instability.

My pin is : 113-b33904-x03

Is that BBA? thanks.

[slugzkea]

What if you force flash and give it a shot anyways? will you still get a post?

I'm not sure if my 3870 is ATI board released, but I did get the card right when it came out. It's a dual slot, red cover over heatsink/fan with a sexy chick on it.

The circuit board is red. I tried the atomic bios and I'm getting instability.

My pin is : 113-b33904-x03

Is that BBA? thanks.

!bump!

C'mon guys