| First of all, why would he need the obvious pointed out?
A good question, since the OP already proved that he can't follow simple
instructions. What makes you think *anything* is obvious to him?
|Second, your ignorance of an entire community that's sole purpose is to
wring |every last drop of performance out of a piece of hardware is your
problem
The OP is clearly not a member of that "community." He had some video
problems and tried to solve in a drastic manner despite explicit warnings.
He was certainly not trying to (pointlessly) "wring every last drop of
performance" out of anything. He was trying to get his video to work.
| What you call faith, I call knowledge. I've flashed many video bios'
| myself and am currently running an alternate bios. Yes, I voided my
| warranty, but I saved $200 & got the performance for "free."
Good for you, but irrelevant to the subject at hand.
| Thirdly, why are you advising to send it to ATI when you KNOW they won't
| service it? Flashing the BIOS is a guarantee that they won't even help him
| out, even if he offered to pay for it.
Have you ever asked a card manufacturer for paid repairs? I think you might
be surprised at what they'll do if the price is right. And encouraging the
OP, an obviously clueless individual, to proceed with messing around with
reflashing the BIOS is irresponsible on your part.
| Finally, I'm pretty sure you consider his "learned lesson" as that of a
| scolded puppy, as in he won't be doing that anymore. I, on the other hand
am
| pointing out that not all is lost. He probably feels bad enough at hosing
| his card in the first place, no need to rub salt in the wounds. . .
| Maybe people should remember the spirit of these forums is to help.
I'm glad that I've finally located the individual who decides what "the
spirit of these forums" is. I had been under the apparently mistaken
impression that this group and Usenet in general is a free and open place
where people can express their opinions as they see fit.
|
|
| | > Rube, I was merely pointing out the obvious. Why on earth would you put
| > your faith (and money) in an update created by whomever without
contacting
| > the manufacturer of the product for assistance / warranty, and to
properly
| > explore less drastic options first. In my opinion he went to the "last
| > resort" option first and learned a valuable lesson.
| >
| > I also stand by my assistance to his situation: Send it to ATI for a
| proper
| > non-warranty repair.
| >
| > P.S. you are out of line.
| >
| > r.
| >
| > | > > Since the other responders are a$$holes (aside from Michael) and are
| > > offering nothing but contempt, I will try to offer some help. When
| > > flashing
| > > an AGP card's bios, a common practice among modders is to install a
PCI
| > > video card as a backup. When the AGP card dies, the system will see
the
| > > PCI
| > > and still boot & run windows. You can find them online (or at computer
| > > shows) for as cheap as $10.
| > >
| > > When you have a PCI card in your system & can get it booting again
(with
| > > the
| > > AGP card still in) go to
www.rojakpot.com . This site has lots of info
| on
| > > flashing ATI bios', especially where to find them.
| > >
| > > GL!
| > >
| > > | > >> HELP!!
| > >>
| > >> I am having huge problems with my 9800 pro aiw card. When it boots
| > >> up, everything is fine until it has to display any color. When it
has
| > >> to display color, I get all these lines on the screen and the colors
| > >> are all screwed up. I suspected hardware failure, but I wanted to
try
| > >> to fix it. I followed the instructions at:
| > >>
| > >>
http://www.short-media.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3327
| > >>
| > >> to try to re-flash my 9800 bios. Unfortunetly I missed the step
about
| > >> backing up my bios (I KNOW I KNOW) and now my card is non-functional
| > >> all together. My question is.. is there anyone out there with a
| > >> All-in-wonder 9800 pro that can connect me with a copy of their bios?
| > >> I need to find my original bios so that I can put it back on the
| > >> card...
((
| > >>
| > >> The instructions on how to extract your bios is on that webpage.. I
| > >> know its a stretch.. but am hoping someone will be kind enough to
help
| > >> me out...
| > >>
| > >> Thanks so much!
| > >> Rob
| > >
| > >
| >
| >
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