Chrispy
2003-04-04, 02:41:30
I was playing with my 9100 bios using AtiFlash.exe and the Ati Bios editor, and I backed up my bios etc before playing. When I rebooted, the machine won't POST becuase the Radeon bios must be blank (bios wipe okay, bios flash from disk gave error)
So I thought Aha! Just insert backup floppy with Autoexec AtiFlash.
But no, machine didn't boot that far :'(
I've regressed to my gf2 again, but is there any way I can restore the original bios I have on disk? it's a Sapphire R9100 atlantis 128MB at 250/400 and I DON'T have a spare PCI card. Is that the only way to even attempt to fix this?
Anyway. I've heard that Sapphire 9500 bios's are LOCKED. Does this meant that mine might have been locked too, and the bios was wipeable but not writable? Anyone who can tell me how to turn my lifeless radeon into a working one might win a prize ;)
Or maybe not. I'm skint, which is why I have a 9100, and not a 9700 :P
So I thought Aha! Just insert backup floppy with Autoexec AtiFlash.
But no, machine didn't boot that far :'(
I've regressed to my gf2 again, but is there any way I can restore the original bios I have on disk? it's a Sapphire R9100 atlantis 128MB at 250/400 and I DON'T have a spare PCI card. Is that the only way to even attempt to fix this?
Anyway. I've heard that Sapphire 9500 bios's are LOCKED. Does this meant that mine might have been locked too, and the bios was wipeable but not writable? Anyone who can tell me how to turn my lifeless radeon into a working one might win a prize ;)
Or maybe not. I'm skint, which is why I have a 9100, and not a 9700 :P