Updated my HD 7950 with the Boost BIOS

[Princey]

So I've obtained this BIOS for my reference HD 7950 as a .rom file from techpowerup.com but I can't find any instructions on how to do this?

 

[tommybhoy]

'Updated my HD 7950 with the Boost BIOS'

Lol, No You Didn't!


Complete guide here:

http://www.techpowerup.com/printarticle.php?id=34

Best way to do it is:

ATI: DOS

These instructions apply to both atiflash and flashrom, command-line syntax is the same. When using flashrom replace "atiflash" by "flashrom".

Download the BIOS file (ATI BIOS collection here) and put it on a bootable floppy/usb stick/CD. Check bootdisk.com on how to get a boot disk.
The ATI BIOS collection has a new feature which serves you a bootable floppy image or bootable iso CD image with the BIOS you want on it. Click on "Advanced" when in the BIOS list.

Download an ATI flashing utility and put it on this disk too.

Reboot your computer with the boot disk and run atiflash -s 0 oldbios.bin to save your old BIOS just in case you might need it at a later time.
Now run atiflash -p 0 newbios.bin Replace newbios.bin with the filename of the downloaded BIOS file.
*** in your case you would use newbios.rom***
If you are trying to flash a BIOS for a different card then you will get a security warning that the BIOS does not match your card. If you are absolutely sure that the BIOS is compatible you can use the -f parameter to force flashing. For example atiflash -f -p 0 BIOS.bin
Reboot your computer
Done

It can be done within windows, but some will update, others won't.

Make sure you flash the unlocked bios, check which one it is for your card.

Let us know how you get on.