Easiest way to flash your X800GTO2 via dvd \ cd

Lakeland · 28 Nov 2005 at 19:29

im not sure what the ati tool is? case temps were maxing out at 38 so no problem there. my psu has blew and took the mobo out with it so i cant do anything at the minute, ill test everything once ive got the replacement items

StixxUK · 28 Nov 2005 at 21:49

Yet another message of thanks for the easiest and best BIOS flash ever!

Simply a case of booting up off that CD, pressing 1 and hey-presto!

Now running a fully fledged X850 XT PE on Stock cooling!

6440 3DMark 05! Couldn't be happier, and I wouldn't have had the guts to flash it without your lovely little ISO. Thanks locutus

locutus12 · 28 Nov 2005 at 22:08

jaxon said:
im not sure what the ati tool is? case temps were maxing out at 38 so no problem there. my psu has blew and took the mobo out with it so i cant do anything at the minute, ill test everything once ive got the replacement items

case temps of 38oC in november is BAD BAD BAD...

StixxUK · 28 Nov 2005 at 22:24

locutus12 said:
case temps of 38oC in november is BAD BAD BAD...

Errr... really? What should he be getting?

I'm on 32C mobo temp and that's pretty much idle.

In fact, it seems a little odd to me that it's higher than my CPU temp!

Lakeland · 29 Nov 2005 at 09:58

sorry i meant cpu not case. the case never goes above 28, and the cpu never goes above 38 under load

locutus12 · 29 Nov 2005 at 10:18

that sounds more like it...

what psu make were you using ?

Lakeland · 29 Nov 2005 at 10:49

Akasa ultra quiet 400w Paxpower Active PFC ATX2.0 PSU (CA-012-AK)

Humpty · 29 Nov 2005 at 11:26

jaxon said:
im not sure what the ati tool is? case temps were maxing out at 38 so no problem there. my psu has blew and took the mobo out with it so i cant do anything at the minute, ill test everything once ive got the replacement items

Anyone help here? I am also unsure as to what the 'ATI Tool' is and it doesn't appear to be available on the ATI site. Also, how do you measure the temps of this card?

locutus12 · 29 Nov 2005 at 11:38

google up ATI tool its not made by ATI.

Humpty · 29 Nov 2005 at 11:47

Thanks Locust. Can't believe I didn't think to use Google :rolleyes:

Humpty · 29 Nov 2005 at 12:42

Anyone enlighten me as to how to measure temp's on the card? :confused:

locutus12 · 29 Nov 2005 at 13:14

ati tool measures it, what do you think that green grid with 30o at the bottom and 90o at the top is... :rolleyes:

also if you minimise it to your tray it gives the temp in there.

Humpty · 29 Nov 2005 at 13:44

OK no need to be sarcy! The only temperature settings mentioned in ATI Tools (Tools & Options -- General Options -- Show temperature in Fahrenheit) is greyed out. Perhaps there is something I am missing.

StixxUK · 29 Nov 2005 at 14:09

Isn't there a temperature monitor option in the drop down menu in settings?

Not sure why it isn't enabled by default, though :confused:

Humpty · 29 Nov 2005 at 14:55

OK. All makes sense now. I had downloaded the wrong 'ATI Tools'

TheUpstart · 29 Nov 2005 at 16:03

locutus12 did you ever make a boot ISO for the Connect 3D X800 GTO card ?

Another quick question - can you see there would be a problem flashing my Connect GTO card because it is installed in a Shuttle ST20 which has the ATI radeon xpress 200 on board graphics.

TheUpstart · 29 Nov 2005 at 17:45

Its OK made a floppy, here are the results:

2005-11-29 16:52:10 Detected GPU Chip: R423 (5549), 12 Pipelines, 256 MB
2005-11-29 16:52:10 Temperature monitoring: LM63 detected
2005-11-29 16:52:25 Application terminated.
2005-11-29 17:31:23 ATITool v0.24 started.
2005-11-29 17:31:23 Detected GPU Chip: R423 (5549), 16 Pipelines, 256 MB
2005-11-29 17:31:23 Temperature monitoring: LM63 detected
2005-11-29 17:32:16 Application terminated.
2005-11-29 17:35:59 ATITool v0.24 started.
2005-11-29 17:35:59 Detected GPU Chip: R423 (5549), 16 Pipelines, 256 MB
2005-11-29 17:35:59 Temperature monitoring: LM63 detected
2005-11-29 17:38:49 Temperature: GPU: 38.8°C GPU environment: 38.0°C
2005-11-29 17:38:59 Temperature: GPU: 38.8°C GPU environment: 38.0°C

locutus12 · 2 Dec 2005 at 16:34

i have made a GTO one with the C3D bios but dont want to post it till its tested which i cant do

Dureth · 3 Dec 2005 at 06:23

As a point of note for the above question regarding case temps under load my system can get to 36ish case temp. At idle its about 30.

This is with 92mm in and 120mm out but both are running at very low RPM. CPU doesnt go above 45 under load and GTO2 only hits 70 (and we all know thats clocked to buggery

).

Magic_x_uk · 8 Dec 2005 at 15:35

am i missing something, i have this card, jusy built a new system today withthis card, BUT i have not yet flashed my card, but where does it say how many pipelines I have at the moment anyhow ?

I have on the X800 gto2 disk that came with it, installed ATI Catalyst Control centre and TRIxx,,,, do i need another program to download then. as i cant see what pipelines i have already to then know after i have flashed it if it has worked

Thanks