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January 12th 04, 12:51 AM
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flashing fx5900 ultra 256mb
I am considering flashing my fx5900 ultra 256mb with the leadtek 5950u bios.
i just wondered if anyone knows what might happen if this doesn't work... will i still be able to get into DOS to flash it back to the old bios? mimayin 
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January 12th 04, 12:58 PM
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"mimayin" wrote in message ... I am considering flashing my fx5900 ultra 256mb with the leadtek 5950u bios. i just wondered if anyone knows what might happen if this doesn't work... will i still be able to get into DOS to flash it back to the old bios? mimayin If by "doesn't work" you mean no picture, then no you won't even see a DOS screen. You could install a PCI videocard and reflash, preferably with the original BIOS you saved when trying the 1st flash. If you don't have a PCI vc, you use a DOS boot disk, create an Autoexec.bat file with the flash commands and old BIOS and do a "blind" re-flash. Mike G --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.560 / Virus Database: 352 - Release Date: 1/08/04
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January 12th 04, 06:15 PM
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On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 00:51:02 -0000, "mimayin"
wrote: I am considering flashing my fx5900 ultra 256mb with the leadtek 5950u bios. i just wondered if anyone knows what might happen if this doesn't work... will i still be able to get into DOS to flash it back to the old bios? mimayin Of course, you could decide not to do it. You may even degrade real performance, since the memory timings have been relaxed -- regardless of so-called memory clock rate. Memory clock rate looks great on marketing blurb with no mention of access clock cycle latency numbers. John Lewis
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January 12th 04, 10:54 PM
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"mimayin" wrote in message ...
I am considering flashing my fx5900 ultra 256mb with the leadtek 5950u bios. i just wondered if anyone knows what might happen if this doesn't work... will i still be able to get into DOS to flash it back to the old bios? mimayin Here's a link to an MSI FX5950 Ultra BIOS if you're still interested. http://users.pandora.be/ringworld/FILES/8946v100.rar Tony. -- 3GHz P4 (HT enabled) Asus P4C800-E Deluxe PDC20378 IDE/SATA controller ADI AD1985 audio MSI FX5900U-VTD256 (BIOS 4.35.20.22.0) 2x 512MB Kingston PC3500 2x 36.7 SATA WD Raptors 52/32/52 LiteOn CD-Writer 16x Pioneer DVD-120S Enermax 550W PSU Windows XP Pro & Linux Fedora PC-70 Lian Li case w/ side window Hitachi 174SXW B 17" LCD To email me, replace org.nz with net.nz
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January 12th 04, 11:34 PM
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"John Lewis" wrote in message ...
On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 00:51:02 -0000, "mimayin" wrote: I am considering flashing my fx5900 ultra 256mb with the leadtek 5950u bios. i just wondered if anyone knows what might happen if this doesn't work... will i still be able to get into DOS to flash it back to the old bios? mimayin Of course, you could decide not to do it. You may even degrade real performance, since the memory timings have been relaxed -- regardless of so-called memory clock rate. Memory clock rate looks great on marketing blurb with no mention of access clock cycle latency numbers. John Lewis The MSI FX5950 Ultra-VTD256 Ultra uses Hynix 2ns memory and the chips are labelled HY5DU283222 AF-2 if that's of any help. The FX5900 version has Hynix 2.2ns BGA memory. Tony. -- 3GHz P4 (HT enabled) Asus P4C800-E Deluxe PDC20378 IDE/SATA controller ADI AD1985 audio MSI FX5900U-VTD256 (BIOS 4.35.20.22.0) 2x 512MB Kingston PC3500 2x 36.7 SATA WD Raptors 52/32/52 LiteOn CD-Writer 16x Pioneer DVD-120S Enermax 550W PSU Windows XP Pro & Linux Fedora PC-70 Lian Li case w/ side window Hitachi 174SXW B 17" LCD To email me, replace org.nz with net.nz
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January 12th 04, 11:36 PM
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"John Lewis" wrote in message ...
On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 00:51:02 -0000, "mimayin" wrote: I am considering flashing my fx5900 ultra 256mb with the leadtek 5950u bios. i just wondered if anyone knows what might happen if this doesn't work... will i still be able to get into DOS to flash it back to the old bios? mimayin Of course, you could decide not to do it. You may even degrade real performance, since the memory timings have been relaxed -- regardless of so-called memory clock rate. Memory clock rate looks great on marketing blurb with no mention of access clock cycle latency numbers. John Lewis The MSI FX5950 Ultra-VTD256 uses Hynix 2ns memory and the chips are labelled HY5DU283222 and AF-2 if that's of any help. The FX5900 version has Hynix 2.2ns BGA memory. Tony. -- 3GHz P4 (HT enabled) Asus P4C800-E Deluxe PDC20378 IDE/SATA controller ADI AD1985 audio MSI FX5900U-VTD256 (BIOS 4.35.20.22.0) 2x 512MB Kingston PC3500 2x 36.7 SATA WD Raptors 52/32/52 LiteOn CD-Writer 16x Pioneer DVD-120S Enermax 550W PSU Windows XP Pro & Linux Fedora PC-70 Lian Li case w/ side window Hitachi 174SXW B 17" LCD To email me, replace org.nz with net.nz
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January 13th 04, 03:14 AM
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Thanks Tony, worked great =)
-- Greetings, Armando Arroyo Mexico City, MX Intel P4 - 2.60Ghz HTT, 1.0Gb DDR400 Kingston MSI Neo2 875FIS2R Mobo, MSI GeForce FX 5900, SB Audigy, HD 80Gb UATA133, Windows XP SP1 "The Black Wibble" escribió en el mensaje ... "mimayin" wrote in message ... I am considering flashing my fx5900 ultra 256mb with the leadtek 5950u bios. i just wondered if anyone knows what might happen if this doesn't work... will i still be able to get into DOS to flash it back to the old bios? mimayin Here's a link to an MSI FX5950 Ultra BIOS if you're still interested. http://users.pandora.be/ringworld/FILES/8946v100.rar Tony. -- 3GHz P4 (HT enabled) Asus P4C800-E Deluxe PDC20378 IDE/SATA controller ADI AD1985 audio MSI FX5900U-VTD256 (BIOS 4.35.20.22.0) 2x 512MB Kingston PC3500 2x 36.7 SATA WD Raptors 52/32/52 LiteOn CD-Writer 16x Pioneer DVD-120S Enermax 550W PSU Windows XP Pro & Linux Fedora PC-70 Lian Li case w/ side window Hitachi 174SXW B 17" LCD To email me, replace org.nz with net.nz
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