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Graphics Card Firmware Upgrade

  • 17-05-2005 8:53am
    #1
    woody
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,506 ✭✭✭


    Can a Graphics Card have a firmware upgrade.

    Have a Radeon 9700 Pro but keeps on messing up every five boots.

    Anyone ??


Comments

  • #2
    Khannie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,485 ✭✭✭✭Khannie


    It's a bios flash you're looking for. Check the ATI site.


  • #3
    Orion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,807 ✭✭✭✭Orion


    What do you mean by messing up every five boots? Flashing the BIOS won't fix any problems you're having if they're driver related. Give us more details and we may be able to help.


  • #4
    woody
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,506 ✭✭✭woody


    Basically every now and then I get a distorted display with millions of black lines.


    I have used the most up to date graphics driver from ATI for this, so I was suspecting a BIOS Flash may solve the issue


  • #5
    Orion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,807 ✭✭✭✭Orion


    Are you overclocking at all? That could be an overheating issue. Or is could just be a dodgy card. The only reason I'm looking at other options is that if you flash and something goes wrong during it you've got a very expensive paperweight.


  • #6
    woody
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,506 ✭✭✭woody


    Nope never overclocked would'nt know how to !


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  • #7
    wideband
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 315 ✭✭wideband


    woody wrote:
    Basically every now and then I get a distorted display with millions of black lines.


    I have used the most up to date graphics driver from ATI for this, so I was suspecting a BIOS Flash may solve the issue

    Is this happening during game play?.....e.g. if playing BF1942 blacklines eminating from your crosshair out to the edge of the screen


  • #8
    woody
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,506 ✭✭✭woody


    It happens the odd time when I boot up I see the lines from the BIOS Screen to booting into the OS...


    I got it off a friend who got it in thailand so maybe it is bogey


  • #9
    Khannie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,485 ✭✭✭✭Khannie


    Could be a heat issue allright. Don't bother flashing. Check the heatsink by touching it. If it's not hotafter a few minutes use then it's not seated properly.


  • #10
    woody
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,506 ✭✭✭woody


    Card needed to be reseated D'Oh thanks all for the help.


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