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Rastafrik 08-25-2004 03:32 AM

Thanks for help. I hope that this will do the trick. Hawe anyone hawe any good advise befor i flash card. Can anyone thel me how can i do this. I have nvflash, winfast flash too, but i dont know how to do this. How can i force new bios to my card?

eviltechie 08-25-2004 04:05 AM

i would suggest you read a lot before flashing

flashing also depends on each utility you use
ive never flashed a video card bios before because i know it is very risky
especially having Ti4200 to run at Ti4600 speed right away

i would overclock your Ti4200 first to see its potentials
if it can reach the speeds of Ti4600 no problems after some gaming then you can flash if you still like
frankly i dont see the advantage of flashing video card bios except that you dont have to overclock it through apps in windows

Rastafrik 08-25-2004 06:32 AM

I test video card 330/650 and work all day withowt any problems. Ti4600 works at 300/600 so that is not a problem. The only problem is that i can't get bios for ti4600 anywhere. i got it but it was corupted file. :shake:

Jason425 08-25-2004 12:16 PM

sometimes when you flash the bios it changes other things than the clock speed.. (see old 9500 mods to 9700).. but that can now be done in drivers...


what happened to my 9500 might happen to you.. you'll be goin along.. get ready to flash.. it erases your old bios, then tries to write the new one.. but wait, it's WRITE PROTECTED! and your life is over.. i guess you can bring it back with a pci video card but I don't know exactly how you go about that.

eviltechie 08-25-2004 06:21 PM

its probably not corrupted
just probably because your TI4200 is 64mb and TI4600 is 128mb

Jason425 08-25-2004 06:46 PM

dude.. files can be corrupted.. it happens.. and sometimes they're hosted that way.. he didn't even get to flashing it sounds like.. if he did, he'd be in trouble...

CiKoTiC 08-25-2004 08:18 PM

If your going to flash the BIOS on your video card, the best way to protect it is to backup the original BIOS. Then create batch files on a bootable floppy that will flash the new BIOS and restore the original if something goes wrong. If you fubar the flash, the computer will still boot to the floppy. You wont see anything, but if you enter the restore batch file name, you can flash it back to the original BIOS.

I've done it many times with various video cards.

gnogtr 08-25-2004 10:38 PM

This just doesn't seem like much of a performance jump here. It's time to reach for the sky and get a modern graphics card.

Jason425 08-25-2004 11:12 PM

ouch yo.. help a playa out... when he lags to death he'll figure it out..

eviltechie 08-26-2004 04:54 AM

cik, how do you do that?
could you help me?
i think its time for me to update my Ti4200 128mb AGP4x's bios now


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