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Re: Original BIOS for Creative TnT2 Ultra

#495
From: Odysseus
Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 00:00
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Actually thanks to the help of this group I've been able to flash the card
back to the original BIOS. I've been experimenting flashing BIOS from
different cards based on the same chipset for years. Never had a problem
before as long as the cards were all based closely to the reference board.
However with the more recent cards some manufactures have incorporated
hardware checks to discourage experimentation. I'm going to foward the file
to Zoiah so that someone else may benefit. Thank for the help.

Odysseus

"CRASH [AGQx]" <spleenn.baird2@gte.net> wrote in message
news:wMOg5.2129$qd1.489848@dfiatx1-snr1.gtei.net...
> I hate to say it but you shoulda thought of that before you flashed that
> BIOS.  Your screwd man.  You can't go back.
> "Odysseus" <odysseus@nospam.silcon.com> wrote in message
> news:so6tmri2o0b17@corp.supernews.com...
> > Many months ago I flashed my Creative TnT2 Ultra with the BIOS from the
> > Xentor Ultra. Hoping to get a performance boost with the faster default
> > settings, and Guillemont drivers since they were based on 2.40 while
> > Creative at that time was based on 2.08. Instead of a boost I've had
> several
> > very minor stability issues that I've had to live with, because none of
> the
> > Creative flash utilities will let me flash back. (Flasher doesn't find a
> > Creative vidcard and aborts). I flashed before Zoiah had posted his
> > reference BIOS and associated utilities and wasn't able to save the old
> > BIOS. I've been looking for the Original BIOS on Zoiah's site for
months,
> > hoping it would show-up, but to no avail. Somebody please help!!!
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Odysseus
> >
> >
>
>
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From: "Odysseus" <odysseus@nospam.silcon.com>
Subject: Re: Original BIOS for Creative TnT2 Ultra
Date: 2000/07/30
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