Asus Radeon 9800 XT Bios Update

Zardon · Mar 7, 2004, 10:48 AM

Asus have released a new set of bioses for the Radeon 9800 XT version AS30 for PAL cards and AS29 for NTSC cards, dated a few days ago. Thanks to Newsfactory over at Warp2search for the headsup.

Fix monitor goes to standby mode for a few seconds when system is booting to Windows.

A9800XT BIOS flash package, only for NTSC A9800XT card under WinXP and 2K

A9800XT BIOS flash package, only for PAL A9800XT card under WinXP and 2K

Bicka · Mar 7, 2004, 05:33 PM

Now theres a ****ing fix and a half! Nice one Asus

Bicka · Mar 7, 2004, 06:29 PM

Bad ****ing one Asus

Did exactly what it said but everytime my computer started back up it froze. It still persisted in the monitor turning off as well.
Eventually got the winflash.exe program to startup again and, thinking that it wasnt freezing anymore, I let it run...naturally my computer froze halfway through the flash.

Now left with a £350 lump of copper

:UPDATE:

Found an old PCI card and managed to get in to dos to flash the asus bios back on! Safe again! Just wondering wether to flash it again!

:2NDUPDATE:

Bah, now its just freezing when I try to flash it. Not impressed.

PeakPerformance · Mar 8, 2004, 11:22 AM

It worked for me, the standby is gone... ...it was really anoying

Bicka · Mar 8, 2004, 01:42 PM

Yeah it finally worked last night.

Tried to flash it and froze again but didnt leave my bios blank...tried to flash it once more when windows had restarted and it said it already had that version of the bios installed. restarted comp and no more blnka screen.

Ah well. It worked in the end.

Mar 7, 2004, 10:48 AM	#1
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	Asus Radeon 9800 XT Bios Update Asus have released a new set of bioses for the Radeon 9800 XT version AS30 for PAL cards and AS29 for NTSC cards, dated a few days ago. Thanks to Newsfactory over at Warp2search for the headsup. Fix monitor goes to standby mode for a few seconds when system is booting to Windows. A9800XT BIOS flash package, only for NTSC A9800XT card under WinXP and 2K A9800XT BIOS flash package, only for PAL A9800XT card under WinXP and 2K

Mar 7, 2004, 06:29 PM	#3
Bicka DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 670 Rep Power: 0	Bad ***ing one Asus Did exactly what it said but everytime my computer started back up it froze. It still persisted in the monitor turning off as well. Eventually got the winflash.exe program to startup again and, thinking that it wasnt freezing anymore, I let it run...naturally my computer froze halfway through the flash. Now left with a £350 lump of copper :UPDATE: Found an old PCI card and managed to get in to dos to flash the asus bios back on! Safe again! Just wondering wether to flash it again! :2NDUPDATE: Bah, now its just freezing when I try to flash it. Not impressed. Last edited by Bicka; Mar 8, 2004 at 01:03 AM.*

Mar 7, 2004, 05:33 PM	#2
Bicka DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 670 Rep Power: 0	Now theres a ****ing fix and a half! Nice one Asus

Mar 8, 2004, 11:22 AM	#4
PeakPerformance DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 27 Rep Power: 0	It worked for me, the standby is gone... ...it was really anoying

Mar 8, 2004, 01:42 PM	#5
Bicka DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 670 Rep Power: 0	Yeah it finally worked last night. Tried to flash it and froze again but didnt leave my bios blank...tried to flash it once more when windows had restarted and it said it already had that version of the bios installed. restarted comp and no more blnka screen. Ah well. It worked in the end.