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    RivaTuner 2.08 not compatible with X205-SLi4??

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by Jstn7477, Mar 19, 2008.

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    Hi everyone,
    Has anyone gotten RivaTuner or ATITool to work with the X205-SLi? I used RivaTuner 2.08 and the recommended 174.31 drivers and overclocking does nothing with either. Only nTune works, but it only adjusts the Max Perf. speed and the Core/Shader speeds are linked. Is there any way that these two applications will work with the X205-SLi? If they don't, Is there any way I can flash both VGA BIOSes with higher clocks? I used ATITool to dump each bios and they appear to be different versions. The one on Bus 9 has BIOS version 60.84.5E.00.29 and the one on Bus 10 has BIOS version 60.84.5E.00.15. Is there anyway I could flash each BIOS to its respective card after they have been edited? Thanks for any help.

    -J.B.
     
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    Whatever you do. DO NOT TRY FLASHING THE BIOS ON THE VIDEO CARDS!!!! :eek: :eek: :eek: I did this and killed my video cards, I was trying to get higher clock speeds and also wanted the fan to kick in sooner and the flash completed but when I reebooted all I got was a black screen and 3 short beeps and had to have the video cards replaced.
     
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    Your video cards might have broken because they have two different BIOS versions (presumably one for the master card and one for the slave), so if I could find a way to manipulate NVFLASH to flash the Bus9 bios to the G84 on Bus9 and flash the Bus10 bios to the G84 on Bus10 it might work. However, i don't feel like rendering my 1 month old laptop useless so I will have to see if anyone has a guide for flashing a 7900 or 7950GX2 if they work the same way as the X205's SLI on a Card approach.

    -J.B.
     
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    I believe the sli1 is the same exact setup as the 7950GX2, cause they have the sli1 chip too like the 7950GX2 but I still don't want to break my new video cards again once was enough for me and I am going to leave mine alone, but what the link explains on how to flash the cards might work it's just having someone brave enough to try it and see if it works.
     
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