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8800gt EFI64 ROM

jhuss said:
Damn, I forgot do make a backup of the original ROM of my eVGA card (superclocked, 512-P3-E802-AR). Argh, what should I do now? I don't think amazon is amused when they get a flashed card back.

Can someone provide me a original ROM of that card? That would be very nice. :)
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Wish I could help, but I don't have a single PC with PCI-Express. It seems you might be in luck though, http://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/...VGA&model=8800+GT&interface=PCI-E&memSize=512 has a whole bunch of EVGA bioses. I believe the 650/950 ones would be correct for the SC edition.
 
jhuss said:
Can someone provide me a original ROM of that card? That would be very nice. :)
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You can get all of the original firmware files directly from evga.com. Just navigate to Support, then Download Drivers, then Graphics Cards, GeForce 8 series, then BIOS Updates.

All the 8800GT firmware files for their various models are there, including the "SC". I see one for N802, but not for E802. I'm guessing it will still work, though. N802 is the card I have.
 
thagomizer said:
You can get all of the original firmware files directly from evga.com. Just navigate to Support, then Download Drivers, then Graphics Cards, GeForce 8 series, then BIOS Updates.
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Shame to me that I didn't even think to look there. Thanks a lot! :)
 
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tugger said:
Best deal I found on this card with identical model number is at Buy.com for $204.99 with free shipping after $30 eVGA rebate (good thru 31 March).

Edit: I ordered this on 11 March at 1:00 AM, and it arrived today (12 March) at 6:00 PM with standard shipping. Unbelievable. Still waiting for the power cable from ATI.
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OK, I am not going to spend 45 minutes and go through the 402 some-odd posts in this thread, but I have a couple quick questions:

Will the 8800 card (with this firmware update) work in a Woodcrest model Mac Pro (one with PCIe 1.0)???

Has nVidia released the long-awaited update or kit for the 8800 card for the last-gen Mac Pros? Or is a Harpertown model still required to use the 8800?

I have a refurb Quad-Core 3.0GHz on the way, as well as 16GB of RAM...it would be nice to be able to try out this card and get a peek at what this Crysis phenomenon is all about.

Thanks!
-Ward
 
WardC said:
Will the 8800 card (with this firmware update) work in a Woodcrest model Mac Pro (one with PCIe 1.0)???

Has nVidia released the long-awaited update or kit for the 8800 card for the last-gen Mac Pros?
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Sorry, no. Not yet anyway.
 
Any idea why the video output in Windows would flicker and not in OSX?
 
jhuss said:
Argh, first freeze in Windows, same weird graphic errors. I think there is something wrong with the card's hardware. I will send it back and try to get a new one. Hope that the cracked one was not the last 128K they had.
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The new card I got today seems to work fine. It's the same model. :)

Thanks for your help!
 
jhuss said:
The new card I got today seems to work fine. It's the same model. :)
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Great news, dude. I thought it was probably an issue with that specific card because your model number is so close to the eVGA 512-P3-N802-AR which works fine. Congrats for pursuing this to a successful conclusion. So now we know the

512-P3-N802-AR
and
512-P3-E802-AR

both work. I wonder if the "E" digit means "Europe"?

BTW, my power cable from ATI arrives on Monday. Can't wait to flash this beauty.
 
tugger said:
It shipped the day after I ordered it, but they send it Fedex Express Saver Pack .... so, 2-3 days from Addison, TX to south Florida.
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Weird... I ordered one 6 days ago, and I'm still waiting for it to be shipped.
 
W00T W00T I just successfully modded a eVGA 8800 GT and it works perfectly in OSX 10.5 its got the same part # as the AR version except this one says DX on it.. 1024x1S and I used the mp8800gt.rom.

w00t
 
Another successful flash: eVGA 512-P3-N802-AR

eVGA 512-P3-N802-AR flashed successfully. No problems at all with OS X. Booted normally, ran it for an hour doing different stuff including heavy graphics apps, X-Plane with settings maxed-out, and everything runs great. GPU fan barely audible, and no noticeable differences in internal temps.

In XP Pro (32) w/Boot Camp I got to the first boot screen, then nothing. (I should mention that I didn't remove the ATI 2600 -- it was still in slot 1, so this might have confused XP.) I pulled the ATI card, rebooted in Safe mode and installed the eVGA drivers from the packaged CD when the New Hardware wizard requested them. Windows then booted fine. However, the Boot Camp CP wasn't working anymore, so I reinstalled the Boot Camp drivers, and now everything is fine.

UT3 at 1680x1050 is awesome ... smooth as silk.

Thanks a million to the pathfinders and others who contributed their knowledge and experiences to this thread. You made it easy for the rest of us.

Now where's that $30.00 eVGA rebate form? :D
 

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Brianna said:
If it's a "bad card" that doesn't mean it's not compatible. It would be incompatible with anything. ;)
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True, I was telling another poster that the OP's problem was OS X only, but then the OP chimed in and said they were having a problem in Windows as well. Once the problem surfaced in Windows the best I could come up with was a bad flash or bad hardware.
 
Finally...!

...My NVIDIA GEFORCE 8800 GT GRAPHICS CARD-INT just shipped, 2 weeks before it was supposed 2...

...Can wait to test that beast...! Good luck with the flashing stuff...!

Ben
 
My Mac Pro arrived earlier today and the first thing I did was to flash my 8800GT. Works perfectly.

EVGA 8800GT Superclocked Crysis Edition, 512-P3-E806-AR

Didn't bother editing the firmware to get the superclocked speeds, as I prefer less power usage/heat :)
 
Woot!!!!

EVGA 8800GT P/N 512-P3-N802-AR All systems a go!!!! Thanks all for your posts...I ran into a little issue...but I just read through this Thread and BAM!!!! Once again thanks all.:)
 
Just got in my EVGA 512-P3-N801-AR from MicroCenter and it had a 1024kx1S ROM and took the flash with no problems! I haven't yet tested it in my Mac Pro yet (waiting for the cable from ATI to arrive) but it booted up in Windows on my secondary PC with no problems what-so-ever (correction, it actually crashes, hard).

Update:
It looks like the card is not bad but sometime in the Mac Pro 8800GT ROM is causing the card to flip out after a couple of minutes of runtime. Using the original BIOS works fine. If it helps, here are a few entries from my flash logs (going from the MP back to the original):

Current - Version:62.92.20.00.00 ID:10DE:0611:10DE:054F
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT (Normal Board)
Replace with - Version:62.92.24.00.01 ID:10DE:0611:3842:C801
G92 Board - 03930004 (Normal Board)
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EEPROM ID (C2,10) : MX 25L1005 2.7-3.6V 1024Kx1S, page
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If anyone wants copies of the log files, let me know (I have the Original -> MP and MP -> Original flash logs).

On a completely random note, does anyone happen to have a BIOS only dump from an Apple 8800GT? I want to try something brilliant/incredibly stupid.

Update 2:
I got ahold of the 64K dump and ripped out the older bios present in the EFI ROM, dropped in the newer EVGA BIOS and then flashed the card. It seemed to stop the Windows crashes but I haven't had a chance to try this in my Mac Pro yet so I'll report back with any success.

Gave it a shot and had no luck; only a black screen this time (I didn't think I'd get anything else).
 
Just swapped the N801-AR for an N802-AR over at Micro Center and the card is now working beautifully in both MacOS X and Windows. I think there might be something a bit off with some of the N801-AR cards that is causing them to fail so miserably with the flash.
 
Add me to list of successful eVGA 512-P3-N802-AR flashers. I have mine running at 650 core, 1620 shader, and 950 memory. Those are the stock settings that eVGA had them set at.
 
...And add me also as another success story... eVGA 512-P3-N801-AR worked flawlessy. Haven't done any testing other then use OSX and Vista Home 32 bit with the latest NVidia drivers.

Thanks all for this, saved me 150 bucks and applied it towards memory upgrade for the MAC PRO!:D
 
I'm an idiot and unwittingly delete the original firmware from my eVGA 512-P3-N802-AR 8800GT. Does anyone still have it? Do you think you can forward it to me? I want to check something out on it. Thanks. Much appreciated.
 
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