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Race to dump the 4870 ROM, Who's first?
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I Did it!!
THX a lot for this!!! It worked flawlessy... I did it in the safest way, using a PC ..plugging the card into it....flashing this provided ROM with ATIwinflash...and once plugged into the MacPro quadcore 3Ghz 2007...it recognize the card! Obviously the ugly message of the powercable is there..but..who cares!!
THX again to all the "gurus" in this thread
THX a lot for this!!! It worked flawlessy... I did it in the safest way, using a PC ..plugging the card into it....flashing this provided ROM with ATIwinflash...and once plugged into the MacPro quadcore 3Ghz 2007...it recognize the card! Obviously the ugly message of the powercable is there..but..who cares!!
THX again to all the "gurus" in this thread
Anyone know the status of the VisionTek 4870 1GB?
I just got one the other day and I've been trying to get it to work... I can't even get it running correctly in Windows 7, let alone get it flashed for OS X.
I need help! Steam comes out tomorrow!
I just got one the other day and I've been trying to get it to work... I can't even get it running correctly in Windows 7, let alone get it flashed for OS X.
I need help! Steam comes out tomorrow!
congratz
haha I'll stick you to itno, but let's write a success story yes?
upload rom here.
if it does not boot in windows at all, you either
powering card wrong
slot too few lanes (for 06 and 07 mac, open Expansion Slot Utility in /System/Library/Core Services)
card broken
I'll double check my PCIe slots. I think I did have them changed. And I do have a 07 Mac Pro (first 8-core).
Currently I have two of the standard Mac Pro power cables going from the motherboard to the 4870. Then I have a Radeon x1900 XT powered by the Molex adapters (originally for superdrives).
I also found this post of someone who may have found success:
https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/9472282/
EDIT: by the way, he has my exact card, down to the model number. So maybe there is hope! But I'm not flashing from a PC, I'm flashing from Windows 7 installed on my Mac Pro. I've been trying to create a bootable USB drive (since I'm using my Superdrive power cables) to boot into DOS. But no luck.
I hope the card isn't broken... it's brand new!
Also, I noticed that my Mac Pro kernel panics if I try to boot into OS X with the 4870 in the first (lowest) slot and the x1900 in the third. Is this something to be concerned about, or should I just unplug it?
Kernel panic - it`s OK until you`ll flash it. It`s better do it under DOS, but Windows is fine too. Mac os and zeus flashing tool is not recommended.
kernel panic will occur if:
if it KP's then ofc you cannot use zeus, but I don't see why skotopes would say "zeus flashing tool is not recommended".
- the EFI card (your x1900) is in a slot with less lanes then 4x
- the PC card is of a certain type. some PC-cards will KP when they are not flashed yet, even if you have a EFI mac card side by side.
if it KP's then ofc you cannot use zeus, but I don't see why skotopes would say "zeus flashing tool is not recommended".
It's most likely due to the express card slot being less than 4x. I will swap out the cards and see if I can boot up and change the lanes.
As for flashing this specific card, will Zeus work OK? (You wrote the program, correct?) Or is Zeus better for the cards that have been confirm to flash easily?
If I could flash the card in OS X, that would be a great solution. I have the custom 4870 ROM posted by the other guy (who I'm assuming has successfully flashed his card).
Does it matter which slot the card you are flashing is in? I may put my x1900 back in the first slot. and try to flash it using OS X.
Expansion Slot Utility says my setup is currently this:
Slot 4: 4x No Card
Slot 3: 4x No Card
Slot 2: 1x No Card
Slot 1: 16x ATI Radeon x1900 XT
I tried booting up with the 4870 in Slot 3, and it didn't kernel panic, but it showed the "NO" symbol (circle with diagonal line through it).
Any suggestions?
Okay, I'm about to crack someone's skull.
I can't get my computer to boot from the USB drive. If I try to use a bootable CD, I can't power both cards.
I took my card to my office where I have two PCs. Both have PCI-express slots, however one computer doesn't have Molex power supply. But in the other computer (that does have the molex supply) the software doesn't run corrected. The DOS prompt says "Protected mode not accessible" and Google gives me no leads on what that means.
So I put it into the computer with no molex... software runs great but it says it can't find my card (because it has no power). Fantastic.
I've got three computers that I've tried and I've done everything I can think of. I can't even get to the point where I can flash it.
And then the ONE GUY on this forum that seems to have successfully flashed my card has no contact info on his profile and doesn't accept PMs. He also has only posted twice and it was about his VisionTek card!
I'm at my wits end.
I can't get my computer to boot from the USB drive. If I try to use a bootable CD, I can't power both cards.
I took my card to my office where I have two PCs. Both have PCI-express slots, however one computer doesn't have Molex power supply. But in the other computer (that does have the molex supply) the software doesn't run corrected. The DOS prompt says "Protected mode not accessible" and Google gives me no leads on what that means.
So I put it into the computer with no molex... software runs great but it says it can't find my card (because it has no power). Fantastic.
I've got three computers that I've tried and I've done everything I can think of. I can't even get to the point where I can flash it.
And then the ONE GUY on this forum that seems to have successfully flashed my card has no contact info on his profile and doesn't accept PMs. He also has only posted twice and it was about his VisionTek card!
I'm at my wits end.
Single report:
sapphire 4870 dies after flashing with same rom under mac os with latest Zeus.
that sounds VERY strange, because Zeus will do a check before flashing, and if the ROM you are trying to flash is already identical to the one on the card, it will abort. perhaps you can provide some more information, exactly how does the card "die"? Is the rom corrupted? try pull it off the card again with GPU-Z and MD5 it against the rom you flashed with.
I actually tried that but the PC with the molex kept flashing a red light on the front.
And the other computer wouldn't show any image on the screen (as if the graphic card wasn't powering up). I tried using the integrated video, but the Dell BIOS kept saying "There is an add-in video card present, please attach cable to the add-in card." It wouldn't let me use integrated. I tried changing settings in the bios, but I couldn't change it to be only the integrated.
Should I try to get a single male to double female Molex adapter? That way I can have a single Superdrive running, other molex powering x1900, and two motherboard 6-pins running the 4870?
The latest devestation:
So I managed to rig up something fancy... I used an old external hard drive case's molex power supply to power the disc drive, so I could use the computer's molex for the x1900.
I was able to finally boot into the CD-ROM with BOTH the x1900 AND the 4870!
I ran the ATIflash program, it saw both cards! Perfect! I ran the ATIFlash program and flashed my card with the modded ROM from the other guy who flashed his VisionTek card. It said it was successful!
I restarted the computer... Started booting into OS X. Apple logo came up... I waited for the kernel panic... NO KERNEL PANIC! I was ecstatic. But then it just hung on the blank screen. Nothing. Waited for 5 minutes or so. Still nothing.
So I rebooted to the CD-ROM again. Loaded up OpenDOS and used ATIflash to see my cards. No 4870 listed. Great.
Booted into Windows 7... No card listed. What can I do now?
Did I kill my card?
So I managed to rig up something fancy... I used an old external hard drive case's molex power supply to power the disc drive, so I could use the computer's molex for the x1900.
I was able to finally boot into the CD-ROM with BOTH the x1900 AND the 4870!
I ran the ATIflash program, it saw both cards! Perfect! I ran the ATIFlash program and flashed my card with the modded ROM from the other guy who flashed his VisionTek card. It said it was successful!
I restarted the computer... Started booting into OS X. Apple logo came up... I waited for the kernel panic... NO KERNEL PANIC! I was ecstatic. But then it just hung on the blank screen. Nothing. Waited for 5 minutes or so. Still nothing.
So I rebooted to the CD-ROM again. Loaded up OpenDOS and used ATIflash to see my cards. No 4870 listed. Great.
Booted into Windows 7... No card listed. What can I do now?
Did I kill my card?
Is this directed towards me?
I'm running the latest Snow Leopard, yes. What does this do?
But the 4870 is no longer recognized by DOS or Windows. And booting into OS X just hangs (no kernel panic anymore, though.)
I'll install this and see if it will work... but I'm afraid the card is shot
I've completely removed the card for the time being. I wanted to get my Mac Pro put back to together.
But yeah, I figured the software wouldn't do anything if the card isn't recognized.
I may look into returning the card and just saying it was DOA....