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Software Support => GroovyMAME => Topic started by: AMDman13 on July 06, 2015, 12:36:11 am

Title: Setting UP Windows 7 Atom-15
Post by: AMDman13 on July 06, 2015, 12:36:11 am

Pretty sure I was able to patch my HD4850  with Atom-15, but I am still getting the out of sync frequency upon Windows 7 boot up. Boot Screen.  It was my understanding that the modified BIOs should have taken care of this issue? I am funning on a Betson Multisync which is a Tri-Sync monitor. I have tried selecting all three 15, 25 and 31 kHz and only 15 and 31 respectively. The issue remains. I must be missing something here? For what its worth I did use the Window's flash utility. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Title: Re: Setting UP Windows 7 Atom-15
Post by: Calamity on July 06, 2015, 03:58:02 am

It should be possible to check what frequency is being output. Has your monitor an OSD?

Title: Re: Setting UP Windows 7 Atom-15
Post by: AMDman13 on July 06, 2015, 09:02:09 am

Thanks Calamity, it's reading 48.3khz. Starts out at 31.5 during bios. The loading windows screens cannot be seen. It states out of range and running at 48.3

Title: Re: Setting UP Windows 7 Atom-15
Post by: Calamity on July 06, 2015, 09:34:56 am

Looks like the patched bios is not in use, for whatever reason. If you want to be sure, use only the 15 kHz range in ATOM-15, then the boot sequence, bios screens, etc. must be at 15 kHz.

Title: Re: Setting UP Windows 7 Atom-15
Post by: AMDman13 on July 06, 2015, 11:08:09 am

I tried using only 15khz as well. Still same outcome. I must be doing something incorrectly. I created a copy of the original bios using the ATI win_flash tool from a cmd promt with admin privileges. Then loaded it from Atom-15 selecting the frequencis I wanted and then hit the patch button. Any other thoughts as to why it's not taking?

Title: Re: Setting UP Windows 7 Atom-15
Post by: Calamity on July 06, 2015, 11:29:06 am

Quote from: AMDman13 on July 06, 2015, 11:08:09 am

Any other thoughts as to why it's not taking?

You flashed the modded bios back to the card didn't you?

Title: Re: Setting UP Windows 7 Atom-15
Post by: AMDman13 on July 06, 2015, 12:08:14 pm

Yes, when I patch I am choosing the modded bios. Is this not correct? Thanks

Title: Re: Setting UP Windows 7 Atom-15
Post by: Calamity on July 06, 2015, 12:17:28 pm

Step 4 is what I mean:

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- ATI Winflash: for Windows. Download here.
    1) cd C:\atiwinflash
    2) atiflash -s 0 bios.rom
    3) Use atom-15.exe to patch the BIOS.
    4) atiflash -p 0 bios-mod.rom
    5) Reboot
    * Caution: "-p 0" and "-s 0" point to the first PCI device. Check this in case you have more than one video card installed.

Title: Re: Setting UP Windows 7 Atom-15
Post by: AMDman13 on July 06, 2015, 12:49:39 pm

Rats. Somehow I didn't see that step. I feel like an idiot. At this point I have 3 different model bioses created.  Should I delete them and start over?

Title: Re: Setting UP Windows 7 Atom-15
Post by: AMDman13 on July 07, 2015, 12:04:05 am

Calamity, thanks for taking the time to bail me out. Go figure,  I followed all the instructions at it worked like a charm! Amazing work! Many thanks!