Hi,
I just today finished installing my new hardware, and I got this nice GTO2 here that I want to mod to use 16 pipelines.
I just need some noobie help for the flashing thing - I've never done anything like that and I'm really not familiar with that department. I read the guide in techpowerup about modding it. Sure, it told me what to do, but it didn't tell me how to do it. It wasn't like a nice step-by-step guide to flash the bios.
I have the needed files (modified flashrom utility and modified gto2 bios or something).
I decided that I want to make a bootable floppy then - but my floppy drive isn't reading any disks, it just says "insert a disk into drive A:".
Then I thought, what the heck it can't be hard to make a bootable DVD then. I have a DVD-RW here that I can use so I won't actually use a DVD wholly for just one flash, as I can clear the DVD after the flashing is done.
But all the guides in the net are just complete gibberish...
I don't even know what I actually have to write on the floppy or CD or whatever I want to make bootable. Tell me: is it the flashrom utility or is it the gto2 modded bios file (or what you call it?)
So basically, what I'm asking you is...
How do I flash the BIOS in DOS with flashrom utility and the gto2 bios file? If I do this with a floppy, I need someone to tell me why my floppy drive isn't reading the disks, and if I do this with the DVD, I need someone to tell me how to make the DVD work like a floppy. I think the floppy solution is easier though.
Info about my floppy drive: I have the power cable and the floppy cable properly set. There's a constant green light in it on the front panel. It says in 3½ Floppy A: drive properties that it's working properly. Is it unable to read the disks because there's something about the diskettes then?
Thanks for any help. As long as it's step by step and tells me what to do.![Wink ;) ;)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
I just today finished installing my new hardware, and I got this nice GTO2 here that I want to mod to use 16 pipelines.
I just need some noobie help for the flashing thing - I've never done anything like that and I'm really not familiar with that department. I read the guide in techpowerup about modding it. Sure, it told me what to do, but it didn't tell me how to do it. It wasn't like a nice step-by-step guide to flash the bios.
I have the needed files (modified flashrom utility and modified gto2 bios or something).
I decided that I want to make a bootable floppy then - but my floppy drive isn't reading any disks, it just says "insert a disk into drive A:".
Then I thought, what the heck it can't be hard to make a bootable DVD then. I have a DVD-RW here that I can use so I won't actually use a DVD wholly for just one flash, as I can clear the DVD after the flashing is done.
But all the guides in the net are just complete gibberish...
I don't even know what I actually have to write on the floppy or CD or whatever I want to make bootable. Tell me: is it the flashrom utility or is it the gto2 modded bios file (or what you call it?)
So basically, what I'm asking you is...
How do I flash the BIOS in DOS with flashrom utility and the gto2 bios file? If I do this with a floppy, I need someone to tell me why my floppy drive isn't reading the disks, and if I do this with the DVD, I need someone to tell me how to make the DVD work like a floppy. I think the floppy solution is easier though.
Info about my floppy drive: I have the power cable and the floppy cable properly set. There's a constant green light in it on the front panel. It says in 3½ Floppy A: drive properties that it's working properly. Is it unable to read the disks because there's something about the diskettes then?
Thanks for any help. As long as it's step by step and tells me what to do.