Flashing Radeon 7500 OEM bios to retail ATI bios ?

Hi Mark:


___If you do a web search, you can still find the file entitled FlashRadeon8500.zip from a few open ftp sites. If you cannot find it, reply to me privately and I will attach it to the reply …


___Good Luck


___Wayne R. Gerdes

___Hunt Club Farms Landscaping Ltd.

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Hello Wayne,


I have found a file Flashradeonv201.zip , that contains 26 files, a good selection of bios files for 7500 and 8500.


This is said to be a more recent version than the one you mention,


I better not put any links to it,


sort of an underground thing



Thanks for your help,


Mark G.

Hi Mark:


___First off, thanks for the links. I don’t use the 7500’s due to the limited driver set from ATI but at least I have some more tools for the 7500/8500 owners … After JamesAB’s question, I looked inside the 8500.zip file only to find 8500 series BIOS’ … I than also looked for the Flashradeonv201.zip and found it as well.


___As far as where to find it for the rest of the 7500/8500 owners … You will find it somewhere on this site without to much effort


___JamesAB, no. At least I would not try it myself. Different cores and clocks make for an incompatibility and possibly an unrecoverable mess afterwards.


___Minaelromany, after reading up on some posts over at Rage3D from those that have flashed there own 7500’s/8500’s, it appears that what you seek is exactly what you will receive I am also reading of greater stability using the ATI retail BIOS’ on both the 7500 and 8500’s as well … If you do flash your 7500 series card, please let us know how it goes.


___Good Luck


___Wayne R. Gerdes

___Hunt Club Farms Landscaping Ltd.

___ [email protected]

Hi JamesAB:


___You flashed your 7500 with an 8500 BIOS? We are speaking of not only different cores, clocks, and memory but a completely different card! I am assuming you flashed your OEM 7500 to the Retail 7500’s, correct? In any case, I have read of better overall stability but there are some voltage mods that should be performed for the 8500 owners to get the OEM cards to work at the higher clocks of the Retails. I bitched at Stephen for this craziness a few months ago and he said the OEM’s have different build spec’s or something similar. I mentioned Nvidia’s reference drivers working with all cards and by all appearances, ATI is pulling the wool over our eyes once again trying to differentiate a product that for all intents and purposes is the same barring slower speed memory spec’ed from the OEM themselves.


___Good Luck


___Wayne R. Gerdes

___Hunt Club Farms Landscaping Ltd.

___ [email protected]

Hi JamesAB:


___Of course this thread is Ok … That is until someone comes by and complains about it When the Radeon “LE†was first discovered, we all jumped all over the flash for gaming performance alone and ATI did not climb down our throats for it. We will have to see.


___As far as the 7500 OEM to Retail, that is just how it is supposed to happen


___Good Luck and enjoy the 6025’s. They are one of the better pure HTPC drivers available to us currently.


___Wayne R. Gerdes

___Hunt Club Farms Landscaping Ltd.

___ [email protected]

Hi Kdraper:


___You don’t need to flash an OEM Radeon anymore. Just follow up Ashley’s tip on modifying the driver inf so that the ATI originals will install and your set. I posted the link to the thread with Ashley’s instructions just yesterday for Dean Roddey if that helps.


___Good Luck


___Wayne R. Gerdes

___Hunt Club Farms Landscaping Ltd.

___ [email protected]