An 8800 GS , A 800 Watt and VIA chipset...

[bindo245]

Well Hello , I'm Bindo245 nice to meet you all.

 

Well I have a problem if you read the title , You 'll see that my PC is a VIA chipset and I recently Acquired a 8800 GS XFX Alpha Dog edition.

 

It obviously didn't start and through processes of elimination I came to the conclusion of The GPU or the Board, now I switched the card back to my old 8600gt and it worked fine.

 

Still I recently came across the news of VIA chipsets and 8800's and well some type of flashing to 'GEN 1' bios.

 

My problem is how to flash the bios.

 

Thanks.

 

P.S. My specs:

XFX 8800 GS alpha dog edition,

'EZCOOL' PS-900

VGA Monitor Dell 17''

Mother board specs ,

'VIA P4M900 Chipset board'' P4M900M3 (MSI)

[Dalo Harkin]

In order to 'flash' the BIOS - you have to visit the MOBO manufacturers website and under your MOBO model there will be a sub section called BIOS updates - I truly hope that MSI now do a 'windows environment update' as they never used to and you have to use floppy disks - seeing as though you are asking how to do this - I recommend that you do not perform the flash until you have read all the info needed.

This is the page for your board MSI -- MICRO-STAR INT'L CO., LTD.=

 

I have never seen or heard of a BIOS needing an updated BIOS to run a GPU - a CPU yes as there are lots of variables

 

Also there is no need whatsoever to have an 800watt PSU with that setup - 400 would easily cope

Edited December 22, 2008 by Dalo Harkin