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Misflashed hard to find HD3650 PLEASE help

Fuzzi

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Hey folks, wow, well I feel like a total beginner again for the first time in years ._.
After having constant BSODs and CTDs in Fallout 3 I was advised to flash my videocard's
bios (infamous last words I know). So long story short, after ATIFlash reported it could
not write the old bios to a file, my patience or lack there of got me to flash without making
a backup and no matter where I look I can not find a comparable bios and and as I dont
know what I am doing with a hex editor and the ATI Bios editor does not support changing
certain options of said bios I have come to ask of ANYONE's assistance.

The stats of the old bios / card were as followed

ATI/AMD Radeon HD 3650 256MB - RV635 (purchased through dell)
RV635 A11 B38201 DDR2 - 16X16MB 725/500m

After flashing it I realised the replacement bios was DDR3 ... and after being presented with
the "Please reboot system for changes to take effect" I just sighed, knowing the headache that was about to ensue.. Thanks in advance if ANYONE can assist me, you would be saving me the headache of having to RMA through dell.

(Edit to save reading: Pics of the card)
http://www.furnation.com/fuzzi-fox/100_1164.JPG
http://www.furnation.com/fuzzi-fox/100_1172.JPG
 
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Unfortunately not.. I have been looking all day for it, the only 256mb flavors are DDR3
 

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I mean I really dont even need the EXACT bios.. just something that someone figures MIGHT work.. I mean.. its not getting any more broken ;P
 

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Bump for possible answer? x.x
Thanks so far to those who have read and attempted to find a resource ^^
 
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What's the maker of the card?
 
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GPU-z= sub vendor id =???? #
 
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if you already flashed the card then GPU-Z would report the vendor of the bios //// so you will need to get the Model# or FCC ID for the card & do a google on it
 
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I assume the card is dead ???? or can you still "see" it in the boot .... if so you might try flashing it to a ddr2 512 bios & see if you can get it to run

OR
Since the dead card will not POST anymore you have to use another graphics card as your primary VGA adapter to boot from it.
Then go into DOS and find out which adapter number your dead HD 3650 has using Atiflash {atiflash -i]. Now flash the BIOS using: atiflash -f -newbios -p[index] 3650.bin. Replace [index] with the number of your graphics card from the -i command.
Another way is using ATI Winflash from Windows. Start Winflash, select the correct card and flash away.
After the flash is done, remove the second card and boot from your now working HD 3650

if you can't find a 256 ddr2 bios you might have to edit the 512 one with a HEX editor
 
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So close to having this resolved... can anyone at least tell me how to do this so I can attempt it myself? x.x Thx!
 
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will be working on the Diamond bios on monday for a client if possible wiil attempt a mod for you then :D
do you have a high res pic of the back of the card if so can you post it ;)
??? is that the cooler that came on the card ??? LMK
 

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Thanks in advance if you get around to it by the way!.. this has been a huge setback so far
 

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Has anyone been able to identify the card at all? I cant find it anywhere and am guessing its a cheap vendor specific model x.x
 

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Here are some pictures of the current display from the card with the 512mb bios in it.. x.x
I figure it might help somehow... at the very least its interesting to look at



 
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man thoes pics are crazy it almost looks like if you spin the moniter in circles fast enough you would get a clear full pic almost like thoes really old slide show moving picture things they had back in the old western days if anybody knows what i'm talking about
 

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is there a sticker on the back that says what bios revision the card was using?
 
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Can you retake this .pic.Can't read the high res
 
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