Bios reading not supported

Anderan · 03-10-2009, 10:10 PM

whenever i try to save my bios with GPU-Z it says "Bios reading not supported on this device" is there any way to get around this? oh and my card is an ATI X1300 mobility radeon.

alexp999 · 03-10-2009, 10:14 PM

You have a mobile GPU, meaning integrated. The graphics BIOS is part of the main system BIOS, hence why it cant be extracted.

Anderan · 03-10-2009, 10:15 PM

dang, oh well thanks for the help, weird thing is I've taken my laptop apart and i could have sworn i saw the card in there separately from the processors or anything else for that matter.

Flyordie · 03-10-2009, 10:44 PM

WOA Alex, your kinda wrong on that one.
X1300 Mobility is a seperate card entirely.
The X1150, X1200, X1250 are integrated.
Your cards external read/write pins have been cut to prevent improper flashing by ATI.

alexp999 · 03-10-2009, 10:46 PM

Didnt realise it was a separate card sorry. Thanks for the input Flyoride.

Dmitryy · 11-07-2009, 09:11 PM

Hello everybody. Is there any solution to this issue? I have an MSI 4870 512mb radeon and receive the same message, just wanted mod fan settings to higher value, since it's a little bit hot on defaults. Need your help, where do I look for those pins?

Dmitryy · 11-11-2009, 07:57 AM

Well the problem was in Win7, I have changed OS to MS windows Xp SP2 and successfully dumped 4870's bios using GPU-Z. Good luck all!

03-10-2009, 10:10 PM	#1
Anderan Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 5 (0.02/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Bios reading not supported whenever i try to save my bios with GPU-Z it says "Bios reading not supported on this device" is there any way to get around this? oh and my card is an ATI X1300 mobility radeon.

03-10-2009, 10:14 PM	#2
alexp999 Staff Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Dorset, UK Posts: 6,728 (7.95/day) Thanks: 684 Thanked 924 Times in 791 Posts System Specs	You have a mobile GPU, meaning integrated. The graphics BIOS is part of the main system BIOS, hence why it cant be extracted. __________________ ASUS P45 Club [FS] [WTB] Heatware ebay Elite Lounge USB Boot Guide 3DMark Vantage My Rig XBOX Gamertag Steam ID Dad's: EVGA 750i FTW, E6600, F7Pro, 4GB, 8800GTS 640MB SLi, SST 750W, Commodore EVE Gallente Case

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03-10-2009, 10:44 PM	#4
Flyordie Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 1,149 (2.94/day) Thanks: 57 Thanked 178 Times in 160 Posts System Specs	WOA Alex, your kinda wrong on that one. X1300 Mobility is a seperate card entirely. The X1150, X1200, X1250 are integrated. Your cards external read/write pins have been cut to prevent improper flashing by ATI. __________________ My Heatware --- “The plan is to mount the rad to the top of my face.” -Th0rn0 My Infractions *=Disputed Post\|Date\|Expires\|Points\|Reason\|Posted By

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03-10-2009, 10:15 PM	#3
Anderan Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 5 (0.02/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	dang, oh well thanks for the help, weird thing is I've taken my laptop apart and i could have sworn i saw the card in there separately from the processors or anything else for that matter.

03-10-2009, 10:46 PM	#5
alexp999 Staff Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Dorset, UK Posts: 6,728 (7.95/day) Thanks: 684 Thanked 924 Times in 791 Posts System Specs	Didnt realise it was a separate card sorry. Thanks for the input Flyoride. __________________ ASUS P45 Club [FS] [WTB] Heatware ebay Elite Lounge USB Boot Guide 3DMark Vantage My Rig XBOX Gamertag Steam ID Dad's: EVGA 750i FTW, E6600, F7Pro, 4GB, 8800GTS 640MB SLi, SST 750W, Commodore EVE Gallente Case

11-07-2009, 09:11 PM	#6
Dmitryy Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 2 (0.15/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Hello everybody. Is there any solution to this issue? I have an MSI 4870 512mb radeon and receive the same message, just wanted mod fan settings to higher value, since it's a little bit hot on defaults. Need your help, where do I look for those pins?

11-11-2009, 07:57 AM	#7
Dmitryy Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 2 (0.15/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Well the problem was in Win7, I have changed OS to MS windows Xp SP2 and successfully dumped 4870's bios using GPU-Z. Good luck all!

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