flashing geforce2

[reddrag0n]

I have a Geforce2 MX 400 card AGP, but i can't flash it. What can i do about this?

Chip name=GeForce2 MX 400
Vendor ID=10DE
Device ID=0110H
ID, devcode (55,AA)

Other than swapping out the physical rom, is there anything else i can do, or just leave it as a normal PC card?

[reddrag0n]

Ok, am in the flasher right now (on a different comp).
Using nvflash 4.46 and this is the errors i am getting

NVIDIA Flash ROM utility
Version 04.46
Chip name=GeForce2 MX/MX 400, Vendor ID=10DE, Device ID=0110
Opened msidt64.rom successfully.
Checking for supported EEPROM...
EEPROM man.ID,devcode (55,AA) : Unknown

ERROR: Supported EEPROM not found

Now i have 5 different roms to figure out, so i will see if they all say the same thing

EDIT
I have tried all 5 roms from the mac elite wiki, and they load, but i am still getting an EEPROM error.

I am using the -4 -5 -6 strings if that helps

[reddrag0n]

I even tried all the roms located here and i am still getting the same error codes.

when i boot the pc, the initial vga bios i see says this...

NVIDIA GeForce2 MX-400 VGA BIOS
Version 3.11.01.44.00
Copyright (C) 1996-2001 NVIDIA Corp.
64.0MB RAM

[rubberduck13]

Try 4.28 nvflash, use -protectoff to prevent eeprom lock. -e erase eeprom than flash with proper one. This worked for me.

[reddrag0n]

Ok, now which rom would be the proper one? Since i would be flashing blindly. No extra PCI card used

[reddrag0n]

Still getting the same error messages with the 4.28 flasher.

I type in nvflash -r -e (romname) *using the 1075 twinview rom from MEW*

i am still getting the EEPROM error message.

NVIDIA Flash ROM utility
Version 04.28
Chip name=GeForce2 MX/MX 400, Vendor ID=10DE, Device ID=0110
Checking for supported EEPROM...
EEPROM man.ID,devcode (55,AA) : Unknown

ERROR: Supported EEPROM not found

[aquamac]

RD,

Did you try a later version of NVFlash?

[reddrag0n]

latest i tried was 4.46, i can try 5.9 (the latest) but i do believe i will end up with the same ordeal. But i can try nonetheless

[reddrag0n]

Ok, this is frustrating. Using the latest nvflash 5.100.***

12 roms to go through and i am still getting the EEPROM error

Identifying EEPROM...
EEPROM ID (55,00AA) : Unknown

ERROR: Supported EEPROM not found.

using the strings -r -5 -6 and it's not flashing

[reddrag0n]

OK, 12 roms later and i am getting mad.

steps one: nvflash -r -5 -6 (romname) = eeprom error
steps two: nvflash -5 -6 (romname) = eeprom error
steps three: nvflash (romname) = GPU mismatch or PCI subsystem ID mismatch

and i can't backup the original rom since it comes up with the eeprom error also

Listing the card showed this...

NVIDIA display adapters present in system:
<0> GeForce2 MX/MX 400 (10DE,0110,0000,0000) H:--:NRM B:01,AGP,D:00,F:00

[rubberduck13]

hi aqua hi reddragg0n,
i empirically flash vga with flasher that came up in time the card was produced respectively have been sold. Second i think there are specific routine for specific ROM. BTW i flashed a GF2 MX400 with 4.28
I usually flashed my 7800gs with 5.22 works fine but for fx5200
and back issues won't.

[reddrag0n]

Well, i tried everything. I used the nvflash 5.12 and i was able to get a backup of my rom, and is located here if anyone wants to poke around in it, modify it so it works.

I just want a semi good card in my MDD since a rage pro is t3h suk!

backup rom is here

[rubberduck13]

May i send you a fx5200? ;-)

[reddrag0n]

How much would shipping be and does it have functional DVI?

I will send you a PM

[blacksheep]

This GF has DVI? If so, it's main problem. Even if you'll flash it, it won't work. Only these with single VGA output are flashable IIRC.
BTW, I always use this string to flash with nvf: nvflash -4 -5 -6 -j (romname) You can try eraseeeprom first, like rubberduck said.