Are there different sets of G400 gfx card Bios?

[jiake]

Meaning does each Matrox Milliennum G400 32/12 or Single/Dual-Head with TV-out each has their own individual gfx Bios or it's basically all sharing the same even the higher end MAX version? I was hoping to know where to D/L this MAX version Bios but failed miserably as all I found is just the same overall G400 latest Bios version 2.03 at the refered Matrox URL. Pls can anybody who knows where or does this individual Bios exists? Thanks in advance.

[Kruzin]

Matrox supplies their BIOS in a "unified" package. They all come together, and are not offered as a separate d/l.
There is no way to just flash a MAX bios onto a regular card as you are looking to do.
The cards BIOS has an ID in it, and the unified BIOS will only flash the card with the proper bios for that ID.
Do a forum search for BIOS overclocking or look in the FAQs, and you will find plenty of threads telling how to redo the PINs of your BIOS to get the same results.

[jiake]

Thanks for your replies but I'm a total newbie with these Matrox gfx card and would really appreciate if the relevent details is provided, Thanks in advance for this effort. BTW, would I viod my Matrxo 3 yrs warranty if I flashg it to MAX & revert back to my original if possible??? & Also if installing an 3rd party gfx chip coolers such as Blue-Orb, would it also void it? Thanks for everything.

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2">Originally posted by Kruzin:
Matrox supplies their BIOS in a "unified" package. They all come together, and are not offered as a separate d/l.
There is no way to just flash a MAX bios onto a regular card as you are looking to do.
The cards BIOS has an ID in it, and the unified BIOS will only flash the card with the proper bios for that ID.
Do a forum search for BIOS overclocking or look in the FAQs, and you will find plenty of threads telling how to redo the PINs of your BIOS to get the same results.</font>

[Greebe]

YES

[jiake]

Thanks MOD. BTW, I did a search with the past acrhives input these "BIOs overclocking & even G400 BIOs Flash" doesn't offer the required solution for allowing me to know how & what to get this MAX BIOs flashed?

Finally, if I'm able to saved my original BIOs after updating into G400 MAX, then in future, I decided to revert back to the original"saved" G400 BIO, would it void my warranty too?

[jiake]

Pls maybe, just point me to the excat URL for my own perusal to obtain my ideal intents. Thanks in advance.

[Kruzin]

http://www.hunsow.tmfweb.nl/overclock.html