G400 AGP (Toucan) rev.04

[Dubois]

After a BIOS flash, card does not work.
After running some tools in dos, here is what I get, but nothing tells me if card is fried or not:

Matrox video BIOS data dump v0.99, GBM 08/2001
Run "MXINFO -?" for usage options.

Cards found:
# Loc Chip type
0 0100 G400 AGP (Toucan) rev.04

BIOS image length: 32768 bytes, checksum invalid, version 15.15, file name:

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VENDOR_ID = ffff -> Unknown!!!
DEVICE_ID = ffff -> Unknown!!!
SUBSYS_VID = ffff -> Unknown!!!
SUBSYS_ID = ffff -> Card model: Unknown!!!

--- Press <Enter> to continue ---
PINS at 7cc0; checksum invalid.
00: Signature : __
02: Size : 255
04: PINS Version: 255.255
06: Last pgm. : 2127-15-31
08: Programmed : -1 times
10: Product ID : ffff
12: S/N : ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ
28: Card version: ÿÿÿÿ
34: PCB version : 10095-15
Unknown PInS version, cannot decode.

RAMDAC speed: 0 MHz
8bpp 16bpp 24bpp 32bpp
Max PCLK: 0 0 0 0 MHz
Max Vsync freq.
800 x 600 0 0 0 0 Hz
1024 x 768 0 0 0 0 Hz
1152 x 864 0 0 0 0 Hz
1280 x 1024 0 0 0 0 Hz
1600 x 1200 0 0 0 0 Hz

OPTION @0000, value: ff - Signon message display enabled.

Dump PINS to pins.txt? (y/*)

************************************************** ***********************

MGA Bios Programming Utility v2.14.000d
(C) Matrox Graphics Inc. (2000)

- WARNING: Invalid Pins Offset...Matrox G400 AGP
VGA Disabled - BIOS



Matrox G400 AGP - Serial Number: ???, Using File: 897-19.bin

- WARNING: The Bios is invalid.



************************************************** ************************

MGA Bios Programming Utility v2.14.000d
(C) Matrox Graphics Inc. (2000)

- WARNING: Invalid Pins Offset...Matrox G400 AGP
VGA Disabled - BIOS



Usage : progbios [-i infile.ext]

-i infile.ext = Upgrade BIOS with infile.ext

************************************************** ************************

; Warning: this PInS dump may be incomplete.
; Verify it before using it with Progbios !!!
Fill: 0 127 0xFF
;loc size val desc
0 2 0xFFFF ; "PIN"
2 1 0xFF ; Struct length
3 1 0xFF ;
4 2 0xFFFF ;
6 2 0xFFFF ;
8 2 0xFFFF ;
10 2 0xFFFF ;
12 16 '' ;
28 6 '' ;
34 2 0xFFFF ;
36 1 255 ; Max SClk VCO freq/8
37 1 255 ; Max VClk VCO freq/8
38 1 255 ; Max PClk VCO freq/8
39 1 255 ; Max CRTC1 PClk/4 8bpp
40 1 255 ; Max CRTC1 PClk/4 16bpp
41 1 255 ; Max CRTC1 PClk/4 24bpp
42 1 255 ; Max CRTC1 PClk/4 32bpp
43 1 255 ; Max CRTC2 PClk/4 16bpp
44 1 255 ; Max CRTC2 PClk/4 32bpp
45 1 0xFF ; VGA1 PClk
46 1 0xFF ; VGA2 PClk
47 1 0xFF ; Max PClk Plink/4
48 4 0xFFFFFFFF ;
52 4 0xFFFFFFFF ;
56 1 255 ; VGA SClk/4
57 1 255 ; VGA VClk/4
58 4 0xFFFFFFFF ; VGA OP3
62 4 0xFFFF04FF ; VGA MCTLWTST
66 4 0xFFFFFFFF ; VGA MEMMISC
70 4 0xFFFFFFFF ; VGA MEMRDBK
74 1 255 ; SH SClk/4
75 1 255 ; SH VClk/4
76 4 0xFFFFFFFF ; SH OP3
80 4 0xFFFFFFFF ; SH MCTLWTST
84 4 0xFFFFFFFF ; SH MEMMISC
88 4 0xFFFFFFFF ; SH MEMRDBK
92 1 255 ; DH SClk/4
93 1 255 ; DH VClk/4
94 4 0xFFFFFFFF ; DH OP3
98 4 0xFFFFFFFF ; DH MCTLWTST
102 4 0xFFFFFFFF ; DH MEMMISC
106 4 0xFFFFFFFF ; DH MEMRDBK
110 4 0xFFFFFFFF ; Factory Options
114 2 0xFFFF ; MemConfig
116 2 0xFFFF ; Display Info
118 1 255 ; Max PClk1/4
119 1 255 ; Max PClk2/4
120 1 255 ; Reserved
121 1 255 ; Min SClk VCO
122 1 255 ; Min VClk VCO
123 1 255 ; Min PClk VCO
124 1 255 ; Max DH PClk1 32bpp/4
125 1 255 ; Max DH PClk2 32bpp/4
126 1 0xFF ; Reserved/PARrev
127 1 0xFF ; checksum

:filetype CONDOR
:PCBinfo 0-15
:SubsystemVendorId 0xffffffff

[rylan]

Well according to that your bios is wiped clean. Did you create a backup to try to restore it?

[UtwigMU]

Try Restore utility floppy.

[Dubois]

Which restore utility and how is it used?

Thanks

[Kruzin]

At the bottom of this page is the restore utility, and the readme with directions:

http://matrox.com/mga/support/drivers/files/ftp_util2.cfm

[Dubois]

Ran Recover Utility and get this:
Found G400 AGP
Calc SUM :27
Read SUM : 7b

Loading default BIN file g400 AGP.bin.............

Calculated PIN SUM 7A
E2Prom PIN SUM : ff

PINS have invalid checksum or pointer is corrupt

Examining BIOS
PINS were damaged, information salvaged : Unable to continue because of bad PCB# : 4095

SUBSYSID : ffff

Also ran G4SET:

Matrox G400 chip control utility v0.11, GBM 07/99
Visit http://grafi.ii.pw.edu.pl/gbm/matrox for more info and updates.
Run "G4SET -?" for usage options.
----------------------------------------
Cards found:
# Loc Chip type
0 0100 G400 AGP (Toucan) rev.04
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PLLs n m p freq
HiRes PClk: 65 26 2 22.000 MHz
SClk: 64 6 0 250.714 MHz
G:d c f M:d c f W:d c f
1/3 n/a 83 1/3 n/a 83 1/3 n/a 83
----------------------------------------
AGP transactions enabled, sideband addressing enabled
AGP data rate: 4x, pipeline depth: 32,

Is my g400 agp card dead?

[Kruzin]

The BIOS lost it's PINs info. Happens frequently on G400s.
That's why you should always keep a recovery disk, made with Matrox's BIOS utils.

If you can find someone with the proper PINs file that matches your card, you should be able to coax it back to life.