g400 non flashable... dead ?

[spawn666]

i have a old g400 32mb dh here, which bios died sometimes. i flashed it, first with the windows tools, then with the emergency disk.

the last one i flashed i had to flash it manually at dos prompt, but this time its a no go.

the flashing util detects it as a g400, but it cannot be flashed with whatever file i trie.

anyway i think its bios flash memory is dead. so i ask you if you can help me or should i trie to replace it at matrox ireleand (i come from germany, so it would be a little difficult)

[UtwigMU]

Did you try restore utility from here

[spawn666]

yes, i treid several options. now i have sold it. should this happen to my g400 max, i will cry.

[UtwigMU]

you have 3-year warranty.

[Goc]

Have you tried this procedure? http://grafi.ii.pw.edu.pl/gbm/matrox/biosrec.html

[spawn666]

thx for all, i have sold it for nearly 20 bucks...

i have a g400 max in spare, so i dont mind.

thx, if i had wrote a few days before i would have used it ...

[runderwo]

It is also possible to fix this by inserting the video bios into the AWARD bios image, so if the bios on your card died, it will use that instead.

[spawn666]

i hope my g400 max will survive a long time.

thx alot,