How to overclock your 9500 Pro

[2 much thinking]

OK, since there is alot of interest in the overclockability of Raedon 9500 Pro's I thought I would write a small guide.

I take no credit (OR responsiblity ) for this as I have put this together from what I have read on www.rage3d.com with special recognition going to warp11 for figuring what to edit in the bios to allow OC/ing.

First download AtiFlashPack.zip, I have it shared on the dc hub
All the files, except nero, mentioned in this readme are included

As always, flashing your bios will void your warranty, however read this carefully, backup your bios before you do any flashes and you should come through! I have a Triplex 9500 pro and I am successfully using the FIXED_33.BIN bios with no problems. If the first bios you try doesn't work, keep trying; I had to!

In the bios folder is Schiz's readme which will help you determine which bios to use depending on which RAM your 9500 PRO uses. Also of mention is MrThc who already had successfully done this so I thought I would make it easier for the masses and put a small pack together with everthing you need and a bit more.

You can also download more bioses from here

1. Create a boot floppy with drdflash.exe
2. Copy the files in the atiflash folder and any bioses you may wish to flash with onto the floppy.
3. Restart and boot off the floppy.

To backup your Video Card Bios type:

atiflash -s 0 biosname.bin :: (thats a zero not the letter o, biosname can be anything you want)

To chose which bios is best for you, Run Radedit and open your bios. Compare this with the jpeg's of all the bioses available and you should find a match very close if not identical to yours.

To flash with a new bios type:

atiflash -f -p 0 biosname.bin

Now Install Radclocker to give you a tab option in display properties called clock rate.
This is where the business begins

If you want to make a boot CD that will flash the bios back to the original:

Install winimage and open 288.IMA
Add these next 3 lines to autoexe.bat

@echo off
cls
atiflash -f -p 0 biosname.bin :: (biosname is whatever you saved the original as)

Save and Exit.

Now using NERO create a new Boot CD.
Chose 'Image File' as the source and browse to the boot image you have modified.
Enable Expert Settings and set 'Kind of Emulation' to Floppy Emulation 2.88mb
Click New to open the file window and add the 3 atiflash files + the bios you want to flash with.
Burn the CD.

If you restart and have your CD-rom set to boot this will automatially flash your bios with your original. Take out the CD and restart.


That's pretty much it, if you have any comments/additions/spelling mistakes please let me know!

Edit: Fixed sentence structure.