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First post, by ciornyi

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Hey folks ,

Long ago i bought geforce 4ti 4200 by asus model V9280/TD/N/128M/A . Back than i tested it and stored card until i decided campare all my ti's . Unfortunately it hasnt posted and it was only one . Later i found some videos on youtube where guys bring to life dead card simply just reflash bios. I decided test my luck and put my asus along with another pci videocard and asus card appears in Device Manager . This make me think it should be lazy repair which save another good card. So does anyone would like to share bios.
PS pictures was taken from https://www.gpuzoo.com/GPU-ASUS/V9280_TD_-_V9280_TD.html

Last edited by ciornyi on 2023-12-13, 16:07. Edited 1 time in total.

DOS: 166mmx/16mb/Y719/S3virge
DOS/95: PII333/128mb/AWE64/TNT2M64
Win98: P3 900/256mb/SB live/3dfx V3
Win Me: Athlon 1333/256mb/Audigy2/Geforce 2 GTS
Win XP: E8500/4096mb/SB X-fi/Quadro fx 4500

Reply 1 of 4, by danieljm

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I believe I have the exact same card as you. See my pics below to confirm, if you like.

I've never used NVFlash before. I am pretty sure I did everything right, but I just felt you should be aware.

Hopefully this works for you.

The attachment V9280.zip is no longer available

And in case you care, here's a read out of my card's BIOS when I use the "--version" flag in NVFlash.

NVIDIA Firmware Update Utility (Version 5.40)

Adapter: GeForce4 Ti 4200 with AGP8X (10DE,0281,1043,807B) H:N B:01,AGP,D:00,F:00
The display may go *BLANK* on and off for up to 10 seconds during access to
the EEPROM depending on your display adapter and output device.

Reading adapter firmware image...
Image Size : 58368 bytes
Version : 04.28.20.05.00
~CRC32 : D8B2A44E
OEM String : NVidia
Vendor Name : NVidia Corporation
Product Name : NV28 Board
Product Revision : Chip Rev A0
Device Name : GeForce4 Ti 4200 with AGP8X
Vendor ID : 10DE
Device ID : 0281
Subsystem Vendor ID : 1043
Subsystem ID : 807B
Hierarchy ID : None
Sign-On Message : ASUS V9280/TD/N/128M VGA BIOS Version 4.28.20.05.AS19
The attachment V9280 Front.JPEG is no longer available
The attachment V9280 back.JPEG is no longer available

Reply 2 of 4, by ciornyi

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Thank you kindly ! Unfortunately im unable to do anything with nvflash for dos as it throw me eeprom id unknown all time and refuse to do any manipulations.I will try update from windows .

DOS: 166mmx/16mb/Y719/S3virge
DOS/95: PII333/128mb/AWE64/TNT2M64
Win98: P3 900/256mb/SB live/3dfx V3
Win Me: Athlon 1333/256mb/Audigy2/Geforce 2 GTS
Win XP: E8500/4096mb/SB X-fi/Quadro fx 4500

Reply 3 of 4, by danieljm

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Hmmm, I wonder if the EEPROM is bad, or maybe there's damage to a connected component or trace. There's a YouTuber called vswitchzero who did some work replacing damaged EEPROM chips from some Voodoo 3 cards if I remember correctly. That might not be a bad place to check for ideas on what to do next.

You might also just want to try checking the card with a different version of NVFlash. I needed to try a couple before I found one that wouldn't crash on me, so maybe the software can be a little finnicky. Or maybe try in another motherboard if you have one.

Reply 4 of 4, by ciornyi

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Yeah seems like it won't be lazy repair , I have tried 5 or six versions of nvflah starting from ver. 5.13 . I definitely will try it on another board . Also will try update in windows.

DOS: 166mmx/16mb/Y719/S3virge
DOS/95: PII333/128mb/AWE64/TNT2M64
Win98: P3 900/256mb/SB live/3dfx V3
Win Me: Athlon 1333/256mb/Audigy2/Geforce 2 GTS
Win XP: E8500/4096mb/SB X-fi/Quadro fx 4500