make a bootup disc off a cdrom?

[svsnow]

hey i saw a guide on how to volt mod my 7800gt i was going to do so
then i remebmered i have no floppy drive
heres the guide http://www.planetamd64.com/lofiversion/index.php/t15247.html
was wondering if i can do this with a cd rom instead ..like make a bootable cdrom disc that will copy and write the video cards bios
thanks all

 

[imported_Tick]

Ummm, in theory. A WAY better thing to do is spend the $7 floppy drive from Worstbuy or CompUSSR on the way home, because a bad video card BIOS flash can brick your card. Also, volt modding is not really the all that great a thing to do, and you won't get that much better of an OC out of the card, plus you will significantly shorten it's life span.

 

[stevty2889]

I boot from a CD to flash motherboard BIOS, since I don't have a floppy drive, so I don't see why it wouldn't work for the video card.

 

[svsnow]

 

[imported_Tick]

Originally posted by: stevty2889
I boot from a CD to flash motherboard BIOS, since I don't have a floppy drive, so I don't see why it wouldn't work for the video card.

I'm not saying it won't work, I just wouldn't be eager to try it.

 

[svsnow]

yea i flashed my mobo bios on a cd too but ... thats cuz they had the disc bios image the nvflash i need to use isnt liek that and id need to format it into a bootable disc
stevy... it wont shorten the lifespan..im only flashing to 1.5v and i dont live near any computer stores ..except fake media stores that sell some for 20 bucks and i only use it to do this so i dotn want to spend cash...
plus 1st im going to make a backup of the bios and then see if they do work incase i f up my bios ..
soem people are getting amazign results by the volt mod..as long as you have decent cooling, and im gettin a silencer soon
soo >. anyway to do this bootable bios thing on a cd rom?

 

[imported_Tick]

Oookay, well you should, in theory, just be able to take a blank disk, and image the program to it, then boot from it and run it....

 

[svsnow]

tried that.. it didnt work any other ideas?

 

[imported_Tick]

Originally posted by: svsnow
tried that.. it didnt work any other ideas?

In what way didn't it work?

 

[svsnow]

went boot off cd...
... then just wouldnt do it
no matter wut i pressed . or waited

 

[imported_Tick]

Originally posted by: svsnow
went boot off cd...
... then just wouldnt do it
no matter wut i pressed . or waited

It seems like the bios flash program is setup to run of a floppy. If you were a programmer you could fix it, but at this point I vote for buying a freaking floppy drive.