Yesterday we reported that a small batch of HIS graphics cards has a faulty BIOS, disabling a shader cluster on the GPU. Please read about that here. I retreived the serial numbers of the boards effected so you can check it out for yourself wether or not you need to flash a new BIOS.

Step 1: Verify the serial number

H081001881-H081001930
H081002871-H081002880
H081002881-H081002920
H081018911-H081018960
H081023731-H081023750
H081031791-H081021890

H081032991-H081021995
H081035691-H081035788
H081036931-H081037010
H081037451-H081037560
H081037761-H081037820
H081038371-H081038410
H081038821-H081038840
H081038841-H081038940
H081041271-H081041360
H081042081-H081042130

Upgrade the BIOS:

Download the latest BIOS from here: http://download.hightech.com.hk/bios/HD4830_SJ3G01.ZIP

• Boot up the HD4830 into Windows XP / Vista. 
• Unzip the HD4830_SJ3G01.ZIP into a directory 
• Go to that directory and run  SJ3G01_00R_01.exe 

After the BIOS update is complete, reboot the system and you are set to go, this time with 640 Shader units.