Failed to read rom - ERROR: 0FL01(Sapphire RX 580 8GB Pulse only 20 MH/s)

[TokyoSushiLlama]

Hello, this is my first post here.
I recently got an RX 580 Pulse from Sapphire.
It has Dual Bios - BIOS1 does not work (no image), BIOS2 does work BUT:

BIOS2 is a MSI BIOS (and not Sapphire like its supposed to be)
I guess that could be the reason the hash rate is so low

Anyway, I would like to flash the original Sapphire Pulse Micron BIOS to the card. I tried both Windows (amdvbflash / atiflash) and HiveOS for flashing, but both showed the same error:

Failed to read ROM
ERROR: 0FL01

BTW: In Windows I get 25MH/s, its only 15 MH/S when using HiveOS
OC: 1350 Core 2100 Memory

Any ideas why I get this error and how to fix this issue?

 

[Imperator]

Hello
You already described here that you have a Sapphire Card with MSI BIOS.
In this situation you can expect to have errors.
Be so kind and put a picture with Sticker with Barcode and serial number in order to let us know exact model.
After that we will help you get the right BIOS

 

[TokyoSushiLlama]

@impero Thanks for your help! The right BIOS of course is essential, however im not able to flash the card due to an issue, I don't know the source of.
Sadly im not at home until tomorrow, but here's some information:
It's the Sapphire RX 580 8GB Pulse with Dual Bios Switch. The Memory seems to be Micron, if not shown wrong (due to the MSI BIOS).
Here are some images I found online, of my model. Will provide Barcode stickers tomorrow - hope this is enough to start troubleshooting

As said, I would not even bother, since I get around 25 MH/s with no BIOS and Hard OC, but that's only using Windows... On Hive the hash rate is around 15-20 MH/s. Weirdly, I ran the RX 580 alone for a few seconds and it had 29 MH/s. But after I started the other two cards, the Hashrate of the RX 580 began to drop. I guess it was just a coincidence...

 

[Imperator]

In that case if you own Sapphire Pulse RX580 8GB with Micron...here it is the BIOS needed

Sapphire RX 580 VBIOS

8 GB GDDR5, 1366 MHz GPU, 2000 MHz Memory

www.techpowerup.com

Good luck

 

[TokyoSushiLlama]

Thank you, but I already tried flashing this one and got this error:
Can not flash a 0x0 length image into a 0x200000 length rom
Error: 0FL01

Do you know what's causing this and how to fix it? @impero

 

[Imperator]

Sapphire RX 580 VBIOS

8 GB GDDR5, 1366 MHz GPU, 2000 MHz Memory

www.techpowerup.com

ok, try this one

remember you need to use DOS mode flashing not windows mode
AND.... you need to use -f argument (force flash) because at the moment you have MSI card at least that is what your old BIOS tell.
So new BIOS will look for manufacturer ID and it will find MSI. Of course you will get an error as long as you wanna flash Sapphire in it.
You need to use command prompt with administrator rights and use DOS version to flash it.
I usually use amdvbflash so command is : amdvbflash.exe -f -p 0 BIOS.rom

good luck

 

[Creepy]

hello. i have similar issue with my Sapphire RX470 mining 8GB (samsung) and I tried flashing old stock bios that was on card when I bought it. Tried multiple backed up files of that files but shows me
Failed to read ROM

ERROR: 0FL01
Did everything I could. Unlocked rom with amdvbflash /unlockrom 0 and also used flash command as amdvbflash -f -p 0 orig.rom (orig.rom is stock ROM of card bios). Could it get somehow corrupted or what is the issue? Rn there is bios https://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/187669/sapphire-rx470-8192-160715 and first time I flashed it to this bios it didn't have problem.
So I'm doing this because my GPU shows billions of errors on VRAM and it crashes a lot. Not under load but while idle it just randomly lags and shuts down. So yeah it's big issue. Tried reinstalling drivers, then it stops for few days and again starts crashing. Memory is downclocked. But if there is no way how to solve this I'd also go with some sort of bios tweaker for radeon rx470 so I can adjust VRAM voltage or loosen timings on it as these stock 17-17-29-29-87-24-219 are probably too tight for it (it's very old used mining card soo...) and I can't somehow raise voltage on VRAM.
Thanks for any help )))))

 

[Imperator]

What version of amdvbflash you use ?

 

[Creepy]

What version of amdvbflash you use ?

some kind of older one. Same as I used when I flashed it first time. Should I update? (File date modified: 3/1/2019) EDIT: Found it. 2.2.0.0 EDIT2: So I tried downclocking it even more to 1900mhz (lowest possible) and was able to run OCCT for 16 minutes with zero errors. So will try running it for another few days to test it. Problem is it probably crashes at low state (300mhz) where voltage is way too low for old used VRAM. And only way to test it running at these low clocks is just at idle not stressing it. DDDD EDIT3: wtf it's retarded. Now I'm running heaven benchmark at Extreme. No errors even at 1975mhz. And performance? Terrible. :shrug:

What version of amdvbflash you use ?

help I think I bricked it. I somehow managed to flash it but not flash it and amdvbflash says no vbios (with "amdvbflash -ai") and amdvbflashWin.exe is refusing to run saying "Error reading from ROM". Did I fuck up? I don't want to restart pc as I don't want to brick it. (((( And I don't have money for a new gpu.

 

[Imperator]

nope i don't think you f**ed it up.
First unlock the ROM
Second, please use the flashing procedure under DOS cmd.
Start CMD with admin privileges.
Move the BIOS file in atiflash folder and rename it like RX580.rom
use the following syntax :
amdvbflash -p -f -fa -fs RX580.rom

after flashing you will be prompted to restart computer.

Even let's say you bricked the card there is hope, cause there is a unbricking procedure, so stay calm.

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[RJARRRPCGP]

Another vendor's VBIOS? That can cause all sorts of wacky problems, including, but not limited to, core clock bobbing up and down, possibly not getting beyond the 500s (Mhz) and a hard system crash when opening up a command prompt.

 

[Imperator]

Another vendor's VBIOS? That can cause all sorts of wacky problems, including, but not limited to, core clock bobbing up and down, possibly not getting beyond the 500s (Mhz) and a hard system crash when opening up a command prompt.

True. At any time using another vendor's BIOS in a video card COULD lead to that. But not all the time. I am speaking only from my experience.
I do not encourage other people to do that.
More than this, i am using those video cards with modded and altered BIOS ONLY...and i repeat ONLY for mining purposes.
Using them as a daily video card will lead to error's i am 100% sure.
But in mining, i use them for more than 2 years w/o any error.
I forgot to mention: i have 12 video cards of this type (all RX580 8 GB) in service.
I have Sapphire and MSI, both brands with Samsung chips and both brands have at this moment BIOS changed and modded

 

[Creepy]

nope i don't think you f**ed it up.
First unlock the ROM
Second, please use the flashing procedure under DOS cmd.
Start CMD with admin privileges.
Move the BIOS file in atiflash folder and rename it like RX580.rom
use the following syntax :
amdvbflash -p -f -fa -fs RX580.rom

after flashing you will be prompted to restart computer.

Even let's say you bricked the card there is hope, cause there is a unbricking procedure, so stay calm.

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www.techpowerup.com

well, I managed to brick it (turned off pc yesterday). So switched to second BIOS (one of optimized for ETH I think) and it somehow booted up. Windows refuses to use drivers as it didn't boot up for 3 times. So gonna reinstall them. And also while it was running I tried switching back to bricked bios but amdvbflash -i says there is a bios. So idk if it is now and will flash to bricked bios or to current bios that is loaded up. (Some guy on internet said it was made to switch bioses while running so I did it DD )

bro thank you so much you just saved me a lot of suffering and probably also 200€ for new card. DDD

EDIT: Holy cow! ZERO memory errors ZERO gpu errors.

 

[Imperator]

Told ya!
Just be patient in life and things will gonna go in the right direction.
Cheers mate

 

[TempleOrion]

Hi, can I barge in here or should I make a new thread? It's just that I have the same error as am trying to flash vBIOS of Sapphire Pulse (this forum is what came up on Google) as well - to hopefully correct intermittent flashing on desktop and total failure on 3D games/benchmarks...

One of the other hits I came across is also from techpowerup but from 2010(!), showing how to recover from a potentially bricked vBIOS update procedure... (ATIflash in that case).

Gonna keep searching but was just gonna say, I did those things impero above mentioned re: AMDvbflash but nothing's working so far. Unlockrom works but it still says there's no bios at all with the -i switch

 

[t0nt0]

Hi, can I barge in here or should I make a new thread? It's just that I have the same error as am trying to flash vBIOS of Sapphire Pulse (this forum is what came up on Google) as well - to hopefully correct intermittent flashing on desktop and total failure on 3D games/benchmarks...

One of the other hits I came across is also from techpowerup but from 2010(!), showing how to recover from a potentially bricked vBIOS update procedure... (ATIflash in that case).

Gonna keep searching but was just gonna say, I did those things impero above mentioned re: AMDvbflash but nothing's working so far. Unlockrom works but it still says there's no bios at all with the -i switch

Hi, what version of AMDvbFlash did you use, 3.20 or 2.93? Also, did you do the flash procedure through Command prompt with admin privileges?

 

[TempleOrion]

Version 3.20. Yes I did it with cmd prompt admin, after trying and failing with Winflash.

Update: After *a lot* of faffing about with different syntax and various switches, and re-booting, I succeeded at last with amdvbflash -p -fa -fp 0 rx580.rom (after unlockrom command & the installation of AMDvbFlash driver of course). Not sure what I did differently, convinced I did exactly the same things, in the correct order previously!

 

[t0nt0]

Version 3.20. Yes I did it with cmd prompt admin, after trying and failing with Winflash.

Update: After *a lot* of faffing about with different syntax and various switches, and re-booting, I succeeded at last with amdvbflash -p -fa -fp 0 rx580.rom (after unlockrom command & the installation of AMDvbFlash driver of course). Not sure what I did differently, convinced I did exactly the same things, in the correct order previously!

You did it, that's what matters. Good for you!

 

[Imperator]

Please download version 2.93 and use the syntax i suggested.
Do it under CMD only, do not bother to use win version
I wait for feedback.

 

[TempleOrion]

Please download version 2.93 and use the syntax i suggested.
Do it under CMD only, do not bother to use win version
I wait for feedback.

Hi impero, as mentioned above, I managed to get it to work, will let y'all know if it helps with stability and other issues once I've had a chance to download latest drivers and run some benchmarks

 

[Imperator]

My mistake i didn't saw the part where you did it
Good job mate.

 

[TempleOrion]

Don't speak (write) too soon! Sure, it's working now but I did a safe mode DDU clean and reinstall of latest Adrenalin drivers and 3D just doesn't work (I mean, 1 fps in benchmarks LOL)... Desktop seems fine now, not experiencing the horrible flickering but I definitely seem to have borked the main point of the card... It doesn't register with MSI Afterburner (or even on Task Manager, Performance tab). Trixx says it has 0GiB RAM.

Wonder if it's still any use for mining?

I suppose I could try flashing back to stock ROM...

 

[Imperator]

As long as you know the flashing procedure now, you are free to play with as many BIOS files as you like.
I am speaking only from my experience.
Yes it takes time but you waste that time for a good purpose.
So trying then is an option

 

[TempleOrion]

This is what Trixx says at the moment, doesn't look great LOL:

Card name: Radeon RX 580 Series

Memory Size: 0 MB

Driver: 30.0.13023.1012 / Adrenalin 21.30.23.01
BIOS Version: 015.050.002.001.000000
Board ID: 113-4E353WU-O67

Clocks: 0 / 0 MHz

Radeon software will install OK but when you click on it, says that it's incompatible; gone back to latest Microsoft ones at the mo'....

 

[Creepy]

This is what Trixx says at the moment, doesn't look great LOL:

Card name: Radeon RX 580 Series

Memory Size: 0 MB

Driver: 30.0.13023.1012 / Adrenalin 21.30.23.01
BIOS Version: 015.050.002.001.000000
Board ID: 113-4E353WU-O67

Clocks: 0 / 0 MHz

Radeon software will install OK but when you click on it, says that it's incompatible; gone back to latest Microsoft ones at the mo'....

try amdvbflash -t 0 this should test bios on card. But this more looks like driver issue. Did you disconnect all internet connections before reinstalling drivers? Idk how yours gpu but my mining rx470 doesn't like it and windows installs MS drivers and normal drivers just don't work. Also might be corrupted bios so try flashing to some backup copy or something. EDIT: also use amdvbflash -ai 0 not amdvbflash -i 0, as -i shows currently running bios info and -ai shows bios writen to GPU rom. EDIT2: tried searching for some bios here but daaamn so many bioses.

True. At any time using another vendor's BIOS in a video card COULD lead to that. But not all the time. I am speaking only from my experience.
I do not encourage other people to do that.
More than this, i am using those video cards with modded and altered BIOS ONLY...and i repeat ONLY for mining purposes.
Using them as a daily video card will lead to error's i am 100% sure.
But in mining, i use them for more than 2 years w/o any error.
I forgot to mention: i have 12 video cards of this type (all RX580 8 GB) in service.
I have Sapphire and MSI, both brands with Samsung chips and both brands have at this moment BIOS changed and modded

for some strange reason, now I tried to flash custom edited bios. Okay, error reading rom. (Using same command as before amdvbflash -p -fa -fp 0 stock_twk2.rom) But couldn't write even the original rom. So guess i will have to again reboot on second bios, switch back to wiped bios and flash it there.