flashed 5970 with 7600GT bios..... Now with fix!

DTV DRAGON · Feb 14, 2010

I actually feel very bad for him and dogging him about it would make me think twice about posting a problem her in the future, hope you end up successful in the end Dragon

shevanel · Feb 14, 2010

computertechy said:
i like to make DOS more simple so i rename the image files to 0 & 1 and put in my image folder, but i forgot i also flashed my 7600 recently and because i bricked my card using the fan fix bios from xfx and had to jump on the server with the 7600gt to sort the usb stick i just wasnt thinking.... and ended up flashing my 7600 for gpu 1 and....this happened.

im asking for fixes, not stupid questions.:shadedshu

ordering another 5970 and i am gonna pay XFX to sort this out as my card has no warranty because i slapped a water-block on it. nothing wrong with having 2 5970's if they get it going but the bottleneck is gonna be

i can see how something like this can happen. that sucks man. I hope you get it sorted out.

Asylum · Feb 14, 2010

If you have it registered just take the water block off and put stock cooler back on.
They will accept it.

assaulter_99 · Feb 14, 2010

suscribed, cause I'm curious! Jeez you're one damn lucky dude. I can't even afford one and you ve got another one on the way!

Fourstaff · Feb 14, 2010

Carelessness costs a lot, as demonstrated by op:shadedshu

Is there really no way to reset to the original settings?

scope54 · Feb 14, 2010

Asylum said:
If you have it registered just take the water block off and put stock cooler back on.
They will accept it.

Yarr, taking off the fan and putting on a different one is covered as long as the stock fan goes back.

GSquadron · Feb 14, 2010

Hey, as i said before try the hydra motherboard and put in both cards. I mean find it in a shop to fix it. Reset back the 5970 bios cuz like this i think even the ati engineers have not even thought would happen. The new asus 5870 has the reset button for overclock, but maybe they will use it even for bios.

sneekypeet · Feb 14, 2010

Ok fellas, either help with answers or GT*O, there is no need to make all these ZOMG how silly can u be comments.

We are supposed to be a family here, and I dont see how telling him these things is productive at all.

Warning has been issued, next one to say how silly the OP is gets to feel the business end of the TPU "silly" stick

WhiteLotus · Feb 14, 2010

Best bet is to wait for W1zz to come by and give you the right method. I know there is one out there that makes you boot from one card, and then force flash to the dead one. Or something like that.

Black Panther · Feb 14, 2010

I've bruised my chin badly thanks to you. Just picked jaw off floor...

Believe me I'll google the problem for you, hopefully I find something useful.

I'm sorry this had to happen.

Loosenut · Feb 14, 2010

WhiteLotus said:
Best bet is to wait for W1zz to come by and give you the right method. I know there is one out there that makes you boot from one card, and then force flash to the dead one. Or something like that.

I heard something along those lines also. I would like to know in case this unfortunate accident happens to me.

Black Panther · Feb 14, 2010

Does your mobo have onboard graphics?

If so perhaps you can load using the onboard and then try the flash?

Black Panther · Feb 14, 2010

I found a possible solution from a guy who had made the same unfortunate mistake. Check it out:

Yes it worked. Thats what i did:

1) I bought a cheap PCI video card
2) I was still unable to boot to windows in normal mode (it shows loading screen but after few seconds auto restarts) but I could boot in safe mode.
3) I uninstalled my flash faild GPUs drivers and after that i was able to boot in windows normally with both cards inserted
4) I made a boot able floppy disk, put atiflash content and my bios file into this floppy
5) Restarted and boot into dos mode.
6) Commands that i used:
a) A:\atiflash -i (to check if atiflash was able to recognize my GPU)
b) A:\atiflash -p 0 BIOS.ROM
7) I still was seeing black screen so i removed my PCI card and I succeded

There is a lot of articles about flashing from DOS but it is written in complicated manner so i had to experiment for my self a little. One thing now I know for sure: always flash from DOS (GPUs and MBs)

Note, you can probably try this method using your other pci-e slot instead of buying a pci card.
Good luck, if I find anything else I'll post here.

Mussels · Feb 15, 2010

TVman said:
stupidity has no boundaries....!!!,im truly intrigued what whent thru your head when you did something like this:shadedshu Anyway enjoy your paper weight

Thats going too far. Do not resort to insults.

eidairaman1 · Feb 15, 2010

computertechy said:
i like to make DOS more simple so i rename the image files to 0 & 1 and put in my image folder, but i forgot i also flashed my 7600 recently and because i bricked my card using the fan fix bios from xfx and had to jump on the server with the 7600gt to sort the usb stick i just wasnt thinking.... and ended up flashing my 7600 for gpu 1 and....this happened.

im asking for fixes, not stupid questions.:shadedshu

ordering another 5970 and i am gonna pay XFX to sort this out as my card has no warranty because i slapped a water-block on it. nothing wrong with having 2 5970's if they get it going but the bottleneck is gonna be

Put the Stock cooler back on then send the card back.

DrPepper · Feb 15, 2010

I can't figure out for the life of me WHY it won't force flash. What would cause it to not be recognised.

DrunkenMafia · Feb 15, 2010

Oh Dear!!!

DaedalusHelios · Feb 15, 2010

You could always RMA it saying it just stopped working one day when your son was browsing the internet. Blank screen and everything. Other cards work in the same slot, within the same motherboard etc.

RMA is the best course IMO.

DrPepper · Feb 15, 2010

DaedalusHelios said:
You could always RMA it saying it just stopped working one day when your son was browsing the internet. Blank screen and everything. Other cards work in the same slot, within the same motherboard etc.

RMA is the best course IMO.

Nah they'd check the bios version and see that it's a 7600GT. Assuming they can even do that.

DaedalusHelios · Feb 15, 2010

DrPepper said:
Nah they'd check the bios version and see that it's a 7600GT. Assuming they can even do that.

In that case you could say you guess your son did it. Then you could say, "Could you help me out by flashing it back". I seriously doubt they would screw him on it.

Worse case scenario he gets a service fee and the card fixed.

eidairaman1 · Feb 15, 2010

DrPepper said:
I can't figure out for the life of me WHY it won't force flash. What would cause it to not be recognised.

its the fact that the card is detected as a Nvidia part now, but in that situation the card could totally be dead meaning not even the fan powers up. Easiest Solution is to Just RMA it back to the retailer or even XFX, Just state the card died. I had RMAd a HIS X1950 Pro once due to a heatsink falling on it, at the time even the video driver was screwy (Cat 7.7) I just reported I was having artifacting (since it was due to the heatsink that fell on it, and that I was getting Direct X errors, they sent me a new board. If there was a way to find out which chip on the board controls the BIOS then that would be possible to get a new bios chip (Like they do on motherboards)

Duffman · Feb 15, 2010

wow, that really, really sucks. Also interested to see how this works out...just in case.

computertechy · Feb 15, 2010

eidairaman1 said:
its the fact that the card is detected as a Nvidia part now, but in that situation the card could totally be dead meaning not even the fan powers up. Easiest Solution is to Just RMA it back to the retailer or even XFX, Just state the card died. I had RMAd a HIS X1950 Pro once due to a heatsink falling on it, at the time even the video driver was screwy (Cat 7.7) I just reported I was having artifacting (since it was due to the heatsink that fell on it, and that I was getting Direct X errors, they sent me a new board. If there was a way to find out which chip on the board controls the BIOS then that would be possible to get a new bios chip (Like they do on motherboards)

the card powers on, the 3 green LED's are blinking and the fan spins up to full loud :banghead:

then it goes quiet again. I realy think it is the bios that's the issue, should be no problem for xfx to fix, since they can just solder a new chip on it.

thank you all for you reply's and the mods for sorting a couple of peon's out :roll:

sneekypeet · Feb 15, 2010

did you try booting into safe mode and removing all the video drivers, and see if that helps?

computertechy · Feb 15, 2010

sneekypeet said:
did you try booting into safe mode and removing all the video drivers, and see if that helps?

i removed all the drivers before i flashed it, i like to do that

the card doesn't even post, but all the sign's are there saying its working. :wtf:

cheers buddy :toast:

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