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| Processor | AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D |
|---|---|
| Motherboard | AsRock B550M Pro4 |
| Cooling | Arctic Freezer 34 Esports One |
| Memory | 32GB (4x8) Team Group DDR4 3600 CL18 |
| Video Card(s) | ELSA RX5700XT w/ 2x Arctic P12 MAX fans |
| Storage | Sabrent Rocket Q 1tb NVME 3.0 |
| Display(s) | Dual Monitors: 27in Sceptre 1440p 165hz IPS (Main) + 27in MSI 1080p 144hz (Left) on monitor arms |
| Case | I don't want to talk about it |
| Audio Device(s) | Logitech X530 5.1 Spearkers + Sennheiser HD58X Jubilee |
| Power Supply | Corsair HX850i 80+ Platinum |
| Mouse | Logitech G502 |
| Keyboard | Leopold FC750R Cherry MX Brown |
| Software | Microsoft Windows 10 Professional x64 |
I bought a used RX580 off of ebay and while it seemed to be perfectly functional, I noticed the core clockspeed was unusually low.
I tried manually increasing the core clock in afterburner but it immediately resets to 1115 when I try to apply it.
I am pretty sure this card is ex mining since it came with all of the port covers, probably never connected to a monitor in it's entire life. As such I assumed this has some form of modified bios on it and tried to reflash the proper bios onto it.
The only file I see, verified at least, is this, so I tried it.
I saved the bios it came with then programmed this one.
It rebooted to no display. I installed a hd5450 display adapter as primary and can see it has code 43 in device manager. I tried to flash that bios again and got. The same result.
Not sure what to do.
This is the BIOS I have backed up that was on this RX580 when I received it. Not sure if this will be helpful or not.
I contacted the seller to ask if they had modified the BIOS on this GPU to use it for mining. They said they didn't understand what I meant and said that they used it for graphic design. Possibly they bought it from a miner and because they were less knowledgeable they didn't realize there was a problem, not sure.
I ended up finding this BIOS and flashing it. https://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/197500/197500
Card now reports the correct clock speeds. Now the clockspeed hovers 1100 and 1250mhz depending on application and I see the card this time is just hitting the power limit. I've ran a few benchmarks and its perfectly stable and I believe its performance is in line with where it should be.
I may rerun this with a MSI Gaming X 580 4gb that I also have which has not been meddled with, just to confirm the scores are comparable.
I tried manually increasing the core clock in afterburner but it immediately resets to 1115 when I try to apply it.
I am pretty sure this card is ex mining since it came with all of the port covers, probably never connected to a monitor in it's entire life. As such I assumed this has some form of modified bios on it and tried to reflash the proper bios onto it.
The only file I see, verified at least, is this, so I tried it.
It rebooted to no display. I installed a hd5450 display adapter as primary and can see it has code 43 in device manager. I tried to flash that bios again and got. The same result.
Not sure what to do.
This is the BIOS I have backed up that was on this RX580 when I received it. Not sure if this will be helpful or not.
I contacted the seller to ask if they had modified the BIOS on this GPU to use it for mining. They said they didn't understand what I meant and said that they used it for graphic design. Possibly they bought it from a miner and because they were less knowledgeable they didn't realize there was a problem, not sure.
I ended up finding this BIOS and flashing it. https://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/197500/197500
Card now reports the correct clock speeds. Now the clockspeed hovers 1100 and 1250mhz depending on application and I see the card this time is just hitting the power limit. I've ran a few benchmarks and its perfectly stable and I believe its performance is in line with where it should be.
I may rerun this with a MSI Gaming X 580 4gb that I also have which has not been meddled with, just to confirm the scores are comparable.