Problem flashing Bios - Msi R9 280

[eidairaman1]

eideairaman1, brother, do you recommend this spi programmer?

Amazon.ca

Make sure it is Windows Vista-10 compatible

 

[Solaris17]

Or contact Solaris17 for help

I don’t assist anyone via PM. It’s a disservice to the forum.

The info in this thread is obvious enough anyway.

 

[eidairaman1]

I don’t assist anyone via PM. It’s a disservice to the forum.

The info in this thread is obvious enough anyway.

I thought so but this person needs to interpret it or grab a spi

 

[Draver]

I thought so but this person needs to interpret it or grab a spi

So I decided that I’ll buy a spi flasher is this good enough ?

 

[eidairaman1]

You need the chip clip

So I decided that I’ll buy a spi flasher is this good enough ?

No

Grab this one or a flashkat/flashcat.

Find youtube videos on how to use it.

Problem flashing Bios - Msi R9 280

You will need to read me what that chip says, it will be faint. Try angling it in the light so the letters show up better. A camera wont catch it unless you have a micro lens. Also did this issue happen After you removed the cooler? i managed to read the first line that says pm25ld020 and the...

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[Draver]

You need the chip clip



No

Grab this one or a flashkat/flashcat.

Find youtube videos on how to use it.

Problem flashing Bios - Msi R9 280

You will need to read me what that chip says, it will be faint. Try angling it in the light so the letters show up better. A camera wont catch it unless you have a micro lens. Also did this issue happen After you removed the cooler? i managed to read the first line that says pm25ld020 and the...

www.techpowerup.com

It comes with a clip

 

[eidairaman1]

Ok go for it

 

[Tjuniorb]

Don’t forget to rename the rom in the usb boot device

 

[Draver]

ok so i got the spi flasher and its program when i do read device it shows me 00 on all hex spaces

 

[eidairaman1]

Your device state says not connected...

You might be best to take to a shop that knows what they are doing.

 

[Draver]

Update: I don’t have any shop that would know how to do this so I had to keep trying myself , problem was that I had to switch the reverse the jumpers and now I get this (the spi is connected this time) I try flashing then it goes to 100% but after I click verify or read again it just goes back to this.

 

[zakalwe]

Hey guys. Sorry to necro.

I have a Tri-X OC R9 290X.

I flashed both bios chips with a bad bios and now the card is not detected in atiflash. Yes I made a big mistake, it sucks.

I have just tried the 4 and 7 pin method and the 5 and 6 pin, on the 4 and 7 pin method, my motherboard would not start up with the bridge in place (regardless of the bios chip switch position).

I then tried 5 and 6 on either switch position (I have no idea which direction the switch is in corresponds to what chip on the board, if anyone knows that would be a big help), booted to atiflash dos, amd -i, adapter not found still.

I have yet to try the chip on the bottom (front) of the board, it's possible I have fried the chip on the back already because at one point last night (I was up 2 nights in a row trying to fix this.) I saw a spark as I was stupidly adjusting the bridge while it was powered on.

So, if it is burnt out, thankfully there's still the other chip, I just need to figure out a way to bridge them and keep the bridge in place what with it being upside down there. I'm not quite ready to try soldering yet, especially if the first chip is not burnt out and the bridge method is just not working for me.

These are my chips:

I know I have one of the pins wrong here, I corrected it before the attempt, but this is how I've been doing it:

Can anyone help or offer advice?
I have a ch341a programmer but not the right clip for these small chips on hand.

Someone on discord suggested this:
"so I think you will need to disable both roms with cs, then make sure the switch is in position for the one you want to flash / remove the bridge"

so do you think I might have to bridge both chips at the same time, boot up, remove one, flash it, done?

however if that is the case and you need to bridge both at the same time, then I would have to re-do the bridge on the fixed chip in order to get it to be recognized when on the switch for the second chip to be repaired, right?

Thanks again if anyone can help.

 

[eidairaman1]

Hey guys. Sorry to necro.

I have a Tri-X OC R9 290X.

I flashed both bios chips with a bad bios and now the card is not detected in atiflash. Yes I made a big mistake, it sucks.

I have just tried the 4 and 7 pin method and the 5 and 6 pin, on the 4 and 7 pin method, my motherboard would not start up with the bridge in place (regardless of the bios chip switch position).

I then tried 5 and 6 on either switch position (I have no idea which direction the switch is in corresponds to what chip on the board, if anyone knows that would be a big help), booted to atiflash dos, amd -i, adapter not found still.

I have yet to try the chip on the bottom (front) of the board, it's possible I have fried the chip on the back already because at one point last night (I was up 2 nights in a row trying to fix this.) I saw a spark as I was stupidly adjusting the bridge while it was powered on.

So, if it is burnt out, thankfully there's still the other chip, I just need to figure out a way to bridge them and keep the bridge in place what with it being upside down there. I'm not quite ready to try soldering yet, especially if the first chip is not burnt out and the bridge method is just not working for me.

These are my chips:

I know I have one of the pins wrong here, I corrected it before the attempt, but this is how I've been doing it:

Can anyone help or offer advice?
I have a ch341a programmer but not the right clip for these small chips on hand.

Someone on discord suggested this:
"so I think you will need to disable both roms with cs, then make sure the switch is in position for the one you want to flash / remove the bridge"

so do you think I might have to bridge both chips at the same time, boot up, remove one, flash it, done?

however if that is the case and you need to bridge both at the same time, then I would have to re-do the bridge on the fixed chip in order to get it to be recognized when on the switch for the second chip to be repaired, right?

Thanks again if anyone can help.

Refer to this.

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[zakalwe]

I have tried bridging pins 1-8, 4-7, and 5-6(?), did not work.
I am currently trying to flash them with a ch341a but the wires on my clip all came off so gotta solder those back on first. Nightmare.
When I had it working briefly though, 'detect' changed the values from #00 to #FF, I can read/erase the chip and it says it was fine, and I can write to it, but then if I verify it's a mistmatch - because hwen I read the bios again, it's empty. So nothing is actually being done to it.

 

[eidairaman1]

@impero

 

[Imperator]

Hello.
@eidairaman1
Yes i am watching this thread.
Cause i think he managed to short the right pins, i believe it could be a hardware lvl fault.
Could be the BIOS chip itself.