What can be changed in a VBIOS file? (PCI vendor etc)

[andiOak]

What can be changed in a BIOS file?

I am having issues identifying the card I have, and what it supposedly should register in GPU-Z / drivers as its features.

This specific item in GPU-Z is particularly interesting:
Device ID - more importantly the last 8 digits, specifying the PCI vendor (subsystem id 1787 2379 in my case).

Can this item be changed using a VBIOS file?

It has not been entered into the bios file the card is currently running as its bios. So where is it coming from?? GPU-Z just fabricated it? Or read it on the board?

Here is the photo of the thing:

I have no thermal sensors in GPU-Z nor can I install drivers correctly.

 

[W1zzard]

Some of those are hardcoded inside the GPU (1002 = ATI/AMD, 67DF = RX 470 and others)
some in the BIOS (1787 = ATI AIB/TUL/PowerColor/others, 2379 is their model number)

 

[andiOak]

Some of those are hardcoded inside the GPU (1002 = ATI/AMD, 67DF = RX 470 and others)
some in the BIOS (1787 = ATI AIB/TUL/PowerColor/others, 2379 is their model number)

Some in the BIOS? So the subvendor/PCI vendor number, i.e. "1787" is able to be modified in the BIOS file?

 

[W1zzard]

Some in the BIOS? So the subvendor/PCI vendor number, i.e. "1787" is able to be modified in the BIOS file?

Yes I think so

 

[andiOak]

Yes I think so

Hmm. The bios file I am using does not contain any such number in its data that I can see in the AMDVBFLASH utility. Is it in some hidden info, like header information?

 

[LabRat 891]

I see Ellesmere.

'nuther 'former mining' RX480/580 2048SP / RX470/570?
(Or, just 'playing with' vBIOS modding on a card from when one still could?)

If you're trying to restore usability of a mining card,
there are dozens of threads on finding an appropriate vBIOS for your example. A warning though, It doesn't work out for everyone.

For example,
even when it's 'fixed' it crashes or has HDMI problems.
Note: Forcing one of these 'exhibiting' cards to PCIe Gen2 via UEFI/BIOS often resolves the HDMI, etc. problems.
(The 'custom' PCB cards were 100% intended for PCIe Gen2 Switch-equipped mining boards, etc.)

Keep in mind,
a lot of these 'mining Ellesmere/Polaris' cards are sold as 'new' but are either:
A. Used, 'cleaned up' mining cards
or
B. 'New', vBIOS modded (mining ready) cards
or
C. Assembled from eWaste (which, I actually quite enjoy; when it works correctly)


While TPU has searchtools/filters for the "Unverified" vBIOSes, I've had the best luck using google's adv. search tools.
Example "Search Phrase":

https://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/: 1787 2379

Which, stumbles us upon...

Powercolor RX 580 VBIOS

8 GB GDDR5, 1250 MHz GPU, 2000 MHz Memory

www.techpowerup.com

Visiontek rx570 VBIOS

8 GB GDDR5, 1244 MHz GPU, 1750 MHz Memory

www.techpowerup.com

Sonnet RX 570 VBIOS

4 GB GDDR5, 1206 MHz GPU, 1650 MHz Memory

www.techpowerup.com

etc.

IIRC, you'll need to visibily verifiy what (and, how much) VRAM is on the card first, to 'match' the vBIOS' VRAM model, timings, etc.

 

[W1zzard]

Hmm. The bios file I am using does not contain any such number in its data that I can see in the AMDVBFLASH utility. Is it in some hidden info, like header information?

Did you consider the byte order?

 

[andiOak]

Did you consider the byte order?

Hmm, not sure what that means.

Here is an output of what the divice info looks like in amdvbflash v2.93:

C:\Users\User Usersson\Desktop\atiflash_293>amdvbflash -ai
Adapter  0 (BN=01, DN=00, FN=00, PCIID=00001002, SSID=00002379)
    Asic Family     :  Polaris10
    Flash Type         :  GD25Q21B    (256 KB)
    Product Name is :    D00003 Polaris20 8G J1407LCA.CLC 2021
    Bios Config File:  J1407LCA.CLC
    Bios P/N is     :    113-D0000301_100
    Bios Version    :    015.050.002.001.000000
    Bios Date is    :    04/06/21 22:18
Image 1 -- Offset 0x0
=======================
  ROM header contents:
    Signature              0xAA55
    PCIR offset            0x024C
  PCI Data Structure
    Signature              PCIR
    Vendor ID              0x1002
    Device ID              0x67DF
    PCI Revision           0x00
    Image size             0xEA00
    Code revision          0x0F32
    Indicator              0x00   (Not last image)
    Code type              0x00   (PCAT Image)
  Legacy BIOS File Name    J1407LCA.CLC
  Legacy BIOS Part Number  113-D0000301_100
  Legacy BIOS Build Number 559303
  Legacy BIOS Change List  2286876
  Binary BIOS_IDTF         0xCE097603
  ByteCheckSum             0
Image 2 -- Offset 0xEA00
=======================
  ROM header contents:
    Signature              0xAA55
    PCIR offset            0x001C
  PCI Data Structure
    Signature              PCIR
    Vendor ID              0x1002
    Device ID              0x67DF
    PCI Revision           0x00
    Image size             0xE600
    Code revision          0x0000
    Indicator              0x80   (last image)
    Code type              0x03   (EFI Image)
    EFI Signature          0x0EF1
    Compression Type       0x0001 (compressed)
    Machine type           0x8664 (X64)
    Subsystem              0x000B (EFI boot service driver)
    EFI image offset       0x0050 (abs: 0xEA50)
  Uefi Ids from EFI_PCI_EXPANSION_ROM_HEADER:
    UefiSourceRevision     GOP AMD REV: 1.70
    UefiSourceChangeList   xxxx
    UefiBiosBuildNumber    xxxx

  Dump Gop Driver Info:
    Machine type code      X64
    The GOP Driver appears to be Authenticode signed.
    Size Of Gop Image      97856 (95 KB)
    GOP Driver Name: AMD GOP X64 Release Driver Rev.1.70.0.15.50.Jul 13 2020.23:42:33
    GOP AMD_Build          3457
    GOP AMD_CL             2143793
    GOP BIOS_IDTF          0xDEADBEEF
    GOP Driver does not carry tables!

Does anything stand out here?

(perhaps the last bit, "GOP Driver does not carry tables!" ??)

The entry Asic Family : Polaris10 does not add up. It was introduced by this version of the AMDVBFLASH v2.93 utility, because when I use v5.x I get it saying that it is a Polaris 20 XL, which is the die on the card, as the pictures above prove.

 

[W1zzard]

Hmm, not sure what that means.

if you search for a hex value of AABB you probably want to search for the bytes BB AA in this order

google: intel byte order