Sapphire Vapor-X 5870 OC flash nightmare!

[Nathan]

Hello,

I tried to flash my GPU with ATI Winflash, but it got stuck and I didn't see anything around it anymore, but I was like very sleepy, so I went to sleep and then when I woke up and looked at it again it was still stuck on that point. So I rebooted the PC

Then, I didn't see anything on the screen anymore and heard beeps, then it reboots again and I could login to Windows blind and I have _now_ managed to access the computer via TeamViewer and I want to reflash the GPU of course, but the resolution is on 640x480 now and the ATI Winflash program requires at least 800x600.

I can not change the resolution at all, it's stuck on 640x480, please help

 

[cadaveca]

use ATIFlash from DOS prompt, booted from USB stick?

 

[Nathan]

Then I would have to do it blind and I'm not too sure about that

 

[RejZoR]

You can do it using spare low end graphic card. And i think you could force higher resolution using Display Settings. Or if you want, try installing LogMeIn instead of TeamViewer and see if you can go beyond VGA resolution.

 

[Nathan]

I don't have a spare GPU, but I'll try LogMeIn.

 

[Nathan]

So I tried blind flashing, first I disconnected all hard drives, DVD drive and USB device.

So I believe that's all and then I boot the PC, it beeps because there is no video of course, then it reboots or something I think and I keep pressing F8 and it goes beeping again and I keep pressing, then if it doesn't beep anymore I press enter or so and enter atiflash -p -f 0 bios.bin and atiflash -p -f 1 bios.bin. But it didn't work?

Is F8 right? Asus P5K SE/EPU is the motherboard model.

Edit: I couldn't change Display Settings btw, it's really stuck.

 

[Nathan]

Bump.

I got a low-end GPU now and when I start my computer with both the 'bricked' GPU and the low-end one I still hear the beeps and see nothing, but when I take the 'bricked' one there are no beeps and the video works.

Edit: What if the BIOS file is just not correct, anyone can link me to a working one for the Sapphire Vapor-X 5870 OC 1GB?

 

[ExodusMaximus]

just use atiwinflash from cmd...

 

[Nathan]

I can now flash with atiflash, but afterwards it still didn't work. Anyone have the original BIOS file?

 

[ExodusMaximus]

I can now flash with atiflash, but afterwards it still didn't work. Anyone have the original BIOS file?

did you try bios db? - http://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/...re&model=HD+5870&interface=PCI-E&memSize=1024 - ALWAYS SAVE YOUR BIOS!!!

 

[Nathan]

Thanks for the help, it seems to work again. (I didn't save the BIOS I think, but if it works now, it's not a problem, right?)

But when I see this, I wonder how is this possible and how can I fix it?

 

[IceCreamBarr]

That looks correct. You are looking at the idle mem and core states. I don't know why it defaults to that clock state (even if you are not in idle state, it will display those clocks).

 

[Nathan]

So that program is basically useless?

 

[ExodusMaximus]

So that program is basically useless?

no - check show current clocks - select the clock you want to tweak and go. But I like MSI AB way better.

 

[Nathan]

Btw, according to the serial number I have the: SAPPHIRE VAPOR-X HD5870 1GB GDDR5 PCIE OC

And I downloaded this one: http://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/71323/Sapphire.HD5870.1024.100308_1.html

Is this the latest BIOS and the best one for the rev. 2 version of this card?

Thanks again.

 

[ExodusMaximus]

Btw, according to the serial number I have the: SAPPHIRE VAPOR-X HD5870 1GB GDDR5 PCIE OC

And I downloaded this one: http://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/71323/Sapphire.HD5870.1024.100308_1.html

Is this the latest BIOS and the best one for the rev. 2 version of this card?

Thanks again.

If it works then don't "fix" it - use AB to upp the clocks if you want to - disable power play for better performance..

 

[Nathan]

Where do I disable power play?

 

[ExodusMaximus]

Where do I disable power play?

in MSIAfterburner.cfg the line which says something like 'UnoficialOverclocking = 1' change it to 2, so the power play willl be disabled and gpu will not be throttled back.