Old Radeon 7970 bios flash

EliteNevil · Mar 16, 2015

Hi! This is my first thread! Yay \o/

Well.. I've been searching for a newer vbios for my HD7970, But every vbios a tested, Hasnt worked.. =/

i Think i got the C380 Board, But dont know how to check it ?

The only reason i want to flash it, is because it looks "cooler" in Device Manager, and i want to get the uefi gop for it..

Does anyone here know where i can find a 280x version bios that works ?

i got the Powercolor HD7970 - AX7970-3GBD5-2DH rev.1

MrGenius · Mar 16, 2015

If it isn't here, you're probably not going to find it. Whatever it is you're looking for...

EliteNevil · Mar 16, 2015

Just found out i got LF R19FA card, Which isn't a ref card.. -.-

OneMoar · Mar 16, 2015

you are gonna brick your card ....
leave well enough alone

Toothless · Mar 16, 2015

Listen to the angry kitty person. Just because it looks cooler doesn't mean it'll run better, if at all.

qubit · Mar 16, 2015

Good thing it won't allow you to program the bios chip with the "cooler" bios code.

A successful flash will result in a bricked card. And a lot of tears.

I'm sorry, but I've never seen a sillier reason to want to flash a bios chip.

EliteNevil · Mar 16, 2015

It allows me to flash it, Flashed 5 different vbioses, one of them went black screen on startup, The other shows retarded amount of vram etc, and "device cannot start" in device manager.. Just had to start on bios 2, flip the switch when in Windows, and flash back the original vbios..

MrGenius · Mar 16, 2015

Seriously...if you're trying to "look cool"...it's not worth it. Even if it is dual-BIOS.

If you're trying to flash a compatible UEFI BIOS to your card, that might be worth trying. I can't see why that wouldn't be a good idea. If it works. You might try this one.

EliteNevil · Mar 16, 2015

MrGenius said:
Seriously...if you're trying to "look cool"...it's not worth it. Even if it is dual-BIOS.

If you're trying to flash a compatible UEFI BIOS to your card, that might be worth trying. I can't see why that wouldn't be a good idea. If it works. You might try this one.

The thing is.. Which board is it ? C380 or C386 ? The main reason i want to flash is for the uefi gop..

MrGenius · Mar 16, 2015

EliteNevil said:
The thing is.. Which board is it ? C380 or C386 ?

My question is, why would it matter? What's the reason you think you need to know that?

qubit · Mar 16, 2015

EliteNevil said:
It allows me to flash it, Flashed 5 different vbioses, one of them went black screen on startup, The other shows retarded amount of vram etc, and "device cannot start" in device manager.. Just had to start on bios 2, flip the switch when in Windows, and flash back the original vbios..

Ok good, so you've got a dual bios. Still, I can't see a reason for trying other bioses. Looks like you want some kind of custom bios, but you can't make one without specialist knowledge of the hardware and bios programming (as in computer coding).

The only potential reason to try and flash the bios is if your current one was giving you problems and the manufacturer had released a new version for your specific card to fix it.

EliteNevil · Mar 16, 2015

qubit said:
Ok good, so you've got a dual bios. Still, I can't see a reason for trying other bioses. Looks like you want some kind of custom bios, but you can't make one without specialist knowledge of the hardware and bios programming (as in computer coding).

The only potential reason to try and flash the bios is if your current one was giving you problems and the manufacturer had released a new version for your specific card to fix it.

i want the uefi gop..

MrGenius said:
My question is, why would it matter? What's the reason you think you need to know that?

Because it has another type of boost..

MrGenius · Mar 16, 2015

Wait...another type of boost? Please explain. I'm not following you at all there.

EliteNevil · Mar 16, 2015

MrGenius said:
So what? Then mod the BIOS first using VBE7 to set it to whatever you want and flash it like that.

VBE7 doesn't support uefi gop, And to implement uefi, i have to have a vbios that works on the card, wich allready have uefi..

MrGenius · Mar 16, 2015

Cool...you quoted that before I deleted it. The BIOS linked above is a UEFI BIOS. Does it support Fast Boot UEFI GOP? I would assume so. But you tell me. Flash it and see.

EliteNevil · Mar 16, 2015

MrGenius said:
Cool...you quoted that before I deleted it. The BIOS linked above is a UEFI BIOS. Does it support Fast Boot UEFI GOP? I would assume so. But you tell me. Flash it and see.

i dont think that bios are going to work since the V3 has C386 Board..

OneMoar · Mar 16, 2015

EliteNevil said:
i dont think that bios are going to work since the V3 has C386 Board..

try here
http://www.overclock.net/t/1389206/do-you-want-uefi-gop-on-your-7950-7970-i-can-add-it-to-your-bios

EliteNevil · Mar 16, 2015

OneMoar said:
try here
http://www.overclock.net/t/1389206/do-you-want-uefi-gop-on-your-7950-7970-i-can-add-it-to-your-bios

Saw that post, But he has to have e vbios for my card wich allready got uefi..

OneMoar · Mar 16, 2015

EliteNevil said:
Saw that post, But he has to have e vbios for my card wich allready got uefi..

then you are SOL
seriously GOP doesn't do anything for you its not really any faster if you have a SSD as your boot drive

EliteNevil · Mar 16, 2015

OneMoar said:
then you are SOL
seriously GOP doesn't do anything for you its not really any faster if you have a SSD as your boot drive

i do, But it will get alot faster though.. my uefi on motherboard is kinda slow..

OneMoar · Mar 16, 2015

EliteNevil said:
i do, But it will get alot faster though.. my uefi on motherboard is kinda slow..

I doubt it if the post is slow then GOP isn't gonna help that
you don't need GOP to enable-fast boot or at least you should't

qubit · Mar 16, 2015

EliteNevil said:
i want the uefi gop..

Yes, I know, but you're on a hiding to nothing, as myself and everyone else on here is trying to tell you.

As that function is not supported by the manufacturer for this card then there's nothing you can do so flashing various bioses trying to get it is a pointless waste of time.

It won't speed up anything, plus do you actually know that the hardware is even capable of it?

I think you'd be better off buying or borrowing a card that supports this feature and be done with it.

levelord · Mar 17, 2015

Guys, I need just a minute of your time.
Is there a chance that anybody have ever seen a 280x bios with a Chill VRM and a Hynix MFR memory?
I just wanna to flash my Powercolor 7970 to 280x and I'm kinda lost hope to find an appropriate bios for that.

R-T-B · Mar 18, 2015

I upgraded my HIS card to UEFI GOP without manufactuerer support, but it's a reference board under the hood so it was easy to find one.

You are playing with fire here.

MrGenius · Mar 18, 2015

levelord said:
Is there a chance that anybody have ever seen a 280x bios with a Chill VRM and a Hynix MFR memory?

Nope, never seen any with MFR. Just AFR and BFR. My 280X has CHL88x & H5GQ2H24AFR. You have looked through the entire list right?

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