Sapphire R9 270x 4GB GDDR5 Vbios Problem.

[Archyed]

Well Thi´s the point,

Here, i got a R9 270x card, with a tipical flickering problem, then i saw on internet too many solutions, one of this solution is flashing the vbios, well, with my ignorance and my stupidity, i´ve locate this vbios "compatible" with mine:

Image 1 -- Offset 0x0
=======================
ROM header contents:
Signature 0xAA55
PCIR offset 0x022C
PCI Data Structure
Signature PCIR
Vendor ID 0x1002
Device ID 0x6810
PCI Revision 0x00
Image size 0x10000
Code revision 0x0F29
Indicator 0x80 (last image)
Code type 0x00 (PCAT Image)
Legacy BIOS File Name 271X05H0.O47
Legacy BIOS Part Number 113-1E27110-O47
Legacy BIOS Build Number 279062
Legacy BIOS Change List 981631
Binary BIOS_IDTF 0xBE3507DF
ByteCheckSum 0

Logically i don´t now on this moment, about P/N or SKU, well after restart windows crash, cause that isn´t compatible, and i think.. lol, format !!!!!, and surprice... didn´t works... windows continue crashing, when i´ve install catalyst.. well i looking for another vbios.. maybe solved that problem, and this is de vbios ho found here:

\Sapphire.R9270X.4096.131103.rom"
Image 1 -- Offset 0x0
=======================
ROM header contents:
Signature 0xAA55
PCIR offset 0x022C
PCI Data Structure
Signature PCIR
Vendor ID 0x1002
Device ID 0x6810
PCI Revision 0x00
Image size 0x10000
Code revision 0x0F29
Indicator 0x80 (last image)
Code type 0x00 (PCAT Image)
Legacy BIOS File Name 271X05H0.O44
Legacy BIOS Part Number 113-1E271100-O44
Legacy BIOS Build Number 276176
Legacy BIOS Change List 970699
Binary BIOS_IDTF 0x0D3F033C
ByteCheckSum 0

and ouch... my pc didn´t start after reset.... well i fucked mi card, trash him..., or not... y quit vcard on mainboard, restart with integrated vcard, shutdown, reconnect, and mi computer still got present R9... mmm .. didn´t crash.. maybe little brick..., ok, after that i´m going to reinstall another vbios... vbios from R9 270X 2GB works, and vcard revive!!!, but when i´ve install catalyst windows crash again.., then... i´ve unistall catalyst with DDU, and open ticket with sapphire, telling them my problem and send me another vbios:

Image 1 -- Offset 0x0
=======================
ROM header contents:
Signature 0xAA55
PCIR offset 0x022C
PCI Data Structure
Signature PCIR
Vendor ID 0x1002
Device ID 0x6810
PCI Revision 0x00
Image size 0x10000
Code revision 0x0F29
Indicator 0x80 (last image)
Code type 0x00 (PCAT Image)
Legacy BIOS File Name 271X05H0.O47
Legacy BIOS Part Number 113-1E27110-O47
Legacy BIOS Build Number 279062
Legacy BIOS Change List 981631
Binary BIOS_IDTF 0xBE3507DF
ByteCheckSum 0

Same vbios, ho i try with problems, i think they don´t like send me a correct vbios, if any one had a compatible vbios y appreciate that, thanks.

Sorry for my english i´ve tryed to explain.

i´ve flasehd with:

ati_winflash_2.6.7:
atiflash -p -f 0 [room]

Mi vga card:

Sapphire R9 270X 4GB GDDR5
P/N 299-1E271-100SA
SKU 11217-07-20G

 

[INSTG8R]

@Law-II

 

[Law-II]

Hi

ati_winflash_2.6.7:

That is not best practice; use atiflash at a DOS prompt

R9 270X 2GB works

vbios image that dose not match; stop trying this. [card is 4Gb according to the OP]

Edit: 271X05H0.O44 [Hynix ONLY] may be the reason the vga card blank screened on boot; on closer inspection the vbios listed in the TPU database as a 4Gb card shows 2Gb in bios image however it is 128kb and not [64kb UEFI Only] Note: {reported possible issue with description} Update: VBE7 reporting error; reports 4Gb image as 2Gb {nothing to do with vbios image}

Really need the original and or a copy of the original vbios image
Wait for Sapphire Tech support to send the correct vbios image assume you have included the following details when raising the ticket.
Sapphire R9 270X 4GB GDDR5
P/N 299-1E271-100SA
SKU 11217-07-20G [are 100% sure this is correct SKU, please confirm]
[assume these numbers where taken from the back of the vga cards PCB]

Once have the correct vbios image for the vga card Flash at a DOS prompt, as per PM

Note: as on sapphire web site the only 270x 4Gb part is SKU ID: 11217-04 [is possible they sent this in error]
Source - here
Note: are able to zip the image that sapphire supplied and "Upload a File" here, this may help.

atb

Law-II

 

[Archyed]

Hi


That is not best practice; use atiflash at a DOS prompt


vbios image that dose not match; stop trying this. [card is 4Gb according to the OP]

271X05H0.O44 [Hynix ONLY] may be the reason the vga card blank screened on boot

Really need the original and or a copy of the original vbios image
Wait for Sapphire Tech support to send the correct vbios image assume you have included the following details when raising the ticket.
Sapphire R9 270X 4GB GDDR5
P/N 299-1E271-100SA
SKU 11217-07-20G [are 100% sure this is correct SKU, please confirm]
[assume these numbers where taken from the back of the vga cards PCB]

Once have the correct vbios image for the vga card Flash at a DOS prompt, as per PM

Note: as on sapphire web site the only 270x 4Gb part is SKU ID: 11217-04 [is possible they sent this in error]
Source - here
Note: are able to zip the image that sapphire supplied and "Upload a File" here, this may help.

atb

Law-II

Good morning,


Lol, mi eyes are confused, the correct SKU are, SKU 11217-04-20G

Thanks very much!

 

[Law-II]

Hi

Thank you for attaching the vbios image from sapphire tech support, having now looked at the 64kb Vbios image I can confirm they have made a mistake.
Please refer to screen shot from the 64kb file 271x05h0_635539895871232760

The image shows that it is for a 2Gb vga card, this is why the vbios image will not work when flashed; (unless sapphire tech forgot to change the info, but that seems strange)

Note: as mentioned in previous post will need to wait for sapphire tech to send correct vbios image and or for another member of the TPU community to assist by uploading an image

atb

Law-II

 

[Archyed]

Hi

Thank you for attaching the vbios image from sapphire tech support, having now looked at the 64kb Vbios image I can confirm they have made a mistake.
Please refer to screen shot from the 64kb file 271x05h0_635539895871232760 View attachment 60886
View attachment 60885
The image shows that it is for a 2Gb vga card, this is why the vbios image will not work when flashed; (unless sapphire tech forgot to change the info, but that seems strange)

Note: as mentioned in previous post will need to wait for sapphire tech to send correct vbios image and or for another member of the TPU community to assist by uploading an image

atb

Law-II

Hi Law, and thanks for your support,

Now i´m completly lost, Sapphire send me another vbios, "UEFI", compatible with mi card, well, i´ve installed them with ATIFLASH & boot with usb with win98, and mi vga/system can´t run, that vbios got this P/N:


C:\ATIWINFLASH>AtiFlash.exe -biosfileinfo e:\271X05HU.O44
Image 1 -- Offset 0x0
=======================
ROM header contents:
Signature 0xAA55
PCIR offset 0x022C
PCI Data Structure
Signature PCIR
Vendor ID 0x1002
Device ID 0x6810
PCI Revision 0x00
Image size 0x10000
Code revision 0x0F2C
Indicator 0x00 (Not last image)
Code type 0x00 (PCAT Image)
Legacy BIOS File Name 271X05HU.O44
Legacy BIOS Part Number 113-1E2711U-O44
Legacy BIOS Build Number 287364
Legacy BIOS Change List 1011291
Binary BIOS_IDTF 0x0961F54A
ByteCheckSum 0
Image 2 -- Offset 0x10000
=======================
ROM header contents:
Signature 0xAA55
PCIR offset 0x001C
PCI Data Structure
Signature PCIR
Vendor ID 0x1002
Device ID 0x6810
PCI Revision 0x00
Image size 0xE000
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 0x0058 (abs: 0x10058)
Uefi Ids from EFI_PCI_EXPANSION_ROM_HEADER:
UefiSourceRevision GOP AMD REV: x.x.x.x.x
UefiSourceChangeList xxxx
UefiBiosBuildNumber xxxx

Dump Gop Driver Info:
Machine type code X64
The GOP Driver appears to be Authenticode signed.
Size Of Gop Image 95488 (93 KB)
GOP Driver Name: AMD GOP X64 Release Driver Rev.1.54.0.0.0.Dec 30 2013.18:11
:36
GOP AMD_Build 2700
GOP AMD_CL 992571
GOP BIOS_IDTF 0xDEADBEEF
GOP Driver does not carry tables!


Legacy BIOS Part Number 113-1E2711U-O44,

And i´ve tried with another vbios like R9 270x 4GB for Gygabite, and mi vga/system can run, but catalyst didn´t recognize:

C:\ATIWINFLASH>AtiFlash.exe -biosfileinfo c:\Users\Zeus\Downloads\Gigabyte.R9270
X.4096.131126.rom
Image 1 -- Offset 0x0
=======================
ROM header contents:
Signature 0xAA55
PCIR offset 0x0218
PCI Data Structure
Signature PCIR
Vendor ID 0x1002
Device ID 0x6810
PCI Revision 0x00
Image size 0x10000
Code revision 0x0F29
Indicator 0x00 (Not last image)
Code type 0x00 (PCAT Image)
Legacy BIOS File Name R927XO4D.F10
Legacy BIOS Part Number xxx-xxx-xxx
Legacy BIOS Build Number 278797
Legacy BIOS Change List 980640
Binary BIOS_IDTF 0x59DDB7BC
ByteCheckSum 0
Image 2 -- Offset 0x10000
=======================
ROM header contents:
Signature 0xAA55
PCIR offset 0x001C
PCI Data Structure
Signature PCIR
Vendor ID 0x1002
Device ID 0x6810
PCI Revision 0x00
Image size 0xE200
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 0x0058 (abs: 0x10058)
Uefi Ids from EFI_PCI_EXPANSION_ROM_HEADER:
UefiSourceRevision GOP AMD REV: x.x.x.x.x
UefiSourceChangeList xxxx
UefiBiosBuildNumber xxxx

Dump Gop Driver Info:
Machine type code X64
The GOP Driver appears to be Authenticode signed.
Size Of Gop Image 95744 (93 KB)
GOP Driver Name: AMD GOP X64 Release Driver Rev.1.53.0.0.0.Oct 23 2013.17:03
:41
GOP AMD_Build 2619
GOP AMD_CL 966193
GOP BIOS_IDTF 0xDEADBEEF
GOP Driver does not carry tables!


What´s wrong here, vga, vbios, all, and if mi vga get crashed, wy sistem run with another vbios (Crashing on windows logically), for flashing UEFI it´s another proccedure?

Thanks,

P.D I´ve only used vbios with "CURACAO GDDR5

Regards!!

 

[Law-II]

Hi

vga card details
Sapphire R9 270X 4GB GDDR5
P/N 299-1E271-100SA
SKU 11217-04-20G
If sent these details to sapphire; double check that they are correct, look on the back of the vga cards PCB for details.

Sapphire sent atiflash_635542543747664408.zip

Note: Vbios P/N number dose not match

for flashing UEFI it´s another proccedure?

Not as far as I am aware: *maybe check the sapphire web site to see what procedure they recommend for this card

Maybe time to flash the vga card with the vbios image that sapphire have supplied and raise an RMA or ask once again for the correct vbios image to be sent.

atb

Law-II

 

[Zero_G]

Hi, I bought a Sapphire 270x 4gb version last week (SAPPHIRE R9 270X 4GB GDDR5 WITH BOOST & OC), bios version is: 015.044.000.012.000000.
Here is the bios file: http://www.mediafire.com/download/58eqi0xkyt6yhcy/Pitcairn_270x_Sapphire_4gb_bios.bin
It was dumped with Sapphire TRIXX, hope it is helpful

 

[Archyed]

Oh, Man!!!, that was awesome... you´re maked my day.... i´ve installed that bios without problem, and all works fine!!, i don´t know what´s wrong with sapphire tech support..., but it´s thanks peoples like you, something can be better!!!, and again thank you very much!!!!!

Have a nice day!! and Marry Christmas!!

 

[Law-II]

Hi

i´ve installed that bios without problem, and all works fine!!,

@Archyed keep a copy in a safe place; Great to see the card is back up and running :Toast:

@Zero_G A big thank you

atb

Law-II

 

[Archyed]

Hi



@Archyed keep a copy in a safe place; Great to see the card is back up and running :Toast:

@Zero_G A big thank you

atb

Law-II

Yes!!!, i´ve safe that copy like a gold!! , thanks for you´r support too @Law-II , and again, thanks @Zero_G !!

Regards

 

[Zero_G]

Glad I could help, regarding the flickering screen, this seems to be the lastest bios for that card, but in my pc the flickering-shaking still happens. This screen shacking is the same as when i manually underclocked my 4870 with ati tray tools (with auto-overclocking function) so I can pretty much confirm it's the core clock and memory clocks that jumping every time the pc need a little of the gpu.

I haven't tested yet, as the flickering isn't that frequently but this could be probably solved configuring the before mentioned auto-overclocking funtion of ati tray tools to somthing like:
"System Idle"
core 400
memory 450 (a bit more if you are using dual monitor and there are problems)
"Gaming mode"
core 1070
memory 1400

And white list every program you don't want it to change to "Gaming Mode" such as Firefox, Plugin Container (of firefox), Flash Player, etc

 

[Fragment]

Hi guys,

sorry for replying to this rather old thread. But I believe the people involved in answering the OP are also able to help me with a very related problem/question:

I have the 2GB version of that Sapphire card. Can I install the 015.044xxxxx bios as well? Or do I have to stick with the 015.042xxxxxx version?
I know that the 44 version indicated that it is for 4GB model of the card.

But does that really matter? Rest of the card should be identical and maybe the new vBIOS has some tweaks for the card?!

 

[eidairaman1]

If you're not having problems with the card don't flash it.

 

[Tatty_Two]

Hi guys,

sorry for replying to this rather old thread. But I believe the people involved in answering the OP are also able to help me with a very related problem/question:

I have the 2GB version of that Sapphire card. Can I install the 015.044xxxxx bios as well? Or do I have to stick with the 015.042xxxxxx version?
I know that the 44 version indicated that it is for 4GB model of the card.

But does that really matter? Rest of the card should be identical and maybe the new vBIOS has some tweaks for the card?!

Yes it matters, don't do it.

 

[Fragment]

If you're not having problems with the card don't flash it.

well thanks!
i have the issue of GTAV sometimes crashing after a certain amount of playtime with a striped grey or blueish or redish screen.

what i want to know is just if there is anybody who has flashed the 2GB version of this sapphire card with any other vBIOS than the official ones.
so either the one for the 4GB version (which is newer) or also with a modded bios from somewhere else. and if that works out for them.

 

[Tatty_Two]

Do you have voltage adjustment on your card? Often just a little hike of voltage can solve some problems, I had some issues after prolonged 3D load with the odd crash so I slightly tweaked my voltage, although I modded my Bios to do it rather than just use MSI Afterburner but that was a personal choice and my problems disappeared, I was fortunate though as I have a software programmable voltage controller.

 

[Fragment]

Do you have voltage adjustment on your card? Often just a little hike of voltage can solve some problems, I had some issues after prolonged 3D load with the odd crash so I slightly tweaked my voltage, although I modded my Bios to do it rather than just use MSI Afterburner but that was a personal choice and my problems disappeared, I was fortunate though as I have a software programmable voltage controller.

Hi thx for the reply.

You mean "hike" as in raise or as in lower the voltage? I am running at stock voltage at the moment. And for my version that seems to be 1.238V which is higher than many other stock cores of cards with the same chip.

 

[Tatty_Two]

Thanks, Are you sure it's 3D voltage is that high? that is SIGNIFICANTLY higher than even my 280X, seems a little strange to me. It's too risky flashing a Bios that has a different amount of VRam, what you could do is to take a look at that Bios though, make like for like comparisons with your own Bios, list the changes and then see if you can dump and Mod your existing Bios, of course you don't even know that will make any difference in any case though, I was going to suggest a single incremental voltage increase to see if that would sort your problem but not so sure now if that stock voltage really is that high.