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K91NE · May 25, 2009, 04:37 AM

Ok i am having a simlar problem i tried to flash my 2nd 4870 in PCI-E slot 2 with XFX bios so they will match.The problem i am haveing is when i did this winflash it didnt let me choose what card and it gave pci-e SLOT 1 A BAD BIOS FLASH.Now i can get WINFLASH 2017 or 2012 to open.When i click on it nothing happens and with ATIWINFLASH i get a ERROR Resources files missing.Im lost on what to do.ATI RBE_121 opens finds the path to Winflash and opens the crashes with the BSOD.

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May 25, 2009, 04:37 AM	#22
K91NE Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Boston,MA Posts: 8 (0.00/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts System Specs	Ok i am having a simlar problem i tried to flash my 2nd 4870 in PCI-E slot 2 with XFX bios so they will match.The problem i am haveing is when i did this winflash it didnt let me choose what card and it gave pci-e SLOT 1 A BAD BIOS FLASH.Now i can get WINFLASH 2017 or 2012 to open.When i click on it nothing happens and with ATIWINFLASH i get a ERROR Resources files missing.Im lost on what to do.ATI RBE_121 opens finds the path to Winflash and opens the crashes with the BSOD.