screwed up a brand new his 6950, help

shoti72 · Mar 27, 2011, 07:06 PM

shit...got the 2048mb card yesterday...brand new...there is no switsch for dual bios...anyway...flasht it....BLACK SCREEN...NOTHING...any suggestions or help ....i think an rma doesnt work....SHIT SHIT SHIT......230 Euros blown away...DAMN

erocker · Mar 27, 2011, 07:11 PM

Try blind force flashing it using ATiFlash. Or, find a cheap PCI video card so you don't have to do it blind.

95Viper · Mar 27, 2011, 07:11 PM

WOW... sorry 'bout dat.

Stop ranting, cussing, and post some system specs in the user cp.
Explain what bios was used and which versions of software you used to flash.
Do you have another graphics card you could use or IG on the MB?
What brand card?
Did you backup the bios?

Oh, and Welcome to TPU.

EDIT: @OP> Thanks for the System specs(Nice system).

warup89 · Mar 27, 2011, 07:11 PM

Sorry to hear that man, but try to return it to the store you bought it from or RMA to the manufacturer. Its wortha try

shoti72 · Mar 27, 2011, 07:20 PM

specs are posted.....maybe i can get a card from my pc from the work for one evening..

the bios backed up automtic i think....i used the package from techpowerup 6950-->6970, flashed it under win 7...and it said flashing successful.....(BLOWN successfull

)

@viper..thnx...but nothing against ur system...my first thoughts was about an intel I7-950 ...but ...over 15 years i owned amd....has something from outlaw

..... btw, nice case

)))

quasarsky · Mar 28, 2011, 06:54 AM

its dead, jim.

jk

. hope you get it working

hat · Mar 28, 2011, 07:23 AM

Flash it back to the stock BIOS. If you have any PCI video cards, or another PCI-E video card (you'll probably want to put your spare in the top slot and your borked card in the bottom slot), you'll be able to see what you're doing. I'm not sure exactly how flashing on ATI works as I've never done it, but with nvflash there's command line arguments that can be used to tell the program which card to flash. I'm sure whatever ATI flashing program you're using has similar options. Good luck!

annonym · Mar 28, 2011, 07:42 AM

If the message:

ERROR 0FL01
ROM not erased

comes after flashing it back to 6950 with atiflash, the bios is brocken....

you are not the only one who screwed up his card like this without playing one game

jamesrt2004 · Mar 28, 2011, 09:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shoti72

shit...got the 2048mb card yesterday...brand new...there is no switsch for dual bios...anyway...flasht it....BLACK SCREEN...NOTHING...any suggestions or help ....i think an rma doesnt work....SHIT SHIT SHIT......230 Euros blown away...DAMN

guessing your card wasnt a reference. not much you can do unless you re-flash with a stock bios and if that doesnt work it'll be hard to get a RMA

shoti72 · Mar 28, 2011, 11:03 AM

thnx...i will try it this evening.....any tips or suggestions what the best way is to flash it ?? got a pcie card from my pc from work .....

MLG The Canadian · Mar 28, 2011, 11:39 AM

Lots of these threads recently lol

2DividedbyZero · Mar 28, 2011, 11:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MLG The Canadian

Lots of these threads recently regarding 6950's lol

fixed that for ya

people should really take care what model they purchase if intending to flash

shoti72 · Mar 28, 2011, 12:12 PM

i had looked in the techpowerup database and 100% of the his cards was able to flash..so i HAD looked befor

warup89 · Mar 28, 2011, 02:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shoti72

i had looked in the techpowerup database and 100% of the his cards was able to flash..so i HAD looked befor

It happens man, I hope everything works out for you soon.

Please someone tell Wizzard to post a couple of warnings on his 6950 mod tutorial as most people reference from it.

-It doesn't work with non-reference cards [IE: there's no BIOS switch present]
-Unlock the shaders instead of flashing it with the 6970 BIOS

That would prevent many mishaps like this.

trickson · Mar 28, 2011, 02:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shoti72

i had looked in the techpowerup database and 100% of the his cards was able to flash..so i HAD looked befor

Sorry to hear this about your card . One thing EVERY one should know about Flashing a video card is that it is a HUGE risk and IMHO not worth it at all . I did this ONE time and payed the price as you have and NEVER have done it again . It is some thing that is better left to people that have the money to risk and the time as well .
I hope people learn that flashing a video card is just not worth it at all . I just don't get it why do people risk it all just to flash a card to a higher one when you can sell the one you have and buy the one you want ? I just see not point in this at all .
Have you tried a blind flash ? Did you save the original BIOS ? If so try to re-flash it back to what it is supposed to be . If this works then just keep it that way .

Alcpone30 · Mar 28, 2011, 02:46 PM

Some people like the buzz of the risk , hope you get it sorted!

trickson · Mar 28, 2011, 02:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alcpone30

Some people like the buzz of the risk , hope you get it sorted!

LOL , Yeah till that risk becomes reality ! The they are like " OMG I F'ed up my card "

. What people should be doing is just over clocking there cards till they start to smoke !

Alcpone30 · Mar 28, 2011, 02:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by trickson

LOL , Yeah till that risk becomes reality ! The they are like " OMG I F'ed up my card "

. What people should be doing is just over clocking there cards till they start to smoke !

Agreed.

95Viper · Mar 28, 2011, 03:03 PM

If you have not gotten it fixed, yet; maybe, these links will help you for reference:

Guide to Video BIOS flashing
How To Use ATIFLASH (USB Drive Setup)
How to blind flash a GPU?

They explain, some, blind flashing and two card flashing. They may be posts from 2004 through 2007, however the same principle applies, just get up to date software. And, the correct bios.
Don't get frustrated and stay patient.

dom99 · Mar 28, 2011, 04:24 PM

If there was no Bios switch, the risk of flashing was much higher as no "backup"

Hope you get it sorted, do as has been suggested above, put in another card so you can see what you are doing, then use ATIFlash to flash the original bios back to the card. It should have been saved in the batch file folder from wizz (if you used the batch file), or get it out of the bios database on here. I dont know how to flash separate cards myself but it can certainly be done!

If you have problems try looking through the original 6950 flashing thread, there are people there who flashed their cards individually with two cards, and private message them how to do it

Good luck mate

shoti72 · Mar 28, 2011, 06:23 PM

thnx guys....the piece is gone to hell....flashed it with original bios from techpoweruo/vgabios....message said, flashed is successfull but nothing but black screen after i removed the other pcie card

...hope that it is not registered in the bios at what date i flashed it back so my dealer wont see that i flashed it manually back...but i think that this is well protocolled .....ok guys....now im starting with the best i now can do........

trickson · Mar 28, 2011, 06:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shoti72

thnx guys....the piece is gone to hell....flashed it with original bios from techpoweruo/vgabios....message said, flashed is successfull but nothing but black screen after i removed the other pcie card

...hope that it is not registered in the bios at what date i flashed it back so my dealer wont see that i flashed it manually back...but i think that this is well protocolled .....ok guys....now im starting with the best i now can do........

http://www.inbev-services.de/uploads...ck_Glas_kl.jpg

I hope you learner your lesson from this , That being never to do a video card bios flash on a sweet new card again .

shoti72 · Mar 28, 2011, 06:30 PM

no way....for years ago i overclocked my amd 650 athlon with peltier and water .....i lapped my core´s and so on....it´s a thrill to get the max out of it......sometimes u have to pay......but no risk no fun

trickson · Mar 28, 2011, 06:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shoti72

no way....for years ago i overclocked my amd 650 athlon with peltier and water .....i lapped my core´s and so on....it´s a thrill to get the max out of it......sometimes u have to pay......but no risk no fun

Yeah well lapping a CPU and over clocking it is far from bios modding . But what ever flots your boat . Good luck .

shoti72 · Mar 28, 2011, 06:33 PM

any ideas for my next 6950 ?? whats the best deal ....??...(to flash it again

) ....asus ? sapphire ??

Mar 27, 2011, 07:06 PM	#1
shoti72 Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 17 (0.02/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts System Specs	screwed up a brand new his 6950, help shit...got the 2048mb card yesterday...brand new...there is no switsch for dual bios...anyway...flasht it....BLACK SCREEN...NOTHING...any suggestions or help ....i think an rma doesnt work....SHIT SHIT SHIT......230 Euros blown away...DAMN

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Mar 27, 2011, 07:11 PM	#3
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Mar 27, 2011, 07:11 PM	#2
erocker Senior Moderator Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Milwaukee, WI. Posts: 31,958 (12.78/day) Thanks: 2,793 Thanked 12,320 Times in 7,832 Posts System Specs	Try blind force flashing it using ATiFlash. Or, find a cheap PCI video card so you don't have to do it blind.

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warup89 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: FL Posts: 1,005 (0.38/day) Thanks: 107 Thanked 103 Times in 82 Posts System Specs	Sorry to hear that man, but try to return it to the store you bought it from or RMA to the manufacturer. Its wortha try __________________ HeatWare eBay

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Mar 27, 2011, 07:20 PM	#5
shoti72 Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 17 (0.02/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts System Specs	specs are posted.....maybe i can get a card from my pc from the work for one evening.. the bios backed up automtic i think....i used the package from techpowerup 6950-->6970, flashed it under win 7...and it said flashing successful.....(BLOWN successfull ) @viper..thnx...but nothing against ur system...my first thoughts was about an intel I7-950 ...but ...over 15 years i owned amd....has something from outlaw ..... btw, nice case ))) Last edited by shoti72; Mar 27, 2011 at 08:01 PM.

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Mar 28, 2011, 07:23 AM	#7
hat Maximum Overclocker Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Ohio Posts: 12,236 (5.15/day) Thanks: 2,054 Thanked 2,039 Times in 1,549 Posts System Specs	Flash it back to the stock BIOS. If you have any PCI video cards, or another PCI-E video card (you'll probably want to put your spare in the top slot and your borked card in the bottom slot), you'll be able to see what you're doing. I'm not sure exactly how flashing on ATI works as I've never done it, but with nvflash there's command line arguments that can be used to tell the program which card to flash. I'm sure whatever ATI flashing program you're using has similar options. Good luck! __________________ My Heatware “Inb4 smartphone LN2 overclocking.” -radrok

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Mar 28, 2011, 07:42 AM	#8
annonym Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 35 (0.04/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	If the message: ERROR 0FL01 ROM not erased comes after flashing it back to 6950 with atiflash, the bios is brocken.... you are not the only one who screwed up his card like this without playing one game

Mar 28, 2011, 11:03 AM	#10
shoti72 Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 17 (0.02/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts System Specs	thnx...i will try it this evening.....any tips or suggestions what the best way is to flash it ?? got a pcie card from my pc from work .....

Mar 28, 2011, 11:39 AM	#11
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Mar 28, 2011, 12:12 PM	#13
shoti72 Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 17 (0.02/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts System Specs	i had looked in the techpowerup database and 100% of the his cards was able to flash..so i HAD looked befor

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Alcpone30 Banned Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Wallsend, UK Posts: 8 (0.01/day) Thanks: 3 Thanked 3 Times in 1 Post	Some people like the buzz of the risk , hope you get it sorted!

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Mar 28, 2011, 03:03 PM	#19
95Viper Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: στο άλφα έως ωμέγα Posts: 3,841 (2.28/day) Thanks: 2,034 Thanked 1,417 Times in 1,116 Posts System Specs	If you have not gotten it fixed, yet; maybe, these links will help you for reference: Guide to Video BIOS flashing How To Use ATIFLASH (USB Drive Setup) How to blind flash a GPU? They explain, some, blind flashing and two card flashing. They may be posts from 2004 through 2007, however the same principle applies, just get up to date software. And, the correct bios. Don't get frustrated and stay patient. __________________ Heatware: 95viper TECHPOWERUP GEAR!

Mar 28, 2011, 04:24 PM	#20
dom99 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Kent, UK Posts: 149 (0.17/day) Thanks: 10 Thanked 11 Times in 9 Posts	If there was no Bios switch, the risk of flashing was much higher as no "backup" Hope you get it sorted, do as has been suggested above, put in another card so you can see what you are doing, then use ATIFlash to flash the original bios back to the card. It should have been saved in the batch file folder from wizz (if you used the batch file), or get it out of the bios database on here. I dont know how to flash separate cards myself but it can certainly be done! If you have problems try looking through the original 6950 flashing thread, there are people there who flashed their cards individually with two cards, and private message them how to do it Good luck mate

Mar 28, 2011, 06:23 PM	#21
shoti72 Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 17 (0.02/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts System Specs	thnx guys....the piece is gone to hell....flashed it with original bios from techpoweruo/vgabios....message said, flashed is successfull but nothing but black screen after i removed the other pcie card ...hope that it is not registered in the bios at what date i flashed it back so my dealer wont see that i flashed it manually back...but i think that this is well protocolled .....ok guys....now im starting with the best i now can do........

Mar 28, 2011, 06:30 PM	#23
shoti72 Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 17 (0.02/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts System Specs	no way....for years ago i overclocked my amd 650 athlon with peltier and water .....i lapped my core´s and so on....it´s a thrill to get the max out of it......sometimes u have to pay......but no risk no fun

Mar 28, 2011, 06:33 PM	#25
shoti72 Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 17 (0.02/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts System Specs	any ideas for my next 6950 ?? whats the best deal ....??...(to flash it again ) ....asus ? sapphire ??

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