Hd4870x2 bad flash

Jonny_doe · Dec 12, 2009, 01:31 PM

A friend has asked me to help him out ,
He's got a powercolor HD4870x2 , and he flashed the Asus Top bios to this card , he flashed both bioses and he said it all went well , so he rebooted the pc , and now nothing , no display.
So after he's tried loads of times , he's brought the card to me , i downloaded the powercolor hd4870x2 bioses from here , and tried to blind flash the cards , (Which i have done afew times before with old cards )

The problem is that when i plug the card into my pc , it seems to lock the pc up , and it doesn't boot , there's no usb stick activity , so i can't even blind flash it ..
Can anyone help me out , or have any ideas ????

Dec 12, 2009, 03:17 PM

Have ya tried in a crossfire config to see if it will boot?

Jonny_doe · Dec 12, 2009, 03:22 PM

'crossfire config' i'm not sure what you mean , but this card will not even post at the moment

Aleksander · Dec 12, 2009, 03:28 PM

Do u have that crossfire link cable?

Jonny_doe · Dec 12, 2009, 03:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aleksander Dishnica

Do u have that crossfire link cable?

i have 1 with my 4780

Marineborn · Dec 12, 2009, 03:57 PM

put your 4780 as your primary and the 4870x2 as your secondary and crossfire them and see if itll boot, if it does try flashing the card then or fixing the prob

Jonny_doe · Dec 12, 2009, 05:38 PM

Thanks but i've noticed that as long as the 8 pin power lead is connected , the pc will not even boot into dos , it just freezes

beyond_amusia · Dec 12, 2009, 06:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jonny_doe

Thanks but i've noticed that as long as the 8 pin power lead is connected , the pc will not even boot into dos , it just freezes

Sounds like your PSU is not strong enough to push the card... how many +12v rails do you have and how many amps per rail?

Jonny_doe · Dec 12, 2009, 07:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by beyond_amusia

Sounds like your PSU is not strong enough to push the card... how many +12v rails do you have and how many amps per rail?

it's a 'Hiper Type-M MK II HPU-5M730'

Code:

http://www.hipergroup.com/products.php?lv=3&cate=1&type=31&pid=29

Plug · Dec 12, 2009, 07:06 PM

you probably flashed the card with the wrong bios.
i have done the same thing but my actual flash locked up on the master GPU and no screen when i booted up.

its easy fixed though

place the bad flashed card in the secondery PCI slot and a working card in the top and reflash it via atiflash in dos.

beyond_amusia · Dec 12, 2009, 07:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jonny_doe

it's a 'Hiper Type-M MK II HPU-5M730'

Code:

http://www.hipergroup.com/products.php?lv=3&cate=1&type=31&pid=29

Well the PSU is more than enough... hmmmz.. weird... try in another tower if you can.

Jonny_doe · Dec 12, 2009, 08:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Plug

you probably flashed the card with the wrong bios.
i have done the same thing but my actual flash locked up on the master GPU and no screen when i booted up.

its easy fixed though

place the bad flashed card in the secondery PCI slot and a working card in the top and reflash it via atiflash in dos.

Right I done what you said , and it worked , i'm now posted on the card now , but i have a new problem , while no drivers are loaded the cards work , but as soon as i install either 9.10 or 9.11 cats ( uninstalled and drivercleanered between) , the pc locks on start up of windows Seven ..
Any ideas ????

I've now found out that if i diable 1 gpu in safe mode and then restart the pc , it loads into windows straight away , but put 2 back on and it locks back up at the point when windows is loading ..

Plug · Dec 14, 2009, 04:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jonny_doe

Right I done what you said , and it worked , i'm now posted on the card now , but i have a new problem , while no drivers are loaded the cards work , but as soon as i install either 9.10 or 9.11 cats ( uninstalled and drivercleanered between) , the pc locks on start up of windows Seven ..
Any ideas ????

I've now found out that if i diable 1 gpu in safe mode and then restart the pc , it loads into windows straight away , but put 2 back on and it locks back up at the point when windows is loading ..

your system might have become corrupt due to the cards bios flash lockup.
reinstall your os is my only advise.

Dec 12, 2009, 01:31 PM	#1
Jonny_doe Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: South West U.K. Posts: 68 (0.02/day) Thanks: 14 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts System Specs	Hd4870x2 bad flash A friend has asked me to help him out , He's got a powercolor HD4870x2 , and he flashed the Asus Top bios to this card , he flashed both bioses and he said it all went well , so he rebooted the pc , and now nothing , no display. So after he's tried loads of times , he's brought the card to me , i downloaded the powercolor hd4870x2 bioses from here , and tried to blind flash the cards , (Which i have done afew times before with old cards ) The problem is that when i plug the card into my pc , it seems to lock the pc up , and it doesn't boot , there's no usb stick activity , so i can't even blind flash it .. Can anyone help me out , or have any ideas ???? __________________ AMD Phenom II X4 940 Black Edition, Hiper Type-M MK II HPU-5M730 ,OCZ DDR2 PC2-8500 Platinum 4GB Edition Dual Channel, ASUS EAH6870, Dell U2410 24" monitor

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Dec 12, 2009, 03:22 PM	#3
Jonny_doe Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: South West U.K. Posts: 68 (0.02/day) Thanks: 14 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts System Specs	'crossfire config' i'm not sure what you mean , but this card will not even post at the moment __________________ AMD Phenom II X4 940 Black Edition, Hiper Type-M MK II HPU-5M730 ,OCZ DDR2 PC2-8500 Platinum 4GB Edition Dual Channel, ASUS EAH6870, Dell U2410 24" monitor

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Dec 12, 2009, 03:17 PM	#2
thraxed Guest Posts: n/a (0/day)	Have ya tried in a crossfire config to see if it will boot?

Dec 12, 2009, 03:28 PM	#4
Aleksander Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 3,028 (2.39/day) Thanks: 648 Thanked 280 Times in 228 Posts System Specs	Do u have that crossfire link cable?

Dec 12, 2009, 03:57 PM	#6
Marineborn Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,716 (1.08/day) Thanks: 46 Thanked 315 Times in 247 Posts System Specs	put your 4780 as your primary and the 4870x2 as your secondary and crossfire them and see if itll boot, if it does try flashing the card then or fixing the prob __________________ 1st pc= 2x7970@1125/15757/asrock fatality motherboard/ ocz ssd 120gig/1300watt psu/3770kivy at 4.2/16gigs ddr dominator.

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Dec 12, 2009, 05:38 PM	#7
Jonny_doe Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: South West U.K. Posts: 68 (0.02/day) Thanks: 14 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts System Specs	Thanks but i've noticed that as long as the 8 pin power lead is connected , the pc will not even boot into dos , it just freezes __________________ AMD Phenom II X4 940 Black Edition, Hiper Type-M MK II HPU-5M730 ,OCZ DDR2 PC2-8500 Platinum 4GB Edition Dual Channel, ASUS EAH6870, Dell U2410 24" monitor

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Dec 12, 2009, 07:06 PM	#10
Plug Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 107 (0.04/day) Thanks: 3 Thanked 11 Times in 9 Posts System Specs	you probably flashed the card with the wrong bios. i have done the same thing but my actual flash locked up on the master GPU and no screen when i booted up. its easy fixed though place the bad flashed card in the secondery PCI slot and a working card in the top and reflash it via atiflash in dos.

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