bad bios flashes & pci cards...

ucanmandaa · Apr 30, 2010, 06:44 PM

Just recovered my 5870 from a bad bios flash using a pci 9200. It was my first time i think anyone who is into flashing should have an old pci vga card just in case..

what people without legacy pci slots do in a similar situation? I'm just curious does anyone know?

W1zzard · Apr 30, 2010, 07:12 PM

there are boards without pci ?

Solaris17 · Apr 30, 2010, 07:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by W1zzard

there are boards without pci ?

yep the 7 slot evga gigabyte and (asus?) boards

Tatty_One · Apr 30, 2010, 07:26 PM

I like blind flashing myself, challenging and just a little scary, only done it once but it did work!

ucanmandaa · Apr 30, 2010, 08:16 PM

i've been flashing since i had a Voodoo5, its the first time in ten years something went wrong. Asus p6t6ws i think all pci express too without pci.

W1zzard · Apr 30, 2010, 09:13 PM

flash with a pcie card then, if your board has 0 pci and 1 pci-e slot only then you need to take it to another pc

ucanmandaa · May 1, 2010, 02:18 PM

oh ok i thought "pci card" was a must, thats why i asked

W1zzard · May 1, 2010, 02:38 PM

oh ok .. no .. it will work with any other vga card that you can use to boot

Apr 30, 2010, 06:44 PM	#1
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Apr 30, 2010, 07:26 PM	#4
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Apr 30, 2010, 07:12 PM	#2
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Apr 30, 2010, 08:16 PM	#5
ucanmandaa Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: North Cyprus Posts: 164 (0.10/day) Thanks: 7 Thanked 12 Times in 11 Posts System Specs	i've been flashing since i had a Voodoo5, its the first time in ten years something went wrong. Asus p6t6ws i think all pci express too without pci.

Apr 30, 2010, 09:13 PM	#6
W1zzard Benevolent Dictator Join Date: May 2004 Location: Stuttgart, Germany Posts: 13,793 (4.18/day) Thanks: 184 Thanked 10,293 Times in 3,176 Posts System Specs	flash with a pcie card then, if your board has 0 pci and 1 pci-e slot only then you need to take it to another pc

May 1, 2010, 02:18 PM	#7
ucanmandaa Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: North Cyprus Posts: 164 (0.10/day) Thanks: 7 Thanked 12 Times in 11 Posts System Specs	oh ok i thought "pci card" was a must, thats why i asked

May 1, 2010, 02:38 PM	#8
W1zzard Benevolent Dictator Join Date: May 2004 Location: Stuttgart, Germany Posts: 13,793 (4.18/day) Thanks: 184 Thanked 10,293 Times in 3,176 Posts System Specs	oh ok .. no .. it will work with any other vga card that you can use to boot

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