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Desperately in need for help, something failed! (conserning asus hd6950 to 6970)

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Hello i recently tried upgrading my asus 6950 to 6970 and it all looked promising but it failed! I followed the guide on these forums (link: http://www.techpowerup.com/articles/overclocking/vidcard/159 ), i did everything step by step. However i got the error saying ID mismatch. Well then i followed the instuctions once again and did this:

For the people who need to unlockrom and fail at command line:

- Unpack the Winflash download onto your desktop in a folder called "winflash"
- Save the 6970 BIOS in your Winflash folder and name it unlock.bin
- Click Start Button
- Type "cmd"
- Right click the entry and select "Run as Administrator"
- Black command prompt windows opens
- Type "cd %USERPROFILE%\desktop\winflash"
- Type "atiwinflash -unlockrom 0" <-- the 0 means first adapter, if you have multiple cards, physically uninstall all but the one you want to flash
- Type "atiwinflash -f -p 0 unlock.bin"
- It should complete the flashing process with a message saying something with "verified".

Now once again everything went smoothly and i got to the verified part and all, but after that everything went downhill. I restarted my computer and when windows opened it had a low resolution as if i had been in safe mode or such. However it started finding drivers and it found the drivers and i restarted once again. When the windows now opened again it looked fine, however when i tried checking the shaders number it still showed 1408 instead of 1536. And i got a black screen. So i tried loading the 6970 again on the winflash thinking it would help and it says its already installed. However i keep getting black screens etc. when i open internet or something. Sometimes it doesnt give a black screen tho but after a while it certainly does. So i went to the winflash again and tried loading my backup bios save. It gives me the ID mismatch error once again. What am i supposed to do ? Is there a way i can make the 6970 work ? help please!
 

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Some of the later 6950 models had their additional shader's laser cut as opposed to just being disabled in the Bios, it may just be that the shader's are there but no longer functional and that's why it's not working.
 

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Some of the later 6950 models had their additional shader's laser cut as opposed to just being disabled in the Bios, it may just be that the shader's are there but no longer functional and that's why it's not working.
any idea how i get my original bios back then ? how do i load it or restore or something
 
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any idea how i get my original bios back then ? how do i load it or restore or something

You should have thought of that before you began flashing...
 

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You should have thought of that before you began flashing...
I mean i did, i got the original bios backup and everything i also got the switch so i can take the backup bios, but is the switch really necessary if i can still access my desktop etc ? Tbh i find your reply extremely childish and it serves no purpose at all. I appreciate help, but being a smartass serves no one good. Im just looking for help.

Okay i figured it out. I did the progress below with my backup bin, by renaming my backup bin into unlock.bin and placing it in the winflash folder, and following the steps through as they are below. Luckily i didnt get a black screen before doing it. Hope someone else finds this useful aswell.

- Unpack the Winflash download onto your desktop in a folder called "winflash"
- Save the 6970 BIOS in your Winflash folder and name it unlock.bin
- Click Start Button
- Type "cmd"
- Right click the entry and select "Run as Administrator"
- Black command prompt windows opens
- Type "cd %USERPROFILE%\desktop\winflash"
- Type "atiwinflash -unlockrom 0" <-- the 0 means first adapter, if you have multiple cards, physically uninstall all but the one you want to flash
- Type "atiwinflash -f -p 0 unlock.bin"
- It should complete the flashing process with a message saying something with "verified".
 
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I hope you were able to get it back in working order....judging by your last post, it seems ike the flash was sucessful.

**PS** if it comes to it, Newegg STILL has 6970's on sale New in Box... for under $100USD.

6950 $90USD@NEWEGG
 

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yea works like a charm :) if i buy a new one ill buy something a bit more powerful.
I hope you were able to get it back in working order....judging by your last post, it seems ike the flash was sucessful.

**PS** if it comes to it, Newegg STILL has 6970's on sale New in Box... for under $100USD.

6950 $90USD@NEWEGG
 
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