I can't change device id of my Sapphire pulse Radeon RX 580 2048SP

[abdollar]

Hi,

I was fooled and thought it's RX 580 but I got Sapphire pulse Radeon RX 580 2048SP for my hackintosh.
It didn't work with MAC obviously and now I am trying to flash an RX 570 vbios or edit the existing bios to have a device id 67DF instead of the odd 6FDF that I have right now.

I backed up my bios using gpuz, here is my backup.

Sapphire RX 580 VBIOS

8 GB GDDR5, 1306 MHz GPU, 2000 MHz Memory

www.techpowerup.com

I flashed several 570 bioses but got bricked. I used another GPU to restore and things worked again. Then I edited the backup rom to have 67DF id and flashed it.

Here's the result

Things look cool, but after rebooting it isn't working. I checked GPUZ and the device id is still 6FDF and not 67DF. And there are weird values everywhere.

I restored my backup flash and here's the result.

As you can see here, old deviceid is 6FDF so it was never updated to 67DF!
But notice that the old bios version ends in xx003 which means flashing succeeded indeed.

I noticed similar problem here with no solution.
Unlock ROM and change Device ID of X800GT | TechPowerUp Forums

I feel the card is scam.

Your help is greatly appreciated.

 

[eidairaman1]

Hi,

I was fooled and thought it's RX 580 but I got Sapphire pulse Radeon RX 580 2048SP for my hackintosh.
It didn't work with MAC obviously and now I am trying to flash an RX 570 vbios or edit the existing bios to have a device id 67DF instead of the odd 6FDF that I have right now.

I backed up my bios using gpuz, here is my backup.

Sapphire RX 580 VBIOS

8 GB GDDR5, 1306 MHz GPU, 2000 MHz Memory

www.techpowerup.com

I flashed several 570 bioses but got bricked. I used another GPU to restore and things worked again. Then I edited the backup rom to have 67DF id and flashed it.

Here's the result

View attachment 145614

Things look cool, but after rebooting it isn't working. I checked GPUZ and the device id is still 6FDF and not 67DF. And there are weird values everywhere.

View attachment 145616

I restored my backup flash and here's the result.

View attachment 145615

As you can see here, old deviceid is 6FDF so it was never updated to 67DF!
But notice that the old bios version ends in xx003 which means flashing succeeded indeed.

I noticed similar problem here with no solution.
Unlock ROM and change Device ID of X800GT | TechPowerUp Forums

I feel the card is scam.

Your help is greatly appreciated.

Take pictures of the white sku/pn sticker on the side of the card heatsink near the pcie edge contact (requires card pulled).

Start with that first.

Since the card is bricked you will need to remove the card heatsink and get a picture of a ram chip, clear information of it please.

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[abdollar]

Take pictures of the white sku/pn sticker on the side of the card heatsink near the pcie edge contact (requires card pulled).

Start with that first.

Since the card is bricked you will need to remove the card heatsink and get a picture of a ram chip, clear information of it please.

Reports on using Retail Sapphire Radeon RX 580 in Mac Pro with macOS Mojave, High Sierra, and 10.12.6

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Thank you very much for your reply.
I have managed to unbrick by flashing the original bios back. I used another gpu to be able to boot.

Here's my GPU-Z with original bios flashed back and the computer rebooted.

Here's the memory timing from gpu-z after reflashing the original bios.

I have also attached pictures of the card.

I haven't removed the heatsink since I don't have a thermal paste right now and I will have to get one before getting it back.
If the ram photo is important to resolve the issue I will be happy to remove the heatsink and take the photo.

Thanks for advance.

 

[eidairaman1]

Try this bios

Sapphire RX 580 VBIOS

8 GB GDDR5, 1366 MHz GPU, 2000 MHz Memory

www.techpowerup.com

Use this tool and the EASY Ati flash video below in my signature, if it doesnt work try this method

AMDVBFlash / ATI ATIFlash 5.0.567 Download

AMD AMDVBFlash is used to flash the graphics card BIOS. The version released by ATI was called ATIFlash or just WinFlash. It supports all AMD Radeo

www.techpowerup.com

Since the Device ID will be changing slightly you will need to do a force flash in an administrator privileged command prompt. (Find cmd in start menu right click and open as administrator)

If that is not performed you may receive the stupid 0FL error.

Then follow this command

Enter this command first

Amdvbflash.exe -unlockrom 0


Then enter this command

amdvbflash -f -p 0 XXXX .rom

Note: XXXX is the name of the VBIOS file you downloaded. You can also change the downloaded file name to a simple name.


Otherwise you do it this way:

Create a new text file in your ATIFlash directory, name it FLASH.bat, and place this code into it:

@Echo off
cls

echo Flashing card 0 with BIOS.rom...
echo.
amdvbflash -p 0 -f BIOS.rom
echo.

pause
Assuming the new BIOS you want to flash onto your card is named BIOS.rom, this is the BIOS it will use for flashing.

Save your changes, then run the batch file by double-clicking on it.

Once you've received a success message, reboot your computer for the new BIOS to come into effect. If you can boot into Windows successfully, then that's good! (Note: your screen may flicker for a bit, because you basically have a new card, and Windows is trying to recognize it. If you want to be thorough, go ahead and do a clean re-install of your graphics drivers.)

Thank you very much for your reply.
I have managed to unbrick by flashing the original bios back. I used another gpu to be able to boot.

Here's my GPU-Z with original bios flashed back and the computer rebooted.

View attachment 145622

Here's the memory timing from gpu-z after reflashing the original bios.

View attachment 145633

I have also attached pictures of the card.

I haven't removed the heatsink since I don't have a thermal paste right now and I will have to get one before getting it back.
If the ram photo is important to resolve the issue I will be happy to remove the heatsink and take the photo.

Thanks for advance.

And by the way that card has a bios switch on the front of the card by the pcie power connectors.

Any luck @abdollar?

 

[abdollar]

Try this bios

Sapphire RX 580 VBIOS

8 GB GDDR5, 1366 MHz GPU, 2000 MHz Memory

www.techpowerup.com

Use this tool and the EASY Ati flash video below in my signature, if it doesnt work try this method

Thank you very much! It worked!
I checked GPUZ and the new device id is 67DF.
Mac also seems to have picked it, but I will test on MAC more thoroughly later.
However I have one concern.
The bios you have sent to me have higher power limits and higher CCC overdrive GPU clock (2000MHZ compared to my original bios's 1500MHZ). That sounds significant, could it hurt my card?

Below is my original bios.

Sapphire RX 580 VBIOS

8 GB GDDR5, 1306 MHz GPU, 2000 MHz Memory

www.techpowerup.com

View attachment 145649And by the way that card has a bios switch on the front of the card by the pcie power connectors.

Any luck @abdollar?

No, my card doesn't seem to have this switch. I have attached different pictures in my previous post.

 

[eidairaman1]

Thank you very much! It worked!
I checked GPUZ and the new device id is 67DF.
Mac also seems to have picked it, but I will test on MAC more thoroughly later.
However I have one concern.
The bios you have sent to me have higher power limits and higher CCC overdrive GPU clock (2000MHZ compared to my original bios's 1500MHZ). That sounds significant, could it hurt my card?

Below is my original bios.

Sapphire RX 580 VBIOS

8 GB GDDR5, 1306 MHz GPU, 2000 MHz Memory

www.techpowerup.com

No, my card doesn't seem to have this switch. I have attached different pictures in my previous post.

Get a pick of the opposite end from the video outputs.

Get a pick of the opposite end from the video outputs.

It just means the fans will whirl louder but that is all, a pulse is a pulse

 

[abdollar]

Get a pick of the opposite end from the video outputs.

Does not seem to have the button.

It just means the fans will whirl louder but that is all, a pulse is a pulse

I will try timespy stress test and see how things go.
Before flashing the test went on without any problems.
Thank you very much!

 

[eidairaman1]

View attachment 145656

Does not seem to have the button.



I will try timespy stress test and see how things go.
Before flashing the test went on without any problems.
Thank you very much!

Yea looks like the button is not there.

 

[abdollar]

Time spy stress test results looks great. Thank you very much @eidairaman1 I really appreciate your great help.

 

[eidairaman1]

Time spy stress test results looks great. Thank you very much @eidairaman1 I really appreciate your great help.

View attachment 145660

Get a gpu-z screenshot.

 

[abdollar]

Get a gpu-z screenshot.

I am sorry for my late reply.
I kept using my hackintosh for a while and didn't boot to windows so couldn't get the screenshot earlier.
Here it is.

 

[eidairaman1]

I am sorry for my late reply.
I kept using my hackintosh for a while and didn't boot to windows so couldn't get the screenshot earlier.
Here it is.

View attachment 147236

It definitely took

 

[measwel]

Hi eidairaman1,

I have almost the same problem. The only difference is that my "rx 580" has 4GB of memory instead of 8. Can you please help me flash the bios so the card is usable on osx?
I bought this model: https://de.aliexpress.com/item/4000441731880.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.27424c4dn28D4P

What kind of information do I need to supply?
Thank you in advance.

 

[Caring1]

Thank you in advance.

Eidairaman has retired from the forums for now, please do NOT tag him!
Also there is no need to bold all text.

 

[bogmali]

@measwel create your own thread pls