bios / flashing question. Need EFI for older card

Final_Fighter · Mar 20, 2022

updated uefi

videoman · Mar 20, 2022

Am I safe to clean up the goop surrounding the gpu? I suppose that might be the die? The goop around the shiny silver square I mean.

Shrek · Mar 20, 2022

eidairaman1 said:
@Final_Fighter may be able to infuse the latest GOP into it.

GOP? I'm terrible at acronyms

eidairaman1 · Mar 20, 2022

Final_Fighter said:
one minute.

This was the latest bios i could find.

Sapphire R9 270X VBIOS

2048 MB GDDR5, 1070 MHz GPU, 1400 MHz Memory

www.techpowerup.com

videoman said:
Am I safe to clean up the goop surrounding the gpu? I suppose that might be the die? The goop around the shiny silver square I mean.

Yes metal square is the gpu die, the components around the die are caps, dont knock those off. You can clean the thermal paste off, use a cotton swab around the die

Final_Fighter said:
updated uefi

That has Hynix AFR ram right? @Final_Fighter

Andy Shiekh said:
GOP? I'm terrible at acronyms

Unified Extensible Firmware Interface Graphics Output Protocol driver (firmware)

Final_Fighter · Mar 20, 2022

eidairaman1 said:
This was the latest bios i could find.

Sapphire R9 270X VBIOS

2048 MB GDDR5, 1070 MHz GPU, 1400 MHz Memory

www.techpowerup.com

Yes metal square is the gpu die, the components around the die are caps, dont knock those off. You can clean the thermal paste off, use a cotton swab around the die

That has Hynix AFR ram right? @Final_Fighter

Unified Extensible Firmware Interface Graphics Output Protocol driver (firmware)

yes. its this bios https://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/159682/159682 just with an updated uefi.

videoman · Mar 20, 2022

Thoughts?

eidairaman1 · Mar 20, 2022

Final_Fighter said:
yes. its this bios https://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/159682/159682 just with an updated uefi.

I wonder if there is a way to upload your custom bios to the VGA bios collection

videoman said:
Thoughts?

View attachment 240652

Perfect

videoman · Mar 20, 2022

Ok reassembly time!!

Ok reassembly done. Now to plug everything back in and hope it doesn't start smoking lol

eidairaman1 · Mar 20, 2022

Diagonally tighten them, evenly

videoman said:
Ok reassembly time!!

Ok reassembly done. Now to plug everything back in and hope it doesn't start smoking lol

It wont

videoman · Mar 20, 2022

Yep I did that, thanks. It's pretty tight but hopefully not too much. About to boot in a moment.

All seems good! It hasn't been on long, but so far it seems to run a fair bit cooler than before. Maybe unsurprising as it is 10 year old thermal paste.

Ok so wow, thank you @Final_Fighter for putting together the EFI bios. I take it I can just go ahead and flash that right away then?

eidairaman1 · Mar 20, 2022

videoman said:
Yep I did that, thanks. It's pretty tight but hopefully not too much. About to boot in a moment.

All seems good! It hasn't been on long, but so far it seems to run a fair bit cooler than before. Maybe unsurprising as it is 10 year old thermal paste.

Ok so wow, thank you @Final_Fighter for putting together the EFI bios. I take it I can just go ahead and flash that right away then?

Yes you can

Its in this

bios / flashing question. Need EFI for older card

updated uefi

www.techpowerup.com

videoman · Mar 20, 2022

It says "Newer ROM version already programmed. ERROR 0FL01". Should I just be applying some kind of override? Edit: the -f flag in amdvbbios

eidairaman1 · Mar 20, 2022

videoman said:
It says "Newer ROM version already programmed. ERROR 0FL01". Should I just be applying some kind of override?

Are you in a command prompt?

Amdvbflash -unlockrom then

videoman · Mar 20, 2022

Yes I'm on linux and command prompt is only option to my knowledge.

I'm not seeing an "-unlockrom" option in the help menu. I see -f for "Force flashing regardless of security checkings" and various other options like -fv "force flashing bypassing newer BIOS version check". Should I start with -fv?

eidairaman1 · Mar 20, 2022

videoman said:
Yes I'm on linux and command prompt is only option to my knowledge.

I'm not seeing an "-unlockrom" option. I see -f for "Force flashing regardless of security checkings" and various other options like -fv "force flashing bypassing newer BIOS version check". Should I start with -fv?

Try -unlockrom first, then do -fv

Didnt know you were on linux, thought you were on Windows.

Do -fv -f

videoman · Mar 20, 2022

I have a windows install I can go to if necessary, but I just feel more comfortable flashing from linux.

Ok so I tried "amdvbflash -unlockrom" with no other arguments, and it says "Format: amdvbflash" and nothing else. Should I instead by passing "-unlockrom" along with the -p ...?

eidairaman1 · Mar 20, 2022

Im not sure of the linux commands as the guide i wrote is for windows

videoman · Mar 20, 2022

Ok I did -fv and now I see "SSID mismatched". Am I safe to just plow through all of these error messages?

eidairaman1 · Mar 20, 2022

Is there a -? Option to see all commands in linux for the tool?

videoman · Mar 20, 2022

yes, here it is: https://dpaste.com/3YVGLFZRT

I wonder why the SSID changed? The SSID for the new bios you linked matched my card.

eidairaman1 · Mar 20, 2022

videoman said:
yes, here it is: https://dpaste.com/3YVGLFZRT

I wonder why the SSID changed? The SSID for the new bios you linked matched my card.

@Final_Fighter what happened?

eidairaman1 said:
@Final_Fighter what happened?

videoman said:
yes, here it is: https://dpaste.com/3YVGLFZRT

I wonder why the SSID changed? The SSID for the new bios you linked matched my card.

Get a gpu-z screenshot

videoman · Mar 20, 2022

-biosfileinfo for the modified rom:

Code:

AMDVBFLASH version 4.71, Copyright (c) 2020 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

    Product Name is :    C41401 Pitcairn A1 GLXT GD5 128Mx16 4GB 150e/150m
    Device ID is    :    6808
    Bios Version    :    015.026.000.000.002119
    Bios P/N is     :    113-C4140100-102
    Bios SSID       :    0310
    Bios SVID       :    1002
    Bios Date is    :    10/22/12 23:09

eidairaman1 · Mar 20, 2022

videoman said:

-biosfileinfo for the modified rom:

Code:

AMDVBFLASH version 4.71, Copyright (c) 2020 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

    Product Name is :    C41401 Pitcairn A1 GLXT GD5 128Mx16 4GB 150e/150m
    Device ID is    :    6808
    Bios Version    :    015.026.000.000.002119
    Bios P/N is     :    113-C4140100-102
    Bios SSID       :    0310
    Bios SVID       :    1002
    Bios Date is    :    10/22/12 23:09

Verify if the card can boot up using a monitor, put cable on the 270X after you shut down

videoman · Mar 20, 2022

I haven't flashed the new bios yet or anything, it's still running the old one.

eidairaman1 · Mar 20, 2022

videoman said:
I haven't flashed the new bios yet or anything, it's still running the old one.

Oh ok.

Wait for @Final_Fighter to come back in

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Processor	ryzen 5 5600x
Motherboard	AB350m Pro4
Cooling	custom loop
Memory	TEAMGROUP T-Force TXKD416G3600HC18ADC01 16gbs XMP
Video Card(s)	HP GTX1650 super 4gb
Storage	MZVLB256HBHQ-000H1 PM981a (256GB)/3TB HDD
Display(s)	Nitro XF243Y Pbmiiprx
Case	Rosewill CULLINAN
Audio Device(s)	onboard
Power Supply	Corsair 750w
Mouse	Best Buy Insignia
Keyboard	Best Buy Insignia
Software	Win 10 pro

System Name	PCGOD
Processor	AMD FX 8350@ 5.0GHz
Motherboard	Asus TUF 990FX Sabertooth R2 2901 Bios
Cooling	Scythe Ashura, 2×BitFenix 230mm Spectre Pro LED (Blue,Green), 2x BitFenix 140mm Spectre Pro LED
Memory	16 GB Gskill Ripjaws X 2133 (2400 OC, 10-10-12-20-20, 1T, 1.65V)
Video Card(s)	AMD Radeon 290 Sapphire Vapor-X
Storage	Samsung 840 Pro 256GB, WD Velociraptor 1TB
Display(s)	NEC Multisync LCD 1700V (Display Port Adapter)
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