AMD XFX R9 290 4gb Flash for UEFI support?

Deleted member 24505 · Feb 6, 2017

AS you might have seen, i have been having a problem with the bios not displaying with my r9 290.

Right, my card is a core edition. I got a box with it, and have checked the serial number on the box and card. It also says core edition on the sticker.

The bios is a standard bios, unless they are both different, as it doe appear to have two. I have looked on the TPU bios database and the version for the core edition is a different number.

Right, it seems the bios version on mine does not support UEFI, but the core edition one does. Is it worth flashing mine with the core edition bios?

My bios version-
https://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/148400/xfx-r9290-4096-131018

Core edition 1-
https://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/153023/xfx-r9290-4096-140112-1

Core edition 2-
https://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/166698/xfx-r9290-4096-140604

Which one though, 1 or 2?

eidairaman1 · Feb 6, 2017

I wouldn't unless instructed by @XFXSupport. Different Stock keeping units bro

Deleted member 24505 · Feb 6, 2017

Why doe my card seem to have a normal bios, when the core edition ones are different, and mine IS a core edition?

Kanan · Feb 6, 2017

tigger said:
Why doe my card seem to have a normal bios, when the core edition ones are different, and mine IS a core edition?

Probably later changed to upgrade the card, but that's just a guess.

Deleted member 24505 · Feb 6, 2017

Done booted fine, got UEFI support now

eidairaman1 · Feb 6, 2017

tigger said:
Done booted fine, got UEFI support now

With a flash or without a flash?

Deleted member 24505 · Feb 6, 2017

Flashed it, with the xfx core bios. Neither of the bios's on my card were UEFI

Flashed number 1 from up there ^

eidairaman1 · Feb 6, 2017

tigger said:
Flashed it, with the xfx core bios. Neither of the bios's on my card were UEFI

Flashed number 1 from up there ^

Whew, glad it didn't brick, congrats, I presume this is what was needed for the boot issues on that motherboard?

Deleted member 24505 · Feb 7, 2017

it seems to be ok now. It has got 2 bios's so i could have booted from second one and just reflashed the first i guess, but still it worked.

I have done more drastic mods to video cards in the past.

https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/3850-with-gpu-at-840mhz-837mhz.49775/#post-613405

eidairaman1 · Feb 7, 2017

tigger said:
it seems to be ok now. It has got 2 bios's so i could have booted from second one and just reflashed the first i guess, but still it worked.

I have done more drastic mods to video cards in the past.

https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/3850-with-gpu-at-840mhz-837mhz.49775/#post-613405

most here it seems to be the firmware flash that kills it over a hardwire voltmod

cdawall · Feb 7, 2017

Of anyone on here tigger and ket I wouldn't really have qualms with them saying they were flashing a BIOS lol

eidairaman1 · Feb 7, 2017

cdawall said:
Of anyone on here tigger and ket I wouldn't really have qualms with them saying they were flashing a BIOS lol

ket who? You mean Kei?
no qualms, plus they acknowledge what they are getting into lol, the rest that come here always go into panic, i just had to tell someone they broke their board this way.

https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/help-asus-ah3450.230426/#post-3597283

cdawall · Feb 7, 2017

eidairaman1 said:
ket who? You mean Kei?
no qualms, plus they acknowledge what they are getting into lol, the rest that come here always go into panic, i just had to tell someone they broke their board this way.

https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/help-asus-ah3450.230426/#post-3597283

Ketxxx if I remember correctly it has been a few moons since I saw him on here last.

Deleted member 24505 · Feb 7, 2017

cdawall said:
Ketxxx if I remember correctly it has been a few moons since I saw him on here last.

It's been a while.

Thanks for your faith in me

eidairaman1 · Feb 7, 2017

tigger said:
It's been a while.

Thanks for your faith in me

Well if I'm in a pinch i will refer to your gpu firmware prowess along with ketx and cdawalls.

I haven't a need to flash my 290 vaporx unit though lol

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