Guys,
I require support and a shoulder to weep on while I drink and dream of the days were my card use to work.
Short version:
I got a second hand reference PowerColor 290.
Had some black screen issues (like so many of our brethren).
Contacted PowerColor who sent me a new BIOS, flashed it, and consequently sorted out most of the issues.
Still had to underclock the card a wee bit, but all-n-all a win.
Card was rock solid through the entire story line of GTA V (albeit loud as a banshee)
Then the card turn on me, it started with small little taunts filled with nothing but malice.
The card wouldn't wake the monitor up after sleep. The fans would go balls to the wall every
now and then followed by the famous "Graphics Adapter has stopped working but recovered".
She grew stronger with each passing day, more terrifying, fueled by nothing but hate.
Now, all I get from her is a "VGA Not Detected" beep sequence. My old GTX460 is currently carrying her on
his tiny little shoulders.
If I boot into DOS (HP - not Rufus) to ATIFlash, she is not even detected (Adapter not Found)(Neither is the 460, but presumably ATIFlash only detects ATI cards). Her cooling equipment is working, and the top side LED flashes intermittently (somewhat dimly, but its not something I use to stare at, so nothing to compare it with really), but essentially just a very warm and power hungry paper weight. And switching between the two BIOS chips makes absolutely no difference.
I have opened the card up, (she is honestly close to mint condition) there was however, what looked like a bit of corrosion on the bottom bios chip pins, which I cleaned up, but still nothing. I'm aware there are some folks doing bubblegum (PIN) methods on the TPU forums, but no-one with 290's. I just need to know which bios pins to bridge and whether it has to be done on both bios chips simultaneously? I cannot find a single relevant datasheet for the bios chips on the card ( 25Q10T CE5NOW CH1338 ).
This is utter bullsh*t since I didn't change a thing, was working the evening, next morning -nothing
Has she gone to a better place?
PC SPECS MB: Asus P7P55D-E (bios updated to 1504)
CPU: i5 750 (standard clocks)
RAM: 8GB Corsair XMS3 1333
SSD: Trancend 370 128GB
PSU: Antec 900W (80+)
GPU: R9 290
Anyone with grand ideas and/or recommendation would be prayed for and loved, forever
Regards
I require support and a shoulder to weep on while I drink and dream of the days were my card use to work.
Short version:
I got a second hand reference PowerColor 290.
Had some black screen issues (like so many of our brethren).
Contacted PowerColor who sent me a new BIOS, flashed it, and consequently sorted out most of the issues.
Still had to underclock the card a wee bit, but all-n-all a win.
Card was rock solid through the entire story line of GTA V (albeit loud as a banshee)
Then the card turn on me, it started with small little taunts filled with nothing but malice.
The card wouldn't wake the monitor up after sleep. The fans would go balls to the wall every
now and then followed by the famous "Graphics Adapter has stopped working but recovered".
She grew stronger with each passing day, more terrifying, fueled by nothing but hate.
Now, all I get from her is a "VGA Not Detected" beep sequence. My old GTX460 is currently carrying her on
his tiny little shoulders.
If I boot into DOS (HP - not Rufus) to ATIFlash, she is not even detected (Adapter not Found)(Neither is the 460, but presumably ATIFlash only detects ATI cards). Her cooling equipment is working, and the top side LED flashes intermittently (somewhat dimly, but its not something I use to stare at, so nothing to compare it with really), but essentially just a very warm and power hungry paper weight. And switching between the two BIOS chips makes absolutely no difference.
I have opened the card up, (she is honestly close to mint condition) there was however, what looked like a bit of corrosion on the bottom bios chip pins, which I cleaned up, but still nothing. I'm aware there are some folks doing bubblegum (PIN) methods on the TPU forums, but no-one with 290's. I just need to know which bios pins to bridge and whether it has to be done on both bios chips simultaneously? I cannot find a single relevant datasheet for the bios chips on the card ( 25Q10T CE5NOW CH1338 ).
This is utter bullsh*t since I didn't change a thing, was working the evening, next morning -nothing
Has she gone to a better place?PC SPECS MB: Asus P7P55D-E (bios updated to 1504)
CPU: i5 750 (standard clocks)
RAM: 8GB Corsair XMS3 1333
SSD: Trancend 370 128GB
PSU: Antec 900W (80+)
GPU: R9 290
Anyone with grand ideas and/or recommendation would be prayed for and loved, forever
Regards
