Gtx 1050ti

[tomasartigue]

Good afternoon I have a 1050ti, and even though I wasn't using it to its full potential, it stopped giving video, and now I'm getting error 43. I thought it might be the BIOS and tried updating it, but it gives me an error, and when I go into GPU Z, this is what appears (I'm attaching the photos). Obviously, I assume I lost the original BIOS, and I don't know why the GPU doesn't recognize anything.

 

[eidairaman1]

When they suddenly quit working with a 43, its typically a hardware fault get a RX 6400 or 6500 now

 

[tomasartigue]

And why does the computer recognize it but won't let me flash it? Is there really nothing I can do?

 

[eidairaman1]

And why does the computer recognize it but won't let me flash it? Is there really nothing I can do?

Exactly, it has a hardware fault and bios flashing wont fix the fault you have, you would need the board repaired and a 1050ti is not worth repairing

 

[Macro Device]

get a RX 6400 or 6500 now

These are to avoid if OP is on PCI-e 3.0 or older or needs NVIDIA-specific features.

Assuming OP isn't super broke and has a reasonable PSU I would've gone RX 6600/XT/6650 XT (if AMD is fine by OP) or RTX 3060 12 GB (if AMD's not fine). But that's to be discussed in a separate thread where OP lets us know what they have on hand and what they want to achieve.

But yes, this 1050 Ti is super dead and senseless to revive.

 

[DaemonForce]

Yeah that's not going anywhere. Error 43 = It's done.
If you just need a display out, $50 is a fair price point for it.

There's also the RTX 5050 that might be just around the corner soon™
Probably anywhere 3-4x the performance of a 1050Ti.
I remember fighting these things with a friend trying to get VR support.

 

[tomasartigue]

But I don't understand. It usually doesn't open the drivers, and this one grabs them perfectly. The exclamation mark in Device Manager even disappeared. The GPU belonged to my little brother, so I wanted to get it back.

 

[Caring1]

But I don't understand. It usually doesn't open the drivers, and this one grabs them perfectly. The exclamation mark in Device Manager even disappeared. The GPU belonged to my little brother, so I wanted to get it back.

You don't have to understand, you just have to accept that sometimes things die and you have to let them go.

 

[eidairaman1]

But I don't understand. It usually doesn't open the drivers, and this one grabs them perfectly. The exclamation mark in Device Manager even disappeared. The GPU belonged to my little brother, so I wanted to get it back.

Let it go, its done

 

[agent_x007]

But I don't understand. It usually doesn't open the drivers, and this one grabs them perfectly. The exclamation mark in Device Manager even disappeared. The GPU belonged to my little brother, so I wanted to get it back.

This may be a problem with VRAM (be it one of VRAM chips failed, or connection to it is at fault), OR with GPU chip itself (faulty solder ball joints somewhere). It's probably not a minor rail issue, due to card producing actual image out.
Regardless of what it is, when installing drivers gives you Code 43 - card needs to be repaired due to a hardware fault.
And unless you have NV diagnostic programs on hand, you can't even know what's wrong with it at this point (let alone fix it).

If you want to know why you get an image when it's actually still damaged - just watch few good GPU repair videos on YT (where they replace GPU core or memory on the card).

 

[eidairaman1]

This may be a problem with VRAM (be it one of VRAM chips failed, or connection to it is at fault), OR with GPU chip itself (faulty solder ball joints somewhere). It's probably not a minor rail issue, due to card producing actual image out.
Regardless of what it is, when installing drivers gives you Code 43 - card needs to be repaired due to a hardware fault.
And unless you have NV diagnostic programs on hand, you can't even know what's wrong with it at this point (let alone fix it).

If you want to know why you get an image when it's actually still damaged - just watch few good GPU repair videos on YT (where they replace GPU core or memory on the card).

Being a 1050 ti its not worth repairing

 

[lambda]

If you wish, you can give this a shot - https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Tempor...raphics+Card+by+Heating+it+up+in+an+oven/2240

 

[eidairaman1]

Not worth it

 

[_roman_]

If you wish, you can give this a shot - https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Tempor...raphics+Card+by+Heating+it+up+in+an+oven/2240

Lead and all the other chemicals are healthy in your food.

if you want reflow - pay someone to do it. I also agree get something else. or buy the 3000€ equipment for it and fix it yorself

 

[eidairaman1]

Lead and all the other chemicals are healthy in your food.

if you want reflow - pay someone to do it. I also agree get something else. or buy the 3000€ equipment for it and fix it yorself

For a 1050 ti, what a joke that would be

 

[agent_x007]

Being a 1050 ti its not worth repairing

True, but that's up to his budget/availability if it's worth repairing or not (not everyone lives in EU/US).
We can only hope little brother has iGPU to get by for the time being.

 

[eidairaman1]

True, but that's up to his budget/availability if it's worth repairing or not.
We can only hope little brother has iGPU to get by for the time being.

There is a point of beyond economical repair that is considered.

 

[iameatingjam]

But I don't understand. It usually doesn't open the drivers, and this one grabs them perfectly. The exclamation mark in Device Manager even disappeared. The GPU belonged to my little brother, so I wanted to get it back.

Things often work before they stop working, I've noticed.

 

[Thimblewad]

These are to avoid if OP is on PCI-e 3.0 or older or needs NVIDIA-specific features.

Assuming OP isn't super broke and has a reasonable PSU I would've gone RX 6600/XT/6650 XT (if AMD is fine by OP) or RTX 3060 12 GB (if AMD's not fine). But that's to be discussed in a separate thread where OP lets us know what they have on hand and what they want to achieve.

But yes, this 1050 Ti is super dead and senseless to revive.

Managed to snatch a 6650XT for the wife a month ago for 220€ brand new on Amazon. Best upgrade ever from 1660. No extra features on the card but it trades blows with the 4060 which is 100€ (30-ish% more expensive)

 

[lexluthermiester]

But I don't understand. It usually doesn't open the drivers, and this one grabs them perfectly. The exclamation mark in Device Manager even disappeared. The GPU belonged to my little brother, so I wanted to get it back.

It might be bit-rot on the VBIOS chip. This problem has been showing up on a number of cards lately, usually older cards, but this one is showing all the same symptoms. That card doesn't have much value so unless you really want to fix it, just replace it.

 

[iameatingjam]

Lead and all the other chemicals are healthy in your food.

I had a friend that successfully did the oven trick twice on broken GPUs. I considered it before but didn't end up going through with it for that exact reason. Didn't want to risk corrupting my oven. I found that thing on the side of the road and dragged it home by myself on foot ( I only have a sedan so no room for an oven). It was, fing hard as f. Nice oven though, like new. Couldn't pass it up.

 

[tomasartigue]

Hello everyone. I live in Latin America and wanted to fix the 1050 Ti for fun and testing, since that's how I spend my time.
I bought a programmer with tweezers because I was interested in knowing what was happening with the BIOS that wasn't letting me access it. Anyway, the BIOS was damaged, not only in terms of data, but it was physically broken, and I couldn't read, write, or view its codes. So, I thought I'd use a BIOS chip from an RX570 I had disassembled at home. I put it in the 1050 Ti with its BIOS correctly loaded by the programmer, but I don't think it's compatible with the GPU. Is there a BIOS file that would make it unofficially compatible, or would it only work with a BIOS chip from an Nvidia?

 

[lexluthermiester]

I bought a programmer with tweezers because I was interested in knowing what was happening with the BIOS that wasn't letting me access it. Anyway, the BIOS was damaged, not only in terms of data, but it was physically broken, and I couldn't read, write, or view its codes.

Ah, that'll do it. You'll need a new one.

So, I thought I'd use a BIOS chip from an RX570 I had disassembled at home. I put it in the 1050 Ti with its BIOS correctly loaded by the programmer, but I don't think it's compatible with the GPU. Is there a BIOS file that would make it unofficially compatible, or would it only work with a BIOS chip from an Nvidia?

Sometimes that works, but not all VBIOS chips are made equal. You'll need to identify and match the one you have.

But yeah, if that's the only problem, totally fixable!

 

[tomasartigue]

The BIOS chip is now working and I can read it, but the GPU won't read it. Even if I enter cmd with nvflash, it tells me the error "eprom not supported," so I assume the problem is due to compatibility with the BIOS chip and NVIDIA. I have a GTX 760 that I can remove the BIOS chip from. Do you say it would work? If I tell you the BIOS chip code, do you know if it's compatible?

This is the chip I put in the RX570

and this is the chip of the gtx 760

 

[Solaris17]

The BIOS chip is now working and I can read it, but the GPU won't read it. Even if I enter cmd with nvflash, it tells me the error "eprom not supported," so I assume the problem is due to compatibility with the BIOS chip and NVIDIA. I have a GTX 760 that I can remove the BIOS chip from. Do you say it would work? If I tell you the BIOS chip code, do you know if it's compatible?

This is the chip I put in the RX570

and this is the chip of the gtx 760

It would likely work fine since the flash tools are programmed to support certain chips. Looks like you just got unlucky by not verifying it first. Though it isnt unheard of for AMD or anyone else to use a chip that is supported by the flash tool of another, for cost reasons they tend to stick to certain models and only keep those in there tools internal DB to keep them light.

As long as that version of nvflash (since it sometimes matters) works with the GTX760 you shouldnt have any issues.

Though you could spare yourself the heartache if you already have the hardware programmer, you can simply flash a 1050 vbios onto it manually if you really wanted too.