Help with potentially bricked 980Ti.

[LizardTa]

Hello

It's been a while since I have posted on this forum but I have a question and I think this is the best place to ask it.

I recently acquired an Asus 980Ti Strix GC OFF EBay as untested but potentially working. Altgough when I got it in my PC it won't boot up (surprise surprise).

The card itself powers on fine with all LED lights lit and the fans spinning eye. However the mother board hangs on De-bug code 62 on gigabyte K7 x370 gaming.

This refers to the PCH installation or something which from what I have been reading is usually caused by bad firmware on a device.

What I want to ask is does anyone think it's worth me attempting to flash the original bios (If I can find it somewhere) back to the card or does this 62 De bug error mean it's just dead.

Any information would be appreciated.

Cheers Frank.

(PS if this is the wrong place for this thread I apologise!)

 

[jaggerwild]

Why would you buy a GPU that doesn't work, then try to flash it? Send it back for your money back.......OK, first I have to say HA HA! A link for how to flash it.(link)

Also search the GPU bios section for a good bios@TPU

 

[qubit]

+1 jaggerwild Definitely try to get that refund in the first place. You can be sure that the seller knew that it doesn't work.

If you can't return it, then sure, BIOS flash it as it can't get any worse.

Regardless, I recommend not buying something "untested" again unless it costs next to nothing so you don't care about the money. Personally though, I won't touch things like this regardless of the cost.

 

[LizardTa]

It was next to nothing that was the whole point in me buying it. If I can get it working it will be a steal. Otherwise I just sell it for spares and repair and get my money back.

Cheers for your input though.

 

[Vya Domus]

It was next to nothing

There you go.

 

[Jetster]

I use to buy non working parts and try to fix them. Motherboard and GPUs. I was about 3 out of 10. Not really worth the effort

 

[Solaris17]

Does it have a switch? Someone probably bricked it trying to mine.

 

[Liviu Cojocaru]

I hope you can make it work, these are risky investments that rarely pay off

 

[eidairaman1]

Hello

It's been a while since I have posted on this forum but I have a question and I think this is the best place to ask it.

I recently acquired an Asus 980Ti Strix GC OFF EBay as untested but potentially working. Altgough when I got it in my PC it won't boot up (surprise surprise).

The card itself powers on fine with all LED lights lit and the fans spinning eye. However the mother board hangs on De-bug code 62 on gigabyte K7 x370 gaming.

This refers to the PCH installation or something which from what I have been reading is usually caused by bad firmware on a device.

What I want to ask is does anyone think it's worth me attempting to flash the original bios (If I can find it somewhere) back to the card or does this 62 De bug error mean it's just dead.

Any information would be appreciated.

Cheers Frank.

(PS if this is the wrong place for this thread I apologise!)

Did you get the Check code info from your mobo manual?

 

[qubit]

It was next to nothing that was the whole point in me buying it. If I can get it working it will be a steal. Otherwise I just sell it for spares and repair and get my money back.

Cheers for your input though.

No problem, glad to help. I'm even gladder you paid next to nothing for it. Parting it out might even make you a little profit, if you're lucky. Certainly a full working cooler in good condition is worth something.

 

[Johan45]

That's exactly what my 980Ti KPE did. Don't think it's BIOS or EVGA wouldn't have sent me back a different card.
Did you check warranty status through ASUS?

 

[neatfeatguy]

If the card was a steal in price and getting a refund isn't worth it.....

Test the card in another computer just to verify if you boot up on it or not. If she still won't work, I would (not sure about others) try my luck with flashing the BIOS on it.

I had a faulty GTX 285 that wouldn't work (couldn't RMA because BFG closed doors) with the current BIOS or stock BIOS I found for it (constant crashes). Even tried adjustments of volts/clocks, but to no avail. So for the hell of it I flashed the GTX 280 BIOS on it. To my surprise it took and I ran the flashed 285 and my 280 in SLI for about 2 years. Still have that flashed 285 sitting in my closet.

 

[StefanM]

However the mother board hangs on De-bug code 62 on gigabyte K7 x370 gaming.

Installation of the PCH runtime services.
Source: http://www.gigabyte.us/Motherboard/GA-AX370-Gaming-K7-rev-10#support-manual

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