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Problem flashing Bios - Msi R9 280

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assassinale

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hello guys, mi vga (Msi R9 280) is bricked!
windows detect it but it give error 43, so i tried to flash its bios using atiflash, i booted up from a dos ootable pendrive and a tried some commands, as you can see in the screenshot:
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but it gave me this error! can you please help me?
i have an asus m5a78l-m lx3 as MOBO
and a fx 6300 CPU.
thanks!
 
Can you try flashing with a different bios?

Does this card have a bios switch?
 
assassinale said:
no, it does not work in any of the two ways
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Did you attempt to modify the second bios in anyway? It looks like you tried to flash to both chips.

What version of ATIflash are you using. Flash your backup
 
Solaris17 said:
Did you attempt to modify the second bios in anyway? It looks like you tried to flash to both chips.

What version of ATIflash are you using. Flash your backup
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i'm using atiflash 4.17 (for dos) and i have no backup, because my vga stopped working before it could make one
 
assassinale said:
i'm using atiflash 4.17 (for dos) and i have no backup, because my vga stopped working before it could make one
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This makes a bit more sense. In the screen it looks like it is detecting your flash as 64k this is incorrect. Can you please take another shot of you attempting to flash to the OTHER bios (after flipping the switch and rebooting). It looks like it may have "Quit Working" because your EEPROM is corrupted or the chip is damaged. ATI eeproms are not 64k
 
Solaris17 said:
This makes a bit more sense. In the screen it looks like it is detecting your flash as 64k this is incorrect. Can you please take another shot of you attempting to flash to the OTHER bios (after flipping the switch and rebooting). It looks like it may have "Quit Working" because your EEPROM is corrupted or the chip is damaged. ATI eeproms are not 64k
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ok, i'll try to switch the bios and make another screen
 
Solaris17 said:
This makes a bit more sense. In the screen it looks like it is detecting your flash as 64k this is incorrect. Can you please take another shot of you attempting to flash to the OTHER bios (after flipping the switch and rebooting). It looks like it may have "Quit Working" because your EEPROM is corrupted or the chip is damaged. ATI eeproms are not 64k
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ok, i'll try to switch the bios and make another screen

Solaris17 said:
Make sure your syntax is correct as well. it is

atiflash -f -p 0 xxx.rom
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ok, so i tried to switch the bios but it gave me the same result :(
(i attach the screen but it looks the same as the old one)
 

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Can you reseat the GPU for me? Try a different slot? Check the slots for damage or dust etc. Make sure contacts are clean. If you do any kind of mining or building in a small case and are using a riser card please remove it.
 
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Solaris17 said:
Can you reseat the GPU for me? Try a different slot? Check the slots for damage or dust etc. Make sure contacts are clean. If you do any kind of mining or building in a small case and are using a riser card please remove it.
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i did this, i removed the vga, cleaned it, cleaned the socket and reputted in, but nothing change.
unfortunatly i have not 2 pci-e slots but i have a nvidia vga and it works perfectly on the socket
 
assassinale said:
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i did this, i removed the vga, cleaned it, cleaned the socket and reputted in, but nothing change.
unfortunatly i have not 2 pci-e slots but i have a nvidia vga and it works perfectly on the socket
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What is the exact model of your card?
 
Solaris17 said:
What is the exact model of your card?
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my card is a MSI R9 280 Gaming with 3Gb of VRam, but I was seeing that the program says that my id is "679A" and searching online i found Vga different from mine, with id 679a.
 
Can you get a picture of the back of the card that is clear?
 
Second picture top left chip (8 pin) next to coil inductor stamped 2R2 what does that 8pin chip say?
 

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You will need to read me what that chip says, it will be faint. Try angling it in the light so the letters show up better. A camera wont catch it unless you have a micro lens. Also did this issue happen After you removed the cooler?
 
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You will need to read me what that chip says, it will be faint. Try angling it in the light so the letters show up better. A camera wont catch it unless you have a micro lens. Also did this issue happen After you removed the cooler?
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i really cannot read what is written into it, it is small and faded.. i removed the cooler because i was having a problem with a chip i don't remember its name it was something like "magic--" or something like this, now this problem is gone but i have no output so i was trying to reflash the bios..
 
Unfortunately software can no longer help you with this issue. We need to know what is written on that chip so we can be certain it is one of the BIOS eeproms (what stores the BIOS) If you cannot read it we cannot be sure. We need to know so we can lookup the data sheet. It may be possible to fix but you would probably need to lift one of the pins and ground it out so that we can get write access.

At this point the card would need to be modified on a hardware level to potentially give us the ability to flash it. Your only other option is to send the card to someone that can flash it manually.
 
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