Trouble with a GPU used for mining

[joop59]

Hello!

I have had this 2nd hand rx 480 8gb for a couple of years now and it worked perfecly. It has been used for mining in the past and I know for a fact that its original GPU BIOS had been changed for that, but it was never an issue. I had to do a fresh windows installation recently tho, and since then I've been running into a few problems.

The first of which is: my screen freezes every time I try to download the appropriate AMD drivers, without fail. The second problem might be related to the first: Windows device manager doesn't recognize my GPU. It instead reads "INTEL(R) HD Graphics 530". I feel like this might be happening because of the modified BIOS settings, but I'm afraid to mess with that and making things even worse? I'm also unsure what to do if I can't even install the proper GPU drivers.

Any help and insight will be much appreciated!

Edit: I realized that the second my GPU shows on the device manager is the exact time when my pc freezes when installing the driver. Not sure if this matters at all but it's something I've noticed

 

[pavle]

I guess it died, no amount of BIOS swapping can cure it. Mining wears out a graphics card.

 

[VuurVOS]

I had to do a fresh windows installation recently tho, and since then I've been running into a few problems.

Why did you do a fresh install in the first place? Did the problems directly start from that point?

 

[joop59]

Why did you do a fresh install in the first place? Did the problems directly start from that point?

I hadn't used this computer in a few months and when I tried to turn it on, Windows would freeze on startup unless in safemode, so I decided to do a fresh install

 

[VuurVOS]

I hadn't used this computer in a few months and when I tried to turn it on, Windows would freeze on startup unless in safemode, so I decided to do a fresh install

Did you try to remove the graphics card from the computer and put it back?

 

[Upgrayedd]

I guess it died, no amount of BIOS swapping can cure it. Mining wears out a graphics card.

Maybe because it's not the right BIOS? An OC modded BIOS will kill a card faster than a stock BIOS on a mining card tuned for efficiency. There's a reason they disable parts of an imperfect die.

Find the original bios and flash back to that then try updating drivers.