Trying to force flash bios using CMD on sapphire rx470

Azurie11 · Jul 1, 2021

I have a mining sapphire rx470 nitro and I’m trying to flash the regular gaming bios on to it using CMD but when doing so this window appears but just instantly closes any way to fix this or another way to do it ?

impero · Jul 1, 2021

Hello
You want to be made in CMD window ?
There is another option to use windows exe file that should do it just fine.
On the other hand what i see in the picture is the window from flashing program under Windows .
So you can flash it really under DOS.
Open a CMD windows with admin privileges.
Mandatory to be admin privileges.
Under DOS you will choose the folder where you have amdvbflash and in the same folder i suggest to put also the BIOS for card.
Rename BIOS to something short like "rx470.rom"
From command prompt use the following command : amdvbflash.exe -f -p 0 rx470.rom

This will do it
Restart computer after and tell us what you got

eidairaman1 · Jul 1, 2021

Azurie11 said:
I have a mining sapphire rx470 nitro and I’m trying to flash the regular gaming bios on to it using CMD but when doing so this window appears but just instantly closes any way to fix this or another way to do it ?

You may want to get a gpu-z screenshot first, then the white sticker pictures from back of card or on side of heatsink near the pcie blade contact, post them here, its to prevent a brick.

Use this tool's Windows version by right clicking and opening as administrator, not the command prompt version.

AMD VBFlash / ATI ATIFlash (3.20) Download

AMD AMDVBFlash is used to flash the graphics card BIOS. The version released by ATI was called ATIFlash or just WinFlash. It supports all AMD Radeo

www.techpowerup.com

If it doesnt work then, I have a few methods

Azurie11 · Jul 2, 2021

impero said:
Hello
You want to be made in CMD window ?
There is another option to use windows exe file that should do it just fine.
On the other hand what i see in the picture is the window from flashing program under Windows .
So you can flash it really under DOS.
Open a CMD windows with admin privileges.
Mandatory to be admin privileges.
Under DOS you will choose the folder where you have amdvbflash and in the same folder i suggest to put also the BIOS for card.
Rename BIOS to something short like "rx470.rom"
From command prompt use the following command : amdvbflash.exe -f -p 0 rx470.rom

This will do it
Restart computer after and tell us what you got

So open CMD Under admin ? And

eidairaman1 said:
You may want to get a gpu-z screenshot first, then the white sticker pictures from back of card or on side of heatsink near the pcie blade contact, post them here, its to prevent a brick.

Use this tool's Windows version by right clicking and opening as administrator, not the command prompt version.

AMD VBFlash / ATI ATIFlash (3.20) Download

AMD AMDVBFlash is used to flash the graphics card BIOS. The version released by ATI was called ATIFlash or just WinFlash. It supports all AMD Radeo

www.techpowerup.com

If it doesnt work then, I have a few methods

So I download that and try to do it that way (sorry if I sound rather dumb I don’t how to to this exactly)

So I download that and try to do it that way (sorry if I sound rather dumb I don’t how to to this exactly)

impero said:
Hello
You want to be made in CMD window ?
There is another option to use windows exe file that should do it just fine.
On the other hand what i see in the picture is the window from flashing program under Windows .
So you can flash it really under DOS.
Open a CMD windows with admin privileges.
Mandatory to be admin privileges.
Under DOS you will choose the folder where you have amdvbflash and in the same folder i suggest to put also the BIOS for card.
Rename BIOS to something short like "rx470.rom"
From command prompt use the following command : amdvbflash.exe -f -p 0 rx470.rom

This will do it
Restart computer after and tell us what you got

How do I chose the folder where it is in?

impero said:
Hello
You want to be made in CMD window ?
There is another option to use windows exe file that should do it just fine.
On the other hand what i see in the picture is the window from flashing program under Windows .
So you can flash it really under DOS.
Open a CMD windows with admin privileges.
Mandatory to be admin privileges.
Under DOS you will choose the folder where you have amdvbflash and in the same folder i suggest to put also the BIOS for card.
Rename BIOS to something short like "rx470.rom"
From command prompt use the following command : amdvbflash.exe -f -p 0 rx470.rom

This will do it
Restart computer after and tell us what you got

Also for reference I’ve been using this video for to get me to the point of it installing but it Jusy closes the window

impero said:
Hello
You want to be made in CMD window ?
There is another option to use windows exe file that should do it just fine.
On the other hand what i see in the picture is the window from flashing program under Windows .
So you can flash it really under DOS.
Open a CMD windows with admin privileges.
Mandatory to be admin privileges.
Under DOS you will choose the folder where you have amdvbflash and in the same folder i suggest to put also the BIOS for card.
Rename BIOS to something short like "rx470.rom"
From command prompt use the following command : amdvbflash.exe -f -p 0 rx470.rom

This will do it
Restart computer after and tell us what you got

eidairaman1 · Jul 2, 2021

Azurie11 said:
So open CMD Under admin ? And

So I download that and try to do it that way (sorry if I sound rather dumb I don’t how to to this exactly)

So I download that and try to do it that way (sorry if I sound rather dumb I don’t how to to this exactly)

How do I chose the folder where it is in?

Also for reference I’ve been using this video for to get me to the point of it installing but it Jusy closes the window

Open gpu-z and use the built in windows snipping tool or the keyboard command alt print screen and open a .jpg file in ms paint, paste image and then save it. Look it up using your favorite search engine such as webcrawler.

Azurie11 · Jul 2, 2021

eidairaman1 said:
Open gpu-z and use the built in windows snipping tool or the keyboard command alt print screen and open a .jpg file in ms paint, paste image and then save it. Look it up using your favorite search engine such as webcrawler.

I think I got it to the point where it’s about to flash but it gives a Error code 0FL01 and that -F is not supported in external version of the tool

impero · Jul 2, 2021

Hello
Ok, try this version.
Keep us posted to see what you managed to do.

Azurie11 · Jul 3, 2021

It worked but when I restarted my computer the screen just went black which means I prolly bricked it but my mother board has on board graphics so ima just flash the stock bios back on

eidairaman1 · Jul 3, 2021

Azurie11 said:
I think I got it to the point where it’s about to flash but it gives a Error code 0FL01 and that -F is not supported in external version of the tool

Can you use the windows version of atiflash

Stop using the command prompt. Open the program like you do say ms paint or ms word.

Get a picture of white stickers from back of the card or on the side of heatsink near the pcie blade contact please. also a pic of a ram chip will help too. do this otherwise you are out of options.

We are trying to help but we need your cooperation

Azurie11 · Jul 3, 2021

eidairaman1 said:
Can you use the windows version of atiflash

Stop using the command prompt. Open the program like you do say ms paint or ms word.

Get a picture of white stickers from back of the card or on the side of heatsink near the pcie blade contact please. also a pic of a ram chip will help too. do this otherwise you are out of options.

We are trying to help but we need your cooperation

Yea I did it and got the new bios on to it but when I restarted it to finish the bios it doesn’t show a display anymore so it’s bricked I’m just going to restore the stock bios and sell it or something but thanks for the help I really appreciated it

eidairaman1 · Jul 3, 2021

Azurie11 said:
Yea I did it and got the new bios on to it but when I restarted it to finish the bios it doesn’t show a display anymore so it’s bricked I’m just going to restore the stock bios and sell it or something but thanks for the help I really appreciated it

There are specific bios for cards, we can find the correct bios if you will give info needed

Azurie11 · Jul 3, 2021

eidairaman1 said:
There are specific bios for cards, we can find the correct bios if you will give info needed

Oh it’s a sapphire nitro rx470 mining 4gb I posted the white sticker earlier but I shall do it it again

eidairaman1 · Jul 3, 2021

Azurie11 said:
Oh it’s a sapphire nitro rx470 mining 4gb I posted the white sticker earlier but I shall do it it again

tilt card to 1 side and verify if they are samsung ram chips, or open the card, take pics of it.

What video outputs are on the card?
This is genersl info about the card

Sapphire NITRO RX 470 Mining Specs

AMD Ellesmere, 1236 MHz, 2048 Cores, 128 TMUs, 32 ROPs, 4096 MB GDDR5, 1650 MHz, 256 bit

www.techpowerup.com

Sapphire NITRO RX 470 Mining Specs

AMD Ellesmere, 1206 MHz, 2048 Cores, 128 TMUs, 32 ROPs, 4096 MB GDDR5, 1650 MHz, 256 bit

www.techpowerup.com

These 2 are official bios files but we need the memory brand you have on the card.

TechPowerUp

Extensive repository of graphics card BIOS image files. Our database covers submissions categorized by GPU vendor, type, and board partner variant.

www.techpowerup.com

These are unverified but we need the memory info still to honr in on files that may work.

TechPowerUp

Extensive repository of graphics card BIOS image files. Our database covers submissions categorized by GPU vendor, type, and board partner variant.

www.techpowerup.com

Azurie11 · Jul 3, 2021

When I was messing around with it it told me it had a Samsung memory

eidairaman1 · Jul 3, 2021

Azurie11 said:
When I was messing around with it it told me it had a Samsung memory

What do you mean by messing with it?

When cards are bought from fleabay etc they come with the wrong bios sometimes.

impero · Jul 3, 2021

My RX470 4gb mining version has indeed Samsung chips and Sapphire made most of them with Samsung chips.
But this does not guarantee that you will have Samsung on it

Azurie11 · Jul 3, 2021

eidairaman1 said:
What do you mean by messing with it?

Oh I was just looking at gpu z and it told me it had that memeory

impero said:
My RX470 4gb mining version has indeed Samsung chips and Sapphire made most of them with Samsung chips.
But this does not guarantee that you will have Samsung on it

eidairaman1 · Jul 3, 2021

impero said:
My RX470 4gb mining version has indeed Samsung chips and Sapphire made most of them with Samsung chips.
But this does not guarantee that you will have Samsung on it

Exactly my point,

Azurie11 said:
Oh I was just looking at gpu z and it told me it had that memeory

Sometimes the wrong bios is on the card and only way to know is remove heatsink or tilt card to side and see if you get lucky.

impero · Jul 3, 2021

I can't provide my original BIOS from my card since i buy it and i bet that it was altered by previous owner
I told him to open the card and he said he would rather not do it.

Azurie11 · Jul 3, 2021

impero said:
I can't provide my original BIOS from my card since i buy it and i bet that it was altered by previous owner
I told him to open the card and he said he would rather not do it.

Oh it’s okay if I can’t get it to work a local computer shop told me they would do it for 20$ so it’s okay thank you though!

impero · Jul 3, 2021

Local ? BTW where you from ?

Azurie11 · Jul 3, 2021

impero said:
Local ? BTW where you from ?

Texas DFW area I called a shop and explained to them my issue and they told me they could fix it

impero · Jul 3, 2021

Great, that should end your trouble. I hope

I would love to have such a shop in Europe. No matter in which country from EU. I have plenty of cards to send them to repair shop.

eidairaman1 · Jul 3, 2021

Azurie11 said:
Oh it’s okay if I can’t get it to work a local computer shop told me they would do it for 20$ so it’s okay thank you though!

Azurie11 said:
Texas DFW area I called a shop and explained to them my issue and they told me they could fix it

impero said:
Great, that should end your trouble. I hope

I would love to have such a shop in Europe. No matter in which country from EU. I have plenty of cards to send them to repair shop.

Not all mining Sapphires have an active video output

impero · Jul 3, 2021

in my case, my card does not have video output.
But i own different types of cards not only rx470 mining version.
Most of them are rx580 and most of them were made by MSI , ASUS and Sapphire

System Name	Office
Processor	Intel i7 7700k
Motherboard	Gygabyte H110M
Cooling	Zalman
Memory	2x16GB Corsair Vengeance LPX
Video Card(s)	MSI Armor OC RX 580 8GB
Storage	Main: 1x SSD Samsung 870 Evo 1Tb ; Secondary: 4x SAS HDD in RAID Array
Display(s)	2x Dell 3008 WFP
Case	CoolerMaster HAF 932
Audio Device(s)	Soundblaster
Power Supply	Thermaltake Smart RGB 700W
Mouse	Logitech G5
Keyboard	Dell SmartCard Reader SK 3205
Software	Win 10 Pro X64 / Win 7 X86 / Ubuntu

System Name	PCGOD
Processor	AMD FX 8350@ 5.0GHz
Motherboard	Asus TUF 990FX Sabertooth R2 2901 Bios
Cooling	Scythe Ashura, 2×BitFenix 230mm Spectre Pro LED (Blue,Green), 2x BitFenix 140mm Spectre Pro LED
Memory	16 GB Gskill Ripjaws X 2133 (2400 OC, 10-10-12-20-20, 1T, 1.65V)
Video Card(s)	AMD Radeon 290 Sapphire Vapor-X
Storage	Samsung 840 Pro 256GB, WD Velociraptor 1TB
Display(s)	NEC Multisync LCD 1700V (Display Port Adapter)
Case	AeroCool Xpredator Evil Blue Edition
Audio Device(s)	Creative Labs Sound Blaster ZxR
Power Supply	Seasonic 1250 XM2 Series (XP3)
Mouse	Roccat Kone XTD
Keyboard	Roccat Ryos MK Pro
Software	Windows 7 Pro 64

System Name	PCGOD
Processor	AMD FX 8350@ 5.0GHz
Motherboard	Asus TUF 990FX Sabertooth R2 2901 Bios
Cooling	Scythe Ashura, 2×BitFenix 230mm Spectre Pro LED (Blue,Green), 2x BitFenix 140mm Spectre Pro LED
Memory	16 GB Gskill Ripjaws X 2133 (2400 OC, 10-10-12-20-20, 1T, 1.65V)
Video Card(s)	AMD Radeon 290 Sapphire Vapor-X
Storage	Samsung 840 Pro 256GB, WD Velociraptor 1TB
Display(s)	NEC Multisync LCD 1700V (Display Port Adapter)
Case	AeroCool Xpredator Evil Blue Edition
Audio Device(s)	Creative Labs Sound Blaster ZxR
Power Supply	Seasonic 1250 XM2 Series (XP3)
Mouse	Roccat Kone XTD
Keyboard	Roccat Ryos MK Pro
Software	Windows 7 Pro 64

System Name	Office
Processor	Intel i7 7700k
Motherboard	Gygabyte H110M
Cooling	Zalman
Memory	2x16GB Corsair Vengeance LPX
Video Card(s)	MSI Armor OC RX 580 8GB
Storage	Main: 1x SSD Samsung 870 Evo 1Tb ; Secondary: 4x SAS HDD in RAID Array
Display(s)	2x Dell 3008 WFP
Case	CoolerMaster HAF 932
Audio Device(s)	Soundblaster
Power Supply	Thermaltake Smart RGB 700W
Mouse	Logitech G5
Keyboard	Dell SmartCard Reader SK 3205
Software	Win 10 Pro X64 / Win 7 X86 / Ubuntu

System Name	PCGOD
Processor	AMD FX 8350@ 5.0GHz
Motherboard	Asus TUF 990FX Sabertooth R2 2901 Bios
Cooling	Scythe Ashura, 2×BitFenix 230mm Spectre Pro LED (Blue,Green), 2x BitFenix 140mm Spectre Pro LED
Memory	16 GB Gskill Ripjaws X 2133 (2400 OC, 10-10-12-20-20, 1T, 1.65V)
Video Card(s)	AMD Radeon 290 Sapphire Vapor-X
Storage	Samsung 840 Pro 256GB, WD Velociraptor 1TB
Display(s)	NEC Multisync LCD 1700V (Display Port Adapter)
Case	AeroCool Xpredator Evil Blue Edition
Audio Device(s)	Creative Labs Sound Blaster ZxR
Power Supply	Seasonic 1250 XM2 Series (XP3)
Mouse	Roccat Kone XTD
Keyboard	Roccat Ryos MK Pro
Software	Windows 7 Pro 64

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