Trying to force flash bios using CMD on sapphire rx470

[Azurie11]

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 ?

 

[Imperator]

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]

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.

AMDVBFlash / ATI ATIFlash 5.0.567 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]

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

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.

AMDVBFlash / ATI ATIFlash 5.0.567 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)

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?

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

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]

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]

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

 

[Imperator]

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

 

[Azurie11]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

 

[eidairaman1]

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.

 

[Imperator]

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]

What do you mean by messing with it?

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

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]

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,

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.

 

[Imperator]

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]

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!

 

[Imperator]

Local ? BTW where you from ?

 

[Azurie11]

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

 

[Imperator]

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]

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!

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

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

 

[Imperator]

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