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Hi ppl so I was mining ethereum on my nitro+ rx470 4gb so i changed bios so it could hash more , Im finished with mining so I want to seel the card so I wanted to change bios back , so I got here checked it , downloaded it , programmed it and then when I restarted PC it wont start.... then I put back different card and checked differences between bios I had before on that card and bios that I installed on it and there are differences in max power limit.... now when I got that wrong bios on that card and cannot start PC with that card , what can I do please ? how can I reset that bios or install good one on that card ? thanks...
 
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I believe most people here would tell you that you should have made back-up of the default bios if you are changing bios to different ones.
I may not be able to assist you further but i believe you're going need find a near identical bios that are used for the sapphire nitro+ RX470 and hope it works.
 
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Search bios database

Search bricked gpu,etc there are tons of recovery threads. Youll want a 2nd gpu
 
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but my problem is not that I lost that old good bios , my problem is that my PC dont start with this bad bios installed on gpu , so how can I now install back that old bios , I have him saved
 
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, I have him saved

if im understanding you correctly, you have the original Bios now, so you will need to follow Bios Recovery process using 2nd GPU.

maybe there is something here

https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/amd-ati-flashing-guide.212849/

guide from @Solaris17
1.) let's reset your CMOS so we are on a clean slate by removing the battery on your board. This will allow us to make sure we are attempting flashes using the cardinal rule "DO NOT FLASH OVERCLOCKED"

2.) Do you have a bios switch on your GPU? If you do shut down your system now switch it to another position and attempt to boot your rig.

2b.) Let's restart the PC if all is well you are now booting off of the second bios on your GPU.

With your GPU working in the other bios switch position boot to your flash drive until you are at the root prompt and cursor. At this point it is assumed you have NOT ran any commands.

With your side panel off take this time to switch your bios switch to the opposite position (corrupted) with the system running. Make sure it is in the position it was on when it was corrupted.
To get the adapter number since using a secondary VGA card will change the previous command parameter you are familiar with.
With any luck you will have managed to fix your issue now. I will change and expand on this guide as time leisure and changes worth noting warrant it. If you have any questions additions or pictures of kittens please leave them below.
Now lets follow the flashing guide making sure at this point and time you FLASH BACK THE ORIGINAL, BACKUP, or CLOSEST COMPATIBLE BIOS!!

3.) If you do not have a BIOS switch remove the Affected GPU and boot using onboard video and in your BIOS set onboard Video as the default VGA adapter. In some cases with some motherboards it will be necessary to ENABLE the onboard GPU FIRST and THEN make it the default VGA adapter!

3b.) Shut down your system and re-insert the damaged GPU.

Start the system using onboard VGA and again using the flash guide above re-attempt to flash your GPU please take note to use

atiflash -i

To get the adapter number since using onboard VGA will change the previous command parameter you are familiar with.

4.) If you do not have onboard VGA please reproduce step 3.) using any spare VGA card compatible with your system. Boot using the compatible VGA card and set it as default.

4b.) Shut down your system and re-insert the damaged GPU.

Start the system using secondary VGA and again using the flash guide above re-attempt to flash your GPU please take note to use

atiflash -i

To get the adapter number since using a secondary VGA card will change the previous command parameter you are familiar with.
With any luck you will have managed to fix your issue now. I will change and expand on this guide as time leisure and changes worth noting warrant it. If you have any questions additions or pictures of kittens please leave them below.
 
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well it is asrock 970 extreme4 , amd fx 4300 , 8gb DDR3 , and graphic card is sapphire nitro+ rx 470 4gb , it has that little switch on it , when I changed position on that switch it started loading windows and after loading it crashed and black screen and thats all , when I had switch on first position where I had it when I flashed bios to wrong one , then PC wouldnt start at all... just black screen... motherboard got more pcie slots , im running on different card right now , but I dont know how am I gonna change that bios when I cannot boot on that gpu..
 
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but I dont have vga adapter on my motherboard , not even pci slot.... only 3 pcie slots thats all
 
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Use a second Gpu in the first slot(a good working GPU) it can also be intigrated into the CPU.
Someone posted a link above, they also mentioned using a second gpu with a how to link.....
 
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only 3 pcie slots

are you kidding? or is this being lost in language barriers?(if so, then id suggest trying google translateon the list above, or reading it several times, im sorry that i cant help with that part) the PCIe slot is what you need, thats where you plug the GPU into. follow the step by step guide, that is your solution. VGA= Video Graphics array, or adapter in this case, AKA GPU, Aka, Video Card.

The 2nd gpu acts as a way to boot into OS since you're not able to do so with the damaged GPU. I don't know what your system specs are but if you have onboard graphics enable them in your bios and then reset your PC or do it after a reset depending on what your motherboard requires that will allow you to boot into your operating system then follow the steps after number three in the list above.( note that if you do not have built-in graphics on your CPU this is where you will use a second GPU )

i hope this helps......Best of luck, i have 35minutes to get dressed, and be on a transport to Kessel.......another day covered in Spice, :( (atleast im working in the Refinery ;) )
 
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yep Im running now with working vga in main pcie and that bricked vga in another slot normally , now I need to go flash
 
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yep Im running now with working vga in main pcie and that bricked vga in another slot normally , now I need to go flash

I hope it works out for you....please post here With results
 
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