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post #1 of 20
1/15/12 at 6:23am
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Hi, I was trying to flash my Sapphire 6950 2gb Dirt 3 Edition to 6970 but

I messed one bios, and when i tried to recover it by switching bios while my computer was running, i messed the other one.

I tried atiflash with dos command but i got an error "adapter not found"

and i tried the bios bypass thing, also didn't work

Is there a way to fix my card or is it down forever ?

Please need help as i'm selling my computer in couple of days =(



Thanks
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1/15/12 at 7:03am

Don't worry, use this flag to force flash using atiflash;

 

"atiflash -f -newbios -p 0 biosname.bin"

 

 

600x450px-LL-b305adf5_4adaptid.jpg

 

600x450px-LL-faaba2dc_5flashcommand.jpg

 

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post #3 of 20
1/15/12 at 7:14am
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Don't worry, use this flag to force flash using atiflash;

"atiflash -f -newbios -p 0 biosname.bin"

600x450px-LL-bc5aa7fb_600x450px-LL-b305adf5_4adaptid.jpeg
600x450px-LL-6e531d4e_600x450px-LL-faaba2dc_5flashcommand.jpeg

This ^

Good thing you're still getting a display from that card. Don't worry much about it for you can still re-flash it. Worse come to worst, you might have put another video card for blind gpu flashing.
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post #4 of 20
1/15/12 at 7:36am
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Thanks guys

i tried that says "adapter not found" =(

which version of ATIflash should i use ?

and my card wont post, i'm using onboard graphics and can use a GTS 250
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post #5 of 20
1/15/12 at 8:56am
In this case, put the GTS 250 on PCIe slot one and the 6950 on PCIe slot 2

Try this command;

atiflash -i

this will display all ati cards installed and the port numbers.
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post #6 of 20
1/15/12 at 9:00am
 
 
Flip the BIOS switch to #2
 
  1. Boot up computer with BIOS #2.
  2. Switch to BIOS #1 when Win 7 splash screen shows up.
  3. Use RBE to force flash BIOS #2 into BIOS #1.
  4. Reset computer and put BIOS #1.
  5. BIOS #1 is back to original stock.
 
To attempt unlocking shaders;
 
  1. Copy the BIOS #2 ROM.
  2. Use RBE to modify copy of BIOS #2 ROM > unlock to 6970 shaders > save it as "6970.rom".
  3. Flash the modified copied BIOS 2 "6970.rom" to BIOS #1 using "atiflash".
  4. Boot up with switch on BIOS #1.
  5. Check using GPU-Z if the card has extra sharders unlocked.
  6. Done.

 

 

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1/15/12 at 9:08am
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In this case, put the GTS 250 on PCIe slot one and the 6950 on PCIe slot 2
Try this command;
atiflash -i
this will display all ati cards installed and the port numbers.

"adapter not found"

just tried blind flash but i think i did something wrong =(


i tried

atiflash -f -p 0 6950.bin
atiflash -f -newbios -p 0 6950.bin
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1/15/12 at 9:14am
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Download ATIFlash 3.89 | techPowerUp
 
 
Flip the BIOS switch to #2
 
  1. Boot up computer with BIOS #2.
  2. Switch to BIOS #1 when Win 7 splash screen shows up.
  3. Use RBE to force flash BIOS #2 into BIOS #1.
  4. Reset computer and put BIOS #1.
  5. BIOS #1 is back to original stock.

tried that windows, atiWinflash and RBE cant recognize my card frown.gif

says no ATI video card could be found


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post #9 of 20
1/15/12 at 9:20am
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tried that windows, atiWinflash and RBE cant recognize my card frown.gif
says no ATI video card could be found
sad-smiley-002.gif

have you tried flipping the bios switch again?
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post #10 of 20
1/15/12 at 9:22am
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have you tried flipping the bios switch again?

yep


same thing, still can't recognize my card
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