Hey I Have really really big problem with my non-reference card TwinFrozr II from MSI
I unlocked my card in order to have 1536 unified shaders based on TechpowerUp walktrough . So I used ATIWinflash and I flashed some bios from MSI . But it was a mistake to do that. My card after restarting my pc hasnt been booting (VGA boot failure, RED LED)
I didnt check before, that my card is nonreference, so it doesnt have a dual bios switch.
So I read couple tutorials how to fix like this particulary this:
If you don't have a dual BIOS switch and you cannot boot up from the card, remove the card from your system, install it in a 2nd PCIe slot and install a working card in the first slot. You can then boot up from the first card. After you boot up, you can install the drivers for the 1st video card but not for the one that you just attempted to modify the BIOS on. Do not reboot if requested. Now follow steps 10-13 using the "original.bin" BIOS you saved and using "1" in place of "0" for the commands you type. The "1" is so that the 2nd card is flashed and not the 1st card which is not the one you wish to flash. Be very careful to use "1"s and not "0"s this time, because the card is no longer in the 1st PCIe slot.
10) Open up the command prompt (Start->All Programs->Accessories) you may have to right click and run as adminstrator
11) Change to the ATI Winflash directory with the command "cd C:\winflash" or what ever directory you saved it in
12) Type "atiwinflash -unlockrom 0" (the "0" stands for the first PCIe card installed, "1" will work for the 2nd card)
13) Type "atiwinflash -f -p 0 modded.bin" (the "0" stands for the first PCIe card installed, "1" will work for the 2nd card)
So I purchased MSI 6450 graphic card (the cheapest which Ive found).
And placed it to the pci-exprees_1 and my non bootable card to pci_express_2 slot.
And it comes..
Booting is ok but my pc freezes during windows 7 loading screen (very strange behaviour isnt it)
(Before it I installed only the new card and install AMD drivers, it was all ok - maybe some crossfire problem? - dont know I dont have exp with this)
I tried also safe mod (with and without command prompt) it boot ok (I see booth cards in manager)
But when I want to run my AtiwinFlash sw it doesnt work (it says pls run as administrator, which I do) I also tried this in command prompt way - the same result)
I also tried another very similar sw ATIflash (but it says that doesnt support 64bit architecture, which is big nonsense also)
I want to try the last solution which I saw and that is download windows98 boot to command prompt a run it from there (ATIflash) since it may help to work properly.
And other ideas with this infinite problem?
Thanks for anything!
I unlocked my card in order to have 1536 unified shaders based on TechpowerUp walktrough . So I used ATIWinflash and I flashed some bios from MSI . But it was a mistake to do that. My card after restarting my pc hasnt been booting (VGA boot failure, RED LED)
I didnt check before, that my card is nonreference, so it doesnt have a dual bios switch.
So I read couple tutorials how to fix like this particulary this:
If you don't have a dual BIOS switch and you cannot boot up from the card, remove the card from your system, install it in a 2nd PCIe slot and install a working card in the first slot. You can then boot up from the first card. After you boot up, you can install the drivers for the 1st video card but not for the one that you just attempted to modify the BIOS on. Do not reboot if requested. Now follow steps 10-13 using the "original.bin" BIOS you saved and using "1" in place of "0" for the commands you type. The "1" is so that the 2nd card is flashed and not the 1st card which is not the one you wish to flash. Be very careful to use "1"s and not "0"s this time, because the card is no longer in the 1st PCIe slot.
10) Open up the command prompt (Start->All Programs->Accessories) you may have to right click and run as adminstrator
11) Change to the ATI Winflash directory with the command "cd C:\winflash" or what ever directory you saved it in
12) Type "atiwinflash -unlockrom 0" (the "0" stands for the first PCIe card installed, "1" will work for the 2nd card)
13) Type "atiwinflash -f -p 0 modded.bin" (the "0" stands for the first PCIe card installed, "1" will work for the 2nd card)
So I purchased MSI 6450 graphic card (the cheapest which Ive found).
And placed it to the pci-exprees_1 and my non bootable card to pci_express_2 slot.
And it comes..
Booting is ok but my pc freezes during windows 7 loading screen (very strange behaviour isnt it)
(Before it I installed only the new card and install AMD drivers, it was all ok - maybe some crossfire problem? - dont know I dont have exp with this)
I tried also safe mod (with and without command prompt) it boot ok (I see booth cards in manager)
But when I want to run my AtiwinFlash sw it doesnt work (it says pls run as administrator, which I do) I also tried this in command prompt way - the same result)
I also tried another very similar sw ATIflash (but it says that doesnt support 64bit architecture, which is big nonsense also)
I want to try the last solution which I saw and that is download windows98 boot to command prompt a run it from there (ATIflash) since it may help to work properly.
And other ideas with this infinite problem?
Thanks for anything!
