basically i tried to flash my 4870 back to is original bios using atiwinflash and my pc froze.i have an 8400gs so thought it would be easy to reflash the card but atiwinflash isnt working and ive tried atiflash in dos and im getting -error 0fl01 adapter not found and i cant reflash the card,is there anyway i can fix this or is the card fubar
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4870 flash went wrong
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ive tried that many times and still no adapter found ,i think the card may be dead as i cant get ati flash to see the card to flash it.ive even tried atiwinflash and the flash screen comes up for about a second and dissapears.
If you think the card is dead, dont bin it, i wouldnt mind having it for spare parts if your willing to send it to me on the upmost cheapest post ever.... might even post back a cnote for ya in the post for the parts. *£10*
its better than throwing it in the bin isnt it, email me in trust if your willing to post it out bud, ta.
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Hey thefish..
I thought I'd screwed my card with a bad flash last month and like yourself had immense trouble reflashing it.. Worked out in end that using Radeon Bios Editor with winflash and a 2nd ATi card in 1st PCI-E slot and my HD4870 in 2nd PCI-E slot (had previously been trying whilst using a Nvidia card and pc wasn't picking up the ATi card at all) was able to reflash back to original bios.. Did a search in RBE and it immediatly found both cards and I just picked the HD.. Worked a treat and stopped my mass panic !!
I thought I'd screwed my card with a bad flash last month and like yourself had immense trouble reflashing it.. Worked out in end that using Radeon Bios Editor with winflash and a 2nd ATi card in 1st PCI-E slot and my HD4870 in 2nd PCI-E slot (had previously been trying whilst using a Nvidia card and pc wasn't picking up the ATi card at all) was able to reflash back to original bios.. Did a search in RBE and it immediatly found both cards and I just picked the HD.. Worked a treat and stopped my mass panic !!
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with the amount of gpu flashing that gurusan has undertaken I'd ask his advice first before going any further
mite try and pick up a cheap ati card then and try that as ive an 8400gs in and atiflash cant find the adapter to flash the card so maybe worth a try
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Should be fixable.
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I take it you are using the latest version of ati winflash, i had problems when i flashed my 4870 512 bios (crashed half way through flashing )it turned out the i was'nt using the latest version of ati winflash as soon as i did i was able to reflash with no problems .
Cant remember what version i used now though sry
Cant remember what version i used now though sry
yea ive tried the latest version still no joy
tried flashing in dos with a pen drive but cant find the adapter,im going to borrow a 4870 and see if atiflas will pick up the card now that i dont have an nvidia card in the pc
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Can't remember which series Nvidia card I tried, it was a pci-e card but for the life of me couldn't get RBE to pick up the ATi card.. Did you do it through dos dude ?