How to get this card working.....

ac1d1ty · 8 Mar 2010 at 20:51

So I just bought a faulty 4870x2 (moronic I know :/, I thought I had placed a nominal bid, only to have typed in the number twice, so I won it).

The seller described the problem as

After run computer still black screen, but after run with another graphics card GPU-Z see this card just can not run drivers for this card and nothing in line where is bios number. I thing it posible to run this card if you now how to change bios

Any ideas? The card dosent seem to be physically damaged.

Would appreciate any help to save me losing a load of cash >_>

RavenXXX2 · 8 Mar 2010 at 20:54

Have the x2 in the system as a secondary card and boot in to bios with main card and then flash the bios of the x2 with appropriate bios.

ac1d1ty · 8 Mar 2010 at 21:05

will a 4870x2 fit into a 1x slot? i've got no spare 16x slots

ac1d1ty · 8 Mar 2010 at 21:28

any suggestions. Can't believe i've paid so much for a dud >_>

L0rdMike · 8 Mar 2010 at 21:35

How much?

ac1d1ty · 8 Mar 2010 at 22:44

to bloody much. I need to get it working just for it to be a "normal" purchase, let alone a really good buy -_-

Will a 4870X2 fit in a 1x slot?

Orcvader · 8 Mar 2010 at 22:57

It will. It's enough to update the BIOS.

RavenXXX2 · 8 Mar 2010 at 22:59

Orcvader said:
It will. It's enough to update the BIOS.

Is that a guess.

Shakeel · 9 Mar 2010 at 01:53

let us know how it goes

Phatzy · 9 Mar 2010 at 03:13

if GPU-z is reading the bios of the card, then a bios update wont fix it, to me it looks like the VRM is goosed.

ac1d1ty · 9 Mar 2010 at 11:57

Shakeel said:
let us know how it goes

Will do.

Phatzy said:
if GPU-z is reading the bios of the card, then a bios update wont fix it, to me it looks like the VRM is goosed.

:/

I hope this is not the case, it's going to mean a big loss to me

twist3d0n3 · 9 Mar 2010 at 12:08

you could try replacing the vrm's... very tricky but would save you a load of cash

magicroundabout · 9 Mar 2010 at 12:12

come on tell us how much!

we wont laugh, honestly

ac1d1ty · 9 Mar 2010 at 12:18

Have a guess

The guy says the line in GPU-Z for the bios code is empty. Is this good or bad? VRM problem?

I've checked online and apparently Sapphire give a 2yr warranty for the graphics cards. The 4870x2 wasn't even released 2 years ago.......I take it I need the reciept though?

Breeze · 9 Mar 2010 at 12:21

£77 plus £10 P&P? ouch.

edit: Can't be that if your one is a Sapphire.

Orangey · 9 Mar 2010 at 12:25

Use an old PCI VGA card, they can be had for a few quid. Someone here may even lend you one.

Or possibly remote desktop / ssh etc from another machine, even though the card won't send a signal the machine should still boot and you could run Radeon BIOS Editor remotely. Failing that come up with a way to automate the flash process after setting the PC to boot off a USB stick.

eyetrip · 9 Mar 2010 at 12:26

£140?

magicroundabout · 9 Mar 2010 at 12:27

if the bios line is missing i'd say the bios is currupt so would just need flashing.

guess would be 150 ish

Phatzy · 9 Mar 2010 at 12:30

sapphire was fussy with me as i didnt have a reciept, its always worth a try.

If no joy with sapphire i think these may have overheated at somepoint, if you can get these from somewhere worth a try at fixing it or sell it.