Please Help - bricked R9 290 BIOS

[mato200]

Alright, I bricked my Gigabyte windforce R9 290 by flashing faulty bios on to it, even better, i managed to brick the second bios (I am very smart).

Also while switching the switch to use another bios i managed to brake the switch and it came out ...

PC doesn't POST with R9 290 in it (classic black screen), only posts and works fine when I use Intel's iGPU (which i cant game on).

And right now i cant flash the normal BIOS on because system wont even recognize the card because there is no bios, I also get "adapter not found" when trying to get info or flash the bios in the DOS using AtiFlash.

I've found the "short 1+8 pin on the bios chip" method but it wont work

, also tried shorting 4th and 5th pin

(1st YT comment) but that also doesnt work.

My best guess is that i didnt make good contacts on the pins or the BIOS switch on the card is ****** and doesnt make good contact as well (I managed to put it in somehow, but it doesnt feel right).



Here are all the pics, might help.

https://imgur.com/a/JlcAsE5

 

[varkanoid]

I like your method on the last picture but I think your answer lies here

https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/t...y-prices-including-three-free-games.18837639/

 

[Twyst]

Can't you post using iGPU with the 290 plugged in?
There should be a BIOS setting for which to prefer.

 

[linaaslt]

Obviously he can post with iGPU, but that doesn't make a difference, as he bricked the card, which computer doesn't recognize anymore and he can't rewrite BIOS. It's the new gpu time unfortunately. Living and learning my friend, you're not the first nor the last to screw yourself. But it's black friday, many deals around, you can get a decent replacement for not too much.

 

[azazl187]

I like your method on the last picture but I think your answer lies here

https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/t...y-prices-including-three-free-games.18837639/

This ^^. There is simply nothing else you can do.

 

[wedrum]

how many pci express slots does your motherboard have ?
if you have 2 you can boot with the good card in slot one and the bad flash card in slot 2 and then flash that way in dos with atiflash.

 

[varkanoid]

And right now i cant flash the normal BIOS on because system wont even recognize the card because there is no bios, I also get "adapter not found" when trying to get info or flash the bios in the DOS using AtiFlash.

how many pci express slots does your motherboard have ?
if you have 2 you can boot with the good card in slot one and the bad flash card in slot 2 and then flash that way in dos with atiflash.

 

[wedrum]

can be done, done it before.

 

[varkanoid]

can be done, done it before.

Can you not read ??

I also get "adapter not found" when trying to get info or flash the bios in the DOS using AtiFlash.

 

[wedrum]

because you need to boot from pci express with another card, not the igpu.