Problems with vBios flashing

Discussion in 'Videocards - AMD Radeon' started by Tetus, Sep 19, 2015.

  1. Tetus

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    Hello, recently i removed my vga to change it's thermal paste, when i inserted it again the card was bricked.

    I'm trying to flash the bios again using atiflash but everytime i try i get an error informing it was unable to read the rom.

    Also when use the command atiflash -ai i get the following message

    Asic Family : Tahiti
    Flash Type : R600 SPI
    No VBIOS
     
  2. Extraordinary

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    Sounds like you damaged the GPU when you removed/replaced the heatsink

    If the BIOS was fine before you took it apart, then the BIOS is fine now, something else is wrong

    Try taking it apart again, then carefully back together checking everything twice, check for any damaged components on the PCB too
     
  3. Noisiv

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    so flip the BIOS switch

    you do know you have a dual BIOS on your card available via switch

    EDIT: although what good will new BIOS do if the card itself is bricked...

    remove cooler, clean everything and try again. most liekly you've shorted something. paste is non-conductive?
     
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    On both bios i get the same problem.

    i believe it is as Extradordinay said, something is damaged but i need to find what
     

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    Backplate... thermal tapes. Did you put everything back the way it was?
     
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    Yea check what Noisiv suggested, that there is no paste on the components or circuits shorting it
     
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    Found a broken transistor, i believe it a ns302 transistor that is broken
     
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    Bad luck, if you have a steady hand and some soldering skills, if you can find that part, you could likely fix it yourself
     
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    Unfortunately i'm no good with soldering must find someone who can do it for me
     
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    Thanks :)

    I believe this case is closed, thanks for giving those hints.
     
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    No probs, hope you get it fixed
     

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