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Bumping this as still looking for a solution

Its possible, but Im pretty sure its genuine. I have the original box and contents etc and have checked the serial numbers etc. Also closely compared visually with stock photos etc.

Hi I'm hoping the community can help! I recently bought a 2nd hand ASUS Dual RX580 4gb for a budget build for my son. The seller did say it had been used form mining but I didn't really understand at the time the issues I now face i.e. I didn't realize at the time it also had a modded bios. When I tried using the graphics card I can get into the motherboard bios but after that I just get 'no signal' to monitor. After some online research it didn't look too hard to restore the original BIOS, I even managed to get hold of what I was told was the original BIOS from the prior owner. I used DDU to clear the drivers and it will output to normal windows desktop (obviously at base resolution) so it doesn't seem that the GPU is bricked. I am also able to see it in GPU-Z (see attached image). I installed ATIWINFLASH (amdvbflashwin) selected the GPU and uploaded the BIOS provided. The flash completed ok, I rebooted the system and everything was stable until I reinstalled the graphics drivers and it went back to 'no signal' to the monitor. I then searched the internet and found a different stock BIOS - https://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/192269/asus-rx580-4096-170320 - and tried the same process with it. Again everything was ok until I install the drivers at which point I get the 'no signal' fail. One odd thing is that in ATIWINFLASH the gpu shows up as 'ATI Radeon Polaris 10' which upon googling is for 400 series cards. I actually have a rx580 in my system and it shows correctly as 'Radeon RX 580 Series' which is working fine. When I use the lookup in GPU-Z it takes me here - https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/asus-dual-rx-580-oc-4-gb.b4422 so I'm pretty sure I'm looking in the correct place. The attached image shows the 2 Bios I have swapped between but neither seems to work and also the wierd 'Polaris 10' identifier This is all new to me so I'm wondering if I'm missing a step somewhere or is anyone has any other ideas? Any help gratefully received!

Thanks for the recommendation. This would be my first amd build so I definately will need to do some more research into the mb etc. The full atx version of the pro4 is also sitting at $80 after rebate so there are definately options available.

Thanks for the thoughts. I might buy it and do an itx build (just checked and theres an x370 itx mb on newegg.ca for $80) and I have an unused itx case lying around. $280 cad for a 1800x and a x370 seems like a bargain. I can build it swap the ram and gpu between builds to benchmark make a decision and sell the loser. This assumes they dont run out before I get in the door ?

Just gaming and general email/youtube home admin etc. Note this is $200 cad not usd. Cheapest 8600k I can see is around $330 cad so not really equivalent.

Hi, I recently built a budget i3 8100 machine (spec below) which is used primarily for 1080p gaming. However a new local computer store is openning and offering 1800x cpus for $200 (1 per customer). Looking at the reviews I know this is not really a gaming chip so my question is is it worth making the change for better current performance and future proofing? I believe if I sell my 8100 and mb it would only be around a $50 extra cost to get the x1800 and an x370 or b450. Existing system: I3 8100 Z370 msi gaming m5 (great deal 2nd hand) 2x4gb corsair vengance 2666hz 480gb nvme + hdd Sapphire Rx 580 4gb