Failed BIOS flash, how to fix?

[HashtagFTW]

So I tried to do the whole "0db fan while idling bios flash" thing, but, it failed and kinda wrecked my card. It still goes into the bios / uefi just fine, but the screen turns black when booting into windows. Is there a way to fix this? I know someone posted a solution over on overclock.net, but it's pretty old and it's also kinda hard to understand. I also don't have integrated graphics / a spare graphics card right know, but I could probably afford something like a 270 and put it in a spare rig later when I have the $. Help pls.

[Critizin]

Why flash the bios of a GPU when you have no backup....

[dragoon20005]

to unbrick your current GPU you still need a spare GPU and an extra PCI-E slot on your mobo

 

if you dont have the above two

 

you are pretty much on your own

 

just RMA and hope they dont find out what you did

[clementk]

to unbrick your current GPU you still need a spare GPU and an extra PCI-E slot on your mobo

 

if you dont have the above two

 

you are pretty much on your own

 

just RMA and hope they dont find out what you did

would it not be possible to flash it with the intel integrated GPU? i have never failed at gpu flashing so i don't know

 

Edit: did not see he did not have IGPU

[dragoon20005]

would it not be possible to flash it with the intel integrated GPU? i have never failed at gpu flashing so i don't know

it should work as well

[clementk]

Do you have the original Bios file ?

[clementk]

This might work since you said that you can still get into bios but not windows. but worst case you might need to do it blind (type it in without seeing what you type This would be your last hope)

 

http://forum.techinferno.com/nvidia-video-cards/2166-%5Bguide%5D-nvidia-vbios-flashing.html

[HashtagFTW]

Do you have the original Bios file ?

Yes, I may be reckless but I'm not that stupid. 

 

 

to unbrick your current GPU you still need a spare GPU and an extra PCI-E slot on your mobo

 

if you dont have the above two

 

you are pretty much on your own

 

just RMA and hope they dont find out what you did

Extra slot is not a problem, and I could "borrow" (although the rig is technically mine) a 280x. I can't RMA it though, I painted the heatsink / fan shroud, and pretty sure that wrecks the warranty. I know, probably shouldn't have done that. 

 

Why flash the bios of a GPU when you have no backup....

If you're talking about a BIOS backup, I actually have a copy. Just can't access it since I can't go into windows yet. 

[clementk]

Yes, I may be reckless but I'm not that stupid. 

 

well since your here i guess you have another PC ? or are you on your phone ?

[HashtagFTW]

well since your here i guess you have another PC ? or are you on your phone ?

If you can call an AIO (can't disassemble or put parts in) with a Pentium B950 + 6gbs of ram and 200gbs of storage a PC. 

[clementk]

well i think thats your VBIOS ? http://www.overclock.net/t/1517316/extract-and-flash-gtx-970-and-980-firmware-zosons-h2o-and-air-custom-bios

 

Just know that i am not responsible if its not  

 

you will need a USB drive and that Bios and a working windows PC then just follow this guide.

 

http://forum.techinferno.com/nvidia-video-cards/2166-%5Bguide%5D-nvidia-vbios-flashing.html

[bossdre]

Just borrow a proc with an integrated gpu and you'll have your display back and you won't need to "find" your bricked gpu on the PCI-E lanes since you have only one card instead of two.

 

Anyway, I got no experience about unbricking a card using the "USB" mode so I might be wrong.

 

Although I almost went that route when I flashed a custom bios on my GTX 970 G1 Gaming and almost bricking my card. I spent a lot of energy to research to save my beloved GPU than cry on the corner for my assumed doom. Fortunately, I was able to reflash the custom bios and make my GPU working again.

 

Lesson to self, never ever flash a GPU vbios without the financial ability to replace it if something wrong happened on the flashing process.