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Success! XFX R9 290 flashed to Asus R9 290X!

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 my friend got 2x 290 ... one flashed to 290x without problem and the other one  just don't flash... 

for crossfire users it's not the best shot :P

 

both exactly the same from powercolor 

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Wait... Is it possible to unlock one of the HIS IceQ Radeon HD 6570's to something better?

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i like how you subvendor went from XFX to Asus LOL

 

Yeah it was the only 290X bios available to download at the time. I could go back to XFX, but still doing testing.

 

Bought my XFX 290 today. Since it takes a few days to arrive, I am preparing the surgical procedure to make it into an ASUS R9 290X, hopefully.

 

Can someone please explain to me how does it work on flashing the two bios?

 

I got the instructions, basically you boot with a flash drive, run a program and flash the card. Since it has two BIOS, and a little switch to choose from one another (UBER, QUIET), I'm supposing it flashes the one chosen at boot time.

 

So, I'll make a backup of my current bios and try to flash it. What do I need to do if it does not boot, and I want to flash the bios back?

Do I need to boot using the other bios, then flick the little switch and try to flash again? 

 

What is the correct procedure to do, so I don't end up flashing the two BIOS with the ASUS one?

 

BTW - I have onboard graphics as well, I think I can always resort to using them.

 

Cheers!

 

If you haven't found the link yet to help you out. Here it is:

 

http://www.overclock.net/t/1443242/the-r9-290-290x-unlock-thread

 

I hope AMD doesn't put a stop to this but they probably will. I'm guessing the non-reference designs won't be able to do this..

 

It's already happening with the initial cards running out and looks like new batches have the correct xx2020 laser etched code on the gpu shim. xxx2000 is the 290X model code for the gpu

 

 my friend got 2x 290 ... one flashed to 290x without problem and the other one  just don't flash... 

for crossfire users it's not the best shot :P

 

both exactly the same from powercolor 

 

Same answer as above. The gravy train looks like its about to run out soon already

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May I know where do I download Asus R290X bios ? No matter how I search in internet I couldn't find :( . I would like to try on my power color . Please kindly help me . 

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OMG, justy picked up two XFX R9 290's on "black friday" super sale for about 900$ and was feeling the wallet guilt-trip and remembered reading something about re-flashing the cards and found this page, now I'm really happy instead !

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May I know where do I download Asus R290X bios ? No matter how I search in internet I couldn't find :( . I would like to try on my power color . Please kindly help me . 

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Good Job :) .

 

Enjoy your R9 290X ;) .

 

GreetZ Naj

 

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So you risked ruining your cards just to do this?

How would it ruin his cards? What u mean is, so you risked wasting 10 minutes of your time to gain 5-10% performance and upgrade your 400 dollar gpu into a 500 dollar gpu.

Yea.. He's a rebel...

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How would it ruin his cards? What u mean is, so you risked wasting 10 minutes of your time to gain 5-10% performance and upgrade your 400 dollar gpu into a 500 dollar gpu.

Yea.. He's a rebel...

 

Lol UBER necro. Think this may be the biggest one evar!

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How would it ruin his cards? What u mean is, so you risked wasting 10 minutes of your time to gain 5-10% performance and upgrade your 400 dollar gpu into a 500 dollar gpu.

Yea.. He's a rebel...

He could have bricked his cards if the BIOS flash went awry...

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