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What is everyone using to flash there cards guess I will try it? Kind of odd that I would have to flash the bios on a brand new card but.....Also I have never done this before so can someone give me some guidance. I have flashed motherboards so..... I just have never had to flash a video card before haha.

I was on my way to bed, but thought I could do this first for you. :)

Before you do this, remember that it can void warranty. Should it fail, you need to boot up from another card (while having the other card in) and flash it back again.

What you need is as following:
1. A bootable USB stick (preferably, though bootable diskette would work, but is less safe due to corruption of disk).

2. This bios image on the usb stick/disk (for 5870 cards):
http://techpowerup.com/vgabios/61848/ATI.HD5870.1024.091112.html
rename the bios image to: ATI5870.rom

3. and this utility to flash the bios:
http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/1650/ATIFlash_3.75.html

Boot up from USB stick to DOS.
Enter following syntax:
atiflash -s 0 backup.rom (this is to backup old .rom file)
atiflash -f -p 0 ati5870.rom

Now its flashed.

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What is everyone using to flash there cards guess I will try it? Kind of odd that I would have to flash the bios on a brand new card but.....Also I have never done this before so can someone give me some guidance. I have flashed motherboards so..... I just have never had to flash a video card before haha.

I was on my way to bed, but thought I could do this first for you. :)

Before you do this, remember that it can void warranty. Should it fail, you need to boot up from another card (while having the other card in) and flash it back again.

What you need is as following:
1. A bootable USB stick (preferably, though bootable diskette would work, but is less safe due to corruption of disk).

2. This bios image on the usb stick/disk (for 5870 cards):
http://techpowerup.com/vgabios/61848/ATI.HD5870.1024.091112.html
rename the bios image to: ATI5870.rom

3. and this utility to flash the bios:
http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/1650/ATIFlash_3.75.html

Boot up from USB stick to DOS.
Enter following syntax:
atiflash -s 0 backup.rom (this is to backup old .rom file)
atiflash -f -p 0 ati5870.rom

Now its flashed.

Thank you very much will try that later tonight.

Thank you very much will try that later tonight.

You're welcome :)

[quote]Well im sitting here almost in tears because i did spend 1000bux to have eyefinity only to be horribly disappointed.

Can i use the 5870 bios on the 5850 card? I mean whats the worst that will happen i have a useless card anyhow

Don't do that. I would rather try this one on a 5850 (but at your own risk of course):
http://forums.amd.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=203&threadid=123623

Tamlin, i thought i was using the correct syntax atiflash -p 0 newbios.bin, which fails. However, adding in the -f switch allowed me to update my firmware and guess what....it works. I am incredibly happy right now, it has been running since about 1 minute after your post and i have had no flicker once a resolution is set.

For anyone else in this forum, FLASH your card with the bios from page 6 of this thread. Incredible!!

Thank you Tamlin for chiming in with the correct syntax.

Glad I could help :) Had the same issue myself with flashing.

The problem is it doesnt look like he's talking about the flicker from the dp port. im using the dp to vga adapter

This is dissapointing. I am expiriencing the same flickering issues that everyone else is. I have 3xDell S2409W screens and an Accell B087B-002B-0924, which is on the list of ATI approved adapters. Unfortunately mine came with firmware version FW:034 as noted on the sticker.

My working Accell adapter actually has two different part numbers listed on the package. the one on the front it has
B087B-001B-0924.

On the back in UPC code shows B087B-002B-0924.

The stickers on the adapter shows B087B-002B-0924 and firmware FW/034.

[quote]This is dissapointing. I am expiriencing the same flickering issues that everyone else is. I have 3xDell S2409W screens and an Accell B087B-002B-0924, which is on the list of ATI approved adapters. Unfortunately mine came with firmware version FW:034 as noted on the sticker.

My working Accell adapter actually has two different part numbers listed on the package. the one on the front it has
B087B-001B-0924.

On the back in UPC code shows B087B-002B-0924.

The stickers on the adapter shows B087B-002B-0924 and firmware FW/034.

I have that exact adapter with the same firmware and it blanks out often, at any res higher than 1280x1024...

I have that exact adapter with the same firmware and it blanks out often, at any res higher than 1280x1024...

Then it seems as though firmware has nothing to do with the problems.

Yes, my accell DP>DVI adapter with FW:034 is working just fine at a resolution of 1920X1080. All my flickering problems disappeared with the flashing of the bios, nothing else was needed to fix my problem.

Yes, my accell DP>DVI adapter with FW:034 is working just fine at a resolution of 1920X1080. All my flickering problems disappeared with the flashing of the bios, nothing else was needed to fix my problem.

Have you got a 5870 or a 5850?
What bios did you use?

Hi everyone Im Oliver new here on the forum, Im from Montreal Canada, I have read all the comments you post about the active adapter problem and the flickering monitor going off... I recently bought me 3 monitors samsung 24 inches to be able to play with eyefinity, I also buy me a Dell active display port adapter (Bizlink). I was looking to buy me the 5970 model but like you all know these cards are really hard to find, so I choose to buy the 5770 model to help me wait for the 5970... I experienced the same problem you all have, monitor connected on the adapter going off when I set the resolution at 5760X1200 flickering, I know how it can really pisse off... ;) but now I received my XfX 5970 Black Edition from newegg =) and my flickering monitor going off is COMPLETELY GONE. I use the exact same adapter that I was thinking to be a bad one... As I can see the problems is Only coming from the Video Card itself, not the adapter, not the monitor or the cable. So if you have to look for something to resolved the problem I bet this is Only the video card you can blame and by the way the company that did it ;) even if this cards are amazing when working properly!! I dont know if my experienced with this can help you guys I hope so! and for those who cant wait for the update fix as Ati talk earlier on this topic, I sugeste you to buy a 5970 if you can, this will resolve completely all your problems! So nice to meet you all guys I will try post if you have any questions feel free to ask!

(And by the way, Im french Canadian so dont look my english mistakes =P)

here link of my eyefinity setup
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bt0SwMfEeU

Hi everyone Im Oliver new here on the forum, Im from Montreal Canada, I have read all the comments you post about the active adapter problem and the flickering monitor going off... I recently bought me 3 monitors samsung 24 inches to be able to play with eyefinity, I also buy me a Dell active display port adapter (Bizlink). I was looking to buy me the 5970 model but like you all know these cards are really hard to find, so I choose to buy the 5770 model to help me wait for the 5970... I experienced the same problem you all have, monitor connected on the adapter going off when I set the resolution at 5760X1200 flickering, I know how it can really pisse off... ;) but now I received my XfX 5970 Black Edition from newegg =) and my flickering monitor going off is COMPLETELY GONE. I use the exact same adapter that I was thinking to be a bad one... As I can see the problems is Only coming from the Video Card itself, not the adapter, not the monitor or the cable. So if you have to look for something to resolved the problem I bet this is Only the video card you can blame and by the way the company that did it ;) even if this cards are amazing when working properly!! I dont know if my experienced with this can help you guys I hope so! and for those who cant wait for the update fix as Ati talk earlier on this topic, I sugeste you to buy a 5970 if you can, this will resolve completely all your problems! So nice to meet you all guys I will try post if you have any questions feel free to ask!

(And by the way, Im french Canadian so dont look my english mistakes =P)

here link of my eyefinity setup
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bt0SwMfEeU

English Mistakes? Heck, It's better than some people I know that have spoke it all there life.

The Information you posted is good to know

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Thank you very much will try that later tonight.

You're welcome :)

Got it flashed thanks. Will update if I experience my monitors flashing. So far so good.

What is it with this bios that is different from the others. Why was it suggested to flash bios anyway. I know Dave had made a post saying if anyone wanted to at there own risk then.....

So is it a known issue with older bios is this the real fix?

Has anyone that has flashed there bios still exp problems?

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Thank you very much will try that later tonight.

You're welcome :)

Got it flashed thanks. Will update if I experience my monitors flashing. So far so good.

What is it with this bios that is different from the others. Why was it suggested to flash bios anyway. I know Dave had made a post saying if anyone wanted to at there own risk then.....

So is it a known issue with older bios is this the real fix?

Has anyone that has flashed there bios still exp problems? Have you got a 5850? What bios do you use?

Have you got a 5850? What bios do you use?

No I have a 5870

Used Bios that Tamlin posted on pg 23

[quote]Yes, my accell DP>DVI adapter with FW:034 is working just fine at a resolution of 1920X1080. All my flickering problems disappeared with the flashing of the bios, nothing else was needed to fix my problem.

Have you got a 5870 or a 5850?
What bios did you use?


I have a 5870, and i used the bios listed on page 6 of this thread.

ok so its not the firmware revision as we have mixed reports on 034 version units.

I have also tried this 8.70 9.12 post hotfix revision that was put on the net yesterday to no avail.



:x

oh and i know I dont have some baller 5870 or whatever, but CAN THE REST OF US PRETTY PLEASE BE POINTED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION FOR A BIOS!!!!!!!!

I see one more person tell a 5850 user about their 5870 bios im going to kick something.

We need the fixed bios for more than the 5870, we need 5850, 5770, and 5750 bios' that do not have this issue with their displayport...

DO I HAVE TO BEG OH LOOK I ALREADY AM

This is my adapter from sapphire.
I bought it on 20 dec in italy.

My update:

RMA'd my Accell adapter from Amazon and got a replacement.
Flashed my 5850's BIOS

Didn't help. Screen still blanks out.

:twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

Just wanted to add my experience here...

I'm running the Accell adapter at 2560x1600 on a dell 3007wfphc and at first I had this issue although it was very rare, once every couple days and never while I was in a game, only when changing resolutions back and forth a lot (vantage would do it every time by the 3rd or 4th benchmark).

Since then I've had to RMA my primary 5970 (artifacting slowly took over everything) and switched over to the other card... Blanking problem gone completely, hasn't happened again in a week or so. I've also stopped using overdrive because of the "screen flinching" issue on some monitors whenever it's active (even if I OC 1MHz). So for me it seems to have been either a card specific issue or overdrive related... I'll play around with turning overdrive back on and see if I can reproduce the blanking, if not, I have a feeling it was that card.

I'm running the cat 9.12 hotfix driver.

Also using *50 foot* super thick DVI cables with no issues.