Question GIGABYTE 5700 XT Bios mod fails

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Hi,
I am failing to update Gigabyte 5700 XT. The same procedure updates the BIOS on MSI cards with no problem. I follow the instructions on Igors Lab.

The sign of having trouble with the card bios flash shows in GPU-Z. After flash using amdvbflash the values of GPU and memory frequencies is empty. With stock bios there are Mhz frequencies.

Is there any known problems with flashing Gigabyte cards?
Any suggestions on what other forums I may ask for assistance?
Is it possible that the OEM bios is signed, and any modified bios will be rejected?
If the bios is signed, any tools to resign, or would I need to buy a card from a different vendor?

Thanks,

Alley Cat
 
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My apologies for the late reply,

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First please properly connect all power connectors of the components to the power supply unit, also note that it is important to provide sufficient power solution to the system and it is highly recommended to provide higher power output around 250 watt more than the minimum power required for the system,
After that clear the CMOS of your motherboard and update its bios to the latest version and please do not put PCI-e Configuration on Auto and set each slot to pcie 3.0 or 3.1 if supported, if not then set to pcie 2.0 or 2.1, and check, then,

1- Turn off completely or disable any overclocking programs like MSI after burner or AMD Wattman after returning to default settings first and boot to windows safe mode, and reflash the official Gigabyte bios from below (works for all Gigabyte RX 5700 XT and non XT non blower fan,
or the backed up original vbios with AtiFlashTool 2.93+,

How to reflash the BIOS of your graphics card ?
- By Windows:
I. Extract the downloaded AtiFlashTool v2.93+ with the official Gigabyte bios R57XTGAMING-OC-8GD.BIN in the BIOSFILE folder from the link above or the backup bios file to a folder and put it in drive C,

II. Boot to Windows Safe Mode,
III. Open Command Prompt CMD as an administrator and navigate to the folder mentioned above,

IV. Now enter these commands below:

amdvbflash.exe -i
Press Enter

It will show you the gpu adapters list occupying the pcie slots for an example if there is only one gpu then its adapter number will be 0.
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amdvbflash.exe -unlockrom 0
Press Enter

It will unlock the gpu chip for flashing if it is locked.
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amdvbflash.exe -s 0 chooseAname.rom
Press Enter

To make a backup of the gpu bios if needed.
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amdvbflash.exe -f -p 0
R57XTGAMING-OC-8GD.BIN or BackupBiosName.ROM
Press Enter

To flash the bios, here - f to force the flash in case of error.
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V. Wait for the update to complete and reboot.

- By FreeDOS:
I. First disable secure boot in bios settings,

II. Put the amdvbflash.exe and the R57XTGAMING-OC-8GD.BIN or backup bios file to a bootable usb flash drive (please use Rufus program to make one) without putting them inside a folder, the USB flash drive must be connected to a USB 2.0 port,

III. Reboot and press f12 until a boot list appear and choose the bootable usb flash drive,

IV. Now use the same commands mentioned above.

V. Reboot.

2- Rename the official bios R57XTGAMING-OC-8GD.BIN to R57XTGAMING-OC-8GD.ROM,

3- Download latest MorePowerTool and RedBiosEditor from below,

4- After the installation of both MorePowerTool and RedBiosEditor, run MorePowerTool as an Administrator and select RX 5700 from the drop down menu and click load, then apply the below settings which are bedt for performance and power consumption for safe 24/7 operating,

I. Under Features tab enable all the overdive features,

II. Under Overdrive Limits tab, set:
GFX Maximum Clock 1440 MHz
Memory Maximum Clock 960 MHz
Power Limit Maximum 0%
Power Limit Minimum 0%
Memory Timing Control 1 [For computing (mining), default is 2 for gaming]

III. Under Power and Voltages, set:
Maximum Voltage GFX 1050 mV [must not be lower than this as the MVDD default value in the vbios is at 1350 mV and the VDD must be within 300 mV range with MVDD or memory will get damaged and may die]
Maximum Voltage SoC 1050 mV [must be not lower than this as the MVDD default value in the vbios is at 1350 mV and the VDD must be within 300 mV range with MVDD or memory will get damaged and may die]
Minimum Voltage GFX 750 mV
Minimum Voltage SoC 750 mV
Power Limit GPU 140 W
TDC Limit GFX 120 A
TDC Limit SoC 12 A

IV. Under Frequency tap, set:
GFX Maximum 1260 MHz
Memory DPM 1 - 375 MHz
Memory DPM 3 - 910 MHz

[Regarding SoC Maximum, must kept at default 1267 MHz in the vbios, capping it at another value must be done inside the OS using a sctipt in linux or editing the registry using MorePowerTool in Windows and at your own discretion, recommended values for memory types at specific clocks as below,
Memory Clock - - - > SoC Maximum,
910 (1820) MHz - - - > 957 MHz (Samsung & Micron),
950 (1900) MHz - - - > 1097 MHz (Micron, here the default 1267 MHz is preferred),

V. Under Fan tab, set:
Zero RPM Enable: NO (uncheck)
Stop Temperature 60° C
Start Temperature 70° C

VI. After that click Write SPPT and restart the gpu driver using restart64.exe opened as an Administrator inside the CRU.zip from the link below, after that re-run MorePowerTool as an Administrator and check your previously applied settings then click Save to get .MPT file,

5- Now run RedBiosEditor as an Administrator, click Load and choose the R57XTGAMING-OC-8GD.ROM, under PowerPlay tab load the .MPT file and under VRAM Timings tab you have to choose one from the 3 options below when editing the timings,

Option 1 (Preferable and Recommended), applying Apple Inc. vram timings straps linked below, once for MT61K256M32 Micron, and Save the vbios after that load the saved vbios and once again apply the straps for K4Z80325BC Samsung if it is existed and save the vbios again,

Option 2 (Universal), applying vram timings as below for both Samsung and Micron like before,

- K4Z80325BC (Samsung)
(1500 or 1550) MHz (Copy) - - - > (Paste) 1800 MHz
1800 MHz - - - > 2000 MHz
2000 MHz - - - > 2250 MHz

- MT61K256M32 (Micron)
(1500 or 1550) MHz - - - > (1750 - 1800) MHz
1750 MHz - - - > (1875 - 2000) MHz

Memory Clock - tREF
1000 MHz - 3900 (Samsung & Micron)
1250 MHz - 4875 (Samsung & Micron)
(1500 or 1550) MHz - 6045 (Samsung & Micron)
1750 MHz - 6825 (Micron only)
1800 MHz - 7020 (Samsung & Micron)
1875 MHz - 7315 (Micron only)
2000 MHz - 7800 (Samsung & Micron)
2250 MHz - 8775 (Samsung only)

Option 3 (Not Recommend), applying the vram timing strap below to (1500 or 1550) MHz strap and to the rest of the straps after it for both Samsung and Micron like before,

- K4Z80325BC (Samsung)
000000000F040000000000007A09000040030000162D170F4400170006060002180000000708080018000000210C07000000010101000101001C1800282300000F0F0000B4000000B40000004F5178025A0000000C000A0F150500011F2A0C00B4000000CBF4130FB400000000000000

- MT61K256M32 (Micron)
800900007D040000000000006A09000040020000142619133D00170006060002100000000508080018000000218E06000000010101000101001C1800E02E00000A0A0000B4000000B40000008A206C024C0000000A00040A130300011F2A0C00A500000002F4130FA500000000000000

6- Save the vbios and reflash it like how you reflashed the backup one above.

7- Install HiveOS on an SSD and not USB flash drive and set it up properly, after that apply the below,
In HiveOs, first note down the default gpu parameters then apply below,

- Core parameters,
Core clock from (1385 to 1425) MHz, VDD at (770 - 790) mV, keep the ratio of Core clock to VDD = 1.80 or below (default is 1.70) as beyond that negative scaling may start which means lowering performance and occurring instability and increasing temperature.

- Memory parameters,
~Samsung K4Z80325BC-HC14,
Memory clock at 910 MHz more than this is not stable, VDDCI at 850 mV (800 mV is the minimum and less than this is not recommended), MVDD at 1350 mV (1310 mV is the minimum and less than this is not recommended),

~Micron MT61K256M32JE-14,
Memory clock at 910 MHz for power saving like Samsung memory and 950 MHz for performance, VDDCI at 900 mV (850 mV is the minimum for memory clock 915 MHz and above), MVDD 1350 mV [the minimum is 1310 mV for memory clock 910 MHz and below],

[*Disclaimer regarding the memory temperature to avoid and prevent its degradation and being baked again that might lead to connection loose,

For Samsung memory K4Z80325BC-HC14,
For operating at 24/7, the temperature must not exceed 74° C,
Other than this will fall under the below,
At (80 ± 5)° C, operating for 24/7 requires putting the system on a break of 1 to 2 hour (depending on the ambient temperature) after 48 hour of operation,
At (100 ± 5)° C, operating for 24/7 requires putting the system on a break of 1 to 2 hour (depending on the ambient temperature) after 36 hour of operation,
At (125 ± 5)° C, operating for 24/7 requires putting the system on a break of 1 to 2 hour (depending on the ambient temperature) after 24 hour of operation,

For Micron memory MT61K256M32JE-14, it is the same as for Samsung K4Z80325BC-HC14 even thought Micron Inc. stated it can run from (0 to 95)° C, however this is for normal use and not for 24/7 of operation].

Due to air cooling is being used the highly recommend setting for the memory as below,

Memory clock, VDDCI, MVDD
- (900 to 910) MHz (preferred 910 MHz), 800 mV (preferred 850 mV), 1310 mV (preferred 1350 mV),
- (915 to 950) MHz (preferred 950 MHz), 850 mV (preferred 900 mV), 1350 mV.

8- Reboot the system,
9- Test and record the results.

If you encounter any problems please feel free to message me and do update me whenever it is possible,

You may have a good day,

Best Regards.
Follow these instructions for my Revision 2.0 Samsung Memory Gigabyte board, I was able to Flash with Version 1.0 bios but could not load my custom bios using instructions, from step 5 option 2 straps. Anyone else experience this issue?
 
Follow these instructions for my Revision 2.0 Samsung Memory Gigabyte board, I was able to Flash with Version 1.0 bios but could not load my custom bios using instructions, from step 5 option 2 straps. Anyone else experience this issue?
Please use Apple straps as it is the best option,

By the way, if you have rev. 2 card try the vbios in the kindly attached link below,

 
Seems Alley Cat has version 2.0 with Micron but is experiencing the same issues as me. I cant seem to flash anything but Version 1 GB bios or my own original. Any modified ones are being rejected.
Alright, after I took a look at your card vbios I confirmed it is a F30 and with Micron memory type, please try the vbios in the kindly attached link below for rev. 2 and already modified with Apple straps,


Your update is appreciated.
 
This is my windows PC, I use for diagnosing issues. There are no other cards and this is plug into the 16x main GPU slot.
Are you using the latest version of RedBiosEditor? if not then please download and install the latest version of the program,

And double check that you are loading the correct Gigabyte RX 5700 XT vbios, as I already investigated the vbios that you sent me and there is no trace for any data belongs to Samsung memory,

And if you have abother pc then please connect the card to it and verify everything.
 
Are you using the latest version of RedBiosEditor? if not then please download and install the latest version of the program,

And double check that you are loading the correct Gigabyte RX 5700 XT vbios, as I already investigated the vbios that you sent me and there is no trace for any data belongs to Samsung memory,

And if you have abother pc then please connect the card to it and verify everything.
Downloaded 1.0.7 from


Friend of mine opened up my vbios and indeed his says what mine says, samsung memory.
 
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