lixe Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 (edited) Hey there, I just found an UEFI-bios for my old Sapphire 7950 GPU. The problem is, how do I get it flashed since I don’t have another pc near me. As it seems I need windows for flashing. Is it possible/safe to flash a gpu using passthrough in a windows vm? Or do I have to start an bare metal windows installation on my computer for flashing? Edited February 2, 2019 by lixe Quote Link to comment
TyantA Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 Sorry I don't have the answer you're after but... I'm curious where you found the bios? I have an XFX Double D 7950 that doesn't have a UEFI compatible bios nor have I found one elsewhere. Quote Link to comment
Frank1940 Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 You might see if there is a Linux version of the Flashing Software. You might then be able to use a DVD (or CD) bootable Linux Distribution to boot your server. Quote Link to comment
lixe Posted February 3, 2019 Author Share Posted February 3, 2019 (edited) I gave my item model number at techpowerup a try and found this https://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/164761/164761 . It seems as flashing in a vm should work, but the atiflash win software crashed my vm after I started it. So I created an dos usb stick with atiflash. Worked flawlessly, but UEFI doesn’t work nevertheless. Without defining a rom my windows vm (seabios) showed UEFI enabled in GPU-Z, but my mac vm and also windows UEFI won’t show a picture even with a rom file. Unraid was booted in UEFI mode of course... I also tried the GPU as secondary and used an old gpu as primary. So I guess sadly I won’t get UEFI on my old 7950 EDIT: HA! Found one this one is working for me so far https://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/137271/powercolor-hd7950-3072-121105 Tried it in a vm first and flashed it some minutes ago using atiflash in dos Edited February 3, 2019 by lixe Quote Link to comment
TyantA Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 Nice. I'm frustrated that XFX doesn't have a bois available. I went through all of them for my card. That said, I got my VM to passthrough using seabios & setting to Q35. Quote Link to comment
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