R9 290 not giving a display in windows after bios flash to r9 290x

alme55

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So my brother flashed my reference XFX r9 290 with a r9 290x bios and now i cannot get a display from the card anymore, at least not to display in windows, it does still show the bios. I tried formatting my pc over again and it worked fine, but as soon as i installed the amd drivers the screen goes black during the driver installation and then doesn't work again. i found an xfx bios for the r9 290 online and re-flashed it back to the card but the problem still persists.
anyone know of a solution, or is my card is about finished? and will XFX take back a card with a bad bios flash?

i used this tutorial to reflash the r9 290 bios back to the stock bios i found.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fXbsGK_cSE
 

alme55

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will any r9 290 bios work, or do i need one that matches my specific brand (XFX) and make (reference)?
i didn't want to just randomly start flashing bios's onto it making the problem worse.
 

alme55

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I took your advise and rma'ed it and they replaced it for me, i only had to pay the $10 to ship it to them. XFX seems to have really good customer service, at least from my experience.
 

RobCrezz

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Good result! Lucky you! :)