Blackscreen after flashing my gpu bios.

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i had a problem with my XFX R7 260X Core Edition 2GB - R7-260X-CNF4 which was related to driver i think but i kept getting many bluescreens and freezes so i decided that the best solution would be flashing my card (i had no idea that it could brick my gpu at the time) so after choosing what i thought was the best vbios for my card i flashed it and it was successful, then it asked me to restart my pc. since then im only getting a blackscreen :( please help. Btw the bios i flashed successfully into my graphics card is correct and here's the link https://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/161701/xfx-r7260x-2... im wondering why im getting a blackscreen :(
 
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and yet again,.....REREAD THE FIRST LINE WROTE

my reply also stated that id'ing your card correctly BEFORE DOING ANYTHING ELSE was required

and yet here you are trying to flash another bios without being sure it's the right one

stop,.....take a break, and try doing things in the right order.

1. contact xfx see if your card is under warranty, if not provide them with all label info to see if they can id the card
and if there are different bioses for that line

2. read up on how to do a blind flash, and ASK QUESTIONS about any part you don't understand and once you feel you
understand the process flash DON"T TRY TO GUESS HOW TO BLIND FLASH, take the time to do it right = doing it
once

3. and no, flashing your computer's...
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Question from Yax : "Blackscreen after a successful VGA bios flash.. Please help me"











 
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the following is not meant to be insulting, but rather a warning that blindly doing something can cause further problems

well first of all, deciding the firmware on your card needed to be changed was not a good idea
consider the fact that if there was a problem with the firmware the xfx web site would have a mention of this and searching online would have shown there were/were not people having a problem like yours.

second, did you make a backup of the existing bios before flashing? if not then that's another mistake

i strongly suspect you flashed the wrong bios onto your card.
you have to understand that a given card model can have several variants that differ (usually it's memory used on the card)

check the link you provided,

https://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/161701/xfx-r7260x-2048-140216

then the link below, note the section listing memory support for chips used with that bios is different than your link

https://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/149860/xfx-r7260x-2048-131029

i suspect you will need to remove the card's heatsink determine the memory chips used
or provide more detailed info on your card by listing any sticker info it may have and see if it can be determined that way

it might be possible to use a computer with PCI /PCI-e video slots and reflash using the PCI card as primary video

or set up a blind flash disk (one that auto boots from a usb key the flashing process) and run it on your computer

as to your original problem, it most likely was a corrupted OS (IE- software related) problem not a hardware related problem


 
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So forcing a flash to the bios from that link you sent using a bootable usb will fix it?
 
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and yet again,.....REREAD THE FIRST LINE WROTE

my reply also stated that id'ing your card correctly BEFORE DOING ANYTHING ELSE was required

and yet here you are trying to flash another bios without being sure it's the right one

stop,.....take a break, and try doing things in the right order.

1. contact xfx see if your card is under warranty, if not provide them with all label info to see if they can id the card
and if there are different bioses for that line

2. read up on how to do a blind flash, and ASK QUESTIONS about any part you don't understand and once you feel you
understand the process flash DON"T TRY TO GUESS HOW TO BLIND FLASH, take the time to do it right = doing it
once

3. and no, flashing your computer's bios will not fix the video card's bios! like i said stop blindly guessing and trying
things! that only leads to more problems
 
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Hey bro thanks i got my gpu running again after i flashed the bios you sent me using the bootable usb method, i also took my time understanding how to do that and this video helped (just in case anyone else has this problem!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTqNP-N38BY
 
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