Bricked gpu. Is there any way back?

[nenadilievski72]

I was messing arround with old gpu. Nvidia 7100gs. I was flashing rom (just for fun) and i accidentaly used rom from other gpu. Now when i use 7100gs the computer doesnt turn on, the screen stays black. I can power it on cuz it has integrated gpu. Can i get it back to life?

 

[SkyNetRising]

Boot from integrated gpu and reflash back original firmware.

 

[nenadilievski72]

Boot from integrated gpu and reflash back original firmware.

I did backup. But how to reflash?when i plug the 7100gs it wants to boot from that one and diseables that gpu in bios.

 

[SkyNetRising]

Change bios settings to allow use of integrated GPU together with discrete GPU.

How this setting is called depends on motherboard, you're using. Could be "iGPU multi-monitor", could be something different.

 

[nenadilievski72]

Change bios settings to allow use of integrated GPU together with discrete GPU.

How this setting is called depends on motherboard, you're using. Could be "iGPU multi-monitor", could be something different.

Im using g31 m3 v2 mobo and i cant find that option. Any help there?

 

[SkyNetRising]

Oh. That is very old hardware. Like 12-13 years old. Probably will not have the necessary BIOS settings available.
And the motherboard has only single PCIE slot, so you can't connect another graphics card.

Well - if iGPU gets disabled and there are no BIOS options to enable it, then you're out of options. Sorry.

 

[nenadilievski72]

Oh. That is very old hardware. Like 12-13 years old. Probably will not have the necessary BIOS settings available.
And the motherboard has only single PCIE slot, so you can't connect another graphics card.

Well - if iGPU gets disabled and there are no BIOS options to enable it, then you're out of options. Sorry.

Ok so i will take the gpu to a friends pc. He more pci-e slots. What exactly should i do?
How to choose to boot from his gpu not mine and how to choose to flash my gpu not his?

 

[SkyNetRising]

Depends on motherboard model.
You have to enable iGPU to work together with discrete GPU. Then flash firmware for discrete GPU.

 

[nenadilievski72]

Depends on motherboard model.
You have to enable iGPU to work together with discrete GPU. Then flash firmware for discrete GPU.

i mean i will use two pci-e gpus. thats why i asked How to choose to boot from his gpu not mine and how to choose to flash my gpu not his?

 

[nenadilievski72]

MERGED QUESTION
Question from nenadilievski72 : "choosing witch gpu to flash with nvflash"

i will be recovering nvidia gpu from state bricked xD. i will be using one more nvidia gpu as display to boot into the system so how to choose witch gpu to flash? i dont want to brick the other one too. thx for your time

 

[bignastyid]

MERGED QUESTION
Question from nenadilievski72 : "Reflashing gpu with another pcie gpu"

Ok so bricked one gpu flashing rom on it. I will take that gpu to a friends pc cuz he has more pci-e slots. So how to choose to boot from his gpu instead of mine? And when we do boot how to choose to flash my gpu and not the other one?

The best and most effective way to do that is to use the command prompt to run atiflash and do a force flash (-f).

Here's a guide - https://www.overclock.net/forum/67-amd-ati/1353325-tutorial-atiwinflash-how-flash-bios-your-ati-cards.html

atiflash -f -p 0 biosname.rom

0 indicates the first PCIe slot or first GPU, 1 would indicate a second GPU in a second PCIe slot. So if you had to use his GPU in the main slot, and your GPU in the second slot, change the 0 to a 1. You will need to use CD command to change directory to the location of the atiflash.exe and the bios, easiest to put them both in the same folder/location.

If you have integrated graphics you should be able to do it without another GPU in the PCIe slots.

All of this can be tricky and may have to be done several times in different ways, or at least that was my experience on multiple occasions with bricked GPUs.

The best and most effective way to do that is to use the command prompt to run atiflash and do a force flash (-f).

Here's a guide - https://www.overclock.net/forum/67-amd-ati/1353325-tutorial-atiwinflash-how-flash-bios-your-ati-cards.html

atiflash -f -p 0 biosname.rom

0 indicates the first PCIe slot or first GPU, 1 would indicate a second GPU in a second PCIe slot. So if you had to use his GPU in the main slot, and your GPU in the second slot, change the 0 to a 1. You will need to use CD command to change directory to the location of the atiflash.exe and the bios, easiest to put them both in the same folder/location.

If you have integrated graphics you should be able to do it without another GPU in the PCIe slots.

All of this can be tricky and may have to be done several times in different ways, or at least that was my experience on multiple occasions with bricked GPUs.

ok thx for that. its nvidia card. i guess i will be much easier if he has amd card. and how will i choose witch gpu to boot from?

In the motherboard bios there is usually an option to choose which PCIe slot is the default display adapter.