Question Fake1050 Ti, please help with vbios, I can't get a refund ?

[puyakq]

Please help me find the real vbios, i get crash in everygame please help me fix it.

 

[FeverDev]

There were no VGA ports after 900 series so it was evident that it was fake just from the photos. For $130, you could have bought newer gpus (even if they were bad like the 1030) and even if your market is overpriced.

 

[puyakq]

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Even if you could find a working BIOS for this GPU, which is very difficult considering how much the thief modified this GPU in the first place, it'll be a cheap, 15-year-old GPU and you'll get better performance from whatever you're using now to access this forum, including your phone.

i use the gpu rn its working i have image but aprox 99% games crash with that 4gb bios

 

[DSzymborski]

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i use the gpu rn its working i have image but aprox 99% games crash with that 4gb bios

Because it's not the real card. If putting the real BIOS on it, which appears to be a 512 MB or 1 GB GTS 250, doesn't get it working better, than nothing will. At that point, you might as well use whatever you were using before and send this out for recycling. There's nothing else *to* fix.

It's extremely unfortunate that someone scammed you out of your money, but neither me nor anyone else here can get you back your money. The best thing to do is accept your losses and learn a lesson -- really investigate things you purchase and purchase from places with protections -- and move on.

 

[puyakq]

Even if you could find a working BIOS for this GPU, which is very difficult considering how much the thief modified this GPU in the first place, it'll be a cheap, 15-year-old GPU and you'll get better performance from whatever you're using now to access this forum, including your phone.

i use phone rn i just want play lol

 

[puyakq]

The numbers on the graphics chip:

12C28433 1207A1
S Taiwan
PFU261.M00

 

[DSzymborski]

You can try an altered BIOS like this:

faked GTS 450 VBIOS

1024 MB GDDR5, 783 MHz GPU, 850 MHz Memory

www.techpowerup.com

But if it doesn't work, there's nothing more to do.

In any case, your phone can probably play games better than this GPU. Again, it's like a GTS 450, which wasn't even good when it was new...in 2010.

 

[thestryker]

The numbers on the graphics chip:

12C28433 1207A1
S Taiwan
PFU261.M00

How to flash the bios from Fake GTX 960 4GB GDDR5

Hi, I recently got a fake gtx 960 4gb. I'm trying to identify the card with no luck. I read around that the fake 960s are usually gts450 but the gpu isn't the gf106 or the gf116 (second rev gts450). The only thing i confirmed was the memory. There are 8 memory chips, from Samsung, 1gb of gddr5 to...

linustechtips.com

You could try that potentially as that thread was from a user who also had "PFU261.M00"

 

[puyakq]

How to flash the bios from Fake GTX 960 4GB GDDR5

Hi, I recently got a fake gtx 960 4gb. I'm trying to identify the card with no luck. I read around that the fake 960s are usually gts450 but the gpu isn't the gf106 or the gf116 (second rev gts450). The only thing i confirmed was the memory. There are 8 memory chips, from Samsung, 1gb of gddr5 to...

linustechtips.com

You could try that potentially as that thread was from a user who also had "PFU261.M00"

i tryed it not working

 

[puyakq]

i found a older version of nvflash now says only Checking for matches between display adapter(s) and image(s)... after it nothing it let me write again

 

[DSzymborski]

I think that about wraps things up then. Getting one of these BIOSs to work was your last and only shot.

 

[puyakq]

I think that about wraps things up then. Getting one of these BIOSs to work was your last and only shot.

i found smtg but i get this
Falcon reset control is disallowed! (PLM=0x00000000)

A system restart might be required before running the utility. i restarted still showing up how i solve it

 

[Corwin65]

You make it work by getting a new "real" GPU.

No amount of tweaking will give you what you want.

Hopefully, you've learned a lesson.

Check here before you get a replacement.

 

[Moonstick2]

i found smtg but i get this
Falcon reset control is disallowed! (PLM=0x00000000)

A system restart might be required before running the utility. i restarted still showing up how i solve it

You can't solve it. It's the older version of NVFlash telling you want the new one was: the BIOS you're trying to write to the card isn't right for it.

These cards are all over the 'net, listed as 1050, 980, 550...some people find a BIOS that works, but how well they don't say. Some can't find anything.

There's no simple answer here, at least not one you want to hear. You can keep trying various BIOSes you find in case you get lucky, or give up. Worst case you'll find a BIOS that does install but then somehow bricks the card entirely.

 

[DSzymborski]

Bricking may be the best case at this point since it would end that worry and the time and energy spent trying to get this card sort of functioning. If the card bricks, OP can move on.

 

[Avro Arrow]

Ok, I saw something in your GPU-Z that tipped me off as to what it is.

Note that your GPU is an nVidia GF116, not the GP107 that one would find in the GTX 1050 Ti. I did a little digging and found out what cards it could be from.

The GF116 is a Fermi GPU and was used in the following desktop video cards:
GTS 450
GT 545
GTX 550 Ti

Using the fact that it has 4GB of GDDR5, I was able to single-out a BIOS from TechPowerUp. Your card is actually a GeForce GTS 450 4GB from what I've been able to gather.

Here's the only GTS 450 4GB GDDR5 BIOS that TechPowerUp lists in its collection:

NVIDIA GTS 450 VBIOS

4 GB GDDR5, 783 MHz GPU, 850 MHz Memory

www.techpowerup.com

Try flashing the card with that and it may solve your issues. Also, you're going to need the driver for that GTS 450 for it to work properly and you can find that here:

GeForce Game Ready Driver | 391.35 | Windows 10 64-bit | NVIDIA

Download the English (UK) GeForce Game Ready Driver for Windows 10 64-bit systems. Released 2018.3.27

www.nvidia.co.uk

I really do hope that this works. All I can say to you is to never do something like this again. I mean, the card wasn't just fake, it was way overpriced. You would have been better getting something like a Radeon RX 580 8GB because AliExpress has them for around $80USD and the RX 580 is 64% faster than the GTX 1050 Ti. I purchased an RX 580 2048SP from AliExpress and even though it was a brand that I had never heard of (JXZ Jisoonzer), it was a real, working RX 580 2048SP (basically an RX 570 with 8GB of VRAM).

I honestly cannot understand why you would want a GTX 1050 Ti in the first place, let alone why you were willing to pay$130USD for it. A card isn't automatically any good just because it says "nVidia" on it and I say that because the only reason I can think of as to why you wanted that GTX 1050 Ti is the old "It's nVidia so it must be good!" myth. You have to do some research before buying a computer part because even if that card was real, you'd still have been badly screwed over.

Just check this out:
XFX Radeon RX 580 8GB: $79.47
I checked it out and it's not the weaker 2048SP model, it has the full 2304 stream processors (2304SP). This is what you should have been looking for. I only hope that the information that I gave you will get that GTS 450 working.

 

[Moonstick2]

Using the fact that it has 4GB of GDDR5...

While I'd love for this to fix it for the OP, I really don't think it's a 4 GB card. Everybody else with one of these has called it 1 GB, and it's only got 4 VRAM chips, which seem more likely to be 256 MB each than 1024 MB (compare to the 16 on the R9 290 4 GB).

The OPs card 'works' except in virtually all games when it crashes; my guess is that the main cause is trying to write to non-existent VRAM, 4 GB being reported on a 1 GB card.

 

[Avro Arrow]

While I'd love for this to fix it for the OP, I really don't think it's a 4 GB card. Everybody else with one of these has called it 1 GB, and it's only got 4 VRAM chips, which seem more likely to be 256 MB each than 1024 MB (compare to the 16 on the R9 290 4 GB).

The OPs card 'works' except in virtually all games when it crashes; my guess is that the main cause is trying to write to non-existent VRAM, 4 GB being reported on a 1 GB card.

I was just going off of what GPU-Z said but now that you mention it, I think that you're right. Even though TPU lists a BIOS for a GTS 450 with 4GB of GDDR5, the time period for a 4GB card isn't correct and I also can't find any actual existence of any 4GB card that has a GF116 at its heart.

I got the BIOS that I showed from TPU's VGA BIOS Collection by selecting GDDR5 as the VRAM type and selecting 4096MB as the amount. That gave me a list of cards to choose from and the only one in the list that had the GF116 was the GTS 450 so that's what I posted. What you're saying makes sense but it also puts us back to square one because with only 1GB of VRAM, it's no longer obvious which card it is. There are four cards that fit the description of a GF116 with 1024MB and they are:
GT 545 OEM
GTS 450 rev.2
GTS 450 rev.3
GTX 550 Ti

The problem now is that if the VRAM is faked, the GPU type may also be faked. I think that perhaps the OP should try the driver that I linked to because if it really is a GTS 450, the nVidia driver will work and maybe it will be able to identify what the card is.

 

[USAFRet]

I say turn it into wall art or jewelry. It will never be a viable GPU for 2023.

 

[Tac 25]

oh, so this is still a thing. This was rampant during the gpu crisis... scammers would make a GTS 450 look like a 1050ti by replacing the shroud and adding a 1050ti bios to it.

 

[sonofjesse]

I would return the card if its not the correct card you purchased. Then buy a new card from somewhere with a warranty.

hope you get it sorted.

 

[USAFRet]

I would return the card if its not the correct card you purchased. Then buy a new card from somewhere with a warranty.

hope you get it sorted.

Someone that knowingly sells a fake GPU is probably not amenable to a return or refund.

 

[Tac 25]

it was rampant enough back then that typing "GTS 450 1050ti scam" on youtube, even today, is going to get several videos of it. The scammers back then sold these fakes for 48-50 USD each.

the scammer who scammmed the OP increased price. Probably to make it look legit.

safe thing to do is always buy in places that offer returns and have warranty.

 

[sonofjesse]

True. If you purchased on Credit card you can do a charge back . (just trying to think of a way to help the OP).