R9 Fury & Possible VGA BIOS Issue?

[KingOfComputing]

I have an XFX R9 Fury card that doesn’t work properly. I have a whole other thread about the issue here: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/id-3406854/xfx-fury-diagnosis-repair-advice.html
But basically the issue is that the display cuts out in windows as soon as the display driver is installed. I have confirmed 100% that it is the display driver install that causes this by manually installing the inf file through device manager and it cuts out at the exact moment the driver is being installed. I know this is a bad sign but the fact that the display is 100% perfect (no artifacts) in the BIOS and even in Windows if I force the Microsoft Basic Display Driver makes me think there just may be hope that the actual hardware of the card might just be ok?

Is it at all possible that a botched VGA BIOS on the card could cause this kind of behaviour? As the item was from Amazon Warehouse, I was wondering if someone might have tried to apply a Fury X BIOS to it that it didn’t like?

Is there any way I can interrogate the card to see what BIOS it is running?

Is there any means I could get hold of and Flash the original BIOS into it to see if this fixes my problem?

 

[XFX_Support]

Its possible it’s the card, a botched bios, or even a bad windows install.

Have you made a ticket at xfxsupport.com? that would be your best shot at getting a bios

 

[KingOfComputing]

Its possible it’s the card, a botched bios, or even a bad windows install.

Have you made a ticket at xfxsupport.com? that would be your best shot at getting a bios

Thanks. I tried following this guide to re-flash the stock bios: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-2806877/bricked-strix-fury-failed-bios-update.html but I don't think that was the problem as all the version numbers were identical to the one already installed and it didn't fix the problem.

I have since put the original BIOS back, which I think was identical to the one I flashed anyway and have arranged RMA with XFX as I'm sadly completely out of ideas, spent the last week troubleshooting it every day, so pretty sure it's a hardware issue with the card unfortunately...