RX6800 Phantom OC vBios Update gone wrong

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   Hi, maybe someone can help me.

I tried to update the vBIOS of my AMD Radeon RX 6800 Phantom Gaming D 16G OC to the latest version L02 on ASRock website.

I followed the instruction precisely but as soon as I launched the Update file the screen went blank and the card stopped working :(

It seems to be bricked. In Windows it's reporting error 43.

What can I do?

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malcolmspiteri Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 17 Apr 2021 Location: Malta Status: Offline Points: 50	Post Options Post Reply Quote malcolmspiteri Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: RX6800 Phantom OC vBios Update gone wrong Posted: 17 Apr 2021 at 10:58pm
	Hi, maybe someone can help me. I tried to update the vBIOS of my AMD Radeon RX 6800 Phantom Gaming D 16G OC to the latest version L02 on ASRock website. I followed the instruction precisely but as soon as I launched the Update file the screen went blank and the card stopped working :( It seems to be bricked. In Windows it's reporting error 43. What can I do?

ASRock_TSD Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List ASRock_Official Joined: 20 Mar 2015 Status: Offline Points: 8727	Post Options Post Reply Quote ASRock_TSD Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 20 Apr 2021 at 5:06pm
	Dear Malcolmspiteri, Thanks for posting your query to the ASRock forum. From your description, it seems that the system is unstable which caused the system stopped working while flashing the vBIOS. We have some suggestions for you to try: Please try to install the graphics card on a different system. (By this step, you are able to tell if it is just the motherboard failure that caused the system to shut down.) If the graphics card works properly, then the graphics card should not be worried. With thanks, ASRock TSD Edited by ASRock_TSD - 20 Apr 2021 at 5:09pm

malcolmspiteri Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 17 Apr 2021 Location: Malta Status: Offline Points: 50	Post Options Post Reply Quote malcolmspiteri Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 20 Apr 2021 at 7:24pm
	Many thanks for your reply. I tried to put in another PC, but unfortunately it didn't work either. In all PCs I tried, ff the graphics is installed in any PCI-E slot, the PC doesn't boot at all. As soon as I remove it or unplug its power, the PC boots up fine. It seems to be totally dead :(

Xaltar Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Joined: 16 May 2015 Location: Europe Status: Online Points: 24638	Post Options Post Reply Quote Xaltar Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 21 Apr 2021 at 6:59pm
	Do you have another GPU you can install? If you do, put the working GPU in the top PCIe x16 slot and the damaged one in the bottom slot. See if you can boot with it installed in the second slot. If so you should now be able to attempt to reflash the bricked GPU. The flashing utility should detect which card it is, if not then post back here.


malcolmspiteri Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 17 Apr 2021 Location: Malta Status: Offline Points: 50	Post Options Post Reply Quote malcolmspiteri Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 21 Apr 2021 at 8:05pm
	Thanks for the suggestion. I tried that using an old Radeon card I had kicking around. The PC refuses to boot whenever the card is inserted in any of the slots. I have an MSI motherboard. Perhaps using another brand of motherboard could work...