Radeon RX 7000 BIOS update procedure

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   Hello all.

It has been brought to my attention that some people have experienced bad flashes
while updating to the latest security fix vBIOS for RX 7000 series cards.

The issue has been pinned down to a driver problem that causes flashes to fail in
some cases.

During the vBIOS update process, the procedure provided by ASRock requires all 
graphics drivers to be completely removed beforehand. If the drivers are not 
fully uninstalled, the vBIOS update may fail and potentially result in vBIOS 
corruption.

If you have experienced a bad flash and your card is preventing your system from
POSTing then ASRock advise that you contact them using their support form.

https://tw.asrock.com/events/tsd.asp

I hope this helps.

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Xaltar Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Joined: 16 May 2015 Location: Europe Status: Offline Points: 43833	Post Options Post Reply Quote Xaltar Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Radeon RX 7000 BIOS update procedure Posted: 3 hours 4 minutes ago at 6:41pm
	Hello all. It has been brought to my attention that some people have experienced bad flashes while updating to the latest security fix vBIOS for RX 7000 series cards. The issue has been pinned down to a driver problem that causes flashes to fail in some cases. During the vBIOS update process, the procedure provided by ASRock requires all graphics drivers to be completely removed beforehand. If the drivers are not fully uninstalled, the vBIOS update may fail and potentially result in vBIOS corruption. If you have experienced a bad flash and your card is preventing your system from POSTing then ASRock advise that you contact them using their support form. https://tw.asrock.com/events/tsd.asp I hope this helps.


MOhankan Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 51 minutes ago Status: Online Points: 45	Post Options Post Reply Quote MOhankan Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 38 minutes ago at 9:07pm
	Thanks for using time on this matter Xaltar. I am one of the ones affected. I got the issue even though I ran the uninstaller from the guide, so maybe the uninstaller has a flaw also? Maybe they should also have the flashing utility run a check on whether such a driver is still running to some extent if it can cause such a consequence. I filed a request sunday through the form but haven't heard a thing since. Not having a solution ready yet is of course OK, but silence is worrying, so just a short "we're looking into a solution" would be reaffirming. Best regards

Xaltar Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Joined: 16 May 2015 Location: Europe Status: Offline Points: 43833	Post Options Post Reply Quote Xaltar Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 29 minutes ago at 9:16pm
	Sorry to hear about your bad luck. There is almost nothing that would make me flash my vBIOS, mostly because I know it is far less refined of a process vs a regular motherboard BIOS flash. I always flash vBIOS updates using Windows Safe Mode. That completely cuts out the chance that any drivers or other software will interfere. Unfortunately, quite often the OS will try to install drivers even when you uninstalled them. You can get around this using Display Driver Uninstaller (Search for DDU) and set it to not automatically install drivers but given you have to enter safe mode to properly use it anyway, may as well flash the vBIOS in safe mode.


MOhankan Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 51 minutes ago Status: Online Points: 45	Post Options Post Reply Quote MOhankan Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 21 minutes ago at 9:24pm
	Ok I can appreciate that, but with AMD pushing for users to install this security update and the manufacturers pushing it out for "older" cards like this, and everything that goes on with critical vulnerabilities found daily in hardware and software, it also felt risky not to do so.

MOhankan Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 51 minutes ago Status: Online Points: 45	Post Options Post Reply Quote MOhankan Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 5 minutes ago at 9:40pm
	I just snooped around a bit and found the SOP for the 2023 Vbios update instructions - It specifically mention the bios flashing software not allowing the flash to run if it finds drivers on the system - really makes you wonder how this check was removed if the procedure is that fragile https://download.asrock.com/Manual/QIG/Update%20vBIOS%20SOP.pdf