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    Need help in Washington D.C. to reflash my 5850's

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by niszdog, Apr 7, 2014.

  1. niszdog

    niszdog Notebook Enthusiast

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    Somehow I managed to screw up my video cards while flashing them to overclock. I am hoping there is someone near D.C. who would be able to put one of my cards on their secondary slot and reflash it. I could pay if needed.
    Lol please help. I have a r2 if that matters.

    Typo in post listing, they are hd 5870's . Gotta love android text prediction.
     
    niszdog, Apr 7, 2014
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    Did they both get corrupted?
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Apr 8, 2014
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    Sadly yes.
    I tried putting them in a r1 and tried flashing while on theintegrated card but they aren't recognized at that point.
     
    niszdog, Apr 12, 2014
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    Fixed them by using a good 5870 that i had to buy in main gpu slot and flashing 1 at a time in secondary. Strangely enough they still would not post while in a R2 but when i but both cards in my old R1 it worked.
     
    niszdog, Apr 19, 2014
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