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Other => CPU/GPU Bitcoin mining hardware => Topic started by: Wildvest on June 28, 2011, 04:13:23 PM



Title: how can i read the bios version of my 6990 cards in linux !? any idea !?
Post by: Wildvest on June 28, 2011, 04:13:23 PM
how can i read the bios version of my 6990 cards in linux !? any idea !?

also is there a way to read/write the ATI bios on linux ?

thanks in advance


Title: Re: how can i read the bios version of my 6990 cards in linux !? any idea !?
Post by: Wildvest on July 11, 2011, 10:35:14 PM
bumb ! anyone ?


Title: Re: how can i read the bios version of my 6990 cards in linux !? any idea !?
Post by: bigbeerjr on July 11, 2011, 11:56:57 PM
This has been answered to death, but here is what I use to read/edit/flash my 6950s in linux.

- Get USB stick
- Make bootable freedos USB sitck with UNetbootin
- Download ATIFlash and put it on the USB stick
- Reboot the miner from USB
- Dump bios from GPU to USB stick
- Reboot to linux
- Install virtualbox
- Create windows VM
- Install RBE on windows VM
- Copy bios dump from USB to windows VM
- Edit bios with RBE
- Save edited bios back to the USB stick
- Reboot miner from USB
- Flash GPU with ATIFlash


gl!


Title: Re: how can i read the bios version of my 6990 cards in linux !? any idea !?
Post by: rethaw on July 12, 2011, 12:09:01 AM
You can run RBE through wine just fine. No need to go into a fullblown VM.