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Hawaii Info is in the Download Section of the Guide



Please read this post first before posting questions about your graphics card (if it unlocks, how to unlock, etc.).



There have been a few incidents of having an unstable card after unlocking to a 290x, so tread carefully. If you're just receiving a new 290, hoping to unlock it shortly afterwards, please play around with the card for a couple days so you know how it behaves. Afterwards, you can try flashing. If you notice any symptoms that didn't occur with the stock BIOS, like having lower fps/scores in whatever you're playing/benching, you're unstable, etc., immediately flash the default bios back.



Some people have also had more stability and unlock success using a 290x bios matching their AIB 290 card (i.e. Sapphire 290x bios on Sapphire 290). So, if you're experiencing stability issues, and/or your card won't unlock, you may want to try that out if the Asus 290x/PT1/PT3/etc. bios doesn't work right for you.



Also , if you're having problems with the drivers installing even though you have an unlockable card, check Techpowerup's BIOS database to find a bios that matches the default bios version on your card (i.e. 015.44.000.007.000000- use GPU-Z to find your bios version).



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Just a heads up for everyone, I'd appreciate it if you didn't talk about mining in this thread. There are other threads more appropriate for that topic. Thanks



The following threads are more suitable for mining discussion:



290 and 290X Litecoin Mining Performance



[Official] BitCoin LiteCoin DigitalCoin And all crypto currencies Club And General Information...



Other coin mining threads

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Put the stock rom on your bootable USB drive.

Get a spare card, and throw it in the primary PCIe slot in your computer.

Put your 290 in another slot, with it switched to the faulty bios.

Put your video cables on your backup card and boot from your USB drive

Type this in: atiflash.exe -i

This will show you what adapter number your card is. It should say Hawaii, along with the card you're using to boot.

Whatever your adapter number is, remember it because you'll need it for the following command

Now, type in atiflash.exe -f -p x stockrom.rom

x will be the adapter number of your card.

Give it about 5sec. reboot your computer, switch your 290 back to primary, and you should be good.

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Quote: Originally Posted by Redvineal



Quote: Originally Posted by Tomsom



Strange problem occurred after I flashed my 290 with the ASUS 290x BIOS. I can no longer see POST as I am booting, the screen does not come on until windows is fully loaded. Which in turn means I can't revert the BIOS because my monitor is just blank until windows is finished loading.



What do i do about this?

I had the same problem with my XFX R9 290. Just follow these steps:



1. Flip the bios switch on the card to the position with the original bios

2. Boot to the flash drive (command line)

3. Flip the bios switch on the card to the position with the Asus bios

4. Run atiflash.exe -ai and verify the information represents the Asus bios

5. Flash the original bios using the same command you used to flash the Asus bios (changing the bios name used in the command, of course)



PM me if you need anymore info.

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ASUS 290X ROM.zip 104k .zip file

ASUS290ROM.zip 43k .zip file

PT1 Custom ROM.zip 42k .zip file

PT3 Custom ROM.zip 42k .zip file

PT1T.zip 42k .zip file



Non-Reference Bioses (to use with non-reference cards that can't unlock although having the right numbers on Hawaii Info):

SapphireTri-X290X.zip 42k .zip file

PCS290XPerformanceQuiet.zip 198k .zip file



Credit goes to @zackbummente for uploading the Tri-X BIOS, and @buddatech for dumping the BIOS. Thanks guys

Quote: Originally Posted by tsm106



...pt1 is a normal bios with no limits, so it has natural droop. pt3 is the same but with no droop. pt3 is inherently more dangerous obviously since it will actually feed more volts than you input. And when we figure the droop involved it is actually a lot more volts. I prefer droop, its safer imo. I want to be the one in control of how much droop I'm affected by and not a predetermined offset.

PT1T BIOS Description: Quote: Credit for this bios goes to xnotx2:



This is the PT1 290x bios that has modified ssid and vid (video id) that tricks the motherboard into thinking it is a 290 bios. It's for when the motherboard boots with a black screen, but can still hear the windows start up chime. (Motherboard fussy with mismatched ID's)

BE CAREFUL WITH THESE ROM FILES. The PT1/PT3/PT1T Bioses have the potential of destroying your card if you don't know what you're doing. The PT1/PT3 ROMS will allow you to adjust the slider to 2V, which translates roughly to 800W to your card. The maximum for this card is around 525W. Also, keep in mind that there is only one clock speed setting. If you have it at 1000Mhz, it will stay at 1000Mhz, even when it's idling.



The Asus 290/x bioses allow you to adjust the voltage up to 1.4v using ASUS GPUTweak. All of the other bioses will officially go up to +100mV in MSI Afterburner.



Spreadsheets/Forms:

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