I have a Dell R210ii (Many 11th Gen Dell servers have the same issue) that isn’t able to boot with any GPU containing a UEFI image in the vBIOS. These are the instruction I used to fix my issue. There may be better methods, but this worked for me. Use at your own risk, if you’re not comfortable recovering from a bad flash if (READ! WHEN) something goes wrong, I suggest you don’t proceed!
3) Search for the ASCII "PCIR" <without quotes> One of the results will look like this… - Note the 55 AA on the line above in the first column and the block of FF FF directly above.
Thanks for posting this. I tried following the guide using a GT 710 which I got from eBay, turns out it’s a fake according to GPU-Z. Ordered a GT 1030, will give it another try when that arrives.
@wan0net - Fake GT 710?? What are people doing making those? And when did GPU-z start being able to tell user something is fake?? I wouldn’t even think such a thing would be common enough to write in this coding into GPU-z
It might have been because I plugged it into a PC which already had a 1660TI in it and / or wrong drivers, but GPU-Z came up and said FAKE. I might give it another go in another PC, but honestly the GT 1030 would be better anyway.
It’s pretty common. People flash cheap cards faking them as more expensive ones. Ali Express and places like that.
The box is just actually a Linux desktop running Manjaro - I just wanted HD video.
The bios on the card doesn’t align with what you’ve stated above
3) Search for the ASCII “PCIR” <without quotes> One of the results will look like this… - Note the 55 AA on the line above in the first column and the block of FF FF directly above.
I don’t have a 55 AA on the line above, or anywhere above in fact.
Again this could also be because I used GPU-Z for the dump rather than NVFLASH (my bad).
I’ve tried it in the R210. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. Haven’t correlated them yet.
But after a bit more digging, I worked out that I ordered a GT 730. The BIOS says GT 730. But the chip is a GF 119. Which means it can’t be a GT 730, it’s either a GT 510, 520, or a 710 based on the images I see on the internet.
@wan0net Try flashing a GT 520 1GB (assuming that RAM size is correct) got nothing to loose. If you can find the correct ROM for that card (so GPU-Z is happy) I bet it it’ll just work in your R210. None of the GT 520’s have UEFI Images from what I can see. I think your issue is a bad rom, vs incompatible UEFI image.
Dell PowerEdge R900 (gen 10, 4cpu xeon 7330/ 32gb) AT LAST works with 3r party GPU (Nvidia palit 730, 1gb, silent), tested OS - Windows 10 Pro. I tried to launch it last 2 months, аnd now I have Nox player on it! It’s amazing!
I have only one reason to reg here - say to u a REALLY BIG THANKS for this solution.
Now I’ll check scheme with VMWare 6 with Win 2016, just for experience)
One more times - THANKS, really u made me happy!
P.S. Some kind of advice - GPU doesn’t work on loading screen, but starts when OS running up, and first you must to install Nvidia drivers pack manually in windows.
So, if somebody sometimes will need this info - it can works (vmw shows GPU in a list of devices). I have somekind of mistake, guess vmw needs to be update, but I haven’t plenty much of time to check it
Thank you for the guide! I’m trying to use a Quadro P400 to enable hardware transcoding in my R210 II to make it into a decent Plex server. I can’t seem to get it to the GPU flashed after modifying it in HxD.
Update display adapter firmware? Press 'y' to confirm (any other key to abort): EEPROM ID (9D,1253) : ISSI IS25WQ040 1.65-1.95V 4096Kx1S, page
Error preserving Inforom Image.
NOTE: Exception caught. Nothing changed!
ERROR: PCI Block corrupted 1.OffsetMode is true
I've never used a hex editor so I'm sure I'm doing something wrong. I found where the block I should remove begins, but I'm unsure about where it ends. There are smaller and larger FF blocks so I'm not sure if I'm going far enough. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
If you post screenshots of the beginning & end of the block you’re trying to delete (as in my example), or even a couple different options I’ll confirm for you which is correct.
start.PNG is where I believe you start. end1.PNG is the first full row of FF I find when searching, followed by end2-4.PNG. I can post more if you think it’s farther down the file.
I think I did it! Attached is where I started and ended. Total length was 10800 (which is similar to yours). GPU-Z is now showing UEFI disabled! Before it was checked. I’m at work but I’ll throw the Quadro P400 into the R210 ii tonight and see if it boots!
