Asrock releases new Radeon GPU firmware after previous update bricked cards, offers no explanation

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Facepalm: If you have an Asrock Radeon 7000-series graphics card, here's some good news: the company is rolling out a replacement firmware update after the previous version reportedly bricked some RX 7900 XT and RX 7900 XTX GPUs. The less welcome news is that the company hasn't said what it plans to do for users whose cards were borked.

As VideoCardz reports, the new RX 7900 XTX download carries the ASRVBFlash 1.0.6 label and a November 6 date. It replaces version 1.0.5, but there's no changelog explaining what's new or confirmation that the problems with the previous release have been fixed. That's not exactly reassuring for anyone considering another attempted update.

The original downloads arrived on October 29, covering ten Asrock models ranging from the RX 7600 XT to the RX 7900...

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