diff --git a/test/test_tensor_variable.py b/test/test_tensor_variable.py
index 643b1c5dec..b05529c71c 100644
--- a/test/test_tensor_variable.py
+++ b/test/test_tensor_variable.py
@@ -73,8 +73,6 @@ class TestTensorVariable(unittest.TestCase):
     ret = Tensor.arange(vv.bind(4), 7)
     self.assertListEqual(ret[:3].tolist(), [4,5,6])
 
-  # TODO: add vmin/vmax pattern for symbolic denominator
-  @unittest.expectedFailure
   def test_symbolic_arange_sym_step(self):
     vv = Variable("step", 1, 3)
     ret = Tensor.arange(0, 10, vv.bind(2))
@@ -86,6 +84,18 @@ class TestTensorVariable(unittest.TestCase):
     ret = Tensor.arange(begin.bind(4), end.bind(7))
     self.assertListEqual(ret[:3].tolist(), [4,5,6])
 
+  def test_symbolic_arange_three_vars(self):
+    begin = Variable("b", 0, 5)
+    end = Variable("e", 10, 20)
+    step = Variable("s", 1, 3)
+    ret = Tensor.arange(begin.bind(2), end.bind(14), step.bind(3))
+    self.assertListEqual(ret[:4].tolist(), [2,5,8,11])
+
+  def test_symbolic_full(self):
+    vv = Variable("x", 1, 10).bind(5)
+    t = Tensor.full((3,), vv)
+    self.assertListEqual(t.tolist(), [5,5,5])
+
   def test_variable_empty(self):
     v = Variable("i", 1, 10)
     # TODO: Tensor creation from unbound variable should assert
diff --git a/tinygrad/tensor.py b/tinygrad/tensor.py
index c50dcfcb6a..652fbe8511 100644
--- a/tinygrad/tensor.py
+++ b/tinygrad/tensor.py
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ class Tensor(OpMixin):
 
     # create a UOp from the different types of inputs
     if isinstance(data, UOp):
-      assert _dtype is None or _dtype==data.dtype, f"dtype doesn't match ({_dtype} vs {data.dtype}), and casting isn't supported"
+      assert _dtype is None or _dtype==data.dtype or data.dtype==dtypes.index, f"dtype mismatch: {_dtype} vs {data.dtype}"
       # if data is dtype.index that means that this is a symbolic int and we need to lower it to something we can make a Tensor out of
       if data.dtype==dtypes.index: data = _index_to_concrete_int(data)
       if data.op is Ops.BIND:  # type: ignore  # mypy type narrowing is bugged here