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NVFlash (5.660.0) does not run --protecton command on RTX3080 (Strix OC) successfully?

jbattermann

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Hey there,

I used v5.660.0 of the NVFlash tool to flash one of my two GPU bioses and in order to to do so I ran nvflash64 --protectoff first, flashed the bios and then tried to run nvflash64 --protecton again but unfortunately it does not work:

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D:\tools\NVFlash»nvflash64.exe --protecton
NVIDIA Firmware Update Utility (Version 5.660.0)
Copyright (C) 1993-2020, NVIDIA Corporation. All rights reserved.

Adapter: GeForce RTX 3080 (10DE,2206,1043,87AC) H:--:NRM S:00,B:07,D:00,F:00

EEPROM ID (EF,6015) : WBond W25Q16FW/JW 1.65-1.95V 16384Kx1S, page

Setting EEPROM software protect setting...

Setting of EEPROM protect failed.
PROGRAMMING ERROR: Error: set EEPROM protection function failed

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Others have reported the same / similar problem with RTX 30* cards (i.e. see https://www.overclock.net/threads/official-nvidia-rtx-3090-owners-club.1753930/page-125) and I was wondering if somebody knows a work around and or would know, where I could report this as a bug / feature request to make that command compatible with those newer cards?

Thanks!
-JB
 
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Probably a newer version helps. I talk to @W1zzard ...

EDIT:
Try NVIDIA NVFlash 5.667.0

Thanks for the quick reply! However / unfortunately it did not fix the problem.. downloaded the .zip (which does not contain a 64bit version btw) and ran it again.. however:

D:\Tools\NVFlash»nvflash.exe --protecton
NVIDIA Firmware Update Utility (Version 5.667.0)
Copyright (C) 1993-2020, NVIDIA Corporation. All rights reserved.


Adapter: GeForce RTX 3080 (10DE,2206,1043,87AC) H:--:NRM S:00,B:07,D:00,F:00


EEPROM ID (EF,6015) : WBond W25Q16FW/JW 1.65-1.95V 16384Kx1S, page

Setting EEPROM software protect setting...


Setting of EEPROM protect failed.

ERROR: set EEPROM protection function failed
 
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(which does not contain a 64bit version btw)

It is the 64 bit version. The "source" renamed it for some reason...


 

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Ah ok... didn't check / look that far. But yeah.. unfortunately the --protecton flag doesn't work, yet. If he/she needs any more data or something to identify why this is (not) happening, let me know.. happy to help
 

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I have the same problem with my 3080 TUF. Where you able to update your vBIOS ? I got this error.

Results:
Index | Match | Flash | Name
<00> * GeForce RTX 3080 (10DE,2206,1043,87B0) S:00, B:26
Nothing changed!



ERROR: Update aborted
 
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Ah ok... didn't check / look that far. But yeah.. unfortunately the --protecton flag doesn't work, yet. If he/she needs any more data or something to identify why this is (not) happening, let me know.. happy to help
Pretty sure that is known problem, but the flashed Bios will work.
 

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I have a ASUS RTX 3080 TUF 10G and I get the same error message when I try the --protecton command. Any news on this yet?
 
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Recheck later with NVFlash 5.670 (Windows)

Otherwise you could make a try under Linux (5.652 or later).
 
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Ah ok... didn't check / look that far. But yeah.. unfortunately the --protecton flag doesn't work, yet. If he/she needs any more data or something to identify why this is (not) happening, let me know.. happy to help
Is progress being made to solve this problem?
I hope that in the next version it is solved.

Some time ago I opened a post with the information I have about this problem, in case it helps you.
 

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Will it matter if the protect is off if you need to RMA a card but you have a stock bios on ?
 
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