EVGA GTX590 Classified BIOS Flashing Issue

[RyzenMaster.sys]

I have an EVGA GTX590 Classified (air cooled) in a system and am having some issues with it. I can provide more info on this system if you need. The fan speed randomly locked itself to 1000rpm causing throttling, and I can no longer change the fan speed in MSI afterburner.

I have replaced all thermal pads on the card, the thermal paste, tried uninstalling msi afterburner, and tried older drivers. Nothing helped.

I would like to reflash both VBIOSes on this card. Using NVflash I tried to flash bios 1 VGA Bios Collection: EVGA GTX 590 1536 MB | TechPowerUp and bios 2 VGA Bios Collection: EVGA GTX 590 1536 MB | TechPowerUp I used the command "NVflash -i# bios.rom to attempt to flash each BIOS individually. Unfortunately, I was greeted with a pci id mismatch error when trying to flash each BIOS both times.

If I list adapters for some reason 3 show up. I have no igpu.
GPU0 BR04 (05B9h)
GPU1 GTX590
GPU2 GTX590

Any ideas what to do? Attached are GPUz screenshots and the photo of the sticker you asked for.

 

[eidairaman1]

Remove your long explanation and tell us what you are wanting to do, get white stickers from the card back and gpu-z screenshots.

Im not reading that long wall of text

 

[RyzenMaster.sys]

Remove your long explanation and tell us what you are wanting to do, get white stickers from the card back and gpu-z screenshots.

Im not reading that long wall of text

Done, done, and done.

 

[eidairaman1]

Done, done, and done.

Ok let me review

Done, done, and done.

What video outputs does your card have?

 

[RyzenMaster.sys]

3 DVI-I and 1 Mini DP

Currently using a single monitor connected over DVI-D.

Here are the 2 error messages.

 

[ArdWar]

Sorry if it's tangent to the discussion. I'm pretty sure 0x05B9 is just device ID for the PLX switch, nothing to worry about.

 

[eidairaman1]

3 DVI-I and 1 Mini DP

Currently using a single monitor connected over DVI-D.

Here are the 2 error messages.

Does all the cards have all of those outputs?

Ok from
What im seeing here

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The bios ending in 91 doesnt have all the video outputs you specified.

 

[RyzenMaster.sys]

Sorry if it's tangent to the discussion. I'm pretty sure 0x05B9 is just device ID for the PLX switch, nothing to worry about.

I had considered that a possibility, but wasn't sure. Thanks for the confirmation.

I think all 590s have the same IO. If I am understanding this right, one core+vbios control 2 ports, and the other core+vbios control the other 2?

 

[eidairaman1]

I had considered that a possibility, but wasn't sure. Thanks for the confirmation.

I think all 590s have the same IO. If I am understanding this right, one core+vbios control 2 ports, and the other core+vbios control the other 2?

So do all the cards have 3 DVI and 1 mini dp?

 

[RyzenMaster.sys]

It appears as such from what I see.

 

[ArdWar]

I think all 590s have the same IO. If I am understanding this right, one core+vbios control 2 ports, and the other core+vbios control the other 2?

Well, that explains one bios having 2xDVI-I and one other bios having 1xDVI-I and 1xMiniDP

Now, figuring out which goes where. Nvflash should never mix up the enumeration, right?

 

[RyzenMaster.sys]

Currently it appears that only one DVI port is functioning. I moved the monitor from the top left to the top right port and it didnt show anything on screen. Then i moved it to the bottom dvi and it didn't work either. Perhaps the bios responsible for 2xdvi is also responsible for fan speed and is the problematic bios.

 

[eidairaman1]

Currently it appears that only one DVI port is functioning. I moved the monitor from the top left to the top right port and it didnt show anything on screen. Then i moved it to the bottom dvi and it didn't work either. Perhaps the bios responsible for 2xdvi is also responsible for fan speed and is the problematic bios.

Running in sli can cause certain ports to disable, I would highly suggest only flashing a bios that has all ports specified.

Get pictures of each individual cards video outputs please

Im trying to narrow down what bios you need

 

[RyzenMaster.sys]

Here is my card and the IO

 

[eidairaman1]

Here is my card and the IO

And thats just 1 card only

 

[RyzenMaster.sys]

Get pictures of each individual cards video outputs please

I'm sorry I don't know what you mean.

 

[eidairaman1]

I'm sorry I don't know what you mean.

Ok you have just 1 card only correct?

 

[RyzenMaster.sys]

Yes, one GTX590

 

[ArdWar]

Hmm...

Take a look at nvidia control panel, post a screenshoot of the surround/physX setting window.

Also, do nvflash --list and post result here.

Do nvflash --save SP0.rom and nvflash --save SP2.rom
when prompted to pick the device ID, make sure each rom dump correspond to the name and the enumeration on the list above.
Post the dump here.

I'm trying to figure out if you flash the correct BIOS to the correct device on your 3rd post above. When flashing that, do you remember which BIOS went to which device ID?

 

[RyzenMaster.sys]

The screenshot from Nvidia control panel answers what GPU controls what ports.

The Device ID and enumerator matched for the roms below.

SP0 is GPU1 and SP2 is GPU2 in NVflash. These are the original BIOS files, or at least what was on the card when I acquired it 2nd hand.

I cut this out of the original for conciseness, I had attempted to flash the bios on this card yesterday, but because I think I did something wrong I had reverted it back to the original backups.

I'm trying to figure out if you flash the correct BIOS to the correct device on your 3rd post above. When flashing that, do you remember which BIOS went to which device ID?

I do not recall, unfortunately.

 

[eidairaman1]

The screenshot from Nvidia control panel answers what GPU controls what ports.

The Device ID and enumerator matched for the roms below.

SP0 is GPU1 and SP2 is GPU2 in NVflash. These are the original BIOS files, or at least what was on the card when I acquired it 2nd hand.

I cut this out of the original for conciseness, I had attempted to flash the bios on this card yesterday, but because I think I did something wrong I had reverted it back to the original backups.


I do not recall, unfortunately.

Can you please re-open GPU-Z and click the black arrow next to the white UEFI checkbox please?
Then attempt to upload the bios through GPU-Z to the VGA Bios Collection/database.
You may be prompted that the bios is already in the database with a link.
Please copy and paste that link here,

Make sure to label both links for switch position.

 

[RyzenMaster.sys]

There is no bios switch.

 

[eidairaman1]

There is no bios switch.

Not on back or side?

 

[ArdWar]

SP# is the switch position, as in PCIe "switch".

Your dump is actually identical to the one on the collection, and on the correct GPU too (unless forcing the wrong ROM also change the SP#).

 

[RyzenMaster.sys]

So why won't it flash?