GPU Crashing, Need help to vBIOS Flash

[jjas01]

Hi

I recently updated my Palit 780 GTX to the latest Nvidia driver 364.51 and ever since my GPU crashes within the first 5 minutes of any game I play except DotA 2 and CS GO.

I've tried rolling back my driver, i've tried using DDU and a dozen or so old drivers, tried doing a fresh OS with no microsoft updates, been troubleshooting for a couple of days now with no success. I'm pretty sure my GPU is bricked but I want to flash my vBIOS as my last hope before I give up and have to buy a new one.

I've never vBIOS flashed before and have no clue how to do it. Can anyone point me in the direction of some up to date guides etc.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you.

 

[Toothless]

What kind of crash? It could not be vbios related since you didn't flash it in the first place. Could be a voltage issue.

 

[jjas01]

I boot up any game, play for about 2-5 minutes. Screen goes black (very brief flickering), PC completely crashes and reboots. I see no error message, no blue screen nothing.

I can play any Valve game for hours on end with zero issues. Everything else is a no go zone.

 

[cadaveca]

You should be looking to other problems here. A GPU crash should result in the app closing and notification of driver failure, but not system crash.

If it was vBIOS, then you'd get crash as the system boots up, when the driver loads.

Perhaps there is a problem with audio driver, or other system software. I'd highly recommend full stability testing, and not bothering with vBIOS. I'd look at ram/CPU/board as the culprit, if not driver-related.

 

[jjas01]

The day the issues started I had been playing The Division for a couple of hours before with no issues. I closed down the game to install the Nvidia driver, restarted and as soon as I booted up and played The Division again it has been non stop crashes since. That either has to be the greatest coincidence or the driver did something to my GPU that even rolling back won't fix now. I'm not sure what to do at this point.

 

[Vellinious]

Did you use DDU to completely remove the old version? I'd try that first.

 

[little cat]

The day the issues started I had been playing The Division for a couple of hours before with no issues. I closed down the game to install the Nvidia driver, restarted and as soon as I booted up and played The Division again it has been non stop crashes since. That either has to be the greatest coincidence or the driver did something to my GPU that even rolling back won't fix now. I'm not sure what to do at this point.

Reinstall the working driver ! Also check the temperatures . Hope the PSU is adequate .

1 month ago , i tried a newer NVidia driver and surprise : i got costant flickering of the screen , computer restarts and "Driver stopped and has been restarted ... " . Before I bricked the laptop , quickly reinstalled the previous , 1-2 months older driver and all was fixed/OK

 

[jjas01]

Reinstall the working driver ! Also check the temperatures . Hope the PSU is adequate .

1 month ago , i tried a newer NVidia driver and surprise : i got costant flickering of the screen , computer restarts and "Driver stopped and has been restarted ... " . Before I bricked the laptop , quickly reinstalled the previous , 1-2 months older driver and all was fixed/OK

Yeah I rolled back the driver, even used DDU and installed a much older one. Still same problem. I noticed on the Nvidia forums this is happening to all of the 700, 800 and 900 series cards but when the 800 and 900 series rollback their drivers it goes away but it persists with the 700 series.

 

[little cat]

What about getting the card out for 30 sec and putting it back Also the connectors

 

[jjas01]

Yeah i've reseated it, removed it completely. Made sure there was no dust etc

 

[dbartist]

have u checked the power ?
u could also use a benchmark to monitor whats happening to ur pgu just before failure, that could give u some clues

 

[OneMoar]

you have a hardware failure someplace not a bios issue
things to check in order of likeliness
1.power supply
2.ram
3. motherboard
4. GPU is simply Dead No fixing it (try anouther card_)

 

[jboydgolfer]

I agree with dave, the bios isnt the problem. i agree that the issue is indicative of a bios problem, aside from the way it crashes.
but everything about the way you explain the problem, says this is Not the gpu's bios. As long as Your certain you havent messed around with it prior to this issue(meaning bios editing)
I would guess Power supply, as it seems like your saying the issue manifests once you start a game, and the power draw is at its greatest, either that, or temps. I realize much of this has been said, but vbios flashing for this issue, would be like going to the dentist for a broken foot.

Id try to seat another GPU, and test it with that card, or even if possible, swap PSU out. Memory. reseat CPU.

 

[jjas01]

Bought a new card and it fixed everything. Nothing wrong with any other parts of my PC, got the card tested and the driver corrupted the vram. A complete failure of a driver by Nvidia.