RTX 3060 flickering issue

[Loonmario]

I was able to get a Asus ROG Strix RTX 3060 from the Newegg Shuffle but it has an issue. Sometimes I see a quick flicker go across the screen. It doesn't seem to matter what is on the screen at the time, desktop, web browser or game. I did also change my case and got a new 750w Super Flower Gold PSU since I needed it for the 3060 power requirements.

 

I've tried 3 different VESA 1.4 displayport cables, an HDMI cable, and two different monitors (LG 32GK650-F and Dell S3220DGF)

 

I've removed all other usb devices except mouse and keyboard and there are no other pcie devices plugged in.

 

PSU cables are fully seated. I also reinstalled the video card three times and checked the slot and video card connectors.

 

G-Sync is turned off (my monitors are Freesync but for troubleshooting it's all turned off, I see the flicker whether it's on or off).

 

GPU temperature is about 37 degrees idle and 59 degrees max during 3dMark.

 

There is a BIOS update for my motherboard (MSI B450 Tomahawk) 7C02v1H3(Beta version) and it says [Optimized Resizable BAR (Re-Size BAR) function with NVidia Graphics cards] but I'm a little nervous about flashing to a Beta version of the BIOS. My current BIOS is from 03/06/2019. Also, the Nvidia driver 461.72 from Feb 25, 2021 is the only driver available to troubleshoot with. Could a driver update fix it?  I could return this card to Newegg but if Newegg can't replace it and I take a refund I'll have to search for another card. I could RMA it to Asus but that makes me nervous too. Any ideas? I don't really know what else I can try. I still have my 5600xt as a backup but I wanted to put that in another computer.

 

Specs:

Ryzen 5 2600x

MSI B450 Tomahawk

ASUS ROG Strix RTX 3060 12GB

x2 8GB Gskill PC3200

500GB Adata SX8200 NVME

500GB Micron SATA

1TB WD 7200rpm hard drive

Super Flower 750w Legion GX Gold

Phanteks p360a case

 

[n4k3dal13n]

Definitely go through with that bios update, I am not 100% about it being the GPU it more sounds like the bios for your motherboard needs to be updated to be able to support the GPU hardware. If I were you I would go ahead and flash the new bios software then try everything out again I have had the same problem on previous computers in the past. Seeing's how the 3090 just recently had been released using a 2019 revision of the motherboards bios is probably not the best for the results you are looking at getting. 

 

Best of luck, hope all works out for you.