Bad installation of bios on gpu

[CHEESYnachoMAN4]

So I was updating my rtx 3080 gigabyte gaming oc bios to get resizable bar support. I had the bios switch to oc and successfully installed the new bios on the oc switch.

Then I went to switch the bios to the silent mode to update the bios for that aswell and I accidently put the oc bios on silent and i tried quickly closing out of the installation and my pc would no longer boot when the bios switch was on silent.

I am able to boot and use the pc fine on the oc bios switch so im wondering if there is any way to fix the bios on the silent switch.

[not found]

If you are able to boot with the switch set on OC, you should be able to flash the silent bios without any problem. After entering the desktop, open the program you used to flash the bios, flip the switch to the silent position and flash the BIOS

[WhitetailAni]

Yes, you'll have to boot with the OC VBIOS, flip the switch to Silent (it doesn't use the VBIOS except on boot), and then flash the Silent Resizable BAR VBIOS.
Just don't close out of the VBIOS flashing!

[CHEESYnachoMAN4]

2 minutes ago, not found said:

If you are able to boot with the switch set on OC, you should be able to flash the silent bios without any problem. After entering the desktop, open the program you used to flash the bios, flip the switch to the silent position and flash the BIOS

 

2 minutes ago, FakeKGB said:

Yes, you'll have to boot with the OC VBIOS, flip the switch to Silent (it doesn't use the VBIOS except on boot), and then flash the Silent Resizable BAR VBIOS.
Just don't close out of the VBIOS flashing!

I booted up with oc switch then went to silent switch with pc on but the thing is its an exe to flash and when i try to flash the bios i get this error.

 

[WhitetailAni]

Just now, CHEESYnachoMAN4 said:

 

The thing is its an exe to flash and when i try to flash the bios i get this error.

 

I believe you'll have to use nvflash. I'm not the person to ask about it, but @ShrimpBrime may be able to help you.

[CHEESYnachoMAN4]

Just now, FakeKGB said:

I believe you'll have to use nvflash. I'm not the person to ask about it, but @ShrimpBrime may be able to help you.

Yeah I looked into nvflash but the thing is that required a rom for the bios to be flashed from what I have seen and on the gigabyte website I only find the exe

[WhitetailAni]

2 minutes ago, CHEESYnachoMAN4 said:

Yeah I looked into nvflash but the thing is that required a rom for the bios to be flashed from what I have seen and on the gigabyte website I only find the exe

Alright, here's an idea:
I wasn't able to find the Resizable BAR-supporting Silent VBIOS, but I was able to find an older Silent VBIOS.

If you flash this onto your Silent VBIOS slot, the updater program should work (as it will now have a full VBIOS, not a corrupted one).

MAKE SURE to follow every step exactly and that your switch is on the Silent VBIOS. Your card does have a dual BIOS switch, but if you brick both, there's not much you can do.

[CHEESYnachoMAN4]

2 minutes ago, FakeKGB said:

Alright, here's an idea:
I wasn't able to find the Resizable BAR-supporting Silent VBIOS, but I was able to find an older Silent VBIOS.

If you flash this onto your Silent VBIOS slot, the updater program should work (as it will now have a full VBIOS, not a corrupted one).

MAKE SURE to follow every step exactly and that your switch is on the Silent VBIOS. Your card does have a dual BIOS switch, but if you brick both, there's not much you can do.

Thank you very much I appreciate your help. I will try it out right now and get back to you

[CHEESYnachoMAN4]

5 minutes ago, FakeKGB said:

Alright, here's an idea:
I wasn't able to find the Resizable BAR-supporting Silent VBIOS, but I was able to find an older Silent VBIOS.

If you flash this onto your Silent VBIOS slot, the updater program should work (as it will now have a full VBIOS, not a corrupted one).

MAKE SURE to follow every step exactly and that your switch is on the Silent VBIOS. Your card does have a dual BIOS switch, but if you brick both, there's not much you can do.

Do you know where I can find a good tutorial to use Nvflash I am not familiar with it and dont wanna ruin anything further

[WhitetailAni]

Just now, CHEESYnachoMAN4 said:

Do you know where I can find a good tutorial to use Nvflash I am not familiar with it and dont wanna ruin anything further

I do not, sorry. I've never used it personally.

The Techpowerup forums would be a good place to ask, though. They're where I found the VBIOS file.

[Guest]

OK, you may have to flash the silent bios while using the iGPU if you cannot flash from the OC bios. 

 

This guide is really good. It's the same procedure even from the iGPU, but you should be able to select either vbios to flash while using the iGPU.

 

https://www.overclockersclub.com/guides/how_to_flash_rtx_bios/

 

[CHEESYnachoMAN4]

1 minute ago, ShrimpBrime said:

OK, you may have to flash the silent bios while using the iGPU if you cannot flash from the OC bios. 

 

This guide is really good. It's the same procedure even from the iGPU, but you should be able to select either vbios to flash while using the iGPU.

 

https://www.overclockersclub.com/guides/how_to_flash_rtx_bios/

 

Currently I am connected through igpu but I had to have the gpu on oc bios for it to even boot. Then I switched bios switch to silent while pc is on. 

Thank you for the guide

[Guest]

1 minute ago, CHEESYnachoMAN4 said:

Currently I am connected through igpu but I had to have the gpu on oc bios for it to even boot. Then I switched bios switch to silent while pc is on. 

Thank you for the guide

Well sure, the silent bios is bricked so the board won't post from it. Doesn't pass the self check. 

[CHEESYnachoMAN4]

@ShrimpBrime& @FakeKGB

Thank you both very very much I really appreciate your help

I successfully used the rom to flash the silent bios through nvflash and then I successfully updated it to the latest silent bios using the exe from gigabyte.

[Guest]

Just now, CHEESYnachoMAN4 said:

@ShrimpBrime& @FakeKGB

Thank you both very very much I really appreciate your help

I successfully used the rom to flash the silent bios through nvflash and then I successfully updated it to the latest silent bios using the exe from gigabyte.

Right on man, right on