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[FAZ]

Hi FAZ,
I have overclocked a lot my GPUs, and unlocked some power limits by flashing custom GPUs BIOS (Vbios) years ago, and completly forget this until updating nvidia drivers to the first one that include CUDA 9.10 -> direct windows BSOD, or cannot install drivers at all, until I read somewhere that new drivers should be modified to accept power limit modification. Now I have no time anymore to overclock so I revert back all my GPUs to original Vbios.
Also on my 7GPUs rig, I have one 980Ti that refused to install drivers (this 980Ti is not vbios modified by me), so I've checked the model and manufacturer and found the original bios and flashed it : can now install drivers (387.92 and up) again.

EDIT: Didn't realize that you were talking about a gpu bios. Didn't know there was such a thing. All my gpus have not been tampered with in terms of flashing or OC's. I'm a hardware noob.

[FAZ]

Same exact problem as OP.

Windows 10 Creators - 1803 (update forced by Windows 10)
MOBO: Asus X99-E WS Usb 3.1 (yes PLX)
Driver: Only 382.33 works (Even with RedShift!)
GPUS: x3 1080s, and x1 1080 Ti
Octane 3.07 stable
Octane 3.08 will not work (red message in IPR - "Cuda version is too old" <--- ad-libbing)

Newer drivers cause freeze. BSOD watchdogs if left on while frozen. I've tried all of the drivers from 388.xx and up.

Any suggestions/solutions would be greatly appreciated! lol Losing my mind here.

Thanks in advance.
Alex

[itou31]

Hi,
Did you connect The PCIe Power connector ?
There's something to do with power with these new drivers.
I'm still on BIOS 3502 bios.
I will try to check with windows 10 this WE, but I don't think that it is caused by windows version.

[Studio21]

Im on the same boat. also Windows 7 install didnt help out. this is really bad. is nvidia ever gonna fix this crap?

[coilbook]

I have ASUS ROG RAMPAGE VI and I am getting watch dog BSOD with watch dog errors using 397.64. Are there any good drivers for ASUS ROG RAMPAGE VI and nvidia?

By the way can someone from otoy contact nvidia and asus since they never respond or listen to us?


Thank you

[Studio21]

GEEZ, so this is happening with the rampage as well? i though this board didnt have that issue with the newer drivers. sigh

[Studio21]

what MB is "safe" to use that will house 4 dual slot cards?

[coilbook]

GEEZ, so this is happening with the rampage as well? i though this board didnt have that issue with the newer drivers. sigh

with rampage it happens sometimes but every 2 days I have BSOD or frozen PC for sure.

[FAZ]

Hi,
Did you connect The PCIe Power connector ?
There's something to do with power with these new drivers.
I'm still on BIOS 3502 bios.
I will try to check with windows 10 this WE, but I don't think that it is caused by windows version.

Hello itou thanks for the reply,

Yes, I have all of my 4 gpus connected. Is there one extra on the mb as well or something? I don't see anything. Could you send a pic of what you mean by PCIe power connector?

[itou31]

The power connector for PCIe is near the first slot (in red circle)

Just test with V4 xb2.1 : no BSOD or crash.