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Do i need to update my BIOS?

Anonymous
2021-12-09T15:39:11+00:00

Hi there,
this is a problem i've been having of late that is not constant but rather intermittent.

Basically, turned the machine on a few weeks back, nothing appeared on screen, just the "No Signal" message.
It happened the day after i had updated to Nvidia driver 496.76 (update went through without issue the night before, gamed and worked as expected)
A hard restart brought it back to life, but soon after - in normal desktop space - the GPU clock rammed up to load levels + 100% usage and the mouse was sluggish / unresponsive.
Performed a standard restart and then back to desktop, booted into safe mode and DDU'd that driver out and rolled back to 496.13.

That was approx. 3 weeks ago, everything working as it should be since then - except for one or 2 times the GPU clock raced up to load levels when opening BF 2042 and everything became sluggish again. Quitting out of the game wouldn't bring it back down either, only a restart fixed the issue. The game would then function perfectly.

Yesterday evening i turned the machine on and again was greeted with the "No Signal" message. Hard restart brought it back to life, but soon after had another attack of the high GPU clock and sluggishness - but only after i had played a bit AC Origins, which ran smoothly and without issue. Once i quit out of that and tried to open BF2042 did the high clock rate and low frame rate occur. Again, just restarted the machine and everything worked as it should.

Do i need to update my BIOS here? The machine is exactly 2 years old, the GPU is 4 years old.

i9-9900k
Geforce 1080Ti
32gb RAM
be quiet! 850w

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Windows update

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-12-09T19:29:32+00:00

    okay, thanks for the tip

    this is more or less why im not so eager to dive on in and update them, i keep reading horror stories about bricked machines and i need it for work

    there's no new feature or definitive problem that i would be updating to acquire/fix, its just to try and solve an admittedly random and intermittent problem that im willing to bet is more driver related than anything else. Ever since the 30 series GPUs came out the drivers have been riddled with problems

    thanks again

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-12-09T16:28:37+00:00

    No, you do not need to update the BIOS. As a matter of fact, I recommend against it. Although a BIOS upgrade normally goes well, it is not without danger. If something goes wrong while the upgrade is an progress (for example, a lapse in power) you can be left with no BIOS at all, and an unbootable computer.Do a BIOS upgrade if you need to--because you are having a problem that the new version is known to fix--not just because one is available.

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-12-09T16:15:09+00:00

    thanks man, ill give that a try

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  4. Neil D 33,005 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2021-12-09T15:51:41+00:00

    I would make sure the motherboard drivers are up to date from the manufacturer and if the problem persists then look for a bios update.

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