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Any tutorials on how to flash my 980ti ACX2.0 with the SC's BIOS??

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2015/08/04 04:04:23 (permalink)
Just received my 980ti from the step up program..
 
Unfortunately its at stock speeds. Can I safely flash the gpu with the SC's version of this gpu? if so, how? Or should I just OC it manually?
 
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    Re: Any tutorials on how to flash my 980ti ACX2.0 with the SC's BIOS?? 2015/08/04 04:14:55 (permalink)
    Flashing the BIOS can brick your video board and void the warranty. Do so at your own risk. Here is the basic idea: http://www.trickmasterpc.com/
     
    Here is a list of all possible BIOS: http://www.techpowerup.co...;memType=&memSize=
     

     
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    Re: Any tutorials on how to flash my 980ti ACX2.0 with the SC's BIOS?? 2015/08/04 04:20:46 (permalink)
    Use software overclocking such as Precision X and don't try to flash your video card BIOs. 

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    Re: Any tutorials on how to flash my 980ti ACX2.0 with the SC's BIOS?? 2015/08/04 05:16:06 (permalink)
    You cannot flash another models BIOS on your model. This will very likely brick your card and void your warranty.

    However, you could flash it with a BIOS above, but this will still violate your warranty and could yet still brick your card.

    The risk is not worth $650 in my opinion, but it's your card.

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    Re: Any tutorials on how to flash my 980ti ACX2.0 with the SC's BIOS?? 2015/08/04 07:23:22 (permalink)
    Just use MSI afterburner or precision X (I tend to favor afterburner - less crashing) and just OC the card yourself. Much less hassle and won't void the warranty.

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    Re: Any tutorials on how to flash my 980ti ACX2.0 with the SC's BIOS?? 2015/08/04 07:29:00 (permalink)
    The sc is not clocked much higher so just adding the offset to afterburner or similar programs is the best bet like people have already stated. Afterburner should not have a large overhead on a modern system. 
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    Re: Any tutorials on how to flash my 980ti ACX2.0 with the SC's BIOS?? 2015/08/04 09:48:58 (permalink)
    http://forums.evga.com/GTX-980-TI-BIOSVOLTAGE-HACK-m2360712.aspx#2360879
     
    Just use the 980 TI ACX 2.0 SC vbios instead.


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    Re: Any tutorials on how to flash my 980ti ACX2.0 with the SC's BIOS?? 2015/08/04 10:08:29 (permalink)
    Flashing another bios does not void warranty per se. You just have to flash the original bios back on your card before an rma.
     
    source: http://www.hardwareluxx.d...ios-flash-1058747.html (germany's support manager)
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    Re: Any tutorials on how to flash my 980ti ACX2.0 with the SC's BIOS?? 2015/08/04 10:13:46 (permalink)
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    Flashing another bios does not void warranty per se. You just have to flash the original bios back on your card before an rma.
     
    source: http://www.hardwareluxx.d...ios-flash-1058747.html (germany's support manager)


    That is true, but if you flash it incoorectly or with a BIOS that doesn't work then you cannot reflash the BIOS which at that point the warranty is gone. So this is a terriable argument... It comes up all the time but it's terribly untrue.

    Once it's bricked there's nothing you can do and your warranty is gone. $650 down the drain and that's all I'm trying to say.

    I just don't want to see you brick your card.

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    Re: Any tutorials on how to flash my 980ti ACX2.0 with the SC's BIOS?? 2015/08/04 10:15:29 (permalink)
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    Flashing another bios does not void warranty per se. You just have to flash the original bios back on your card before an rma.
     
    source: http://www.hardwareluxx.d...ios-flash-1058747.html (germany's support manager)


    That is true, but if you flash it incoorectly or with a BIOS that doesn't work then you cannot reflash the BIOS which at that point the warranty is gone. So this is a terriable argument... It comes up all the time but it's terribly untrue.

    Once it's bricked there's nothing you can do and your warranty is gone. $650 down the drain and that's all I'm trying to say.

    I just don't want to see you brick your card.

     but isn't the vanilla acx 2.0 and the sc bios almost exactly the same except boost clocks?
     
    also, if you flash a faulty bios, normally you can just overflash it if you have an iGpu, right?
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    Re: Any tutorials on how to flash my 980ti ACX2.0 with the SC's BIOS?? 2015/08/04 10:43:46 (permalink)
    As long as the card is detected by nvflash you can reflash it using another video card or the igpu. If the card isn't detected by nvflash you're sol.


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    Re: Any tutorials on how to flash my 980ti ACX2.0 with the SC's BIOS?? 2015/08/04 14:00:27 (permalink)
    I manually OC'ed it to 1530Mhz with results so far showing a stable OC. 
     
    Thanks for the help guys.
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    Re: Any tutorials on how to flash my 980ti ACX2.0 with the SC's BIOS?? 2015/08/04 14:07:19 (permalink)



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    Re: Any tutorials on how to flash my 980ti ACX2.0 with the SC's BIOS?? 2015/08/04 14:25:28 (permalink)
    Can anyone provide a stock 980ti acx 2.0 bios? I tried to flash mine back with the techpowerup one but somehow it doesn't work, only the sc works.
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    Re: Any tutorials on how to flash my 980ti ACX2.0 with the SC's BIOS?? 2015/08/04 14:31:07 (permalink)
    julizs
    Can anyone provide a stock 980ti acx 2.0 bios? I tried to flash mine back with the techpowerup one but somehow it doesn't work, only the sc works.


    You can contact evga and request for them to send you a copy to your e-mail.


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    Re: Any tutorials on how to flash my 980ti ACX2.0 with the SC's BIOS?? 2015/08/04 14:40:39 (permalink)
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    Can anyone provide a stock 980ti acx 2.0 bios? I tried to flash mine back with the techpowerup one but somehow it doesn't work, only the sc works.


    You can contact evga and request for them to send you a copy to your e-mail.


     
     
     
    Thanks, cool. Now the Acx 2.0 bios from techpowerup worked, but in precisionX it still says "SC", and my boost clock is still higher than what it shipped...somehow I doubt this is a stock bios.
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