Damien42123

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Damien42123
Hello All

Can you help me? 


I not understand this : "EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 (For Dual BIOS cards, card must be set to BIOS that is being flashed) 

If you can reply in French it's cool, i have a 1080 FTW 08G-P4-6286-KR

Ok, sorry, my French is really bad!! Anyway, on the front side of the card (The thin part with EVGA led written on it as you look in PC when installed) There is a very small switch that unless looking for it can easily be missed. Just check and you will find it. All cards are shipped with the primary Bios active, a lot of people don't even know there is a secondary bios. That switch can be moved to the left after moving it it will activate the secondary bios. You are surely on the primary bios otherwise you wouldn't have posted this question. So if you want to flash only the primary bios (like I did) you don't need to do anything at all except download and install the primary bios. The secondary bios is the same procedure but you MUST move that tiny switch first. I doubt you need to do that however. When you find/see that switch you will instantly understand. (I didn't even check that switch as I never use secondary bios - like you I guess.) So, nothing to do except down/load and install primary. If you wish to check that switch then you will find it very quickly as above. Just remember it's small, so not obvious unless looking for it.
 

 
Thank for your reply, now i know which bios i need to download and install..

Just a  last question, what is the interest to have 2 bios? i never switch the tiny switch (as you say) so why we have 2 bios ?

Thanks

The Second bios (slave mode) disables 0db fan mode, allows a higher power target, and I think something else. I don't recall, I leave mine in slave mode all the time.

Thanks for your answer guys ;)

 

Bepzinky
Is there any temp sensor on the VRMs on the 1080?
My 1080SC is running cool as ever with my own fan profiles.
 
I've been warning people LONG AGO that the stock EVGA fan profiles were broken and not utilizing the fans of the ACX properly, shame that this issue got addressed so late.

Could you share a screenshot of your fan profile settings please ?
Thanks

mikedowen
 
Me to.
Looks like a lot of folks in the UK received them today. Now just waiting on my Thermal Grizzly to turn up. Though I suspect the paste they supply would be fine.

Same here, just arrived for me as well. 1st class mail, meaning they must have sent them off yesterday - guess that means they got their shipment over the weekend or Monday and started to mail them out. Still says "awaiting shipment" on the page, so I guess it the system only tracks US mailings (probably because of the state of their EU warehouse).


Looks like I got a weekend project now!

Just finished adding the thermal pads to my 1080 FTW. I did not bother with the additional VRAM pads since mine appear to be fine. To be honest I was not planning on doing the mod (since my card has been running well for five monhs), but I ordered the pads and they arrived, so I decided to do it.
 
Just make sure to use enough thermal paste when re-installing the heatsink. I used a "grain of rice sized" blob and the card started running hot. When I opened it back up, I noticed that the thermal paste was not covering the whole chip. I applied a larger glob the second time around and now it seems to be operating as before. 
 
All in all I do not think it was necessary, but I like tinkering with things and this was an excuse to take apart my card and see what it looks like on the inside. 

matthewr87
Just finished adding the thermal pads to my 1080 FTW. I did not bother with the additional VRAM pads since mine appear to be fine. To be honest I was not planning on doing the mod (since my card has been running well for five monhs), but I ordered the pads and they arrived, so I decided to do it.
 
Just make sure to use enough thermal paste when re-installing the heatsink. I used a "grain of rice sized" blob and the card started running hot. When I opened it back up, I noticed that the thermal paste was not covering the whole chip. I applied a larger glob the second time around and now it seems to be operating as before. 
 
All in all I do not think it was necessary, but I like tinkering with things and this was an excuse to take apart my card and see what it looks like on the inside. 

The thermal pad mod for the Power Phases was a good idea, seeing as the new fan profile with the bios update only partially solved that issue, the Power delivery was still running a little bit too hot for my comfort zone, and these pads brought it well within check. So, for those of us who saw what the temperatures were before and after, it does make a difference.

there's a hidden 'feature' of this BIOS update... it also disables GPU boost.

falcompsx
there's a hidden 'feature' of this BIOS update... it also disables GPU boost.

Could you elaborate on that?

Gladly... See attached hwmonitor min/max values after a admittedly somewhat brief gaming session. Temps stay nicely around 72C, fans are screaming, but the gpu clock and memory clock are locked at 1709/5005. Never once has it boosted since applying this BIOS update.

Well thats new, so i guess im going to stay away from the new bios and just rely on my own fan curves and apply that pad fix when ever they arrive.

Edit; Thanks for the heads up.

Edit2; Just had a quick look and seems that people are having memory speed issues with the newest driver from nvidia, perhaps its related to that.