I'm running win 7 32bit, this problem persists no matter what drivers I use, tried driver sweeper, even reinstalled OS, same problem, when enabling sli that damn error. I really believe that this is because of the bios. I flashed with n805, same ****. http://yfrog.com/2mcaptureoimp

I didn't make a backup and I'm a complete idiot because of that. I tried to flash with the older but when I open the update it pops up for 1 seconds and closes. Dunno what I should do, it works perfectly well without sli.

I received the following message in my e-mail from Garret Hall in regards to this Akimbo BIOS and my 8800GT SC:

This update is from far in the past and is not needed for this card.

Perhaps this thread should be locked and un-stickied if it is no longer recommended.

nick1551

Yes, the Akimbo cooler is old.

Yes, the 8800gt is old, also.



It doesn't mean that no one has the card, or the card doesn't still perform, or still can't benefit from this bios, or the original fan bios update.

The 8800gt never shipped with a good fan profile, hense the reason, as stated in the first post.  And the reason of the post,  is to get better temps,  not as a update just to update.

This bios has helped many people get what they want out of their card(s), queue the 5000 views.
 

I am just telling you what I was told by tech support.

You have the original bios on your card.

But as for proper bios, any bios these cards have can be called proper, if it works.

If you are already adjusting the fan speed with a program, then there is no real need to update the bios.  Especially if you getting a nice overclock like you have, I wouldn't mess with it, and keep using precision.


As for the temps (in general):
1- clean the card with compressed air if you haven't already. 
2- Make sure you have good airflow in your case, and around your case.
3- if everything is nice and windy there, a reinstallation of the thermal paste might be in order.
4- And lastly, you might have to decrease your overclock for the summer months, as some do, due to to the increase in ambient air temp.
 
 
But really, that card can take 75c all day,  90-95c then you worry.
For that overclock with the stock cooler, especially.

Current bios I have... tried updating and did not change.

nick1551

What you have to watch out for is windows update in vista and win7 installing the driver while you are flashing (after uninstalling the current driver and rebooting).

That doesn't apply to BAD for failing GPU's... if it's failing the flash will error out. I flashed with the default bios here , later with the Akimo. Really need to do a better job LABELING your post. Just wastes time for others ;)

Just double checked and all the links to both bios's and the direct link to the old post by Jacob are working over here.

I'm having trouble getting my card (N802) to flash in Windows 7 x64. I ran through the instructions (best I could; had to flash outside of safe mode or the service wouldn't run) but GPU-Z still reads the same old BIOS and fan speeds seem to be acting the same, staying at 29%.

I'm sorry if I missed something obvious. I tried to find a plain BIOS file so I could flash in DOS but the .exe seems to be the only thing out there as far as I can tell.

10,000 views!! 
 
 
I hope at least some people are getting some extra miles out of their 8800gt because of this.
 
Or fixing their toasty cards,

Try to run the bios update in regular windows.  Safe mode seems to have problems running the exe.  Just make sure vista's automatic updates are off, before the reboot, so it does't try to reinstall the driver before you update the bios.

This bios will update the fan profile to keep it cooler under load without running precision or alike.  It will most likely not fix any problem with  windows shutting down, unless it is a temp issue.
 
Keep me updated to see how everything goes.
 
GL

that bios did not fix the fan problems i had with my 8800gt, i used nbitor to customise the bios and the problems went away. if you don't want to take a chance then use precision or riva tuner set fan profiles.

Since I can't get the BIOS change to work, I downloaded Riva and created a 50% fan profile. This results in the card running about 7 or 8 degrees cooler (50 degrees or less). Despite that, when I'm playing a IGT Casino game, it will periodically just stop. No Video or sound but it is still shown as open on the taskbar. Clicking on the item on the taskbar, restores the game. It's the way things have been working for the last month. Any ideas where to go from here?

wait you say you can see the fan rpm's in the pc bios? funny i cannot find that on mine. while there are fan speeds there they are for the cpu, spp/mcp fan and your case fans. and yes by setting them to manual they will default at 100% but you can set them where you like. also they will jump a bit due to they way they are controlled. the only way to see the fan speed of the GPU card is from within windows using a app such as everest, precision, etc etc....
here is what you can do to trouble shoot a little.
load GPUZ and click the senors tab, at the bottom of the screen check log to file, click ok in the save box that comes up and leave GPUZ running. now use your PC as you normally would playing your games and what not until it does the freeze thing again. after that close GPUZ and go to the log file (it will be where you told GPUZ to save at and it's a .txt file.
look through the file for temps and fan speeds to see what those temps and speeds are. if the temps are with in acceptable ranges then you know it's not that. dont remember if the vddc temp is logged on the 8800's and the PCB temp should be the Gddr 3 ram temps.
 
but like i said if all those temps are good, and yes that is one hot card but it can take it, then issue is elsewhere. also check you windows logs to see if it's the nvkdll error problem.
good luck

nvidia utilities AKA ntune. they can show you a lot of stuff but don't use it for any over clocking, as a matter of fact most agree your better off not even installing it.
 
the GPU fan setting you speak of though is that the one labeled nforce fan speed control?