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3090 King Pin oc and ln2 modes

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Thursday, February 11, 2021 8:25 PM (permalink)
For some reason, when I use msi afterburner and xc1, the power slider does not go past 105/6 in oc and ln2 bios.

It has done this ever since I got the card. Evga replaced the physical switch which broke, I also asked them to check out the bios but I still dont get max power in oc and ln2.

Does this mean I need to flash the bios for these modes? Or do I need to reinstall drivers/oc software?

If I do need to flash say the ln2 bios, do I just leave the card switched to ln2 when I flash it and similarly for oc?

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    Re: 3090 King Pin oc and ln2 modes Thursday, February 11, 2021 8:37 PM (permalink)
    If you're comfortable using NVflash (if not, I can link you to a guide, it is VERY easy to use), you can just flash the proper BIOSes on to the card yourself.
     
    OC switch position BIOS: https://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/227016/evga-rtx3090-24576-201110-1 
    LN2 Switch position BIOS (520W Power Limit): https://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/227017/evga-rtx3090-24576-201110 
     
    personally, I would recommend running the 520W BIOS - contrary to what it's called, it does not natively disable any sort of protections on the card or anything like that, that has to be done with Classified Tool (disabling OCP etc), so it's not actually "dangerous" to use the 520W BIOS, as long as you're not messing with Classified Tool, there's no real chance of damaging your card, and it does not void your warranty.
     
    Make sure you get NVflash from a reliable source as there is malware out there posing as stuff that's as popular as it is.
     
    Basically, once you get the program, you load Command Prompt as Admin, go to the nvflash folder (make sure you put the BIOS files in that folder, also make sure you LABEL them as otherwise they'll have the same name... I did "GA102-520W" for the LN2 520W BIOS so I could tell them apart), put in "nvflash -6 BIOSNAME.rom" without the quotes and with the particular BIOS name where it belongs.   It will confirm the BIOS BELONGS on the card, if it gives you an error there something is wrong, then it will ask you to confirm you want to flash, you flash & then reboot.
     
    Note, you can boot up on the Normal BIOS switch position, once in OS, switch to the OC position, flash the OC BIOS, then switch to the LN2 BIOS switch position & put the 520W BIOS on it, then reboot and you're good to go.

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    Re: 3090 King Pin oc and ln2 modes Thursday, February 11, 2021 9:43 PM (permalink)
    Thanks so much for your reply. I will give it a crack this weekend.
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    Re: 3090 King Pin oc and ln2 modes Thursday, February 11, 2021 11:16 PM (permalink)
    crowie03
    Thanks so much for your reply. I will give it a crack this weekend.



    If you have any issues or concerns let me know, but that's pretty much step by step.  It's pretty much impossible to screw up - if you input the wrong name, obviously there isn't a file with that name, so it's not like it's going to flash nothing on to the BIOS switch position you have it set on.  Personally if I were you I would put it on the LN2 BIOS switch, put the 520W BIOS on that position, and stick with that.  The (middle) OC BIOS is kinda useless, if it works like the FTW3 OC BIOS did, disables the ability to have the on board fan stop/turn off at idle, and it actually only has a 480W Power Limit looks like.  So I guess it's "Normal" is 450W, with the 0 RPM mode being available, "OC" is 480W assumably with 0 RPM mode not available (I literally haven't used it because everyone that has in the Kingpin threads said it's not good compared to the LN2 BIOS), and then of course the LN2 BIOS has 520W power limit - and it also allows 0 RPM mode.

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