My 3090 FTW has red lighted after running ~ 6 hours on the FTW3 -> Hybrid -> hybrid XOC bios. So uhhh yeah. Be careful.

Dabadger84

AzN1337c0d3r
I have never seen such erratic readings from my 3987 (3090 FTW3 Ultra). My bet is that you have something wrong with the sensor IC on your board that unfortunately will require an RMA. Go open a support ticket and see what they say.

 
This is one of many reasons I don't think it's an issue that actually needs to be RMAed for:
 
https://youtu.be/ayGS51-xl5g?t=519
 
It happened to them as well, as I said in a previous post.  This isn't some random thing, I think a lot of people are encountering it either unknowingly, or without even catching it happening - remember that software like HWInfo64 and even the plotting/logging software in Precision X1 itself, only logs every 1-2 seconds, these blips are happening for just a moment, not a long or notably period of time, and they're clearly an error and not something to be extremely concerned about - but it's still going to bug me until I know more or see more people experiencing it as well.

What's the point of mentioning a bug when you ignore someone who replies about it?  I don't get it.

andressergio
btw we are getting closer to 2 month with no reply about the BETA XOC BIOS
 
October 21, 2020  - December 15, 2020 

 
Things get missed, but JacobF form EVGA said both here and on twitter that they are still working on it.
 

Injoemomma
Can someone please help me? I want to pair my 3090 FTW3 hybrid with a 10900k. I need a case that has amazing airflow and can hold 360mm aio for cpu and 360mm aio for gpu (once I upgrade to the Kingpin 3090 hybrid). The only part I have currently for this build is my 3090 ftw3 hybrid gpu. I can’t find a case that will hold 2 360mm AIOs. I also need a guide as what are the best parts to get. All the big youtubers are going with AMD for their builds so it’s hard to find a good example.

The Lian Li PC 011 Dynamic and Lian Li PC 011 Dynamic XL both will work with multiple 360mm radiators and support many fans.  You can mount the CPU 360mm AIO up top and the GPU 360mm AIO on the side of the case.
 

I can now confirm that this is tripping a software-readout Thermal Limit "Yes" indicator in HWInfo64, SOMETIMES, when it happens.  It happened while I was asleep while the GPU was folding, tripped "Yes" indicator on Thermals, but it happened again after I got up & reset the monitoring, and did NOT trip the Thermal Limit readout to Yes... so that also isn't consistent.
 
I'm going to be posting a separate thread about this to see how widespread this is, because I've had at least one other 3090 FTW3-variant user on the forums confirm this happens to them while they are having zero other issues with their card, like me.
 

vgerik1234
My 3090 FTW has red lighted after running ~ 6 hours on the FTW3 -> Hybrid -> hybrid XOC bios. So uhhh yeah. Be careful.

RIP in pepperonum, especially since the RMA process will be slow given eVGA & their RMA department taking a holiday break.  They'll get you taken care of though, sorry to hear about your card.
 

andressergio
 
South America brother have to ask a friend in FL to buy it for me and send it, but EVGA gave him an ETA of 29 DEC to Miami FL. Let's see...Thank You for that!

Cheers, Sergio!

Well congrats on the Hybrid kit!  
 

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andressergio
btw we are getting closer to 2 month with no reply about the BETA XOC BIOS
 
October 21, 2020  - December 15, 2020 

 
Things get missed, but JacobF form EVGA said both here and on twitter that they are still working on it.

Indeed.
 

Kylearan
 
What's the point of mentioning a bug when you ignore someone who replies about it?  I don't get it.

?  Huh?
 

Kylearan
 
I mentioned this already but it seems everyone ignored me.  Either people WANT to ignore me or they're too busy complaining about bioses,
But this bug started happening in the 457.xx driver branch.  It does NOT happen in hotfix driver 456.98 (and I used that driver for a VERY long time), nor does it happen in 456.38 studio driver.
On cards without your memory temp monitoring, you see 'flashes' of "PWR/Therm" in GPU-Z (shows up as a Therm "flag" in hwinfo64), usually it happens when a load changes drastically, but sometimes it happens at idle but if it does happen, it seems to only happen when some type of load changes occurs somewhere.
 
I suggest reporting this bug to Nvidia.

Now I see what you said, I missed this post - thank you for the information, if this is indeed a driver bug, that is a relief.  Unfortunately since I play Cyberpunk, and one of the two recent driver updates fixed issues with crashing in Marvel's Avengers, which are the two main games I play, I cannot revert to a previous driver.
 
I am still going to post a thread on this issue to see how widespread it is, as I am genuinely curious.

Did anyone run the KP-BIOS on his FTW3 Ultra?
It works on a ASUS Strix (like the EVGA-brand unfriendly 500-BIOS)
 
 
btw:
Did anyone (with aircooled GPU) replace the original thermal paste with better thermal paste (e.g. Thermal Grizzly)?

Dwayne_Johnson
Did anyone run the KP-BIOS on his FTW3 Ultra?
It works on a ASUS Strix (like the EVGA-brand unfriendly 500-BIOS)
 
 
btw:
Did anyone (with aircooled GPU) replace the original thermal paste with better thermal paste (e.g. Thermal Grizzly)?

Absolutely 0 change to the power draw limit. 480w Strix bios also did nothing. 

I have a question and it might already be covered here.
I have a Hybrid Kit that's coming for my 3090 FTW3 Ultra. In this case, do I use the ULTRA bios still or the Hybrid bios?
Thanks all in advance.
 
 

EVGA_JacobF
We have a new BETA BIOS that increases the maximum Power Target. This BIOS is only intended for the extreme overclocking user and does not have any other changes. Please note the following:
 

• This update will increase the power consumption while overclocking, and is recommended you have adequate cooling and power (850w+ Gold minimum) when using this.
• EVGA does not guarantee any performance increase or overclock while using this BIOS update.

 
Any other questions or concerns will be answered in this forum thread only. Please post below your results and feedback!
 
 
BIOS Instructions (Windows Installation):

• Download the correct .zip file below for your graphics card below.
• Extract the files to a location on disk.
• Make sure no programs are running in the background, and double click Update.exe
• Press "Y" to begin the update.
• DO NOT TURN OFF POWER OR RESET DURING THE UPDATE PROCESS!
• After update, restart PC.

 
EVGA GeForce RTX 3090 FTW3

• EVGA GeForce RTX 3090 FTW3 ULTRA – ) |
• EVGA GeForce RTX 3090 FTW3 - |
• EVGA GeForce RTX 3090 FTW3 HYBRID - |

NOTE: There are 2 BIOS's, one is for the BIOS when switched to the normal stock position, the other if switched to the OC position
 
If you wish to go back to the Default BIOS you can find them below:
EVGA GeForce RTX 3090 FTW3 ULTRA Default BIOS - |
EVGA GeForce RTX 3090 FTW3 Default BIOS - |

ekwk1983
I have a question and it might already be covered here.
I have a Hybrid Kit that's coming for my 3090 FTW3 Ultra. In this case, do I use the ULTRA bios still or the Hybrid bios?
Thanks all in advance.

You are kind of left to put the pieces together yourself on that - it should be in a sticky post IMO. Or, even better, included in the installation instructions for the Hybrid Kit.  I took a shot at summing it up in this post.
 
Edit: I created a dedicated thread with the instructions!