Help I need a tutorial to update the BIOS - NVIDIA 700 Series Graphics Card
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Greetings, as the title of the post says, I need some guidance on how to update the BIOS of a graphics card, specifically the NVIDIA 700 series. I've read that it's complicated to update because you can fry your graphics card if you do something wrong. On the forum, I found an old tutorial, but the update method was using floppy disks, so could someone please tell me the steps for a correct update, step by step, or provide a link that explains how to do it? The idea is to optimize the graphics as much as possible for optimal overclocking performance.
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Greetings, as the title of the post says, I need some guidance on how to update the BIOS of a graphics card, specifically the NVIDIA 700 series. I've read that it's complicated to update because you can fry your graphics card if you do something wrong. On the forum, I found an old tutorial, but the update method was using diskettes, so could someone please guide me through the steps for a correct update, step by step, or provide a link that explains how to do it? The idea is to optimize the graphics as much as possible for optimal overclocking performance.
Why do you want to update the BIOS? I would definitely test the original BIOS to see what ASIC it has and see how it overclocks. Modified BIOSes are more useful for benchmarking, and they are also useful for those who have RL and more than one card to try for a better OC. But I put a modified BIOS on one card and removed it after a short time; the original works better for me, the automatic OC is more comfortable, and it runs smoother.
With two or more cards, if one turns out to be worse, you can flash it to maintain higher frequency with more voltage, but you need to have RL.
The method of flashing with a USB drive or diskette is done for safety. You could update it from Windows; I did it, but it's not as safe, and with EVGA, you have to enter another command to disable the protection it has. Look, this is the post for the Titan, and it's the same for the 780, I'm talking about EVGA cards. You have to enter the protectoff command first and then flash. But I would definitely test the original BIOS well. If you want it for gaming, especially air cooling, you won't see much difference.
http://forums.evga.com/tm.aspx?m=1891166
http://www.overclock.net/t/1393791/official-nvidia-gtx-780-owners-club
regards
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Use the latest nvflash for Windows that you have on techpowerup.
Then you enter the administrator console (cmd) in administrator mode and through the cd.. you go to the folder where you have the nvflash and the bios.rom.
Then, inside that folder, you write, without the quotes:
"nvflash bios.rom -4 -5 -6"
If you have more than one graphics card, you have to use the –index
it would be like this:
"nvflash --index=0 bios.rom -4 -5 -6"
The 0 in the index is for the first graphics card, 1 for the second and so on...
Another thing, the bios.rom I put is an example. You will have to see how you have named the.rom file of the bios...
Once you have typed that, you put everything to yes and press enter, and it will tell you at the end that it has flashed successfully. Then you turn off the computer and restart.
It is preferable to uninstall the drivers beforehand, to then do a correct (customized) installation, and that everything is fine. It is also preferable to uninstall and reinstall the afterburner, precisionx...
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Download the nvflash for windows, it works on all windows including 8.1...
To make a backup, you have to do it before flashing the new bios. You put yourself in the folder where you have copied the nvflash with its files and the bios to flash, through the command console in administrator mode.
Once in the folder from the console, you type, without the quotes:
"nvflash --save bios.rom"
The bios.rom is the name you give to the bios you save, it can be bios, a, pepito...
Then after doing this, you just have to follow the steps explained before...
You download the nvflash from here:
The bios of svl7, from here:
9466d1383957876-80.80.30.00…zip (134,59 KB) - uploaded.net
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