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Very good review @RageSet  I didn't know you was an RGB snob But the nice thing with most chassis you can remove the blingy bling or disable it. I'myself have an Corsair box (1000D) but prefer not to use any of the iCUE LINK ecosystem that follow Corsair products. I hate such type tech. All in all Corsairs boxes are built very well. So it seems this chassis follow same path as for Corsair's older pc chassis. Again, thanks for a very good review. Thumb up from me.

6 hours ago, Mr. Fox said:

 

Read Full Review HERE

A good review Mr. Fox. Yep, there is no point spend much more money than this on a PCIe 4.0 (5.0) M.2 ssd's. And you won't gain extra performance in gaming/normal work-flow if you go with the more expensive  PCIe 5.0 ssd's. You only spend more for almost nothing. Keep up the good work

On 16/03/2023 at 03:58, The Pook said:

are you using the patched version of NVFlash? 

 

BIOS Modding Downloads | TechPowerUp

WWW.TECHPOWERUP.COM

 

you should only need the mismatch bypass one. 

Both patched, the one in OC.net thread ment for Kingpin and vanilla. The weird part. Switch to another vbios then try to boot up gain doesn't help. Black screen.

Edit. To make it perfect. Can't boot on the second card with the bricked Kingpin in top PCIe slot. Had to take it out to be able to post, HaHa

 v5.218.0.1 patched should be the better for Maxwell. I mean I used that one for 980Ti

Edit. Progress with the kp980x XOC vbios. Finally it got flashed.

25 minutes ago, Avacado said:

Yea, I had a similar thing happen. It would confirm successful flashing but retain the previous vBIOS like it failed to flash. Honestly the 9 series Maxwell cards pissed me off so damn much trying to HWbot them. 

I tried a another nvflash tool meant to be better for Maxwell. And yep, succsessful,reboot and black screen, HaHa I though try flash the 1.3V vBios from above but changed mind (not sure what bios that is) and went for the Kingpin XOC vbios and black screen, LOOL

The KPE_1.3v vbios above didn't match message

Edit. It seems Maxwell cards is hated by all, HaHa

4 minutes ago, Avacado said:

No, I don't think I tried the non-xoc bios. 

The weid part... I got succsessful flash but when I run the cards afterwards after the troubleshooting it had same old vbios. (see my comment above)

Edit.

10 minutes ago, Avacado said:

It's possible. I can't remember which version of NVflash I used, but I am pretty sure I tried all three (NVflash, ID mismatch and Certs bypassed). I did brick one of the three vBIOS''s, but was able to restore it back to stock using a GT710. Using the protect off string can help to flash on cards with protection, but does not always guarantee success. If you are going to brick the card, it can usually be saved regardless of whether you use protect-off or not. 

 

The naming scheme doesn't really matter as long as it's simple and you know the correct one and do not accidentally modify your stock file. My vBIOS folder looks like this:

 

 

Reboot or shut down does not matter as long as the computer restarts following a flash. I was never able to find the correct driver version to run the XOC bios he listed, so I stopped at restoring my one corrupted vBIOS switch and moved on from trying to mod it. I was able to change the frequency tables, but I never could increase voltage or wattage on my 980 or 980Ti.

 

I honestly can't remember which version of NVflash I used to successfully flash the 980. It was one of the 3 below

 

1. 

   NVIDIA NVFlash with Certificate Checks Bypassed v5.287 Download | TechPowerUp

   WWW.TECHPOWERUP.COM

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   This modified version of NVFlash lets you flash a modified BIOS to your NVIDIA graphics card.
2. 

   NVIDIA NVFlash with Board Id Mismatch Disabled v5.590.0 Download | TechPowerUp

   WWW.TECHPOWERUP.COM

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   This is a patched version of NVIDIA's NVFlash. On Turing cards, NVFlash no longer allows overriding of the "board ID mismatch" message through comm
3. 

   NVIDIA NVFlash 5.792.0 Download | TechPowerUp

   WWW.TECHPOWERUP.COM

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   NVIDIA NVFlash is used to flash the graphics card BIOS on Ampere, Turing, Pascal and all older NVIDIA cards. NVFlash supports BIOS flashing on NVID

 

I hope you have better luck than I did. 

Thanks for the answer

 Did you try the non XOC vbios from @tictoc? And regarding nvflash version I mean I have one saved in the folder for the Zotac 980Ti I have flashed succsessfully. I just need to see if I find it. I mean its better use a flashtool made around the gen graphics cards release date. Or right afterwards. I have used newer nvflash versions on older card but with no succsess if I remeber correct.. But I'm the scond one with black screen after flash so Maybe there is something wrong with the vbios compared to mb sBios.

On 15/01/2022 at 15:44, Avacado said:

So far no joy. XOC bios Bricked one of the 3 vBIOS and had to get out the trusty GT710 to save it. I can't find a manual for the 4 PCB switches on the back of the card and it's frustrating. My understanding is that there are 2x.25mv switches and 2x protection switches. I just cant figure out which ones are which. I played with the classified tool, however it was not able to change voltage at all. I can only assume it is because of the voltage protection switches. I'll have to pop it out again and try another configuration. 

 

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Hi. I just got the 980 Classified Kingpin card. Flashed the XOC vbios found here on oc.net in the folder EVGA 980 CLASSIFIED K|NGP|N EDITION TOOLS

And as you, the flash went wrong.

As usual I disabled the driver in device manager. Made a folder as C:/kingpin and put in the XOC bios and put in the nvflash files. Then run CMD as adm.... cd c:\kingpin

Next... nvflash -6 kp980x.rom

Y for everything and got confirmed Update succsessful then the reboot message. I rebooted and got a nice black screen 

 I installed a smaller card in second slot. Booted up and looked into GPU-Z and found that the GTX980 still there but with the same old stock vbios. Went into device manager and enabled the Kingpin card. Then shut down the machine. Turned of the on/off switch and the AC plug. Swapped the HDMI cable over to the 980 kingpin and booted up again. There I also got confirmed that the Kingpin card worked but with same old vBios. Hmmmm

Is there something wrong with that XOC vbios for 980 Kingpin? And is the nvflash version working as it should (from the folder I mentioned above). I see you bricked the Kingpin card and never was able to boot up in Windows again.

Anoter question... 

Maybe I need protect off? But nothing in the guide in the OC.net thread EVGA Classified & K|NGP|N Owner's Club say you need the command nvflash --protectoff. But I mean it's not needed.

2n try maybe ore like this...?

C:/kingpin with the XOC bios and the nvflash files. Run CMD as adm.... cd c:\kingpin

Next... nvflash --protectoff then Enter

Next... nvflash -6 kp980x.rom then Enter

And is it better to shut down instead for reboot? Shut down and then turn of the on/off switch and AC cable. Then connect power and boot up again?

And is the two Kingpin vbios versions from @tictoc post above equal bugged and will it still brick the card? 

Last question. What is the prefered nvflash version for this card.

I thank you all for all answers  

9 hours ago, Darkpriest667 said:

Second post -- Steve has a tear down of the Alienware R13. He's not wrong about most of what's said here.   Remember, Alienware is consumer.
 

 

What a e-waste! Damn the customers that let them continue with this.

It doesn't matter if its their laptops or desktops. Everything that being thrown out from their factories is e-waste

14 hours ago, ENTERPRISE said:

Remember its also about the additional E-Waste issue. If we want to hit those green targets, this sort of practice needs to be stopped, across the board. Problem is that money talks and the likelihood of an exterior body being able to ban proprietary nonsense is slim.

Dell will turn this mess it into something good and say it will reduce the E-waste. They will promote this new proprietary solution (this new scam), is better than use soldered on memory chips. That you will struggle obtain replacement parts for failing HW after the warranty expiration (due not paying their Premium extended support) doesn't matter for them. Yep, people can't buy spare parts from Dell for their computers if the obligatory warranty have expired. Dell's poilicy at it's best.  In short... Throw your computer in the dust bin (e-waste) if it has minor failes and instead visit Dell sale for a purchase of new computer/lap-joke.  

The ugly truth....

 Yep, new designed/engineered proprietary HW parts is bad for the consumers. And bad for the environment. 

16 minutes ago, Sir Beregond said:

Dude, I'm not gettin' a Dell!

Dell is the bellwether in tech industri for (windows computers). The other OEMs will follow afterwards. Proprietary design is their trademark.  

Enjoy the beauty... Dell proprietary (non-standard) ATX design - Proprietary parts in modern dell desktops