anyone got a his 7950 bios ?

[D-M-G]

hi -
has anyone got a non boost version of the his iceq 7950 bios they can let me have please ?

not sure on the pcb fitted to these but i have the boost version (blue pcb) with the dual bios switch on the edge

thanks

 

[Cleeecooo]

Why exactly are you looking for it?

 

[D-M-G]

this boost version is a nightmare , apart from the boost/no-boost modulation every 0.2 seconds in a game (choppy) as soon as you move from 2d to 3d it dumps 1.25v VDDC into it ,
from reviews it seems they did this (safety-net for binned 7970 chips) to hit the 925 boost clock on all cards with no problems , but id like to see what this card is like without this bios,

memory chips are not fantastic 1400 max before crash - but core has no issue up to 1175 - but so it should with 1.25v to play with lol ,

voltage appears to be unlocked sliders in trixx AB Gpu Iturbo all work (and allow to down-volt) but makes no difference as still pushes 1.25v as soon as 3d is enabled

 

[Cleeecooo]

Is the increased voltage causing problems?

 

[D-M-G]

Not getting any artifacts or temp issue's with this , but i do get a burning smell after 30-45 mins of sustained gaming (highest temps in bf3 ultra settings 1920/1080 of 71 deg) hell of a whine from the fan at those temps (53-62%) i dont let it get over 63% because it sounds like an aeroplane , its just ive had many amd card's and not once had to put this kind of voltage through a chip

 

[Cleeecooo]

Not getting any artifacts or temp issue's with this , but i do get a burning smell after 30-45 mins of sustained gaming (highest temps in bf3 ultra settings 1920/1080 of 71 deg) hell of a whine from the fan at those temps (53-62%) i dont let it get over 63% because it sounds like an aeroplane , its just ive had many amd card's and not once had to put this kind of voltage through a chip

That's not good, RMA!

 

[D-M-G]

yea - ive really been dodging that because they told me they don't have any replacement cards - and can only refund
and another member on here had same problem and RMA his card - but they returned it - as it ran through their tests , .. which this card will - unless they game hard for 30+ mins then they will notice these issues / all this at my cost - and with only the on-board in the meantime, but i will defer to your experience , thank you for your help

 

[Cleeecooo]

If you tell the OcUK tech what to look out for, then I'm sure they'll find it using furmark

Is there any plastic left on the card?

I personally would take a refund and get the MSI TF3 card

 

[D-M-G]

hi what do you mean by plastic left on the card ? - i have visually inspected the card (when i first smelled the burning ) apart from discoloration of the solder on the back it all seems fine ,

the card was only brought on the 24/10/12 delivered on the 26th

 

[Cleeecooo]

hi what do you mean by plastic left on the card ? - i have visually inspected the card (when i first smelled the burning ) apart from discoloration of the solder on the back it all seems fine ,

yep, anything else that could be burning?

 

[D-M-G]

maybe its something under the heat-sink cover ? i dont want to risk any warranty by taking this apart to find a problem , when its this new

 

[Cleeecooo]

Nah, don't take it apart.

If the problem can easily and reliably be replicated, then RMA

 

[D-M-G]

something else

Hi not sure if this is related -

but on all my software the vrm temps never change at all always at 25 deg c

that cant be right - even after gaming ? the reason i was looking as i suspected thats where the burning is coming from

 

[danyulland]

Sorry to bump an old post but its relevant to my question.

I have the same card same boost bios.

For me it doesn't cause any stuttering or anything it just means i cannot overclock the card properly.

When it "boosts" the voltage appears to raise to 1.25 but in actuality when monitoring in afterburner it doesn't it fluctuates up and down from 1.000 to 1.080. At voltage 1.080 i cant overclock the card beyond 950.

I can force constant voltage in afterburner and this works ive raised the voltage to 1.175 and have a conservative stable overclock of 1100/1400. The biggest problem about this is then the voltage doesnt reduce when idling on the desktop.

Ideally could do with a stock none boost bios that is compatible with the ICEQ card as don't think i can just use any old bios as its a none referance design?

 

[ViRuS2k]

I have the same card as you and run crossfire, i can give you a working bios thats pretty good for me and will work on your card,

Its a 7970 GHZ bios : Default clocks 1000/1375 @1.050v and works awsomely
even with default fan it runs heaven maxed out 99% on both cards and never goes over 59c on the cards. @33% fans speed lol

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If you want it let me know.
works great and also unlocks MSI afterburner so that you can change voltage with it and still keep powerplay enabled
also ignore the VRM temps they will always show 25c mine are the same my cards never crash on a suicide firmark run turning the fan down purposly to give 90+c just to see if the card craps out and it does not
so vrm temps are never a issue and shouldn't be for you either.

 

[ViRuS2k]

Sorry to bump an old post but its relevant to my question.

I have the same card same boost bios.

For me it doesn't cause any stuttering or anything it just means i cannot overclock the card properly.

When it "boosts" the voltage appears to raise to 1.25 but in actuality when monitoring in afterburner it doesn't it fluctuates up and down from 1.000 to 1.080. At voltage 1.080 i cant overclock the card beyond 950.

I can force constant voltage in afterburner and this works ive raised the voltage to 1.175 and have a conservative stable overclock of 1100/1400. The biggest problem about this is then the voltage doesnt reduce when idling on the desktop.

Ideally could do with a stock none boost bios that is compatible with the ICEQ card as don't think i can just use any old bios as its a none referance design?

Read my post above.
i have a bios that unlocks voltages on these cards properly with msi so that powerplay is still working and your not forcing constant voltage with msi as thats the only way to change voltage on the default his bios. not the bios im using though works just like a ref bios.

 

[ViRuS2k]

Here is the link to download it : http://www.filehost.ws/jpersoox6hk4
Flash it via DOS.

atiflash -f -p 0 yourbiosname.bin

0 or 1 depending on where your card is located type : atiflash -ai
to find out

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Gigabyte 7970 - 1000/1375... @1.050v
memory 1.600v - Default 7950 & 7970 memory voltage

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His IceQ Boost Edition 7950 compatible.

 

[danyulland]

thanks - gonna give this a go now

 

[danyulland]

oh dear.

Bad flash - on both bios 1 and 2 - yes i was really dumb.

I did it through windows against your advice and it said something about not saving so i assumed that that bios was write protected flipped the switch and repeated... same thing. Im an idiot i know!

Im trying to blind flash using atiflash. I have unplugged all harddrives and reset my bios in an attempt to get it to boot straight to the usb drive and it appears to be booting to the drive ok as i can see the light on the stick blip about 5 seconds after bootup and pressing ctrl + alt + delete restarts computer. For some reason though when i type in "atiflash -f -p 0 bios.bin" it doesnt move on from there (the usb key doesnt blink at this stage so im assuming its not recognizing something at this stage).

Im thinking that my card wont take this bios, would somebody be kind enough to provide me with the original boost bios so i can try to flash that back to the card?

Any other suggestions very welcome.

I guess i may have to borrow a card from a friend to help with the reflash.

dohh

 

[MOOGLEYS]

One of the bios positions should be the factory default and should be write protected so you cannot flash it ?