3080 error 4 beeps on Asus motherboard, another 3080 bug

hobib_ali · 9 Dec 2020

hi guys

installed my 3080 fresh 2 days ago and ive noticed i get a 4 beep warning from my mobo speaker

obviously an error code, so standards steps taken disconnected all my drives ram and components, still 4 beeps, installed 1080ti and the beeps disappear, so now i know its the GPU

researching ive find out that many people have had the same issue, something to do with the mobo detecting the GPU as a boot drive?!

Compatibility Support Module (CSM) is turned on, so apparently if i turn this off the beeps disappear

I switched off CSM and the 4 error beeps do disappear, but my PC boots straight into BIOS and states theres no bootable drive (windows on m.2)

Alot of 3080 owners are getting the same thing and more would realise if they had a speaker installed on their mobo

so ive checked my bios and its UEFI and Legacy

Is there a very easy way to do this without reinstalling windows or anyone else completed an easy fix?

Cheers

vapor matt · 9 Dec 2020

Some cards have had a bios update to stop this, Palit have issued a few bios updates to stop the beeps. i think it arises more when you combine a gen 3 M2 drive with Gen 4 GFX card on Pcie 4

Wrinkly · 9 Dec 2020

I get 4 short beeps on my z77x-D3H (ivy bridge), which according to the manual is due to the RTC. I suspect it's just PCIe being confused by a gen4 card. Everything works as it should and the card is running properly at x16.

The solution is just to ignore the beeps.

hobib_ali · 9 Dec 2020

vapor matt said:
Some cards have had a bios update to stop this, Palit have issued a few bios updates to stop the beeps. i think it arises more when you combine a gen 3 M2 drive with Gen 4 GFX card on Pcie 4

yes i have windows installed on a m.2

the GPU bios update, does that mean flashing the GPU bios, thats sounds risky

I thought it would be a bios update on the CPU

vapor matt · 9 Dec 2020

hobib_ali said:
yes i have windows installed on a m.2

the GPU bios update, does that mean flashing the GPU bios, thats sounds risky

I thought it would be a bios update on the CPU

palit have issued a GPU bios update if you have the problem, I am not sure what other makers are doing for cards that have issues. disabling CSM cures it for most but then you are on Gen 3 PCie. I think its mostly mixing Gen 3 M2 drives and Gen 4 gpu's trying to use PCie 4

hobib_ali · 9 Dec 2020

Wrinkly said:
I get 4 short beeps on my z77x-D3H (ivy bridge), which according to the manual is due to the RTC. I suspect it's just PCIe being confused by a gen4 card. Everything works as it should and the card is running properly at x16.

The solution is just to ignore the beeps.

yes correct you can ignore the beeps by removing the motherboard speaker, also its a bit annoying, and if there was a future issue, i wouldn't be able to tell if there is an error

stooeh · 9 Dec 2020

Well you can run 'mbr2gpt /convert /allowfullos' command to convert your nvme to GPT then it should boot in uefi mode. Make sure you backup anything you need first in case something goes awry. Did it myself without any problems.

hobib_ali · 9 Dec 2020

stooeh said:
Well you can run 'mbr2gpt /convert /allowfullos' command to convert your nvme to GPT then it should boot in uefi mode. Make sure you backup anything you need first in case something goes awry. Did it myself without any problems.

yes thats a good idea do the above, convert the m.2 to GPT, then boot in uefi, that will give me the ability to disable CSM in the BIOS

by the way where did u get the instructions to:

run 'mbr2gpt /convert /allowfullos' command to convert your nvme to GPT

thank you

scrivz69 · 9 Dec 2020

I saw a video on this the other day, do you have a choice to change to gen 3 in the bios as that seemed to fix the issue the guy was having.

hobib_ali · 9 Dec 2020

scrivz69 said:
I saw a video on this the other day, do you have a choice to change to gen 3 in the bios as that seemed to fix the issue the guy was having.

no, no choice, not that im aware of, do u have a link?

hobib_ali · 9 Dec 2020

hobib_ali said:
no, no choice, not that im aware of, do u have a link?

or i might just wait for asus to release a new bios update for 30 series cards

crappy thing is i also get random blue screens since i installed the 3080

scrivz69 · 9 Dec 2020

hobib_ali said:
no, no choice, not that im aware of, do u have a link?

I don't mate but I will have a look, i think it might have been on paul's hardware channel.

Edit. found it skip to 3 min 50 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbrdzSFnxjI

stooeh · 9 Dec 2020

hobib_ali said:
yes thats a good idea do the above, convert the m.2 to GPT, then boot in uefi, that will give me the ability to disable CSM in the BIOS

by the way where did u get the instructions to:

run 'mbr2gpt /convert /allowfullos' command to convert your nvme to GPT

thank you

Just found searching via google

found a lot of old tedious methods before finding this https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/mbr-to-gpt

hobib_ali · 10 Dec 2020

stooeh said:
Just found searching via google found a lot of old tedious methods before finding this https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/mbr-to-gpt

wow seem quite complex, how easy did u find it? as people can brick their motherboard or wipe their operating system, hmm, might have to leave this one until someone finds an easier way

or if there was a new mobo bios update or a coded script or somthing

stooeh · 10 Dec 2020

Complex? It's one command

Worst that could happen should be that you would need to re install windows