Gigabyte RTX 2080 Ti Windforce sounds like dishwasher

Quartz · 17 Jan 2019 at 10:57

GIGA-Man said:
Download the latest driver, unpack / extract the file into a folder onto you PC. Run the N208TWO.F4_B.exe file as administrator...

I did just that. I'll give it another go.

Quartz · 17 Jan 2019 at 11:24

Right. Just tried it again. The VGA BIOS update process reported success but the BIOS is still being reported as F3. Despite being a clean boot the installer reported Aorus Engine running - which it wasn't.

However, something has changed. If I now run Aorus Engine, it maxxes one CPU core at 100%.

Quartz · 21 Jan 2019 at 15:10

GIGA-Man said:
I have reported this to the VGA team and will come back to you with their answer ASAP.

Thanks for keeping at it.

Quartz · 23 Jan 2019 at 10:54

GIGA-Man said:
There is now an F7 BIOS for these cards, it's due to be uploaded to the GIGABYTE website any time now.

Thank you.

Quartz · 24 Jan 2019 at 17:53

GIGA-Man said:
Let me know any feedback you have

I've just applied it and Aorus engine still shows it as version F3. GPU-Z reports the BIOS as 90.02.0B.40.1B. It appeared to apply successfully - no complaints or anything - and Aorus Engine no longer maxxes a CPU core.

Quartz · 25 Jan 2019 at 08:55

GIGA-Man said:
Can you confirm the exact model of card you have for me, just want to make sure there is no mix up here.

Sure, it's a Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2080Ti WindForce OC 11264MB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card GX-1A1-GI. Ordered 21st Aug.

Quartz · 28 Jan 2019 at 12:20

GIGA-Man said:
Hi Quartz,

I have been provided this version for you. https://www.dropbox.com/s/uvrblzc8ld69hd6/N208TWO.F4.zip?dl=0]

I've just grabbed it and the x86 and x64 folders are empty, so I just get an error message, "Windows cannot find d:\data\gigabyte\2080Ti\n208two.f4\x64\n208two.f4.exe. Make sure you've typed the name correctly, then try again."

Quartz · 30 Jan 2019 at 11:01

Bump @GIGA-Man. Could you possibly upload the full archive with intact subdirectories? I'm eager to test it.

Quartz · 1 Feb 2019 at 16:25

Thank you for your persistence. I've just applied the update and Aorus Engine still says version F3 but now if I check for a BIOS update, it says, 'Detecting update information is failure. Please try later again.' The BIOS version in GPU-Z is still 90.02.0B.40.1B. If I turn the case fans off the dishwasher noise is still there. GPU-Z indicates that the GPU fans jump immediately to 33%.

I'm jinxed!

Quartz · 12 Feb 2019 at 14:54

GIGA-Man said:
Chasing an official BIOS you can download from the site, almost all the others have now been made live. Sorry for the wait..

Thanks. Keep up the good work.

Quartz · 8 Mar 2019 at 19:36

Bump! Any update, @GIGA-Man ?

Quartz · 8 Mar 2019 at 21:20

A workaround is to have case fans blowing, but then you get the noise of the case fans.

Quartz · 9 Mar 2019 at 18:42

I've just tried to apply it and it did nothing for me. Aorus Engine says I'm still on F3. Note that one of the previous updates may have bollixed my card.

Quartz · 11 Mar 2019 at 22:41

observerward said:
I downloaded the BIOS directly from the Gigabyte page I linked in my previous post.

I too downloaded it from Gigabyte.

Quartz · 12 Mar 2019 at 09:17

GIGA-Man said:
If the BIOS will still not update, we can try and do it here for you.

I tried it again. This time the BIOS update did work. BUT

I ran Aorus Engine and it started fine and showed me with BIOS F5 so I switched the card to silent mode. All three monitors blanked and I had to force the power off.

On restart I started Aorus Engine and it maxxed CPU core #0 which stayed maxxed. I opened Task Manager and ended Aorus Engine. I then re-ran Aorus Engine and all three monitors blanked and I had to force the power off. I have not restarted Aorus Engine since.

Quartz · 12 Mar 2019 at 11:07

Thanks but while there was an improvement, there was no joy. Aorus Engine starts up fine but changing to silent mode makes Aorus Engine max one CPU core until I kill it off in Task Manager.

Quartz · 13 Mar 2019 at 21:33

@GIGA-Man, my PC rebooted overnight - I'm guessing a MS update - and I ran Aorus Engine just now. It started fine and I switched to the quiet mode without problem.

Quartz · 15 Mar 2019 at 19:39

GIGA-Man said:
Okay that's good to know, happy you are now issue free. All cards now have the BIOS updates live, give me a shout if you need anything else folks.

Thanks for your help and your persistence.

Quartz · 20 Mar 2019 at 21:24

Bump!

I'm very sorry, @GIGA-Man, to report that I now cannot run Aorus Engine at all. If I try, it shuts down all three monitors and that is that. I have to power-off the PC.

I don't know what's going on inside but it may be of import that I've just switched to fibre-optic cables for all three of my monitors and I know that they're semi-unidirectional.

Quartz · 25 Mar 2019 at 17:03

GIGA-Man said:
In regards to the software Quartz, I presume it was all working until you switch to fibre optic cable?

Yes.

What have you used Display Port V1.2 5 Meter?

The new cables are 3x 10m DisplayPort 1.4 fibre-optic. The old cables were 1x 10m DisplayPort 1.4 fibre-optic and 2x 3m DisplayPort 1.2 copper. (And that's not a competitor link - OCUK don't sell them.)