how to upgrade 8800gts bios?

[serenity888]

i've bought a gigabyte 8800gts and i'm getting a poor overclock and some stability issues. I've got the card sitting at 600/1850 (anymore its not stable) and i thought was stable as i ran 3dmark06 a few times and didnt crash. but now when playing games i get the odd crash. another thing is, when i boot up, the point where it displays the graphics type, it says is a 'engineering release - not for production use'. would this be for the bios? i'm thinking of updating it as theres an updated one on the gigabyte site but it seems a bit more complex than an motherboard bios update and hope it may also solve the poor overclock. has anyone updated their graphics card bios before and can give me some pointers?

 

[melbourne720]

I'd send that card back to the manufacturer via RMA. It *must* still be in warranty.

Either that, or throttle back on that core overclock.

 

[serenity888]

yeah, i'm thinking of doing this but the card was purchased abroad when i was on holiday about a month ago. whats gigabyte uk's warranty policy on this? and even if they accept an rma on it how quick are they on dealing with it? this is the only pci-e card that i've got and dont want to be weeks without it.

 

[Supertaff]

No offence intended, how can you RMA a card because it won't overclock.

You've bough a card and as long as it works at it's 'sold at' settings, then there is no fault with the card.

The ability to overclock is a bonus, not a given.

If also you've broken the card by overclocking it again that's your fault and the manufacturer has not obligation to give an RMA on the card.

Taff

 

[ernysmuntz]

If it runs at stock with no problems you have no right to RMA it.

End of story (sorry)

 

[gunner]

...where it displays the graphics type, it says is a 'engineering release - not for production use'.

I think this would warrant an RMA alone. End of.


*** unless its a grey import / no packaging etc, then your goose is cooked! ***

 

[Supertaff]

I think this would warrant an RMA alone. End of.


*** unless its a grey import / no packaging etc, then your goose is cooked! ***

Not if the cause of that setting being displayed is the result of overclocking. There may be lots of old code in a BIOS that if cooked could be shown as an error message.