HOW DO I UPDATE TO A Nvidia GTX 1070

[Ryo Hazaki]

Hello again. I'm noticing the games are freezing. For example GR Breakpoint freezes, Spiderman Remastered is giving me a DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_HUNG report, and RDR2 will not start. Do I need to repaste the 1070 or could there be another issue?  I've ran a benchmark test and it doesn't finish, as seen here: 

 Thank you for reading😊

 

[Reciever]

4 minutes ago, Ryo Hazaki said:

Hello again. I'm noticing the games are freezing. For example GR Breakpoint freezes, Spiderman Remastered is giving me a DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_HUNG report, and RDR2 will not start. Do I need to repaste the 1070 or could there be another issue?  I've ran a benchmark test and it doesn't finish, as seen here: 

 Thank you for reading😊

 

Is the GPU selected as primary in the nvidia control panel ? Perhaps needs to be whitelisted so that the Intel integrated graphics arent in the driver seat.

[Ryo Hazaki]

@Reciever Thank you for responding so quickly🙏. Is the following what you mean by whitelisting?

[Reciever]

10 hours ago, Ryo Hazaki said:

@Reciever Thank you for responding so quickly🙏. Is the following what you mean by whitelisting?

 

That is the global setting but should work as well 

[Ryo Hazaki]

...😥unfortunately, still having the same problems. As game's freeze while playing. I did some noob investigating, and was informed that my "Core Clock" is off, and to try ensure I'm installing the correct driver. I've included the card info from Nvidia Inspector, the Device Manager hardware ID, and reposting my NVCleanstall below, for reference. Also, I've downloaded drivers from this link: https://www.nvidia.com/download/find.aspx. Do I need to repaste? Do I have a defective or fake 1070? Did I mod the .inf incorrectly? I'm @ loss here, please advise😥

 

 

[Maxware79]

I believe you are running an MSI vBIOS. Maybe you could try a Dell or Alienware one, it may have better compatibility with your system.

 

Just an idea if you run out of things to try. 

[Ryo Hazaki]

@Maxware79 🙏pray tell, do you know where I can find an unlocked a12 BIOS, that isn't an MSI version? Is there a way to tell the one I used here, https://notebooktalk.net/topic/161-unlocked-bios-for-laptops/is an MSI version?

[Maxware79]

I'm talking about the vBIOS which is the BIOS for the GPU. Your vBIOS version is listed in the GPU-Z screenshot above. You can find a long list of vBIOS' at TechPowerUp along with the NVFlash program.

If you've never done it before then I'd suggest you do some reading first. Messing it up can brick your GPU, although I've never had a problem. 

 

You version looks to be the one in the link below so you may want to try a different one for your 1BA1 1070. There is also a 1BE1 1070 which is a g-sync card so make sure you use the correct vBIOS for your card. 

 

https://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/249060/249060

[ssj92]

Click Start>Settings>System>Display>Graphics>"Change default graphics settings">Turn off "Hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling"

[Ryo Hazaki]

21 hours ago, Maxware79 said:

I believe you are running an MSI vBIOS. Maybe you could try a Dell or Alienware one, it may have better compatibility with your system.

 

Just an idea if you run out of things to try. 

@Maxware79 Thank you for that information! I've searched and come up with the following info: 

and saw this vBIOS:

https://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/?architecture=NVIDIA&manufacturer=Dell&model=GTX+1070&interface=&memType=&memSize=&since= Would it work or is there another vBIOS that you'd recommend? (Please bear with me as I'm a noob and trying to absorb this as quickly as I can.)

 

[Ryo Hazaki]

@ssj92 Thank you for your response. Here's what I did: 

[Maxware79]

If you click on the GPU Brand dropdown you should be able to select 'Unverified' and you'll get a much larger selection of vBIOS'. 

[ssj92]

1 hour ago, Ryo Hazaki said:

@ssj92 Thank you for your response. Here's what I did: 

Yes this is correct. Did it help?

[Ryo Hazaki]

@Maxware79 Thank you for taking the time to respond. I'm a bit overwhelmed at the moment, as I'm unsure of which version I should download. I see some that had the desktop version, so I excluded them. Is there a specific one you'd recommend? For example, here are some with the DELL card vendor, that I found with the ID of 10DE 1B81: 

https://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/249325/249325

https://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/204907/204907

https://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/188490/188490

https://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/207459/207459

https://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/209779/209779

and from the ALIENWARE vendor, I see, all with the  same Device ID

https://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/209778/209778

https://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/249964/249964

https://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/233175/233175

[Ryo Hazaki]

@ssj92 Unfortunately, no😥. I watched your guide, and I'm pretty sure my noonbness caused me to enter something incorrectly😂🤣.

For example, for the Nvidia driver 536.09 hotfix, I'm pasting this into the [Strings] section of the nvdmig.ini: 

NVIDIA_DEV.1BA1.05AB.1028 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070"

 

- and I post this into the 

[NVIDIA_Devices.NTamd64.10.0...14393]
[NVIDIA_Devices.NTamd64.10.0...17098] sections respectively: 

%NVIDIA_DEV.1BA1.05AB.1028% = Section036, PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_13D8&SUBSYS_05AB1028

 

When I try to install the driver I get the "Install cannot continue," hence my use of NVCleanstall. Here's my Device ID for reference: 

 

 

 

[Maxware79]

Are you Disabling Driver Signature Enforcement directly before trying to run the driver installation? If you don't then you will get the installation error message, if you're doing it the old fashioned way like in Sunny's video. 

 

There isn't a specific vBIOS I'd recommend. I'd have to go through the old NBR forum archive to see if I can find my old posts when I upgraded my M18x. That one worked really well. The isn't usually any problem trying a few different ones to see if it makes a difference for you. You problem could be related to anything. 

[Maxware79]

It looks like you're running the same vBIOS that I had with my 1070 so it must be another problem. You could try a few others just in case though, up to you. Flash at your own risk. 

[ssj92]

1 hour ago, Ryo Hazaki said:

@ssj92 Unfortunately, no😥. I watched your guide, and I'm pretty sure my noonbness caused me to enter something incorrectly😂🤣.

For example, for the Nvidia driver 536.09 hotfix, I'm pasting this into the [Strings] section of the nvdmig.ini: 

NVIDIA_DEV.1BA1.05AB.1028 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070"

 

- and I post this into the 

[NVIDIA_Devices.NTamd64.10.0...14393]
[NVIDIA_Devices.NTamd64.10.0...17098] sections respectively: 

%NVIDIA_DEV.1BA1.05AB.1028% = Section036, PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_13D8&SUBSYS_05AB1028

 

When I try to install the driver I get the "Install cannot continue," hence my use of NVCleanstall. Here's my Device ID for reference: 

 

 

 

You had working drivers earlier in the thread. 

 

vBIOS should be left as is. 

 

My setting is supposed to help with bsod and card not working properly when drivers are actually properly installed. 

 

If you follow the video you should be able to do it. 

[Reciever]

It also says in that last gif that your preferred GPU is on Auto, does it always say that or should it show the Nvidia GPU as the selected option? 

[Ryo Hazaki]

8 hours ago, Maxware79 said:

Are you Disabling Driver Signature Enforcement directly before trying to run the driver installation? If you don't then you will get the installation error message, if you're doing it the old fashioned way like in Sunny's video. 

 

There isn't a specific vBIOS I'd recommend. I'd have to go through the old NBR forum archive to see if I can find my old posts when I upgraded my M18x. That one worked really well. The isn't usually any problem trying a few different ones to see if it makes a difference for you. You problem could be related to anything. 

Yes, I'm putting the laptop in safe mode, running DDU, restarting with Driver Signature Enforcements disabled, then installing the driver with NVCleanstall.  

[Ryo Hazaki]

7 hours ago, ssj92 said:

You had working drivers earlier in the thread. 

 

vBIOS should be left as is. 

 

My setting is supposed to help with bsod and card not working properly when drivers are actually properly installed. 

 

If you follow the video you should be able to do it. 

Ok, I'll rewatch the video and follow it exactly. I'm surprised installing the drivers didn't work, as I was modding drivers for the old 780m. I initially installed the driver with NVCleanstall and chose the [1B81] template, and had no problems until I tried adding the card's Hardware ID to the .inf. I'll report results back soon...

[Ryo Hazaki]

12 hours ago, Reciever said:

It also says in that last gif that your preferred GPU is on Auto, does it always say that or should it show the Nvidia GPU as the selected option? 

Each time I install a driver I go through the process of selecting the GPU as the main. 

 

By the way, what's the verdict on Xtreme-G Nvidia/AMD Modded Graphics Drivers, here: https://www.reddit.com/r/XtremeG/ ❓

 

UPDATE: Was finally able to get the .inf modding to work without the use of NVCleanstall!!! Unfortunately, the first game I tried crashed to desktop after a about 5 minutes. I'm unsure of what the issue could be. My guess would be pasting. I checked the thermal paste job and it looked ok, to me.  Perhaps I'll need to upgrade to a more professional brand of paste, as I'm currently using, MX 4 thermal compound. Here are some screens of the GPU temperature: 

 

[Reciever]

Have you tried using a monitor? (not the internal panel) 

[Ryo Hazaki]

1 hour ago, Reciever said:

Have you tried using a monitor? (not the internal panel) 

Unfortunately, I don't have access to one😥 I hope repasting with a better paste will keep the GPU cool. As of this writing I'm playing Spiderman Remastered with the following temperatures: 

hopefully, I don't get a crash to desktop. 

[Reciever]

1 hour ago, Ryo Hazaki said:

Unfortunately, I don't have access to one😥 I hope repasting with a better paste will keep the GPU cool. As of this writing I'm playing Spiderman Remastered with the following temperatures: 

hopefully, I don't get a crash to desktop. 

If 140f (60c) is peak then that's quite respectable. 

 

Might also be able to look at event viewer for some of the crash reports.