780i video corruption

saw this on another site - these are links to the bios updates to fix the video issues. 

A BIOS update has been released to correct this issue. Check with your motherboard's manufacturer.

EVGA 780i - http://www.evga.com/forums/tm.asp?m=391088
EVGA 790i - http://www.evga.com/forums/tm.asp?m=374007
EVGA 750i - http://www.evga.com/forums/tm.asp?m=385894

XFX 790i - http://www.xfxsupportb.co.uk/790i_P05_XFX.zip
XFX 780i - http://www.xfxsupportb.co.uk/780i_P05_XFX.zip

ASUS also have new bios update as well, but no link :)


here is direct link to wher ei got them http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=65855&st=160




Edited by spector27 - 17 Jun 2008 at 12:08pm

This issue is just so odd its mind boggling.  If I play anime of any sort I am almost guaranteed to not have any problems but if I play a game or watch anything else this has 100% odds to occur. I can even force it to do it. Like if play the top file from here http://www.eztv.it/index.php?main=show&id=108 the one named alaskan special right after jamie writes out his own constitution till the end I am guaranteed corruption lock up and BSODs.

Changing drivers from official ones to omega drivers won't help much. Using xp instead of vista won't help it either I put xp on it as dual boot. It will happen in xp just less often though. Changing bios settings like the hpet one pcie spread spectrum or uping pcie mhz from 100-110 is negligible. From what I have uncovered since I discovered it was a chipset issue and not a videocard defect or bad driver is most people are thinking its a hardware flaw in the board itself and won't be fixable with a new bios or driver.  As I see it the only reliable way to permanently get rid of this problem is to get rid of the board  and get something that works that isn't based on this failed design.

Memoryleak do yourself a big favor and don't touch this thing with a ten foot pole. Avoid the 700 series chipset at all costs. Get anything else and yes I did buy it from ava. I can reproduce this bug at will with just episodes of smallville and mythbusters. It takes 20 instances of video corruptions and forced reboots to just finish the eps. It started doing it while I was playing wow the other day aand thats where its going to end for me. If I put my old radeon x700 it will reduce it to maybe once a day but using an old card is unacceptable. I'm on my second hd 3870 card now and its not broken or defective its the damn chipset on the motherboard. All the reports in that thread match exactly what problems I experience right down to the picture on the first page. Maybe I would of spotted it sooner but I was placing blame on video card drivers just being crap in which case all you can do is wait for new ones. I have had a total of 4 cards now in this pc 9600gt,x700,hd 3870 and replaced hd 3870 all show this problem minus the 9600gt I sent it back do to no overlay support and I never used it enough  to confirm this happens on it.

I read through that forum link and while I see where some folks are having trouble but the complaints seem all over the map and the thread is 33 pages FWIW. Did you have the machine built at AVA (and have you contacted them), or are you just chewing on sour grapes?. I am not trying to be negative because I configured my purchase with the EVGA 780 mobo (it's still in processing stage att) and if this is valid complaint, I'd like AVA to change the MB befor ethe build gets started.