I am an experienced builder and I am running short on answers
I have had a rig for about a year now running current set up, details below. All of the sudden I started getting startup errors after crashing a Steam version of Baldurs Gate 1, hard crashed my system to the point of unplugging. Was able to restart it and get back into windows regularly after like 10 restarts..
Now problem persists.
Went with the obvious RMA on the GPU, still have same issue.
This is a very specific crash type, im getting intermittent -b2 error loading VGA bios- but sometimes no error read from MOBO and still boots into, what looks like, a resolution over/under scaling gobbledee goo screen. The thing is my other GTX 1080ti works fine in same system, under load, boot sequence, at different resolutions including 4k. I noticed when I change GPU cards back to the RTX from the GTX the RTX 3080 boots fine at first, I get images, I even see the desktop for a few seconds UNTIL windows scales out resolution automatically. I tried msconfig/boot tab/base video to keep windows from scaling it wrong but that did not help. Im starting to think its a windows or startup bug. My fear is that its the MOBO, I hate replacing MOBOs. Again, this happened very suddenly, and I made no changes to the physical system and I do not recall downloading anything that would have changed operations. System was working fine with GPU for about 1 year, system has been fully operational for longer, came from the GTX 1080ti era, playing very demanding games no issues.
No overclocks, system stable.
Had an 8 yr old PSU, bought a new one, still have same issue.
Uninstalled all GPU drivers
Tried RAM sticks 1 at a time, swapping slots
Tried unplugging all USB.
Updated BIOS
Force BIOS to GEN1/2/or 3 on PCIe slot.
ASUS PRIME x299 MOBO
i7 7820x
Rosewill 850w Bronze HIVE
2 x 8GB GBTrident G.Skill DDR4 2666 ram
EVGA RTX 3080 FTW
I have had a rig for about a year now running current set up, details below. All of the sudden I started getting startup errors after crashing a Steam version of Baldurs Gate 1, hard crashed my system to the point of unplugging. Was able to restart it and get back into windows regularly after like 10 restarts..
Now problem persists.
Went with the obvious RMA on the GPU, still have same issue.
This is a very specific crash type, im getting intermittent -b2 error loading VGA bios- but sometimes no error read from MOBO and still boots into, what looks like, a resolution over/under scaling gobbledee goo screen. The thing is my other GTX 1080ti works fine in same system, under load, boot sequence, at different resolutions including 4k. I noticed when I change GPU cards back to the RTX from the GTX the RTX 3080 boots fine at first, I get images, I even see the desktop for a few seconds UNTIL windows scales out resolution automatically. I tried msconfig/boot tab/base video to keep windows from scaling it wrong but that did not help. Im starting to think its a windows or startup bug. My fear is that its the MOBO, I hate replacing MOBOs. Again, this happened very suddenly, and I made no changes to the physical system and I do not recall downloading anything that would have changed operations. System was working fine with GPU for about 1 year, system has been fully operational for longer, came from the GTX 1080ti era, playing very demanding games no issues.
No overclocks, system stable.
Had an 8 yr old PSU, bought a new one, still have same issue.
Uninstalled all GPU drivers
Tried RAM sticks 1 at a time, swapping slots
Tried unplugging all USB.
Updated BIOS
Force BIOS to GEN1/2/or 3 on PCIe slot.
ASUS PRIME x299 MOBO
i7 7820x
Rosewill 850w Bronze HIVE
2 x 8GB GBTrident G.Skill DDR4 2666 ram
EVGA RTX 3080 FTW