How to Fix Your GSOD Blues

Thanks Neno +Rep for a super fast reply.

 

My BIOS version now reads 012.020.000.032

Can I assume I can now install Catalyst 10.8 or 10.9?

 

GPU-Z should show : 012.020.000.032.038352

mm there are no catalyst 10.9 for mobility (unless you use a modified version) , You can install 10.8.

 

FYI, there are no mobility drivers for 10.9. The word is to hold out for 10.10.

10.7a's considered as the most stable for games for most, although some can run 10.8 without issues. Like me for instance.

 

Just put on 10.8 gonna run a future mark again

 

The results of the Catalyst update to 10.8 were suprising -

Under the old VBIOS and stock drivers my 3dmark score was 13061

Under the new VBIOS and 10.8 its 12255 3DMarks

SM 2.0 Score
4928
SM 3.0 Score
5688
CPU Score
3420

 

The beta vBios gives lower performance (at least on my machine) and the 10.8 drivers also give lower performance than 10.7a.
I highly recommend using 10.7a until something better comes out.

 

Chastity does this mean that there won't be a vbios directly from Asus with overdrive enabled? If so I might as well go load yours.

 

I have same results in 3dmark vantage and 06 with stock vbios+10.1 and new vbios 10.8 ... ) 20 points +-

 

Its not an Issue for me Hell. I wont even notice the difference.

 

Nope. There will be no "official" vBIOS release on Asus' Support Site. So yeah, if you want Overdrive, may as well use my release.

 

Any known issues with your Overdrive vBIOS?

 

Unless you are messing with Overdrive, it will not do anything different. I am running it now and it's been working just fine.

Overclocking the card may raise the temps a bit depending on the OC and how far you can push it. My first one made it up to 780+Core, this new one can only go to 740 core

Still get a P8500 Vantage score but its nothing like the P9110 I got with my first one.

 

Any temperature records to compare Overdriver enable/disable under stress?

 

On my first system. An OC to the core and mem to 780/1080 = +2-3C

On my current system it may be within +-1C (740/1040)

My GPU temps are around 83C max load at all stock.

Having Overdrive enabled in the vBios is going to do nothing to temps. If you use it and OC they may go up. If you don't, then there will be nothing different from it to the normal vBios (save the Core/Mem speed changes Chastity did to the 2D clocks and such)

 

and you use the overdrive tab to set those speeds or you use AMD GPU clock? Can you do OC to the Gary's v93 via AMD GPU Clock?

 

Yes, the tool works but my OC was less stable once the new BIOS was implemented. I dropped back to stock and haven't had an issue since. I was only using 705/1100 and I'm back to 700/1000.

Cheers,

 

Shaggy, try running with PowerPlay disabled in CCC.

 

i'm sick of having lower battery life.. using chasity's OD vBIOS... flashing now.. cross fingers

 

i'm getting erro 0fl01 when i try to flash saying files are not there although they are... brb.. anyone?

 

check if the name in the bat file match with the vBios Names...can be either .bin o .rom.

also make sure the three files are there: atiflash.exe, the bat file and the bios for either Gary's or Chastity's package

 

i'm using hell cry's method without BAT file..

 

why not just follow the hell-easy instruction from the very first post of this tread??

 

the thing is he has rom files while i have bat files from chasity.. so it says invalid BIOS when i try flashing.. don't know what to do..

 

Read my last PM.

 

made it work.. ty..

 

if you want to use chastity roms just follow the instruction from first post. Don't mess the update with files from different packages.....

Again, you need 3 files:
vBios.rom (either chastity or gary's)
atiflash.exe
wherevername.bat

make sure that IN THE BAT FILE, which is a simple txt, says: "ATIFlash -p 0 vBIOS.bin" or "ATIFlash -p -f 0 vBIOS.bin" (the -f is to force the update, make sure you grab the package with the last atiflash version)

 

well, my vga died today, my vga temps were normals, all normal, i tried to stard a 3d game and boom, alf screen is blank and the other show a bad image

 

Does a reboot not get you back into windows? Not even safe mode?

 

You got the evil PSOD. RMA it for new screen.

 

It seems to be a Screen problem

P.S: I have noticed that the webcam area is a bit hot. as anyone noticed it?

 

or for a new motherboard.... my old laptop suffer the same symptom.

 

ohh well, ty guys for the fast response, 8 months without problems well is my turn xD, this is how my screen looks like

 

I would think the edges may get a bit hot since that is where the head of the LED lights would go.

 

screen fail.. RMA time..very unlucky.

 

Bios 211, drivers 10.8..... windows has told me my ati driver have failed..they quit working. This has happened several times. What i did was just reset the pc and didn't have any warnings. The drivers were loaded every time i booted up. Should I just completely uninstall everything that has to do with ATI then reinstall control center.. drivers, alll that? If someone has come across the same issue..any advice would be helpful.

 

On your new laptop?

 

Gave that a go 12289

 

Try a Vantage run just for giggles too.

 

hello ppl, i too have a g73jh and after much research on forums and such, i found this topic, and finally got rid of the vertical stripes "crash"
using the vbios provided. im using catalyst 10.8, and it runs fine, even furmark, no crashes with anything, so far anyway.

One thing is bothering me, my crysis game on high settings, and 1024x768 resolution runs at about 30 fps avg, do you think this is normal? below average?

 

Crysis is the worst game to compare performance, since its code is NOT SCALABLE. You never get high fps at highest setting regardless your rig or the resolution that you use.

 

no mine's working.. its thanstory's one..

 

No this is not normal. I get around 34 average on 1080p on high settings for Crysis and on gamer settings for Crysis Warhead about 30 FPS.

Crysis does average about 2 trillion polygons per second

 

What's with the jumpy Core Clock in the 93vbios? One moment its 405, than its 700 again lol. On what moments does it jump to 700? Can we adjust this? Has it somethin to do with the CCC profiles ? If anyone could make a mini-guide, it would be helpfull, since the forum is stuffed with people who wanne know how to set their clocks at exact moments, but they are simply to ignorant (like me).
Thx again homies!

 

Thats powerplay - as GPU load increases/decreases, so do the clocks .
If you want to keep it at 700/1000 all the time just untick "Enable Powerplay" in CCC, but if you want to modify what clocks it uses when powerplay is enabled, you have to modify the clock profiles in the vBios with RBE and reflash it, but thats risky if you dont know what youre doing and choose incompatible clocks.

 

Just as I thought... And another one here, which 93vbios supports the overdrive function? Cause the one mentioned in the 1st post disables it..

 

The one Chastity modded and released. Post #10 on the first page.

 

mine has the same problem.. every 3 or 4 seconds the gpu core it's jumping between 700 and 405.. over and over , and over..
it only stops when i'm on a game, and stays at 700 mhz..

 

Its not a problem. Its dynamic clocking enabled by the new vBios that clocks down in 2D, and clocks up in 3D.

Somebody should really add these commonly asked questions to the main post.

 

so it´s normal when the computer stays in idle, the clocks constantly jump between 405 and 700? in idle? doing nothing? how?