B650E Steel Legend BIOS update causing GPU issueOT

Recently, I built my new PC with these specs:
Processor: Ryzen 7 7800X3D
Mobo: ASRock B650E WIFI Steel legend
PSU: Corsair RM750E ATX 3.0
SSD: SN 850X 1TB
GPU: Zotac Nvidia RTX 4070 Super
RAM: GSKILL 32GB

When I built my PC, I forgot to update the BIOS before installing windows. So I thought it won't be a problem if I do it once I have everything configured first. My BIOS was on the first version 1.03. When I updated it to the latest (2.10), my PC wasn't detecting my GPU.I had to use iGPU for this whole time as there was no trace of GPU in my whole system. But when I tried looking into Device Manager, I could see my 4070 as 'Inactive". There was no way to activate it. It gave me error code 45. I tried uninstalling GPU drivers, but later I was not able to install those drivers as it threw me error "No Nvidia GPU found on this sytem". After doing back and forth I decided to downgrade my bios again to 1.03. Surprisingly, it worked. The moment I booted my PC, it detected GPU and everything worked seemlessly. Later, I once again tried updating BlOS to a different version. (1.28) but still faced the same issue, "GPU not found". Is there any way I can update my BlOS to a newer version? Is it even necessary or I shouldn't bother updating it?

BhokariBaba wrote: Recently, I built my new PC with these specs: Processor: Ryzen 7 7800X3D Mobo: ASRock B650E WIFI Steel legend PSU: Corsair RM750E ATX 3.0 SSD: SN 850X 1TB GPU: Zotac Nvidia RTX 4070 Super RAM: GSKILL 32GB When I built my PC, I forgot to update the BIOS before installing windows. So I thought it won't be a problem if I do it once I have everything configured first. My BIOS was on the first version 1.03. When I updated it to the latest (2.10), my PC wasn't detecting my GPU.I had to use iGPU for this whole time as there was no trace of GPU in my whole system. But when I tried looking into Device Manager, I could see my 4070 as 'Inactive". There was no way to activate it. It gave me error code 45. I tried uninstalling GPU drivers, but later I was not able to install those drivers as it threw me error "No Nvidia GPU found on this sytem". After doing back and forth I decided to downgrade my bios again to 1.03. Surprisingly, it worked. The moment I booted my PC, it detected GPU and everything worked seemlessly. Later, I once again tried updating BlOS to a different version. (1.28) but still faced the same issue, "GPU not found". Is there any way I can update my BlOS to a newer version? Is it even necessary or I shouldn't bother updating it?

reinstall windows after updating BIOS. You can also try DDU - utility that is suppose to thoroughly remove GPU drivers (unlike the os).

Think about setting up windows in a linux virtual machine with GPU passthrough if you really need that os. No difference in performance, but safer and saves you lots of hassle.



Edited by M440 - 06 May 2024 at 1:21am