Hi all,
I have a Razer Blade 14" (2021)
RZ09-0370x model.
It’s a dual boot machine running Windows and Linux. The dedicated GPU (RTX 3060) does not initialize on either operating system. This problem appeared to coincide with upgrading the bios version from 1.05 to 1.06.
Windows Device Manager reports:
Windows has stopped this device because it has reported problems. (Code 43)On linux, nvidia-smi reports:
No devices were foundI originally thought it was a driver issue but that is not the case. I have tried a bunch of different drivers in each OS just in case though.
After some digging around in grub boot loader logs and journalctl output, I have found the following errors reported during boot.
....
kernel: ACPI: video: [Firmware Bug]: ACPI(PEGP) defines _DOD but not _DOS
kernel: ACPI: video: Video Device [PEGP] (multi-head: yes rom: yes post: no)
kernel: ACPI: video: Video Device [VGA] (multi-head: yes rom: no post: no
....
kernel: ACPI Error: Aborting method \_SB.PCI0.GPP0.PEGP._ROM due to previous error (AE_AML_BUFFER_LIMIT)
....
kernel: NVRM: GPU 0000:01:00.0: Failed to copy vbios to system memory.
kernel: NVRM: GPU 0000:01:00.0: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x30:0xffff:976)
....
[drm:nv_drm_load [nvidia_drm]]*ERROR* [nvidia_drm] [GPU ID 0x00000100] Failed to allocate NvKmsKapiDevice
[drm:nv_drm_probe_devices [nvidia_drm]]*ERROR* [nvidia_drm] [GPU ID 0x00000100] Failed to register device
....Plenty of firmware errors basically.
So, I’d really like to downgrade my bios back to 1.05 and see if that resolves the issue. I can’t find any copy of the 1.05 online however. Even the current Razer updater software won’t allow me to reinstall the current bios (in case it’s corrupt).
If anyone could supply me with the means to downgrade, that would be awesome.
