Hello everyone!
The Asrock A380 low profile card (ID 8086 56A5 - 1849 6006) have an power limit of 45W. Intel removed the possibility to increase power using the software utility, anyway the card is in an proxmox machine that doesn't run windows.
The same hardware is in another form by the name Asrock A380 Challenger that have the same VRMs and the power limit is at 60W. I searched online and found on another website an .bin bios file from the Challenger variant, that I flashed using an CH341a. Flashng worked well, I put the card in PC and booted. GPUz shows that new device ID is 8086 56A5 - 1849 6004 (not ending with 6006 like the LP variant) and the furmark benchmark showed an 7 fps increase from 38 to 45. The power draw was 60W instead of 45W.
The problem that I have with this BIOS is video decoding/encoding not working in linux/proxmox or in windows installed directly on SSD. Also the arc firmware tool cant read the OEM Manufacturing data from the card, maybe the bios is corupted?
I tried the folowing:
Intel driver install with firmware update that worked partially.
Firmware update on linux using igsc that worked partially.
The problem with update (linux or windows method) is fwdata image that fail to write. All the others firmware pieces were written successfully (fwupdate file, oprom data file and oprom code file).
I an interested in using the low profile variant at full A380 power (i know the LP doesn't have aditional power connector but I will make some DIY mod for 12V powering and cooling).
Can someone help me with an moded bios based on my asrock_a380_low profile original.bin file to increase PL1 and PL2 limit to the max?
Or an updated, working corectly A380 Challenger .bin file to flash on my card.
I attach the folowing files:
1) a380 low profile original bios untouched
2) a380 challenger bios that i found on another site
3) a380 challenger bios that is partially updated january 2025.
Thanks!
The Asrock A380 low profile card (ID 8086 56A5 - 1849 6006) have an power limit of 45W. Intel removed the possibility to increase power using the software utility, anyway the card is in an proxmox machine that doesn't run windows.
The same hardware is in another form by the name Asrock A380 Challenger that have the same VRMs and the power limit is at 60W. I searched online and found on another website an .bin bios file from the Challenger variant, that I flashed using an CH341a. Flashng worked well, I put the card in PC and booted. GPUz shows that new device ID is 8086 56A5 - 1849 6004 (not ending with 6006 like the LP variant) and the furmark benchmark showed an 7 fps increase from 38 to 45. The power draw was 60W instead of 45W.
The problem that I have with this BIOS is video decoding/encoding not working in linux/proxmox or in windows installed directly on SSD. Also the arc firmware tool cant read the OEM Manufacturing data from the card, maybe the bios is corupted?
I tried the folowing:
Intel driver install with firmware update that worked partially.
Firmware update on linux using igsc that worked partially.
The problem with update (linux or windows method) is fwdata image that fail to write. All the others firmware pieces were written successfully (fwupdate file, oprom data file and oprom code file).
I an interested in using the low profile variant at full A380 power (i know the LP doesn't have aditional power connector but I will make some DIY mod for 12V powering and cooling).
Can someone help me with an moded bios based on my asrock_a380_low profile original.bin file to increase PL1 and PL2 limit to the max?
Or an updated, working corectly A380 Challenger .bin file to flash on my card.
I attach the folowing files:
1) a380 low profile original bios untouched
2) a380 challenger bios that i found on another site
3) a380 challenger bios that is partially updated january 2025.
Thanks!
