Updating the BIOS bricked this PC... You'll never guess what the issue was... 

Jay, I hope you end up reading this comment, I truly thank you from the cold black abyss of my heart. I received problems after updating my BIOS about 2 months ago. Testing lead me to believe my Zotac 3080ti was the culprit, which I RMA'd. When i received news back from zotac that the card tested fine and that they were sending it back as nothing was wrong. I received it today 4/23 and it would do the same hang on BIOS black screen problem that i encountered a month ago. My friend Jeff sent me this video, and after watching it, did as you suggested and updated the DisplayID via the Nvidia tool. It posted immediately after and has been working flawlessly since... Confirmed at least one person has been saved by this video! I appreciate you buddy

"I spent 2 1/2 hours on a 25 second fix" sounds exactly like every computer repair I've ever done.

Many of us would've spent hours reposting on Reddit, forums, and other places waiting for an answer or solution. You should share this in the NVIDIA subreddit if the mods don't act like dictators and remove it. Many people are upgrading their systems from 5 and 6 years ago and may run into this issue especially with some Z690 boards needing a BIOS update to detect the 13th gen chips.

My last takeaway from this is also - when updating the BIOS - don't power down or reset anything even if the system seems hung...let it finish doing its thing even if it takes a half hour. Better safe than bricking the PC.

Amazing video! This is basically an impossible task for a standard user to actually figure out. Aside from the knowledge and 'know-how' to even know where to start with, just to have all the extra equipment to check the hardware to see what's working is already the worse problem. We appreciate your work on these obscure issues. Thank you!

I've been building my own custom PC's for 25 years and have been in the IT field as a technician, analyst, and system admin for 23 years and never have I EVER seen something like this happen! This is a rare gremlin to discover and no doubt has helped to educate all of us of this potentiality of occurring during system building/updating. Phil, your problem became a boon for so many of us because we learned a lot from it. I'm very glad you didn't have to replace your video card! Good work Jay!!!

THANKS, as a repair tech. little bits of information like this are invaluable. Also thanks for your channel . No one can know everything but having learning opportunities like these makes life easier.

Great video and I am glad this is starting to be talked about. I have started telling people, just because it's new, doesn't mean it works. This is especially true when it comes to computer hardware. Parts can sit on shelves for months, some times years before ever being used or sold.

This is brilliant, I wouldn't have ever imagined that a unique id would change in a piece of hardware, or that it would be removed from a module to continue operating.

In essence, Phil was right when he asked, "Maybe, it just doesn't like 3080 Tis?" 🤣

I was a computer technician in a computer store going back to the win95/98 days. I saw lots of similar looking problems back then but back then it usually added up IRQ conflicts and more than one device using the same IRQ. I wouldn't have known how to fix this issue though and would likely have assumed a motherboard fault after testing the GFX card in another system and it working fine. Good job Jay!

Really enjoy this type of content! Very informative for people who enjoy troubleshooting and also helpful to those affected by the issue. I’m sure we’ve all had that moment where the 3rd page of a 5 year old Yahoo answers thread held the solution to our extremely specific problem so I’m sure this video will be helpful for many years to those people.

These types of videos have helped me solve a many issue. I like watching the over the top builds, but these are the ones that have kept me from replacing parts so many times.

Choosing pc parts and building it is the fun part. Updating the bios is the scary part.

Updating bios was the most stressful thing I've did ever since building my pc. I didn't sweat that much even when I changed the paste on my cpu.

Love these videos. They teach people everything in the world about computers and how to fix and diagnose problems. I have been watching these videos for years and learned a lot. People in my city now call me grampa gamer. 70 yrs old, but my mind is still 25 yrs, and i custom build gaming desktops and fix computers all over the city. Thanks jayz for teaching me how to be a pro.

As a car mechanic, I cant even imagine how many times that problem happens to me.

Thank you so much for this kind of content. You never know when someone else will encounter the same issues.

Jay steadily taking on the BS we run across with our PC's and fixing it after hours of trial and error in just a few seconds is a true gift especially since he tells you how he fixed it in the end. Dude just did everyone a solid.

I love this style video! it reminds me of all my funky build roadblocks that I learn the most from! please do more of these!