Used Palit 3080 Gaming Pro with a PNY BIOS flashed

[toge]

Hi all, I bought a used Palit 3080 Gaming Pro OC NED3080S19IA-132AA described as overheating. (See photo of sticker attached)

Upon plugging it in, it works fine and no artifacts. Running time spy It does run a little hot and 2 of the fans seem to work only when they want to? I managed to complete a timespy run when I managed to get all three fans running at 100%

More interestingly I found upon opening GPU-Z I found that the card was flashed with a PNY uprising BIOS rather than a Palit one. (See attached GPU-Z screenshot)

Questions
1) is the PNY bios the cause for the fans to not work? Or should I buy a replacement off AliExpress anyway since I'm going to open it up
2) it seems a simple fix - backup existing bios, use nvflash to flash a Palit Gaming Pro bios from the TPU bios Database and I should have a fully factory card? Are there any other pre auctions I need to take?
3) are there any settings on my motherboard I need to enable/disable for a successful flash e.g. CSM on or off? Uefi only?

Thank you

The bios I'm considering flashing: https://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/232752/palit-rtx3080-10240-210310-1

The bios currently flashed: https://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/236307/pny-rtx3080-10240-210324

 

[Caring1]

I think you have the two Bios's mixed up.

 

[toge]

I think you have the two Bios's mixed up.

I did mix it up, I'll change it now.

 

[eidairaman1]

I did mix it up, I'll change it now.

Actually the PNY has a lower TDP Limit, the palit has higher, so your problem would only be exacerbated using the palit bios. Change your thermalpads and hope for the best as getting second hand cards is a crapshoot