790XT-G45 - upgrade from MSI K9N2 SLI

I currently use an MSI K9N2 SLI Platinum board. I used nVidia video cards for a while, but now I"m switching to Radeon, so I purchased a 790XT.
Will I have to re-install windows entirely, or can I just uninstall the nVidia system drivers and run driver sweeper?
Should I expect some kind of instability without a clean install, or is Windows 7 good enough to be able to switch chipsets without a problem?
Thanks a million

Or you can get another HDD for $40 or so and put fresh OS on it and use current HDD as data/storage disk. Never hurts to have OS on one drive and another for storage of important stuff anyway.

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MSI K9N2 SLI Platinum - No Mem Voltage Settings?

I recently bought an MSI K9N2 SLI Platinum; along with a Phenom II 940 Black Edition and a set of OCZ Reaper 4gb PC8500/1066 DDR2.
I had, for awhile read that this motherboard was a great board and an excellent buy.
However, I can't seem to find a way to adjust the DRAM Voltage settings. I can change and adjust the memory timings, but not the voltage settings.
CPUz shows that my RAM is running at 1.8volts but it requires 2.1v! It also shows that all the mem timings are different from what they're set at in the BIOS.
Is there a way to unlock the Mem Voltage settings on this Motherboard?
If not, I may have to RMA it and get something else.

Don't have every bit of that info in front of my at the moment, but I can say, and show, where links are available...
AMD Phenom II 940 BE (Deneb)
MSI K9N2 SLI Platinum w/ BIOS v3.4
OCZ DDR2 PC2-8500 Reaper HPC 4GB Edition (OCZ2RPR10664GK)
EVGA Geforce 8800GT 512DDR3 x2/SLI w/Driver v180.08
Creative X-Fi Platinum - (Not installed at present, all software/drivers removed during troubleshooting)
Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EACS 1TB SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
ENERMAX Liberty ELT500AWT 500W ATX12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply
Logitech LX700 Keyboard/Mouse Combo - no longer available/not listed in products/could only find Logitechs original press release on it - Logitechs provided "set point" software is installed.
Hauppauge-WinTV-PVR-USB 2.0
Sony DVD-ROM IDE
NEC DVD RW IDE
The X-Fi Card, the two 8800GT's, and the Enermax PS' and both DVD drives, are carried over from my former system. All the rest were new, upgrade parts with a fresh and clean install of WinXP Pro w/SP3... Creative also came out with some new Drivers for that X-Fi sometime in 2008. I do not remember the Driver version or the exact date they were released, but I have tried them.
Also, I have tried rolling back the Geforce drivers back through several prior versions and ran tests with those as well, always with the same result.
I'll be removing one of the 8800GT's later on tonight when I get the chance and see what happens there.
One thing I noticed last night, is that the Mobo's Hybrid SLI is enabled with the OnBoard Video Port. I can not disable the Onboard, unless the Hybrid is disabled first. The cursor just skips over the listing for OnBoard when the Hybrid is enabled which is understandable.
However, when Hybrid is disabled and the settings saved, and system rebooted... its gets up to the WinXP Splash Screen then flashes a blue screen and automatically reboots and does this in a loop; until Hybrid is re-enabled.
At present, DRAM is manual configured in BIOS for 5.5.5.18 timings, and 2.20 voltage; as per manufacturer specs. CPU, is manually set at v1.350; which became available after re-flashing BIOS last night, and re-clearing CMOS.
Currently running system with the OnBoard Realtek Audio, using drivers from provided MSI CD.
Problems experience thus far...
Far Cry 2
Locks Ups/stuck in audio loop - often within 5 - 15 mins gameplay
Sometimes garbled Video; Alt Tabbing to Desktop and back into game clears this.
no error codes provided in Event Viewer
Crysis & Crysis Warhead
Locks up, often within 5 - 15 mins gameplay; usually locked up with a constant high pitch "Eeeeee" noise from speakers.
no error codes provided in Event Viewer
Unreal Tournament 3
Refuses to load any game maps, crashes to desktop
no error codes provided in Event Viewer
Second Life
Crashes to Desktop within 10 - 20 minutes
no error codes provided in Event Viewer
SPORE
Locks up within 5 - 15 minutes
no error codes provided in Event Viewer
Can browse internet for hours with no problems, no errors.
Can watch TV on my Hauppauge WinTV2000 USB PVR for hours, with no errors.
Can watch DVD's on any DVD software, for hours, with no errors.
Will try running Memtext86+ again tonight when I get home.

Need some advise - MSI K9N2 Sli Platinum

Hello. I have some strange behavior of the system since the last week. Processor´s fan speeds up and down. Usualy is 3400-3600rpm; now speeds up to 5400-5600rpm and stay accelerate for a good while. I thought it could be some dust; yesterday I made a general cleaning of the hardware and also replaced the Thermaltake fan with another one which I have for replacement. The heatsink is firm, deos not have movements. The thermal grase is OCZ Freeze etc, something good, seems to be hardened because heatsink stay firm. This was assembled some 16 month ago.
I started again the PC, slow down the processor´s speed from OC 3.2Ghz to the basic 2.8 Ghz and the problem still go on. I thought this could be come system drivers problem, some sensor related. Then, I download the sys driver 15.49_nforce_winvista_win7_64bit_intern ational_whql from nVidia site and install it. Nothing, the problem is the same.
also: http://i44.tinypic.com/120pix4.jpg
The readings of Temperatures the TMPIN0 and TMPIN1, north and south bridge are ok. The TMPIN2 127°C is a dead sensor, it allways was like that from the beginning. Don´t pay attention to it.
I´m really worried that thomething bad could happen and I have not a replacement for this mobo now.
Could be some bad or crazy sensor which send some erroneous signal and that´s could be the origin of this situation?
Does it exist the possibility the mobo get fried?
I hope you´ll have the best advise for me.
My best regards,
Florin
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64
MSI K9N2 Sli Platinum
Phenom II x3 720 BE with Thermaltake Venus 12 cooler, 2.8Ghz
4Gb (2x2Gb) Patriot (PVS24G6400LLKN) Extreme Performance Viper Series PC2-6400 CL4 DDR2-800 Dual Channel
MSI nVidia GForce 9600GT / 512 Mb
x2 WDigital Caviar Black bulk / sata 300 / 32Mb cache / 750Gb each
DVD-RW Plextor px-810SA
PS Xion Power Real 2.2 / 600W
Aluminium case Viper XG with x3 120mm Ever Cool Spider fans (front, back, up)
1 monitor LG Fantasy 19" / 4:3
1 monitor Siragon 22" / 19:10
Logitech 2.1 sound system (subwoffer + x2 three way speakers)
Microsoft curve keyboard
Microsoft IE mouse
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I'm confused. You say to ignore the 127° reading, but then state you are concerned and talk about a false reading. What reading and what exactly are you concerned with, the CPU temps? If your system were getting that hot(127°C), you'd shut down or blow something. I'm sure it's a false reading.
If you wish to remove the heatsink, get something like Artic Silver 5 so you have a different paste to use. Then, boot to the bios and leave it there for 15 minutes and shut down(you can simply hit the power off button this way). Immediately, after shutdown, removing the power cord and pushing the power on button several times to drain the capacitors, try and remove the Heatsink carefully with some slight wiggle back and forth motion. Hopefully, the heating of the TIM will make it pliable enough for easier removal. DO NOT USE FORCE.

MSI K9N2 SLI Platinum nForce 750a Problem

I bought this barebone kit a couple days ago http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4692741&CatId=3508 and I had no troubles, I installed the 4GB Sli-READY 2GB RAM and thought that it wouldn't hurt to have another 4GB. So I bought the same RAM, and installed it, I started to get BSOD when I start programs, or games like "Lineage 2". I tried changing the voltage on DRAM but l can't change it to 1.8v, or 2.1v (2.1v says that the pc might be unstable) so l set it to auto. l also made it [AUTO] for SLI-READY DRAM. l still get BSOD.
Help would be greatly appreciated, the specs on the computer are:
MSI K9N2 SLI Platinum Motherboard
AMD Phenom X4 9850 Black Ed. 2.50GHz
OCZ SLI 4096MB PC6400 DDR2 / 8GB
Western Digital Caviar Green 500GB Hard Drive
Ultra LSP550 550-Watt Power Supply
(2) XFX nVidia 9800GT 512MB (1GB cause l have 2) SLI - Ready
Sound Blaster Audigy SE
My operating system is a Windows XP 64bit Edition.

Quote from: Younha on 04-July-09, 01:38:49
May you please explain how to use memtest and drop the mem. freq. to 667 and the 2T thing? :x
Memtest details ==> https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=103598.msg760534#msg760534
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drop the mem. freq. to 667 and the 2T thing? :x
Apply "FSB/DRAM Ratio" in BIOS, 'Cell Menu' to 1:1.66
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and the 2T thing? :x
By default it should be already 2T, verify that with CPU-Z memory tab{Command Rate} ==> http://www.cpuid.com/download/cpuz/cpuz_151_setup.exe

MSI K9N2 SLI Platinum problems again

Like many of you all who suggested me to RMA my board couple weeks ago. Well, looks like I finally got the board back and I decided to give it a go. Put in my computer parts (CPU, Ram, using on-board vga/dvi) and gave it a go. I turned on and then I see the same red light that occurred to me in the previous problem that I had before sending it in. I am thinking MSI didn't thoroughly test the board enough? I tried sticking the memory stick in different slots to see if that would help, still no go. I switched/changed cpu I contacted MSI and they said to reseat the CPU and check PSU. I told them that my PSU is brand new (Corsair 650TX) and confirmed them that it is indeed working. I took it out of the case to test by putting a cardboard underneath the motherboard using only 1 stick of ram in DIMM1 slot. Reseat/re-inserted the CPU and heatsink fan in. Connect the DVI cable to the on-board dvi connection. Then I took a flat screw driver and turned it on, I saw the CPU fan spin and the PSU fan spinning but the same red light showed up. I am still stuck and wonder what other options I have left.
MSI K9N2 SLI Platinum
AMD64 X2 5400
2x2GB Corsair (I am only using 1 stick to test at the moment)
Using onboard video instead of my 8800GT
Corsair 650TX watts (tested and it is brand new)
I feel like I don't know what else to do except I could take it to a computer technician to have a second look at it. If anyone have suggestion, I'd be happy to try.

I have done all of the following you listed except for testing the CPU in another machine. I will bring the two cpu to a local shop and have them tested. I will report back.
Quote from: Svet on 06-March-09, 04:54:11
Do you have power cable for the CPU connected?
Does the CPU works in another machine?
Have you done >>Clear CMOS Guide<< with power cord removed?
Have you tested with mainboard out of PC case too? {With one memory stick in 1st DIMM close to CPU socket}
Does the CPU is properly installed?
Checked CPU for bent pins too?

MSI K9n2 SLI Platinum with RAID-1

at first my Stuff:
Hardware:
Main: MSI K9n2 SLI Platinum
graphics: GeForce GTX 280
HD: 2 x WDC WD10 01FALS 1GB (S-ATA)
Software:
NVIDIA Systemcontrol Version 2.2.390.00
NVIDIA nForce RAID Controller Driver Version: 10.3.0.42
Windows Vista x64 Professional
I configured the RAID Stuff with the (RAID) BIOS without any problems (RAID-1). Windows works finde but after some restarts something is destroying the RIAD bundle.
Windows recognize the second drive as a stand alone and keeps the first in the "MIRROR" drive. (so i see every partition twice). In the case I repair the bundle, it works for two restart and the same happens again.
some ideas?
thanks

well .. it just seemed to be the solution.
now, in the case I restart the system.. it works fine for a couple of minutes or maybe hours..
but then, the system's going to freeze.. windows stay but in the case i wan't to read or write from or to harddisk .. the mean software crash
i'm tryin' to plug of the second drive and hope it will work...
are there any known problems?
i should try another mainboard ... thats going to be boring

MSI K9N2 SLI overclocking problem

Having a slight problem here. Had Bios 3.4 then updated to 3.5. Noticed in Vista my CPU is at 3.2GHZ (stock), then everest and CPUid both show 3466Mhz. No matter what I do in BIOS these numbers never changed. BIOS was saying 3.5. Decided to go back to BIOS 3.4 and am still having the same issue. Any ideas?

I put your name on the list there. You found the thread where you posted already. So its all good. Feel free to discuss anything about the motherboard over there too. I am trying to band a group together who have share the same motherboards as we run, so that it be easier to help out and share tips (overclocking, ram experience, etc). Sorta like a tight knit family and for those who have hands-on knowledge with the board itself already.
Quote from: Griplessoneder on 12-October-09, 03:55:26
Sorry guys. figured out the problem, for some reason someone had changed the settings in the Nvidia control panel which is taking the complete control over the overclocking issue. Now if I could just shut that ability off I would be happy. Thanks for the help. Raisethe3, you sent me a e-mail to join overclockers.net, I have joined overclockers.net but do not see a link to join this particular topic. Will join as soon as I can find it.
"Hi, I am writing this to gather all MSI K9N2 SLI Platinum users to share our appreciation for this board. As I have noticed from this message board, that you guys are owners of this board. We can share from our experiences (i.e. problems, discuss, rants, etc) and use to assist one another. We can have this central location and have support from one another especially people who run this specific type of board. Discussion can be anything related with this board (memory problem, cpu problem, boot-up, etc). We can all help each other out and assist when needed. No more scrambling to find help from other places! Come and join at http://www.overclock.net/amd-motherboards/589277-unofficial-msi-k9n2-sli-platinum-owners.html"

MSI K9N2 SLI Platinum problem

I just got my Corsair 650TX PSU from the mail today. Installed it and connected everything. When I turned the power on, nothing showed up. I did see red lights, and I thought "oh no...". So I went to check the manual and said if it red, then my old PSU must've taken out my CPU out at the same time. I did see my graphic card spinning, *relief* So I just wanted to double check with you guys if that's my CPU is totally gone/dead for good? I checked all connectors and made sure there was no problem. Everything was connected and well plugged.
My specs under sig as usual:
MSI K9N2 SLI Platinum
AMD 64 X2 4000+ 2.8Ghz (OC'D)
Bios Version 3.1 (6/3/2008)
2X 2 GB Corsair RAM 5-5-5-18 468.8 MHZ
EVGA 8800GT 512MB DDR3
16X DVD+/- RW Dual Layer
Corsair 650TX Watts PSU
Any help would be deeply appreciated.

Quote from: Bas on 15-January-09, 15:56:44
I agree, probably other parts went up in smoke as well.
The first thing comes to mind it the board is damaged too, as it's the first part being connected to the PSU.
Quote from: a4m4d64 on 15-January-09, 22:25:39
Most likely, the board shorted and fried the PS, Board RMA ????
Oh no...I hope the board isn't dead. I am going to be getting a new CPU and I will find out if it works or not. *Keeping my fingers cross.*
Another thing, I doubt the board is dead, because when I turned it back on, all the light is still lit upon powering up. So its obviously still working. But no post screen, and like I said before, upon looking at the LED lights according to page 2-26 on my manual, I got the first box. It states "System PowerOn- The D-LED will hang here if the processor is damaged or not installed properly". So I know first thing come to mind is that I am certain the processor is installed properly when my original PSU died. I never took it out. Which left me the final choice, the CPU is officially dead/fried or however you want to call it.

MSI K9N2 SLI Platinum problem (Mobo dead again?)

Ok, its been more than 4 months since my computer have been "dead". I went through two RMA for my mobo MSI K9N2 SLI Platinum and I went through RMA for my AMD cpu chip twice. Just today I decided to put the parts together when I got my new chip. Upon putting the parts together and turning the machine on, I get nothing. No post beep, nothing on the screen of the monitor. My PSU fan is spinning, I still get the red light indicator on my motherboard as I always have been in the past.
I put the parts with 1 stick of RAM next to the CPU.
My components for the following:
MSI K9N2 SLI Platinum
AMD 64 X2 5600+
1 stick of 2 GB Corsair Memory
650 Watts Corsair PSU
Does anyone know what else to do? It seems like my options are getting dried up and I feel like I want to ask for a refund since my motherboard is still under warranty, if that's possible.

Wait slow down here. You're saying that I supposed to hear a beeping sound when I power on? If so, I heard none. I am hard of hearing myself by the way.
*Not sure what you mean el-jack?
Quote from: Fredrik on 30-April-09, 06:03:16
Are there more things connected to the same el. jack? - Have a feeling I asked you that before!?
This is not 100% true, but if nothing works there is a power failure. If some things work and there is no beeping you can guess towards the processor. With beeping memory climbs up the ladder as the prime suspect.

MSI K9N2 SLI Platinum - Ram suport

Where can I find a list over the ram that is suportet and testet with MSI K9N2 SLI Platinum ??
I have been using OCZ2P10664GK it run at 2.2v but the motherboard did not register it correct.

http://www.msi.com/index.php?func=prodtestreport&maincat_no=1&cat2_no=171&cat3_no=&prod_no=1443
That is where to find all tested components.

MSI K9N2 SLI Platinum - Help

Hi All
I'm new here and as I'm not sure where to look for help I thought posting a question might be best:-
I have 3 hot swap drive caddies only one of which is live. The internal fan became noisy so I simply swapped the connections (SATA, Power, HDD LED) for one of the unused caddies.
I now cannot boot although I clearly have power and the 4/8 boot LED's immediately show 2 green 2 red. According to my book it says that means ‘Initialising Hard Drive Controller' – that’s as far as it get's. I'm not getting anything on screen.
I did briefly reconnect the old Caddy but that made no difference. I have looked to see if I've accidentally disconnected something but thus far nothing appears to be wrong.
Whilst I built my machine there are some things I can't always work out so if anyone has any ideas it would be appreciated.
System Info:-
Gigabyte Aurora Case
MSI K9N2 SLI Platinum
AMD 9850 Quadcore 64bit Black Series
2 x Nvidia GT9800 Graphics (Ones out for now)
8 Gb RAM
OS Windows 7 64 Ultimate (Demountable Drive 250Gb Partitioned)
Plus 1 x 759Gb & 1 x 1Tb internal HDD partitioned.
Barbara

I have solved the problem myself!!
For anybody that it may help:-
I had an old IDE CDR which I disconnected ages ago BUT the IDE cable was still connected to the mainboard without issue. The LED error code (2 Green 2 Red) states - ' Initialising Hard Drive Controller - This will initialise IDE Drive and controller'.
For reasons that make no sense I removed the IDE Cable....and the machine booted without issue. This cable as I said was not in use and had caused no issues before.
By the way 'BAS' - If you read my post properly you may notice clues... like 'I clearly have power and the 4/8 boot LED's immediately show 2 green 2 red'...unless of course you use Steam or Gas :(
Barbara

Upgraded from MSI K9N Diamond to K9N2 Diamond-need CPU cooler

OKAY, I got my new mobo...got my new RAM :Corsair with alum/heatsinks. and therin lies the problem. I had a Thermaltake Ruby Orb CPU cooler but with the new taller RAM , this cooler wont sit down on the CPU-fins hit the RAM heatsinks. I need a quick reply so I can get this ordered. My CPU is an A64 X2 6400+ Black . RAM is : Corsair TWIN2X4096-6400C5DHX G (Tall aluminum heatsinks). Graphics card : BFG 9800 GT 1gb single width card. Any help s appreciated.
Thanks , jwill58

Quote from: Fredrik on 07-April-09, 07:52:00
A good processor HSF is more important than fins on the memory sticks. I normally suggest Thermalright U-120. If it fits I don't know.
NOCTUA NH-U12P is another idea.
Xigmatek Dark Knight S1283V.
Its basically the same thing as those two but only costs around $50. Got it on my Phenom II now! Check my review thread with the pictures of it on my K9N2 SLI Plat.
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=126129.0

MSI k9n2 sli platinum - drivers for xp64???

Ok, I bought the MSI K9N2 Platinum SLI 750a motherboard and it has been nothing but trouble since day one.
First, I tried installing various linux distros on it, none of them worked, but I expected that, so it's not really a big deal.
Second, I installed Windows XP 32 bit. It loaded up fine, but whenever I dragged a window across the screen it stuttered and was blocky. I had two spare graphics cards one an NVIDIA GeForce and the other an ATI Radeon. I installed both of these on separate installations of XP 32bit, and neither was picked up correctly by the motherboard. At this point I did a reformat and a fresh install. Then I installed the drivers from the MSI K9N2 driver cd one by one, while restarting the computer between drivers. Lo and behold it worked....however, 32bit XP does not properly pick up all the RAM I have (8g), it only picked up three. So naturally I decided to move to XP 64bit.
Third, So I get Windows XP 64 bit installed and I pop the driver cd in the drive and it wont let me install anything. Weird. So I go to the MSI website and amazingly, the drivers for this motherboard do not exist in 64bit format. At least not that I can find. Please tell me I'm wrong. Also, I can't install the NVIDIA drivers (ie no networking), and the windows drag across the screen like they are stuck in mud.
My question is this: the K9N2 is marketed as 64 bit. It takes a 64 bit cpu. It has RAM slots for up to 8gb...but the drivers don't exist in 64bit format!?!
Please point me in the right direction and tell me that I'm mistaken in this....
thank you.

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So I go to the MSI website and amazingly, the drivers for this motherboard do not exist in 64bit format. At least not that I can find. Please tell me I'm wrong.
You need to look a little harder, they are all listed on this page:
http://global.msi.eu/index.php?func=downloaddetail&type=driver&maincat_no=1&prod_no=1443
Once you've installed all the mainboard drivers, you then need to install the correct 64bit drivers for your graphics card:
>>nVidia Drivers<< >>ATi Drivers<<

MSI K9N2 Sli Platinum with 1090t Problem

If anyone can figure this out, they will help me alot.
I updated my bios from 3.8 to 3.9. and it didnt anything
Light indicator.
http://imageshack.us/f/691/bioch.jpg/
While mine is
Group4. Led 4
   Led 5 Blinking between eachother (red light)
Group3. Led 6 Red
   Led 7 off
Group2. Led 8 Off
   Led 9 Green
Group1. Led 10 Red
   Led 11 Off
My Conclusion is that the lights are messed.
I have both yellow and Green light at the bottom of my motherboard.
In the instructions it says
Green light means the computer is powered on
Yellow means computer is standby.
The yellow light is on 24/7 even if the computer is off
The green light is on when i turn the computer (which is right)
I installed DualCoreCenter From MSI and it causes bsod.
The computer was working fine until I ran Prime95. It shutdown. And than it shutdown twice a starting windows screen. It worked fine after a while, but it shutdown again now. I dont wonna turn it on again.
My problem is somewhat similar to this persons.
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?action=printpage;topic=126143.0
I previously had q9400 with asus p5qlpro. I didnt know how to reinstall the os. the only thing i had to was reinstall nvidia drivers for the 9600 gso.

Quote from: impossibledone on 11-August-11, 09:41:47
Recently installed a 1090T on N9N2 Diamond and did testing on K9N2 SLI Platinum. All good after I flashed to 2.8 (the correct BIOS for that CPU). I Had the same problem with CPU sticking to heatsink, It was not caused by heat, I suspect the socket is weak. I just carefully pried it off.
Did I miss something? How did everyone jump on the CPU cooler without knowing what sort of case it's installed in/# of fans/what size fans, etc...?
did you have the same problem with different bios?

MSI K9N2 SLI Platinum support GTX 295 ?

I have a problem on K9N2 SLI with GTX295. many game start freeze up with them in 1 or 2 mins. I checked my CPU and GPU temp and they all below 50'C.
The gtx 295 have 2 GPUs, do I need to swich on the SLI support in BIOS or somewhere els? OR MAYBE the PSU problem...?
also I have a quick question, is K9N2 SLI support AMD Phenom II X4 ? I'm thinking upgrade to 955.

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also I have a quick question, is K9N2 SLI support AMD Phenom II X4 ? I'm thinking upgrade to 955.
should be supported.
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I have a problem on K9N2 SLI with GTX295. many game start freeze up with them in 1 or 2 mins.
OS used? Have you done OS reinstall?
Tried drivers provided by MSI and latest drivers by Nvidia too?
Have you tested the VGA in another machine?

790XT-G45 - upgrade from MSI K9N2 SLI

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