990FXA-GD80 sudden poor performance

I bought this board less than a month ago.  It is replacing a Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3. 
  I started off with all standard settings and it ran well.  Then using the CPU ratio and voltage I took it to 4.6 ghz and ran OCCT and IBT.  It ran fine. 
  Then I dropped it back to 4.5ghz and took it back to 4.6 ghz using the FSB frequency and NB voltage.  I have been reading some guides and it seems like this is the way to do it.  Anyway IBT showed stable and using this method it also showed better Gflops.  This is in all stress levels from standard to max.  I did not use OCCT in this time.
  Then something happened.  The clock lost over an hour and for some reason game play has taken a big performance hit.  The computer never BSOD or even CTD.  It starts and runs fine with good temps, but seems to be just loafing along.  While playing the most stressful game I have, Bioshock Infinite, the video cards used to be running at 90-99% and overheating.  My solution was to enable vsync which dropped temps well down.  No more!  The VCs are now at 50-80% and running cool without vsync and frame rate is barely at 60fps.  It used to be 120+.
Also, I tried OCCT Large Data Set again which uses 3584mb of memory and it errors out in 1-2 minutes.  And yet IDT says it is stable and it still runs ok.
I am hoping it is just a setting in the bios that needs tweeking, but don't know where to look now.

Ok, I dropped back to 4567mhz and it went 1 hour in OCCT LDS without errors.  Would like to learn how to get it to 4.6ghz stable.
But most importantly, why is the frame rate in games only half of what it used to be?  50-80 fps is unimpressive when it was 120-180 fps a week ago.

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  • MOVED: 990FXA-GD80 sudden poor performance

    This topic has been moved to Overclocking, Undervolting.
    https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=171196.0

    Ok, I dropped back to 4567mhz and it went 1 hour in OCCT LDS without errors.  Would like to learn how to get it to 4.6ghz stable.
    But most importantly, why is the frame rate in games only half of what it used to be?  50-80 fps is unimpressive when it was 120-180 fps a week ago.

  • 990FXA-GD80 Sudden Problems

    Motherboard: 990FXA-GD80
    BIOS: 11.10 (most recent)
    CPU: AMD FX-8120 8-Core
    Memory: 2x4GB G.Skill
    Graphics: GeForce 8800GT
    OS: Windows 7
    I get the feeling I'm in for another long stretch of troubleshooting, so posting this with all the current symptoms. Maybe someone has ideas that'll save me some time.
    Computer was working mostly fine when I left the house for about 30 minutes. Came back to a black screen, unresponsive mouse/keyboard, and I couldn't even shut the computer down from the front power button.
    The only odd thing happening prior to this was my USB headset losing sound, forcing me to disable/enable it to get it working again. Maybe related, maybe not.
    Upon restarting the computer, the post screen didn't see my mouse or keyboard, hung for a while trying to load Windows, and went to a "PARITY ERROR" of some sort.
    I moved my mouse and keyboard from the USB3.0 ports to USB2.0 and after a reboot or two, I got into Windows, but Aero was disabled, graphics were set to 800x600, and everything was sluggish.
    Current symptoms:
    - Motherboard showing FF debug code through entire boot sequence
    - BIOS unable to get CPU/case heat and #1/#2 fan reads, CoreTemp reads fine
    - GeForce 8800GT on IRQ10 but "Windows has stopped this device because it has reported problems. (Code 43)"
    - Renesas Electronics USB 3.0 Host Controller: "This device cannot start. (Code 10)"
    - Windows 7 loads slow, sluggish performance
    Have tried:
    - Disabling unnecessary motherboard components (Audio, IEEE 1394, etc.)
    - Reinstalling graphics drivers
    Heat shouldn't be a factor. My system seems to run really cool. According to CoreTemp my CPU's only at 18 Celsius right now. I've reset the BIOS to no avail.
    I'd kind of like to think video card problems could cause all these symptoms since I can justify replacing that, but the on-board problems (Debug LED, BIOS heat/fan reads) are suggesting a motherboard failure. And I bought this motherboard just a month ago after replacing a defective, new 880 series. My luck can't really be this bad, can it? I'm even outside the return window for this motherboard now. 

    Quote from: badboy2k on 02-June-12, 15:34:24
    my computer usually does that too with my graphics setting it to 800x600 usually when my Graphics card has overheated while idle (good sign you need to clean the heatsinc on it or you dont have enougth air flow)!
    I'm fairly confident that's not the issue. As mentioned above, my CPU temp would have been around 18C when this happened (sitting on the desktop). I have 3 fans blowing in from the front and top, 2 blowing out the back.
    I'm pretty sure the graphics card isn't the source of this issue. I just tried booting with it completely disconnected and I still only get FF on the debug LED. It's like the motherboard has lost the ability to detect its own status. And I imagine whatever is causing that is also interfering with the normal operations of the video card and USB3 controller.
    Weird thing is, the graphics card works well enough to be working for me right now, but even nVidia's own software isn't recognizing it.

  • Issue Regarding 990FXA-GD80 BIOS flash

    Hello all
    This is my first post, so please bear with me if i do not include everything needed. Also, this forum looks very informative and helpful from what I've seen. My gratitude extends to all that help out!
    I am having trouble flashing the BIOS on the 990FXA-GD80 mobo. I am currently running v11.12 (7640vBC) and I am trying to upgrade to v11.14 (7640vBE7 or any BE for that matter). Thus far, i have tried BE7 as well as BE6
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    I used the MSI Forum HQ USB Flashing Tool and all goes well with that part of the process and is performed successfully. I clear the CMOS properly (disconnect power cord, hold button for 5 seconds, remove battery, hold down power button)
    After booting back up, I load default settings in the BIOS, yet the BIOS version stays at v11.12 and I have no clue as to why.
    Is there a Boot Sector Protection that I may be overlooking? I didn't see that type of option in the BIOS
    I then tried to update to BE6:
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    Force update it may be destroy the system BIOS
    We do not recommend flashing your BIOS
    after seeing this message, I did not go forward with it.
    Please help in this matter, as this is my first attempt at trying to flash my bios
    Thanks in advance
    My system:
    990FXA-GD80
    AMD FX-8350
    G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3 1600
    128gb OCZ Vertex 4
    Cooler Master Silent Pro M 850W

    Thanks Svet, I'll try it again and go through with it
    But, why does it only give me the warning message for BE6 and not BE7? I would rather try to solve the issue I'm having with BE7 rather than BE6

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  • MSI 990FXA-GD80 black screen

    Hello there
    Specs:
    What I had:
    AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition
    GIGABYTE GA-880GA-UD3H
    XFX Radeon HD 6970 2GB GDDR5
    Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600MHz 16GB CL9
    Western Digital Caviar® Black 1TB
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    OCZ SSD Vertex 4 Series 2.5" 128GB
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    So I figured that the motherboard had crashed, so I bought:
    MSI 990FXA-GD80
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    I rebuild my computer today with the new motherboard, plugged everything and was ready to go-
    The first message I got was telling me that my cpu or my ram was changed, and gave me the option to either 1- enter BIOS or 2- boot with default values.
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    My comp then rebooted, but this time both my screens stayed black :O
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    Removing the motherboard battery. and starting without it.
    changing to my old graphic card, ATI Radeon 5830.
    Removing the power for 15 mins.
    Unplugging all the hard drives, except the SSD. (which my OS is installed at).
    I have now also ordered AMD FX-8150 8-Core Processor.

    Quote
    "NTLDR is missing, press CTRL+ALT+DELETE to restart",
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    This could be a case of having an AHCI mode OS HDD and your current board is still set to IDE ?
    That X4 955 only supports 1066 or 1333 memory.
    Borrow the other PSU. Insert only one RAM module.
    Do a full CMOS clear.
    Retest and do a fresh OS installation and all curent drivers.

  • Msi 990fxa-gd80 looong post

    Hello and thanks fokr reading.  I built a lot of computers from the p2 thru the first of the athlon 64s, then I movd away from my stable of gamers I built for and was to poor myself to do any building.
    So now I offer to help a guy at work upgrade and am having some issues.
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    I did not yet disconnect the sata drives and boot to see if the drives are hanging it but I will. Are the any other suggestion in the meantime?
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    do >>Clear CMOS Guide<< with power cord removed,
    also do read >>Posting Guide<<

  • USB keyboard problem (990FXA-GD80)

    Hello guys,
    This problem I will describe has occured to me in two games NBA2K12 and DIRT3 so far.
    During gameplay suddenly the keyboard freezes and does not respond holding the last known command. (if for example I turned right in DIRT3 it will continuously go right).
    In order to solve the problem I installed a very old PS2 Microsoft keyboard and fortunatelly I do not have any problems. The USB keyboard that I use is a Microsoft Wired Keyboard 600. I have installed microsoft drivers and keyboard programs with no result. I also changed USB port, no go, also connected it to a USB3 still no go...
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    Thanks in advance!
    MSI-990FXA-GD80 BIOS BETA 82 (last known official beta). Windows 7 Ultimate x64,
     

    Quote from: tavliban on 30-December-11, 19:32:40
    Hello guys,
    This problem I will describe has occured to me in two games NBA2K12 and DIRT3 so far.
    During gameplay suddenly the keyboard freezes and does not respond holding the last known command. (if for example I turned right in DIRT3 it will continuously go right).
    In order to solve the problem I installed a very old PS2 Microsoft keyboard and fortunatelly I do not have any problems. The USB keyboard that I use is a Microsoft Wired Keyboard 600. I have installed microsoft drivers and keyboard programs with no result. I also changed USB port, no go, also connected it to a USB3 still no go...
    Have you experienced something like this? Do you have any suggestions before contacting MSI support?
    Thanks in advance!
    MSI-990FXA-GD80 BIOS BETA 82 (last known official beta). Windows 7 Ultimate x64,
    i shuld test to install this driver
    South Bridge Driver 33 MB   11.12   12/13/2011   
    http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/windows/Pages/raid_windows.aspx
    i always update this driver then they comming with new ones

  • 990FXA-GD80 FX-8350 BIOS 11.13 CPU Problems

    All,
    Any and all help will be greatly appreciated.
    I had an AMD FX-8150 installed on my MSI 990FXA-GD80 and updated to the latest bios: 11.13. This was no problem.
    Windows acted fine after reboot.
    I do NOT Overclock the FX-8150 chip as I was not impressed with the performance potential of the FX-8150 when overclocked vs. stock settings. As such I left ALL BIOS settings at their stock settings with the exception of SATA MODE = AHCI.
    However I do check stability of the stock settings with Prime95 and OCCT. Ran both for 60 minutes. And there were no issues.
    I then reset bios to default status and then powered off my PC. Removed the AMD FX-8150 and installed an AMD FX-8350 (Vishera).
    Powered on, clicked F1 to enter settings. restored defaults. Set SATA Mode = AHCI then saved and exited.
    Windows booted just fine. However, ANY stress testing whether via: Prime95, OCCT or AMD overdrive fails with in 90 seconds.
    The OS does NOT BSOD, however Prime95 recognized an error and stops as does OCCT and/or AMD overdrive. Temps do NOT get higher then 40 degrees Celsius in this short period of time.
    I am NOT altering ANY bios setting: No frequency changes, No voltage changes. ALL default settings are intact.
    I did use the jumper to clear CMOS, got into the BIOS, restored to default, set SATA MODE = AHCI, saved and exited. Reset the date and time. Rebooted, re-attempted the 3 above mentioned stress test software suites and all threes reported errors and stopped.
    Is anyone else experiencing similar issues with this board with BIOS 11.13 using an FX-8350?
    I've ran MemTest on the memory and this passes successfully.
    I have another MSI board: 990FXA-GD80V2. I have the old FX-8150 in it right now. I just did a fresh install of Win 7 Ultimate 64-Bit, installed ALL windows updates and I will now update to the latest BIOS for it via Live Update 5.
    Then swap CPUs and report my results.
    Any and all help you can give will be greatly appreciated.
    Thank you.

    Thanks for your reply.
    I have tested a number of different PSUs with both the 990FXA-GD80V2 and 990FXA-GD80 and the FX-8350:
    Corsair 1200AX
    OCZ ZX Series 1250W
    Rosewill Capstone 750W
    Corsair CX 600
    The result is the same for any and ALL of the above PSUs. So I am convinced, that this issue is NOT PSU related. That is not to say that a faulty PSU could not cause similar issues.
    I also agree that it is not a Thermal issue. With ALL default setting set in the BIOS, Prime95, OCCT, etc. ALL error our within the first 90 seconds and on my systems while using the following Heatsink/fan/Close-loop Liquid cooling solutions temperatures NEVER exceed 50 C before errors occurr:
    Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo
    Corsair H100
    Zalman CNPS11X
    ThermalRight Silver Arrow
    I've tried the following memory options:
    G.Skill F3-2133C9D-8GAB
    G.Skill F3-17000CL9D-8GBXM
    Muskin 997008
    Muskin 997007
    Muskin 996997
    Muskin 996996
    Patriod PV38G160C9K
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    Again ALL memory sticks pass memtest86+ on both 990FXA-GD80 and 990FXA-GD80V2
    I've tried 3 separate FX-8350 CPUs on both motherboards. ALL combinations exibit the same symptons. That being under default settings, Prime95, OCCT, ect. fail.
    I am convinced it is a voltage issue. I do not think the MSI 990FXA-GD80 and/or MSI 990FXA-GD80V2 with BIOS v. 11.13 ramps up the voltage fast enough when the CPU is stressed.
    This opinion is speculative. But I think it is grounded in fact.
    On these two motherboards ALL three FX-8350 become stable by changing CPU Voltage = AUTO to CPU Voltage = 1.365000
    Anything less then this will produce an error in Prime95, OCCT, etc. with 15 minutes regardless of which of the above cooling solutions are used.
    Any and all feed back will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

  • 990FXA-GD80 sleep and post-sleep issues

    Hi,
    I've recently upgraded to an MSI 990FXA-GD80 motherboard paired with an AMD 8320 Black Edition CPU. My previous set-up was with an MSI 790FX-GD70 and AMD Phenom II X4 955 BlackEdition. I also put in a new PSU (see below).
    Full spec
    Board: MSI 990FXA-GD80
    Bios: Version 13.1
    VGA: Asus DirectCU II TOP Radeon HD 7970
    PSU: Seasonic X-Series 650W (54A 12V rail)
    CPU: AMD FX 8320 Black Edition 8 Core Processor Socket AM3+
    MEM: 8GB Mushkin DDR3 PC3-12800 Redline Ridgeback (7-9-8-24) Dual Channel kit (2x4GB)
    Boot HDD: Corsair P128 128GB 2.5" SATA-II SSD
    Storage HDD: 1TB Samsung HD103UJ Spinpoint F1
    COOLER: Noctua NH-C12P
    OC: None
    OS: Windows 7 64bit Home
    Rather than do a complete reinstall, I simply removed all of the old drivers that I could, replaced the hardware, and let windows do its thing with the updates. Then ran LiveUpdate and cleaned up any further remnant drivers I could find. Everything seemed to work fine.
    The RAM is running at auto frequency, timings and voltage - I know this is under its rated values, but I wanted to make sure everything was in good shape before mucking about with OC settings.
    I'm having a few minor issues though.
    When the board goes in to sleep mode after being left alone for a while, it can only be woken by hitting the power switch. After a search of these forums, I see that can be altered in the BIOS - no problem.
    Once the board wakes from sleep, however, performance is extemely sluggish. Load times for games more than double, and frame rates drop to about 30-40% of where they were before.
    Rebooting fixes this, but I really shouldn't have to be doing that every time the board goes to sleep.
    Would updating the BIOS help with these issues (I've read a few negative comments about v 13.1)? If so, which version?
    Are there some power management, or other settings, in the BIOS that are causing the RAM or CPU to only partially wake up?
    How can I stop the motherboard going in to sleep mode at all? I'm pretty sure I found a BIOS setting to do this on my last board, but am missing it on this one.
    Any ideas?
    Thanks (in advance).

    Yea..I've seen a lot of odd stuff. I don't blame MSI, I think it's a combination of the newer UEFI BIOS, all the green power stuff, and BIOS changes to make Windows 8 compatible.  Every motherboard seems to have it's quirks these days.
    You are basically doing what I do now. My computer is set to never sleep, and monitors off in 15. I normally turn my computer off manually when I'm done with it, unless I'm downloading from Steam or something...then I want it to keep running. So this "work around" has me happy.
    I hear you on the clean install. It's such a pain in the butt getting all my software back in order. I literally spend a week just getting all my games downloaded from Steam, lol. I'm riding the AM3 platform until I absolutely no longer can.
    The good news, our CPUs, while never being as fast as their Intel counterparts clock for clock will get faster over time as the software industry get's more and more in line with multi-core programs.  Just keep feeding them new vidoe cards. 

  • 990FXA-GD80 Consistent Freeze on OS Install

    I just purchased hardware for a new system build and everything has worked fine up to trying to install Windows 7 on it. If I boot normally for an install it always locks up at "Expanding Files" between 2-3%. It used to always blue screen but after swapping the RAM it now just freezes. More on that in a second... If I boot in safe mode, I can make it through the first portion of the OS install (Copying Files, Expanding Files, Installing Features, Installing Updates) but when it reboots to "Complete Installation" it quickly freezes. Unfortunately I cannot perform the second portion in safe mode and the previous system freeze causes me to have to start the install all over again.
    Signs point to RAM being the issue right? Initially I had G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series DDR3-1600 (PC3-12800) 10-10-10-30*1.5v seated in the board (4x8GB). I've come to find out that this is most likely incompatible with this board. So I tried pulling some other DDR3-1600 RAM out of a working box and has the same result. Yesterday I went and purchased Crucial Ballistix Series DDR3-1600 (PC3-12800) 9-9-9-24*1.5v (2x4GB) that is listed on Crucial's site as supposedly working with the GD80. Along with it I grabbed a brand new SATA 3 drive just to make sure my old hdd wasn't the issue. As I mentioned above, the blue screens went away but now I'm always freezing and have not yet been able to successfully install an OS.
    I have dropped down to using just a single stick but have not tried locating it in slot 2 instead of slot 1. I'm running a MemTest86 now but after 9 hours it's not found an issue. I figure it should have told me something by now if there was an issue with either the first memory slot or the stick itself.
    I'm about to hand this off to a buddy to diagnose and hopefully get working as I've been failing for several days now. I'd like to make one final run at it though if people have any suggestions.  My build specs are below:
    MSI 990FXA-GD80 AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
    AMD FX-8150 Zambezi 3.6GHz Socket AM3+ 125W Eight-Core Desktop Processor
    Crucial Ballistix Series DDR3-1600 (PC3-12800) 9-9-9-24*1.5v (2x4GB)
    EVGA SuperClocked 01G-P3-1563-AR GeForce GTX 560 Ti (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16
    Thermaltake TR2 RX 750W Bronze W0382RU ATX 12V v2.3 / EPS 12V v2.91 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular Power Supply
    Barracuda Green 1.5TB 5,900RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
    LG 22x DVD±RW Super Multi Dual Layer Burner
    Thanks!

    Thanks for the replies.
    I'm on the latest BIOS (v11.8) and have tried a total of three hard drives. The latest was the brand new SATA 3 drive I'm currently working with.
    I've tried the hard drive and optical drive on several ports. Is there a particular reason you're wondering if the drive was on #1 and the dvd was on #5/6? I've also tried installing from USB and cutting the extra SATA connection completely out of the mix. I make it a bit further into the process via USB but still blue screen.
    I do choose the 'format' option everytime I restart the install and sometimes I even delete/recreate the partition. The machine has never had any problem performing this task as it takes care of the 1.5 TB drive in the blink of an eye.
    As of this morning I'm really starting to think there's something wrong with the board itself. At the suggestion of some peers I grabbed the latest Ubuntu 11.10 Live boot disk. The disk starts booting and listing my devices but was always hanging after finding my firewire. On a whim I disabled Firewire, eSATA, HD Audio, LAN and USB 3.0 through the BIOS. I left regular USB enabled for the keyboard and mouse and tried again. Now it hangs right after detecting the USB devices. I don't even have a hard drive hooked up in some test cases.
    Think I should just RMA and try again?

  • MSI Control Center and 990FXA-GD80

    So howdy do!
    So, as we all know, the 990FXA-GD80 limits your volts at something like 1.45x or something silly.. some protection nonsense. So overclocking is very limited CPU wise.
    So, it came to me that one could use MSI control center where it doesn’t limit the volts, i installed it lastnight, havnt messed with it yet, but you can give the processor alot more volts. Compared to the BIOS.. I know its better to do OC's from the bio's, but, MSI doesnt want us to with this board.
    So what are the good, the bad, about doing it from the control center? I have never used it before and would like to give my cpu more juice and higher clocks. Is there a thread about using it somewhere ?
    Thank you kind Sirs 

    From my experience, CC has worked pretty good.
    But there are two issues. One is simple; each time you start windows, you have to start CC and apply the overclock.
    The second is more complicated. When the CPU was under load and presumably reached a certain temp, CC would nerf the multiplier (from what ever it was to 7x).
    This is basically unacceptable in terms of performance. I personally used CC for the longest time, as I would overclock and control the fans with ease.
    But, the unstable performance and constant need to apply the profile became unbearable.
    I considered selling it and moving to a competitor. But that was to much of a hassle. So I didn't.
    After messing around in the bios, I was able to create a work around for controlling the voltages. It's kinda tedious, but not as tedious as applying the overclock each time you enter windows.
    I observed when ever I cleared the cmos the voltages were able to be set above 1.44v. So I saved that clean bios via the overclocking profiles.
    Then when I entered the bios afterward -- the voltage would be reset to auto. I would then load the overclocking profile. This would reset the voltage to allow over 1.44v again.
    When you increase the voltage to 1.5v, you can save that to a new overclocking profile. Then you save the bios, and reset the computer.
    The bios wont be entered again, thus, you will be running on that new voltage until you enter the bios again.
    When you do enter the bios again, you'll have to load the overclocking profile to access the "unlocked" voltages. Simple bump the voltage to 1.52 and repeat the process. Once your CPU is stable.
    You'll never notice your bios had locked the voltage.
    I hope that makes sense.
    Missxu

  • MSI 990FXA GD80 Debug on board is d6

    MSI 990FXA GD80 >>>> Debug on board is show d6 means????

    No Console Output Devices are found that code is a DXE code meaning it cant find a vidio output device!
    so 6 posibuilitys here to whats causing it:
    1: Poorly Seated graphics card - remove it and reseat
    2: Poorly seated CPU - remove the cpu and reseat it correctly...
    3: Bad Video Card BIOS- your graphics card may be defective or may require its VBIOS to to flashed
    4: Defective Graphics card - will require the card to be RMA'd for replacement
    5: conflict between the board bios and video card - may require the board to be updated to support the video card
    6: Defective board - will require the board being RMA'd for replacement
    try your video card in another Computer and see if its functioning?

  • MSI 990FXA-GD80 B6 Max CPU voltage 1.27Volts????

    So I have updated to the new B6 bios but unfortunately cannot set CPU voltage higher than 1.27 volts in bios to overclock -.-.
    PC specs:
    AMD FX 8120
    Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600Mhz (not working at 1600 have to go down to 1066)
    Corsair AX850W
    2 ATI Radeon 5870 1Gb Crossfire
    MSI 990FXA-GD80

    Having the same issue here, only I'm getting up to 1.365v listed... https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=153820.msg1136534;topicseen
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