Drivers from MSI or REALTEK?

Hi
Should I use Realtek ALC Series AC'97 Audio Drivers from MSI or download direct from REALTEK?
Anyvone tried drivers from Realtek.......

it actually depends... depends on how good MSI design their audio portion according to Realtek reference. There are reasons why NOT to use reference driver but only to use MSI driver. If MSI wanted to have do something out of Realtek reference design, the driver has to be modified to support this additional "feature" too. I say a "feature" it could mean a driver compensation to cover up hardware design issues due to some cut-cost or not following reference design guidelines provided by Realtek. For example, microphone input too soft particularly on a board, not due to bad codec chip but bad board design. The driver has to be modified to increase the input bias, in which the Realtek reference driver does not have this modified by default.
Try both of them out, and if you managed to find any difference, just stick with the better one. If you can't hear the difference, then stick to the latest one.

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Downloaded new drivers from msi,no update on video?

hello,
i downloaded the latest drivers from msi's website, driver version 2.29, unzipped it and updated my drivers. the readme file says video driver = 29.20, but when i checked it under desktop properties/settings/advanced/geforce2integrated...its still 2832, is this right?
thanks,
edison

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Originally posted by Doomie
?!?!? that mean the new 30.30 wont have any effect on the onbaord gfx (K7N420-pro)???
At least the leaked 30.30 drivers had support
for integrated geforce2. The official 29.42 drivers did not.

Z77A-G43 drivers from MSI website not working

Hi, I've just built a new computer on a Z77A-G43, running Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit.
Specs:
i5-3570K
8GBs of Corsair RAM
MSI 7850
120GB Intel 330 SSD - system
1TB WD Green - secondary
Instead of installing drivers from the supplied CD (except for ethernet drivers), I went to the MSI product page for my mobo for newer drivers. All goes well, except that I can't install the last driver I want - the Intel VGA driver for the GMA HD 4000 that's in my CPU. I read the readme, so I don't think I'm doing anything wrong. When I launch Setup.exe all I get is this error: "This computer does not meet the minimum requirements for installing the software." Running as admin doesn't change anything.
I'm thinking it must be the wrong driver. I looked through Intel's site, but would like to get a tested option here from MSI. I read some other forums of people having similar problems, some can't even boot after installing. I don't want to get into that situation. Could MSI please update the drivers page with the correct drivers? This driver isn't on the mobo CD anyway, so it's the only way to get it from you guys.
Btw, I also noticed the same problem with the Intel Rapid Start driver and I haven't tested the Intel Smart Connect driver. I'm not going to use either one of these, but it's worth noting.
Edit:
Found the VGA driver on the CD, but same result. Through the autorun MSI interface the VGA driver button in the Drivers menu is unclickable.

I finally got around to installing the VGA drivers for the GMA HD 4000. You don't even need to unplug your discrete card (PEG), in BIOS just switch to initiate IGP and make sure you have an HDMI/DVI/DSUB plugged in to the monitor and scanning for input. If you go to the Windows device manager, you'll see the system is detecting a new graphics adapter. You can proceed with the installation of the drivers as they will now detect the IGP. Then one restart and you're done. Btw, after restarting, if you have your discrete card connected and monitor also plugged in, the video input may fall back to it, so don't panic if you hear the Windows start up sound and see a black screen.
Unfortunately the G43 does not come with any support for Lucid Logix Virtu software, so that was my mistake, when I said I see it all in the BIOS earlier. In the BIOS, all you can do is switch between which graphics adapter you want to initiate and some memory size settings when multi-monitor is enabled in IGP mode. There aren't any d-Mode or i-Mode settings.
Btw, how can I mark this as solved?

No More Drivers From MSI??

Has MSI gone out of business?? I haven't been able to download drivers for a "new" motherboard I purchased more than a month ago. Driver site is always down.

lol, hes reply would may you think that truely believes that we all work and are paid by MSI.
BTW I have bike its got brakes but I don't know how to use them. May be if I shout break @ the top of my voice it will stop. What do U think ???
Humm: https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=64858.0 <-- Topic: Forum Rules. Please read them before posting in this user to user forum
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/support/spt_index.php <-- direct support from MSI
Good luck you will need it

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This topic has been moved to AMD64 VIA/AMD/ATI based board.
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=94460.0

lol, hes reply would may you think that truely believes that we all work and are paid by MSI.
BTW I have bike its got brakes but I don't know how to use them. May be if I shout break @ the top of my voice it will stop. What do U think ???
Humm: https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=64858.0 <-- Topic: Forum Rules. Please read them before posting in this user to user forum
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/support/spt_index.php <-- direct support from MSI
Good luck you will need it

MOVED: updating vga drivers on msi gx740-079us ati 5870

This topic has been moved to MSI Notebook.
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=141971.0

Quote from: Robocaspar on 07-September-10, 22:46:11
How do I go to bios setup?
About the vbios, I already updated vbios using the one on MSI's update page.
Have you tried OS repair or reinstall?
do you use latest vga drivers from msi web for your notebook?

Msi 7125 Realtek AC'97 NO SOUND

After reinstall of xp I'm having trouble getting any sound at all.
I have installed reinstalled diff. versions of AC'97 drivers also tried HD drivers from realtek. Device status: The device is working properly.
Hardware id: PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0059&CC_0401
No yellow question marks or anything in device manager, windows audio is started under services. etc.. Been through every settings and options and everything.. liveupdate and the drivers at msi webpage..
I remember researching this problem before, many years ago, but can't remember what it was (maybe a different driver).
I have googled my head of so please if anyone could help out on this I would be very gratefull
motherboard is MSI 7125 K8N Neo4-F (PCB 1.0)

Quote from: Svet on 16-October-12, 03:46:38
check JAUD1 for proper jumper configuration

Mail I have received from MSI?

In attached quote is a mailing I have had with someone from MSI,
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Dear Peter,
Please check the attachment again. Sorry for any inconvenience caused.
Thanks for your supporting MSI product. Please feel free to let us know if you still have any further issues or inquires.
Best regards,
MSI Technical Support
-----Original Message-----
From: Cappie
Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 6:07 PM
To: 'support_2'
Subject: RE: Major problems with K8N Neo PLatinum plz help
Can you send that bios again cuz I do not notice any attachment to my mail, thx.
From: support_2 [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 9:43 AM
To: 'Cappie'
Subject: RE: Major problems with K8N Neo PLatinum plz help
Dear Peter,
Thank you for contacting MSI Technical Support.
There are the new BIOS(W7030NMS.12C) and BIOS flash utility(AWFL833D) in the attachment . Could you please try it then check the issues again?
Thanks for your supporting MSI product. Please feel free to let us know if you still have any further issues or inquires.
Best regards,
MSI Technical Support
-----Original Message-----
From: Cappie
Sent: Friday, July 09, 2004 10:47 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: Major problems with K8N Neo PLatinum plz help
Hello dear people of MSI,
I was wondering if you could check out following problems
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?sid=&postid=346396#post346396
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showindex.php?s=ba699dfb6cfba51384ff361e1596328b&threadid=17236172&perpage=30&pagenumber=1
these are posts made by me and other users I have come into contact with. All my problems are also their problems, and some of them are very serious(AGP/PCI lock failing when FSB reaches 220 fsb etc, and as result a fried videocard and lost data). As stated on that MSI forum above customers are have having the greatest problems accomplishing a mere 10% overclock on very good cooling. This is just a sign that there are problems that really need to be worked out, especially when your other socket 754 boards are so good?
So plz look over the links listed and read them, plz do not send me a standard mailingreply back but for once just try and help your customers who have bought your product in good faith. The way it is happening now is that there are alot(yes we are talking 1000's)of users who are growing angry with the lack of support they are getting.
All this word of mouth can only be bad for your company, not adressing the real issues at hand only makes people more reluctant to ever buy MSI again. I and many other users would like to know when you hope to fix these problems with the K8N Neo platinum. You made such a good board in the Neo FISR-2 and it performs flawlessly up to 300fsb so why not the K8N cuz this one failes for some users even at anything over 218?
keep me posted on any updates and fixes that are coming soon, I have bios revision 1.1 as you see but so far none of the bioses around fix these major issues(referring here to the beta bioses, 1.13 and 1.2 beta 5 and 12).
Hoping to hear a positive reaction from you,
regards,
Peter
My System
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MSI K8N Neo Platinum bios revision 1.1
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Zalman CPS7000A-Alcu (seated correctly with AS5 and paste applied via instructions on the AS website)
2x512Mb Mushkin PC3200 special level 2 [email protected] and latencies of 2-3-2-6 (tested to be 100% stable with memtest)
PC Power and Cooling Turbo Cool Deluxe 510 modular
Asus Radeon 9800 pro running softmodded ati catalyst 3.9
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Not a single PCI slot used
Lian Li PC 65 + 4xpapst 8412 NGMLE(2xfront blowing in, 1xback blowing out, 1 top blowing in)
From: support [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 1:50 AM
To: Cappie
Subject: RE: Major problems with K8N Neo PLatinum plz help
To our Valued Customer,?
Thank you for purchasing & supporting MSI product.?
This E-mail is an automatic reply which is to notify you that you have reached?HYPERLINK "mailto:[email protected]"[email protected]?
In order to give you an overall technical support, we have listed some common problems and solutions for your reference.
Please take time to read the useful FAQ which we have compiled from the technical support e-mails we have received as link and see if it helps the problem you are facing.??
http://www.msi.com.tw/html/service/main.htm??
MSI reminds you...
We hope the directions below answer your question. If your issue still cannot be resolved after going through all the suggestions, please then wait for our response. Normally, our response time will be within 48 hours (not counting weekends). If you did not receive any reply after this auto reply, please re-submit your issue again due to some transmission failure.?
Once again, MSI appreciates your business and support.?
I. Read the Manual
Most users have tendency not to read the manual under the presumption that they already know what is written in there. However, we have seen that there are percentage of technical support calls & e-mails as a result of not reading the manual??
II. Keep your MSI CD drivers
MSI CD drivers provide easy driver installation via auto-run. Losing it would require you to install driver manually?
III. Contact your Reseller
Your reseller or the store/company that sold the motherboard or system to you should know well what your system contains & have the necessary resources to help you in your problem. Since they can see your system clearly, it is easier for them to identify if your problem was caused of wrong installation or wrong assembly or defective product, etc. It would be advisable to contact your reseller for those having problems like system cannot power on or need to send board for repair
NOTE: there is a tiny percentage that the board might be defective & by contacting your reseller at an earlier time prevent your warranty being voided. Some resellers provide certain period of time for return/exchange, after that you have to either send the board to them for repair or you are on your own.??
IV. Check our website
Some of the information you are looking for might be already posted in our website?
V. Search in MSI Forum
Your problem might have encountered by another user in the forum or you might find answer in the Good Article forum with a lot of useful posts written by moderators & power users. You can also post a message there to get help?
VI. Read the FAQ
Attached Link is a list of useful FAQ which we have compiled from the technical support e-mails we have received http://www.msi.com.tw/program/service/faq/faq/esc_faq_list.php?
Best Regards,
MSI Technical Support
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Please include your original mails when replying!!
So my question is, what is this W7030NMS.12C bios? When he says new bios, doesn't he actually mean beta??? Can someone clear this up for me. In the zipfile i got from them are two files,
W7030NMS.12C --->> Which bios is this and how old is it? Does it fix temps, fix pci lock failure
AWFL833D.EXE --->> Obviously the flash utility
If what they sent me is one of the bioses I spoke about in above quote(see : so far none of the bioses around fix these major issues(referring here to the beta bioses, 1.13 and 1.2 beta 5 and 12))then they don't do a good job of reading my actual mail;)
regards,
Capcom

Why are they so secretive about what they did in a new bios version, how can someone then know a thing??? I too would like to know what issues they have been adressing, but pretty soon I will start thinking the reason they don't say is cuz maybe they can't fix it:(:(

Word from MSI on the Audio Problem

Here is a letter that MSI sent me last night.
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Richard & Glenn,
I have taken some time to read through the audio posts in the nforce forum. There's a lot of posts but it's difficult to find the problem cause based on those posts. I understand the frustration of having the problem which results to a lot of MSI bashing posts. So, we need to find some direction in order to find the solution. I know you are doing that right now, keep up the good work.
Just my observations & suggestions:
1. Not all are having the BKSOD problem
2. As you know, the board has been out at least a year meaning most of them should have a working system for at least some months before experiencing the problem. So please help find out what have they changed in their config that might caused the problem? I can only guess the problem started after people updated their drivers from nvidia website.
3. Is there anyone who can have a pattern for duplicating the problem easily? As you know, it would be very difficult for us to solve a problem which cannot be seen in the first place.
4. There are 2 kinds of sound setup, one is with on-board sound (2 channel)while the other is with the CNR sound (6 channel).
5. I have seen 1 or 2 posts which claimed to have solved their problem after going back to some old driver version. Maybe you can convince them to go back to MSI original drivers or older drivers of Nvidia.
MSI
As you can see, MSI does have an interest in solving the problem. Has anyone tried going back to the original Drivers from the MSI CD?
Also it would be helpful to try and nail down when the problem started occuring. When was it? 1 month, 2 months, 5 months ago?
Richard

Since I don't play games a lot I don't experience this problem often, but I experienced it for the first time while playing Warcraft III. I could play for anywhere from 1-3 hours but eventually the system would lock up with a black screen. Before that I had only played a few other games (mostly Counter-Strike) that did not have this problem.
Switching back to the 1.05 drivers solved my problems with Warcraft III.
Later I wanted to have the audio control panel from the 1.13 drivers back and since I didn't play Warcraft III anymore at that point I just installed them. I noticed that when playing DVD's on my computer the system would freeze after approx. 30 mins - 1 hour. I tried this several times before switching back to the 1.05 drivers. That solved the problem again.
I think it is fair to conclude that for me the problems started after upgrading from the 1.05 drivers. It is very difficult to describe how to reproduce this problem exactly, but on my system the easiest way is to play a DVD movie using the 1.13 drivers for about one hour.
I am using the Dolby Digital output since I have a DD receiver.

GX660R - 5870M Not being detected on anything other than drivers on MSI CD

Hello,
I installed everything, but the graphics drivers (Catalysts from the ATI website), will not detect the 5870M graphics card.
If I use the ones on the MSI disc as provided, this works fine however. Can someone pelase help? I have tried numerous amounts of drivers from guru3d + the ATI website.
Picture of 10.12 installation (display driver not even appearing) : http://img88.imageshack.us/i/installation.png/
Picture of MSI instance of drivers : http://img220.imageshack.us/i/installationmsi.png/
Please help me,
Tommy

Quote from: NovJoe on 17-January-11, 12:02:58
Why don't you want to use the driver that is provided by MSI? Any reason for doing so?
Hi NovJoe, thank you for the response.
The drivers on the disk are 10.1's, if I am able to get the 10.12's to install I am under the presumption that there will be better performance provided? I have slight OCD and prefer to be 'upto date' wherever possible, especially for GPU drivers.
Aside from this, i shouldn't be forced to use to MSI CD drivers when there are others available, could it need a BIOS upgrade, or the card possibly faulty?
Cheers,
tommyv

Drivers for MSI Radeon R7 260 1GB

I just bought this the MSI Radeon R7 260 1GB graphics card.
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2. I tried to get drivers / catalyst controller from the MSI web site, but there are no drivers. (The only thing on offer is a firmware update utility)
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4. I then went back to MSI web site, I tried to install Radeon R7 260X drivers / apps. But that did not work either.
(My previous card was a XFX Radeon R7 240).
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hello there, have you returned the card yet? if you still need help, would you please provide which model of R7 260 you are using?

Used Drivers From Disc - Should I update? - Z77A - G45

So, I bought a Z77A-G45 to swap out with a dead ECS board, and used the disc to install the drivers. My question is, should I update the drivers from the msi site, and if so, which ones. I noticed there are about 7 different updates for various things on the board. I'm worried about driver updates crashing, and creating problems.

As the disc drivers are usually quite old try downloading from product site and install latest. just try all available for your OS
http://www.msi.com/product/mb/Z77A-G45.html#/?div=Driver&os=All

Windows 7 installer drivers vs MSI drivers - Extreme slow install

Problem: When I run the Windows 7 Pro installation CD, every screen take a very long time (from 10 minutes to 2 hours) to proceed to the next prompt.
Tried: First tired installing with legacy + UEFI and now reinstalling OS with UEFI which both produce same results. In fact, the worst part was reformatting the SSD to support a GPT partition. This is taking hours.
Considering trying: Gskill thread and vBios upgrade thread
Solution: After OS is running, I first apply drivers for on board network card, then install MSI Live Update 6 and update all MSI drivers.
Results: OS boots normal and normal response times on boots.
Question: There is a "Load Driver" option during the advance option when installing Windows 7 when you select the partition to install Windows. Before I try process of elimination, any suggestion on which driver could be the culprit?
After I finish this next install, I should have list of the drivers that MSI Live Update says it updates. I hoping this is a known issue, and I am just failing to find it on the forum.
Board: MSI Z97-GD65
Bios: Click Bios Version 2.2
CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K HaswellQuad-Core 3.5GHz LGA 1150
Ram: Gskill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3 2133 (PC3 17000) CL 9
Vid: EVGA GTX 780 3GB
PSU: Corsair CX750M 750W (62A +12V single rail)
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SSD: SAMSUNG 840 EVO MZ-7TE250BW 250GB SATA 6Gb/s TLC
HDD: Western Digital 1TB 7200 WD10EFRX SATA 6.0Gb/s
OS: Win 7 Pro 64bit in UEFI mode
OC: Not yet

Root Cause established!
Well mostly...
First, I did as suggested.
1. I bought a USB 3.0 drive and made a bootable image of the Windows 7 install using UEFI. While there, I read up on Windows Automated Installation Kit and building a custom WIM to install drivers. We do this type of thing at my company all the time, but it has always been the responsibility of others.
2. After taking all night for the OS to install, I methodically install each driver manually and waiting the dreaded long reboot to see which fixed the issue. Installing the SATA driver made the Starting Windows work faster, but I noticed I was having all kinds of issues with the Western Digital HDD formatting and I still was not impressed with the boot time. Following the next suggested solution to start with only the SSD. THEN!!!! The POST, Bios screen, Starting Windows and login were incredibly fast!!! I was logged in less than 10 seconds. Now this has been my expectation all along.
3. I tested moving the HDD to other SATA ports, but the problem returned. I will try another cable, but these were the ones provided by MSI that came with the motherboard. I will need to purchase one as I used all 4 that came with it.
At this point, the HDD is out of the computer. I plan to search the WD forums to see if anyone else has had this experience.
Thanks you for those that committed on my post. As a result, I have my system now booting with UEFI instead of legacy mode. That in and of itself was worth the effort.
Once I find out more about the HDD issue, I will update the forum. Hope this helps someone else.
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AphelionElite

All MSI R9 270x gaming 2g are corrupt! NEED CALL BACK FROM MSI!

Yea!
I got a BAD MSI R9 270x 2g gaming card.. I have switch it for a new one same model many times and still have that artifact problem I have REINSTALL MY PC 10X with windows 8.1 64bit (maybe this video card is not working with windows 8.1 64bit...)
And don't say the standard apology "its your power supply" thats inpossible I have an Enermax Revolution87+ ERV750AWT-G and I tried on an other PC and still the same ISSUE with the last 14.4 driver and the old MSI DRIVER 13 MY PC work with I7 4770K (not OC yet) O yea I have only 1 GPU and not in CrossFIRE!
And yea there is no new Vbios available... And AMD is in SLAX MODE with making a NEW DRIVER!
So HOW TO FIX THIS PROBLEM ?? I can't switch my video card in store everytime they will think ?? AGAIN! WITH THE SAME PROBLEM!?
And you know I'm not the only person that is angry on MSI with this corrupt VIDEO CARD MODEL!
Maybe (you MSI )need to ask all MSI R9 270x gaming 2g (With Serial number XXXXXXXX)back from costummers and give us a new one without PROBLEMS for free!
I WILL REALY BURN MY VIDEO CARD WITH FIRE! AND BUY NEVER A MSI AGAIN! If there is no solution for this corruption..

This is a USER to USER forum and no one from MSI is here so you will get no reply from them by posting on this forum >>How to contact MSI.<<
if you want someone to help you please supply us a list of all the parts your using please! (if you have had Multiple cards and all are showing artefacts something else is going wrong could be RAM, Driver (13.12 is usually the most stable as the 14.xx versions have some Bad bugs in them) or a Faulty PSU (if its not the RAM or Drivers then its usually that))
Also between installing drivers please wipe out the old ones completely using this >>Driver Fusion<< in safe mode to clean out any fragments the normal AMD un-installer leaves behind like Regestery keys and Profiles ect!
so please follow this >>Posting Guide<< and give us a list of the parts your using please!

MSI Drivers or AMD Drivers for MSI 7970 BE

i need some help on getting my graphics card working propley, ive build my new system past year and was working fine, untill this past two months or so ive notced the graphics are gliching up and down a bit when i had the drivers installed, so ive tryed the MSI drivers from their homepage and they still the same thing, once i unstilled them is stops so im woundering if the drivers are at fault or its the card it self and should i RMA ?
Drivers installed with amd 13.12
Driver Packaging Version 13.251-131206a-166389C-ATI
Catalyst Version 13.12
Provider Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
2D Driver Version 8.01.01.1360
2D Driver File Path
Direct3D Version 9.14.10.01001
OpenGL Version 6.14.10.12618
AMD Catalyst Control Center Version 2013.1206.1603.28764
Hardare information
Graphics Card Manufacturer Built by AMD
Graphics Chipset AMD Radeon HD 7900 Series
Device ID 6798
Vendor ID 1002
Subsystem ID 3000
Subsystem Vendor ID 1002
Graphics Bus Capability PCI Express 3.0
Maximum Bus Setting PCI Express 3.0
BIOS Version 015.022.000.001
BIOS Part Number 113-xxx-xxx
BIOS Date 2012/08/20
Memory Size 3072 MB
Memory Type GDDR5
Core Clock in MHz 1150 MHz
Memory Clock in MHz 1500 MHz
Total Memory Bandwidth in GByte/s 288.0 GByte/s
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CPU - Intel Core i7 - 37770K
Ram - 6144MB RAM
Hard Drive: 4 x 2T
Grpahics Card - MSI 7970 Lighting BE
Motherboard: MSI Z77 (Socket 1155)
Power Supply - Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 2 1000w

Are you talking about flickering on the screen?
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