Is my NX6600GT-TD128E faulty?

I bought the MSI NX6600GT-TD128E in February of 2005. I haven't touched it since I first put it into my computer and it has been working fine for the past two years.
For the past month or so whenever I run something that uses accelerated graphics there is a ton of corruption on the screen. I have tried dozens of different configurations and tried it on multiple clean installs of Windows Vista, Ubuntu Edgy Eft, and Ubuntu Feisty Fawn (the last two are Linux distributions). Obvious I doubt it is a software problem if it just randomly stopped working and I tested it on multiple configurations.
I don't know if there is anything I can do about it and I was wondering if I should (or can) get it fixed under warranty? If I do, does it usually take a long time and how much will it cost?
I have tons of screenshots depicting the problem which I will attach.

Quote from: compotatoj on 16-March-07, 14:22:15
Oh my gosh! You are right! Wow you are so smart. The fan popped off halfway from the heat sink!
Quote from: compotatoj on 16-March-07, 14:36:13
Is this under warranty? I can't believe it is still running!
well dunno about the warrantly since its 2 year old and hmm looks like cooler is heavy damaged.
you can ask your reseller about warantly or to How to contact MSI. for more information.
easy way to fix it just get and install after market VGA cooler. (NOTE: make sure it will be compatible with your VGA model).

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Any suggestions as to what I need to do to get the video card up and running?

Quote from: macprmgr on 19-March-06, 11:23:16
I have received two new NX6600GT-TD128E (MS-8983) vdeo cards to install on my new K8N NEO4-F (MS-7125) motherboard flashed with BIOS ver 1.B.
First video card turned out to be bad. The replacement card allows view of bios screens and post screen, but when Windows XP (pro) starts up, the video goes blank and Windows XP locks up dead.
Any suggestions as to what I need to do to get the video card up and running?
Can you tell us what other parts you have
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NX6600GT-TD128E SLI Bluescreen

Hi Guys!
I got a real problem with my Sli System as long as I stay in Windows i can do whatever i want , but if i start a game like
Heroes of Might and Magic 5, Half life 2, Oblivion, Warcraft3 and so on I cant just play 10-30min and then BAM Bluescreen
caused by nv4_disp.dll.
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Direct X: tested the old and the updated one. DxDiag showed nothing.
Reinstall Windows: At first I had a Cracked Windows Version now using a original Windows Xp Prof. SP2
Cards: I checked the Cards they are not getting to hot and are in their Slots
MY System
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With Regards
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try with better PSU that Codegen 400W 3V/20A 5V/22A 12v/16A is crap brand and not enought powerfull also.
other parts also look suspiciol like the cheap "1GB DDR Dual Channel Elixir" maybe its memory instability problem also, Elexir is cheaper and values parts often defectives, however they isnt designed for Dual CH(thats no mean it cannot work, but they can make errors..) did you overclock your machine at all? did you passed memtest? but that question is for future. your mobo is Asrock 939SLI-eSata2 mhh will safe the comments...
try your PC with Good Brand PSU 1st dude. read this: https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=76923.0
2nd reason for problem is your memory suspected..
think you are posting at wrong forum couse im sure problem isnt it in your MSI VGA. Which Drivers you are tried?

NX6600GT TD128E - Freeze then go on

Hello everyone,
I’ve these card for a few years now and always had the same trouble, when I’m playing game (and only when playing often on Counter Strike Source, Guitar Hero III,…), sometimes and randomly, my computer freeze a bit (one or two second), and then go on.
I don’t understand why, I’ve upgraded my motherboard bios; all my drivers are up to date… Tried with both nvidia and msi driver (which one is supposed to be better, for now I’m running with the last nvidia.)
My temperatures seem usual around 44°c when idle, and 65°c when playing. (With expertool).
I’ve never take care of this trouble because, I was at school and on the boarding house with my laptop so, I never really had the time to play.
There is my configuration:
ASUS A8N-SLI
MSI NX6600GT TD128E (Bios version : 5.43.02.69.00)
AMD Ahtlon 64 3200+ (never goes above 55°c)
Windows XP SP3
1024Mo
Audigy 4
Maybe upgrading my bios ?
Or make some advanced test ? But which one ?
Thanks for your concern.

I think you should try with decent PSU.
That PSU used is cheap noname and low quality.
See here: https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=112039.msg836246#msg836246
And here:
>>> PSU's---2 x 12v---The Dual Rail Myth <<<
>>> Is your problem caused by your PSU? <<<
Other tips:
Also do a fresh OS installation.
Test VGA in another machine.

NX6600GT TD128E SLI (2 Different Looking Cards)

Ive just purchased a 2nd NX6600GT TD128E. The problem is it looks completly different to the one i have at the moment.
http://msicomputer.co.uk/products.aspx?product_id=703544
The 6600GT thats in my PC is exactly as its shown on the Site. But my new 6600GT is Longer and has a different Heatsink,
Its Bigger with Black plastic on top and has "6600GT" witten at the top and "Game With MSI at The bottom".
However it has the NX6600GT TD128E on the back.
When ordering the card it was starated exactly as my one in my PC but no picture. Will this cause problems or
as they are from the same model it will work ok.
Many Thanks

they make 2
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/vga/vga/pro_vga_detail.php?UID=623
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/vga/vga/pro_vga_detail.php?UID=624
one has dual dvi one has a single
cannot see much else different in specs
as to running them in sli
from what ive seen as drivers get better it works
ive seen articles were cards were by differnt makers in sli now
so at least in theory you should be ok

NX6600GT-TD128E and Loose Heatsink

I just bought a NX6600GT-TD128E for a new build and it has the same loose heatsink problem, mentioned in earlier threads. Does anyone know if MSI has addressed this issue? It seems to be a design problem, to me. It seems pointless to have Newegg swap the card, unless MSI has fixed the problem. Since I like the package, I will probably keep the card and just replace the heatsink with an aftermarket cooler. Here is what I see wrong with the heatsink:
Springs in attach pins do not have enough tension to hold the heatsink tightly against the GPU & memory
Any warping in heatsink or card makes the problem worse.
Mounting in a tower case (which most of us do) will make the problem worse (Gravity!)
Someone else mentioned the heatsink attached with thermal pads. Mine just appears to be thermal compound, no adhesive, no pads.
I may do a little experiment with mine. Mount it as is and checks temps and performance. Then try a couple of aftermarket coolers and again check temps and performance.
Other thoughts? Wish me luck

Ok I see now. That looks nice in the pic but I can see where that may be a problem. I believe as long as the GPU is making good contact, the memory is not really an issue unless you intend to overclock. I have had issues with many other heatsink designs, and I usually replaced them with my own fasteners from a local hobbyshop or Ace hardware. I have been able to find plastic or PVC nuts, bolts and washers to suit my needs in most cases. It takes a little searching and is time consuming. I had a Ti4200 with the TopTech Cooler that I have had to do the same thing with. I then found that using an aftermarket cooler was the best soution anyway. I did a post in the sticky section somewhere, I think in the bulletin link about it.
Granted you should not have to accept this from a new product, and I don't blame you for being dissapointed. I don't think there have been any changes, so asking newegg to swap it would be rather pointless just like you said. You may be able to get them to swap it out for another brand, however, myself, I would prefer the MSI hardware and just get a nice aftermarket cooler or modify the fasteners.

Weird plate in NX6600GT TD128E

http://img208.exs.cx/img208/9827/lata12wj.jpg
http://img208.exs.cx/img208/4306/lata37wn.jpg
NX6600GT TD128E
My dealer toldme that all the MSI 6600GT comes with this plate like that . It's that true? or I been owned?
Thanks

Quote from: crull on 06-March-05, 07:48:05
I had no idea your card looked like that even from your pictures.
That is not how it is supposed to look. That L piece should look like just an L with no bent pieces. Look at the pictures of it here.
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-127-150&depa=0
mmm... I been owned, there's no doubt
damned dealer (can I say that?)
What should I do? RMA?

MSI NX6600GT-TD128E SLI Help

Hi all
I have two Problems.
1. I can’t OverClock my MSI NX6600GT Cards in SLI
2. If I run a fast game like Colin McRae Rally 04 or Colin McRae Rally 05. After 3 -5 min of playing the game, The Pc screen will slit in two & the bottom half of the screen will go all funny. And then the PC will Lockup.
Any help.
PS. I'm not getting very good score on AquaMark3 only 57,000 But was getting 63,000.
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If the game is using a profile that uses SFR the screen is split in two horizontally ... pls see below
Single frame rendering
Single frame rendering (SFR) mode in NVIDIA SLI works similarly to Metabyte’s PGC in the sense that the graphics card splits the workload horizontally across the screen. One card takes the upper portion while the second card takes the lower segment. The frame buffer data is then combined and sent to the monitor.
It’s important to note that SFR doesn’t necessarily split the screen directly down the middle; in some scenes the lower portion of the screen may be more complex than the upper portion, or vice versa. NVIDIA has developed custom load-balancing algorithms that are designed to take this into account, and split the screen appropriately – if one GPU takes longer to render, no problem, the driver just gives that GPU less work to do.
Alternate frame rendering
Up to now, ATI’s Rage Fury MAXX was arguably the most well known card to take advantage of alternate frame rendering. Rather than splitting the work up every frame like in SLI, with AFR, each graphics core handled alternate frames. Graphics core one would handle everything in frame 1, while graphics core two would then handle frame number 2. Each chip renders every other frame instead of alternating lines in the same frame, as 3dfx had done with scan-line interleave. If one GPU doesn’t finish drawing its frame, the remainder is pushed to the second GPU. This is the same concept NVIDIA has employed for their SLI technology, only we’re dealing with two distinct graphics cards, rather than two graphics cards on the same core.
The most well known downside with AFR has been perceived “lag” that may be felt by some twitch players in very fast-paced first-person shooters such as Quake 1 or Quake 3. The argument is that user inputs, such as a quick flick of your wrist to nail your opponent in mid-air with your rail gun may feel lagged. In theory, this could happen when the second AFR scenario we described occurs – GPU1 doesn’t finish its frame and the remainder is passed to GPU2 – there could be a lag between the key being pressed and the output being shown on the screen. Ironically enough, NVIDIA used this same argument to tout their GeForce 256 over Rage Fury MAXX five years ago.
We played a little Half-Life 2 (which uses AFR by default) to test out this theory, but didn’t perceive any additional lag during our “testing” sessions. Buffering kicks in when data is split between GPUs, and it appears to work well. Also keep in mind that today’s shooters aren’t as fast-paced as they were a few years ago.
Currently, AFR is NVIDIA’s preferred mode for SLI. In general, AFR uses less communications overhead (as no communications overhead between GPUs is used as long as frames are contained to each GPU), allowing it to scale better than SFR. NVIDIA also says that applications with heavy vertex loads benefit less from SFR.

NX6600GT-TD128E Lost HDTV/Video Out Connecting Cable

I own this card NX6600GT-TD128E
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/vga/vga/pro_vga_detail.php?UID=621
Is there anyway to get a replacement HDTV/Video out Cable? I misplaced mine and I'd love to get another one.... Figured I'd ask.

I have just purchased the same card
and i think if you look on ebay you might find the cables with enough patience
wie7777 ebay user often has MSI cables odd parts etc
im actually using just an s-video cable to the (66cm)TV and have 5.1 soundblaster card on the system im using at the moment (k7n2 delta sempron etc)
including a 15" 600w clarion dual voice coil subwoofer & amp and 4 medium sized speakers sounds great, shakes my loungeroom
Im just about to setup my
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MSI 6600GT 128
geil 512 value ram
250gb Maxtor harddrive
just about to purchase a 3000-3200+ CPU
im looking at getting another identical card to go SLI which would be perfect as you should get a cable with the second one until then i cant help but i will let you's know if i come accross any possibly im not sure where you's are from but here we have
www.tandy.com.au
www.jaycar.com.au
you could try your local video/hifi expert to see if they make or carry anything similar
let me know how you's go as my cable i just noticed looks different to the one pictured at MSI site
GOOD LUCK

NX6600GT-TD128E + NX6600GT-VDT128 in SLI mode

Hi, i got a cuestion for you my friends.
My PC originaly have one video card model NX6600GT-TD128E first model, it has been a good player in this gaming world, but i want to upgrade to SLI. I found on EBAY an option wich is the same card but VIVO edition, model NX6600GT-VDT128 first model. I want to know if i can use it on SLI configurtation with my existing card. My mobo is a MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum SLI. If there`s a problem with this particular configuration, Can i use another 6600GT but from different vendor?
Thanks, i will apreciate your comments

NickNitrux,
With the latest ForceWare Drivers, you can even use two Vid Cards from different companies in SLI as long as they are the same chipset.
Always glad to help.
Take Care,
Richard
P.S. Do not forget to report back when you get it.

Msi Nx6600gt -td128e

Hi,
Will this graphic card work with power supply at 300 Watt?
My system is:
CPU Type Intel Pentium 4E, 3000 MHz Socket L775
POwer supply : 300 Watt
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-8I915G-MF
Motherboard Chipset Intel Grantsdale-G i915G
System Memory 480 MB
Graphic card Intel(R) 82915G/GV/910GL Express Chipset Family (128 MB)
3D Acclerator Intel GMA 900
Monitor Acer AL1721 [17" LCD]
Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda 7200.7, S-ATA NCQ, 7.200RPM, 8MB cache, 160GB

Power supply in my comp. is Huntley 6300HP, 300 Watt with max. load of 15A at 12 V.
This MSI N6600GT-TD128E will not be used to overclocking! I tried the suggested Wattage counter and ended with around 300 Watt, although 6600 cards are not listed!
Maybe I should stick to MSI PCX5750-TD128E, as I'm not a game freak, and just need a better card in my system than Intel's built-in.

Installation Advice needed for NX6600GT TD128E

I just recieved my VGA card and my MotherBoard should be here in a few days. MotherBoard will be MSI K8N Neo4 Plat Ultra. I have read on this forum that it may be best to not install the MSI software for the VGA card. Is it better to just go to the Nvidia site and use there software for the VGA card? The disc I recieved with the card has a lot of programs on it, such as all of the following:
VGA Drivers - Live Update - GoodMEM - LockBox - WMIinfo - SecureDoc - EColor - Adobe Reader - MS DirectX - Norton AntiVirus
ThinSoft BeTwin - Media Ring Dialer - D.O.T
My question is, what exactly of the above items would I really need from this disc if any? All suggestions are appreciated greatly. I am installing a 2 GB Kit of Crucial DDR 500 PC4000 3.4.4.8 2.8 Volts and the CPU will be AMD 64 4000 SF.
Regards; Pop's

Hello Richard; Yes I hear ya on the brewsky while staggering on the keyboard or mouse, one can make a dreadful mistake at times. I did go to the Nvidia download site and got the following Drivers and will install them in that order. I plan to burn them to a CD so they are ready to go when needed.
Nvidia Nforce Drivers; V 6.66
Geforce Graphics Drivers; V 78.01
Nforce Audio Drivers; V 4.62 ( if needed? )
While looking for DirectX 9, on the Microsoft download site, I see that it is incluced in SP2 which I have. I also used a program from softpedia ( AutoStreamer V1.0.33 ) to slipstream my OEM XP Pro and SP2 CD onto 1 slipstreamed CD. This should from what I have been reading, make the windows install a little less painful. We shall see. I thank you for your professional wisdom and dedication to helping others like myself that have to struggle somewhat when putting a system together. I am ordering my MotherBoard and CPU next week, those are the only items left to buy for my new builid.
Regards; Pop's

[nVidia] MSI NX6600GT TD128E vGPU Mod

I finally found a pic of the volt mod that I did to my MSI 6600GT card.
Replacing the standard cooling system with something more efficient, for example with a water-cooling solution, and pulling up the voltages are the traditional means of increasing the overclockability of a graphics card.
The graphics card under question has GDDR3 memory chips from Samsung, known for their low overclockability which doesn’t grow much even after a voltage increase. So I didn’t tamper with the memory voltage on the reference card at all – it wasn’t worth the trouble.
The overclockability of the graphics processor is another matter, as we deal with NVIDIA’s first GPU made with the 0.11-micron tech process. The thinner tech process and the smaller transistor count in comparison to the GeForce 6800 series should render this chip capable of working at higher clock rates.
Let’s check it out. The core voltage regulator is based on the ISL6534 chip from Intersil. It is a dual-channel pulse-width controller capable of driving a line regulator. One of the channels supplies power to the GPU. Unlike the regulators on GeForce FX 5950 Ultra or FX 5900 Ultra cards, which have digital inputs for setting the output voltage level and capable of adjusting the output voltage “on the fly”, this chip uses a resistor devisor for setting the output voltage.
Curiously enough, the NVIDIA engineers made this regulator change the output voltage “on the fly”, too. Receiving the control signals from the GPU’s registers, two transistors attach resistors with preset resistances to the devisor, thus adjusting the voltage value. Voltage regulators on NVIDIA GeForce 5900 XT cards employ the same idea, by the way.
In order to lift the voltage of the graphics processor, you only must reduce the resistance of one of the divisor’s resistors. That’s exactly what I did:
You can see the controller chip of the voltage regulator in the top left corner of the snapshot, while the output voltage control scheme and the two resistors of the devisor are in the center. The arrows point to the spots I soldered an additional variable resistor to. If you want to test the vmod before you make it permanent, just scribble a little #2 pencil lead (graphite) over the resistor. This will lower the resistance and basically do the same thing that the potentiometer is dong. However, it's not nearly as easy to controll the voltage that way.
This pic shows where you check the core voltage:
In doing this, I was able to increase my core speed up to 680 Mhz!

To do the pencil mod, scribble over the resistor that has the two wires added in the first picture. The second picture is where you can measure your vgpu voltage.
Edit: The two pictures are actually two different cards, as I couldn't actually find a vMod for a MSI 6600GT anywhere on the 'net. That's why one pic is green one is red. But you are correct. The scribble of the pencil goes on the resistor between the two arrows.

3d experience and msi nx6600gt td128e/k8n sli platinum

just finished installing all the drivers updates etc for my new system...
installed the 3d turbo experience prgm that came on the cd with my graphics card. the prgm runs at startup, but when i go to open the main window i get the following error
MSIVGA.ocx initialization error
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Read the stickies, there's a thread "Alternative to MSI drivers and Overclocking too" there is a link to the DOT page at MSI, it's pretty straightforward.
MSI's DOT is a Dynaminc overclocking utility that takes most of the guesswork out of it and is supposedly safer than manual overclocking.

MSI NX6600GT-TD128E Geforce 6600GT 128MB other models

Ive heard a lot about this VGA and its supposed to be good but there are diffrent models at diffrent places with the same name. If you go to the buy now for this card it will take you to zoom as the cheapest but if you go to newegg the models are diffrent so does anybody know what the deal is. I have also heard that there are some heating problems with the older model does anybody know.

http://www.nvnews.net/reviews/msi_geforce_6600gt_sli/index.shtml try this link for the review or google it for overheating problems, DOK

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