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Quote from: Rasmus66 on 14-February-10, 00:15:24
I have the same problems with my GTX275 Lightning.
I have tried allmost everything.
When i overclock with the link options enabled in Afterburner i works fine but then i disable it the card wont overclock at all
Im using the 196.34 beta driver and W7
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When i overclock with the link options enabled in Afterburner i works fine but then i disable it the card wont overclock at all
You have to up shader freq. to unlock a new gpu core freq. when they are in non linked mode.

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MSI 275 GTX Lightning, overcklocking procedure

Hi,
I will be very happy if you can help me with my problem.
I bought MSI GTX 275 Lightning, especially for games and easy overclock, but i have problem with these.
First I tried to use Utility from CD MSI Lightning Afterburn, but when is programm starting there is some error NVAPI_ERROR. ( I suppose is some Dll file missing). When I try to overclock and push APPLY again the same NVAPI_ERROR, but the Clock stay on the position which I want....... But there is not options for Sharder overcloking............. SO
I tried form to Use utility from standart MSI CD, MSI Afterburn 1.0 and, starting program is OK, no NVAPI_ERROR, When I add Core Voltage and push APPLY it stay there. But when I try add Mhz in Core Clock, or Memory clock and push APPLY it come back again to default. Even I dont have activated scroll bar in Sharders and Linked mode is the same. NOT ACTIVE
I tried Afterburn 1.0 from CD, 1.20 from MSI site, 1.43 from Guru3d.com, is all time the same, the situation is the same. When I push apply it get back to defaults clock.
SCREEN http://img5.rajce.idnes.cz/d0507/1/1977/1977965_ed58f0cb4da883c4844ec012a83f04b8/images/Bez_nazvu.JPG
I am using XP32bit........
I dont know if is these problem with NVAPI_DLL (btw I dont know what is it) or that I should have WIN7, or I am doing something bad........
Thank you very much for help.
PS: I Apologize for my English :D
Georginek, Czech Republic

Quote from: Rasmus66 on 14-February-10, 00:15:24
I have the same problems with my GTX275 Lightning.
I have tried allmost everything.
When i overclock with the link options enabled in Afterburner i works fine but then i disable it the card wont overclock at all
Im using the 196.34 beta driver and W7
Quote
When i overclock with the link options enabled in Afterburner i works fine but then i disable it the card wont overclock at all
You have to up shader freq. to unlock a new gpu core freq. when they are in non linked mode.

MOVED: MSI GeForce GTX 970 TwinFrozr V backplate available/planned?

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Quote from: flobelix on 03-October-14, 20:29:06
Like already said no passive cooling is required on the back as the vram doesn't require any. The normal case airflow is sufficient. A backplate on the back of some manufacturer's cards are just for the look of the card. Your fingers are a bad indicator for the temperatures of electronic components.
I agree with the previous post.
Did you see how much the cards without an back plate sag? I do, my previous MSI GTX 660ti PE had a very bad sag and only at the end of the card.
If you have back plate its quite obvious that the vrm's get cooled much better and it ads some rigidity to the card as well. I am an member of overclock.net forum and they complain about the vrm temps compare to the Gigabyte versions. The vrms get much hotter on the MSI gaming than on the G1 from Gigabyte.
I am not saying that gigabyte is better than MSI or they clock higher, in fact, i have 14K score in Firestrike so i am good, but i am only pointing out that a GPU WITH back plate has better cooling and rigidity.

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Quote from: Grunwaldt on 12-March-11, 05:57:19
Don't want to look dumb, but I have no idea on how to flash from an USB key, could I burn a CD ISO and do the same? Also what are the exact settings of the bios posted in that thread you just told me? I might only need to set voltage to 1013, everything else seems correct.
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Don't want to look dumb, but I have no idea on how to flash from an USB key,
Quote from: Svet on 25-February-11, 07:32:33
Hi pacnow,
Re flash the card which comes with 823MHz with BIOS attached below.
How to:
Create a USB key bootable
How to make USB key bootable: http://www.bay-wolf.com/usbmemstick.htm
Then get attached file, and extract & copy all files nvflash.exe, CWSDPMI.EXE and 103.rom
to the USB key.
Then reboot the computer and boot from the bootable USB key,
when you see A:\ or C:\ type:
nvflash.exe -b old.rom [ENTER]
Wait process to finish, this will backup/save your current VBIOS.
Then flash the new VBIOS with:
nvflash.exe -4 -5 -6 103.rom [ENTER]
Wait process to finish, then reboot the machine and you're done
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lso what are the exact settings of the bios posted in that thread you just told me?
defaults for your card:
http://eu.msi.com/product/vga/N580GTX-Twin-Frozr-II-OC.html

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nope, you are using the latest version

MOVED: MSI Gaming GTX 970 BIOS request (09SB)

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here is the latest version for your card .186:
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=252727.msg1452642#msg1452642
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Do i need to uninstall graphics driver before flashing?
nope, just disable it

MOVED: MSI Geforce GTX 760 Gaming GOP/UEFI Request

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What card do you have exactly? By the way meanwhile there is a GOP vbios for the OP but your individual card needs to be checked. You can't use any random vbios from techpowerup or such as even for the same model there are different versions depending on the batch of card.
For Ikky Phoenix:
Use the attached.
Decompress the provided .rar archive with Winrar: http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm
Then flash the included file with Nvflash for dos: http://www.guru3d.com/files_details/nvflash_download.html
To do so rename the included file to .rom and create a dos bootstick (https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=165175.0)
Put nvflash and the vbios file on it and boot from the stick. Then type nvflash -4 -5 -6 gop.rom (if renamed vbios that way) and hit enter. Confirm the questions and let the tool flash
alishams.hassam:
Add infos about your card as seen in the initial post and/or save your current vbios to file and add a link to it.

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Region stuff is that okay ?. That it not exist?
Yes, its ok
Quote from: Vegito on 11-December-14, 01:14:19
Can i install the new VGA now?.
Yes, looks fine
Install the new card now

MSI 780 GTX LIGHTNING QUESTION

Hi, I've just bought the 780 lightning.
Was just wondering, the lightning logo is supposed to lit up only during graphics intense programs?
Or, it will lit up even on idle i.e., in desktop?
From videos I've seen, it will lit up green on idle and changes colour during games.
Mine dosen't even lit up unless i play some games.
Let me know..

its should light in green/blue/red depend of GPU load

MSI Nvidia GTX 760 OC Edition broken

Hi guys, back in December I bought an MSI Nvidia GTX 760 OC Edition and it has worked flawlessly until a few days ago. The first sign of trouble (a few days ago) was that the computer was restarting and when it returned to desktop there was a messaged that read "nVidia display drivers have stopped working and have been recovered". Sometimes it would happen without restarting the computer which would result in the screen going blank for a second and then coming back on with the aforementioned message.
To resolve this I used the "Driver Sweeper" program to completely remove the drivers for the card and reinstall them, but the problem persisted. I did this several times with the latest driver and the older driver and the last time I did it when I was booting into windows the screen got covered with graphical artifacts in pink and yellow colours and would not even display the mouse cursor. So I switched to the integrated graphics (thank goodness my motherboard has onboard graphics or I would be screwed) and since then the system would not recognise the graphics card, even in the BIOS. This means that I cannot install drivers for the card because the Nvidia installer will not install drivers if it does not detect a graphics card present.
Now when I put the graphics card in the fan runs at max even if I unplug the PCI-e power connectors from it, yet the system refuses to recognise the card at all.
So here's a summary of what I have done:
cleaned drivers out completely
Reinstalled latest and older version of driver
Checked Bios
Reseated GPU
Tried the card in another PCI-e slot
Started the computer with the HDMI cable plugged into the graphics card, resulting in no monitor output
Attempted to install drivers from the DVD, same problem as with the drivers downloaded from the Nvidia website
Here are my system specs, everything is under a year old:
MSi Z87-G55 mobo
intel Core i5 4670k
Corsair Vengeance 8GB Ram (2x4)
XFX 650 watt core pro Bronze edition PSU
So yeah, pretty high spec and all new. I don't have another computer to try the GPU in, but with the driver related shenanigans it is fair to suspect that the GPU is at fault. I have removed the card and everything is running fine without it.
MSi don't offer any helpful information about their RMA procedure so it would appear my only hope is the person I bought it from. Although I will try to harass MSi about it to see if I can get it RMA'ed via them.

Right, as an update I was issued a replacement by MSI and it arrived today The broken card arrived to them on Wednesday and they dispatched a replacement that same day and it arrived today (Monday). So that is less than five days from the broken card arriving to them to the replacement arriving at my door, very impressed. So if anyone in the UK has a faulty MSi product that needs replacing I can vouch for their RMA service, it is first class In my experience at least, I can say that MSi are one of the good guys and will definitely be a manufacturer to consider when shopping for new hardware.

MSI GeForce GTX 780 SLI question.

Hi,
I wonder if my MSI GeForce GTX 780 Gaming OC is compatible with the MSI GeForce GTX 780 Lightning LE in SLI?
Thanks!
BR, Tobias

as long as both cards are using the same GPU (GTX 780 GK110) and they both have the same amount of VRAM (EG: 3GB+3GB) then they will be able to be used in SLI as long as your PSU can power both of them!
you can use SLI even with different manufacturers cards so long as its the same spec (GPU) as the other and the VRAM frame buffers match each other as both need the same amount!

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i saw your post and i'm going to try it as soon as i can ( probably tomorow night ) but i got a question, i got FPS Drop on CSGo ok, thats a problem many guys have with msi's GTX 860 M GPU ok meh, i also got something on League of Legend, i got a heavy lag spike ( about 300 ms ) during 3 / 4 seconds, then its coming back to 40 ms. Should i also try out, by reducing my GPU's temperature ( as you did in your post ) and try to see if it may do something for my League of legend lag spike aswell ? or might this come from an other problem on my laptop ?. i already tried to get Killer Lan network last update and it didnt change anything. I checked all of my drivers update about internets ( wifi card etc... ), all is updated. By the way, my lag spikes frequency goes as my FPS Drops on CSGo, about every 1 / 2 minuts, i just wonder, if it comes from my GPU, why on CSGo i got fps drop because gpu is hot meanwhile on League i got lag spikes to manifest my gpu's overheating ? Strange thing.
To be honest the heavily thing i'm mad of is that i played before on a Toshiba, with a simply cuda nvidia GPU, intel core i5, i had 30 fps on league of legend but never had any lag spikes. I also had 40 / 50 fps on CSGo but never had any problems like fps drop. I wonder why the hell are these MSI called " Gaming laptop ", if with a simple working notebook that may be only viable " for working on microsoft word " i got less problems ( A simple toshiba notebook by the way that cost 1/3 of this MSI's price . )
By the way panni i'm going to try your idea out tomorow and i'll tell you the result as soon as possible for CSGo.
Anyway if you got an other idea to help me for my lag spikes on league of legend i would be happy to hear you you'r free to PM me or we could even talk ( skype / teamspeak ) if you got something for me.
Thank you very much for your precious help

580 GTX Lightning

hi all, i'm a new member and i have few questions about my card
First of all, i would like to o/c my card but i'm novice in this domain, i checked some forums and i have put these settings:
I heard that increase core voltage is dangerous for the card, but if i don't inscrease the core voltage, i can't put the card at 900 Mhz. Can you tell me if there are optimal settings for my card? How can i test them?
I tested on OCCT but i got some errors with shader 8 not with shader 0.
I would like to know also my Vcore max, how can i know? I used GPU Z sensors but i don't understand i have 1.038 and if i increase the core voltage on msi afterburner it doesn't change on gpu z:
My GPU Z is:
is there a new v bios or is it the latest? I checked this topic https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=148273.0 and i read "add voltage[load & max voltage] read/write support for latest and special MSI's 580 Lightning VBIOSes above version 130"

Quote from: nems34 on 24-September-11, 00:18:44
ok thx for your replies again.
So is it the latest V-Bios?
By 8 shaders i mean shader complexity optimal (8) not the default(0)
Last question, how can i know my Vcore max ? What vcore max can i beat with my 580 GTX?
yes its latest version
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Last question, how can i know my Vcore max ? What vcore max can i beat with my 580 GTX?
the one that you can select from afterburner
Quote from: Neel on 24-September-11, 10:40:03
Hi, I hope you don't mind me joining this thread. It saves me starting a new one.
I just bought a GTX 580 Lightning and installed it. But I got confused as to what nvidia drivers I was supposed to use. There is one at Windows Update, one on a disk which came with the card, one listed here at MSI and one at nvidia. I went with the one on MSI's website, but I'm not sure if I should have. Can anyone help me on this? Sorry I feel so stupid to ask but I don't know.
One other thing I noticed, on Afterburner my card doesn't appear to be running at the advertised speed. I'm wondering if it's because my drivers are not up-to-date or the BIOS is old. Should I just move the sliders over, or if anyone could give me some settings they recommend.
I really appreciate any help.. and sorry nems34 for butting into your thread!
everything is looks fine, what is not appear to be running at adveted speed for your eyes?

MSI R9 290X Lightning random BSOD reboots with 2 CARDS

Hi all. I've looked all over this forum and the web for a solution to my issue but haven't gotten anywhere.
I recently bought two MSI R9 290X Lightning cards that are MSI refurbished/recertified. Both have the same symptoms in the same known-stable PC (no other upgrades other than the card). Seemingly at random, they will reboot the computer once every one or two days. I could be playing a game or browsing the web when it happens. It doesn't appear to be stress related since I can sometimes play games for hours and also run benchmarks and stress tests with no problems. Also not temp related since the card runs very cool (20s C at idle and no more than 50s C at load). When I inspect the memory dump upon booting back up, it always says WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR with a bugcheck code of 0x124 caused by module ntkrnlmp.exe. Upgraded from an EVGA GTX 660 that was rock solid and never BSODed, ever. And a GTX 560 Ti before that.
Nothing in my system is overclocked. I am not sure what else to try. Maybe there is a VBIOS update I need? Also, I'm not sure if this is an issue, but my motherboard has an older 760G chipset. If I leave the GPU-Z Sensors tab open, I notice as I click between windows, etc. that the memory clock jumps around between 150 MHz and 1250 MHz. Not sure if that could be an issue.
Thus far I have tried the following, and none have made a difference:
- Enabling 'Force constant voltage' in MSI Afterburner 4.0.0
- Disabling ULPS in MSI Afterburner 4.0.0
- Setting Power Limit (%) to +50 in MSI Afterburner 4.0.0
- Setting 'Unofficial overclocking mode' to 'without PowerPlay support' in MSI Afterburner 4.0.0
- Tried switching between Original and LN2 BIOS on the card
- Tried Catalyst driver 14.9, 14.11.2 Beta, 14.12
- Ensured there are two separate PCI-E cables going to the card
PC specs:
- Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 mATX motherboard (BIOS version FA)
- AMD FX-4130 CPU
- 8GB (2 x 4GB) G.SKILL Sniper DDR3-1600 RAM
- MSI R9 290X Lightning
- 3x SATA HDDs
- Antec EarthWatts 650W PSU
- Antec Three Hundred case
- Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1

Quote from: wengshunfeng on 29-December-14, 04:40:08
I had same problems on my both R9 290X lighting just brought 1 month ago :(
I think it was software(driver) problem, because 2 cards both active for heavy gaming (BF4) is fine without any problems. But if I play online 3D games that does not have CF profiles, and only single card active, my pc will randomly sudden shut down and restart. The card temperature was around 50C.
Both cards running with Core i7 5960x + Asus x99 R5E + EVGA 1200W P2 PSU.
I'm sure it was not caused by my other hardwares, because I use GTX 780 before without any problem, also I used DDU in safe mode to uninstall Nvidia drivers before swap cards.
Sorry to hear you went through the same mess. From what I've read, a lot of people are having this problem with the R9 series (not just the Lightning or even the 290X).
I definitely haven't ruled out the AMD drivers as the cause. I am using Catalyst 14.12 currently but have also tried 14.11.2beta and 14.9. What happened with your cards, did you get them stable?
I achieved what looks to be complete stability on both my PCs by bumping the 2D GPU clock to 430 MHz in GPU Tweak, as I mentioned a few posts above. Wish there was a BIOS or driver update that fixed this issue, but oh well. I'd rather not go through the RMA hassle just for MSI to say they test fine or send me replacement cards that do the same thing.

MSI GeForce GTX 970 with MSI Z68A-GD55 (G3) motherboard

Hi!
I have seen a similar issue here that was resolved with the help of this forum. (https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=251322.0). I still want to ask my questons however, since I have a slightly different situation.
I recently bought a new Graphics card, a MSI GTX 970, to replace my older EVGA GTX 570. After installing it, the time it takes to startup the computer is quite a bit longer. The very begninning of the startup process is the part that takes longer, I see a black screen and "B2" in the lower right hand corner, with the older GPU this was seen for a few seconds but now it stays that way for about a minute. After that I see some random colors in stead of the MSI logo and then the regular "Starting Windows" image appears, from there the startup is as fast as before.
When the computer has started it seems to work perfectly, and the new graphics card is great, everything on "ultra" in games etc.
I guess the way to resolve this issue is to update BIOS. I am a bit afraid of this however, of the risk of destroying something.
What would be your suggestions? Is it better to update bios or to leave it as it is, since the computer works? Are the any risks with keeping this bios version, that seems to have some issue with the graphics card?
Any help would be greately appreciated!
/Johan
Board: MSI Z68A-GD55 (G3)
Bios: Version 23.7
VGA: MSI GeForce GTX 970 Gaming 4GB
PSU: Corsair TX 750W Modular
MEM: G.Skill Ripjaws X Performance 2x4GB
CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz – not overclocked
System Harddrive: SSD 120GB Corsair SATA 2.5", Force 3 Series
Extra Harddrive: 1TB Samsung SP SATA-2* 7200RPM Spinpoint F3
OS: Windows®7 Home 64-bit
Cooling: Standard fans from the case (Fractal Design Define R3) and for the CPU plus one Scythe Slip Stream 140mm (1200rpm)

Ok, thanks for the advice.
I have started looking at the instructions and have downloaded the installer and the bios file. It seems Norton Internet Security has some problem with the installer. When I start the installer it reaches the point when it shows the current bios version, after that it is interupted by Norton. The reason that Norton gives is that it has found something called "Suspicious.Cloud.9.B" in the file b4.bks. How should I react to this?

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