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Quote from: 33avz33 on 06-September-10, 05:17:37
The board is suppose to hit 2133 memory speed..Some people have hit 2000mhz and have it stable..I have no clue how they did it..I can't even get mine over 1666mhz..It all has to do with finding the right CPU-NB speed along with CPU speed and volt..With the right memory timing the CPU can handle..not the memory itself..I own gskill pis 2300mhz memory..lol...thinking when I got this board i'd be able to hit 2000mhz easy and then go upto 2133..WRONG..I have read reviews everywhere and have called MSI and Gksill tech..going over and over steps trying..and have even tested the memory making sure it was okay..and could do 2300mhz...and it passed with flying colors on a P55 board..That a computer store had..that tested it for me..So keep trying bro..and at one point you might figure something out..
X6 1090T 4.2ghz 1.501v
memory gksill pis 2300mhz only at 1666mhz 7-8-7-20 auto volt
CPU-NB and HT both at 2500mhz..CPU-NB 1.401v
FSB at 250
Since the memory controller is in the CPU itself... in order to reach speeds upwards of around 1750Mhz.. you must lower cpu core temp...2000Mhz clock speeds are possible at ~ -30*C to -35*C but are not that common.
Please check/reference hwbot.org for information regarding your motherboard+ram combination and clock speeds achieved. (All submitters are required to have a cpu-z link as well as multiple screen shots to show system info and settings)

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MOVED: NF980-G65 Out of stock everywhere in UK.

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all the apple stores have them plus many stores online should be getting them any day as far as I know.

MOVED: NF980-G65 + PII X6

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For some reason, it won't let me edit my own post now, but I fixed the problem!
Problem: Freezing/Restarting after POST/BIOS screens, with an unrecognized (PII X6) Processor.
My Solution: Replace the USB Keyboard with a PS/2 Keyboard.
Side-Effect: I'm not sure if it'll work with a USB Keyboard at all, now, so I'm doing tests.
[edit]:
After the BIOS successfully update, it's A-OK to use USB Keyboards again. /win! Installing Win7x64 right now =)

MOVED: NF980-G65 overclock...

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Quote from: Saddletramp on 08-June-10, 15:11:55
Sounds like MSI is telling you to flash the BIOS anyway, and if that don't work, RMA the Mobo (afterall, you're just doing what they said). Figuring the time it takes for you to get the board shipped, them to get it, process the order, yadda yadda yadda, I'd say prolly a couple of weeks. Took 2 weeks to get my replacement N250GTS video card when I RMA'd it thru Newegg.
It took me only 5 days to get my motherboard back from RMA. Sent RMA request on Monday night, got RMA number Tuesday. Shipped it out on Thursday. And got it back by Tuesday. Of course, it helps that I am located within an hour or two drive of their RMA center.

MOVED: NF980-G65 any way to move PCIe clock

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Quote from: Henry on 18-May-10, 11:35:23
OC w/Afterburner maybe.
nope, but even possible its total useless. Bring nothing more and only issues can come

MOVED: nf980-g65 stability problems

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Passed Memtest? How many times? If you mean it went through all tests once and passed, that doesn't mean much. Run test #5 twenty times and test #7 twenty times. Even then, it's not a guarantee. I see it supports the RAM, at least that designation. Unfortunately, we do not know if the same chips that were in the tested RAM, that MSI used, are in the RAM you purchased. Kingston, OCZ, and others have a habit of changing chip suppliers and NOT changing their RAM designations. Additionally, the memory controller is in the CPU, not the motherboard, therefore, the issue is between the CPU and the RAM. Are you using the same CPU that MSI used when testing the RAM.
Thank u that information is actually useful
My CPU is a PII AM3 BLack edition C3 Revision, Would anyone care to make A Ram Recommendation?
Gskill Ripjaw 1600 9,9,9,24 1.5 volt 2x2 Kit(dont have Model designation on hand) has EXACT same Problem
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You mention stability problems. Which/What?
Set memory speed down MHz wise. In the test report, did you notice "DDR III 1600 OC"?
Im not trying to be a troll but how many of u actually bothered to read my whole post?
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My problem is this I am constantly Hanging, and freezing but Never BSOD
(when browsing web, Watching a video or Playing games Only) = Freeze
System Specs are as follows
Memtest86+ boot Disk runs tests automatically on boot and Passed 20 tests No issues detected with Kingston ram
Failed the Gskill Ram by the fifth test..
If your not going to read the Post please dont Comment as its not constructive or helpful, as for the rest of u..
I appreciate the Input..

MOVED: NF980-G65 BIOS Update Nightmare!!

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Quote from: Mike on 31-January-11, 00:14:01
How can a board be sent out with 1.4 if it was manufactured when only 1.2 was available. You can't blame MSI for a retailer sending you older stock. Contact the retailer and have them flash it or use a supported CPU. If you don't have another MSI board or notebook with Windows installed(you'll need to download the bios to the other computer) where you can use the forum's utility to prepare a USB stick, >>MSI HQ Forum USB flasher<< , then use one of the other methods in the sticky for flashing the bios under If you are unable to use the MSI HQ USB BIOS Flashing Tool, https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=119375.0 .
We understand your frustration, but please calm down and let's try to help.
Thanks mike for posting this link ... once I get my board fixed and resent I will try this flasher. Thanks again for your help!

MSI NF980-G65 Memory amount installed. "Poll"

I'd like to start a poll here to find out how much Ram & what Brand & sticker # you used, example "F3-12800CL9-2GBRL' or whatever. I do have the QVL sheet, but not all Ram is on it & I'm just curious. Did you install 4 or 8GB or more on this Mobo? If you contribute your info here in this poll, It just may help other people who have this Mobo make a choice on what you think is the best ram for this Mobo for an Intel or AMD CPU.
Please don't tell me Gskill Ripjaws series Ram is not compatable with AMD CPU's. I have Gskill Ripjaw ram @ 1600Mhz installed & I'm using a Phenom X4 965 CPU,on the MSI NF980-G65 Mobo. The Gskill series Ram is not all specified for nothing but Intel CPU's. The Package for my Gskill Ram clearly states, "For use with AMD CPU's." So lets have poll here.
At first I installed 4GB of Gskill ripjaw Ram. only 2 sticks/ 2GB each. "F3-12800CL9D-2GBRL" They run Great @ 1600Mhz with a Bios ajustment. From what I've read on other Tech forums it's better to use only 2 memory slots then all 4 slots. Less stress on the CPU. Then I installed 8GB of Ram 2 sticks/ 4GB each. NICE! Tell me & those who find this poll what you used if you wish. Thank you
Edit: Edited name of topic to the correct full name of MB. It is not 980-G65, it is NF980-G65.

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I'd like to start a poll here to find out how much Ram & what Brand & sticker # you used, example "F3-12800CL9-2GBRL' or whatever. I do have the QVL sheet, but not all Ram is on it & I'm just curious. Did you install 4 or 8GB or more on this Mobo? If you contribute your info here in this poll, It just may help other people who have this Mobo make a choice on what you think is the best ram for this Mobo for an Intel or AMD CPU.
Nothing I see asks about what runs better or performance results. This thread is over 8 months old. So let's cut to the chase & just advise everyone to stick with RAM tested on the mainboard in question with whatever brand & number of GB, & in compliance with the platform's native supported specifications. If wanting to use RAM that is rated above supported platform specifications & expect it to work trouble free without any tweaking, it doesn't always work out so well. Post in the OC Section of the forum if trying to run 'anything' above native supported spec.
The thread IMO, was ill conceived from the start. Why perpetuate it any longer? Most people disregard the actual facts & buy whatever is the flashiest & had the best advertising & marketing scheme.
Do people still really think a pretty heat spreader is saving their RAM from total destruction? Too funny!

MOVED: Core Unlocking on NF980-G65

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Quote from: Ph1l on 09-October-09, 07:47:01
I'm trying to find the first propper thorough and independant review of this motherboard where the writer physicaly has a NF980-G65 board so it can be benchmarked and compared against Asus's board with 980a chipset and current AMD chipset boards. I want to read the reviewers opinions.
The difference between mainboards using the same chipset is non-existent. When some boards are faster than others it's usually because the manufacturer has tweaked stock memory sub-timings within their BIOS.
MSI's and ASUS' boards are also manufactured by the same company [Foxconn]. So expect the build and component quality to be the same. The only real difference would be features, BIOS configuration and board layout.

MOVED: help/suggestions: MSI NF980-G65 + Kingston HyperX 1600

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Quote from: ericmac017 on 11-March-10, 10:26:59
Hey everyone, so I have a NF980-G65 mobo with the kingston hyperx mem (KHX1600C8D3K2/4GX) and I'm trying to find stable clocks for the ram. Also I'm runnin an AMD Phenom II 955 @ 3.8ghz. Anyways take a look at my picture here..
My question is, are my timings acceptable here for stability purposes? I read in another forum that the Phenom II's run better with lower "tighter" timings. However as you can see in my pic I have a LinX stress test results showing it passed all 20 loops with ALL memory selected @ timings of 8-8-8-24 @ 1.67V. If I pass this test, does this mean I'm very stable? Also, if someone else has this mobo with this ram, have you overclocked any higher? Thanks everyone
Too much voltage brother
you should darn near never hit above 52*C on a Deneb... anything above 50*C and you start to loose performance. Your borderline Max hitting 57*-58*C
Remember Cool 1st...OC Later.

MSI NF980-G65 - How to disable on-board video? (EVGA says to do this?) GTX260

I need your help.
Just upgraded my system to use MSI's NF980-G65 SLI board. I only have 1 EVGA GTX260 card right now and I purchased this board so I could add another GTX260 later this spring. The GTX260 worked on my last ASUS board just fine but the NF980-G65 doesn't see it.. at least I think it doesn't see it. I can boot off the mother board video fine, Windows 7 x64 boots up fine but doesn't see my gtx card in the device list it does report vid as (nforce 980 sli) or something like that. When I power off and plug my monitor into my GTX260, the video does not work (the system continues to boot and I can hear the windows7 start up music), I've tried both video terminals on the card but nothing. EVGA says if my mother board has on-board video that I'll need to disable it and the card will work (I did not have to do this on my last board though, but that board was not an SLI board either). BUT when I go into the bios there is no option to turn off the on-board video? Is this right? Does anyone know how to do this or am I missing something? I've done allot of research on line and there were a few post saying that even with only one card installed that I will only use the mother board video plug only... is this right? Is windows not suppose to report my video card as being a GTX260 but as a 980 SLI? Sorry I'm new to this SLI stuff.
MSI NF980-G65 w/6G DDR3 Patriot
EVGA GTX260 (installed in first PCI-E x16 slot 'labeled as PCI-E2'), yes both power plugs are plugged in.
AMD Athlon II X4
650W PSU
Windows 7 x64 Home Premium
The system seems to work fine with the on-board video. I used the MSI auto updater to make sure all drivers and the bios are up to date and nothing reported back as needing updating, all though when I searched MSI's site manually there is a newer bios available but haven't dared install it yet.
Is there anyone out there that runs this board with only 1 GTX card? Does your system see it? Help!
THX!
MX

Thanks for your help guys. Still no go.
In the "Chipset Feature" there is no disable on board VGA listed. It list these items only.
HPET [Disabled]
Hybrid SLI Support [Disabled]
VGA Share Memory Auto [Auto]
VGA Share Memory [64M]
I've tried disabling the VGA Share memory, but on boot the mother board gives me a set of 5 or so beeps and then no video works. I have to reset the CMOS after that, so I can see the bios setup screen again.
The above settings is how the board came stock and it's how it returns after I do a reset. I'm starting to wonder if the PCI-E slots are not functioning or my GTX260 got fried moving from one mother board to another (I'm always strapped to ground when I work on electronics). I'll go through the motions tonight to put my asus board back in and test my GTX card. If it works after the swap and you guys have no other suggestions I'll send the board back to MSI for repair. If the board is bad then this will be my last MSI board, over the last 5 years I've gone through 3 MSI mother boards. MSI always has the features I want but I just don't have the luck with them. My last board (ASUS) doesn't support SLI or I'd still be using it... maybe it's time to go ATI and the crossfire route... I hope not, I'm a real big Nvidia fan.
Anyhow, if you guys have any other suggestions I'd very much appreciate it. Thanks again. - MX

MSI NF980-G65 what is death - CPU or MOBO

Good day
Please can you help me with MSI NF 980-G65
After increasing the Vcore voltage VID and NB Voltage in the BIOS and save settings for the PC was switched off
Subsequent start without success, PSU only "clicks".
When I disconnect PWR1 additional CPU power supply, PC PWR svitch responds to, the source gets going, but the BIOS appears.
I tried the CPU in another board does not work
The board I tried a different CPU does not work
Please advise whether it is a bad CPU, motherboard, both, or was damaged only to the BIOS.
Voltage processor running at 1.55 V OK-cooled liquid.
MSI-NF980 G65
AMD Phenom II x 6 1090T
1600 Patriot Viper Series 4G
Asus 8800GTX (2X)
Coler Master Ultima 1100
Thanks

Quote from: Fredrik on 07-February-11, 02:19:58
I don't know if there are beeps for faulty memory on this motherboard. Please try memory, too.
Did you maybe mistype, that you get to BIOS? If you did mistype, things are not as bad as you fear.
Memory??
I try to turn on the PC, nothing happens. Only when I disconnect from the motherboard connector PWR-1, the motherboard gets going, but unfortunately no image
It is possible to change the South Bridge voltage to a high value (red) were destroyed
RAM?

MSI NF980-G65 DDR3 Voltage Question

Ok I see NF980-G65 manual it says 4 DDR3 DIMMs 240PIN/ 1.5v is this the minimum voltage that it supports? Whats the highest?
The memory I bought is 8GB Patriot Viper II Extreme Performance DDR3-1600Mhz PC3-12800 Modules
Speed PC3-12800 (1600MHz), Memory Timings 7-7-7-20, Voltage 1.9v
Here is the website for info on the ddr3 memory
http://www.patriotmem.com/products/detailp.jsp?prodline=5&catid=45&prodgroupid=126&id=840&type=1
Can the MSI NF980-G65 handle 1.9v?

Quote from: MajestacaL on 12-September-10, 15:05:48
Just because it says it was tested on intel setups doesn't mean it won't work with amd systems! Which its working fine on my amd setup at auto voltage running 1600Mhz I just wanted to know what the maximum voltage this msi board was ok with?
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Just because it says it was tested on intel setups doesn't mean it won't work with amd systems!
It may work, but its not guaranteed and there is high change to fail
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I just wanted to know what the maximum voltage this msi board was ok with?
Max DRAM voltage up to 2.77V

Cant Load Win 7 64 after rebuild NF980-G65

Hi
I have just bought an NF980-G65 mob., with an AMD Phenom II X4 955 (Deneb 4c)
3.2 GHz, DDR3-1333, 2 MB L2, 6 MB. I also bought the G-skill 1600 ram, I was a bit put of when it came as it was for an Intel pro,
I have it set up with two Nvidia 7800gt G.cards. in SLI
I installed a new hard drive W.Dig. 650gb black. when I tried loading win7 64 i kept getting a blue screen with various faults on it.
It would work as far as the grey line "loading windows" and even the logo sometimes but would then crash.
The amazing thing is that i put my old hardrive back in and it booted up as 32bit win7 and loaded the drivers.
this seemed to work until i tried to install a game and it crashed again all i saw was a quick message about "memory"
needles to say i have returned the g-skill ram as that was the only thing not in the mob recommended ram.
silly boy bought it for it's latency didn't read the small print.
I am with any ram now and I'm having difficulty finding somewhere that has a stock of recommended ram i.e.
Patriot PGS34G1600LLKA, GeIL GV34GB1600C8DC, or lots of very expensive Kingston. £100 is about my limit.
Any way that said, do you think i had another problem?
the mem i bought was GSKill 4GB DDR3 Dual Channel Memory Kit (2x2GB) PC3-12800 1600MHz (7-8-7-24)
Model Number: F3-12800CL7D-4GBRM
I hope someone can help
thank you

Blue screen like that sounds like RAM, or overclocking, or overheating, I guess you are not overclocking.
I'm using memory modules "specifically designed for intel P55 chipset" (according to OCZ) on my AMD PC. The only thing is that I had to set up the timings manually. I was able to set up tighter timings because I'm running slower than rated speeds (at 1333 MHz instead of 1600 MHz), no problems whatsoever. But I'm not saying that the GSkill RAM that you bought would definitely work though, incompatibility problem is still possible. I bought my RAM at a local store, so its easy to return it if it didn't work
So, apart from incompatibility, either the timings or speeds were not correct, or you had some defective RAM modules. Need to run memtest on them to find out. Also, Phenom II normally accept maximum RAM clockspeed of 1333 MHz, if you set up the RAM to go 1600 MHz that is considered overclocking and may not be stable.
This is the favorite line in this forum: Check your power supply! A weak power supply may cause problem as well.
Also try using single card before you do SLI when installing.
Good luck!

SSD (Solid State Drive) with my NF980-G65?

I was curious if anybody else owning the NF980-G65 has a SSD Drive installed, and working good for you. I recently purchased one made by Intel http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820167035 and wanted to find out if their is any special setting in the BIOS that I'll have to make in order for the system to recognize the drive as a SSD, and not give me fits when I try to do a fresh install of windows 7 (64-bit)?
Thanks

Hello to all.
I'd like to know why AHCI mode is being suggested to use for SSD's? Please tell me why. I just don't understand. I think using Raid 0 Array would be the better choice. How does AHCI mode vary compaired to Raid 0 ? Is AHCI a better Mode? Does it give better performance then Raid 0?
I see alot of you are having problems setting up SSD's. I have read the first thing you need to do is make sure the firmware on any SSD you use should be updated.
I also see a lot of people here talking about the need to install Raid drivers. This is true with all other OS's, but I have found that after a fresh format, even on a new HD, I just installed Win 7 64 bit ultimate I went right into device manager to see what drivers are needed, & to my surprise all the drivers were already installed, including Raid driver & controller. I set up my Raid 0 Array at the F10 prompt, rebooted with OS disk with master drive after setting up boot sequence, & continued from there no problem with 2 150GB Raptor HD's in Raid 0.
I have gone as far as to use a Western Digital HD CD utility disc that has a write zero utility & used it to fast write zero's to the first 63 tracks & sectors including track 0 sector 0 where the MBR is written, & I've reformatted & reinstalled Win 7 from that point, & all the drivers still get auto installed. You can go right into device manager & see for your self. The only driver I ever need my be a sound driver update & Graphics driver. I'm not forgetting that the drivers that are auto installed are generic & may need updating, but what I'm saying is, I haven't seen any yellow question marks or exclamation points in device manager like you do with other OS's before Win 7.

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