MSI 290x lightning crossfire

Hey guys I currently have 1 MSI 290x Lightning. A friend of mine just sold me his ASUS Rog Swift 27" 2560x1440 144hz monitor so I want to purchase another 290x lightning, will my EVGA Supernova 1000 G2 PSU be enough??

Quote from: flobelix on 04-January-15, 01:51:31
First of all please don't open multiple topics on the same issue. The one in Gaming (as you don't have a Gaming series vga) has been removed.
A system with a single reference design R9-290X requires 33A and a 600W psu. For a Lightning make it 40A and a 600W. Any further Lightning will add 20A more. This makes minimum requirements of around 60A and a 750W psu. Your EVGA psu offers 83A and 1000W and should therefor be way enough.
Understood

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MSI 290x Lightning throttling (Power limit issue?) HELP ME OUT MSI

Ok so ive recently got a 290x Lightning and put a block on it to do some benchmarking. And it appears to be throttling when going beyond +300mV... I make sure to max power limit every time, i have uninstalled CCC incase there are any conflcits, i have tried the original bios, i have tried 13.12 WHQL and the latest WHQL, i have tried with and without powerplay, with and without unofficial overclocking , with and without forcing constant voltage. And i honestly dont know what to do anymore.
This was done with UOC and powerplay disabled so clocks are static, until they throttle apparently. If i stay under +300mV its working just fine and my graphics score on 3dmark Firestrike make sense, the FPS does aswell.
It does this in everything not only in Firestrike.
I used this at the end of MSIAB target to get +400mV. "/wi6,32,8d,40".
I hope you've got some answers MSI!

Quote from: Rangerjr1 on 28-April-14, 19:16:17
There's bound to be a MSI Rep or something on here though.
No. This is a Users-to-Users Forum: >>How to contact MSI.<<

FAN issue on Msi 290x Lightning

I have the well known fan issue on my MSI 290x Lighting, so im currently using 13.12 instead of 14.4 catalyst drivers.
Should i update to UEFI bios on my card?
S/N 602-V307-04SB1403019397 (The live update 5 tool says current Bios TV307MS.101)
-My Mobo is not UEFI enabled.
Systems Specs
intel core i7 970
Asus Rampage 3 Black edition (latest BIOS)
12 GB Ram
Ocz Revox2
Windows 8.1 upd 1 (latest)

Update vbios to the latest GOP version: https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=179761.msg1295014#msg1295014

Msi 290x lightning warranty after thermal paste change

hello
i have a MSI lightning 290x and recently changed the Thermal paste..is my card still in warranty?
i'm asking because of the sticker in one of the 4 screw.
Thank you in advance
ps i live in EU

Quote from: badboy2k on 11-May-15, 18:32:12
as long as you where careful and did not Physically damage the card your warranty will be fine (the sticker is mainly there to deter people from just taking the cooler off and damaging the card who have no idea what they are doing) but if you want official confirmation contact MSI >>How to contact MSI.<<
ok
thanks for the link

UEFI Vbios Request: MSI 290x Lightning

I am having the 0% fan problem and I read that I require a vbios update.
Bios File: drive.google.com /file/d/0BxcYJ_vRgohQU28zUnNBcTYwZVk/edit?usp=sharing
Serial Number: 602-V307-04SB1402054110
Sorry for the link, it kept saying that I was not allowed to post links.
Thank you.

Use the attached.
TV307MH.101 is normal vbios, TV307MH.111 is LN2
Create a bootable usb stick (https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=165175.0).
Then unpack the previously provided archive (307_04s.rar) and put the included file (TV307MH.101 or TV307MH.111) on that stick.
Rename TV307MH.101 / TV307MH.111 to 101.rom / 111.rom. Put the atiflash.exe also included in the archive on the USB stick too. Now boot from the stick.
Type atiflash -p -f -noaper 0 101.rom (or TV303MH.111) [ENTER] and let it flash the vbios.

MOVED: msi 290x lightning warranty after thermal paste change

This topic has been moved to Graphics Cards.
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=255588.0

Quote from: badboy2k on 11-May-15, 18:32:12
as long as you where careful and did not Physically damage the card your warranty will be fine (the sticker is mainly there to deter people from just taking the cooler off and damaging the card who have no idea what they are doing) but if you want official confirmation contact MSI >>How to contact MSI.<<
ok
thanks for the link

Request: vBios for MSi 290X Lightning

Greetings from Greece.
S/N: 602-V307-04SB1403020417
Thank you very much.

Use the attached.
TV307MH.101 is normal vbios, TV307MH.111 is LN2
Create a bootable usb stick (https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=165175.0).
Then unpack the previously provided archive (307_04s.rar) and put the included file (TV307MH.101 or TV307MH.111) on that stick.
Rename TV307MH.101 / TV307MH.111 to 101.rom / 111.rom. Put the atiflash.exe also included in the archive on the USB stick too. Now boot from the stick.
Type atiflash -p -f -noaper 0 101.rom (or 111.rom) [ENTER] and let it flash the vbios.
On a sidenote: Never flash any random vbios versions offered at techpowerup.

[Request] Bios Update for MSI 290x Lightning (Fan Issue)

Hey there,
i'm forced to use 14.4 Catalyst now and having Fan Issues since then.
So here is my S/N:
S/N: 602 - V307 - 04SB1402053468
A short instruction on how to Flash correctly would be awesome

Use the attached UEFI vbios versions to fix the fan issue.
TV307MH.101 is normal vbios, TV307MH.111 is LN2
Create a bootable usb stick (https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=165175.0).
Then unpack the previously provided archive (307_04s.rar) and put the included file (TV307MH.101 or TV307MH.111) on that stick.
Rename TV307MH.101 / TV307MH.111 to 101.rom / 111.rom. Put the atiflash.exe also included in the archive on the USB stick too. Now boot from the stick.
Type atiflash -p -f -noaper 0 101.rom (or 111.rom) [ENTER] and let it flash the vbios.

MSI R9 290X Lightning & PCIe 2.0 Compatibility issues?

A week ago I purchased the 290X Lightning from Amazon (Sadly, their logistics service was horrendous and is another reason why I returned both), Instantaneously I had issues. I thought the card must have been faulty as I have a 700W Cooler Master rated PSU which could easily handle the load I would have thought... (Correct me if I'm wrong here. I did try both cards with 8+8+6 and just 8+8 Pins), so I returned it for a replacement.
Sadly, the second card also had these issues of constant rebooting or freezing/stalling on light loads or heavy loads (more frequently lighter loads oddly enough?) e.g. Using VLC or Web Browsing.
It occurred to me today that the 290X has a different method of power delivery and uses the PCI express bus slot for power too, is there any reason to speculate that my Motherboard (ASUS M4A78LT-M) with Generation 2.0 PCIe x16 slots have compatibility issues with the 290X lightnings power delivery?
I would love to try and get a working 290X lightning but I cannot waste my time and money constantly sending them back...
For reference:
My Current System:
Operating System: Windows 8.1 with Update 1 Pro N 64 Bit
CPU - AMD Phenom II X4 965
MOBO - ASUS M4A78LT-M
RAM - 2x4GB Kingston Hyper-X Blu
GPU - Sapphire HD 6850 1GB (Before MSI 290X Lightning(s))
SSD - SanDisk 128GB
HDD1/2 - 2TB WD Green / 320GB Samsung
Monitor(s) - 29" LG 29UB65 & 23" LG (Forgotten Model) Monitor
Case - Corsair 750D
PSU - Cooler Master Silent Pro M, 700 Watt, 80+ (Bronze) - NOTE: Yes the CM PSU does have two separate 8 pin PCI connectors (Each cable has 6+2 and 6 pin connectors)

Sounds like your PSU!
I myself am running an 850 Watt PSU, and with the beast of a card the Lightning is, 700 May truly not be enough.
PCI-E Gen 3.0 cards are backwards compatible with Gen 2.0, so that is not the issue. Up until last week I was running the Lightning on an Asus Saber-tooth 990 FX R2.0 board which is Gen 2.0 and had no issues. But my UPS battery alarm would go crazy when I fired up a game. This never happened when i had even 2 x GTX 780 cards in SLI, so this card alone is still pulling more juice than my system ever had (even with SLI 780's). So I would really suspect your PSU is the culprit here.
What drivers are you running? I had Bluescreen with the latest 14.6 betas and eyefinity......
(And why don't you like Amazon's logistics, I find amazon the be one of the BEST on-line e-tailors I have ever used)

290x lightning OC'd pretty good on air :)

Just got the nerves to OC my MSI 290x lightning on air with my new MSI z97 Mpower max ac board and I'm loving it I was able to hit 1225 core/1550 memory running Fire Strike with max temp of 71c. I had no artifacts and it ran fine. I'm sure I could have went further but was nervous too hahahha. I have included pics and a link to my 3dmark run thanks for looking
http://www.3dmark.com/fs/3822263

Well the last post pics did not show up sorry here they are:

MSI R9 290X Lightning hardfreezing randomly

Hello again everyone
As I've said in my first post requesting the new VBIOS that fixes the fan issues, I have recently gotten an MSI R9 290X Lightning.
I have had these problems since day 1, but I figured the new BIOS might help so I didn't mention them in my first post.
The problem is, after the installation of the card (i have not done any other hardware upgrades recently, the last upgrade i did was a year and a half ago with upgrading my PSU.) it started hardfreezing. I could only reboot the computer once it hardfroze, I could not move my mouse or do anything else. From what I have read from the one post that has pretty much exactly my symptoms ( www[dot]superuser[dot]com/questions/781673/random-hard-freezes-started-happening-after-installing-a-new-graphics-card ) is that apparently it is an incompatibility with the 700 and 800 series AMD chipsets. I would like some more confirmation though, as I have not found other sources saying that. It is still a relatively new card so the chances of someone using it on a not-so-recent mobo aren't big, so maybe that's why. Anyway, here are my specs:
CPU: AMD Phenom II X6 1050t @ 3.5 OR recently @ 2.8 (default) GHz
Mobo: ASRock 890GX Extreme 3
Memory: Kingston 4GB (x4) KHX1600C9D3/4GX
GPU: MSI R9 290X Lightning
HDD: WD Green 1TB
OS: Windows 7 64bit
PSU: Thermaltake SMART M850W
This PC NEVER hardfroze before, and the only recent upgrade is the GPU. I have also done some other attempts:
1) Switched from Normal to LN2. No change.
2) Changed drivers. No change.
3) Changed bios AND drivers (since fans work then). No change.
4) Made sure the card is not overheating (it never crashes while playing a graphically intensive game anyway, it's ALWAYS on the desktop and/or in not so demanding games)
5) According to that post, I tried overclocking (and overvolting) it, while in both Original and LN2 with the additional 6 pin plugged in. While it did last a long time, it just crashed 5 minutes into booting windows earlier, so I can't say for sure. It is somewhat random when it crashes.
6) Used a system restore point to see if it might have been a software change. No change either.
One miscelaneous note: While it was on Original bios, it ALWAYS froze when launching Afterburner. I can confirm this as it froze 4 times exactly when Afterburner was started.
This is just about the most peculiar PC issue I've ever had so I really have no idea what else to do. I also ran a memory test, everything checked out fine.
Also, as I have said. It ALWAYS crashes on light load, no load (desktop) or when firing up Afterburner on Original bios. I ran a burn test 8 hours yesterday, and it did not crash. Then, 2 minutes after the test, it crashed while I was watching youtube. I can't seem to pinpoint the cause because, as I said, sometimes it crashes 10 minutes after the reboot (I am having to type this twice because of that...) or it can crash a day after reboot.
So, start with the suggestions guys!

Are all three power connectors of the Lightning connected?

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 R9 290x lightning

MSI gotta hand it to yea, the 290x lightning is by far the best 290x there is, loving the hell out of it. Idle temps 38 max temps 68 on stock clocks 1080/1250.Right now running stable 1200/1500 on air, idle temps 38-40 and max temps in BF4 after hours of playin 72c hahahhaha. Nice job!!!!

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Normal UEFI implementations have always a fallback option to CSM to boot in legacy Mode!
A card with a (hybrid) GOP vbios doesn't boot if used on an UEFI mainboard that is not GOP compliant. Therefor socket 1155 and 2011 boards without a current GOP compliant bios are stuck with a black screen if used with a card using a GOP vbios. While it the card can work in legacy mode that is only without issues in a board with a pure legacy bios. If the UEFI board is GOP compliant legacy and UEFI booting works.
Therefor the card coming with a legacy vbios prevents rmas because of such issues. Who wants UEFI booting can request a GOP vbios. As the card already has two vbios versions (normal/LN2) there is no way for another chip.
If you want to complain further contact MSI about it: >>How to contact MSI.<<

MSI 290X Can't use Displayport and HMDI at the same time

Howdy:
I have two monitors running Win 7. 1. ASUS Black 24" 2ms HDMI LED monitor connected to the HDMI of my MSI R9 290X Lightning and a Dell VGA connected via Cable Matters DisplayPort to VGA adapter. Both monitors go black if I try to connect both. When I boot with both I get the splash screen but then nothing afterward. I can boot with either of the above connected separately to their respective plugs but not both.
Is there something I'm missing? I've cleaned out all of the shadowed displays in the device manager leaving only the highlighted PnP Monitor which has always been there.
Both monitors worked just fine via the HDMI and VGA to DVI-I adapter on a Gigbyte HD 7870. But since the 290x only has HDMI, DVI-D and DispayPort I am left with using the Output display for the Dell VGA monitor.
Any ideas how I can get my system to run the Dell VGA to DisplayPort?
Dell VGA to DisplayPort adapter to displayport works if only this is connected.
ASUS HDMI works if only this is connected.
Both go black if either of the above is then connected as the 2nd monitor.
Currently using AMD 14.12 Omega drivers
Thanks
Chops
Intel Core i7-3930K Sandy Bridge-E 3.2GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) LGA 2011 Six-Core
MSI R9 290X LIGHTNING 4GB 512-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0
ASRock X79 Extreme6 LGA 2011 Intel X79 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0
COOLER MASTER HAF X Black Steel/ Plastic ATX w/tons of cooling
CORSAIR Hydro Series H100
ASUS Black 24" 2ms HDMI LED
DELL VGA
G.SKILL Ripjaws Z Series 16GB (4 x 4GB)
CORSAIR HX Series 750W SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Modular PSU
Logitech G510s Keyboard
Logitech G13 gamepad
Logitech G600 Laser Mouse
Logitech Z623 200w 2.1 Speakers

Hi JL, thanks for your reply
Yes, when I unplug any of the cables the connected monitor comes on. I did boot with the HDMI connected, in CCC I then plugged in the VGA to Displayport (DP) monitor. The DP Monitor icon appears but is said to be disabled. It remains disabled after clicking "detect"
In the device manager, both Generic PnP Monitor properties report "This device is working properly". When I unplug the DP monitor, the icon greys out.
I tried "extend" and "duplicate" but then the HDMI goes black and with the DP VGA remaining black. Unplugging and replugging either does not bring either monitor back. I have to reboot to get the HDMI to work again.
If I choose "Eyefinitety" then both monitors will work, but as the DP VGA default monitor. This causes the Larger ASUS monitor to default to a much lower res. I can not make the HDMI monitor the default as this point.
Only twice I've been able to get the DP monitor to work with the HDMI monitor via waiting 10 sec or so after booting to Windows then plugging the DP monitor in. Everything worked perfectly. Went I booted up the next day the DP monitor didn;t come on. That was 4 days ago and I haven't been able to get the displayport monitor to work since.

Tri-Fire 290X Lightning PSU power

Hi Guys,
I'm new to this Forum over here at MSI, and I'm wondering if any1 could help me with my need
I need to know how much power three 290X Lightnings would consume and what monster of a PSU I'm gonna need for it,...
I already ordered the third GPU with another waterbock.
The deal is this, when I'm benching my system power draw is 1070W (measured @ wall), so there is absolute NO headroom for a third GPU with this PSU -.-
Now i need to know how much power a third OC'd lightning would need, because I don't want to buy a 1500W PSU if a 1350W would also be fine,... (Quad-fire will never happen )
Has anyone experience with three Lightnings and their power consumption?
My current setup:
i7- 3930K @ 4,5Ghz @ 1,29V
2x 8 GB Corsair Dominator Plats 1866 @ 2000 MHz
2x 290X Lightning CF @ 1150/1650 -24/7 stable
ASUS Rampage IV Extreme
3xSSD
1xHDD
Corsiar HX1050 PSU
Cooling:
1x Aquacompuer aquaduct 360XT with 3x120mm fans @1200RPM
1x MO-RA 1280 Rad with 9x140mm fans @800 RPM
1x EKWB CPU Block
2x EKWB Lightning Block
1x EKWB 3-Way GPU Bridge
Many thanks in advance
e4gle

A system with a single reference design R9-290X requires 33A and a 600W psu. For a Lightning make it 40A and a 600W. Any further Lightning will add 20A more. A psu for triple Crossfire with 290X Lightnings should therefor offer 80A and 1000W minimum. The Corsiar HX1050 is therefor on the edge of it's possibilities but should work if no excessive oc is planned.

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