MSI GTX 680 Lightning - No Signal/100% Fans

Hi, I recently built a computer, which contains an MSI GTX 680 Lightning. This is the first time I've built a computer so don't kill me if this has a simple solution.
The computer ran fine for a few months, then all the sudden I started getting a recurring issue where both my moniters show "No signal" and the 680's fans turn up to 100%, it stays like that and I have to reset the computer, after which it seems to run fine for a while and then it happens again unexpectedly.
The issue seems to happen more frequently when I'm playing games, but it also happens when I'm not even at the computer. Also, I haven't updated any drivers or anything recently so I don't think it would be that. This is pretty annoying, so any help would be appreciated.
~Thanks.

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I purchased a GTX 680 Lightning on Dec. 16. I've been having random PC lockups and Driver hangs/restarts. Here's what I have done so far to try and remedy the problem:
-started with MSI Afterburner version 2.2.5 BETA and Nvidia ( MSI provided ) drivers 301.42, and standard bios .
-upgraded to various newer versions of NVidia drivers, BETA and WHQL. Usually the newer drivers become even more unstable.
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-memtest run for hours on my memory, zero faults.
-furmark run for hours, no crashes
-3dmark run repeatedly with varying overclock settings in Afterburner, no crashes
The updated LN2 BIOS seems to be sllightly more stable, but I still see random crashes when running Windows media player, VLC Player, Internet Explorer. Its definately a problem between windows multimedia and the Nvidia drivers. I can play Skyrim maxxed out, for hours, yet when I first login to the computer and run IE, it sometimes locks up.
I've had the driver stop and recover while Afterburner is monitoring on-screen, and sometimes the CPU load will spike to 100% at the crash, yet sometimes it does not. GPU power voltage always sits at 0.987 or 1.212V. matching the power spec expected for the LN2 BIOS.
I've had GPU-Z cause at least 1 lockup, with the screen blanking red. Only 1.
My next step will be to try updated drivers again, now that the bios has been updated. I may also downgrade Afterburner to 2.2.5 BETA.
Does anyone have any other recommendations I can try? Can someone point me to the latest BIOS version for the card ( or can i try that hybrid BIOS now available? )
At what point do I give up and RMA the card?
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Antec True Power Quattro 1000W power supply
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I'm going on 3 days of stable performance. I made 2 changes:
1) core voltage in MSI afterburner upped to +87mV, power limit at 150%.
2) I have an ASUS P6T Deluxe motherboard, and am running the UPU-6 engine. This utility is designed to let the motherboard auto-switch from max power savings -> medium power savings -> max performance ( 100% CPU ) -> turbo mode (O/C CPU ). I had this set on Auto, and I have re-set it manually to max-performance.
I think the EPU-6 engine was the problem, I am waiting for a few more days stability to prove the theory.
EUP-6 will lower your clock speed when idling, and then bump up your performance when you start doing things. In my case I would go from playing a game ( Skyrim) to running IE, and EPU-6 would change modes DOWN. In reverse, I would be doing nothing. then run IE or media player, and EPU-6 would change modes UP. Those state changes are where I think I was getting blackscreens and lockups.
I still don't understand it exactly, I think the combination of my MB changing power/performance AND the GTX680 also changing performce creates some kind of conflict. I have had the Afterburner graph going when the driver crashed, and it shows the GPU power maxing out when the driver crashed. All other graphs bottom out ie. the whole card "hiccups".
So I will put the core voltage back to defaults, and also set the Nvidia display/performance options all back to defaults, and keep the EPUJ-6 engine stuck on max-performance, which is basically leaving the MB running at 100% stock CPU and power. I expect that will prove stable and resolve the problem.
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MSI GTX 680 Lightning OC problem

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Quote from: zbychu222 on 15-January-13, 08:20:52
this card is made for overclocking please you think im not raise gpu voltage again please dont give me that stupid (no offence) answer
if someone buy 680 lighting i think he now what he bought sorry for english
Did your post mean for me? I was replying Zhoti's post and not yours .... Zhoti said he had unstable while adding +50mv and he didn't say about adding GPU volt so I assumed that he didn't add volt and I told him to add voltage no offence OK? Also sorry for my English language (I'm not quite good enough in English).
Froggy Gremlin was right, I think you're starting hijack this thread, you may make/start your own thread if you want to.

MOVED: msi gtx 680 lightning problems

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There was a purpose of putting a locked voltage, even now on lightning. I have the old bios on my lightning and works unlocked 300% and voltage too. But you risk a degradation in time if you run the card 24/7 in games with 1.2+ voltage just for some couple mhz more. If you are oc-ing the card just for gaming it's useless, 680 it's powerful by it's nature, and 100-200mhz more in gaming = 0 performance.
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Hi, i tried too the modded LN2 BIOS and i have experienced very strange behavior:
After flashing the LN2 BIOS with this one (80.04.47.00.42) and rebooting - the PC did not start, there was no signal to the monitor (the two DVI ports were not working), only through the HDMI (connected with a TV) i saw that the motherboard was reporting some kind of an error and was asking to make a choice - F11, F12 ... but whatever i was choosing there was no reaction. The keyboard was operational, it seemed that the motherboard BIOS was freezed. I tried hard restart -> same situation. Then i changed to the default bios (80.04.47.00.18) and the PC booted and seemed to work normal. Ok, i tried once again the modded bios (80.04.47.00.42) -> the same behavior (BIOS crash). Somehow (i do not know exactly how) i succeeded to boot Windows with 80.04.47.00.42 and everything seems fine. But when i play games for a long time (for an hour for example) suddenly the game freezes and the cpu usage raises near 100%, the whole PC hangs and only hard restart fixes the problem. The problem repeats randomly with and without GPU overclock.
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Quote from: Svet on 13-February-13, 10:31:43
list full system specifications, read >>Posting Guide<<
does the same hapends in other games?
what vga drivers you use?
Hey thanks for replying! Sorry I will post my system info below.
I just updated my drivers to 313.96 from 310.70. With the 310.70 driver I was experiencing the MSAA issue(above post) but also with the I was getting a full game crash after 20-30 mins of game play. The 313.96 resolved the crash but not the MSAA issue.
System
Board- ASUS|P8Z77-V PRO Z77
VGA- MSI 680GTX LIGHTNING
PSU -CORSAIR | AX1200I 1200W RT
CPU- INTEL|CORE I7 3770K 3.5G 8M R
MEM- 4Gx4|CORSAIR CMZ16GX3M4X1600C9
SSD -240G|INTEL SSDSC2CT240A3K5 R
HDD- 1 TB WD Black Caviar
COOLER- WATER COOLER CORSAIR| CWCH100 R
OS- WIN7 64BIT
CASE- CORSAIR OBSIDIAN 650D
Opt Drv- ASUS...
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I see.
You can either find replacement fans online, or buy aftermarket cooler for GPU. Or as last solution: find a broken card that will cost not much, but it and replace heatsink with fans.
Or ask MSI, maybe they can redirect you to some store with fans:
>>How to contact MSI.<<
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Quote from: zbychu222 on 15-January-13, 08:20:52
this card is made for overclocking please you think im not raise gpu voltage again please dont give me that stupid (no offence) answer
if someone buy 680 lighting i think he now what he bought sorry for english
Did your post mean for me? I was replying Zhoti's post and not yours .... Zhoti said he had unstable while adding +50mv and he didn't say about adding GPU volt so I assumed that he didn't add volt and I told him to add voltage no offence OK? Also sorry for my English language (I'm not quite good enough in English).
Froggy Gremlin was right, I think you're starting hijack this thread, you may make/start your own thread if you want to.

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Quote from: xmad on 01-October-12, 08:19:48
What does gpuz say? (Can you post a screen shot)
Have you installed Afterburner? Is it throttling or anything when using kombuster?
Can you upload a copy of your vbios somewhere for svet to take a look?
<<<NVFLASH>>>
with syntax from cmd:
nvflash -b myrom.rom [ENTER]
then upload myrom.rom somewhere and give a link to it
Are you using the newest applicable bios for your mobo? (Since the booting is an issue this may be easy)
**EDIT: I have been having issue with LUCID MVP since I installed my 680 (not lightning though) I am not sure if that mobo is equiped, might want to try uninstalling if it is and see if it is better.
Hello Xmad,
I updated my BIOS today with the latest file from XFX. Good news: the processor speed is now OK, though SM2 and SM3 in 3dMark are still bad:
Overall score: 11715 (target 19200, but it was not above 8000 before the BIOS update)
SM2 score: 3791 (target 7300)
SM3 score: 5530 (target 10000)
CPU score: 4836 (target 4700) -> great!
I tried to use NVFlash, but it does not run in Win 7 64bits - do you have a version for 64 bits?
Apparently the graphic card works well with Kombustor benchmarkings:
[img=http://s6.postimage.org/6fpb88del/Kombustor_P1599.jpg]
Any suggestion of a next step?

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The problem seems to be getting worse. Now, while doing anything on my PC, the system freezes briefly, the screen rapidly goes black, then turns back on and system unfreezes. This happens 3-5 times in a cycle then stops. The cycle repeats every few minutes and happened twice while typing this post.
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Hi guys..first sorry for my bad english..
I buy today MSI GTX 680 and I have problem with automatic fan speed...i had GTX 570 TF and that was working perfect but with GTX 680 I have weird problem, when GPU temperature goes up, fan RPM speed goes down
Screenshot:
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Fans or other spare parts aren't sold separately. If your vga is still covered by warranty contact MSI if seller refuses rma: >>How to contact MSI.<<
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Quote from: JohnZS on 29-December-11, 21:02:31
Sorry I must admit I must have not made myself quite clear, it is both fans on the GPU which rev up to very fast speeds for a second or two. I have noticed that this only happens within the first say 10-20minutes of the PC being switched on, it then calms down and acts as normal after a while.
Even loading with Kombuster etc fans rev as expected to a speed to cool the card (~68C FULL LOADING in KOMBUSTER) I am pretty happy that this temperature is what I should be expecting as various reviews say this card is very cool compared to say a Generic 580. I also recall a post of your's Svet somewhere saying that the card loads from 65-70 depending on operation and cooling of case etc.
I shall have to take the side off and inspect the LEDs.
John
Quote from: JohnZS on 29-December-11, 21:02:31
Sorry I must admit I must have not made myself quite clear, it is both fans on the GPU which rev up to very fast speeds for a second or two.
Yes, i confused your case with this one: https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=155293.0
Where one of the FANs was behavior different than another one, so in my last reply in your topic i was assuming that this was your issue

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