MSI R7950 voltage locked?

Hello everyone, I recently added a R7950 Boost Edition, one with a 6+8 pin board to my system for crossfire.
I was able to set core to 1000mhz and mem to 1575 at default voltage which is 949mv for my card. However, I was trying for 1100mhz core to match my other 7950.
Using Afterburner, it allows me to change the voltage to 1100mv, but what I'm seeing is a bit weird.
In the GPU voltage graph, I'll see spikes that go up to 1100mv when I sit there and watch it while in Windows. When I test using Heaven or playing games, the voltage only goes up to 1.088 throughout the whole Heaven session even though I set the voltage to 1100mv.
Even when I leave the voltage at default 949mv, Heaven and games go up to 1.088.
I can't get the core past 1000mhz because the voltage never goes above 1.088 no matter what I set it at during games or Heaven and causes the apps to crash. However like I said above, if I set my voltage to lets say 1200mv, I'll see single spikes in Afterburner go up to 1200mv. During load, it never goes above 1.088mv.
I've tried all this in Crossfire and by using the MSI card alone, the voltage just wont budge :/
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
Afterburner 2.3.0
Windows 8 Pro
3770k @ 4.2Ghz
Z77A GD65
2x8GB Crucial Ballistix 1600mhz
MSI R7950 6+8pin (currently stuck at 1000mhz/1575 and can't adjust boost voltage above 1.088)
Sapphire 7950 with boost (can do 1100mhz/1575 with 949mv/1250mv boost)
Plextor M5s 256GB
WD Velociraptor 600GB
Thermaltake Grand 1050W Gold certified
Qnix 2560x1440 27"
Catalyst 12.11 Beta 11 + CAP 2

Quote from: flobelix on 26-January-14, 08:25:56
Don't know. Ask MSI: >>How to contact MSI.<<
There is nother vbios supporting more features than current vbios TV277MH.380 you provided. To have backup simply flash it on the bricked one. If you can boot your system with onboard/integrated gpu or you have an old spare vga for display boot with the R9 280x switched to the bricked vbios and flash the vbios with your saved one.
That's great. Do you a link to this other vbios please?

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hi guys
I purchased an MSI 280X Gaming OC GFX and would like to undervolt it
I read on forums to try this bios: techpowerup.com/vgabios/146769/msi-r9280x-3072-131009.html
which i did with ATIflash in DOS, i switched to position 2 on the small switch (switch left direction to back of case), it flashed and said successful but when i boot its just a black screen and no output
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Quote from: flobelix on 26-January-14, 08:25:56
Don't know. Ask MSI: >>How to contact MSI.<<
There is nother vbios supporting more features than current vbios TV277MH.380 you provided. To have backup simply flash it on the bricked one. If you can boot your system with onboard/integrated gpu or you have an old spare vga for display boot with the R9 280x switched to the bricked vbios and flash the vbios with your saved one.
That's great. Do you a link to this other vbios please?

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I just bought a MSI R7950 TF 3GD5/OC BE video card which is 960mhz stock speed, but I found out that this card has a too high stock voltage which displays 1.18v in GPUZ and 1.25v in afterburner. I don't think the card can last long with such a high voltage so I want to lower it.
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Quote from: tails on 07-April-13, 22:29:57
Thanks for the reply.
I've found the solution for that. I downloaded the version 3.00beta9 of afterburner and now it can change the vcore.
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I'm satisfied now.
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MSI R9 280X voltage locked!!!

Hi, I have crossfire MSI R9 280X's which I received recently. I am very disappointed that they are voltage locked, I am using the latest MSI Afterburner 3.0 beta 18. The slider for voltage is locked even though I have ticked "Unlock Voltage Control" and restarted my PC. I even tried "Force Constant Voltage" to no avail. This is very disappointing since I am using a high-end MSI card and it is voltage locked yet my old XFX HD 7850 had voltage control in MSI Afterburner......
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I have made ticket to MSI support (shortly : no voltage change supported, but iam running -84mV )
Wysłany:    2014-03-03 13:53:47 (GMT+8),MSI
Treść:    use this bios , the card also under the warranty.
Obraz:
Odpowiedz
Wysłany:    2014-02-28 16:36:37 (GMT+8),Lukasz
Treść:    Using 015.042.000.000.003435 BIOS does not affect on warranty ? Regards
Obraz:
Odpowiedz
Wysłany:    2014-02-28 08:09:43 (GMT+8),MSI
Treść:    Very good, do you have any questions,? if not, please close the this window,thank you
Obraz:
Odpowiedz
Wysłany:    2014-02-27 16:37:46 (GMT+8),Lukasz
Treść:    I have flashed BIOS to version : 015.042.000.000.003435, now I can change voltage under aftrburner. I am running -84mV , temp droped 10 degres, and RPM droped 10%.
Obraz:
Odpowiedz
Wysłany:    2014-02-27 08:16:29 (GMT+8),MSI
Treść:    TV 77MS.350 64 bios is orginal bios . TV277MH.350 is UEFI BIOS for windows 8.Can you describe clearly? and provide the image about it.
Obraz:
Odpowiedz
Wysłany:    2014-02-26 16:48:42 (GMT+8),Lukasz
Treść:    TV277MS.350 64 kb bios is not working. TV277MH.350 is working. What is the difference between them ?
Obraz:
Odpowiedz
Wysłany:    2014-02-26 08:02:07 (GMT+8),MSI
Treść:
please ues that command: ./atiflash -p 0 TV277MS.350 -f
Obraz:
Odpowiedz
Wysłany:    2014-02-25 17:23:13 (GMT+8),Lukasz
Treść:    during flashing i got error 0FL01.
Obraz:
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Wysłany:    2014-02-25 09:56:42 (GMT+8),MSI
Treść:    The first link BIOS is corresponding to your graphics card,it is only 64KB.
Obraz:
Odpowiedz
Wysłany:    2014-02-24 17:01:44 (GMT+8),Lukasz
Treść:    Hi, bios from first link is not for my card , (it has 64 kb) .
Obraz:
Odpowiedz
Wysłany:    2014-02-24 08:31:52 (GMT+8),MSI
Treść:    one of the bios version:015.041.000.000.003435 bios link:ftp://jerryuser:[email protected]/BIOS/BIOS0221/TV277MS.350
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Obraz:
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Obraz:
Odpowiedz
Wysłany:    2014-02-21 08:34:07 (GMT+8),MSI
Treść:
the bios of your card is the latest,so you need not update it
Obraz:
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Treść:    is there any bos update for my card ? what is newet avalible version ? Regards
Obraz:
Odpowiedz
Wysłany:    2014-02-20 08:27:01 (GMT+8),MSI
Treść:    sorry we do kown this setting,MSI recommend customer do not modify voltag,This may be damage the graphics card.
Obraz:
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Treść:    Hi, i have changed config file in afterburner and vcore bar is working, now I can change voltage. Did You know about this settinge ? open VEN_1002*.config in msi afterburner/profiles [Settings] CaptureDefaults=0 VDDC_IR3567B_Detection = 32h VDDC_IR3567B_Output = 0 MVDDC_IR3567B_Detection = 32h MVDDC_IR3567B_Output = 1
Obraz:
Odpowiedz
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Treść:    the max temp is 95C for this card.
Obraz:
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Wysłany:    2014-02-18 16:37:43 (GMT+8),Lukasz
Treść:    ok. so what is critical (max) temp for this card ? Regards
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Treść:    when the max temp is 85C and the fan 100%,it is normal.the bios setting it
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Treść:    Do You have any fix for this ? New bios or something ?
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Treść:    sorry, you can not change core voltage with MSI Afterburner for this card.
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Treść:
Wycena
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Wysłany:    2014-02-12 08:56:08 (GMT+8),MSI
Treść:    Dear sir/madam
Thanks for contacting MSI technical support.
Regarding your concern, We suggest you to use MSI or AMD the latest driver for a try.download the other msi afterbuner for a try,can you tell me the S/N and the bios version of the card?
Thanks for your cooperation in advance!
Best Regards,
MSI Technical Support Team

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Quote from: flobelix on 07-January-14, 07:12:08
No that doesn't help. We only need the S/N without the last four digits. Only those are individual. The rest just stands for the model, the batch and the date of manufacturing.
Hi my card voltage locked too serial without last 4 digits is 602-V277-28SB131107 card is r9-280x gaming bf4 edition and i uploded bios here http://turbobit.net/zkiohc83yw8v.html

Quote from: flobelix on 10-January-14, 23:08:01
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Thanks for all informations i asked their answer ''Hi, the new R9 280X,the afterburner does not support the voltage. I had been reflect to our company, please patience to wait for a future version of Afterburner.Thanks! ''
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R9 280x voltage locked

Ok so my first card I was able to get the core voltage past 1.2, now I had to RMA my first card since a fan blade broke . So with the new card I received I cant get past 1.2 volts for core voltage. I am using msi afterburner beta17 to OC/volt tweak. My current bios version is 015.040.000.000.003435. With my old card I was able to hit 1180/1800 with voltage tweak now I cant even get 1160/1700 stable. ASIC is 71.8% if it matters. I'm really tempted to just say F*** it and switch over to a nvidia.
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Quote from: Keisatzu on 03-December-13, 15:41:48
Its not voltage locked. I just think it's an issue with afterburner. Force constant voltage, it will work. Or use TrixX, if you dont want to force constant 3D volts.
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Hi, sorry I speak very low english,
I have a brand new system:
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Some people say to undervolt the graphics card the problem are oc graphics cards... Anyone know the solution to solve the error: DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_REMOVED
Printscreen:
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I have all extreme, max settings.
I change for test to high settings, and is the same, the graphics is good but the game crash.
I need some help because the game dont
This crash is with clock to 880 and all stock, just put on ati catalist best performance view printscreen:
This crash is with clock to 880 and all stock, just put on ati catalist best performance view printscreen:
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MSI after burner:
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I use the MSI lastest drivers.

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I just received two R9 280X GAMING cards from Newegg and am disappointed to see that they are both voltage locked out of the box (at 1.20). Both the manual and website for these cards talk about using Afterburner to adjust core voltage.
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602-V277-28SB1311071866

Quote from: SotY on 21-December-13, 21:35:50
This card is not locked. Read this thread #4729320 at Guru3D forums and reply by Unwinder (AB developer). I'm not allowed to post direct links so you would have to find it.
Are you sure you got the thread number right?
Trying to open such thread yields "No Thread specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the administrator"
NVM, found it.

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hi was wondering if anyone could help please i have ordered a msi r7950 twin frozr oc
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also am i right with that pcie 3 graphics cards are backwards compatable with 2.0 slots.
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Quote from: flobelix on 31-July-12, 00:41:26
The 7950 Twin Frozr 3GD5 uses a custom board design (besides better quality) made for more oc ability. Therefor it is able to consume more power than a reference board only having 2 x 6 Pin
The PEG Slot will allow up to 75 W power consumption while a PCIe 6-Pin will add up to 75 W. So reference board with 2 x 6 pin will be a allowed to consume 225 W power in total (75 W + 2 x 75 W)
An 8-pin PCIe will allow 150 W power consumption what allows up to 300 W in total of power consumption resulting in more headroom for oc on your card.
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Then I see that my core speed is 800Mhz it should be 880Mhz. Do I have a V2 or a V2/OC? serial:602-V277-06SB1210136267
Fabrikant grafische kaart   Powered by AMD
Grafische chipset     AMD Radeon HD 7900 Series
Apparaat-id   679A
Leveranciers-ID   1002
Subsysteem-ID   2771
Leveranciers-id subsysteem   1462
Grafische-busfunctionaliteit   PCI Express 2.0
Maximumbusinstelling   PCI Express 2.0 x16
BIOS-versie   015.020.000.000
BIOS-onderdeelnummer   113-C3861300-X01
BIOS-datum   2012/05/24
Grootte geheugen   3072 MB
Geheugentype   GDDR5
Core in MHz   800 MHz
Geheugenklok in MHz   1250 MHz
Totale geheugenbandbreedte in GB/s   240,0 GB/s
On the product sticker is only mentioned: MSI R7950 Twin Frozr 3GD5 V2
There is a sticker of Live Update on the box and below it is a marked OC..... ???

Quote from: madmecca on 30-January-13, 20:32:26
I have MSI 7950 oc/v2 mine is 880 mhz
what's s/n of your card?

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