NF980-G65 SLI Issues

I'll try to explain this issue the best that I can. Recently, I've been having an issue where when SLI is enabled, if the computer wakes from sleep then any/all games crash immediately. The screen flickers, flashes, and an error message comes up. However, when I go into the Nvidia control panel and disable SLI, apply, and then reenable SLI, the issue is fixed. Games run fine after that process.
Why would it be doing this from sleep? I deleted and reinstalled all drivers, have tried two driver versions, etc. and I am still having this issue. Onboard VGA is disabled in the BIOS.
Help.
EDIT: Oh yeah, here is the error message:
DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_REMOVED:
static_cast,<ITexture2D*>(mpManaged[getSLIFlag()])- >Map(level,D3D1
0_MAP_READ_WRITE,0,&map)
I have also reinstalled Win7pro 4 times, with and without mobo drivers and it does the same thing.
Rig:
NF980-G65
4GB G-Skill 1600 Ram
2x EVGA GTX 260 c216
2x500gb HD
AMD 955 BE
Corsair 850w SLI

Try XP or Vista, see if problem exist there too

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[split] nf980-g65 SLI problem: severe image corruption

I have this same issue in multiple games, the latest to show this issue was Dead Space 2 and Mass Effect 2
I have updated my drivers and even tested the vid card beta drivers. EVGA offers an SLI enhancement download that I have
attempted to use with no luck. I have not been able to find any thing that would fix this, I have even had
both of my cards RMA'd in an attempt to fix this issue. If there is anymore info you may need please let me know
but I want this issue repaired, the cards may not be the most expensive but to me 2 of them cost alot of money
and it is a waste to have them both in there without being able to use them properly.
Vid driver 270.61
bios 1.4

I do this as an amateur project, not as a business and do not have a business name or license, it is a enthusiastic hobby. either way if your going to post link to dead posts (your link went to a 404 error page) i can see where you are going, i am looking for help but only getting people making accusations and assumptions, I will deal with the techs directly instead of posting on the forums where it is normally a place for help but not in this case, I was just hoping that some of the actual techs roamed these in some situations trying to help but i can see i was sadly mistaken.
I apologize for the remarks Bas i know your trying to help but i need help and weather i am working on this for myself or for someone i built a system for this isnt my first time around. i have covered heat issues card issues power supply issues case issues and software, i have reinstalled win764 bit ult and it doesnt matter what game this is attempted on it is always an issue. disable sli and the game plays fine no matter what game. Deadspace 2, Dragons age origins, Mafia II, Mass Effect 2 Batman Arkham Asylum, Borderlands, Dungeons and Dragons Online. all have been tested pre reinstall and post all with the same issue. as i start playing the outer edges of the screen turn blueish and within a minute the game becomes unplayable due to the image coloration. I have not set the overclocking switches on this motherboard nor have i turned up any of the fsb settings, it is bone stock. I am tempted to believe that it is an issue on these boards but i would like to have someone with some working knowledge on this particular board that can help me with some of the settings or what the cause to this issue may be. thank you and sorry again just getting tired of accusations and no help

Nf980-g65 SLI problem: severe image corruption

Recently built new system using 2 known good 8800GT video cards from previous setup (tested in other systems, in sli mode, they work fine)
amd phenom2 965
8gb ram
all drivers/bios up to date
System works fine with SLI disabled. Enabling SLI leads to severe problems, and has since was built in early january.
At first it was just a blue outline or shadow to everything.
Now the enture image is severely corrupted (black, flickering, image with pixel lines missing, etc).
Disable SLI again, and everything works fine.
Obviously I want to utilize SLI, as I bought this motherboard specifically so I could continue to utilize my existing (and future) nvidia SLI cards rather than have to replace them as well.
Reading around the net and testing of the cards leads me to suspect it is the SLI controller itself on the motherboard that is bad.

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NF980-G65 Sli problem

During games..Like assassin creed II and FSX..My screen will start to jump and flicker some..With FSX its gets to the point its none stop..With Assassin Creed II..It will do it every now and again..But during windows,movies,internet..its fine..and even when I play Sims 3..It doesn't do that..I have reinstalled the video drivers..checked if its heat..Have tryed single card..Anyone have any clues..cause its got me stumped..and the video cards are GTX 250

Let MSI know about the bad bridges, there have been others recently with the same complaint and it seems they need to investigate the problem and if they don't know there's a problem then it won't get fixed.
>> Contact MSI <<

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

SLI compatiblity issues with NF980-G65

Hi, I consider myself average for tech knowledge. Just enough to get myself into trouble.
I currently have a NF980-G65. I just upgraded to a second GTX 470 from nVidia for SLI. However when I run any application that is SLI compatible the bottom half of the screen shakes and wobbles. This happens even if I swap GPU positions on the board, so I know its not the GPU itself, and only happens when SLI is enabled. I contacted nVidia, we troubleshot for a while, but they concluded it was the BIOS. I tried finding an updated BIOS on the site, but it seems the latest version isn't compatible with Windows 7 64bit.
At this point I'm at a loss as to what to do to fix this.

Quote from: UnseenGuardian on 03-August-10, 03:31:05
I am having very similar problems, same mobo as you but different cards. I noticed this right away after building the rig and playing Starcraft 2, bottom half of screen glitches and flashes. Cards are both good. I have narrowed it down as well to something in the SLI bridge (or the way the PCI bus is used with the bridges connected), because once removed the problem goes away.
Now I have done benchmarking in Heaven Benchmark 2.0, and have found about a 3-5% drop in frame rates with the SLI Bridge REMOVED. This is not very significant, so at worse case scenario you could try leaving the bridge off and benchmarking to see if you get similar results.
I would obviously prefer to have a bridge for the extra boost in performance but with the glitches I would rather have them gone.
I would like to try this to see if I can have the best SLI performance and no glitching, mrinfinit3, could you help a guy out with a link to how you got your asus SLI bridge? I am concerned that if I buy a 'hard bridge' it won't fit as all mobo manufacturers seem to have slightly different distances between slots.
I'm sorry it took so long to reply to ya bud... ya here's the link http://estore.asus.com/shop/item.asp?itemid=229
I'm using 2 of them (one on each finger) you'll notice rite away that they fit better (more resistance when sliding the on)
I personally got mine from misc. asus builds Ive done for customers here in @ the shop. I have an asus hard bridge but it's slightly too long for the 16x-16x slots.. but since this issue has happened..
I'm getting a rather large collection of MSI bridges now. lol

NF980-G65 Quad SLI???

Hello all. I've searched all over the forums for this topic and couldn't find anything relevant, so I appologize if this topic has already been covered.
The long and short of it:
I had purchased this board as a replacement for a failing ASRock AM2+/AM3 Nvidia based mb. I had originally had 2 identical PNY 9800 gx2's working fine on my Asrock board, but since attempting to run them in quad sli on the MSI board, i've had nothing but problems. Those problems being, Windows 7 boots up, gets to logon screen, and freezes up, forcing a hard shutdown. I've also had to do several windows repairs, and sadly...I've lost my D drive... (a 500gb hdd I had been using for storage)
I've run the Safe Mode/Normal mode gambit: Disabled all services, then bring them up one at a time. Win7 seems to hang, once I enable either the Nvidia drivers, or Aero effects/themes...essentially anything graphical.
I've uninstalled/reinstalled the nvidia drivers, (196.60? NOT the 196.75, as this has been removed from Nvidia's site due to the overheat issue) reset the bios and nothing seems to work.
The question:
I've read in several places that this board is supposed to be Quad SLI compatible (requiring a space between both pci-e x16 slots) but from my experience, I'm starting to wonder if thats true.
What am I doing wrong???
My specs:
MSI NF980-G65
AMD Phenom II X4 955 (stock, not O'Ced)
Zalman 9900 cpu cooler
Antec 900 Case
4X 1Gb Kingston Hyper X DDR3 1600
Rosewill BRONZE series RBR1000-M 1000W Continuous@40°C
2x PNY 9800 GX2
1x WD Green 750 gb HDD @ 7200 rpm
1x LG Blu Ray drive
1x Pioneer DVD-RW drive
1x Samsung 24" LCD

Quote from: Svet on 24-March-10, 11:05:39
Have you checked those BIOS options?
* Check BIOS option[Chipset Feature] "On-Chip VGA": Enable/Disable
* Check BIOS option[Chipset Feature] "Hybrid SLI Support": Enable/Disable
There is an option to enable/disable these in Bios, but I'm not sure what setting they're supposed to be at.
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Have you attached the SLI bridge between them?
Have you connected power cables to each VGA's?
Yes the SLI bridge is connected, as well as both 6-pin and 8-pin connectors. I also verify they are receiveing power, because both of the card's pin connectors (not sure if thats what they're called) are lit up green, and not yellow or red.
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That means that you can't install VGA drivers or can't enable the SLI once they are installed?
Exactly. Everytime I do so, even after changing the memory timings from 1333 to 1066 it still crashes.
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Go and install those:{depend of your OS}
Forceware 197.25 Windows 7 | Vista (32-bit):
http://downloads.guru3d.com/Forceware-197.25-Windows-7-|-Vista-%2832-bit%29-download-2503.html
Forceware 197.25 Windows 7 | Vista (64-bit):
http://downloads.guru3d.com/Forceware-197.25-Windows-7-|-Vista-%2864-bit%29-download-2502.html
I'll have to try these when I get home later on tonight. Thanks for the help!!! Also, sorry for the annoying blue box around the reply. I kinda have no idea how to quote, without getting that stupid box

MSI NF980-65 SLI performance issues

Hello,
I have performance issues with the MSI NF980-65 with AMD Phenom II x6 in SLI and QUAD SLI mode.
I have a pair of Geforce 9800 GX2 and Geforce GTX 295. I install the Geforce 9800 GX2, install Nvidia drivers 258.6 for windows vista 32-bit. Restart, run 3dmark and I get a score.
I shut down, install the second Geforce 9800 GX2. Windows Vista installs drivers. I restart. Nvidia control center notifies me that the cards can run better in SLI. I click and follow instructions to enable quad SLI. I run 3dmark 2006 1.0.2. I do not see any performance gain.
I uninstall all both cards. Repeat the same procedure for the Geforce GTX 295. Again. No performance gain. The 295 is not much better than the 9800.
What am I doing wrong? Do these cards suck?
What is worse is that the performance gain of SLI is marginal as opposed to the cost.
Compare the cost of one Geforce 9800 GX2 or Geforce GTX 295 vs Quad SLI of both cards.
This performance is just not worth the cost.
Geforce 9600 GSO (Nvidia Vista drivers 258.96 32bit) ( X4 965 )
Geforce 9800 GX2 (Nvidia Vista drivers 258.96 32bit) ( X4 965 )
Geforce 9800 GX2 Quad Sli (Nvidia Vista drivers 258.96 32bit) ( X6 1090T / MSI NF980-65)
Geforce GTX 295 Quad Sli (Nvidia Vista drivers 258.96 32bit) ( X6 1090T / MSI NF980-65)
When it comes to Computer digital content creation, I cannot believe that the 9800 GX2 performs the same as the GTX 295. Both render a preset picture in about the same amount of time. (Rendering the same picture with 826 objects, 13,932 polygons, 2 light sources, anti-aliasing for objects & textures, 1600x1200:
X6 1090T / MSI NF980-65
Geforce 9600 GSO - 9 mins
Geforce 9800 gx2 - 9 mins
Geforce GTX 295 - 9 mins
This baffles me because I do not know what is the need for SLI or quad SLI? Why buy the latest and greatest if the performance is marginal?
Does any one have similar performance issues with the same or similar hardware?
AMD Phenom II x6 1090T 3.2Ghz
MSI NF980-G65
Corsair Gaming series 2x2GB 4GB total - 1333Mhz
Western Digital Green 1tB, 1tB, 1.5tB, 2tB, 2tB (4 Hard disks)
PSU OCZ GameXStream 850W +3.3V@30A, +5V@30A, +12V1@20A, +12V2@20A, +12V3@20A, +12V4@20A, -12V@1A, [email protected]
Geforce GTX 295 x 2 (quad sli) Nvidia Vista drivers 258.96 32bit
Windows Vista Ultimate SP2 32-Bit
Windows Performance Index : 5.9

OK.....
#1: The 9800GX2's should NOT be using the 256.xx+ series drivers... stick with 197.xx or less for better performance...(I like the 191.xx series for benching)
#2: SLI performance is based on resolution....if not CPU limited....
#3: 3dMark 06' is CPU biased and you will not notice a diff. w/ SLI enabled unless you increase cpu speed. Vantage is a bit better and is more geared toward the GPU. Use benchmarks by Ungine
or "built-in" game demo/benchmarks.
#4: Chambus...remove the middle slot GPU... it lowers the performance of the SLI'd gpu's...remember only the top and bottom pci-e slots are 16x, but only if there is nothing installed in the center slot, at which case only the top gpu will run at 16x all others perform at 8x. Another thing to keep in mind..... the more GPU's installed the higher the CPU will have to be clocked...Over at nvidia we usually recommend a range of 3.4-3.6Ghz (quad-thread)CPU clock speed for 2-way SLI of the 9800 series- 200 series GPUs...at a minimum. The scale shows us to add ~250mhz per GPU after that (even if the GPU is just used for dedicated physX). Of course with the new FERMI GPUs that scale increases significantly. This is called the "bottle-neck" effect and seems to occur more so with nvidia GPUs than ATI/AMD GPUs of the same caliber.
Go into the NVCP (Nvidia Control Panel) and enable the "SLI Indicator" run a game benchmark of your choice and keep an eye on the indicator. If the indicator frequently drops below 50%...you have a CPU bottle-neck.. if it stays @ the 70%+ at all times than you are GPU limited (which is were you want to be).
View This Link to learn more about "proper" SLI

Does HYBRID SLI works in WINDOWS 7 in NF980-G65?

Hello everyone
I have recently installed win 7 on my nf980-g65. According to my information and mobos paper an icon that shows HYBRID POWER and GEFORCE BOOST must come in taskbar.I have 9800gt and it is compatible with HYBRID POWER. Does anyone have done it yet?
Thanks

Thanks Mugen G
But in bios there is a HYBRID SLI option that we can choose it also in the help of mobo there is a description about that.So it must work.
It is a great ability specially when you want reduce the noise of your computer.Main source of noise that you cant do much about them are vga cards.By this ability you can turn it off completely for simple works like internet surfing or office programs and use onboard graphic .

GTS250s in SLI on NF980-G65 mobo

I have installed two GTS250s on a NF980-G65 mobo. One is in PCI-e slot 1 (closest to CPU) and the other is in PCI-e slot three. I'm running:
Win 7 Pro 64-bit
MSI NF980-G65 mobo
AMD Phenom II X4 965 BE CPU
8G OCZ 1600 BR RAM
For the life of me, I cannot get the second card (slot 3) to SLI. Whenever I go into the nVidia control panel and select SLI, any game I start has red bars flickering down the screen that disappear when SLI is not configured. Another thing is that the nVidia System monitor shows that all the third card's speeds have been reduced by 2/3's (hopefully I can attach a screen print of this display which also shows that the mobo's bus speed for these slots is exactly the same). This problem is the same if the boards are reversed or placed in the one and two slots (doing this causes whichever board that's in slot one to extremely overheat because of the close tolerances between the two boards).
Is there a SLI configuration that I'm missing in the BIOS? I'm running nVidia driver 197.45 so it's the most current.
Sorry, I seem to not be able to insert any picture or document here showing the screen print of the low speeds.
Is this a mobo, card manufacturer or nVidia problem?

Could be something to do with CPU Throttling and Windows Power Settings. Check under 'Control Panel/System and Security/Power Options' and 'Control Panel/Hardware and Sound/Power Options'. Believe the theory is to set your Power settings up for "Performance". Don't know for sure, just remember reading something about it from research I've done before. Came across what I just mentioned from Googling "windows 7 power settings and sli".
EDIT: OK, I found something else I was looking for. When under 'Control Panel/Hardware and Sound/Power Options' , when you select 'High Performance', continue on and click on "Change plan setting", then on next window click on "Change advanced power settings". Check there for any SLI settings and in particular for 'PCI Express/Link State Power Management', select "Off". Under "Processor power management", set the 3 settings shown under it for 100%, Active, and 100% respectively. You'll find that under CP/S&S/PO, the same setting. Go ahead and be redundant and check to see the settings you changed under Hardware and Sound show there as well.

Hybrid sli msi nf980-g65 how to?

evening all
here's the relevant specs
msi nf980-g65
bios ami v1.1
950w COOLMAX CUG-950B 950W ATX12V V.2.2 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready Modular Active PFC Power Supply
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 140W Quad-Core Processor
8 gigs ram 2gb x 4 modules [OCZ Gold 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model OCZ3G1600LV4GK]
2 x EVGA 512-P3-N871-AR GeForce 9800 GTX+ 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card
o/s windows xp x64 pro sp3 updated to oct 2009
all the basics work fine. all drivers are most recent within hours of this post.
the ram is underclocked. no o/c on anything
nvidia control panel has all the bells and whistles except for...hybrid sli options
the chipset is capable, and the vid cards are compatable.
any help avail to get this running? ill take a link if u dun feel like spoon feeding
tyia

Quote from: Henry on 18-October-09, 13:16:55
What you are asking does not make any sense regarding Hybrid SLI. For Hybrid SLI you need a single GeForce 8400 or 8500 graphic card to boost 3D graphics performance with on board graphic card.
Are you actually wanting to do normal SLI with the two 9800GTX+ cards?
Edit: What's wrong with the instructions in your manual? If the paper manual you have is not adequate try the PDF one from >> here <<, maybe it shows more than the paper one you got with the MB. See SLI instructions starting at page 2-22.
any1 else want to take a shot at this who understands the difference between hybrid and geforce boost and is also aware that hybrid is not limited to 1 gpu + mGpu but can be used in dula and tri-sli configurations?

NF980-G65 & Two 580's Sli Question

My question is about x16 speeds if I install one 580 into the first pci-e x16 slot and the other 580 in the third pci-e x16 slot will both cards run at x16 speeds or will they need to be installed into slots 1/2? Thanks

They need to be installed into slot 1 & 2:
http://eu.msi.com/product/mb/NF980-G65.html#/?div=Basic
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Gen2 (1x16, 1x16, 1x8)
At least that is what I conclude from the spec sheet. Try both configurations, if you want, and let us know the result of a 1 + 3 configuration.

[RESOLVED]NF980-G65 Hang on windows 7 install. Unable to boot

Hello,
I'm a bit at wit's end here. My old non-MSI motherboard was failing and giving me loud beep errors, so I decided to replace it. In doing so I was required to update basically the whole computer in order to keep up with tech trends and my new LCD monitor.
I bought an MSI NF980-G65, 4 gb ddr3 RAM, an ADM 64 250 dual core, and a Nvidia GTX 260. After I installed the hardware, I was unable to access windows vista 32 on my old hard drive. I assumed this was because of driver conflicts. Because I had no install discs (only upgrade/recovery discs) I was unable to boot from CD, so I purchased windows 7. Regardless of which disc(32 or 64) I use when I set my boot sequence in BIOS to boot from the CD first, this is what happens:
The screen shows a white loading bar that says "Windows is loading"
The next screen shows "Starting Windows" with a small "microsoft corporation" logo below it. It sometimes has a red pixel on the screen.
The next screen it flips to is all blank. From there it does nothing, no matter how long I leave it.
I have tried booting with no graphics card(internal only)
I have tried booting with no HD attached.
I have tried booting with only one HD attached (of two I've done this both ways)
My HD's have been checked and they are fine
I have tried booting using another dvd rom drive
I have tried swapping IDE HD slots with that of the dvd.
the DVD does use a pci extension card because the sable is not long enough for the dvd player, but regardless of where that IDE cable is plugged in, it still hangs in the load screen and does not go anywhere.
I've seen this symptom mentioned, but not per this motherboard, it seems like a BIOS setting issue but I feel like I've tried them all (disable LAN etc).
If I try to boot to the old Vista 32 install, it says "starting windows" but the logo does not appear, and the progress bar does not fill.
If I try booting vista 32 in any safe mode the load hangs on a .sys file.
Does anyone have any idea what I can do to get this going in the right direction? This has become very frustrating.
Thanks,
Alex
*****[RESOLUTION]This issue has been resolved. I switched to a different motherboard (GIGABYTE) and everything worked out peachy.

I hope this helps:
# AMD, Athlon II X2 3.0 ghz dual core
# SLI and Hybrid SLI ( other writing in that are is N1996) BIOS A7612NMS v.10 082809
# 2GB DDR3 Kingston Hyper 1333 CL7 240 Pin Kit 2 pcs ( I have two available to use)
# EVGA NVidia GeForce GTX 260 896 mb ddr3
# Hard Drives :IDE 40GB WDC WD400BB-01 Hard drive(s) I cant access them easily right now due to an injury, please let me know how badly this info is needed.
# I have a card in the PCI slot being used to extend the reach of my IDE cable for the DVD player to the bottom of the board.It isn't labeled but it reads the Drive in BIOS fine.
# I am trying to install either windows 7 64(preferred) or 32bit
# Corsair TX 750 WattsPower Max load of +3.3v =30A, Max Load of +5v=28A combined max output 180w, +12v=60A/720W, 12v=.8A/9.6w,5vsb=3A/15w
Quote from: chef jeff on 05-November-09, 20:05:08
What are your complete system specs? Need the complete picture. What ram and timings? Tried 1 dimm in slot closest to cpu?
Since posting this I have tried formatting my Small drive listed above. I was only able to erase the info using Killdisk. The format from windows using my old Motherboard (Abit) would not work. Last night I let the system try to install windows 7 all night, I had 2gb of ddr3 in 1 dimm slot closest to the cpu. I connected only the above drive after it was whiped, no graphics card (limited on board graphics are on the motherboard) and the install still hung as usual. Does Killdisk do some sort of improper format? I had assumed that it would erase all data to provide a clean slate. But I don't even thing a HD is required in order to boot up to the main setup screen?
Do I have voodoo in my machine?

NF980-G65 RMA board, fried PCIE ports?

OK, so after a miserable RMA experience with MSI several years ago, MFLASH killed my board recently and I had to RMA it. The whole process took 2 weeks, which while excruciatingly long to go without my gaming rig, wasn't as bad as I though. I installed my new RMA board and the PCIE slots are bad. I'm posing on this machine right now with a 250GTS in the slot but its running under Standard VGA Adapter. I have been working on this machine for 2 days now and the only conclusion is that they're fried. The parts I tested with work perfectly fine on my other machine with the same board, and are rock stable, even through 12 hours of prime95 and 8 hours of Memtest86. I have tried...
4 videocards: MSI 460GTX Cyclone 1GB(brand new), XFX GTS250 1GB, 8800GTS 320MB, 7950GT 512MB. ALL cards work in 2 other machines
2 sets of DDR, Patriot DDR3 1600 2x4GB for AMD systems, OCZ Black Edition DDR3 1600 2x4GB. Both run perfect in my other NF980
3 revisions of nVidia drivers straight from the sight, 2 revisions of nForce drivers
2 PSU: Coolermaster 550 SLI, OCZ 850 Game Xtreme
Fresh Win7 64 install on a spare HDD, wouldn't get past "starting services" when its looking for VGA
As I said, the machine runs great right now, its cool (32idle 54fully loaded) and every thing else works as intended. I have all drivers installed (nForce board & LAN, Creative Audigy) but when I go to install the drivers for the videocard, after it reboots, the system gets to the login screen and freezes after 5-10 seconds forcing a hard reboot. The onboard video works but looks absolutely horrid but no card will function after loading its drivers. I have let Windows load its own GTS250 driver but it does the same thing. Its not the videocards (all 4 are running good), its not the RAM or heat issues. After every driver uninstall I reboot into safe mode and use driver cleaner pro then reboot and reload drivers but they all do the exact same thing. I have tried resetting BIOS safe and recommended defaults, hand tweaking it..EVERYTHING!! Now I will have to try and get another RMA and make it another 2-4 weeks with hundreds of dollars of hardware collecting dust.
Has anyone ever got MSI to cross ship? They can have my credit card number, phone number, social security..hell even my firstborn, I just need to get this thing up and running NOW!! Every store in my area dropped the board from their website within the last 2 weeks and I drove 40 miles from store to store today looking for someone with one in stock, I was desperate enough to do the old sticker switch and return and pay the restocking fee which is less than shipping this thing back again. Things like this make me want to swear off MSI like I've sworn off ASUS but I've been running MSI boards for over a decade (remember the K7NG2-ILSR and Neo4 Platinum SLI!!!) and to me they always put out the perfect motherboard with the mix of features, stability, overclocking and color schemes but I just cant have a system down for 2 months when I've scrimped and saved to buy all these toys and waited for them to ship.
Maybe I'm missing some magical step that I haven't seen in my 12 years of experience. Any ideas?

Ok, I have tried 5 cards now, in all 3 ports and the exact same thing happens. 460GTX, GTS250, 8800GTS, 7950GT, 7600GT
I completed a succesful benchmark with Vantage with the onboard video.
It ran 2 1HR prime95 sessions, 1 with onboard and 1 with a card in the slot (Standard VGA adapter), the system and PSU are stable
Everything was stripped from the case and run at my workstation, with only 1 HDD, 1 stick of RAM, BIOS defaults. It runs beautifully, until the machine reboots after video driver install.
I handle the board VERY gently, but it does a lot of "crackling" like something is loose or not set properly onto the board. As stated, I have another NF980-G65 in my other system and it runs all of the hardware fine and seems to be much more solidly built.
I'm going to box it up and return it again, there simply is no other option. Hopefully the next one will work properly.

Only post when I press the reset button - MSI NF980-G65

Start-up issues, when i powered on I have to hit the reset button every time to get it to post properly. How do I fix this? This seems to be the ONLY problem.
I bought this recently from newegg.com
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor - Retail -http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103674
MSI NF980-G65 AM3 NVIDIA nForce 980a SLI HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
Patriot Gamer Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model PGS34G1600ELKA - Retail -http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220410
ThermalTake / PurePower W0100RU / 500-Watt / ATX 2.0 / 120mm Fan / 20/24-Pin / SATA-Ready / PCI-E Ready / Power Supply -http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?Sku=T925-1177
1 TB samsung Hard drive 7200rpm

Quote from: gamedave on 10-February-10, 06:26:24
NO I am using
http://www.patriotmemory.com/products/detailp.jsp?prodline=5&catid=41&prodgroupid=167&id=833&type=1
So again how do I fix this no post until I press reset?
Well its still Intel memory...:
* Tested on Intel?P45 and X48 chipsets
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So again how do I fix this no post until I press reset?
you can try with 1 memory stick only in 1st dimm close to cpu socket.
apply memory voltage recommended by memory vendor.

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