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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  • [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

    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 <<

  • NF980-G65 ram problems

    when i use GSKILL ram witch i have never had a problem. i use a receiver for all my signals video/audio. so if i ever have any thing happen. i can tell. what the receiver dose is act like the signal is looping every second. but there is never a video signal (just a TV no signal blue screen). that is what happens.
    now the cause. i put in extra ram. being 4 GB more. same exact ram. 9-9-9-24
    G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL Dual Channel Kit - Retail.
    a total of 8 GB of ram, but when i did that happened. i take out the ram it was fine. so i thought ok well it could be the new ram. then put the new ram in. then it was fine so long as there was only 4 GB's in . when i put in one of the of the sticks (being 6 GB) 2 GB extra it just did nothing. the board works fine for im using it now to send this, but with 4 GB's of ram and there is an APP i need to use. and can't because it won't hold the extra ram. and when i get the ram working i know i will need a 64-bit windows. the app was using 71 to 82% of 4 GB's of ram.  so i need to know if there is something in BIOS i need to set. or if i need different ram.
    NF980-G65 MS-7612 VER 1.0 | BIOS VER 1.1
    AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz 125W
    Antec TruePower Quattro TPQ-1000 1000W Continuous Power ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Certified
    Rosewill Silicon Image RC-209-EX PCI External e-SATA x2/ Internal SATA x4 1.5G HDD Controller Card
    13 drives 5 external and 8 internal  a total of 8,402 GB's after format.
    nVIDIA 9400 GT (i know its old)
    Creative® SB X-Fi Xtreme H/W Audio Card (MS-4132) from a K9N2 Diamond. i use it for the optical output.

    Quote from: nathon5000 on 05-March-10, 15:25:00
    good info. i did not know most of that. some i did. 
    i will try 1333 Mhz. i will let you know on this post. if it works. how ever i know that 1066 dose work. the board info.
    on the main site. says
    Supports Dual DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600/1800/2133 (OC)
    - 4 DDR3 DIMMs (240pin / 1.5V)
    - Supports a maximum memory size up to 16GB.
    i did see that and i check the MSI site. every time i buy a new board. oh and fast reply. im really glad to learn something.
    It's down to the CPU[memory controller is build in there] not board.
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    i will try 1333 Mhz. i will let you know on this post. if it works.
    With 2 sticks - full speed [1333, max. supported native speed by CPU],
    with 4 sticks you probably will need to reduce the freq. with one level.[e.g 1066 like its current and works]

  • 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

  • MOVED: nf980-g65 stability problems

    This topic has been moved to Overclockers & Modding Corner.
    https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=135286.0

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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
    Quote
    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?
    Quote
    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..

  • 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

  • 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.
    Quote
    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.
    Quote
    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

  • NF980-G65 MCP temp problem

    Hi. I'm new here and I've been googling this problem for a while and haven't found a specific solution for my problem so I was hoping someone here could help me. First off, I am not a computer tech or know-it-all. I put this system together with no previous experience and it has been running fine till I downloaded Everest and hwmonitor and found that the temperatures of MCP and TMPIN1 is 85-95 C.
    Sensor Properties: 
       Sensor Type   CPU, HDD, nVIDIA MCP (ISA A00h) 
       GPU Sensor Type   Diode (NV-Diode) 
      Temperatures: 
       CPU #1 / Core #1   39 °C (102 °F) 
       CPU #1 / Core #2   39 °C (102 °F) 
       CPU #1 / Core #3   39 °C (102 °F) 
       CPU #1 / Core #4   39 °C (102 °F) 
       MCP   85 °C (185 °F) 
       GPU1: GPU Diode   62 °C (144 °F) 
       GPU2: GPU Diode   62 °C (144 °F) 
       WDC WD10EACS-07D6B0   32 °C (90 °F) 
       WDC WD3200AAKS-00V1A0   33 °C (91 °F) 
      Cooling Fans: 
       CPU   29 RPM 
       Chassis   54 RPM 
       Power Supply   62 RPM 
      Voltage Values: 
       CPU Core   1.23 V 
       Debug Info F   C883 6B86 5D2E 
       Debug Info T   255 255 255 
       Debug Info V   00 00 00 00 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF 
       Debug Info I   03 04 10 19 34 (0723) 
    Here's my computer setup:
    MSI NF980-G65 Nvidia nForce 980a SLI AMD AM3 Mobo
    AMD Phen II x4 965 3.40 Ghz QUAD processor
    Antec Twelve Hundred Black Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case
    BFG - 1000-Watt ATX CPU Power Supply -
    6GB (3x2GB) Kingston HyperX 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600MHZ
    2xGeForce 9800 GT 1GB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP on SLI
    320 GB WD 7200 RPM HD & 1TB WD 7200 HD.
    My computer didn't have any problems until yesterday when I left my computer on all day (was a really hot day) and I came home and turned on World of warcraft in windowed mode and tried to play a movie (I always play with a video running) and the video wouldn't display and crashed each time I tried. I could run either the game or the movie but not both. So I checked the temperature and it showed MCP at 95 C. I turned it off for a while, and it went back to normal.
    I looked at many different posts and one suggested I try reapplying the thermal compound on my CPU chip which I did with Arctic silver 5 and it's helped my CPU temp a bit but not my MCP temp.
    Then I read from other posts that MCP is a different chip but I have no idea where it is. Is it the square silver (one with "MSI" written on it) next to the 2nd PCI-E slot? http://www.msi.com/index.php?func=proddesc&maincat_no=1&prod_no=1885
    I would figure it would be that one since it's covered by the 2nd video card then it would make sense for the high temp.
    If it is. would putting it down to the 3rd slot fix the problem? I'm not sure if the SLI cable would even reach from 1st to 3rd slot if I had to do that. And not sure if leaving the 2nd PCI-E slot open would be alright. I know I'm sounding like a noob; but I really am so please bare with these questions.
    If that is not the MCP chip can any1 tell me where it is specifically on that board and how I should go about fixing the temp problem.
    I have 2x120mm Rear exhaust fans, 240 top exhaust, 3x120 front exhaust fans, and even installed a 120mm Side panel intake fan which I figured would blow right on the MCP chip since people said it was in the southern area, but it has not helped.
    Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

    3 x 2GB sounds like a memory kit meant for an Intel system. In the old days non-optimal memory configurations made chipset temp. sky-rocket. But that shouldn't be it nowadays, should it. 
    At least try with a single stick.
    Next comes air-flow. Like Henry says, 'in from the front and out the back or top'. If for example a big processor heatsink blocks the way, parts of the motherboard and the memory will be in a poor air-flow pocket. That is partly your problem I believe, possibly alongside an exhaust fan that is not up to the job.
    The chipset has a separate heat sink. If you intend to reseat that heat-sink, you will have to take the motherboard out, and un-fasten it from the back-side. Use tiny pliers if your fingers are too weak.

  • Msi nf980-g65 problem

    Hey,
    Last night I put my PC in to hibernate and went to sleep like normal. and this morning I went to turn on my PC.
    and the monitor gets nothing.
    My Mouse lights up. All my fans turn on.
    But there is nothing going to my monitor. my 260GTX's nor on board gfx are having any output.
    Ive tried everything listed.  Moving ram around. moving the JBAT1 jumper took out the battery.  Pressing DEL and later F1 during start up.
    Nothing works.
    Please help me :(
    only 2/4 of the LEDs on the mobo light up.
    At first 2 come on and 3rd flickers then it restarts. does this again. restarts. and final it just leaves 2 on.
    and there is one short *beep*
    COOLER MASTER HAF 932 RC-932-KKN1-GP Black Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case
    MSI NF980-G65 AM3 NVIDIA nForce 980a SLI HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard Model #:NF980-G65
    EVGA 896-P3-1257-AR GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Superclocked Edition 896MB 448-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI ...x2
    CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 Power ...
    AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor Model HDZ965FBGMBOX
    G.SKILL 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL9T-6GBNQ
    LITE-ON DVD/CD Writer Black SATA Model iHAS424-08 LightScribe Support
    Turtle Beach TBS-3300-01 7.1 Channels PCI Interface Montego DDL Sound Card
    and only using 2 of the 3 sticks of ram.
    Running Win7
    and everything was running on stock

    Quote from: Henry on 10-January-10, 12:09:28
    PSU?  >> Posting Guide << 
    Updated list. 
    And all these has been working for about one month and a week now with no problems.

  • 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

  • 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.

  • NF980-G65 problem Cannot installl GPU

    This is my 3rd build of a PC, and I have yet to have this problem before.
    Here are all the parts I have installed.
    MoBo- MSI NF980-G65
    CPU- AMD Phenom II X4 955 black edition
    RAM - OCZ 2GB DDR3 (x4)
    PSU - SilverStone Decathalon 1000W
    VGA - (Onboard) and EVGA GeForce 9800GX2
    I also have 2 hard drives (1)500GB, and (1)1TB
    and 2 DVD-RW drives
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