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.

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NF980-G65 No 3 way SLI.

I had 2 GTX 480 and a GT240. My motherboard says 16x 16x 0x or 16x 8x 8x. I can run the GTX 480s in the first two slots for 16x. I can also run a GTX 480 in the first slot at 16x and 3 slot at 8X for better cooling then I add a GT240 in the second slot for physic and had 16x 8x and 8x worked perfect just like it says. But I bought a third GTX 480 and with all three in The first two slots only work. no triple SLI.It says in the manual to set it to 16x 8x 8x, but I cant find any setting to do that.Please help?I looked for another motherboard for AMD and INTEL and cant find and new supported processor motherboards that support triple Nvidia SLI at triple 16x 0r 16x 8x 8x.The support information for my motherboard is out dated it only shows support up to a GTX 285s but it does support GTX 480.Which it does.

I am running 3 way SLI w/285 gtx. I notice the front panel connectors (power on, etc) block the double wide
285 gtx on the MOBO. If the bottom 3-way sli card is pressed in firmly, works for awhile but later, it comes back out and you wind up with a 3 way sli connnector (the red ight on the GTX tells you but who is staring at the rear of their computer?)
Whenthis happens "on the fly", two card are operable. but
i suppose you could fry your card liek that because my computer would turn up black
screen during a game (about 5 -8 minutes). The top card was very very hot to the touch.
So tihs mean these thing are in the wong place., i am lookng for a fix or I am going to have to mod the mobo plugs before my video cards and possibly other hardware get ruined.
I first noticed becase the 3rd card was not level with the others. I am looking for solution but I know I am going to have to do the mod the front panel connector.(JFP1 & JFP@2).
"prevent double wide GTX cards form seatin properly w/ 3 way sli."

MSI NF980-G65 PCI express x16 slot question

i was rewiring my case so i could get some cables out of the way, and as i was removing my graphics card, i pressed too hard on the little blue tail on the topmost PCI slot (the one closest to the processor socket) and the tail fell off. it looks like a bit of plastic chipped off the actual slot where the tail connects to the board, but i'm not sure if there's any damage to the slot, or if the slot has anything that has been compromised. the chip off the pci express x16 slot does not reach into the slot itself, there's no hole in the slot, i dont believe any of the connectors are touched, but i could be wrong.
here's a picture of the motherboard with the tail on the top PCI express x16 slot.

Quote from: pkmntrainer on 10-March-11, 05:14:05
to clarify,
it's just there to help guide the card in place and it's not a tab that releases a mechanism which physically lock the card in place.
its actually lock the card in a place, but will be fine without it as well,
when its filled well into the slot and secured by the screws

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.

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

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 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

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 .

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

MSI NF980-G65 DDR3 Voltage Question

Ok I see NF980-G65 manual it says 4 DDR3 DIMMs 240PIN/ 1.5v is this the minimum voltage that it supports? Whats the highest?
The memory I bought is 8GB Patriot Viper II Extreme Performance DDR3-1600Mhz PC3-12800 Modules
Speed PC3-12800 (1600MHz), Memory Timings 7-7-7-20, Voltage 1.9v
Here is the website for info on the ddr3 memory
http://www.patriotmem.com/products/detailp.jsp?prodline=5&catid=45&prodgroupid=126&id=840&type=1
Can the MSI NF980-G65 handle 1.9v?

Quote from: MajestacaL on 12-September-10, 15:05:48
Just because it says it was tested on intel setups doesn't mean it won't work with amd systems! Which its working fine on my amd setup at auto voltage running 1600Mhz I just wanted to know what the maximum voltage this msi board was ok with?
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Just because it says it was tested on intel setups doesn't mean it won't work with amd systems!
It may work, but its not guaranteed and there is high change to fail
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I just wanted to know what the maximum voltage this msi board was ok with?
Max DRAM voltage up to 2.77V

NF980-G35 No Video With SLI?

Hello,
As this is my first time posting please forgive my profile of any inadequacies that you should find. I have just purchased my first MSI board, a NF980-G65. Along with the board I purchased 2x4GB of gskill memory and an AMD 955 BE C3. I have had quite some trouble setting up this board and getting it run correctly which I hope is mostly my ignorance.
A little background is due. The first boot was with no video and assuming it was the card I swapped the cards and slots with no luck. Finally after removing the cards I was able to get a post from the on-board video. After this I changed some basic BIOS settings so that it was more to my liking (full screen logo-off, date and time, etc.) so no major changes. The board then posted fine and I attempted to load windows 7. In the first setup screen while setup was loading drivers the installation would fail. I tried multiple things including turning quick boot off in the bios. Finally I tried the memory test and then each stick in each slot. Alas, one bad stick. So now I am using just one stick of the Gskill PC-12800 (clocked at 666MHz). After loading windows 7 on one good stick I attempted to remedy my SLI problem. Again, with changing slots no luck.
The problem: while trying to use SLI I am unable to get any video.
I am able to get into BIOS, although with no video (using f10 and enter and the system reboots). I have tried both cards I have in any combination allowed on the board but to no avail yet both cards work by themselves. This is also with or without the SLI bridge and with the on-board video disabled. I understand that I have two cards, 9800GTX+’s, different brands yet my previous board, a Gigabyte M570SLI, worked wonderfully. So please any information you can provide or a possible remedy would be much appreciated.

Thanks for your details
Quote from: lrapturel on 14-March-10, 02:05:08
I just wanted to let you know I was by no means trying to be rude in the previous post so my apologies if it came off that way, i was just looking for clarification. I would just ask you to go back and read those post again to see if you can get the desired information out of them which I have listed. If you are unable let me try to break it down for you. Also when I ask you to clarify VGA i ask because there are 5 ways that the MSI nf980-g65 can provide video so please let me know if you mean GPU.
SETUP ONE: Using One Stick of Memory Located in DIMM1 and the GPU located in PCI_E2 (WHICH IS THE FIRST PCIE x16 SLOT) I am able to boot, access bios and load windows.
SETUP TWO: Using one stick of Memory Located in DIMM1 and the GPU1 located in PCI_E2 and GPU2 in SLOT PCI_E4 (The Second PCIE SLOT) I am unable to boot but I am able to load windows
SETUP Three: Using one stick of Memory located in DIMM 2,3,or4 and the GPU1 located in PCI_E2 and GPU2 in slot PCI_E4 I am unable to get video, which i am unable to get video for bios and for windows, yet the computer will boot into both of these.
These three setups are both tested on a 22" Wide-screen monitor and a 32" LCD TV with the resolution for windows set at 1024x768. The DVI out is connected to the top connector of the GPU1.
So the only thing that I have posted differently is that by moving the memory into different DIMM slots I am able to change the outcome of my boots. SLI being enabled has no affect on either of these outcomes for the main problem now is that I am unable to access bios when I have two GPU's installed (SEE SETUP 2) yet I am able to access windows. From there I am able to enable SLI.
Seeing that the memory is the only thing that seems to cause any change other than the GPU's I am starting to believe that the motherboard is faulty since I have tested everything else but I will wait until I can get a hold of some more DDR3 to test with.
Let me break it down for you Svet:
"Can you boot the computer with both VGA's installed?" YES
"If no can you boot the computer with each one VGA alone?" YES
"Have you connected both power cables to the each VGA's?" YES
"Which one PCI-E slots you use for them?" PCI_E2 which is the first x16 PCIE slot. GPU2 in the PCI_E4 or the second x16 slot. For clarification see the manual for the board.
"When you use both of them, did you connect the monitor to the 1st one?" Yes and I have tried all of the DVI out ports just to see if bios would display on any of them. The standard output I use is the DVI on the top of card1.
"Have you installed the SLI bridge between them?" Yes and I have tried different bridges and I have tried without the bridge Same result not matter what I do on this question.
"Have you done >>Clear CMOS Guide<< with power cord removed too? Would be the one thing I have not done. I have flashed the bios which technically would have the same effect on the CMOS but I will try clearing the CMOS after this post.
Thanks.
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I just wanted to let you know I was by no means trying to be rude in the previous post so my apologies if it came off that way, i was just looking for clarification. I would just ask you to go back and read those post again to see if you can get the desired information out of them which I have listed. If you are unable let me try to break it down for you. Also when I ask you to clarify VGA i ask because there are 5 ways that the MSI nf980-g65 can provide video so please let me know if you mean GPU.
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I just wanted to let you know I was by no means trying to be rude in the previous post so my apologies if it came off that way, i was just looking for clarification.
No need to apologies, if something isn't clear we must clarify those things
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Also when I ask you to clarify VGA i ask because there are 5 ways that the MSI nf980-g65 can provide video so please let me know if you mean GPU.
By VGA i mean the video card.
Which looks to be the same when you call it "GPU". [The GPU is only the graphics processor chip used in the video card]
So calling the video card with GPU name is not correct.
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SETUP ONE: Using One Stick of Memory Located in DIMM1 and the GPU located in PCI_E2 (WHICH IS THE FIRST PCIE x16 SLOT) I am able to boot, access bios and load windows.
OK
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SETUP TWO: Using one stick of Memory Located in DIMM1 and the GPU1 located in PCI_E2 and GPU2 in SLOT PCI_E4 (The Second PCIE SLOT) I am unable to boot but I am able to load windows
OK, This one is contradict:
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I am unable to boot but I am able to load windows
How you can load windows since you can't boot?
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SETUP Three: Using one stick of Memory located in DIMM 2,3,or4 and the GPU1 located in PCI_E2 and GPU2 in slot PCI_E4 I am unable to get video, which i am unable to get video for bios and for windows, yet the computer will boot into both of these.
Why you are starting moving the memory sticks as your issue is related to the video cards?
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SETUP Three: Using one stick of Memory located in DIMM 2,3,or4 and the GPU1 located in PCI_E2 and GPU2 in slot PCI_E4 I am unable to get video, which i am unable to get video for bios and for windows, yet the computer will boot into both of these.
That's normal since DIMM1 is not filled[installed], non booting is expecting.
Please use 1 memory stick only in the 1st DIMM close to the CPU socket[DIMM1] for all your tests.
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Let me break it down for you Svet:
"Can you boot the computer with both VGA's installed?" YES
OK, but that bring confusion again since you are already telling that there is no display on the screen when you use both video cards.
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"If no can you boot the computer with each one VGA alone?" YES
OK
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"Have you connected both power cables to the each VGA's?" YES
OK
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"Which one PCI-E slots you use for them?" PCI_E2 which is the first x16 PCIE slot. GPU2 in the PCI_E4 or the second x16 slot. For clarification see the manual for the board.
OK
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"When you use both of them, did you connect the monitor to the 1st one?" Yes and I have tried all of the DVI out ports just to see if bios would display on any of them. The standard output I use is the DVI on the top of card1.
OK
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"Have you installed the SLI bridge between them?" Yes and I have tried different bridges and I have tried without the bridge Same result not matter what I do on this question.
OK
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"Have you done >>Clear CMOS Guide<< with power cord removed too? Would be the one thing I have not done. I have flashed the bios which technically would have the same effect on the CMOS but I will try clearing the CMOS after this post.
OK, yes do this.
Have you tried to connect monitor to onbord VGA, when both GPU's are installed?
Have you disabled onboard VGA before try to install both video cards?
How Hybrid SLI Support is configured in BIOS?
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I understand that I have two cards, 9800GTX+’s, different brands yet my previous board, a Gigabyte M570SLI, worked wonderfully.
Did you use the same PSU there too?

Cant Load Win 7 64 after rebuild NF980-G65

Hi
I have just bought an NF980-G65 mob., with an AMD Phenom II X4 955 (Deneb 4c)
3.2 GHz, DDR3-1333, 2 MB L2, 6 MB. I also bought the G-skill 1600 ram, I was a bit put of when it came as it was for an Intel pro,
I have it set up with two Nvidia 7800gt G.cards. in SLI
I installed a new hard drive W.Dig. 650gb black. when I tried loading win7 64 i kept getting a blue screen with various faults on it.
It would work as far as the grey line "loading windows" and even the logo sometimes but would then crash.
The amazing thing is that i put my old hardrive back in and it booted up as 32bit win7 and loaded the drivers.
this seemed to work until i tried to install a game and it crashed again all i saw was a quick message about "memory"
needles to say i have returned the g-skill ram as that was the only thing not in the mob recommended ram.
silly boy bought it for it's latency didn't read the small print.
I am with any ram now and I'm having difficulty finding somewhere that has a stock of recommended ram i.e.
Patriot PGS34G1600LLKA, GeIL GV34GB1600C8DC, or lots of very expensive Kingston. £100 is about my limit.
Any way that said, do you think i had another problem?
the mem i bought was GSKill 4GB DDR3 Dual Channel Memory Kit (2x2GB) PC3-12800 1600MHz (7-8-7-24)
Model Number: F3-12800CL7D-4GBRM
I hope someone can help
thank you

Blue screen like that sounds like RAM, or overclocking, or overheating, I guess you are not overclocking.
I'm using memory modules "specifically designed for intel P55 chipset" (according to OCZ) on my AMD PC. The only thing is that I had to set up the timings manually. I was able to set up tighter timings because I'm running slower than rated speeds (at 1333 MHz instead of 1600 MHz), no problems whatsoever. But I'm not saying that the GSkill RAM that you bought would definitely work though, incompatibility problem is still possible. I bought my RAM at a local store, so its easy to return it if it didn't work
So, apart from incompatibility, either the timings or speeds were not correct, or you had some defective RAM modules. Need to run memtest on them to find out. Also, Phenom II normally accept maximum RAM clockspeed of 1333 MHz, if you set up the RAM to go 1600 MHz that is considered overclocking and may not be stable.
This is the favorite line in this forum: Check your power supply! A weak power supply may cause problem as well.
Also try using single card before you do SLI when installing.
Good luck!

[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?

Re: NF980-65 /2-GTX 480 SLI and GT 240 as dedicated PhysX problem -|- Split

Hello,
I have a similar issue using 2 - Geforce 9800 GX2 and a Geforce 9600 GSO. The GSO is in PCIe Slot 3 (bottom) and the GX2 are on the top two PCIe slots. Starting the up the computer, the GSO picks up the video display and the GX2 are silent until Windows Vista starts up. Everything works just fine as Windows Vista installs default drivers and after that I install the Nvidia 258.6 drivers 32 bit.
The problem I have with this mainboard is that it performs less than an ASUS M4A78TE with an AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4ghz with the same exact memory and a single Geforce 9800 GX2 installed.
What is worse is that the performance gain of SLI is marginal as opposed to the cost. One Geforce 9800 GX2 or Geforce GTX 295 vs Quad SLI of both cards. The performance is just not worth the cost.
Personally, I believe that unless you are sure you can get significant gains, that is 150% or more, DO NOT BUY! We are buying into "tales" of the industry. They want you to think you will gain something but in reality, you loose~ Every time!
Geforce 9600 GSO (Nvidia Vista drivers 258.96 32bit) ( X4 965 / ASUS M4A78TE)
Geforce 9800 GX2 Quad Sli (Nvidia Vista drivers 258.96 32bit) ( X4 965 / ASUS M4A78TE)
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 creations, I cannot believe that the 9800 GX2 performs the same as the GTX 295. Both render a preset picture in the same amount of time.
So what is the need for quad SLI? Why buy the latest and greatest if the performance is marginal? Even the AMD Phenom II X6 1090T was a waste of money. The Phenom II X4 965 performs better!
If anyone knows how to improve performance without the sacrifice of warranty on components, please advise.
This has been a terrible waste of money for me.
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

Quote from: chambus on 12-September-10, 04:19:41
Hello,
I have a similar issue using 2 - Geforce 9800 GX2 and a Geforce 9600 GSO. The GSO is in PCIe Slot 3 (bottom) and the GX2 are on the top two PCIe slots. Starting the up the computer, the GSO picks up the video display and the GX2 are silent until Windows Vista starts up. Everything works just fine as Windows Vista installs default drivers and after that I install the Nvidia 258.6 drivers 32 bit.
The problem I have with this mainboard is that it performs less than an ASUS M4A78TE with an AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4ghz with the same exact memory and a single Geforce 9800 GX2 installed.
What is worse is that the performance gain of SLI is marginal as opposed to the cost. One Geforce 9800 GX2 or Geforce GTX 295 vs Quad SLI of both cards. The performance is just not worth the cost.
Personally, I believe that unless you are sure you can get significant gains, that is 150% or more, DO NOT BUY! We are buying into "tales" of the industry. They want you to think you will gain something but in reality, you loose~ Every time!
Geforce 9600 GSO (Nvidia Vista drivers 258.96 32bit) ( X4 965 / ASUS M4A78TE)
Geforce 9800 GX2 Quad Sli (Nvidia Vista drivers 258.96 32bit) ( X4 965 / ASUS M4A78TE)
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 creations, I cannot believe that the 9800 GX2 performs the same as the GTX 295. Both render a preset picture in the same amount of time.
So what is the need for quad SLI? Why buy the latest and greatest if the performance is marginal? Even the AMD Phenom II X6 1090T was a waste of money. The Phenom II X4 965 performs better!
If anyone knows how to improve performance without the sacrifice of warranty on components, please advise.
This has been a terrible waste of money for me.
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
the core issue is that for sli to work you need both card to match spec for spec.
example i have 2 sli setup (one set 8800 gt from bfg) and the other a (9800 gt setup from evga) when you put the 2 cards in sli the faster one will drop it speed to match the slower card so i would say try pulling the slow card and you should see a performance gain.

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