NX6800 Ultra problems..

My specs:
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum
AMD Athlon 64 FX 55
MSI NX6800U-T2D256E
2xTranscend 1Gb DDR 400 RAM
Promise FastTrak S150 SX4
2xWD Raptor 74GB 10k
WD Caviar SE 160GB 7k
NEC DVD RW
Samsung DVD ROM
Viewsonic VP191b
Enermax Noisetaker 600W
Current driver : 77.77
I've done a lot of reading up on the 6800Ultra and see that many people are having problems with it. Amazing that the MSI knowledge base is so poorly constructed seeing as there are so many people with various problems posting here.
My main problem is that in a normal windows environment I am getting a lot of random 'freezes', short and long. Because my TFT montior is sensitive to changes I get a black screen for 1 or 2 seconds. Sometimes I get a noticably longer freeze where I can't close or open windows, even though my mouse pointer still moves, other times it is just a quick stutter, but because of the sensitivity of my monitor I get a quick black screen. Also in the odd game or two I get some strange graphic flutters. Because of my monitor, I think I see these flutters more than other people would, but I can't be sure. It's a brand new monitor btw and works fine with my older computer.
I have tried altering my clock frequency settings to match. For example, 425 for both 2D and 3D, but nothing changed. I also checked my power supply and it doesn't seem to be a problem; A 600W Enermax and I don't get any supply error messages like I've read other people have. I have tried various drivers, uptodate ones and rollback older ones. No changes there.
I tried checking the MSI update facility, but all that does is offer me an unknown driver and tell me that it doesn't know what I have installed (Seems ridiculous to me why MSI offered such a useless feature seeing as the card and mobo are both MSI and it can't even recognize its own product).
All that is left for me to do is to flash the graphics card BIOS, but I read that all it does is change both the frequency settings to 400.. is that right? or is there more to it? I am also unsure which patch to use. I've seen someone link a BFG6800 bios to someone with an NX6800 card, so I am unwilling to do anything unless I get more confirmation. I'm not even sure a bios update is the key to the problem. I also read something about fastwrite? but I can't find it in the bios, or know where to find it.
I haven't seen MSI offer any bios patches.. is this correct?
I would appreciate any advice that you could give. Or if you know of any fixes that have been found for this.

I am in much the same position as you, I have tried all the simple stuff. Changed to the newest nvidia drivers, upgraded the motherboard bios, unplugged ever extraneous device just in case it's power related, jggered about with the clock setting. I have even contemplated upgrading my processor. I have a suspiscion that this is either just a stinky card or it's a general fundemental conflict. My graphics under windows are relatively fine, but as soon as I try and do something really graphics intensive, my sound system pops and crackles and relatively rapidly the graphics stall and then fail with a stop thread error. The only thing I will say for it is that it's reproducible. I am hoping that it is fixed by a simple bios flash and I have sent an email to Tech support and am twiddling my thumbs waiting for a reply. If I get anything usefull I will tell you.

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How to flash ? nx6800 ultra

as above, please help me..
im sick of my slow 6800ultra
please help :(
steps on how to flash it
thanks in advance

If you look up some of the 6800 Ultra threads, you will get a list of these problems and the way to sort them, Also it would Really helpful if you could give a list of your computer specs....
- live update doesnt detect my card
Everyone has this, its just that MSI have not updated there Live update for the card yet!
- ingame videoplayback error (choppy) [i.e farcry begining]
Your running Bios 14 which in alot of case the bios is faulty so change to bios 15, look on the forums to where to get this and install it, Also sound like you need to use a program called driver cleaner and reinstall a fresh set of the newest drivers...
- mood swing speeds (sometimes fast sometimes slow)
same again, bios change and drivers to resolve this
- d.o.t (dynamic overclocking technology) doesnt work (infact hangs my com)
Bios and drivers again
- doesnt work with some games (doom 3.. monsters are so colourfully scary)
hehe same answer
- sometimes after alt-tabbing, displayed graphics is choppy [fuzzy] (like as if someone sneezed noodles out really hard and it hit the screen, leaving imprints)
i had this to with bios 14, sorted when i got bios 15
- when i finally get to run 3dmark , the score for video card itself is 7000 +
LOL that not very good but that depends on what your computer specs are, i get around 12132 with a Athlon 3200+ 1g ram
here are some link on the issues your having
6800 Ultra Most stable graphics card ive ever owned
Geforce NX6800 Ultra Problems
Msi 6800 Ultra 100% but Flash = 110% ?
Hope this help! But do flash you bios... am hoping someone more confident will show you how, as am not confident to give instructions in that kind of stuff..

NX6800 Ultra T2D256 Power problem...

I have read all threads I can find on the NX6800 Ultra T2D256 but can't find the solution. I keep getting the "power down because not enough power" error at the start up of XP Home. With the Thermaltake Purepower 560w ps, I'd think it is more than enough to power this card. I have installed the card in my son's computer and he get's the same msg. I have made sure the pins are tight and making contact, it's set up on one rail, and I have tried every combonation I can think of. I called Thermaltake and they say it should run the card fine so they are sending me a replacment ps. For some reason I just don't feel the replacment will do it. Could it be the card? Or is it the slow AMD 2100 CPU? I don't what that would have to do with the power problem of the video card though... I'm pritty sure everting is up to date but I could have missed something...
Any suggestions would be appreciated...
Oooops... no sig line...
Avalanche
A7V600-X mobo
OCZ 512 x 2 duel channel mem
AMD XP2100 CPU
T-take ps 560w (Silent Purepower)

Ok, I will try the 2 power cables again and I take it that nothing else but the card should be run on those 2 lines?
Also, that leaves me with only 2 power lines to run 2 cd/cdr, 2 HD's, and 1 floppy. I also have 5 case fans.
Now can you point me to an explination of what "replacing all the AGP/Gart drivers and doing a driver clean on the NVidia drivers" is?
I am running the ATI 850Pro on that computer right now so I know to un-install the ATI drivers of course before installng the NVidia card. I have never heard of "Gart" and didn't know there were seperate AGP drivers from the mother board drivers...
Still got a lot to learn and thank you for all your help...

NX6800 Ultra

This may be quite an easy one, but I'm totally lost to whats happening, firstly card installed no problem there all drivers fine. Ok here comes the problems-
1. When playing BF2,( I haven't installed the drivers supplied with the game at this point! ) the game starts all graphics showing full 32 bit settings at medium/high, map loads and at the game screen I see it minimap in all its technicolor, but the rest of the screen is black except for the player names! Now installed drivers and exactly the same problem
2. When playing movies in media player the highest resolution only seems to be 4 colour
Machine Spec
AMD Athlon 64 3400
Novatech H/S & Fan
1024MB DDR PC3200 400MHz (2 x 256MB)
WINFAST 755A01-6EKRS AGP MB
5.1 channel AC97
ATX Form Factor
XP PRO
NX6800-Ultra-T2D256
120GB DiamondMax 8gd cache
Sony CD-RW CrX220e1
ADT 400 watt PSU +5v-40A +12v-18A -5v-1.0A -12v-1.0A +3.3v-20A +5vsb -2.0A
Hope there is enough information.

I'm still having problems with the black screen, and have now decided to upgrade my motherboard.
My original spec has slighty changed as I have now bought a new PSU.
AMD Athlon 64 3400
AKASA ICE BLUE H/S & Fan
1536MB DDR PC3200 400MHz (3 x 512MB)
WINFAST K8S-755A01-6EKRS AGP MB
5.1 channel AC97
XP PRO
NX6800-Ultra-T2D256
120GB DiamondMax 8gd cache
Sony CD-RW CrX220e1
EZ-COOL 550 watt PSU
+5vdc-32A
+12vdc-36A
-5v-0.5A
-12v-0.8A
+3.3v-30A
+5vsb -3.0A
So heres the question which MSI board do I go for
MSI K8N NEO PLATINUM, NFORCE 3, 754, DDR 400, 8XAGP, SATA, RAID, LAN
or
MSI K8T Neo2-FIR, SKT 754, DDR400, 8xAGP, SATA, RAID, GBLAN
Any input would be gratefully received.

NX6800 ULTRA question

im getting a Nvidia NX6800 ULTRA in a month or so ...
but im a bit concerned about the power thing .. will i be able to run one of those cards properly in my system or do i need to upgrade ?

I think you'll be ok, there are some reviews of this card and the need for a 480W PSU didn't prove itself. Besides, you have an Enermax 465! Only one thing, Nvidia says you need not shared molex connectors for the card. Wait and see how it works...

[GeForce 6] NX6800 Ultra-T2D256 AGP RUNNING IN PCI MODE.

MY NX6800 Ultra-T2D256 (AGP ONLY) IS RUNNING IN PCI MODE ON AN K8TNEOFSR 754 BOARD AND INFO ABOUT THIS IS VERY HARD TO FOUND OND YOUR SIGHT. ARE THE BIOS UPPDATED TO VIA® VT8237R CHIPSET WHITH AMI® BIOS 2.2 TO A SINGLE PCI X SLOT? AND IF SO HOW DO YOU INSTALL THE DRIVERS AND SET UPP BIOS TO KEEP RUNNING AT FULL SPEED:AFTER ALL IT WOULD BE REALLY GREAT IF I COULD HAVE IT UPP TO AGP8X AND NOT IN PCI AND I HAVE TRIED EVERY DRIVER AND COUPLE OF BIOS SETTINGS IT DOESENT STATE THAT IT IS PCI X JUST PCI MAYBE THE CARD IS FAULTY? I THINK IT SHOULD BE A BIT FASTER I DIDNT FIND ANY INFO IN THE MANUALS EITHER? I WOULD BE REALLY GRATEFUL FOR AN ANSWER WBR NISSEHULTH.

caps lock buttons on the left
no need to shout
install via 4 in 1 then vga driver VIA Drivers

Problems With NX6800 Ultra T2DR256

I have just installed a MSI NX 6800 Ultra T2DR256 Ge Force 6800 Ultra 256MB DDR3 graphics card into my system, and I am having problems my focus on my monitor plays games alright crystal clear, it is just my system text out of focus on res 1024 x 768 & 1280 x 1024, but is fine on 800 x 600.
I have the following items also installed:
Iiyama AS4821DT BK 19" TFT colour LCD Monitor.
Antec True Power 550 Watt.
MSI 865PE Neo2 - FIS2R MS-6728 Version 1
PLEASE CAN SOMEONE HELP ME, I AM SO DISAPPOINTED !!!
I have removed and installed the drivers for both graphics card and monitor loads of time having no luck, also down loaded latest drivers for both with no success.
Thank You in advance for all your help.................

Refresh rates, brightness, contrast settings may be set improperly.
Try redusing brightness and contrast settings while playing with refresh rates, you should be able to find the sweet spot. Then you can just adjust gamma setting "in game" to compensate.
Many time the settings can cause text to blur.
Don't forget to check the appearance tab in display properties, click on the effects button and disable the option for smoothing screen fonts.

MSI NX6800 Ultra - Power Problems

I have a power-problem with this little baby
When I start windows it says that it doesnt get enough power, so the performance have been "decreased" (cant remember exact words)
My PSU delivers 18a over 12v
http://www20.tomshardware.com/howto/20040122/power_supplies-15.html
(detailed picture of PSU and what power it delivers)
I've tryed without USB, only 1HD etc. to make sure the system used as little power as possible, but still get the "not enough power" message in windows
When I look at the GFX card and the power-cords, there IS a brown cord sticking out of it !?
There is 2 brown cords comming from each of the plugs I connect to my PSU, and it then merge into a little plug that actually fit into the bigger plug that goes into the GFX card. But as if its been taken out ? I have a slight feeling this could be the problem ?
But the question is, there is two empty holes in the plug I put into the GFX card where the brow-cord-plug fits. Anyone out there who have the same GFX and know if this brown plug is supposed to be in the GFXpower-plug ? and If so is it supposed to be in the lower or upper hole ?

First thing we need to know is more information on what your system is. We can't do any diagnosis on a system without knowing what it is. I have a hard time believing with any system that 18amps on the 12v rail would be enough to power that video card with the rest of the system. Once we get all (I mean everything, add your on signature like mine that includes all hard ware on the system, for more info check out the moan guide it has the information you need to properly list your system.
As far as the brown cord, I don't know. Hopefully someone else with the knowledge can post in here.
Please follow the above so we can better help you.
Thanks
Jeremy

KT4 Ultra: problem config. raid array IDE3

I owe the MSI 6590 KT4 Ultra BSR mainboard and I have difficulties configurring the RAID array in striping mode, on the IDE3 controller.
The manual describes on page 2-18 it's possible to connect up to 2 hard drives, cdrom, 120mb fd and other devices to the IDE3 controller.
Unfortunately only one of my two MAXTOR D740X-6L (6L080J4) 80gig drives is recognized by the array.
One Maxtor hard drive is jumpered as MASTER and the other is set up as SLAVE.
When I hook up the cable to an ordinary IDE port (eg IDE1) the two drives are properly recognized.
Both drives can be formatted using the regular IDE ports, this means without any cluster errors or other errors so the drives are physically OK.
Before I wrote this post I checked the support section again to make sure I am using the latest BIOS which is 1.1. I also downgraded to 1.0, but that didn't solve my problem either.
Since I work in a computer shop now and then I had the opportunity to check two Maxtor Fireball3 30gig drives on a different MS-6590 RAID board (BIOS 1.1.) and exactly the same problem occurs: the 2nd drive won't be recognized in the ARRAY on IDE3.
Please tell me what to do to make the striping option fully work on my two IDENTICAL Maxtor hard drives since MSI support came up with a standard email, which didn't cheer me up at all. Hopefully this time they will investigate this matter since no doubt more people will experience this.

Thanks for the quick response, though it's not satisfactory for me (of course).
Actually before installing the new KT4 Ultra I owed the KT266 Pro RAID motherboard. It's true this board has two controllers for the RAID option. Nevertheless because after reading the manual of this new board I was convinced I could connect two hard drives on the IDE3-channel. This is the reason I decided to go ahead and to upgrade to this new mainboard.
I guess I have to go back to my employer and fall back again to my KT266 (MS6380).

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Derek

I am facing exactly the same problem, word to word exactly as derek has described. I have tried all possible tactics to solve this problem. But it seems to be a defect with the camera itself as can bee seen by many posts regarding problems with this camera. I suggest we approach Creative labs directly and ask them to refund our money. I do not think anything can be done to solve this probkem with the NX Ultra.

Kt4 ultra problem

hello! i am having a problem with my kt4 ultra.
it originally booted, but once i hit delete to go into setup everything crashed. now when i boot, i get 2 beeps followed by another 8 beeps.
i've done alot of browsing through these forums and other sites, and heres what i find over and over:
10 Short
CMOS register
Check the motherboard and remove all expansion cards and replace one at a time.
i've done this and there is still a problem. am i doing the wrong diagnostics for the 2-8 beep combo?

i cleared cmos by removing battery and via the jumper method. no go.
the cpu/mobo/ram/video/ethernet were in another computer and worked previously. i sold them to my friend and had him buy a new case - i got everything setup the first time, booted, hit del to go into bios to make sure all settings were correct. it crashed and now does the 2-8 combo beep.
previously the mobo was in another case and we used different ram, but i still get the 2-8 beep combo using that same ram.
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350w ps
kt4 ultra mobo
athlon xp 2200+
geforce 4 ti4600
1 gig ddr 300 ram
30 gig western digital 5400 rpm hd
philips cdrom
netgear ethernet card
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KT4 Ultra Problem - Melting and stuff...not good...

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So, I turned it off quickly and took out my netword card, modem (PCI card), the bluetooth option that comes with the board and the S-Bracket thingy that comes with it and then turned it back on and there wasn't any problems.
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Any ideas? Should I be worried? What could have caused this? Could it have been one of the four components I removed? Do you expect further problems...ie - my computer catching fire?
Any help would be appreaciated.
Thanks,
Greg

I had this exact same problem with my ECS K7S5A board.. my problem was that the voltage for the PSU wasn't set for U.S., it was running the higher voltage, which caused that same small black chip to literally smoke and fry inside my case... left a great smell in there for awhile too. Hope this helps in some way.

M-Audio Fast Track Ultra Problem with Garage Band

GB is not recognizing my Fast Track unit. Sometimes it does, other times it doesn't. I uninstalled and reloaded drivers as well plugging it in before/after starting up, before/after opening GB. I even tried changing my USB cable. It is very erratic. Any suggestions or anyone else have similar problems?

M-Audio's Fast Track Ultra appears to have some serious issues with the drivers. The unit does not like to stay connected or communicate with your PC. See this thread on the M-Audio site http://forums.m-audio.com/showthread.php?t=1174
I would NOT recommend this product until they get their problems figured out. You quickly will pick up on the thread that M-Audio's solution to an acknowledged hardware issue is to have the customer start messing with their system to see if it corrects the problem. Then if it doesn't, you have the privilege of calling their technical support. One poor chap from Costa Rica was put on hold for 41 minutes and was still waiting. Poor guy is probably still waiting.
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MSI FX 5700 Ultra problem with linux

Hi,
I know that linux are not officially suported by MSI VGA cards, but NVIDIA based VGA cards use to work under linux. I've got a problem with a recent purchase and until now I didn't found any answer.
Here is my problem, if anyone here have an idea :
I recently upgraded my video card Geforce 2 MX to a Geforce FX 5700 Ultra from MSI (FX 5700 Ultra TD128).
I've an Athlon XP 2000,
motherboard Gigabyte GA-7VAXP, 512 Mb,
distrib Mandrake 9.2
latest nvidia driver 5328
At startup after installation, Mandrake detected a new hardware, but it was not the right card name. The video test failed and X (graphic mode) didn't start.
Back to console mode, I discovered that even the console mode doesn't work properly : I have no cursor and the screen lines don't scroll up when the screen gets full (very hard to type commands or edit files).
I checked the XF86Config-4 : for me it seems ok. Actually, it didn't change from the previous card.
I've no errors in the XFree log (no lines with (EE)).
I went to the MSI site to look for a newer bios version, but there is'nt.
I tried both DVI and VGA connection with my LCD monitor, same thing.
I also tried running Knoppix (liveCD distrib), same prob.
I pasted below the message i've got on screen when I try to start X manually (this doesn't help much either) :
XIO: fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0"
after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining.
It seems to me that this graphic card simply doesn't work under linux.
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To get X to work with your LCD during the installation process append nofb as one of the installation options.
I have a 17" LCD so you might like to compare the relevant sections in your XF86Config with these:
Section "Module"
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   Load "type1"
EndSection
(The Load "dri" gets removed prior to installing nvidia's Forceware drivers.)
Section "Monitor"
   Identifier "Monitor0"
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MSI GeForce3 Ti200 + MSI KT4 Ultra [problems]

hi, every time i am on my computer my computer restarts and random intervals and when it returns to windows from a reboot it telss me it had a display device driver failure.........i never used to have this problem b4 and only seem to get it now since i installed my new motherboard (MSI KT4 Ultra). I did a fresh windows install and am running the latest VIA drivers, i tried all the nVidia drivers out there old/new......same problem....... any help would be great, cause it's getting real annoying now.
This is the error i get:
Quote
The driver for the display device was unable to complete a drawing operation. Please check with the device manufacturer for a driver update.

well after removing the display driver and now running the standard vga driver, i am positive the thing at fault here is the driver.....because i my compter does not spontainiously reboot nor do i get any display errors, hoever my computer activity is very limited, i can not run any games or use any graphic intensive apps.
.......since the driver IS at fault, will MSI please release a fix or a new driver that will resolve this issue
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