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    MSI GX740 Artifacts on battery mode.

    Discussion in 'MSI' started by radium69, Jan 9, 2011.

  1. radium69

    radium69 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello folks,
    Got a bit of a problem here.

    My MSI GX740 has just underwent a VBIOS update from this forum here. It's purpose was to fix the fuzzy screen. But now I've got a new problem...

    I get artifacts on the battery mode (no power plugged in). It happends when it's idling on the desktop, and when I run FURMARK (vga stress testing) it gets worse, the purple pixels / artifacts jump all over the screen.

    However as soon as I put the powerplug in the pixels dissapear and everything turns to normal.

    I really don't know what to do, any help would be appreciated. I don't want to f*ck up my new laptop. I just wanted to remove the fuzzy pixels.

    Also is it normal that my 5870m gets to 102 degrees celsius in furmark?

    Here's some info via HWINFO32:

    On battery:
    Video chipset
    Video Chipset: ATI Mobility RADEON HD 5870 (BROADWAY XT/GL)
    Video Memory: 1024 MBytes of GDDR5 SDRAM

    Video Card
    Video Card: ATI Mobility RADEON HD 5870 [MSI]
    Video Bus: PCIe v2.0 x16 (2.5 Gb/s) @ x16 (2.5 Gb/s)
    Video BIOS Version: 012.020.000.032.035757

    Performance
    Processor Clock: 300.0 MHz
    Memory Clock: 400.0 MHz (Effective 1600.0 MHz)
    Memory Bus Width: 128-bit
    Number Of Pixel Pipelines: 16
    Number Of Unified Shaders: 800

    On AC:
    Video chipset
    Video Chipset: ATI Mobility RADEON HD 5870 (BROADWAY XT/GL)
    Video Memory: 1024 MBytes of GDDR5 SDRAM

    Video Card
    Video Card: ATI Mobility RADEON HD 5870 [MSI]
    Video Bus: PCIe v2.0 x16 (2.5 Gb/s) @ x16 (2.5 Gb/s)
    Video BIOS Version: 012.020.000.032.035757

    Performance
    Processor Clock: 405.0 MHz
    Memory Clock: 1000.0 MHz (Effective 4000.0 MHz)
    Memory Bus Width: 128-bit
    Number Of Pixel Pipelines: 16
    Number Of Unified Shaders: 800
     
    radium69, Jan 9, 2011
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  2. Bearclaw

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    Your clocks are all messed up. It should be 100/150 on idle while in battery and AC mode. At peak it should be 700/1000.

    Also it's not normal for it to be getting 102C in FurMark. If this is after the vBIOS update then you really need to repaste.

    How did you do your vBIOS update anyway?
     
    Bearclaw, Jan 9, 2011
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  3. radium69

    radium69 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Read a topic with your recommendation for a vbios update.
    Also this wasn't with the ECO utility on.

    I made a USB startup disk with the files of the vbios, then updated using the given files. Can't remember what exactly, but it went all well and got no errors.

    Via these instruction of yours:
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/msi/535518-gx740-new-vbios-2.html
    And now all hell broke lose :')
     
    radium69, Jan 10, 2011
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    TEMPS IDLE BATTERY:
    [​IMG]

    TEMPS LOAD BATTERY:
    [​IMG]

    TEMPS IDLE AC:
    [​IMG]

    TEMPS LOAD AC:
    [​IMG]
     
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    Can you download GPU-Z and go to the sensor tab and run furmark. Then while furmark is running, check the VDDC. If it's at 1.05V then there's definitely something wrong with the thermal paste because there's no way it should be getting 97C on the new vBIOS.

    If it says 1.15V then you're still using the old vBIOS for some reason.
     
    Bearclaw, Jan 10, 2011
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    IDLE BATTERY
    [​IMG]
    LOAD BATTERY
    [​IMG]

    IDLE AC
    [​IMG]
    LOAD AC
    [​IMG]


    FURMARK TEMPS: LOAD AC: 94 degrees celsius
    Battery mode: LOAD: Not tried stopped at 64 degrees because of artifacs, and don't want to damage the card.
     
    radium69, Jan 10, 2011
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