P7N Series BIOS Fix for video corruption? Beta BIOS available

[joelchoy]

is the bios going to be released soon?

http://nvidia.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/nvidia.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=2190&p_created=1209435626&p_sid=Thudkh4j&p_accessibility=0&p_redirect=&p_lva=&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9zb3J0X2J5PSZwX2dyaWRzb3J0PSZwX3Jvd19jbnQ9Niw2JnBfcHJvZHM9MyZwX2NhdHM9MCZwX3B2PTEuMyZwX2N2PSZwX3NlYXJjaF90eXBlPWFuc3dlcnMuc2VhcmNoX25sJnBfcGFnZT0xJnBfc2VhcmNoX3RleHQ9NzgwaQ**&p_li=&p_topview=1

Official versions are out, for future readers instead those betas go for official versions instead:

P7N Diamond ==> 1.2 http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=downloaddetail&type=bios&maincat_no=1&prod_no=1372
P7N SLI Platinum ==> 1.2 http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=downloaddetail&type=bios&maincat_no=1&prod_no=1373
P7N SLI-FI ==> 2.1 http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=downloaddetail&type=bios&maincat_no=1&prod_no=1459

Edited: Changed Topic Title. | Added link for BIOS

[Aaron]

What BIOS have you tried so far?

[joelchoy]

i'm using the latest version 1.1, but nvidia has released a fix to the manufacturers concerning the video corruption bug.

[tgk]

Yes please for the love of god, release it for the 750i also.  Here is a link to the Nvidia posting:  http://nvidia.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/nvidia.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=2190

Here is the forum with over 45 pages of people who have 750i and 780i chipsets who can not play videos in windows without corruption and crashes:
http://www.evga.com/forums/tm.asp?m=253891&mpage=47&key=

MSI, PLEASE get this bios update asap!

[Aaron]

tgk,

Contact MSI directly here: http://ocss.msi.com.tw/

[gamin]

according to one of my favourites hardware/drivers website (http://www.touslesdrivers.com, in french, sorry), nVidia has just fixed the 790i overclocking corruption problem. Evga directly released a new bios for their boards. MSI and Asus are expected to release their own soon. what does this mean ? nVidia has to deal with many problems, but they do their best to fix everything (my opinion). just give them some more time to release the fix for our video problem (expected week of may 26th according to their post on FAQ2190, thus this week).

[joelchoy]

i've wrote to msi asking when will be bios expected to be released. will post here when they replied

[spammah]

Please do post when you get a reply from MSI :-( I'm one of the users suffering from this same problem

[NightMare33]

ya same here
i do have the MSI 750i mobo, and i to is wondering will MSI release there BIOS version.
MSI PLZ!!!!! GET OUT IT QUICK.

[ido123]

P7N 750i Platinum,
PLEASE give us an update (which doesn't disable SLI, hmm).

I just posted a request on costumer support as well.

[frits007]

Nvidia has confirmed that there is a bios fix for the Nforce 750i and Nforce 780i.

Just need to wait now till MSI has given there spin to it and hands it out on the site

"NVIDIA is aware of reports of graphical corruption when playing videos with certain platform and graphics card configurations. We have been able to reproduce the issue on nForce 780i SLI and nForce 750i SLI platforms. We have released a BIOS fix for these platforms. Please contact your motherboard manufacturer for the updated BIOS."

-Souce: Nvidia FAQ

[joelchoy]

yes. i know that that's why i'm asking when is there a bios release. i hope it wont be 3 months. like the last update

[frits007]

well seems that msi have the new code, so its all up to msi and they dont know how to communicate so we have to wait

Or in your case, learn and never buy a MSI product again then :P?

[joelchoy]

why should i not buy any msi products. they only lack customer support.

[Svet]

Please quit those no sense bashing, else this topic will be removed.
If something depend of MSI, it will be done as fast as possible.

[Mike]

All of you should contact MSI.  Asking for it here doesn't communicate with MSI as we are all users here.

Ditto on Bosskiller's last statement.

[healingwand]

Suffering aswell. Please come up with that BIOS fix soon.

[Mike]

Again, we're not from MSI. MSI rarely looks at these forums. You need to contact MSI directly. http://ocss.msi.com.tw/
Asking here doesn't ask MSI.

[healingwand]

Again, we're not from MSI. MSI rarely looks at these forums. You need to contact MSI directly. http://ocss.msi.com.tw/
Asking here doesn't ask MSI.

hehe. sorry. missed your post. will do. thx

[ido123]

We realize these are the user forums. Some of us, including myself, have first contacted MSI directly. But we still want this matter to be regarded to publically. Public protest is the only reason this bug got looked into by nVIDIA in the first place- describing the issue to costumer support has given people nothing, while sending links to the corresponding threads on nVIDIA and EVGA forums made the tech support guys realize there was actually a general issue with the chipset series.
So, I really think this thread should exist here as well (without flaming, of course).

[Mike]

There are ways to make it public without doing it in the manner of some, note I wrote "some," posts here.

[NightMare33]

well i guess this is good news for you guys!!!!

i called MSI and got a very nice gentlemen named Bryan....i told him about the video corruption bug crap. (i never turned on my comp yet cause waiting on rest of my parts, but i figured give them a call to ask what to do). so he told me to do is update your bios to 1.1...the latest BIOS version if im correct...and see if that works....if it doesnt call back and will send you a link to the beta files. if i remember right....and he also said if that dont work...will send a direct download link from taiwan (interesting)

hope that helped 

[spammah]

Please post the download link once you have got it!

[archangel4321]

i called MSI and got a very nice gentlemen named Bryan....i told him about the video corruption bug crap. (i never turned on my comp yet cause waiting on rest of my parts, but i figured give them a call to ask what to do). so he told me to do is update your bios to 1.1...the latest BIOS version if im correct...and see if that works....if it doesnt call back and will send you a link to the beta files. if i remember right....and he also said if that dont work...will send a direct download link from taiwan (interesting)

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news here, but BIOS 1.1 is dated May 21 and both the beta BIOSes (P07 and 1.18) were out for weeks.  Since nVidia only came out with a fix on the 29th it seems unlikely that any of those BIOS will contain it.  However, I have yet to try 1.1, so maybe there's hope.  The problem definitely exists in P07.

[joelchoy]

version 1.1 does not fix the problem.

[spammah]

well i guess this is good news for you guys!!!!

i called MSI and got a very nice gentlemen named Bryan....i told him about the video corruption bug crap. (i never turned on my comp yet cause waiting on rest of my parts, but i figured give them a call to ask what to do). so he told me to do is update your bios to 1.1...the latest BIOS version if im correct...and see if that works....if it doesnt call back and will send you a link to the beta files. if i remember right....and he also said if that dont work...will send a direct download link from taiwan (interesting)

hope that helped 

Nightmare, please call Bryan and have him give us the link to the beta drivers. Please do ask him to confirm if the BIOS contains the very same fix about the video corruption and then post up the link here. The sooner the better for some of us here!! Thanks!

[NightMare33]

ok ill see what i can do....it might bea few days...casue im putting together my comp...and when i start her up...ill just call and ask for it.
but u can call up yourself and get it. (atleast try to call)

[spammah]

ok ill see what i can do....it might bea few days...casue im putting together my comp...and when i start her up...ill just call and ask for it.
but u can call up yourself and get it. (atleast try to call)

Can you PM me the number?

[tgk]

I submitted a ticket with MSI as instructed.  I encourage everyone else experiencing this issue to also do so.  When companies get a large number of complaints, they realize much quicker that there is a problem that needs to be addressed. 

[NightMare33]

626-913-0828

is the number i used.

[spammah]

So any beta bios download link? No answer from that number or it goes busy

[thorbadin]

yeah i have the beta bios v 1.23 so far so good, i havent watched too much video yet (roughly an hour) but no probs as of yet. cant link the beta bios becuase it wasnt linked to me, it was attached to a  tech support form.

edit: bios version 1.23 beta for the msi p7n 750i sli platinum.

[spammah]

Tech support form?!

[thorbadin]

yeah, http://www.msicomputer.com/msiapps/ts_form.aspx

[spammah]

I see this but if they attached the bios to your form, wouldn't there be a download link?

[NightMare33]

so from what im seeing theres a freaking fix???

[joelchoy]

yes. there is a fix. nvidia released it last thursday.

[spammah]

thorbadin, any updates? How's that BIOS treating you? Hit any snags yet?

[frits007]

Please quit those no sense bashing, else this topic will be removed.
If something depend of MSI, it will be done as fast as possible.

Dunno but alot of other Mainboard manifactures have made the update already :/ kinda weak of msi if you ask me..............
Kinda low to thread with removing a post, if MSI doesnt bring a update today, i'll never buy a MSI product again and will never buy or recoment/buy a msi product for my costumers :/ lazy company 

[spammah]

Yep. Can't wait for this beta BIOS fix too. Crashed twice today so far. First was the normal lockup when watching movie. Second time was after I finished playing Warcraft 3.