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MSI NF980-G65 Mainboard/Motherboard

Packaging:

The MSI NF980 Motherboard comes packaged in a very bright white and orange colored box. The left half of the front has MSI’s logo set around a flame like graphic. The rest of the front part of the box seems rather bland, yet, functional. The back half of the box is very organized displaying the “rich” features “HTPC ready, the easy oc switch, true 3-way sli, and true blu-ray audio.” The right half portion of the back of the box displays the massive list of specifications. Opening the box one will notice everything very neatly packed.  Besides the actual motherboard the packaging includes various cables, a motherboard user guide, an hdd backup guide, an MSI quick installation quide, and a DVD with the drivers and utilities.

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Front of box 3/4 view
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Back of box Opened box
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  1. This might be off topic but I have just fInished assembling a new RIG using the nf980-g65 MB. Have checked all the connections the board lights up all fans run GPU CPU Case etc. The blue APS light is on. The DVD drive is live at least the drawer opens and closes and the green light comes on and goes off as it should. Not so sure about the HDD. How do I check that? Not getting any beeps. Not sure if this board has a speaker? Can’t find any built in the case either. Anyhow to get to the point I do not get a post screen. Can’t install OS or MB drivers. The lights are on but nobody’s home.
    NF980-G65
    Phenom ll x4 965 Black
    4gb DDR3 CL9 Kingston 1333mhz
    MSI N465GTX (OC to 470 Specs)
    PSU OCZGXS850
    500 gb SATA ll Seagate HDD
    Sony DVD

    • Well first unplug everything but the power connections,CPU,RAM. I assume you are using aftermarket vid or onboard vid. Make sure the power to the vid is plugged in right. Then start. if that doesnt work, post back here and we can go to the next step.

      • Hi Jason
        Thanks for your input. I did what you said and it booted to post. Now I’m just tweaking everything up. For a while I thought a piece of hardware or a short at the MB / Case was at fault and I would have to start from scratch again. But as it happened I disconnected all the hardware pulled the ram and moved one stick to another channel and away it went. So thanks for help.
        Ron

        • This may be a dead subject…but after having this board for months it has started not posting. I have to turn the power on….wait a few seconds then hit the reset button…sometimes 2-3 times before it posts….sooo frustrating.

          Finally I just bought the crosshair extreme. Im in a jam because I have the AMD 1090T and two GTX580’s…tough to find an AMD board that supports SLI.

          here is my rig http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35g_mnlG0ME

  2. How is this board still running for you? I have heard that it has its faults and quite a few of them actually POP* and generate smoke/sparks when overclocked.

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