290x/290 voltage control with MSI AB (stock bios) guide.

Geeman1979 · 12 Dec 2013 at 20:25

3.0.0 Beta 17 is what I'm running.

Also the same drivers by the looks of it.

Geeman1979 · 12 Dec 2013 at 21:47

Does the Catalyst control center need to be installed for this to work?

Orangey · 12 Dec 2013 at 22:41

Geeman1979 said:
No joy!

What I've done is make a copy of the Afterburner short cut from desktop. Right clicked properties from the short cut. Applied this in the target box. So it reads "C:\Program Files (x86)\MSI Afterburner\MSIAfterburner.exe" /wi4,30,8d,18

Still reading +100 rather than +150 in Afterburner. Something I'm missing?

Make another copy and replace the last 2 digits with 00. This will reset the voltage offset. Then try clicking the +150mv shortcut and running AB from the regular shortcut again.

Geeman1979 · 12 Dec 2013 at 22:51

Just tried it and AB still showing as 100mV

Once it works does it ask you for a reboot?

Marine-RX179 · 12 Dec 2013 at 22:57

Geeman1979 said:
Just tried it and AB still showing as 100mV

Once it works does it ask you for a reboot?

Try this:
1. Close MSI AB
2. Run your shoutcut (double-click it)
3. Run MSI AB (and it should open with the highest voltage which you have set with the shortcut)

Geeman1979 · 12 Dec 2013 at 23:03

Still no go.

Is this how it needs to read exactly in the target box "C:\Program Files (x86)\MSI Afterburner\MSIAfterburner.exe" /wi4,30,8d,18 ?

Marine-RX179 · 12 Dec 2013 at 23:07

Geeman1979 said:
Still no go.

Is this how it needs to read exactly in the target box "C:\Program Files (x86)\MSI Afterburner\MSIAfterburner.exe" /wi4,30,8d,18 ?

You should have two icons by the way. One is the default for running/opening MSI AB, whereas the other is a new shortcut that you created, which you edit the target path.

Geeman1979 · 12 Dec 2013 at 23:08

Yeah done that. Just copied and pasted from the original on desktop.

tommybhoy · 12 Dec 2013 at 23:42

Geeman1979 said:
Just copied and pasted from the original on desktop.

Don't know if it will make a difference, but I created new shortcuts, direct from the exe and renamed them 'AB-Stock V' and AB-1400Mv', then I edited the Target path, I never used the original desktop shortcut.

"C:\Program Files (x86)\MSI Afterburner\MSIAfterburner.exe" /wi4,30,8d,0

and

"C:\Program Files (x86)\MSI Afterburner\MSIAfterburner.exe" /wi4,30,8d,18

I also have CCC installed too, and there was no need to reboot either, you just need to make sure AB is closed down before clicking the increased voltage limit, then start AB from your original untouched shortcut.

Geeman1979 · 13 Dec 2013 at 00:12

It's worth a shot.

Just tried creating a short cut directly from the exe in the AB folder but no longer got the option to edit the Target path. The only way was to send to desktop then, edit the Target path but then i'm back to square one, still stuck at 100mV tops. So dunno!

Marine-RX179 · 13 Dec 2013 at 07:30

Geeman1979 said:
It's worth a shot.

Just tried creating a short cut directly from the exe in the AB folder but no longer got the option to edit the Target path. The only way was to send to desktop then, edit the Target path but then i'm back to square one, still stuck at 100mV tops. So dunno!

Make sure you didn't drag the actual application onto the desktop (I did that myself, and had to put it back into the folder

). Use right-click to drag the exe from the folder onto the desktop, and there should be an option of "create shortcut".

Geeman1979 · 13 Dec 2013 at 09:21

Sack it! Still not working. Will have to look deeper into it.

petedread · 31 Jan 2014 at 21:53

Hi guys. I saw the post from unwinder too but didn't know where to start, and didn't dare admit that on that site lol.
Is there any chance you guys could help me? I don't understand how to add the text to the end of the target path, on the copied short cut. I enter the text and then press OK and get a message saying "make sure the path and file name are correct".

I have tried,
making a copy of the exe file in the MSI folder,
copying the desktop short cut.

Am I making a very simple mistake or am I missing something more significant?

Thanks, pete.

petedread · 2 Feb 2014 at 22:40

Tried again today and it worked. I just had to leave a space before adding /wi4,30,8d,18
That is that the file closed and saved. I'm not getting 150mv. Same as Geeman1979.

Geeman1979 · 2 Feb 2014 at 22:44

I never did get it to work. Ended up using Sapphire Trixx which allows up to 200mv.

petedread · 2 Feb 2014 at 23:40

I didn't realise that trix was ready yet.

I have almost gone blind reading through thread after thread trying to get this to work and I have found out why it wont work for you and me.

If your still interested, here is the solution.

change one of the numbers in the added text, so should look like this.
"/wi6,30,8d,xx"
instead of this
"/wi4,30,8d,xx"
They changed the 4 to a 6. I read somewhere, some one mentioned to unwinder something about a 6 lol, guess this was it.

Neil79 · 12 Feb 2014 at 00:06

Will this work on a 280x that is limited to 1.2v and I need 1.3v?

( all the reviews show this card at 1.25 - 1.3v )

Neil79 · 12 Feb 2014 at 13:21

Nope didn't work on my msi 280x card, still stuck at 1.2v max

tommybhoy · 12 Feb 2014 at 13:30

^
Use VBE7 bios editor.

LtMatt · 12 Feb 2014 at 13:33

tommybhoy said:
^
Use VBE7 bios editor.

I've been trying that for him in the other thread Tommy. Does not seem to work. Seems like he might have a voltage locked 280X. I wonder if this is one of the new 280x Tahiti XT that Gibbo mentioned a while ago.