Red LEDs and Random Switch MSI GTX 560ti Twin Frozr

KSauce1 · May 23, 2013

Hi Guys,

I have just purchased a second hand MSI GTX 560ti Twin Frozr 1GB, upon installing it i have 8 red LEDs lit up (Uh oh?). And also there is some random switch on the side which i am intrigued about, it has 3 levels.

Pictures of issues; http://imageshack.us/a/img23/4875/gpuquestions.jpg

This is the Card; http://uk.msi.com/product/vga/N560GTX-Ti-Twin-Frozr-II-OC.html

bdiddytampa · May 23, 2013

The LEDs are just to signify what power phase the card is in I believe, and the switch I'm not sure about. Is everything working ok?

bdiddytampa · May 23, 2013

I think the switch is a fan control, looks like on that picture the far left is performance, middle is silenced, and right is reserved.

KSauce1 · May 23, 2013

bdiddytampa :

It seems to be, although my PC just locked up completely and i had to hard reset it.

I also did a brief test with Black Ops II and discovered some texture rendering issues but i'm sure those are just the result of a misconfiguration somewhere on my end.

Can you enlighten me a little more on the LEDs? Red is never good, and i hope i don't end up blowing my PC due to power issues. I'm 2 months away until i can afford a top end one and i plan to! Right now i have http://www.ebuyer.com/product/254075 . Which i know is really bad.

bdiddytampa · May 23, 2013

KSauce1 :

Your card runs in several different "power phases". When all the lights are lit up it is in full power gaming mode, and I'm assuming they turn off as power is decreased. As far as you texture problems go, there could be many different issues, just make sure you have the latest drivers for your card from Nvidia and play with the in game settings a bit.

The red LEDs are nothing to worry about. I had your exact card for more than a year, had some driver issues with it, but mechanically a good card. My advice about the fan switch would be to run in performance mode, those cards tend to run a little hot under load.

KSauce1 · May 23, 2013

bdiddytampa :

KSauce1 :

Your card runs in several different "power phases". When all the lights are lit up it is in full power gaming mode, and I'm assuming they turn off as power is decreased. As far as you texture problems go, there could be many different issues, just make sure you have the latest drivers for your card from Nvidia and play with the in game settings a bit.

The red LEDs are nothing to worry about. I had your exact card for more than a year, had some driver issues with it, but mechanically a good card. My advice about the fan switch would be to run in performance mode, those cards tend to run a little hot under load.

Thanks alot bdiddy.

My PC has just locked up again. Second time in 30 minutes - never happened before only since installing the GPU. Do you think this could be my lack of a decent power supply?

If so i could get a decent branded 500w one ordered for tomorrow which will do the job!

bdiddytampa · May 23, 2013

As far as your PSU goes I can't fight a tech sheet on it, so I don't know how it will perform, but usually they are cheap for a reason lol. I would definitely pic up a more reliable and stable one if you get the chance. Corsair is the brand I usually buy, and you can get a good stable 500-600W from them with a good amount of Amps for 60$ US sometimes. Other makes to consider would be Antec, Seasonic, Enermax.

bdiddytampa · May 23, 2013

What temps is it running? just curious

KSauce1 · May 23, 2013

Thanks for the advice.

I just bit the bullet and went for http://www.ebuyer.com/269259-corsair-600w-cx-series-v2-psu-6x-sata-2x-pci-e-cmpsu-600cxv2uk

My Antec one was like £20 with 550w so i doubt that was doing my system any good.

I think the Corsair one will do it some justice, i'm running the following;

AMD Athlon II X3 455
2 Sticks 1333MHz Ram (Corsair XMS3)
Ofc my GPU; 560ti
And only 1 HDD.

bdiddytampa · May 23, 2013

sounds good, give it a try

A stable PSU is one of the most important parts of your PC. I'll keep this thread attached to my email, so if you install the new PSU and it still locks up, just post back on here and we can go through your bug reports and see if we can figure out any further issues.

KSauce1 · May 23, 2013

bdiddytampa :

Core is 40 Idle, 58 Loaded with Black Ops II, and that's with fan speed on auto currently at 50%. I like the card so far, it's silent compared to my noise Gigabyte Windforce 550ti that i had.

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