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I have just splahsed out for a new Nvidia 6200A from ebay and it took over 2 weeks to arrive, excited with receiving it I immediately installed it, when i rebooted my rig i noticed that on the post screen where it states the GPU model and memory amount it syas this

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does anyone know what this means, and should i send it back.
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Hi speelbyte,

It's ok, it doesn't affect the functionality. It usually only happens when used with MSI motherboards. MSI have released a BIOS fix for it, but personally, I don't think it's worth updating your BIOS for this.


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thats alright then, as long i haven't been stitched up by the seller thats the main thing :P thnks for the quick reply too
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