If you aren’t able to download the MSI afterburner software, don’t worry. There are some easy workarounds to tackle this situation. Read the following article to find out.
MSI afterburner is a software application that lets users track their hardware performance while playing games. It displays various GPU and CPU statistics on your screen so you are aware of your system performance at all times. Using it is pretty straightforward. Also, the download and installation process for the software is fairly simple. But, there is an error that has been troubling the users for quite some time. Users have reported that they are not able to download the MSI afterburner files from the website. When users click on the ‘Download afterburner’ button, the page reloads. And the same thing is repeated every time they press the button.
The glitch is not new and has been an issue for a substantial number of users. Fortunately, you won’t have to deal with this issue for long because we will tell you how to get through it. Take a look at the workarounds mentioned below. Use those to tackle this situation and successfully download the MSI afterburner software on your computer.
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How to fix MSI afterburner download not working:
1) Page source:
When you are on the MSI afterburner download page, right-click anywhere and select the ‘View page source’ option. This will open a new webpage with all the info needed for the next step. On this page, click on the three dots or the three lines at the top right corner of your screen. Now select ‘Find’. You can also use the keyboard shortcut “Ctrl + F”. In the dialog box that pops up, type ‘zip’. This will highlight a URL that is the link for the MSI Afterburner installation file. Copy that link and paste it into a new page on your browser. When you press enter, the download process will pop up. Select ‘Save file’ to start the download.
2) Browser Console:
When you are on the MSI afterburner download website and use the shortcut, ‘Ctrl + Shift + C’. This will open the browser console. Look at the bottom of the window. You will see a Console tab. Switch to it and enter the following command.
fetch(“https://www.msi.com/api/v1/get_token?date=20220101”)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(token => window.open(`https://download.msi.com/uti_exe/vga/MSIAfterburnerSetup.zip?__token__=${token[0]}`));
This will directly initiate the download for the zip file with the necessary contents.
