20.1 and Z68 gd80 b3.

So the 20.1 and Z68 gd80 b3. Is that bios only for Ivy bridge ?

Added: Additional information to Reply #5. It was rumored that PCI-E 3.0 was able to be enabled on this specific board when an Ivy CPU was used, I remain skeptical of this as the PCI-E slots are not hardware compliant as they don't have the needed contact fingers. Is it possible a workaround was found to this hardware limitation? Don't know since I no longer have a B3 to test this one way or the other.
This is also one of the rarer mainboards that can be safely crossflashed. If not intending to install an Ivy CPU, it is still recommemded to not flash an Ivy UEFI/BIOS. Flash is not without risk, so think twice before attempting it.
>> Z68A-GD80(G3) Ivy Beta <<
Please read this review before making a decision to try this.
>> Ivy Beta Review <<

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Ram problem! (msi z68-gd80,g3)

Hey there.
have a problem with my new ripjaw x series ram 1866. ( and all other ram)
Tried installing all 16 gb of it earlier today and apparently only the first blue and black ram slot work.
Before i updated my bios to the newest one the pc wouldn't even load it would automaticly restart, but after getting the newest version of bios the computer keeps running but no signal to the screen.
I tried mem test on all 4 sticks by using them on the first two slots 1 black and 1 blue and there are no errors.
UPDATE:
CPU brand, model and speed - i7 2600k
Motherboard model (full marketing name, not just MS-xxxx) - > msi z68-gd80,g3/ v18.8
Memory brand, type/speed, size, number of sticks 4 sticks /4gb each / Ripjaws X F3-14900CL9Q-16GBXL
Video card brand, chipset type, memory size Ati Radeon HD 5870
Hard drive(s) brand, size, type, speed Hitachi 320 gb and Seegate Barracude 1tb 7200RPM
Any other peripheral cards and devices NO
Operating system and version (including if 32 or 64bit!) Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit
Power Supply Unit brand and output in watts and DC output (amps) -Seasonic SS750HT active PFC F3

Quote from: Jack on 26-January-12, 00:26:49
Did you test @DDR3-1333 // 1.55V // CR=2T?
Also, please read the >>Posting Guide<< and provide full system specs (especially precise model names/numbers of the memory modules you are talking about here).
How and where do i change those settings? Am a total newbie so you'll have to be patient with me..
In the overclock setting of the bios tried changing the volt to and freq to what you said but after changing that even the working 2 didn't work.. so i had to reset bios.

MSI Z68-GD80 (G3) Big Problems

So I have gotten my MSI Z68-GD80 (G3) Motherboard 1050 Watt powersupply from corsair 16GB of ram Corsair Vengence GTX 580 Twin Frozr II 2600K and a H80. At Stock Speeds My computer just frezzes in till i reset my computer or it automatically restarts and i have been losing Work Info because of this problem. In Prime 95 i ran it for a hour no Errors or anything. When i Enable OC genie Prime 95 Crashed in 30 minutes my computer freezes loud noise comes out of my headphones. Then i try pressing reset button no respond so i had to turn of my powersupply. btw my highest temp on the core was 55C. This usally happenes when i play games like: MW2,WAW,Crossfire,CSS,TF2,and so On. Btw im on the latest UEFI and drivers i believe since i used the LiveUpdate.
If i have to RMA this Board can I drop it off at MSI Viking Road Richmond I Live Near there.

Have you tried it without OC Genie ? What are the results ? Which BIOS are you using ?
Only insert one memory module. Do a CMOS clear >>Clear CMOS Guide<< Remove the battery for a while.
Ensure that EuP2013, Spread Spectrum and XMP are disabled.
Retest with only one memory module.

Msi Z68 GD80 (G3) strange Cpu Temp.reading

Hello all,this is my first post here.
I just purchased an Msi Z68 GD80(G3) and I think I have strange cpu temp. reading as seen in the Hw monitor.My i5 2500k idle/load CPU temp. is equal or higher than core temps which is strange for an intel cpu,as an intel user for years I believe it should be 10-12C lower than core temps.(my previous mobo was giga p67 ud5 and never had this issue).Double checked my cpu cooler-spire thermax 2-no problems.Updated to last bios-no change-Any recommendations/solutions welcomed here.
Rest of my system as follows:
Asus gtx560
4*2 gb gskill ddr3 ram
1tb samsung hd
high power 650w power supply

Have you checked what the CPU temp shows in BIOS just after start up ? How does that compare with the HW temp.
HW Monitor's temp interpretation may just not be calibrated for the specific Fintek chip used on your MB. Maybe you want to check with the HW monitor home site as well.
How do the temps compare with whats read/displayed in Speedfan, Real Temp or Core Temp ?
If they are all similar, then it could just be a badly calibrated sensor on the board as well.
Do some comparative testing and see if there are any differences at all.
Also check with MSI technical to see if they are aware of a general tendency with regards to this, or whether a BIOS revision may have addressed such an issue. >>How to contact MSI.<<
Just recheck your heatsink seating again and maybe even reseat the CPU and do a full socket pin inspection at the same time.

Z68-GD80 (G3) Bios/Boot issue

I have a major problem right now with my z68-GD80. I went and tried to update the bios to get it all ready for a new 3770K I have (was at I.80, going to J.10) and it got as far as trying to reboot the system after it apparently updated the bios from within windows. However, it only got as far as giving me a double short beep and then sat there for 30 minutes before I shut down the system. I fire it back up, does double beep again, but this time its cycling itself every 30 seconds or so.
I then go and clear the cmos to see if that will help get this thing into some sort of working state. All that does is cause it to try to cycle between the bios's, but according to the led on the mobo, its only trying to boot from the first one.
So, any idea how to get this thing back on its feet, or am I SOL?
As of this minute Specs:
CPU: 2500k (all stock)
Mem: 1x8GB Kingston Hyper-x KHX1600C10D3B1k2/16G
No ODD's (Two Blu-rays pulled)
No HDD's (256GB M4 pulled)
GPU: Reference 5870 (stock)
PSU: PCPC 750W
OS: Win8 Pro x64

Don't update bios from windows, it very often ends badly.
At anyrate, try a full cmos clear >>Clear CMOS Guide<<
If you are unable to get it to post or recover, you will need an spi programmer from either msi or a decent computer shop.
Also, it MAY boot with your IVY cpu so that is worth a shot.
As a final note, if you need to send it for RMA as for the beta bios, as it has been reported to really rock.
z68a-gd80 (G3) I had to assume by what bios you used.

Witch version of click Bios come with the Z68-GD80 (b3)

As the title said, with version of click bios come with the board, I know they have the click bios 2 with the (g3) but i can't find one in stock anywhere

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As the title said, with version of click bios come with the board
Definately no Click BIOS II on the Z68-GD80 (B3).
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I know they have the click bios 2 with the (g3) but i can't find one in stock anywhere
That is because the G3-boards have not really hit the market yet.

MSI Control Center and 990FXA-GD80

So howdy do!
So, as we all know, the 990FXA-GD80 limits your volts at something like 1.45x or something silly.. some protection nonsense. So overclocking is very limited CPU wise.
So, it came to me that one could use MSI control center where it doesn’t limit the volts, i installed it lastnight, havnt messed with it yet, but you can give the processor alot more volts. Compared to the BIOS.. I know its better to do OC's from the bio's, but, MSI doesnt want us to with this board.
So what are the good, the bad, about doing it from the control center? I have never used it before and would like to give my cpu more juice and higher clocks. Is there a thread about using it somewhere ?
Thank you kind Sirs

From my experience, CC has worked pretty good.
But there are two issues. One is simple; each time you start windows, you have to start CC and apply the overclock.
The second is more complicated. When the CPU was under load and presumably reached a certain temp, CC would nerf the multiplier (from what ever it was to 7x).
This is basically unacceptable in terms of performance. I personally used CC for the longest time, as I would overclock and control the fans with ease.
But, the unstable performance and constant need to apply the profile became unbearable.
I considered selling it and moving to a competitor. But that was to much of a hassle. So I didn't.
After messing around in the bios, I was able to create a work around for controlling the voltages. It's kinda tedious, but not as tedious as applying the overclock each time you enter windows.
I observed when ever I cleared the cmos the voltages were able to be set above 1.44v. So I saved that clean bios via the overclocking profiles.
Then when I entered the bios afterward -- the voltage would be reset to auto. I would then load the overclocking profile. This would reset the voltage to allow over 1.44v again.
When you increase the voltage to 1.5v, you can save that to a new overclocking profile. Then you save the bios, and reset the computer.
The bios wont be entered again, thus, you will be running on that new voltage until you enter the bios again.
When you do enter the bios again, you'll have to load the overclocking profile to access the "unlocked" voltages. Simple bump the voltage to 1.52 and repeat the process. Once your CPU is stable.
You'll never notice your bios had locked the voltage.
I hope that makes sense.
Missxu

Msi z68 gd80 (g3) strange mb temp (overlocked with oc button)

Hi,firstly sorry for my bad english this is my first post
I started my pc with overlock option from BIOS. the cpu speed raised from 3.4 to 4.2 but motherboard is too high temp while overlocked.please check the picture and tell me if those temp are normal ? pc is idle at that picture.those temps are normal ? (room temp under 25c).
my second problem is when i stress test with msi extreme tuning software,max cpu temp became 67c and mb temp became 65-66-67c. (no overlock) (i use intel 2500k stok fan) (thermal compound pasted)(cooler master haf942)

http://www.hwinfo.com/
Download that for monitoring info. Seems to be better than CPUID HWMonitor especially for voltages.
Here's a screenshot of mine and I don't have any problem with it. Yours should be near the same. It seems you are making an issue out of nothing re: MB/system temperature.
This is for my Z77 (I know it's not same MB as yours but temps should be similar) and you should be near the same. By the way use Alt + PrtScn so you only get screenshot of active window instead of entire screen.
Temps in BIOS will show higher than when it's running in Windows environment in case you didn't know that.

MSI Z68-GD80 (G3) SpeedStep Issues

I have my 2600k overclocked to 4.5 ghz.
i have got the intel speedstep enabled.
When i load up CPU-Z my 2600k at idle goes to 1.6ghz but than after a second it goes back to 4.5 ghz.
What settings do i have to enable for this not to happen.
I am on the latest Bios Version.

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When i load up CPU-Z my 2600k at idle goes to 1.6ghz but than after a second it goes back to 4.5 ghz
If you leave the PC alone for a couple of minutes, you will see that it eventually settles down in an idle state. There are usually quite a few start up programs that keep the CPU busy and will cause the load fluctuations, thats normal.

MOVED: Z68-GD80 (G3) BIOS flashing

This topic has been moved to BIOS.
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=153238.0

Don't update bios from windows, it very often ends badly.
At anyrate, try a full cmos clear >>Clear CMOS Guide<<
If you are unable to get it to post or recover, you will need an spi programmer from either msi or a decent computer shop.
Also, it MAY boot with your IVY cpu so that is worth a shot.
As a final note, if you need to send it for RMA as for the beta bios, as it has been reported to really rock.
z68a-gd80 (G3) I had to assume by what bios you used.

Settings wont save in bios? (z68 gd80 (g3))

Sorry if this is in the wrong place,
whenever i overclock something in bios, i will go into windows and it wont have taken effect, for instance i am trying to overclock my i7 2600k but every time i change the multiplier in bios it doesn't take effect...

Update to UEFI/BIOS .I62 found here; https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=151130.0

Re: Z68-GD80 (G3) Infnite boot loop

You can try to use battery calibration . The phenomenon doesn't seem normal , you better contact service location for precise testing .

You can refer to the video for recovering to original os.(Please start to watch from 3:16)
>>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1FMvn0cl-Y&list=PLTPGJNsY3U4...

Re: MSI Z68-GD80 (G55) Archive BIOS flashing

Perfect. Thank you!

Quote from: flobelix on Today at 13:37:13Wait. Are you connecting the vga directly or are you trying via connecting to the mainboard via the igpu outputs? If so connect the vga directly.
Well, 1.4 is indeed very o...

Z68A-GD80 and Running Crossfire

I'd like to purchase a motherboard to match up with an i7 2600K cpu that I have and the Z68-GD80 is the board I'm leaning towards but the information on Crossfire is a little confusing at the moment. I already have a pair of MSI R6970 Lightning Radeon HD 6970 2GB 256-bit video cards. Will one card only take advantage of the x16 speed and the second automatically default to x8 or if I understand right that both cards can be run as x16 but that shuts down some of the USB connections and some of the other slots on the board. I need at least one PCI-E 1 slot for my sound card which is a HT Omega eClaro. I've tried searching the internet on the subject but haven't come up with any solid information for this type of setup. I'll be using Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit version loaded on an OCZ Vertex 3 120GB drive to boot from and I have a 240GB G.SKILL Pro Series SATA II SSD for my work apps and a 750 GB WD Black edition to install my games on. I also have a USB 3.0 2TB WD external HD to back my files up on. As for RAM I have G.SKILL Ripjaws X + Turbulence II Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2133 time two for a total of 8GB with a pair of optical drives powered by an 850W Corsair PSU. If you need anymore info just ask.
Any information sure would be welcome so I can get this rig up and running.

Thanks HU16E after doing more digging I see that just about every board with the Z68 chip-set has the same limitations. Even many of the 67's are the same way. I should be okay then since the only add in card I plan on using is my sound card and that should work just fine in a PCI-E 1 slot.
Several years ago I built a mess of AMD Athlon systems all of which were put on MSI boards and every single one of them are still running today. I had switched to another manufacturer but after my first build with them that went fine I've had nothing but trouble with them since. After some long nights reading every review I could find I decided to come back to MSI. My parents have asked me to build them an AMD based system and from what I've seen MSI boards are just as good as any other though I talked them into holding off until Bulldozer comes out.
Again thanks for your help.

P67A-GD80 (B3) compatible RAM PSU

I'm currently working on a build of a multi-monitor trading workstation based upon a Sapphire Model 100290SR Radeon HD 5870 (Cypress XT) 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Eyefinity 6 Edition Video Card installed on an MSI P67 mainboard with an Intel Core i7-2600K 3.4 GHz, 8MB Cache, LGA1155, 95W Sandy Bridge Processor. I already have the CPU, GPU, and other components. At this point I'm trying to confirm the proposed choice of the mainboard: P67A-GD80 (B3) versus the P67A-GD65 (B3) or Z68-GD80 (B3); Crucial DDR3 RAM, and Thermaltake W0132RU 1000W PSU. Some of the concerns I have for the current specifications are:
RAM. Other threads in the forum have emphasized the preference for 1333 RAM versus the 1600 RAM (G.Skill Ripjaws 1600, Corsair Vengeance) being pushed by many retailers for their OC capability. Since I am not interested in overclocking and want rock solid stability and reliability, I first looked at the recommendations from Crucial for their 1333 modules. Does anyone have any experience with the Crucial memory modules in the below specification? Is there any reason to suspect the proposed Crucial module and its timings are not suitable for the proposed build based upon your experience?
PSU. The AMD/ATI Eyefinity 6 Edition graphics controller requires a system power supply of at least 600W for one card, and it requires a minimum of 900W to support two such cards. Calculations appear to indicate at least 514W are needed for the minimum configuration of one card and as much as 845W when the ports and devices are fully utilized. So, I'm thinking this build will need at least a 900W PSU, and the Thermaltake W0132RU 1000W supply appears to be the one PSU they offer with the capacity and connectors that are needed. Does anyone have experience with the Thermaltake W0132RU and/or its reliability with this and/or other MSI P67 mainboards and/or Eyefinity 6 Edition graphics cards?
MAINBOARD. Does the P67A-GD80 (B3) or do the other P67 Express or Z68 Express mainboards offer better support for this graphics card?
[Proposed] MSI P67A-GD80 (B3) (MS-7672 v2.X) ATX mainboard
[Procured] Intel® Core™ i7-2600K 3.4 GHz, 8MB Cache, LGA1155, 95W Processor, BX80623172600K, S-SPEC: SR-00C
[Proposed] Crucial® 8GB Kit (4GBx2), 240-pin DIMM, DDR3 PC3-10600 memory module DDR3 Upgrade for the MSI (Micro Star) P67A-GD80 (B3) Motherboard, Part Number: CT2KIT51264BA1339, Module Size: 8GB Kit (4GBx2), Package: 240-pin DIMM, Feature: DDR3 PC3-10600; Specs: DDR3 PC3-10600, CL=9, Unbuffered, NON-ECC, DDR3-1333, 1.5V, 512Meg x 64
[Procured] Sapphire Model 100290SR Radeon HD 5870 (Cypress XT) 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Eyefinity 6 Edition Video Card; PCI-Express × 16, 8-pin 150W, 6-pin 75W, 600W PSU for one GPU and 900W PSU for two GPU; CrossFireX™ not utilized in configuration
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[Proposed] Thermaltake Toughpower Cable Management W0132RU 1000W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Certified 80 PLUS Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply GeForce GTX 470 Certified
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[Future option] SATA III SSD
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Quote from: HU16E on 30-June-11, 03:59:02
Corsair AX1200.
Don't exclude the Z68A-GD65.
Given the choice, I would pick the Z68 GD80 over the P67 model anyday. Also, rumor is it may support the future Ivy Bridge CPU's. Z68's provide the best of both worlds, P/H series. Between the GD65 & the GD80? GD80 provides for an extra 4 PCI-E lanes thru the Z68 chipset. Suggest in advance to download the pdf manuals for both GD65 & GD80 & study them. With three devices installed in all of the PCI-E 16X slots in the GD80, because of the PCI-E limitations with the Sandy Bridge platform, you will lose PCI slot function & some USB ports, etc. Here again, the GD65 has only two PCI-E 16X slots & only 16 PCI-E lanes. IMO, this PCI-E lane limitation is a major drawback. The X58 MSI mainboards have a clear advantage in that regard having 36 PCI-E lanes.
The Z68 Express mainboards were a concern because of their unknown compatibilty with the already exotic AMD/ATI HD Radeon 5870 Eyefinity 6 edition drivers for six DisplayPort monitors. I was hoping someone in this forum might have already have some experience with the Eyefinity 6 edition on one of these mainboards and shed some light on the compatibility concerns. The P67 Express mainboards seemed like an opportunity to dodge any inforseen compatibility issues arising from the hybrid video architecture of the video enabled Sandy Bridge processors and the Z68 designs. I wonder.
The PCI-E x 16 lane restriction is another concern. Although using two Eyefinity 6 Edition cards is not planned, it would be a plus to know the capability was in reserve. Unfortunately, the P67A-GD80 (B3) appears to support only one PCI-express x 16 lane at a time. The PG7A-GD65 (B3) specifications don't seem to mention whether it does or does not support two PCI-Express x 16 lane cards at the same time. Does it or not? The Big Bang Marshall appears to support two 16 lane cards at the same time, but only by disabling all of the other PCI slots. The P67A-GD80 (B3) offers more USB 3.0 ports, but you have to make sure the PCI-E does not disable some of them.

20.1 and Z68 gd80 b3.

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