790FX-GD70 won't POST - 3 beeps & diagnostic LED "2e"

Hi,
After a second or two of rapidly displaying various hex values, the POST_LED stops at "2e" (not documented in manual; can't find on MSI support site) and the system issues 3 beeps (1 long and 2 short, also not documented in manual or online for AMI BIOS, which I assume from pictures in manual is what this mobo has on it).
My configuration is as follows:
Motherboard: 790FX-GD70 (model MS-7577)
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 3.2 GHz Socket AM3
Memory: 2x (8GB total) OCZ 4GB KIT (2 x 2GB) DDR3 1600Mhz PC3 12800 REAPER SERIES DUAL CHANNEL KIT (7-7-7-24)
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/146059
Video: Inno3D GTX260 216 Core 896MB DDR3 Dual DVI HDTV Out PCI-E (I know it's SLI, not CrossFire, but I'm only going to be using the one card)
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/152386
Hard Drives: 2x Western Digital WD3000HLFS VelociRaptor 300GB Hard Drive SATAII 16MB Cache 10000rpm
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/149435
Optical Drive: LiteOn 20x DVD±RW Dual Layer & Ram + Lightscribe IDE
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/126226
PSU: 500W EarthWatts PSU
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/128045
Obviously the CPU is good since I'm getting *some* POST activity and beeps, but I'm afraid I don't have any other video cards, memory, or PSU I can swap out to compare against. The previous poster (linked below) said he had swapped out many components and still had the same problem, though.
Any ideas, anyone? I'd be happy to further diagnose the problem myself if someone could point me towards a complete list of diagnostic LED values and meanings, and BIOS beep codes and meanings.
Cheers,
Philip the Duck
Previous post with same problem:
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=127265.0

Quote from: Stu on 02-August-09, 20:41:23
yannifb,
Please keep discussion of your own problem in your own topic, do not hijack others'!
In order to find out the real cause, it is generally a good method to make comparisons with partially different configurations, as yannifb did. Therefore, I see his post as a useful contribution rather than hijacking, and I hope I am allowed to say so in this forum, even to a Global Administrator. Bootup failure with the 790FX-GD70 with various graphic cards and PSUs (which might very well have a COMMON cause) is now being discussed in different threads, which makes it more difficult to follow the discussion and to compare and analyse the phenomena.
My own PSU is a Corsair HX1000W, which is undoubtedly strong enough and even recommended expressly by AMD for the Radeon 4890. Nevertheless, bootup fails with the configuration given in my signature. (I hope I'm not guilty of another "hijacking" attempt. I believe we need some consolidation on this whole subject.)

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I bought the 790FX-GD70 in January and I'm just now finishing the build (don't ask).
I waited to buy the CPU until last, so I got the X6 1090T. The current BIOS is 7577 1.0 and I have every intention of updating it to 1.C as soon as I can get to the BIOS, but no luck there. I have it bare bones right now and out of the case. Parts list:
790FX-GD70 BIOS ver 1.0 (I know, I need to update ASAP)
Phenom II X6 1090T
Corsair H50 CPU Cooler
Corsair Dominator 2GB DDR3 1033MHz (in first slot closest to CPU. The box says AMD Phenom II right on it. Grrr...)
Corsair 850HX Power Supply
It's right here in front of me out of the case, lying on my desk.
The problem is, it won't post. This is what I get:
FF,d1,d2,d3,d5,d6,08, then it resets, FF,d1,d2,d3,d5,d6,08, reset, etc. etc.
All the CPU phase LEDs light, memory LEDs light, and the hard drive LED lights right before the board resets.
Any help would be awesome. I'm lost. Thanks.

what vga you have?
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I have just made a new build on a new 790FX-GD70 winki board - on initial start up it's freezing on the POST code "08". Nothing is showing up on the screen at all. Apprently this means:
08
Initializes the CPU. The BAT test is being done on KBC. Program the keyboard controller command byte is being done after Auto detection of KB/MS using AMI KB-5.
(according to http://www.ami.com/support/doc/AMIBIOS8_Checkpoint_and_Beep_Code_List_PUB.pdf)
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GRAPHICS CARD: SAPPHIRE ATI RADEON HD 4770 512MB GDDR5 TV-OUT/DUAL DVI HDMI PCI-EXPRESS - RETAIL
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If I have to RMA to MSI how long does it take to get replacement?
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I am ready to toss this board and buy another unless I can get this working.
At the moment there is know certainty about the definate cause for your problem. What makes you so sure that the board is the cause (and not your CPU (which hosts the memory controller, after all), faulty RAM sticks (have you tested every single stick of RAM you have in the first slot (check user manual) and cleared CMOS (with A/C power cable unplugged from PSU before each new start-up attempt)?).
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The problem? bent pins on the mainboard
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That what I figured he was alluding to. Well, I've removed the mobo from the case and the CPU from the socket. I inspected it a magnifier tool I have - all of the pins appear to be fine; no bending or damage.
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Processor: AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black 125W
Memory: G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 1600
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HD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST31500341AS 1.5TB
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CPU_Phase: 1/5
DDR: 2/2
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I just use a regular air can
That would be fine. The reason I asked, is sometimes people use air compressors and those actually have the potential of causing static discharges, over and above dirty particles being blasted at the board.
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790FX-GD70 + unlocked 720BE + Nvidia Drivers = Failed boot?

Good evening folks! Been quite a while since I last played in these forums (the rig in my sig is 3+ years old, and long gone.... ), but it's great to see that the tradition of a helpful community seems to have continued on in my absence.
I've didn't have any luck with a search for previous posts on the issue I'm having, but if it's a common issue and I missed a post or faq I'd be happy for a link.
So now to the meat......
I recently returned from the darkside and purchased my first AMD system since AMD dropped S939. I decided on the 790FX-GD70 paired with a 720be and some OCZ ram. Everything on the board seems to be working fine, but I ran into a snag when I loaded the 1.52 beta bios in order to unlock the 4'th core.
The core unlocks fine, and XP completes the initial load (scroll bar), but hangs on a black screen just before getting to the logon page. I immediately suspected a problem loading the vid drivers, and removed the nvidia drivers. The stock XP vid drivers allowed me to boot into windows normally which verified my original suspicions (CPU-Z confirms 4 cores). Re-installing the latest drivers causes windows to hang at the same place, and this doesn't happen without ACC unlocking the 4'th core.
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Quote from: miles4 on 02-August-09, 10:24:56
I won't post passwords to MSI FTP, but Tony over at OCZ was good enough to post the the bios updates: http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=59825
Cool!!! Thanks a lot for the link, not only did I get the bios file, but it also put me in the right area to check out Tony's suggested settings on this board for my memory.
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I had 4 GB of OCZ AMD Black Edition (8-8-8-24) memory in Dimm1 and Dimm2 which worked fine. I recently purchased 4 more GBs of Corsair memory and installed it. But after the system would not post and the mother board display would just flash FF. Thought the memory was bad and exchanged it for 4 GB of Patriot Memory (8-9-8-24) but had the same issue. Note the speeds on all memory were the same. OCZ and Patriot work fine by themselves in Dimm 1 and 2. I took one stick of memory and tested it out in each of the slots and the system would not boot/post when I had a stick in Dimm 4. Does anyone know of any issues with this board and memory? The memory also reads at 1033 in the bios but the box for the mem states 1600. Am I doing something wrong?
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Thanks for you time and help!
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Okay heres a list of things to remember about mobos and ram:
Motherboards only support certain types and certain rated speeds, most don't support 1600 without overclocking the ram, the board, and the processor.
The Dimm4 slot is the Last slot in the list, your PC won't ever boot with just one stick in the 4th slot.
Also make sure your mobo supports the amount of memory you want to add, some only support up to 16GB or less.
Brand doesn't really matter (though it is better to have tested brand name dual channel kits) but specs do.
Though some memory just doesn't play nice with each other and in this setting, to me, OCZ and corsair don't sound like they are playing nice together. Though it might work just fine - you just need to get the settings right.
Edit:
As for buying ram, I don't know where you are located but I use www.newegg.com and I got 8GB of G.skill dual channel kit value ram (2x 4GB) for 80-90 bucks. Slap one in dimm1 and the other in dimm3 and you got 8GB!
Come to think of it, try testing your ram like this: 1 corsair in dimm1, 1 corsair in dimm3, 1 ocz in dimm2 and 1 ocz in dimm4 & don't forget to set the timings otherwise it just won't work. (Have to overclock to run 1600 ram)
Another note is that usually when AMD calls something "Black Edition" that means it has been overclocked at the factory, so unless you have some more of the same kind of ram I am betting it won't be as stable as it can be.

Can't get my OCZ3P1333LVAM4GK stable on my 790FX-GD70 @ 1333MHz

After searching for the correct settings on the internet without descent results I thought it would be best to post my problem here.
I recently build a new system with these specs:
MSI 790FX-GD70 (bios v1.3)
AMD Phenom II 955BE
Scythe Mugen 2 cpu-cooler
OCZ3P1333LVAM4GK (4x 2 GB OCZ DDR3 PC3-10666 Platinum AMD Edition)
Samsung Spinpoint F1 500GB
Cooler Master Silent Pro 600W
XFX Radeon HD 4770 HD-477A-YDFC
Samsung SH-S223B dvd
Antec P182 with Noctua fans
Razer Tarantula US
Razer Lachesis
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OS: Windows 7 RC
The problem is as soon as I change my settings in the bios for 1333Mhz the system becomes unstable and Windows 7 RC won't even boot.
Here is what I did:
I've changed the FSB/DRM Ration to 1:3.33 so the adjusted DRAM Frequency was 1333MHz
Next I've changed the DRAM Voltage to 1.65V (should be correct according to the OCZ website)
After that I entered the Advance DRAM Configuration and changed CAS, TRCD, TRP and TRAS to 7,7,7,20 according OCZ's website and left the rest on "auto", I assume this is where it went wrong since a lot of settings are still default (auto)..
Could anybody help me with the right settings, would be a shame if let it run @ 1066MHz
Before I bought the mainboard MSI costumer service told me OCZ memory should run smooth @ 1333MHz.. so PLZ help me out

Setting from 1T to 2T can give better stability. I have the 720BE and am OverClocked with a higher CPU core voltage (1.500v), yours shows 0.968v? If it continues you might want to do research on your 955BE and consider even slight Overclocking. Do not just start changing settings and voltages if you are not knowledgable because of the problems just changing things can do, but with knowledge from Reviews on the Board, Memory and CPU you can get different results. You seem to have OverClock memory in the 7's. Looking up your sticks they do show to be 1333 1.65v and designed for AMD.
Good Luck.

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