990FXA-GD80 can't adjust memory frequency

Hey, I have the 990FXA-GD80 motherboard, and I have an FX-8150 processor hooked up with it as well. I have the latest BIOS and driver utilities installed for the board, but every time I try and adjust my memory DRAM frequency to 1866, my BIOS/motherboard won't post at all.
I have Patriot Viper Xtreme DDR3 memory installed, no issues with it, but the BIOS shows the frequency to be set at "auto" and 1066 MHz. If I try and manually adjust the frequency and reload the computer with the changes, it doesn't post. Anybody know why this is and what I can do to fix it?

Hello! We would like to know some more about your system, if you'd be so kind. For example PSU, graphics card and how many sticks of memory, and I think processor temp according to BIOS would be interesting, too.
My thinking is, either the processor doesn't like your memory yet - and a new BIOS version is required - or the memory is not what you think it is nor what it claims to be.
Please try with a single stick if you haven't. Make sure you got right voltage for the memory; 1,65 volt if this is it http://www.thinkcomputers.org/patriot-viper-xtreme-division-2-ddr3-1866-8gb-dual-channel-memory-kit-review/

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MSI 990FXA-GD80 voltage control over 1.44V for the CPU FX-8320

Hi there!
MSI 990FXA-GD80
Can anybody help me with overclocking with this board? The voltage looks locked
and can't push more than 1.44V.
Any solution/fix?
This does not work after 1.44V.
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I know this is a little late but over the last 3yrs I had much time to play with this board.
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I had the same issue once, when I tried to set ram to 1866 in the bios. 1333 and 1600 never did have that issue for me. If I used FSB overclocking and got to 1866 with bios set at 1600 or 1333 I didn't have that problem. But those are the only instances that occurred. For now I run at 1600 and have all 16gb.
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I'm hoping someone can tell the difference between the "990FXA-GD65" and the "990FXA-GD80" in regards to performance and durability.
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I may do some light OC'ing.
Basically i would like to know which one would be better
What i will be doing: Game Programing, Gaming, Some rendering and Video conversion.
I'm getting the FX-8120 BTW.
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AMD Phenom II X4 945 CPU
MSI 990FXA-GD80 M/B
8Gb Corsair XMS3 DDR (2x4Gb)
Corsair AX-650 PSU
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I installed the second drive, the 3Tb Seagate Barracuda, the first week of september. Then a day between the firsts of october i installed Mediaportal to give it a try; fearing system modifications by that software, i saved a backup image in my second drive. After a pair of days (or maybe at that time i noticed it for the first time), the issue has started.
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But the really strange thing is that it happens ONLY once or twice a day, in the rest of the times the HTPC gets to wake up from S3 normally without any issue: it usually wakes up from S3 a number of times per day (7/8 minimum), but only 1/2 times the freeze issue happens (more often early in the morning or around twilight, seldom in other time slots)... Also, when on, the HTPC runs flawlessly as ever.
Thinking MP was guilty in some way, i restored the backup image but unfortunately the issue didn't disappear! So MP was no to blame... something different had happened to my PC...
I think you can understand that such an issue is really serious for an HTPC, because it makes it really untrustable for scheduled recording work: often recordings fail because of the HTPC freezing when it tries to resume... my wife is really sad about it...
Trying to solve the issue, i made the following:
running memtest and video card memory test - no error found
change nearly every MST options - no effect
reading carefully W7's event viewer logs after and between freezes - nothing found that could clarify the issue
changing all ACPI and power related BIOS options (C3 support, EUR 2013, CPU phases, DDR phases, shadowing, etc...) - no effect
updating BIOS and all drivers - no effect
disabling cool'n'quiet - no effect
unplugging Segate 3Tb HDD - no effect
unplugging all external and internal USB devices (except mouse) - no effect
uninstalling ATI video card and running with legacy drivers - no effect
disabling embedded Ethernet adapter - no effect
unplugging the second display (an HDTV) - no effect
tried to get a manual crash dump - not possible as when the issue happens the HTPC is freezed
Those tries took very long to be made, because every time i have to wait all day long for the issue to happen: it NEVER takes place if i wake up the HTPC after a few seconds sleep, seems like it needs at least a few hours of S3 state to take place.
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Even with AMD power reduction, consumption while on is nearly ten times than in standby... it happens me to leave my PC in S3 for 3/4 days, so power consumption would be too much (i write from Italy and here AC current is much expensive!).
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Look at this: http://www.silentpcreview.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=58802.
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I would like to know if someone with this MB did a good overclock?
What is the expected OC worthy of the 'good' rating? Then, in a subsequent statement, this is said;
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I also have these issues, I've never managed to get my ram higher than 800mhz(ish). CPU (FX-8150) seems to be fine and can get over 4.2ghz easily but I've always had to scale back the memory.. Until somebody proves otherwise this board is useless for OC. I never imagined a motherboard could be as bad as this one, I've resorted to mostly default settings with OC-Genie turned off (1600mhz ram) to maintain stability.
Useless for OC? Seriously? Maybe the CPU IMC can't handle it, the RAM selection or quality stinks, or the settings aren't tweaked enough to find their sweet spot.
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they seem more concerned with the UEFI interface and whether or not certain mice work in it..
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990FXA-GD80 FX-8350 BIOS 11.13 CPU Problems

All,
Any and all help will be greatly appreciated.
I had an AMD FX-8150 installed on my MSI 990FXA-GD80 and updated to the latest bios: 11.13. This was no problem.
Windows acted fine after reboot.
I do NOT Overclock the FX-8150 chip as I was not impressed with the performance potential of the FX-8150 when overclocked vs. stock settings. As such I left ALL BIOS settings at their stock settings with the exception of SATA MODE = AHCI.
However I do check stability of the stock settings with Prime95 and OCCT. Ran both for 60 minutes. And there were no issues.
I then reset bios to default status and then powered off my PC. Removed the AMD FX-8150 and installed an AMD FX-8350 (Vishera).
Powered on, clicked F1 to enter settings. restored defaults. Set SATA Mode = AHCI then saved and exited.
Windows booted just fine. However, ANY stress testing whether via: Prime95, OCCT or AMD overdrive fails with in 90 seconds.
The OS does NOT BSOD, however Prime95 recognized an error and stops as does OCCT and/or AMD overdrive. Temps do NOT get higher then 40 degrees Celsius in this short period of time.
I am NOT altering ANY bios setting: No frequency changes, No voltage changes. ALL default settings are intact.
I did use the jumper to clear CMOS, got into the BIOS, restored to default, set SATA MODE = AHCI, saved and exited. Reset the date and time. Rebooted, re-attempted the 3 above mentioned stress test software suites and all threes reported errors and stopped.
Is anyone else experiencing similar issues with this board with BIOS 11.13 using an FX-8350?
I've ran MemTest on the memory and this passes successfully.
I have another MSI board: 990FXA-GD80V2. I have the old FX-8150 in it right now. I just did a fresh install of Win 7 Ultimate 64-Bit, installed ALL windows updates and I will now update to the latest BIOS for it via Live Update 5.
Then swap CPUs and report my results.
Any and all help you can give will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.

Thanks for your reply.
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Again ALL memory sticks pass memtest86+ on both 990FXA-GD80 and 990FXA-GD80V2
I've tried 3 separate FX-8350 CPUs on both motherboards. ALL combinations exibit the same symptons. That being under default settings, Prime95, OCCT, ect. fail.
I am convinced it is a voltage issue. I do not think the MSI 990FXA-GD80 and/or MSI 990FXA-GD80V2 with BIOS v. 11.13 ramps up the voltage fast enough when the CPU is stressed.
This opinion is speculative. But I think it is grounded in fact.
On these two motherboards ALL three FX-8350 become stable by changing CPU Voltage = AUTO to CPU Voltage = 1.365000
Anything less then this will produce an error in Prime95, OCCT, etc. with 15 minutes regardless of which of the above cooling solutions are used.
Any and all feed back will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

990FXA-GD80 can't adjust memory frequency

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