Can I OC on a MSI H77MA-G43?

HI, i have a question about this board
I won it and now im curious is it possible to OC on it at all?
I've seen a lot of people claiming its not possible on H77 motherboard or only up to turbo multi level, is that true?
Also why does MSI promote 36% OC on this mobo, does it work or not, im planing to go I7 3770K and hopefully OC to ~ 4.5ghz.
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OC Genie II provides an instant performance boost, optimizing CPU, memory, integrated graphics, and storage device performance with the function enabled.
Benefits:
- Overclock in one second
- At least 36% boost in 3D gaming performance
- Simple and easy – No need for complex BIOS setting and extra equipment
http://www.msi.com/product/mb/H77MA-G43.html

The H series boards are limited to BCLK changes only and the CPU turbo in terms of CPU. The integrated GPU can be overclocked quite a bit.
If CPU OC'ing is intended then a Z series board is required. For the H series boards, a "K" series CPU is a waste.
See this article http://www.anandtech.com/show/4830/intels-ivy-bridge-architecture-exposed

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MSI H77MA-G43 AND INTEL 2ND GEN

Hello,
i have made a budget pc for a friend with the following config:
MSI H77MA-G43
INTEL I5 2400
MSI GTX 550 TI
I have installed all the drivers but i can´t get any audio or ethernet. I've read about this and i come to a conclusion that might be some problems of compatibility between h77 chipsets and 2nd generation intel processors, since h77 chipsets ware made for 3rd gen. processors.
I've already change bios, installed the latest drivers and updates the chipset controller, but nothing. Anyone can help me or do i have to change the board for a P67 chipset???
Thanks in advance,

The board runs fine with an i5-2400 and bios 1.70:
http://www.msi.com/service/download/bios-19052.html
Audio is already working with default Windows driver.
Make sure you've selected your speakers in the Playback Devices menu in Windows. It might use the VGA audio at the moment.
LAN is running fine with the Realtek driver: http://www.msi.com/service/download/driver-2697.html
What ME version is the board running on? You can check that in the Settings->System Status menu.

Seeking another pair of eyes - MSI H77MA-G43 + i5 2500K

Hello everyone,
I have read the CPU compatibility sticky and I think I have come to a conclusion but I wanted to run it past a larger group.
I have a MSI H77MA-G43 that won't POST (sits in a power cycle "infinite loop") and I *believe* it is possible my MSI H77MA-G43 has a BIOS that is not compatible with my i5 2500K CPU.
Using the CPU Compatibility checker for my motherboard (tried to post the link - cant) - I can see that 2500Ks with D2 stepping are supported on BIOS version 7756v10.
Core i5 Sandy Bridge i5-2500K 100 3.30 1M 6M D2 95 7756v10.zip
So - I believe my issue may be I have an older motherboard BIOS and if I could find a spare CPU that will boot it - I could boot the BIOS and flash to upgrade it.
Does anyone have an opinions if that seems sane or not?
Thank you,
-A-

Dear XFM and flobelix,
Edit: I finally read it correctly Flobelix - there is no version NOT supporting :-) -- Good news!!
XFM - I'm not home right now but I will post more detailed information. For troubleshooting purposes I only have RAM (single stick or dual stick tried both) and a Geforce Ti560 video card installed.
I'm running the system outside of a case and I've tried replacing the power supply with another one - and same behavior EXCEPT there are now 3 "medium" duration beeps that occur as the system cycles on and off power.
Edit: Nevermind - symptoms exactly the same. 3 Beeps was clearly memory - I didn't have the memory seated well when I did my single channel test. Checked memory seating VERY carefully and now (with new power supply) have the identical issue.
Edit Again: My old motherboard has 2 x4pin 12V ATX connectors and the "big" ATX connector with its additional little "4pin" add on. The new motherboard has the big connector (duh + 4pin) but it only has 1x4pin 12V ATX connectors....
Any chance this has something to do with it?
Tonight I re-thermal pasted my CPU hoping it was some kind of thermal shutdown issue...no change. Still endlessly loops - I'm going to let it sit for 30minutes endlessly looping and see if anything changes.
Thank you,
-A-

MSI gaphics cards will fit an MSI H77MA-G43 mobo

Hello folks,
Thanks for taking a glance at my question. I recently bought an MSI H77MA-G43 micro-atx motherboard.
I would love to get an MSI graphics card to go with it, I've read and heard a lot of good things about MSI cards.
Ideally I was hoping for a GeForce GTX 660 GAMING 2GD5/OC.
Not sure if it is in my price range so maybe an older card either: MSI N650Ti TF 2GD5/OC BE Twin Frozr or a 660TFi Twin Frozr with the same spec.
Can anyone tell me - will these graphics cards fit on a board that small (24.4x24.4 cm)?
Cheers
Brendan

Hi,
as long as the card fits your case, then it also fits your motherboard. If you would go for AMD, it even supports crossfire
"Slots
• 1 x PCIe 3.0 x16 slots
- PCI_E1 supports up to PCIe 3.0 x16 speed
• 1 x PCIe 2.0 x16 slot
- PCI_E4 supports up to PCIe 2.0 x4 speed
• 2 x PCIe 2.0 x1 slots "

MSI H77MA-G43 - Windows XP, black screen with A3 code

Hi,
I've just bought mb MSI H77MA-G43 and samsung SSD830 series.
I have Windows XP.
I had to have set Sata mode to IDE beforee installing XP because Windows didn't see ssd.
Now it's ok but PC starts slowly. When I press power on button there is a black screen with A3 code and it takes some times(about 1-2 minutes) and next the Windows start normally.
What should I do to fix this issue?
Thanks for replies.

Quote from: Jack on 22-April-12, 20:22:25
If you want to install XP in AHCI mode you need to integrate the Intel AHCI drivers into an XP installation disk (with NLITE or XP ISO Driver) or load the drivers from a floppy disk during setup (Windows XP Setup only supports floppy drives/disks for that task, unfortunately).
I know that, I integrated drivers: "Intel Rapid Storage Technology Floppy Driver for 7x series" from that link http://www.msi.com/product/mb/H77MA-G43.html#/?div=Driver&os=XP%2032 but it didn't help. SSD was still undetected, so I change SATA mode to IDE to install XP.

Shoving 350W powercables into MSI H77MA G43

Hi,
So I decided to buy a new(kindo oldish now) msi motherboard, with i5 Ivy bridge shiny thingy, and to keep my old(2007) 350W power block,
now the motherboard(G43) has two power blok slots 24 thingy slot for powering the motherboard and 8 thingy slot for powering the processor, BUT the old power block has three power cables(20,4,4) 20 thingys, 4 thingys and another 4 thingys, so I either can power up the motherboard(24 into 24) and partialy processor (4 into 8) or 20 into 24 and 4+4 into 8 slot processor power connection....
Either way I'm guessing I might end up with burned msi and fried shiny thingy :/
maybe buy new corsair power block 600W perhaps?
adding a pic: imgur.com/gEyue

Corsair 650watt enthusiast series
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650W Continuous Power with Single +12v Output Enthusiast Series Modular is designed for reliable operation in high-performance PCs where clean, stable power is important. It’s rated for full, continuous 650w power delivery at an ambient temperature of up to 50° Celsius. Robust and dedicated single +12V rail design providing up to 54A ensures the maximum provision of 12V power to energy-hungry components such as the CPU and VGA card.
That will run most any single gpu within reason.

Msi h77ma-g43 motherboard freezing at A3 code what do I do ???

Please help my compute was working perfectly and then when I restarted iy it just kept freezing at D7 code and doesn't even show tje booting screen what do I do please assist me

0xD7 No Console Input Devices are found
A3 basically means it has completed the POST checkdown sequence and is ready to boot the OS.
As requested by xmad, with a system component list, it will make it easier to troubleshoot.

MSI H77MA-G43 ESXi NIC issues

Hello, I've read that numerous people on here have got this board to work with ESXi, I was wondering if you anyone had any issues with the onboard NIC? As my install isn't picking anything up, and I was wondering if you had to do anything special to get it to work?

check the socket pins under the CPU as it should automatically switch to PCI-E video card and your symptoms sound like the pins are bent under the CPU (random reboot and failure to access BIOS) and are not making appropriate contact!
also what PSU do you have?

MSI H77MA-G43 Motherboard audio drivers

Hi guys, I'm new to the forums and I really need help with a recent problem.
I recently updated my motherboard using live update 5, to the new realtek drivers and dolby trustudio pro. After the update, the two programs started clashing and would not work together. After many reinstalls of the two, i manage to get them both working again, but now they are a bit dodge. The main problem is that my subwoofer does not work with any music i play now. When i test it with the sound tester, it plays the normal tune that it plays for the front speakers, when it should play a more bassy, lower pitched sound. When i play music, it also doesnt seem to work or plays too low.
Usually there is an option in dolby which makes it louder (+15dB or whatever), and this is what i used to do to get the subwoofer working. However, that option doesnt do anything now.
I've done almost 25 reinstalls of both software, installed older version of both, and many other things, to no avail.
Also, recently i made a change to a bass.dll file in my C:\Windows\SysWOW64 folder. Now im not sure if it was mean't to be there in the first place, and if it has anything to do with this problem. I've also removed it/added it, and had no success either.
PLEASE HELP!!!! I bought this motherboard specifically because it had 5.1 sound for my speakers, and now that doesnt work....

Are you using Windows 7 64bit? or Windows 8.1??
You mentioned that originally all is working well but problem happened after you do live update and now you try to reinstall everything but still got problem?
normally if you reinstall then it should work fine right?

H77MA-G43. Cannot Enter Setup

My system:
MSI H77MA-G43
Core i7 3770K
Sandisk Extreme 120 SSD
Crucial XMP DDR3 2000 RAM
Nvidia GTX 460 video card
After installing the processor and RAM I attempted to enter BIOS setup. After hitting DEL the setup screen started to load then the system locked hard, had to power off and on again. Removed video card and all but one RAM stick; no change. Using a bootable thumbdrive I flashed the BIOS with 7756v1C.zip, now the system doesn't freeze, it reboots.
I need to get into BIOS so I can set up my video card. At them moment I can only use the onboard video card. The system runs fine, no issues, just can't enter BIOS setup.

check the socket pins under the CPU as it should automatically switch to PCI-E video card and your symptoms sound like the pins are bent under the CPU (random reboot and failure to access BIOS) and are not making appropriate contact!
also what PSU do you have?

H77MA-G43 ESXI passthrough

I can success install the ESXI 5 on H77MA-G43 and I can see this mother board is supported VT-D. However, I cannot success passthrough my ATI 7750 display card to my VM. The VM is going to blue screen when I install the ATI display card driver. Can some one help me?
My VM is Window 7 64bit
BIOS version 7756v17
Thanks

Quote from: goalin on 30-October-12, 05:07:46
Flashing your IMB M1015 RAID Controller to an LSI Firmware allowed it to work in esxi? Did you alter any setting on the MSI h77ma-g43 BIOS?
I have an LSI MegaRaid 9240-4i controller and when installed it hangs when loading vSphere esxi 5.x.x.
the Raid card works on 2 of my other MSI motherboards both "A55M-P33" and just swapping the motherboard it hangs when booting esxi 5.x.x.
I have Injected the latest LSI drivers into a custom esxi .iso but it still won't boot past "Loading module megaraid_sas ...".
I have tried ESXi 5.0, 5.0.u1, and 5.1.
My MSI h77ma-g43 BIOS is up to date v1.9
Any help would be appreciated as MSI technical support keeps telling me "our consumer boards aren't tested with server grade RAID Controllers.
Sorry for not replying sooner. The card worked regardless of flash/rom in the top PCI-E slot of the MB only and yes I flashed it to LSI IT firmware and used it for pass through. I used ESXi 5.0, and 5.0.u1. 5.1 worked but I couldn't pass my USB controller anymore so I downgraded to 5.1.u1

H77MA-G43 and 32nm CPU

I recently bought an H77MA-G43 Motherboard along with a Corsair GS600 PSU and a CM chassis. I installed the PSU, motherboard and some of my previous components until I can afford a new CPU and graphics card. The CPU is an Intel i3-2100 3.1ghz which has 32nm spacing. The motherboard requires 22nm (which granted is stupid as I only remembered AFTER inserting the CPU).
Just out of curiosity I would like to know what would happen if I tried to power up the machine? Would it moan about an incorrect CPU by means of some bleep or would it just not power up?

Okay the PC consists of following:
Chassis: Coolermaster Elite 430
PSU: Corsair GS600 (600W)
Motherboard: MSi H77MA-G43
RAM: Transcend 4GB 1333 (1 Slot)
CPU: Intel Core i3-2100 3.1Ghz
HDD: Seagate 520GB
GPU: MSi Nvidia N210 1GB
I have done the following:
1. Installed the above components into the chassis.
2. Attempted to boot the PC.
3. Checked connections on the motherboard and checked again and again.
4. Reattempted boot.
5. Removed CPU, RAM, HDD and GPU and reinserted them into previous machine.
6. Old machine booted without problems.
7. Moved the components back to new machine along with PSU of older machine (Zixaa 450W)
8. Swapped PSU's and attempted to boot and still had the same problem (ought to rule out the PSU as the problem)
I'll attempt the idea of placing all the components on a piece of cardboard and performing the start-up

H77MA-G43 Failed BIOS Upgrade, Now BIOS Corrupted

PC Specs:
Intel Core i7 3770 Ivy Bridge
2X Kingston RAM Modules 4GB 1600Mhz
MSI H77MA-G43 Mainboard
NVIDIA GeForce GT240 Video Card
Hello everyone:
So, i've been searching for a solution everywhere, for quite a while now, and nothing... ergo this Forum Topic,
My Situation went like this:
1. Clean Install of Windows 8 x64, in UEFI Mode
2. LiveUpdate Tool installed
3. BIOS upgrade went in progress, part of the LiveUpdate automatic update
4. Accidentally confirmed the upgrade, while i was doing other things (i know, feel so stupid)
5. BIOS upgrade tool, erases BIOS 100% for Re-write it (Check )
6. BIOS upgrade tool starts to write the new firmware and BOOM Blue Screen of Dead in the middle of the process [NVIDIA DLL related issue]
7. Reboot computer
8. Now the board, is gracefully useless. Dead. No startup of nothing.
So, i understand that the BIOS is corrupted, i read in my Mainboard's feature page that it's possible to overwrite the BIOS from an USB Drive, but requires that the old BIOS start and boot from the USB Drive, so what should i do? i mean, i really don't have to post any problem almost ever, but this it's way out of my line of knowledge, so kindly i ask for someone help.
PS: i'm not so Dummy when it comes to computers. but for this treat me like one, so i understand really well how to solve this, because i really. don't want to buy another mainboard,
Thank you all in advance, i apreciate what comunities do for dummies like me...
Regards to you again.

Quote from: arendon on 24-June-13, 04:17:18
i've been reading the last thread, been trying to do it with a usb stick... but i really don't know the thing with CTRL+HOME, it presses after computer start?, once? keep pressing?, multiple times?, that kind of things are not specified on the guide, my Bios file is about 8MB, so i guess it takes its time... without the screen feedback is so frustrating.... i can't found a specific guide for this boards, all of this is try and hope... there should be information more specific... i mean, should i contact MSI Tech support? you think, they would be helpful?
It was long time ago i cant remember how the process went. Did you also tried with the original drivers CD as i suggested before?
Yes is better you contact MSI support, in the meantime just get to a store to see if they have the tools to flash it.

Random resets H77MA-G43

Hello,
I build a PC two months ago with the components listed below with Windows 7 64 bit. It worked perfect for two months. Now I get random resets. No BSOD or anything, just a reset. After a reset I have to select to Start Windows Normally. I did not change any software or hardware.
MSI H77MA-G43
Intel Core i5 3350P
Corsair Vengeance LP CML8GX3M2A1600C9
Sapphire HD 4850 512MB
Crucial M4 CT064M4SSD2
Corsair Builder CX600 Bronze
Fractal Design Define Mini
I have tried the following to solve the problem.
Update the BIOS to V1.11.
Install new Windows, formatted the SSD.
Run tests with IntelBurnTest, passed it.
Checked every cable in the case, all fine.
Removed the reset cable from JFP1 on the motherboard.
Clear CMOS.
Measure temps: 30 when idle, 50 when using IntelBurnTest.
I think it is the motherboard or PSU, but I am not sure. So what should I do?
Thanks in advance.

Quote from: goodkid878 on 19-May-13, 03:56:53
Thanks for the help. It turned out to be the PSU. Solved.
Thanks for reporting! Corsair PSU's are usually extremely reliable. I hope this isn't a trend of a cheapening of their quality.

H77MA-G43 + F3-12800CL9Q-16GBXM + i5 Ivy

HI there,
Exists some known incompatibility with G.Skill modules F3-12800CL9Q-16GBXM (low voltage) and MSI H77MA-G43 motherboard?
By the way, are reported some critical or recurrent problems with H77MA-G43?
Tks folks
Non English language removed, >>Please read and comply with the Forum Rules.<<

GSkill ram has proven to to be far from great for MSI systems. None the less there is no known incompatibility with the listed sticks. Also there are no "critical or recurrent problems" with H77MA-G43.
If you want to ask about an individual problem follow >>Posting Guide<< and describe it as exactly as possible.

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