Fails to boot...sometimes 790fx-gd70

This rig is a couple years old and I just installed a new hdd, new ram, and windows 7. The problem is that it won't boot the first time I try, but after I power it off, unplug, and then discharge the electricity...it comes up every time. I have a 790fx-gd70 and I added all of this stuff (mainly because I wanted too) because I was doing something similar before. I would get to the boot screen and then either hang on auto-detecting sata 2 (cd burner) or go on and be fine. Sometimes it would just freeze at the desktop, so I thought it might be the hdd going bad or the ram. All of my temps are good and to my knowledge everything is hooked up correctly.
I read a couple articles saying it might be the ram but its brand new and the same speed as what was in there previously. Please help
Thanks

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The problem is that it won't boot the first time I try, but after I power it off, unplug, and then discharge the electricity...it comes up every time.
That part can't be the memory, it must be a powersupply problems, else it would also start without unplugging the PSU.
And the latest Phenom should do 4x 1333 these days.
My money is on the powersupply, as it has bogus numbers for something that's rated 850W

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[solved] netctl (/usr/lib/network/network) fails at boot, sometimes

Hi,
Since I reinstalled a new HD in my old laptop (8 years old) I have a problem with my netctl-profile: in about 1 in 4 boots the wireless does not connect. I appreciate it if someone could take a look at what happens, because I cannot seem to find the cause because the logs and errors do not give much information.
Some general info:
1) Wireless interface is wlan0; I turned off dynamic naming of systemd/udev. Network driver is RT2500pci.
2) I use an old kernel version, 3.3.8, because any newer version effectively hard blocks the radio signal without any possibility to change this (rfkill etc).
3) The power saving option of the network interface must be off. An udev rule does this effectively.
4) The ip link of the wireless interface must be off before netctl can start the network profile.
5) When the connection fails, I enter "ip link set wlan0 down" and then start the network profile by entering "netctl start Sorryvoordehobo". This *always* works.
The following logs and outputs perhaps give information about the issue. Particularly the last might be helpful, because it shows that some authentication indeed takes place, but there is no network.
netctl profile:
Description='Sorryvoordehobo'
Interface=wlan0
Connection=wireless
Security=wpa-configsection
IP=dhcp
TimeoutCarrier=60
TimeoutDHCP=90
WPAConfigSection=(
'ssid="sorry voor de hobo"'
'key_mgmt=WPA-PSK'
'proto=WPA'
'pairwise=CCMP'
'group=CCMP'
'psk=1234-etc'
ExecUpPost='/usr/bin/ntpd -q || true'
systemctl --failed:
UNIT LOAD ACTIVE SUB DESCRIPTION
[email protected] loaded failed failed Sorryvoordehobo
LOAD = Reflects whether the unit definition was properly loaded.
ACTIVE = The high-level unit activation state, i.e. generalization of SUB.
SUB = The low-level unit activation state, values depend on unit type.
1 loaded units listed. Pass --all to see loaded but inactive units, too.
To show all installed unit files use 'systemctl list-unit-files'.
systemctl status -l [email protected]:
[email protected] - Sorryvoordehobo
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/[email protected]; enabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Tue 2013-12-17 21:19:04 CET; 3min 26
s ago
Docs: man:netctl.profile(5)
Process: 176 ExecStart=/usr/lib/network/network start %I (code=exited, status=
1/FAILURE)
Main PID: 176 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
dmesg:
[ 2.879915] Adding 255996k swap on /dev/sda2. Priority:-1 extents:1 across:255996k SS
[ 3.001917] EXT4-fs (sda4): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: data=ordered
[ 3.037816] systemd-journald[90]: Received request to flush runtime journal from PID 1
[ 3.210237] pcmcia_socket pcmcia_socket0: cs: IO port probe 0x100-0x3af: excluding 0x170-0x177 0x1f0-0x1f7 0x290-0x297 0x370-0x377
[ 3.212449] pcmcia_socket pcmcia_socket0: cs: IO port probe 0x3e0-0x4ff: excluding 0x3e0-0x3e7 0x3f0-0x3f7 0x400-0x40f 0x4d0-0x4d7
[ 3.213304] pcmcia_socket pcmcia_socket0: cs: IO port probe 0x820-0x8ff: excluding 0x820-0x87f
[ 3.213995] pcmcia_socket pcmcia_socket0: cs: IO port probe 0xc00-0xcf7: clean.
[ 3.215231] pcmcia_socket pcmcia_socket0: cs: memory probe 0x0c0000-0x0fffff: excluding 0xc0000-0xc7fff 0xcc000-0xd3fff 0xe0000-0xfffff
[ 3.215280] pcmcia_socket pcmcia_socket0: cs: memory probe 0xa0000000-0xa0ffffff: clean.
[ 3.215324] pcmcia_socket pcmcia_socket0: cs: memory probe 0x60000000-0x60ffffff: clean.
[ 3.215367] pcmcia_socket pcmcia_socket0: cs: IO port probe 0xa00-0xaff: clean.
[ 3.400147] ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel_ht'
[ 3.401565] Registered led device: rt2500pci-phy0::radio
[ 3.401645] Registered led device: rt2500pci-phy0::quality
[ 3.401959] snd_via82xx 0000:00:11.5: setting latency timer to 64
[ 3.586063] psmouse serio4: synaptics: Touchpad model: 1, fw: 5.1, id: 0x8f40
b1, caps: 0x80471b/0x0/0x0
[ 3.625577] input: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad as /devices/platform/i8042/seri
o4/input/input6
[ 9.541467] Installing knfsd (copyright (C) 1996 [email protected]).
[ 9.690039] NFSD: Using /var/lib/nfs/v4recovery as the NFSv4 state recovery d
irectory
[ 9.690680] NFSD: starting 90-second grace period
[ 10.513803] wlan0: authenticate with 00:1a:70:9e:3a:70 (try 1)
[ 10.515334] wlan0: authenticated
[ 10.527175] wlan0: associate with 00:1a:70:9e:3a:70 (try 1)
[ 10.529457] wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:1a:70:9e:3a:70 (capab=0x411 status=0
aid=4)
[ 10.529464] wlan0: associated
[ 10.529472] wlan0: moving STA 00:1a:70:9e:3a:70 to state 1
[ 10.529476] wlan0: moving STA 00:1a:70:9e:3a:70 to state 2
[ 10.577870] Intel AES-NI instructions are not detected.
[ 11.367009] wlan0: moving STA 00:1a:70:9e:3a:70 to state 3
Any ideas as to what exactly fails here? Thanks!
Last edited by anadyr (2013-12-21 21:32:44)

I don't think there is anything wrong with the kernel. Note that with the previous HD everything started perfectly, with the same kernel version. The new HD is a lot faster as it is an SSD; maybe this has anything to do with the issue?
To continue: the connection always works when I manually enter "ip link set wlan0 down" and then start netctl. I figured that I should execute this command before netctl starts, but I cannot seem to get this to work. What I tried is to edit /etc/systemd/system/netctl.service, by entering this command with the options ExecStartPre and ExecStartPost (see the two commented lines):
[Unit]
Description=(Re)store the netctl profile state
Before=network.target
[Service]
Type=oneshot
RemainAfterExit=yes
#ExecStartPre=-/usr/bin/ip link set wlan0 down
ExecStart=-/usr/bin/netctl restore
#ExecStartPost=-/usr/bin/ip link set wlan0 down
ExecStop=/usr/bin/netctl store
KillMode=none
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
Nevertheless, with either of these lines uncommented I get boots without the netctl-profile starting.
In the original post I did not give the output of ip link. So here it is:
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 16436 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT
group default
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN mode DEFAULT group
default qlen 1000
link/ether 00:40:45:25:dc:4b brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
3: wlan0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP mode DORM
ANT group default qlen 1000
link/ether 00:13:d3:6c:f3:78 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
To conclude: authentication succeeds (see the output of dmesg), but I do not seem to get an IP-address (see above). But I have no idea why, and the error messages are not very clear.
I am still figuring out what happens here, but maybe somebody knows what goes wrong here? Thanks!

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.
Any ideas?
My current hardware is:
790FX-GD70
720BE
OCZ 1600 DDR3
Sparkle GTX275 Plus

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.
edit: It might be a week or so by the time I get around to playing with this (I have other committments with the board that can be satisfied by OCing just the 3 cores for now), but I will report back if I have any luck with the 153 bios, or if an older set of drivers makes the difference.

790FX-GD70 not Booting, FF code

Hello, new to the forum... I signed up on here because I am having a rather difficult time with my MSI motherboard; I haven't been able to find any help elsewhere. I put together a machine using the MSI 790FX-GD70 socket AM3 board (not winki ed.) and a Phenom-II X6, the 1090T. Here is the full configuration:
AMD Phenom-II X6 - 1090T @ 3.2Ghz
MSI 790FX-GD70, latest BIOS
2x4GB (8GB) Corsair XMS3 DDR3-1600 RAM
ATI FirePro V5700 512MB (2x) *these do not require aux power
500w Corsair CX500 power supply 80+ cert.
500GB HDD, 7200rpm
DVD burner
This setup was working fine when I first assembled it around a month ago, but since the motherboard has been giving me the "FF" code and will not POST. The only way I can get the board to POST and boot the OS is to clear the CMOS and strike F2 to load defaults. I am able to enter and access the BIOS (and update it) but if I change or save any settings the motherboard will not POST and will display FF code again. If I clear the CMOS and strike F2 the board will POST, boot Windows, and work just fine without crashing--but if I restart the computer or shut it down properly the same thing occurs and I must clear CMOS again in order for it to work. This is very frustrating...
At this point I have switched CMOS batteries, tried a different PSU, taken one of the graphics cards out, and used only a single stick of RAM. I have also tried a different 1333mhz module and flashed the BIOS to the latest version without error. Nothing has fixed the problem and I am getting the hint that the board could be toast. When I power on the board, the FF code displays, the HDD LED flashes once, and then the FF code quickly returns and it hangs with no video to the monitor. All of the board's other LEDs are ON but nothing happens until the CMOS is cleared. This is very bizarre to me and I've never had a board that just stopped working. I am not trying to OC anything (dial is disabled and OFF) and all of the other hardware tests good. The computer has worked perfectly fine before so I can't guess as to why it has suddenly become problematic. It still works, but only after clearing CMOS and using F2.
I would greatly appreciate any help with this as I am out of ideas... thanks in advance for any support.

I think you are of the mistaken impression that we are MSI. This is a user to user forum and run by users like you--not MSI employees. We are all volunteers including the Mods and the Admin. None are paid or work for MSI. There are a few MSI employees that come in here but they do not read the forums very often and post even more rarely. M-Flash and Live Update are official MSI products. The MSI HQ Forum Flasher is a product of these forums, specifically Svet and tested by the other Mods--the USB Forum Flasher is not part of MSI. The flasher though only supports MSI products and was designed as such. The issue with LU and M-flash is, one, LU flashes within the Windows environment and that is a very dangerous practice, and two, M-flash has the ability to flash your BIOS with any file---you could well end up with your BIOS flashed with a document or Mp3 file. Originally, the forum flasher was developed as a very safe means of flashing the BIOS and to avoid the issues using LU. It is also far safer than using M-Flash as the forum flasher has many checks and safety measures built in.

System won't boot properly (MSI 790FX-GD70)

Board - 790FX-GD70
CPU - AMD Phenom II Multi-Core Processor
RAM - 4GB OCZ DDR3 OCZ3G1333LV4G
Video Card - Radeon HD 5770
Power Supply - 750W OCZ Fatality
When I start the comp, the MSI logo appears, then onto the Windows XP loading screen, and when it's supposed to go to the Windows login page my screen goes blank. This only happens when I try to start up Windows normally but I can view everything in Safe Mode.
I'm a huge noob at this so please bear with me. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Did it ever work?

790FX-GD70, upgrade bios to 1.7 and now raid 5 hangs.

Here are my system specs:
mobo: 790fx-gd70
cpu: quad 955 at stock
ram: gskill trident 6gb of ddr3-1600 8-8-8-21
video: xfx 4850/512 in CF
on j-micron: 2x 320g wd3200jb western digitals for raid 0 (scratch disk)
on amd raid: 4x500gb in raid 5 (data), 2x73g raid 0 (boot)
So back when I was running bios 1.4 everything works fine. I tested it and it works fine up to 1.6. So the system did work.
About two months ago, one of the 500g drives takes a poop. I send it off to rma, I get a new one back. I install it and tell the raid it is a hotspare. The raid rebuilds and life goes on. Then one month ago I try to upgrade to 1.7 so I can run windows 7. No luck. The bios hangs on the amd raid, but if I pull that hotspare/rebuild drive, it works. Call tech support. They give me 1.8beta. I try it, board cooks. No post. Rma the board. I get the board back, drop the bios back to 1.6, install xp, everything works. Jump to 1.7, same issue. Then I delete the raid config, and build a 3x500 without the problem drive. Everything works. Win7 screams, life goes on.
I tested the drive with data life guard, no problems. no smart errors. nothing. I write zeros to the drive in hopes it is a bad partition table or something. No luck.
Western digital and I agree that the problem is not the drive. The drive works fine when you downgrade the bios. Works fine with 1.7 if you turn off the raid and map it as ide.
What have I not thought of?

Fredirk: Scratch....I guess it is a reference to the old photoshop days when you would use a separate disk to hold the swap file and the files you were editing separate from the boot drive. I run torrents, irc, vmware, and keep raw dv there. The raid 5 is for anything I want to save, so it is not to much of a waste. Disks fail. I used to run seagate, but after sending back three 1tb drives to RMA I gave up on them. I transfer over 4tb per month over the internet, so that is a lot of disk io.
Hans: The tech support at MSI told me it was needed when I called them after seven would not install the first time on 1.4 (what mine shipped with). It wouldn't be the first time they were wrong. If it works for you the question is: Do you run raid? How is our setup different? 32bit or 64bit? Does your raptor run off the jmicron or the sb750? What is your mode: ide, raid, ahci?

Memory Upgrade on my 790FX-GD70 (MS-7577) Board

Hi, I'm new on here and a sliver surfer, so please be gentle with me. I've been building computers for a few years now, I started back in 2001 when I had to retire from work because of medical problems (I am confined to a wheelchair) instead of letting it get me down I started to read books on building my own PC. I have built 6 in that time and all are still working well, however, my knowledge is still limited.
So I have a question I would like to ask you, I've been trying to upgrade the memory on my motherboard a 790FX-GD70 board. From Corsair Dominator DDR3 Part No TW3X4G16009D 4Gb, X2 2Gb Modules 1600MHz 9-9-9-24 1.8 volts ver1.1. To Corsair XMS3 DDR3 Part No: CMX16GX3M2A1333C9 16Gb, 2X8Gb Modules 1333MHz 9-9-9-24 1.50volts ver8.21. But I have had a problem, when I install 1 X 8Gb module into slot 1 the PC seems to run fine, but when I install the second 8Gb module into slot 2 my system is very unstable and I get the blue screen of death.
I have been advised that the maximum Gb per dimm slot is 4Gb is that correct? or is it my BIOS that needs updating? if so that is something that I will not try myself I will have to get an expert in to help with that.
Please can anyone help me.
Thanks in advance, Steve.
My System:
Motherboard: MSI 790FX-GD70 (MS-7577) Revision 1.0
CPU: AMD Phenom ll X4 965 Processor AM3 (938)
BIOS: Version 1.4 Date 07/02/2009
Cooler: Corsair Hydro Series H50 Water Cooler
Graphics Card: ATI Radeon HD 4890 PCI 1Gb GDDR5 Memory
Memory: 4 Gb X2 2Gb Dimms, Corsair Dominator DDR3 1600MHz 9-9-9-24 1.8 volts Part No TW3X4G16009D
HDD: 2X Western Digital 640Gb raid
DVD: 2X Liteon GH22 Super Multi DVD Rewrite 22X
Power Supply: Seasonic X Series 650W 80 Plus Gold Modular +3.3v 25A, +5v 25A, +12v 54A, -12v 0.5A & +5Vsb 3A.

Hi Wooly,
I have gone through what you suggested but I had no luck running the 16GB (2X8GB Modules). So I went out today and I bought from my local PC Store a new kit of 16GB of DDR3 16GB (4X4GB Modules) 1600MHz and clocked them at 1333MHZ and set the voltage to 1.65, booted up my system and all's fine. The system has been running all afternoon and it is now stable.
Thank you all for your help in resolving this issue for me, it has saved me a lot of time messing around.
My System:
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit
Motherboard: MSI 790FX-GD70 (MS-7577) Revision 1.0
CPU: AMD Phenom ll X4 965 Processor AM3 (938)
BIOS: Version 1.4 Date 07/02/2009
Cooler: Corsair Hydro Series H50 Water Cooler
Graphics Card: ATI Radeon HD 4890 PCI 1Gb GDDR5 Memory
Memory: 4 Gb X2 2Gb Dimms, Corsair Dominator DDR3 1600MHz 9-9-9-24 1.8 volts Part No TW3X4G16009D
HDD: 2X Western Digital 640Gb raid
DVD: 2X Liteon GH22 Super Multi DVD Rewrite 22X
Power Supply: Seasonic X Series 650W 80 Plus Gold Modular +3.3v 25A, +5v 25A, +12v 54A, -12v 0.5A & +5Vsb 3A.

790FX-GD70

I have a MSI 790FX-GD70 and bought the OCZ3BE16000C8LV4GK memory to go with my Phenom II 965 BE CPU. Memory is supposed to work with 790 chipsets and BE CPUs. It is not listed on the "Test" list for this MOBO. When I set the AOD BEMP the system will not even boot. I checked OCZ and they setting they gave me didn't work for me. It seems to have worked for a couple of people.
Of the memory that is on the "Test" for this MOBO most of hem are for Intel, why's that?? There's only 1 brand 4GB stick that will run at 1600????

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When I set the AOD BEMP the system will not even boot.
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There's only 1 brand 4GB stick that will run at 1600?
The Phenom II CPU's memory controller natively supports up to 1333mhz memory speed. To run faster memory, you must overclock the memory controller. And these faster sticks are also not 'natively' 1600mhz etc, but are 'overclock rated' sticks.
Start with the basics: insert 1 stick of RAM, clear CMOS, power on your PC, enter BIOS settings, and make sure memory settings are set to Default or AUTO. If your memory has SPD settings for 1333mhz, then it will start with those settings. Make sure everything works fine at these settings, then add the other stick.
If this works okay, then you can start tweaking the settings to get it to run at the faster speed.
Please also read the >>Posting Guide<< and tell us about all the hardware in your system.

790FX-GD70 LAN Problems

Hello all;
I recently purchased a bunch of components on NCIX, and assembled the computer together, and everything is working extremely well - minus the LAN connections. I've never seen the LEDs light up, and all I'm ever getting in the windows properties is a network cable unplugged message in the adapter settings. I HAVE read the other postings on this board and don't think I have been helped.
I am running Windows 7 (64bit)
790FX-GD70 w/ Phenom II 955 (3.2GHz)
2x4GB Mushkin Stiletto 16000 (1333) DDR3 Ram (Upper end but not overclocked)
2x1GB Asus EAH5450 Silent Video Cards in Software Crossfire (Works great and have had no issues)
ModXStream 700w PS
Antec 900 Case (with all fans so it has adequate cooling)
I also have set up two RAID 0s (may have been overkill) But I have two SataII 250GB hard drives for the OS drive (allows me to upgrade to a SSD in future) and 2 2TB Green Drives for Data, Movies, Music, etc.
ANYWAY, everything was installed and working perfectly, but have got no response from the LAN, so a wireless stick was installed on the front bus.
I've only ever used the drivers from the site, but MAY have originally installed the disc drivers for the MOBO.
I have tried turning off the LAN in BIOS, uninstalling and reinstalling and returning on the LAN (along with doing the above with and without the cable installed) in every order and with every driver I could find. (The one on the site didn't work- so I tried MSI's Liveupdate and it found a different one - tried installing and running THAT one with the above - nothing). I've received no response from the LAN and even less from the MSI help/email system.
I've tried everything I can think of except:
a) I will try the above mentioned in SafeMode
b) I searched for these elusive REALTEK drivers that saved someone else, but I don't appear to be able to access them and viewing just the information I'd need to sign up for
c) I may try stripping all drivers off and retrying with the LAN off (in bios) since it was ON during windows install, but I've uninstalled every lan driver and deleted the device only to reinstall with the (newest MSI) drivers before turning it on SOO many times it makes my head hurt.
OH, also the cable is CAT6 (50ft) and worked screamingly well for the last computer I had hooked up here, so there should be zero issues with firewalls or router/modem configurations (though I've looked)
I've included everything I can think of, any help would be greatly appreciated. I'm trying to move a few TB of data off a main computer to mine, and it's taking a lifetime through the wireless. Thanks for any help/comments you can offer.

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Alright - Thanks to all readers so far - I've been trying to diagnose this problem for some time and put in a lot of time yesterday to no positive result.
Because I was on a computer all day, I was able to do updates with what I was thinking, and different things as they came up - but they weren't always legible/comprehensible so I will try to explain everything better and condensed for any new readers.
New Computer Parts:
790FX-GD70 w/ Phenom II 955 (3.2GHz)
2x4GB Mushkin Stiletto 16000 (1333) DDR3 Ram (Upper end but not overclocked)
2x1GB Asus EAH5450 Silent Video Cards in Software Crossfire (Works great and have had no issues)
ModXStream 700w PSU
Antec 900 Case (with all fans so it has adequate cooling - Temp always <45C)
Windows 7 (64bit)
Original Installation:
Had no issues, but installed off the supplied CDs, then updated to the MSI mobo drivers.
I had the smaller drives running on Raid Array 1 (boot) so I can in future upgrade to a SSD and the two Larger drives as Raid Array 2 for a nice and large music/games/iso/Video drive
I originally tried screwing with it a bit, some reinstalls, then got fed up thinking the MSI email thing will solve it and started installing games, norton and the like. This lead to comment about additional uninstalls disabling norton, windows and anything I could find - This was not ORIGINALLY an issue, but came to be in later installations (Sorry for the confusion).
This computer originally had dual screens, but has now been upgraded to a Plasma Widescreen (it was my plan to have this as a media/gaming computer)
Through all driver installations, I've found the LAN LEDs light up in Startup, Windows goes to its loading screen, then to a blank screen (juuust before windows finishes loading) and then to windows - On the blank screen the LEDs turn off and stay off for the remainder of the PC being on. This is ALSO the case at the router. Light is on until windows hits and remains off.
Therefore I tried every possible combination of uninstalling the router driver, turning the LAN off in BIOS, installing with and without the LAN plugged in, enabling in BIOS, and then booting windows (with and without the LAN plugged in).
Prior to this build, there was a computer in the same case, on a much, much older board that utilized the cable and everything went extremely smoothly (Win7 64 bit).
Nothing has been OCd, and there are no strange settings that I can see on the BIOS (though I will post my BIOS settings shortly).
Other installation options have been using the installation wizard in and out of safemode, using the "silent install" in and out of safe mode, and once agaion all installation have been done with and without disabling the LAN in the BIOS and reenabling it after.
What shows up is under the Network Adapters is:
"Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller"
"Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller #2"
(This board has 2 Gigabit Ports and yes I've always been trying both)
Both say they're working correctly, installed with the most recent drivers, and despite my error in one post, say 7.41.216.2011 (a 2/16/2011 update-most recent)
It also says (on both) that a cable is just missing, but it has been recently used on a different system and I can see the lights on the PC and router.
In the mobo manual the LEDS can be explained as such:
L-Yellow-Off -LAN not established
-On S.S -LAN link established
-On pulse -Communicating with another computer on the LAN
R-Green-Off -10Mbit/s
-On -100Mbit/s
-Orange-On- -1000Mbit/s
So I am getting a pulsing Yellow and an Orange (on) meaning a thinking Gigabit connection, good. -> Until Windows Loads
Now, during windows installation ( I believe this is typical) it doesn't pick up the BIOS-configured RAID array as a drive until you install the driver (in the windows setup). So I had to do that on every installation, until it picks up the drive, and installation resumes. I do not know if the same conflict exists with Ubuntu, but it sure appears that that is the case as it will not pick up the hard drives. After booting linux, the PC will not re recognize the harddrives until a COLD boot is performed (not recognizing the drives on reset had me a little freaked out for a bit).
Back to linux, I tried my version of 10.10, the admin's version, and an above listed ~8.2 Golden Heron??? Version of Ubuntu. When BOTH the v10s were loaded, it appeared to be loading just fine, with the Ubuntu logo and progress bar/balls, then the black screen, and then it wouldn't come back. The start up sound would activate, but I could not receive any visual. I originally thought this MAY have had something to do with the fact that I'm using a Plasma TV through the HDMI connection, but if the load up screen showed up, I can't understand why it would flake out.
Anyway, to cover all bases, I then tried the v8 cd, and it booted (with a fair share of ugly flickering pre load). No hard drives, but it DID allow me to check out the Connections - and it picked out the same thing, same name, same location, cable missing and couldn't get it to work.
Now at this point a question was asked about my PSU as drives were "falling out" so I supplied specs:
OCZ ModXStream-Pro 700W
I thought that should have been more than ample for this set up, but I will check the Specs...
OCZ700MXSP
10A
Output
+3.3,25A
+5.0,25A
+12V1,25A
+12V2,25A
-12V,0.3A
+5Vsb,2.5A
+3.3V&+5V150W
+12VCombined,552W
Total Output, 700W
So I shouldn't have an issue with 4 drives, 1 DVD, and 2 sticks of ram.
At this point, I was getting tired and frustrated and tried some more Safe mode possibilities and Reinstalls, and in my frustration/orvertiredness I pulled off all ATI drivers that I thought MAY be conflicting (to install LAN FIRST) such as a RAID controller (stupid) and the Crossfire drivers (thought maybe PCI bus was overloaded or in conflict if the LAN is on the same bus? - I was overtired) Anyway, thinking I could get back into windows safe mode was a little optimistic and I had to settle for Windows repair (oh joy) and I COULDNT get the raid drivers to be recognized again - Found out later that the USB drive I was using to move drivers with had some issues with corruption..ANYWAY in the windows repair/select driver window I plugged in a 500G external and did the ol' Ctrl C Ctrl P and copied everything I needed on the raid array and blanked it to reinstall windows.
Now silly sleep deprived me couldnt get the main ATI driver to load (corrupt files and didn't realize at the time) and the ATI mobo driver didn't install, so I used the CD, but then I was just replicating the above test,as I installed the LAN drivers post ATI Mobo drivers (still don't know why I did that). Redownloaded newest drivers onto the external, and went to bed.
Anyway, on to today, reblanked the drive, installed windows WITH LAN OFF in BIOS, installed Windows again, installed LAN and reenabled in BIOS to the same results. Did a repair installation, with it enabled and plugged in, same results.
Post ANY installation, as soon as the LAN is enabled (if it isn't already) a message pops in the bottom right saying Drivers were installed correctly.
If it is installed with LAN off, a message pops up saying "The Realtek Network Controller was not found. If Deep Sleep Mode is enabled Please Plug the Cable."
But once, the LAN is enabled, on Windows boot it once again says it was installed correctly, but doesn't have a cable.
Right now I'm sitting with a computer with a fresh Win 7-64 install and LAN drivers, and I will try installing the mobo drivers and reinstalling the LAN again (if nothing works) but I'm fresh out of ideas. I'll see what I can hammer out in Linux too, but it appears so far that we're getting the same results (connected but no cable).
Anyway thanks for reading my novel, and once again, any help would be appreciated.
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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.)

790FX-GD70 Won't Post

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?
have you tried to boot with barabone setup and mainboard out of the pc case?
tried >>Clear CMOS Guide<< too?
power cable for the cpu is connected?
have you tried to reseat the cpu too and check for bent pins?

790FX-GD70 Ram Problem (PLEASE HELP!!)

Hello all,
I recently installed my 790FX-GD70 motherboard with all the ram and all that
I have 2x4gb RAM but when i put both sticks of ram in i do not get anything on the screen but when i install 1 stick of ram into the 2nd dimm windows loads up and all that but after like 10-15minutes i get a blue screen and at the bottom it says "Dumping Physical Memory to Disc" then it reboots loads back to windows and does the same thing again, but i dont know why when i put 2x 4GB ram the same the computer boots up but nothing comes on the screen.
Any help please?
Really need to fix this.
750W PSU
AMD phenom II 850 @ 3.3GHz
2x4gb ram only 1 allowed
2x ASUS GeForce 550TI's
PLEASE HELP ME!!
Nothing is overclocked.

Hello Sorry here are the links to my PSU and RAM!
PSU:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-QUIET-ARTIC-750W-ATX-PSU-8-PIN-SATA-PCI-E-PFC-120mm-FAN-POWER-SUPPLY-/140722519305?pt=UK_Computing_PowerSupplies_EH&hash=item20c3b73d09#ht_3045wt_1012
RAM:
MTEX 1333MHz-----1111G14JCJ6-----MTC003944
I got these numbers of the ram itself so i don't know which is the model number and the serial number.
And the voltage of the ram is at default. 1.5 i think
I did try and set the voltage to 1.8 and put my 8gb ram in, it booted up to windows and i managed to put 2 sticks of ram in then about 10 minutes later it went to blue screen again and said dumping physical memory to disc
I done a error check of the ram and it came up with no errors.

790FX-GD70 not setting RAM to correct timing nor voltage from SPED

My 790FX-GD70 not setting RAM to correct timing nor voltage from SPED when set to auto. The RAM I have should be 6 6 6 20 @ 1.8V but the motherboard is setting it to 9 9 9 24 @ 1.5 V
The RAM is Crucial 2GB, Ballistix 240-pin DIMM, DDR3 PC3-10600 memory BL25664BA1336 • DDR3 PC3-10600 • 6-6-6-20 • Unbuffered • NON-ECC • DDR3-1333 • 1.8V • 256Meg x 64 of which i have two of then in the two black slots.
Just to rule out the RAM I also tried a different model of RAM whose timing is 7 7 7 24 @ 1.65 which will not allow to boot to windows unless I adjust the voltage manually to 1.70 (1.65 V will still not boot properly) it sets it also at 9 9 9 24 yet this same sticks of RAM will set correctly in a MSI 770 C45 without any adjustments.
Now i will say in the case of the 790FX-GD70 I require no changes in voltage for it to boot with the 1.8 V RAM just the timings are not as they should be. The 790FX-GD70 is stable as is and I will probably leave it at the auto settings but wondered if anyone else encountered similar issues with this board

Looks like this is a bit of an issue for some other users of your RAM and not necessarily a MSI thing! This user has a ASUS board! Good luck and hope you get it sorted out.
Backround:
I bought some DDR3-1333 ram that was advertised as 6-6-6-20 @ 1.8v and, as expected, running on my board's default 1.5v it was only getting like 9-9-9-24. In fact, @ stock voltage the best I could boot up with (unknown stability) was 9-7-7. In an attempt to get the best (advertised?) performance I went ahead and manually set the timings to 6-6-6-20, left all other timings on auto, and upped the voltage to 1.8v
Boots up fine and appears to be stable. However, I do notice the RAM is fairly warm to the touch whereas @ 1.5v it was pretty benign heat-wise. I tried running 1.785v but 3 out of 4 times it would hang on the windows desktop display. So I bumped it back up to 1.8v and I'll run Memtest 86 or something else later tonight.
My question, being a noob and all...
Is running at 1.8v going to hurt something? (See my setup MB, and CPU stats)
Just to repeat, the box and manufacturer do list it as 1.8v spec. (FYI: BL25664BA1336)

790FX-GD70 Memory Issue

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?
Also, unrelated to this post, I am having an issue with windows server 2008 r2 on my raid setup. It sees the raid after I load drivers from MSI.com but after the last step of the install it gives me a message saying that it couldn't save settings and I need to restart the installer. After which it says that again.
Thanks for you time and help!
AMD Phenom II 965 Quad Core 3.4 Ghz
■ 790FX-GD70 - 601-7577-030
■ OCZ (8-8-8-24) and Patriot (8-9-8-24), DDR3 1600 (Both), 8GB , 4
■ XFX RADEON HD 4770, 512 MB
■ Seagate, 1.5 TB (x4), Sata 300, 7200 rpm (Raid 10)
■ Win Server 2008 R2 x64
■ OCZ 600w

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.

How to set 1600 timmings on MSI 790FX-GD70

This is how and these are the settings that I use to achieve stable 1600 timings on my OZC Black Edition Ram using the MSI 790FX-GD70 board.
OCZ AMD Black Edition 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) OCZ3BE1600C8LV4GK timmings CL 8 8-8-8-24 1.65volts
Restart computer, Boot into BIOS by pressing "delete" until you see the screen say it is going into the bios. When changing settings in bios use the plus and minus key to make changes.
Select Cell Menu, this is the memory menu where you will adjust most of the timings for your memory
Go into Advanced Dram
Set the following timings settings for your RAM When selecting both you have to scroll down the page and set the same timings for the other dimm. So you are setting one set for one RAM and one for the other.
In the picture I have it set for 2T but I use 1T, 1T is faster but I am showing you the default spec settings of the ram, once complete hit esc and back to the cell menu
continued

I would like to point out that I have my CPU overclocked so that is why I have turned the cool n quiet off. You will also note that some of my numbers are not set at 2400 and that they are a little bit above what I have wrote. This is caused by me trying to get a little more out of my CPU overclock. These settings and multipliers interact with each other so if I set a multiplier at 12 and it shows 2400 but then go and set the FSB frequency a little higher the timing will reflect in the HT link. One note, you can not have your CPU-NB Freq lower then your HT Freq. Just wanted to explain that so you know why my numbers are not exact or a little different from the settings I am showing
Do not replicate my settings for the CPU as they are all different for all systems. I am only showing you the memory settings that you can set from the OCZ 1600 settings that they recommend.
Press escape and hit F10 to save your settings and the computer should post with the timings that we set.
Once you are stable you can then go in and try different settings of your own. Most people will try tighter timings which could relate to 7-8-8-8 or 7-7-8-8 etc. You can experiment once you are stable with the stock 1600 settings.
Your bios should have a User settings section and you can save your settings in their so if you are experimenting and you have to re-boot you can easily load the saved settings that we have done here!
If you mess things us and have to reset the cmos you unplug the maching, wait at least 1 minute and then press the cmos button. Plug machine back in turn power supply back on and the computer will tell you it has an error and to press F1. Press F1 and set the clock, then go into user settings and load the settings that we did here. If at anytime you want the original settings go into bios and select optimised settings and it will load the best settings that it uses to operate. Note that your overclocks and your ram will go back to default settings and any bios settings that you did manually will be gone until you reload them in user settings. If you update your boos, user settings are lost and you would manually have to set the timings again like we did here.
Many ways to go about this and this is the way that I use. I am not saying it is the only way or the best but it does work. I am using stock volts on the CPU and recommended volts for the memory and to raise the NB Freq. Constructive comments are very welcome.

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