MATX MSI Z68MA-ED55

Here is another motherboard model from MSI using the latest Intel Chipset Z68. It's a micro-atx motherboard but packed with features like - Instant OC, Click Bios, U3/S6, Winki3, Super Charger and OC Genie II.
Layout of the board is pretty good. Chipset heatsink hold by screws, two video card slots for multi GPU configuration, v-check points which are very useful for overclockers, power / reset easy buttons, military class II components - SFC, Hi-C Caps and Solid Caps, Sata 6GB/s ports which are directly connected to the intel chipset and same goes for the USB 3.0.
More shots of the board
Bundled Accessories
I/O Input Terminals
•PS2 with auto sense if KB or Mouse
•USB 2.0 and 3.0 ports
•IEEE or Firewire port
•SPDIF and 6 rear audio ports
•HDMI, VGA and DVI for display output
•Gigabit LAN
That's it. WIll update this post soon

I have installed my MSI Z68MA-ED55 and i was trying to play around with Virtu but it strange i cant add games to the list it's like i am using an "evaluation" version (according to Virtu PDF u cant add game on evaluation version)
but it's not the only strange thing it visualize with same strange grey area
those are where i point the area are strangely grey when in the pdf they dont look like that
and here i cant click on ADD
I installed the Lucid Virtu downloaded from MSI site ver 1.1.101.16618
and i tryed to download the one on Intel site as well (same version) and gave me the same result
there is something to do that i miss why my Virtu is in evaluation or what else is wrong?

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MSI Z68MA-ED55

Hi, I was interested in this board (MSI Z68MA-ED55) I was just curious if any of you have it and can check if it has dolby digital live or dts connect encoding. Thanks.

I have this board. No Dolby Digital Live output option in the sound device properties like my old nforce board had.
Hope that helps

MSI Z68MA-ED55, or Z68 series, support XEON E3 series processor?

Hello,
does anyone know if the MSI Z68MA-ED55, or any other Z68 series, motherboard supports Intel XEON E3 series, like the E3-1275?
Cheers

You should look through the product information in MSI website first. If the board supports, then the processor will be listed under their support listings, else it's a no. For more information on any other supporting processors, please contact MSI as per the link given by HU16E.

MSI Z68MA-ED55 B3 + Cooler Master V8 CPU Cooler Compatibility

Guys, Anyone please advise if Cooler Master V8 CPU Cooler is compatible to Z68MA-ED55 motherboard. What i exactly mean is that will it fit without me having to move the RAM to other slots? Thanks guys!

Depends on the RAM. If you intend to get flashy RAM modules that have heatspreaders (useless for all practical purposes) as high as mountains, then you have a problem. If you stick to JEDEC standard modules, i.e. black chips on green sticks, or Low profile modules, then these should fit just nicely.
Suggest you read the technical design document of the cooler and check what the clearance is from the heatsink upwards to where the cooling fins start. Check the technical design specs of your intended mem modules and see what the height is. That should give you a good indication.
If you want an excellent cooler that has plenty clearance by design, consider the Zalman 9900 series.

MOVED: MSI Z68MA-ED55 New Install

This topic has been moved to Intel Core-iX boards.
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=150524.0

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I do not have a shorting jumper.
A flat tip screwdriver used 'very' carefully across the two pins will work as well as a jumper. If the one RAM stick doesn't allow post, then it looks like the G.Skill SPD programming manipulation curse. Most likely have to do as Bernhard suggests & get a basic DDR3 1333 stick to get the system to post. Get the OS loaded & all the drivers & utilities you want, then update the BIOS to the latest version & try the G.Skills again. You might have to set X.M.P. to get them to work.

MSI Z68MA-ED55 Vt-d support?

Hello does anyone know if the ED55 support Vt-d or not? I know the GD80 does but it is a too expensive for my budget.
Thanks in advance.

The answer is "yes" as VT-D is a standard feature of the underlying hardware. To be sure I checked the UEFI Changelogs and found the following entry in the changelog for one of the pre-release BETA/Development UEFI Releases [development state before the intial first final UEFI Release for this mainboard]:
- Add "Intel VT-D Tech" in OC\CPU Features page

Msi z68ma-ed5 dedicated gpu problem

can anyone tel me if there is any way to get my hd6950 work on my mainboard??
my system spec are
psu sliverstone strider 500w
gpu hd6950
hdd wd 320GB 16mbcache
Intel core i7 2600k
msi z68ma-ed55
problem is i don't think my pcie slot is working cause i did reinstall windows 7 twice one time 64bit other 32bit...,but still it doesn't read it at all after downloading 64bit driver and 32 .,when i try to install it it does not recognize it in eighter way 64 or 32 bit
one thing i didn't try yet is to put my gpu on lower pcie slot! since i have only that card on pice slot will it work on x16 bandwith?that is if that one work either..

Quote from: xmad on 10-August-12, 04:12:13
If you have just 1 known working ram mod installed, the vga works in each slot except for the top slot, don't see much around damage to the board Stick around a bit someone else may have some other ideas
You can perhaps try a different pcie card of some type in slot 1 to see if that is seen, but you should be able to take care of the rma through mail.
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Z68MA-ED55 (B3) SSD Caching - hard-drive noise

I have MSI Z68MA-ED55 (B3) with three hard-drives
  (1) Intel 320 Series SSD 40 GB
  (2) Intel 320 Series SSD 120 GB
  (3) Seagate Barracuda 1TB .
I use the 120 SSD for Windows 7 and programs. I use the Seagate for storage and games and the 40GB SSD to accelerate the Seagate in Maximized mode (for performance: write to SSD first, and delayed writing to spin disk). This set up is about a week old.
I have noticed that the hard-drive makes a clicking noise, very audible, a couple times per 10 minutes. I suspect that the Z68 SSD caching might doing this. When I turn off the SSD caching via the Intel Rapid Storage Technology program, the Seagate went 'crazy' and was clicking every other second for about 1 to 2 minutes while it is unloading the cache. I have turned SSD caching back on, so far no clicking.
I am concerned about the noise if it comes back. Anyone have experienced this?

To me, it sounds like a bad disk drive. I would swap out the Seagate before fussing with the SSD.

Dual monitor output for Z68MA-ED55 (B3) with IGP ?

Does Z68MA-ED55 (B3) board support dual or multi monitor output with IGP aka built-in intel HD 2000/3000 ( not with discrete graphic card ) like the H67 boards ?

By right it should, however, to confirm the answer, it is best to >>contact MSI<<.

Z68MA-ED55 (B3) - Realtek HD Audio over HDMI

Does anyone know if the motherboard Z68MA-ED55 (B3) is able to get HD Audio out from the HDMI connection?
When I installed the Realtek HD codec I only see listed two digital outs: optical and atapi. (which I don't know what atapi is for)
I think my motherboard need bios updates as mine is in version A1, and the latest A4 seems to fix some audio tables (which I don't know what it means neither..
Anyone has HD audio over HDMI for this board or advice about what to try?
thanks
Update:
Seems my board should support HDMI HD Audio out..
From MSI board document:
Chip integrated by Realtek® ALC892
Download the manual at: http://www.msi.com/product/mb/Z68MA-ED55--B3-.html#?div=Manual
From Realtek ALC892:
The ALC892 also features secondary SPDIF-OUT output and converter to transport digital audio output to a High Definition Media Interface (HDMI) transmitter.
Documentation at: http://www.realtek.com.tw/products/productsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=24&PFid=28&Level=5&Conn=4&ProdID=284

Any luck getting HD audio to work over HDMI?

Z68MA ED55 B3

Hi:
I have an Z68MA ED55 B3.
Can I use the Bios 11.1 with a Sandy Bridge?
I know someone with the same motherboard with the Bios 11.1 and a Sandy Bridge i5 2500k.
Can It break the motherboard or CPU?
[url]http://es.msi.com/product/mb/Z68MA-ED55--B3-.html#/?div=BIOS/url]
Regards.

It can't break anything but won't work well in oc when using a Sandy Bridge. None the less it will work normally if not considering oc.

Intel driver needed for overclocking the Z68MA-ED55?

Purchased the Z68MA-ED55 a few days ago and loaded most of the software off the accompanying disk. Through LiveUpdate I was invited to download the latest version of Control Center. After downloading and launching Control Center, I received a pop-up stating "Please install Intel ME driver for CPU over-clocking".
Attempting to download the Intel ME Driver from Intel itself I get a message saying the system is not eligible. Cannot find the driver directly from MSI.
*NOTE* I am able to overclock through BIOS, it's just not as efficient as Control Center would be.

Thanks for the assistance. Once I went back to it I realized I tried to install it before and received a message that there was a newer version already installed on the computer. Installed the older version and it now works. Seems Control Center has not been updated to work with the newest ME version yet.

MSI H67MA ED55 - Can't activate crossfire EDITED

Hi, I know that crossfire is not officially supported on MSI H67MA ED55 but I see that some H67 board from other manufacturer (like Gigabyte) can enabled it.
So i just wanna know if MSI disable it or if it's just my computer which is had a problem and that I can make it word with my board.
Thx guys for the answer.

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Can this (slot) be used by other types of PCIe cards then?
To my understanding, with a VGA filling the primary 16X slot, the second slot will only support a 1X device. If your add-in cards are 1x, then they are supposed to work. If the primary drops to 8x, then the other slot should also cover up to an 8X add-in. But it is not real clear about that.

MSI H67MA-ED55 (B3) - Booting Time

Hi,
I use a MSI H67MA-ED55 (B3) motherboard with an Intel Core i7 2600K processor. However, the booting time of the motherboard is from my point of view very slow. It takes over 40s until the Windows 7 Logo is shown, during the booting process the number "98" is shown in the lower right corner. Therefore I was wondering, how I can increase the booting time, because 40s is rather inacceptable. I hope you can help me. Thank you very much in advance

EuP2013 is an energy compliancy standard that all producers of electrical and electronic equipement must have in place by 2013, else I believe their products may not be sold in especially european markets anymore.
For the normal consumer, it means that a EuP2013 product may not consume more than 0,50W when in standby mode. Thats quite aggressive and the EuP provisioning in the BIOS supposedly ensures that the motherboard stays within that tolerance whenever the PC goes into full standby mode. This power saving feature though has some unwanted side effects at times and numerous users have found that some of their unexplained problems disappear after this feature is disabled.
Here is an overview http://www.intertek.com/electrical/eup-directive/faq/

Z68ma-ed55 be keeps power cycling

Have the z68ma-ed55 with a Intel I7-2600K LGA 1155 CPU and 8 GB ram and when i power it up the MB stays on for 10 seconds and then powers down again.
If i pull one stick of the memory the unit powers up and starts beeping... what am i missing here?
■Intel I7-2600K LGA 1155
■DDR# 1600 Hperx T1 2x4 gb module total of 8GB memory

Suspect an incompatibility with the RAM or even the possibility of a CPU socket pin problem. Do you have a single stick of standard DDR3 1333 chipped 9 9 9 xx 1.50v. + or - 0.75v. RAM you can try? Possibly a relative, friend, or co-worker has one you can try with?
Added: Not normal procedure, but you might try a single stick in each RAM slot & check for POST. Also, have you tried a power cord removed from the PSU, battery removed for awhile, CMOS clear?
2nd add: What is the UEFI/BIOS version listed on the green sticker on the mainboards BIOS chip?

MATX MSI Z68MA-ED55

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