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All you can do is try a full cmos clear w/ a bare bones set-up. What you should have done when you saw the blinking light was enable multi bios update in bios to recover the bad bios.
Probably the simplest thing to do is bring the board to a computer shop with an SPI programmer. It will probably cost around $50-$75 to get this fixed.
If you have a Sandy bridge CPU, stick with 7672vH5.zip unless there are issues. If you absolutely need to flash your bios, use the forum flash tool and archives.
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Z68a-GD80 b3 bios fail ?

Hi,
i recently bricked my p67a-gd65 b3 via bios flash (both bios corrupted), and i got the z68a-gd80 b3 in return from msi,
now i do need to say when i first turned on my pc i immediately noticed the blue bios light was flashing, so i knew the first bios had failed and its now running on the second bios.
So i figured, lets update the bios, and i downloaded the latest bios version 20.1. And so i booted into dos, started to update Intel ME and then it flashed the backup bios.... then it automaticly rebooted and the infinite bootcycle maraton began... everything powers on for 1 sec and it dies, powers on for 1 sec and it dies.. etc et, there are no blue bios lights on when powering on so i thing the bios is partly corrupted, enough to NOT boot, but also enough to not turn on the bios lights on the mobo anyone got any idea ? i really don´t want to rma the board cuz i just got it like a few days, and the RMA proces of the p67a/gd65 took almost 2 months :(
Thanks in advance!

All you can do is try a full cmos clear w/ a bare bones set-up. What you should have done when you saw the blinking light was enable multi bios update in bios to recover the bad bios.
Probably the simplest thing to do is bring the board to a computer shop with an SPI programmer. It will probably cost around $50-$75 to get this fixed.
If you have a Sandy bridge CPU, stick with 7672vH5.zip unless there are issues. If you absolutely need to flash your bios, use the forum flash tool and archives.
>>BIOSes<<

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Live Update is a joke.
We know, that is why we tell everybody not to use it, to uninstall it and to ignore it altogether.
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nd I keep getting redirected to the DriverSmith site to pay for a utility to download driver updates for a motherboard I just bought - UNBELIEVABLE!
You can find all relevant drivers and BIOS Updates on the product site for you mainboard, just choose you Operating using the drop-down menu:
http://msi.com/product/mb/Z68A-GD80--B3-.html#/?div=Driver&os=Win7%2032
BIOS-Updates can be found here:
http://msi.com/product/mb/Z68A-GD80--B3-.html#/?div=BIOS
Newer BETA Releases here:
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=148779.msg1123646#msg1123646
For flashing, if needed, >>Use the MSI HQ Forum USB flasher<<.

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Don't update bios from windows, it very often ends badly.
At anyrate, try a full cmos clear >>Clear CMOS Guide<<
If you are unable to get it to post or recover, you will need an spi programmer from either msi or a decent computer shop.
Also, it MAY boot with your IVY cpu so that is worth a shot.
As a final note, if you need to send it for RMA as for the beta bios, as it has been reported to really rock.
z68a-gd80 (G3) I had to assume by what bios you used.

Z68A-GD80 (B3) Bios problem

Hello experts,
I want to build up a new machine. So I bought the mainboard Z68A-GD80 and an Intel 3570k. This cpu was not supported from start of the mainboard but the seller told me that he updated BIOS to the newest version before selling the board and he ran it successfully with this BIOS. So I installed all componenets and what happened:
- The dual bios LED tells me that primary bios failes.
- CPU phase led showing phase 10 after switching on power and then changing to phase 2
- Screen is dark
- I dont have a case speaker so I cannot hear beeping
What do you suggest du do now?
Thanks so much!!
Florian

The CPU phase lights are first at ten then at two is nominal. Those aren't going to tell you what's wrong unless none of them are on.
If you kept the power disconnected from a power source, grounded yourself before touching the circuitry, carefully put the CPU in, put in compatible RAM in correct slots, then all of the PSU connectors attached securely to the motherboard connectors, double checked the heatsync is attached securely, then connected the power cord, then powered on the computer. If BIOS doesn't appear on the monitor, go back to the sales person.
The heatsync is very important, if the thermal compound isn't carefully applied, or the heatsync itself incorrectly attached; the computer will not boot.

How do I set EFI mode in Z68A-GD80-B3 BIOS?

I am trying to install Windows 7 64-bit onto a Seagate 3TB drive on a brand-new MSI Z68A-GD80-B3 motherboard but Windows keeps insisting on using an MBR style partition. When I connected the drive to another computer and used the Seagate utility to create a GPT partition, Windows refuses to install to it because it thinks the BIOS is in BIOS mode and not EFI mode.
There is a complicated guide to force the EFI installer bootstrap here http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=184349 but having to do all this seems ridiculous for a motherboard UEFI BIOS that is advertised as having 3TB+ support.
So where is the setting (as I have seen on some other motherboards) that tells the bootable DVD/USB device that the BIOS is EFI and not legacy? Thanks!

Putting the system into RAID mode wasn't too bad since I was only experimenting with the setup anyway. However, after doing some research on how to use the EFI console it appears it is currently not possible to boot into a GPT disk when the ICH controller it set to RAID mode. :(
I tried wiping the drive, I tried installing the GPT boot and then installing Windows to it. Interestingly, the error message isn't a showstopper - it is merely a warning unlike the other error messages. If you click on the GPT partition and say install Windows will indeed go ahead and install to it. But when the BIOS tries to boot to it, it cannot. My investigation with EFI console shows that when the controller is in RAID mode the hard drive doesn't even show up in the list of available devices in the console. Also when using the console to list the available EFI drivers, they only have 2 IDE drivers (one Intel, one Marvell) and 2 AHCI drivers (same deal) - no RAID.
Furthermore, we appear to no be alone. I also have a Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 for evaluation and it too has the same problem, both confirmed by my own tests and a message thread much like this one that states the EFI BIOS manufacturers have not written the EFI RAID driver for the Sandy Bridge architecture yet. (I don't know if this is true for any other mobo manufacturers besides MSI and Gigabyte.)
Anyway, I'm giving up for now on GPT and have formatted the 3TB drive as MBR. I am then using a special driver from Seagate that makes the remaining space appear as a separate drive. I suppose it would still be possible to combine this space if one were to create a spanning volume in Windows or Linux and combine the real 2TB volume with the virtual drive that contains the remaining space. But I'm going to just leave it as a separate volume.
The only troubling thing is when or if MSI finally releases a BIOS with an EFI RAID driver I'll feel compelled to format the whole system as GPT and start again. *grumblegrumble*
Isn't being on the bleeding edge of tech fun?

Updating the Z68A-GD80 (B3) bios to use ivybridge cpu

Hi,
I bought the Z68A-GD80 (B3) board without realising that the ivybridge cpu's were only around the corner. Anyway I thought there would be a large price gap between the sandybridge and ivybridge cpu prices, how wrong could you be.
I haven't built the rig yet as I was waiting for a bios update to accommodate the jump to an ivybridge cpu and to make sure the board could support a ivybridge i5 3570K cpu model.
As there is only a 10 to 18 pound gap between the two cpu models is there any reason not to go for the ivybridge version? Also does the updated bios work properly?
Many thanks.....John

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Bernard, Froggy and flobelex, much appreciated. Can I ask if your answers remain the same in concern the G3 board as they did for the B3?
My reply would still be similar to Reply #2. Since you do have a 'G3', one benefit would be the ability to run a PCI-E 3.0 graphics card to it's full potential. Even PCI-E 3.0 is not all that superior in performance to earlier PCI-E 2.0 revisions. I have both, a GD80(G3) with a Sandy CPU and Ivy BIOS, and one with an Ivy. Rather than go into all the details, they both suck as far as I am concerned, with the Ivy CPU rig being the worse! The Ivy UEFI/BIOS's IMO are not ready for prime time. Even with two PCI-E 3.0 GTX680 cards in SLI, my eyes don't see any real world visual benefit over them running at PCI-E 2.0 on the other mainboard.
Soon as an ironclad user level procedure is developed that I can restore both primary and secondary chips back to Sandy BIOS's and ME7, I will do so. The Ivy CPU will be sold off. Performance wise, the 2700k is a kickbutt CPU compared to an Ivy on a 6 series chipset mainboard!

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Bernard, Froggy and flobelex, much appreciated. Can I ask if your answers remain the same in concern the G3 board as they did for the B3?
My reply would still be similar to Reply #2. Since you do have a 'G3', one benefit would be the ability to run a PCI-E 3.0 graphics card to it's full potential. Even PCI-E 3.0 is not all that superior in performance to earlier PCI-E 2.0 revisions. I have both, a GD80(G3) with a Sandy CPU and Ivy BIOS, and one with an Ivy. Rather than go into all the details, they both suck as far as I am concerned, with the Ivy CPU rig being the worse! The Ivy UEFI/BIOS's IMO are not ready for prime time. Even with two PCI-E 3.0 GTX680 cards in SLI, my eyes don't see any real world visual benefit over them running at PCI-E 2.0 on the other mainboard.
Soon as an ironclad user level procedure is developed that I can restore both primary and secondary chips back to Sandy BIOS's and ME7, I will do so. The Ivy CPU will be sold off. Performance wise, the 2700k is a kickbutt CPU compared to an Ivy on a 6 series chipset mainboard!

MOVED: Z68A-GD80 (B3) CPU Throttling issue

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I have a z68a-GD65-G3 - and I also have this issue. On a 2700K, I'm at 1.40vcore and a multi of 50 - gives me 5Ghz (sadly, CPU-Z reports 4988.7 due to the 99.8Mhz bus speed bug, anyone know how to fix that?)
So I was stable at 50multi x100 at 1.4vcore on the Bios the board shipped with, however, I noticed that when I ran the intel burn test it would throttle back to between 4.1Ghz and 4.6Ghz - this is really annoying, as I have disabled ALL of the bios options that have anything to do with speed management/throttling. But just to be sure, could someone please list all the bios items that need to be disabled to make sure the cpu isn't throttled?
In an effort to fix this, I decided to flash the bios to the newest one on MSI's site, 7681 N60, however, this did *not* fix the throttling issue. And now, I get lockups when I run intel burn test where before it was stable :( So I guess I'm going to revert to the BIOS the board shipped with, because at least then it was stable at 5Ghz, but...
***MSI Rep's - the throttling issue here isn't acceptable. This needs to be addressed. I want my CPU to be at Multiplier setting I set it at.***

MSI Z68A-GD80 B3 bios problem :(

Hi... I've got a very strange problem with my motherboard. The bios diode is blinking (I know that it means my first bios has failed). But I tried fixing method from topic with GD65 and it didn't work. Any ideas?

Remove the PSU power cord, remove the battery for awhile, clear CMOS, reset making sure to enable BIOS update again, save & exit, & then see if the chip LED stops flashing.

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Where did you download the bios file? from msi website?
Did you put the .exe file under the root directory of your USB pen drive?
Did you follow this update guide ? (start from page 6)
http://www.msi.com/files/pdf/Bios_update_SOPAll.pdf
Did you see this screen when you try to update your bios under DOS mode?
Format your USB to bootable and try again
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=165175.0

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hi HU16E
Sry fore the late reply..
well i think it dosent matter cuz i found out even if i youse the OC genien button it does the same it cant overclock
hmm maby a bad flash ? i couldent flash the bios no matter what i did not even USB only thing that worked was live update..
this is getting rather annoying any sugestions? maby a flash to the old bios agine ?

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Final result from new beta Bios is CPU ratio above 47x will not stay where user chooses, no matter the settings. Once a load is applied it down clocks to a lesser value the value is load dependent the higher the load the lower the value.
http://home.bendbroadband.com/bypolar/MSI/Final/[email protected]
http://home.bendbroadband.com/bypolar/MSI/Final/[email protected]
http://home.bendbroadband.com/bypolar/MSI/Final/14.jpg
Turning off all power state settings one at a time till they are all disabled.
1.disable intel C-State = 49x max ratio even though 52X is still chosen and turbo 52x on too.
2.disable turbo mode = 50x max ratio only if you follow this order. Turn off turbo before Cstate and stuck @49x
3.Rest power state settings make no difference 50x max but same issue when load is given ratio drops.
Screens to large had to post links, bottom line I still needing some love from MSI & I still waiting for a response to my ticket.
http://home.bendbroadband.com/bypolar/MSI/Final/[email protected]
http://home.bendbroadband.com/bypolar/MSI/Final/[email protected]
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Quote from: Golono on 16-August-12, 06:02:23
I am unable to locate these green stickers. Could you specify their location? Also, just wondering, how would the information on those stickers help diagnose/solve the problem?
Quote from: Golono on 16-August-12, 06:02:23
I am unable to locate these green stickers. Could you specify their location?
look at my image that i give you, they are on the bottom left side just below "MSI" heatsink.
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Also, just wondering, how would the information on those stickers help diagnose/solve the problem?
it can tell us what's the board shipped BIOS version.
If its not the latest BIOS version, you can't boot with your Ivy Bridge CPU

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You should state all your system specs for a start. >>Posting Guide<<
Your intended Overclock outcome will determine which method to use. It is always advisable to maintain all the power saving features when OC'ing these boards and most CPUs will allow for a typical 4,4 to 4,6GHz OC with everything left on Auto, except the turbo cores that you set to the desired OC multi. These you will find under the advanced CPU feature.
As soon as you set a CPU core voltage or the CPU multi manually, you will loose the power saving features.

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