MOVED: Z77A-G43 no SpeedStep with manually set multiplier

This topic has been moved to Overclocking, Undervolting.
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=165305.0

I was told that Z77A-G43 should be just fine for my needs. Couple years ago I bought high end MB and it was a mistake, they are putting there so many useless stuff for which I need to pay ... (like firewire which I never used).
Z77A-G43 is fine for me but I was not aware before buying about all of its limitations. It is quite ok now when I figured out in UEFI where the needed options are hidden. Probably on better board I would be able to get from 200 to 400 Mhz more from CPU but to do that I would need to take off the IHS and pay almost 2 times more for the motherboard. (and pay for useless stuff like two quick PCIE ports (I am not planning to have a SLI/Crossfire), dozens of SATA ports etc.) If there were good board in decent price I would bought it but I do not need a motherboard for a homemade datacenter
Regarding Lucid earlier I had Abit (also the lower end) and I am not used to be virtually limited by having minimazed bios options or lack of software support. Of course this was different vendor with different business approach.
Asus cheap boards like P8B75-M have support for Virtu MVP ... so it's doable and affordable but MSI wants to have an argument over selling more expensive boards. Now I totally get their marketing strategy.
Thank you all for help, this topic can be closed.

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Z77A-G43 no SpeedStep with manually set multiplier

I have bought Z77A-G43 mainboard with i5 3570k. When I put multiplier to Auto then in idle the multiplier goes to 16 but when I put any value (non-Auto, like 34) then it stays that way all the time also in Idle.
Other case is that mainboard have offsets but Vcore is not going down in idle if you do not have enable at once C1E and EIST. Should it work only with EIST option ?
I have Windows 8 Enterprise trial.
I tried many things but it still does not work without having Auto there (I do not want to have auto).
Please inform me how to turn on SpeedStep on this mainboard without loosing the ability to change multiplier.

I was told that Z77A-G43 should be just fine for my needs. Couple years ago I bought high end MB and it was a mistake, they are putting there so many useless stuff for which I need to pay ... (like firewire which I never used).
Z77A-G43 is fine for me but I was not aware before buying about all of its limitations. It is quite ok now when I figured out in UEFI where the needed options are hidden. Probably on better board I would be able to get from 200 to 400 Mhz more from CPU but to do that I would need to take off the IHS and pay almost 2 times more for the motherboard. (and pay for useless stuff like two quick PCIE ports (I am not planning to have a SLI/Crossfire), dozens of SATA ports etc.) If there were good board in decent price I would bought it but I do not need a motherboard for a homemade datacenter
Regarding Lucid earlier I had Abit (also the lower end) and I am not used to be virtually limited by having minimazed bios options or lack of software support. Of course this was different vendor with different business approach.
Asus cheap boards like P8B75-M have support for Virtu MVP ... so it's doable and affordable but MSI wants to have an argument over selling more expensive boards. Now I totally get their marketing strategy.
Thank you all for help, this topic can be closed.

MOVED: z77a-g43 cold boot overclock issue

This topic has been moved to Overclocking, Undervolting.
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=161574.0

Quote from: mareg on 08-September-12, 05:41:28
Hello all,
I have this weird issue with cold booting while overclocking. I've tried very hard to diagnose the problem but have been unable to find the culprit.
So I'm using an i5-2500k with the mobo in the subject. I have flashed the BIOS to the latest (2.4). So everytime I try to overclock by using a different multi (it can be as subtle has x34) the system will fail the overclock while cold booting. What I mean by that is if I do the overclock from the bios then save&reboot it will load in windows and be totally stable under IBT. I can achieve any kind of overclock up to 4.7 Ghz and it will be totally stable.
BUT, as soon as I do a shutdown of the system, upon booting (cold boot), the computer will try to boot but fail at it. I'll be prompted by the bios to reload default.
I've tried various combinaisons to no avail. I even tried to underclock the processor to sub x33. I don't understand what could be wrong. It seems as soon as I switch to anything else then auto on the ratio, it won't boot from shutdown. Weird.
Thanks in advance for your inputs.
RIG :
MSI z77a-g43 bios 2.4
intel i5-2500k
g-skill ripjaw CL9 1600 1.5v
Antec Earthwatts EA 650W
CM HAF 912
gigabyte geforce gtx-460 1gig
As you know I got exactly the same issue, but mine does boot when manually set at a lower ratio.

Z77A-G43 boot problem with catalyst drivers

Hi all,
I upgraded my pc this weekend. I have ZH77A-G43 with 3*4GB RAM and ATI HD7850 gfx card.
A new SATA HDD and a fresh windows7 install.
All goes well until I install catalyst drivers. After that, windows will not boot anymore. I can see 'Starting Windows' and after that the screen goes black and pc stops responding.
n safe mode, everything works fine again.
Do the catalyst drivers cause problems on this mobo?

Never mind see the beta bios release notes:
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=161593.msg1197504#msg1197504
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01.Fix VTX3D Radeon HD 7850 1GB X-Edition not display issue.
(Add below solution from E7751IMS.H52 and E7751IMS.H53:
Fix PCIE GEN3 display card issue.
Fix 'Integrated Graphics Share Memory' and 'DVMT Memory' item show incorrect.)
Seems as though that matches up nicely to our problem, so use the beta bios instead.

Z77A-GD65 Asmedia error with Intel set to RAID

I've had my boot drive and an SSD on the two Intel SATA 3 ports, for RST. The controller was set to RAID mode (as it has to be), the discs were listed as non-RAID when it booted, and the cache was working fine.
I just bought a new drive, plugged it in, and found when anything is connected to the Asmedia ports (in either ACHI or IDE mode) when it boots, it gives the "A disk read error occurred, press CAD to restart" message. Strangely enough, I found that if I powered the drive up after I was in Windows, it would recognize properly and work fine - but that's not what I'm looking for.
So far the only way I've been able to get the machine to boot with the drive connected was to turn off RST/switch the Intel controller back to AHCI.
If anyone knows a way to work around this so I can get both to work at the same time, I could use the help.

That's what I did - the boot drive and the cache ssd were always on sata 1 and 2 (which I'm pretty sure is required for RST to work anyway) and my optical drive is on 3; I plugged the new drive in 7 on the Asmedia controller so I could get the full sata3 benefit.
I would assume that anyone trying to use any form of hardware raid on the Intel controller would run in to the same problem (without drives on the secondary controller in the raid, obviously), but I can't find any specific reference to that anywhere.
Also the same thing happens on the official 10.7 bios release that just came out, which I tried as well.

MOVED: Z77A-G43 Bios Update for Windows 8

This topic has been moved to Intel Core-iX boards.
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=164509.0

Update the bios first.
Then format the Drive using diskpart to GPT, finally install from USB in UEFI mode.
You can use the forum flash tool for all of this:
>>Use the MSI HQ Forum USB flasher<<
If you hit Shift +f5 at the selection screen to enter dos then proceed with formatting the ssd or hdd to GPT.

MSI Z77A G43 A2 Error with Bluray SATA Drive

Hey guys!
My old Asus P67 motherboard died last week so I bought this board as a replacement. I plugged everything correctly and it seemed to work at first. PC booted fine into windows and I was able to play all my usual games and do my usual stuff.
After an hour or so I restarted the PC after installing the new chipset driver and LAN + Audio driver. I then got the A2 problem. I get this error code before the BIOS Picture. I googled around and it seems to be a problem with the SSD/HDD connectors or something. I then went about trying to find out which drive was causing it and it was my Bluray SATA Drive. The PC will start fine if I do not connect it, but once I do I cannot get passed the A2 error. I tried running the MSI Live Update 5 software to update my BIOS but it says I have the "latest" version.
Any thing you guys recommend? The Bluray SATA Drive worked fine on my old motherboard.
Thanks.
MPC

Quote from: flobelix on 05-May-14, 01:13:30
The SSDs and three other drives? So you are trying to populate all ports? If so try removing one of the other drives and retry.
Yes. I got too many drives laying around xD. Edit: 1 x SSD Crucial C300 64 GB for OS. 1 X SSD Kingston 240 GB for games. 2 x WD 1 TB Drives for storage. 1 x WD Raptor Drive for other programs.
About your request, I did this earlier on today when I was trying to find out what was causing the problem. It did not help the issue when I unplugged one of the other SATA Drives. Still would not start while the bluray player was connected.

MOVED: K8N Diamond Plus problem with FSB setting

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https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=94428.0

This topic has been moved to Overclockers & Modding Corner.
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MOVED: Z77A-G43 modded BIOS OROM ?

This topic has been moved to BETA & MOD BIOS Section.
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=168252.0

Mod
Changes:
E7758IMS-MOD1.2A2
1. intel rst orom 12.6.0.1867 (stock: 11.5.0.1582) NEW!!!
2. realtek orom 2.54 (stock: 2.41) NEW!!!
3. realtekfe orom 1.31 (stock: 1.24) NEW!!!
Tested - OK
USE IT AT YOUR OWN RISK!
The checksums of the archive E7758IMS-MOD1.RAR are: Code: [Select]
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Download: http://www.sendspace.com/file/mzoyyz

MSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758) + MSI 970 4G - PCIE2.0 instead 3.0

Hello,
I got parts descripted in tittle and GPUID and Nvidia panel cant show gtx970 in pcie3.0
Operating system64-bit Windows 8.1 (6.3.9600)
Motherboard MSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758) - with bios 2.D0 (lastest)
Processor Intel Core i5-2500 Processor 3,3Ghz
MSI GtX970 with Bios NV316MH.182 - Driver version9.18.13.4475
Memory 8192 MB
Module 1 - 4.096 MB Kingston DDR3 @ 667 MHz
Module 2 - 4.096 MB Kingston DDR3 @ 667 MHz
Hard drive model 160 GB INTEL SSDSA2BW160G3H
Hard drive model 256 GB SAMSUNG EVO
Hard drive model - 500GB no SSD
PSU: EVGA B2 750W

Ok, thx for reply. Honestly no idea about that.
Just one question, The difference PCIE3 in a gtx970 is significant in relation to PCIE2 in the same 970?
thank you
i found that
http://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Impact-of-PCI-E-Speed-on-Gaming-Performance-518/
Oks, you can close this post.

Problem with Z77A-G43 After bios updating

Hi guys
I purchased my main a week ago, the bus of my rams are 1600 but main detect it 1333. So i updated my bios of 2.7 to 2.10 with live update 5, after the updating progress finished my pc restarted, it doest give any picture and after 20 sec reastart again and again!
I shorted the jumper, i brought out the battery but it didn't have any result. Please tell me a solution. And forgave me for my poor english. My pc:
Msi z77a g43
2*4gb 1600
Core i5 3570k
Sapphire 7790 dualX

RAM defaulting to DDR3 1333 is common as the SPD profile of the chips is set for that. For 1600, either manual setting is required or X.M.P. can be tried if the modules have X.M.P. profile.
Live Update bricked your board. Solution is to take the mainboard to a shop with an SPI flash programming device, or obtain RMA for an MSI Service Center, or contact your reseller for instruction.
Next time you need to flash, do it the safe way;
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=161593.0

Z77A-G43 PROBLEM WITH RAM

hello
I need help, I bought a MSI Z77A-G43 motherboard and a CPU INTEL I7-3770K, I installed everything but when I insert the memory (provided ALL WORKING AND TESTED) the pc does not start, and if I put a model KINGSTON kvr1333d3s8n9 / 2g pC starts, this in any slot of the motherboard if I put 2 equal does not start!.
If we insert the KVR1333D3N9/2G which also is certified in the manual does not start the PC.
I updated the BIOS to the latest version 2.8 but to no avail, the problem persists.
I realized, however, the BIOS reports as the DIMM1 and DIMM2 DIMM3 as DIMM4 and of course the DIMM3 as DIMM1 and DIMM4 as DIMM2.
Can anyone help me?
Thank you very much
Board: MSI Z77A-G43
Bios: Version 2.8
MEM: 2 kingston ddr3 1333 2gb KVR1333D3N9/2G
2 kingston ddr3 1333 2gb KVR1333D3S8N9/2G
Intel Core i7-3770K 3.5GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W

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I realized, however, the BIOS reports as the DIMM1 and DIMM2 DIMM3 as DIMM4 and of course the DIMM3 as DIMM1 and DIMM4 as DIMM2.
This is because DIMMS 2 & 4 are the primary DIMMS. (The ones reported as 1 & 2)
So a matched set of Quote
KINGSTON kvr1333d3s8n9 / 2g
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If we insert the KVR1333D3N9/2G which also is certified in the manual does not start the PC.
This sounds like defective ram.

Z77A-G43 OC 4.3 with power saving work, thanks xmad

Z77A-G43 OC 4.3 with power saving work , Thanks xmad
Goes up @ 4.3GHz on full load, then come down to 1.6GHz idle( perfect) try with prime95 about a hour, temperature when up to 71c then between 58-65c
Set all to auto, then enter the cpu features.
Set the power levels short / long to 255 and the power duration to 2 seconds.
Then increase the turbo speed there to w/er you wish 4.2-4.5 are typical everyday overclock settings.
( OK mine if i'm not mistaking it's 1-core ratio limit [43] ,
2-core ratio limit [43] , 3-core ratio limit [43] 4-core ratio limit [43]
Pic attached
Other settings needed.
Vdroop: 75-100% ( NOT available on mine)
Pll : enabled
Overspeed protection: Disabled
Enhanced Turbo: Enabled
Ok now i'm experimenting a little bit, i try 44 for ratio but crash after prime 95 working
Should i adjust vcore small step at a time?
or other setting? thanks
[img=http://s8.postimage.org/4t8jrurvl/core_ratio_limit.jpg]http://
other pic of my bios

Quote from: LimpNoodle on 08-February-13, 18:34:00
Ow hi guys
I just found this while I've been searching and reading up on overclocking and I was wondering if you guys can just help me out? I will continue to read up and learn more, but is it possible to kind of give me a step by step of what to do with this exact board & Bios?
I also have the Z77A-G43 OC & i7-3770k and from the looks of the reading I want to get to 4.4ghz
I've read the posts and see the pics, but where should I start & what exactly should I all change before starting up windows & running prime etc
Any help would be appreciated aimed at a beginner like me would help Overclocking is just something I'm really learning about now.
TY
Mine is running At 4.3GHz with auto vcore, with Antec water cooler 920 no issue so far..
On reboot, click delete to enter bios then do same setting has me but with Vcore auto, save and reboot, in window under click center , check your clock speed under load, it will give your i7-3770k stable clock zone..
Look in here, the last one https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=162043.0
If you don't mind to try overclock genie first in the bios, I sure would like to know if it does anything for you, cause mine it's only capable to OC Genie the GPU only, . I wrote to company about it but no reply yet..
But it might be a cheap board but you can still overclock it anyway..

Z77a-G43 with I7 2600K no Video

I have been pulling my hair out, I recently purchased a new Z77a-g43 mother board and an I7 2600K processor. Everything posts fine and I installed win7 64bit and installed the drivers, but when it reboots it starts loading windows and then just shuts down. I have narrowed it down to the on board video driver. If I uinstall it then the system works fine. When I try to re-install the video driver and reboot then it then shutts off while booting. So if I press the F8 key and boot back in to the last known good time it boots up with the standard vga driver. For specifics, I am running 16gig of DDR3 Patriot Sector 5, with the mb and processor and 2 2TB Hitachi drives.
The bios on the board was 2.2e which is not even list on the website yet. Hopefully this is just a bios issue and will be fixxed in the future.

Looking at it with live update it show 2.22 as the current version on the board installed right now. I can't check remotely what is reported in the bios, but on the board I returned, it reported it has 2.22e . The one available online was reported as 2.22 . I backed up the 2.22e then reverted or assumed it was reverting to the 2.22 without any change. I returned the board thinking it was bad, only to have the new board do the same thing. On the new board, I did not check the bios version from the bios as I did with the other. MSI Liveupdate is reporting 2.22 current.
I do have the 2.22e backed up though. Maybe this was a beta released fw.

Black screen at boot MSI Z77A-G43 with HD7850

Hi,
I've tried everything You suggested in this topic. I've upgrade and downgrade bios (official 2.3, 2.4, 2.8, 2,9 / beta 256, 281,296) few times but still is black screen at boot. Now i'm on the newest beta bios 296 and still same issue on Sapphire HD 7850 with my Z77a-G43 board. I know for sure that sapphire working well because I've checked on other mobo with even worst PSU (400W instead 550W Volcano). Before hd 7850 I had gtx460 and swith those few times and always gtx460 works fine, so I don't understand anything right now.
Tried different slots, also clear cmos.
Board: MSI Z77A-G43
Bios: Version 296
VGA: Sapphire HD7850 1GB
PSU: Modecom Volcano 550W
Intel Core i5-3570k
MEM: Kingston 4GB 1600MHz
HDD: 2xSSD
Without OC
OS: Windows 7 64bit Professional
Can You help me somehow, maybe I did not check something else?

Quote from: The CPU Whisperer on 22-April-13, 16:06:05
Do you see the same problem on bios 2.90?
The Z77A-G43 seems the have difficulties accepting HD7xxx AMD VGA cards lately.
It seems that the problem is gone. I thought of it being an ATI driver issue ~ but not even the latest didn't fix it. But since I flashed to BIOS 2.9 I haven't encountered the problem anymore. So I believe something is fixed between 2.3 to 2.9.
However my problem was a bit different that the OP has.
Oh, and I said this on other thread so I say it here too: MSI and Asus 7xxx cards haven't faced the kind of issues Sapphires are having. I'm so glad to my choice... as I almost picked Sapphire but then read comments on Newegg which weren't in favor for Sapphire.

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