MOVED: Z87 MPOWER i5-4670k overclock to 4ghz?

This topic has been moved to Overclocking, Undervolting.
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.... yes, it is now as I moved it but it wasn't before.
Quote from: Nichrome on 09-July-14, 02:30:40
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Sorry, just noticed it has been moved by flobelix
Edit: exactly.

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Z87 MPOWER i5-4670k overclock to 4ghz?

I'm curious how to overclock my Z87 MPOWER board with i5-4670k to 4ghz? Should I use an OC Profile? If so, where can I find these profiles?
I have already disabled speed stepping in order to get a consistent 3.4ghz. I would like to reach 4ghz. Is this doable with the stock fan? I have a giant HAF X tower which might help more with cooling.
Thanks for everyone's help!
EDIT: I went to my bios and clicked the OC Genie button and now my processor is magically at 4ghz. :D
The temps are around 50c. Is this safe?

.... yes, it is now as I moved it but it wasn't before.
Quote from: Nichrome on 09-July-14, 02:30:40
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Edit: exactly.

MOVED: Z87-GD65 won't Overclock

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Quote from: Nichrome on 07-September-14, 04:22:25
GSkill oh dear.
Use 1 RAM stick with GPUs of your choice. I am not just sure if 295X2 should be mixed with 290x.
About GSkill: https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=178019.msg1286022#msg1286022 worth reading before frustrating
Thanks I will give it a try......as for mixing cards here is a mouthwatering score http://www.3dmark.com/fs/2398042

Z87 G45 & i5 4670k overclock screenshots please

Hey all. After endless hours of reading and researching, I'm wanting to overclock this combo. Apparently for me, I seem to understand pictures rather than words lol. What do I need to do to accomplish this overclock. I haven't had this build very long and still an oc'er in training. Most guides I have read, are geared more towards the bios of asus and gigabyte boards. Basically I'm looking for screenshots/steps from experienced overclockers to assist me. Here are my goals with my current set up: 4.2 (ok) 4.4 (ill be happy) 4.5 and higher (I'll be ecstatic). I know not all chips are the same, but the only way I can find out is to do this correctly. Please help! Thanks!

Quote from: jms45 on 20-October-13, 15:32:36
yeah I think I will be sticking at 4.4, I've been trying 4.6 and I need 1.25v to boot into windows and 1.300v for stability but it seems the increased performance isn't really worth it. The increase is so small I can hardly merit the extra voltage or heat.
My stock voltage If I remember right was reading 1.048v in the bios, and my ram I manually adjusted all my settings for that as I am messing around a little with the timings now, you just need to change it to 2133 under the dram frequency option in the bios and to set the timings for both dimms equally set dram timing mode to link and adjust timings under advanced dram configuration.
But I reckon its still going to be a while yet before you get to the point of adjusting ram timings etc. just leave your ram and uncore alone until you find your sweet spot on the cpu cores then try upping the rest from there. might take a while but at least you wont be banging your head of the desk wondering what you need to change. the fact I can do 4.4 with 1.180v (recently dropped from 1.185v) and then 4.6 needs 1.300v puts me off even going that high on this chip. all I can say is try setting the 4.2 with your voltage on auto save and reboot, go back into bios and see what the auto setting is giving you, i'd imagine it will be too much though like 1.200v and I really doubt you'd need that for 4.2 maybe 1.100v - 1.150v but that is just a guess I don't really know how your chip will behave :(
Coming from an i7 920 @4GHz this chip blows that away at stock clocks so to me this has still been a worthwhile upgrade even if I cant hit 4.6-5.0GHz. had I came from ivy or sandy i'd probably be disappointed lol.
Sorry but your link isn't showing any pics bud
Ok man. Good to know. And thank you for taking the time out to give me some insight. That is pretty odd that your 4.4ghz only needs 1.180v.. but when you try to go up.. the voltage needed goes up a lot. That's the first time I have heard that one. I'm at my pc now.. and I can now attempt to give ya a pic of my bios. This was taken on the 9th. It was pretty cool in my house at the time.. so notice the cpu temp LOL. Wish it was that low all the time. Highest it gets on idle is like 34c. According to Bios. According to 4 other software monitoring programs.. it's lower by 5-8c. So bios is outnumbered 4-1.. Think I'll believe the software temps I will give it a whirl on auto. Disable xmp, speed spectrum, intel smart connect. I think that's it LOL. I have to go back and look at all the info I have collected. Like I said.. My safe zone is 1.25v on the core. And if I can at least get 4.4 outta it.. I'm fine. I'm coming from a Core 2 Quad 6500 running at 2.83ghz. LOCKED! :( Eitherway, this new build is way faster in all aspects. But, I just want that little extra performance for FREE I will be OC'ing my GPU too
http://imageshack.com/a/img607/721/a8gg.jpg
I hope you can see this LOL.
BTW.. how do you put pics in the messages like that on this site?

MOVED: Z87 MPOWER - BIOS SHOW PROBLEM VER 1.7

This topic has been moved to Intel Core-iX boards.
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=177537.0

You need to scroll down for the latest bios.
The latest is .183
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=169826.msg1281856#msg1281856

Msi z87 mpower max overclocking

Hi , just bought a msi z87 mpower max 4770k , is there any guide to overclock to 4.4ghz 24/7 ? Thanks

If you are still crashing at 4.3 you may want to try clear CMOS button and then try using the OC Genie. There is a switch you can flip up next to the onboard button which throws a red LED. The OC will be 4.2 and you don't have to mess with anything. Probably won't be noticeable difference from 4.3 but you may notice less blue screen.
Ive been running at 4.5 stable 24/7 on manual OC until this weekend while Beta testing a game I started having all kinds of problems. The issues were probably on the game end I think related to dual monitor and borderless windowed mode, however I removed 2 mem sticks to 16G and reset CMOS and used OC genie. I can not retry the game until the weekend but this setup will run AIDA64 system test overnight with temps bouncing between 50-70 with all 4 cores at constant 100%. I could not get the system to stay stable in AIDA64 @4.4- 4.5- 4.6 although it would be stable for gaming and everyday use. I like OC manually but the button is so convenient for a non hassle. Benchmark score in the game(FFXIV) also went up from ~8000 to 8600 at 4.2. Probably due to taking GPU out of SLI(not supported by game yet).

[Z87 MPOWER] Monitor doesn't detect Video. LED-POST switches between numbers

Hey folks!
I build my first PC yesterday and sadly I came over a seemingly unsolvable problem. I made a test-run with the Motherboard on the box, GPU, PGU, RAM, CPU+Cooler. I started it and everything worked fine, but the Monitor doesn't detect graphic input! It detects the cable I uses (HDMI and AVG) AND that I plugged it into a PC, but it just switches into sleeping mode as soon as I start the PC! (The Monitor works fine on my laptop).
Now I removed the GPU and used the onboard graphics with HDMI connection - the same problem! Now, I only have one 8GB-RAM stick, and I switched it between all 4 slots just to be sure - nothing. I double-checked the two PGU cables I have connected (8pin and 24pin ATX) - everything seems fine!
I just can't find the problem and its driving me insane! The only thing that says that something might be wrong is this little LED thing on the mb, it switches between 10 / 19 / 15(I think, its to fast to see!) / 55 endless! That's definitely not normal is it?
Is someone able to help me? I don't want anything more right now than getting this working.
SPECS:
CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor
Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler
Motherboard: MSI Z87 MPOWER ATX LGA1150 Motherboard
RAM: Kingston 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Asus GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card
PGU: SeaSonic 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply
Also if nothing works, can someone tell me what part might be the fault, so I can switch it in?
THANK YOU!

You may be able to repair this.
Remove the cpu and inspect the socket with a bright light and magnifier.
Fine the culprit pin and straighten it if possible. If not just RMA the board.

MSI Z87 Mpower fancontrol and disabling the iGPU

I have two questions about the Z87 Mpower mainboard:
First of all it seems that I can't control my CPU fans (2 Corsair SP120's, 3pin). Moving the sliders around doesn't change anything and they keep running at full speed. Is there any way I can check the voltages that the fans currently run on?
Secondly I want to disable the integrated GPU but I can't find any settings in the BIOS that allows me to do that. Am I not looking hard enough or is this (quite basic) setting just missing?
Interesting specs:
MSI Z87 Mpower (basic version) with the latest BIOS (for now)
Intel i5 4670k @4.5GHz @1.3V
Corsair SP120 high performance edition (3pin version)

Quote from: roelst on 11-September-13, 01:52:02
First of all it seems that I can't control my CPU fans (2 Corsair SP120's, 3pin). Moving the sliders around doesn't change anything and they keep running at full speed. Is there any way I can check the voltages that the fans currently run on?
Im not sure if this is the case with your setup, but on most motherboard the CPU_FAN headers are PWM controlled, not 3pin, this means that even though you are changing and the motherboard is trying by sending the pwm signal your fans are not recieving it as they are 3pin, in some motherboards the manufacturers does offer the ability to change the CPU_FAN header from PWM to voltage control (asus if im not mistaken does with Q-Fan from auto to manual), and this would be the only way to control you Corsair 3pin fans from bios on the CPU_FAN header.
MSI is amazing on bios though, im about to switch from ASUS to MSI out of their really good implementation of PWM control on pure bios, but all my fans are PWM and im going to use some splitters that will draw power from a psu molex and control them all with the PWM signal of the CPU_FAN header, at least thats the plan. Asus is very restrictive on their bios on PWM control, 40% is what their new ROG series have, while MSI allows 12.5%, 25%, 37.5%, much lower than what asus offers. But on pure software, MSI is behind, its impressive what Asus has done with FANXPERT2, ability to by pass bios restrictions and fully control fans from 0-100% with mulitple points of tweaking... its very nice.
But back on the subject, check if you motheboard allows or has an option to change form PWM to Voltage control on the CPU_FAN header, else you will need PWM fans to control them via that header.

Unboxing MSI Z97 Mpower Max AC Overclocking Motherboard

Intel Z97 chipset based motherboards is already out and I’m glad that Intel decided it to make the CPU socket the same LGA 1150 as before. Backward compatibility for the current CPUs and at the same time will have support for the upcoming Haswell Refresh and Broadwell (14nm) processors. More importantly, the chipset has three new features and these are:
•SATA Express – PCIe M.2 support. Can deliver data speeds up to 10Gb/s
•Boot Guard – serves as a shield against low-level malware attacks using Intel device protection system
•Upgraded Intel Smart Response and Raid start technologies. Now with Dynamic Cache Sharing
Few? yes, but don’t get disappointed about it yet, as I heard that the Z97 will be good at high memory frequencies and has better CPU overclocking.
That’s it for the review and thank you … just kidding hehehe. The main gist of this short review is on MSI’s Z97 MPower Max AC and it’s such a good looking motherboard. It has new features, heat sink design and OC essential tools which will be further discussed later on. Before that, let us take a look at the packaging first.
Black and Yellow ~~black and yellow…box is same as the Z87 Mpower Max before except for the OC Series logo design.
Flipping the front cover will give you some short info on Military Class 4 components (Hi-c Cap, Dark Cap, SFC, OC PCB), Guard-Pro (Circuit Protection, Humidity Protection, High Temperature Protection, ESD Protection, EMI Protection & Eco Power), OC Essentials (tools for overclocking), Enhanced Thermal Solution, Enhanced Power and Enhanced BIOS. Then to your right is a clear plastic window which will give you a sneak peek on the actual unit. Drools…
The Z97 Mpower Max AC is OC certified as it passed the Prime95 24-hour burn-in stress test with a liquid-cooled overclocked CPU. This is to ensure the board’s overclocking stability.
I/O overview is also shown here and Intel’s Wi-Fi AC module.
Specifications:
•CPU
Supports 4th and 5th Generation Intel® Core™ Processors, and Intel® Pentium® and Celeron® Processors for Socket LGA1150
•Chipset
Intel® Z97 Express Chipset
•Memory
4x DDR3 DIMMs 1066/1333/1600/1866*/2000*/2133*/2200*/2400*/2600*/2666*/2800*/3000*/3100*/3200*/3300*(OC) DRAM, 32GB Max
•LAN
Intel I218-V Gigabit LAN controller
•Audio
Realtek® ALC1150 Codec
•Video
3 x PCIe 3.0 x16 slots (support x16, x8/x8, x8/x4/x4 modes)
•Peripheral Interfaces
6x SATA 6Gb/s ports from Z97 with RAID Support
2x SATA 6Gb/s ports from ASMedia ASM1061
6x USB 2.0 ports (2 Rear / 4 Front)
12x USB 3.0 ports (8 Rear / 4 Front)
The package is full of bundles and some new stuff included
•Z97 Mpower Max AC Overview Map
•Z97 MPower Max User Guide
•Software & Application User Guide
•Overclocking Guide
•Quick Installation Guide
•OC Door Message Hanger
•SATA Cable Label Stickers
•MSI OC Badge
Closer look on MSI’s new OC case badge
•WiFi and Bluetooth Antenna
•Intel Wifi/Bluetooth Module
•MSI SLI Bridge
•IO Backplate
•M-Connector for Easy Header Installation
•V-Check Points Cable
MSI so extravagant with the bundles!!! Keep ‘em coming
•6x SATA 6GB/s Data Cables
•E-SATA PCI Expansion Bracket
What you will notice right away is the new water cooling heat sink for the VRM area. Enthusiasts will like this very much as they don’t have to worry on buying water blocks for this section. But even on stock, the heat sink is efficient to cool down the VRM chips. It is composed of heat pipe and ceramic materials.
PCB is matte black and is using dark solid capacitors. Layout is clean and organized especially on the area of the multi graphics card slots. OC button tools are placed on the upper right area of the board for easy access. The 8pin and 4pin power connectors on the upper left area are used to supply power to the CPU and it also helps achieve higher overclock potential and stability to the processor.
MSI also included an integrated Clock Generator chip called OC Engine (located below the CPU socket). Having this will support more BCLK adjustments from 100 / 125 / 167 MHz straps. The more flexible the strap is, the more doors for maximum OC potential.
12Phase DigitAll power design. Powerful enough to break OC world records and dominate benchmarks.
You also have the Military Class 4 components SFC chokes and Hi-c caps surrounding the CPU socket.
On the area in between the two heat sinks connected by a heat pipe is an additional 6pin power. It provides more juice and stability in multi-graphics card configuration.
The first two buttons on the left are the Base Clock Control Buttons. These buttons are used to increase or decrease the base clock frequency in real-time. At the bottom, you have the Discharge button and it allows you to fully discharge the motherboard and even removes information from the Z97 PCH. Next you have the Reset and Power buttons and lastly the most valuable button of them all – OC Genie for auto overclock.
To the farthest right is a switch. This is the OC Genie Mode switch which provides two overclocking modes. First mode is the Gear 1, the default automatic overclocking setting while Gear 2 is a higher auto overclock tweak than Gear 1. This goes hand in hand with the OC Genie Button.
V-Check Points is now version 2 with 2 extra ground connectors, allowing overclockers to use 3 multi-meters at the same time. You can check the VCCIN, DDR, Core,IGP, Ring Bus and System Agent voltage on the fly.
Audio Boost is also been upgraded. It has Dual Amps now and is using better Nippon Chemi-con filtering capacitors.
Here comes one of the major features of having Z97 chipset based motherboard, SATA Express. M.2 slot transfers data through a PCI Express 2.0 x2 interface which can reach up to 10 Gb/s speed. That is 67% much faster than your regular SATA 3 solutions.
Two more switches are to be found at the bottom of the board. First one is the Multi-BIOS Switch. This model has two built-in BIOS ROMs labeled as A and B (Default is BIOS ROM A). If one crashed, you can shift to the other for booting or perhaps use the other one for test purpose of new BIOS available in the net. You can also use this feature to fix corrupted BIOS. Next switch is the Slow Mode Booting and mostly used during LN2 or extreme overclocking situations. What it does is it will temporary decrease the CPU Ratio to 8x and after successfully booting to Windows you can flick the switch back again to apply your high overclock frequency settings.
Done with the switches and now for the small black button called Go2BIOS. Pressing this button before turning on your computer or right after a system restart, will go straight to your board’s BIOS.
The ever reliable Debug Code LED indicator is available in this model. This can be used greatly for troubleshooting boot up and hardware problems. Check out the User Manual Guide for the corresponding POST Code errors.
SATA ports 8 and 7 on the left are controlled by ASMedia ASM1061 while the rest are from the Intel Z97 chipset. There also 2x USB 3.0 internal headers available and also controlled by Intel Z97.
•PS2 Combo Port
•2x USB 2.0
•Empty space for Intel’s WIFI/Bluetooth AC Module
•6x USB 3.0 by ASMedia ASM1074
•1x Intel I218-V Gigabit LAN Controller
•1x S/PDIF Audio Output by Realtek ALC1150
•1x HDMI Port
•1x DisplayPort
•2x USB 3.0 by ASMedia ASM1042
•6x Analog Gold Plated Audio Ports by Realtek ALC1150
This is it for now and I don’t still have the right parts to run the motherboard to its max potential. I will update you guys as soon as I get my hands on the stuff I needed. Benchmarks and overclocking results will be made.
Long live MSI OC Series!!!

It is interesting MSI chose not to incorporate dedicated SATA Express port(s). Some manufacturers even incorporated that on it's Z87's.
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Few? yes, but don’t get disappointed about it yet, as I heard that the Z97 will be good at high memory frequencies and has better CPU overclocking.
If Intel didn't increase the useable RAM bandwidth with Devil's Canyon, those higher RAM frequencies are going to do nothing! With a VRM still in the CPU, even with the improved TIM, it remains to be seen how much of a better OC'er Devil's Canyon will be on conventional cooling solutions. Anything above Z97 Gaming 7 or 9 is kind of overkill for an average non exotic cooling pc user. If anything like the Z87 Power Max I got to work with, most of those OC settings on these class boards was a total waste. Z97 better OC'er for normal users? Time will tell.

MSI Z87 MPower Max - Bad board? Failed SATA and B2 problems????

So here's the thing, been having problems with my system, I have a SSD as the boot drive and a RAID 5 array using the intel controller as a Data drive. It started infrequently that occassionally the system would lock up with the HDD LED on solid, Then it became progressively more and more frequently while troubleshooting.
I started out thinking it was the RAID array since after it freezes it would reboot do a verification and find some errors, so I disabled the array and tried running the WD lifeguard on each drive, each one passed a full disk scan. I tried booting the system with 1 or the 3 drives unplugged, still froze so cycled through each drive, froze each time.
Started suspecting the SSD so I cloned the drive onto a mechanical hard drive, still froze.
Unplugged the entire array and just ran the HDD alone..... didn't freeze as frequently but would still freeze.
Swapped out the RAM with good ram... Still froze.
Swapped power supplies with a good supply... Still froze.
Removed all the components except the boot drive, the RAM and the CPU..... stopped freeze up completely, instead I would get microstutters where the system would freeze for .25 to .5 seconds then continue, could tell if you played a audio stream it would keep repeating (Even a buffered stream) did a latency test and interupts were flying like mad and taking a long time to process, with no specific driver or process assigned.
Plugged the RAID array back in and it was working with the microstuttering, while trying to backup data off the array it froze again.
Rebooted the system, bios would die at B2
unplugged the RAID drives, cleared the cmos the system would boot.
Plug back in the raid drives , clear the cmos and it dies at B2.
Took out a hardware RAID controller (LSI 9260) and connected the drives up to that, dies at B2
unplug the controller... Bios boots
Plug in the controller with no drives attached, dies at B2.
Take the controller out, bios boots.
Sometimes the system gets to A2 and the screen shows snowy static
What is also strange is this occurs on both bios's.... the primary bios which I have flashed to 1.5 and the backup bios which I had left at 1.1 as a fail safe and never flashed.
Thoughts?

Hi
Almost same story happened to me.
I have now 2 pieces of Z87 MPOWER boards and both have the same issues.
1. Board came with BIOS 1.5. I left BIOS B to 1.5 and flashed BIOS A to 1.7 with MFLASH method. I installed W8.1 on my onto my SAMSUNG SSD and the PC was working for 2 or 3 days.
Then I noticed strange behavior while booting. The SSD was not found sometimes. I hit F11 and the list was full of USB pen drive entries. Then I entered the BIOS and I have seen only two menu entries: Security and one more I don't remember. Inside of the menu items it was empty or some chinese letters. So I thought the Bios was currupted. Due to missing MFLASH menu I couldn't flash the bios via MFLASH, so I had to study the German MSI Forum. Then I prepared the USB pendrive with ABUDE method and I brought back BIOS A alive. Fine, I thought: It can happen but it shouldn't. But the boot problems came back....
2. The second board came and had BIOS 1.4 installed and I didn't touch board #1 anymore . So I flashed BIOS A again to 1.7 and you know already what's coming up. Totally the same story which I had with board #1.
I switched back to BIOS B and no problems at all with booting.
After a while I noticed some BSODs because of Killer EThernet driver (bwcW8x64.sys). I had so serious problems with that driver. The problem is: If the driver fails, you are even unable to go to the internet and look for a new driver, because your ethernet is dead. Very funny, but not for me. I got the drivers from antother PC and I tried to install them. During installation it was fine. The card was working, but I was forced to do a reboot. After the reboot, the ethernet card was disabled because windows coudn't load the driver. OK, that's a windows issue or a poor driver. I tried several times. No chance to get ethernet back alive. Finally I disabled the Killer Ethernetboad and plugged my former Intel Gigabit ET Dual Port Sever Adapter in. I thought, now I get rid of all the problems. Ha ha...
First was everything fine. Then the PC didn't want to boot anymore: BIOS message --> B2.
I hit del key: "Entering setup" message came up. Nothing more. Several times. Dead.
I plugged out the Intel ethernetboard. Bios came up. I put the ethernet board to another PCI slot. 2 days of working. later on, same story.
Then I switched back to BIOS B and no problems at all.
So what's up here with my 2 MPOWER boards, showing the same issues with BIOS 1.7? What I did wrong?
- MFLASH? May be. But I don't use it anymore. I use the MSIHQ USB Flashing Tool from this forum now which was also spread in the German forum.
- I never flashed BIOS beta versions, I always red articals how to flash and I think I did nothing wrong here.
- Overclocking? No. Unfortunatelly I bought an Intel i4770 CPU without K. Funny. So no overclock issues at all.
- Memory? I have fully equipped 32GB (G.Skill F3-2400C10Q-32GTX) and did the MEM86+ test successfully.
Day before yesterday I flashed BIOS 1.6 to BIOS A. All looks good until now. The intel ethernet board behaves well. No B2 messages.
I will further comment as soon there is anything new.
Do we have some issues with BIOS 1.7? I strongly belief....
I have seen BIOS V1.81 beta is out. But where is V1.8 official release? Anyway, I am tired of testing. If I do not have issues with 1.6 then I will use it.
Unfortunately the MSI Z87 MPOWER board is not yet widely spread. Otherwise we would have more user experiences.
Ok, any comments are highly appreciate it.
@ Corellon: Sometime I got A2 messages with black screen with BIOS V1.7
Which bios version had you installed when you experienced severe problems?
I guess V1.5 & V1.6 are save. 1.7 has got problems.

Z87 Mpower Bios A bad, can it be recovered?

I tryed to update my MSI z87 Mpower motherboard bios and it failed because I had an unstable cpu overclock.
So I reset the cpu to stock speeds and was able to update motherboard bios through B.
Can I recover the A bios somehow?

Quote from: joe33zo on 29-December-14, 01:15:40
Ok this is weird, B bios version is 7818IMSV1.10, when I cleared cmos yesterday it must have went back to original bios version? I think I need to flash 78181MS.1A0 on B. Which option in bios should I flash ''update bios'' or ''update bios and me''
Yesterday I flashed A with 78181MS.1A0
Thanks for sticking with me.
Quote from: joe33zo on 29-December-14, 01:15:40
Ok this is weird, B bios version is 7818IMSV1.10, when I cleared cmos yesterday it must have went back to original bios version? I think I need to flash 78181MS.1A0 on B.
nope, that's the same bios
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Yesterday I flashed A with 78181MS.1A0
Thanks for sticking with me.
then you have the same BIOS versions in both bios chips A,B
there is no reason one to boot, other no to boot
Do >>Clear CMOS Guide<< with power cord removed

Is My MSI Z87 MPower MAX Safe?

Hi everyone!
May I ask is my MSI Z87 MPower Max safe?
Intel 4770K - Idle = 45 Degrees Celceius / Open For Long Time = 53 Degrees Celceius
MSI Z87 MPower Max = 42 Degree Celceius
Core 0 - 3 and Package - Idle = 40 Degress Celceius / Open For Long Time = 48 Degrees Celceius
May I know is that safe and normal? because I got the Noctua NH-D14 heatsink fan.
Thank you!

its safe!
for 4GHz CPU frequancy that temp is all good if it tops out below 75C when its under maximum load when you get around to testing it then its all good and you have nothing to worry about!
so try intel burn test till it hits maximum temp it runs at and see how hot it gets (remember any temp under 100C is safe but the lower the temp is under that the better!)
so get the cpu a maximum sustained load to see how high its temps go to and report back to us but it looks fine so far and maximum temp is the most important metric to have (idle and light load temps say very little as they sound totally fine so far)

MSI Z87 MPower Max-Chipset cooler-Passive,Mosfet cooler-Passive : what is that?

MSI Z87 MPower Max
specs are :
Chipset cooler-Passive,
Mosfet cooler-Passive
What does that mean for me as a buyer? is this coin for me?
thank u guys for help.

i found on this link those specs : http://uk.hardware.info/productinfo/186919/msi-z87-mpower-max#tab:specifications
tab : Cooling / Overclocking
Other boards have active cooling, so i dont know what exactly passive means for me. Asking so i dont buy cooler which is not good for board.

Z87 mpower max and intel 4770k

hi everyone may i know is it worth to enable the oc geniune for my z87 mpower max motherboard? is there any effects if i enable? (motherboard dies faster or something?)
awaiting for your reply.

Overclocking entails essentially to increase the CPU core clock above those that the manufacturer designed it for.
This process entails increasing nominal values which are in essence controls that are part and parcel of the motherboard. After all the motherboard is designed and built in accordance with the CPU manufacturers control specifications. Oc'ing also entails increasing memory speeds beyond the JEDEC standard. Components of the board also have to apply higher values to support the higher power demands of an overclocked CPU. i.e. the Mosfets amongst others.
The OC Genie is a "one stop" method that does it for you (works most of the time) and it takes due consideration of the max design values. In theory it should not affect the durability of the components. In reality it may. You could compare it to a car's engine. The manufacturer has a red line limitation for the engine RPM. Running at or just below the red line should thus be OK. It will probably last a reasonable time if operated that way, but logic tells me that it probably wont last as long as the sam engine being used within its maximum power and torque curve.
The question is, how long do you want your PC to last? With the ever new technology being released, the general user probably renews his PC every 3 to 5 years. So its a matter of deciding if you are prepared to take the risk and hope it lasts for the envisaged lifespan.

Z87 Mpower Max

Having issues not being able to adjust my CPU ratio for my 4770K through bios (currently running 1.2B8). Does not allow me to change my setting from 'auto' to 'manual'. Seems to be locked. Although, I can change the CPU multipliers through MSI Intel Extreme Tuning Utility and overclock from there with no problems getting 4.5ghz at 1.2 vcore.
Also, for those who have the Z87 Mpower Max, does the debug code not show temperatures like the Z77 mpower anymore? At the moment, mine only shows the debug code(s).

Is there a reason why I can overclock better and significantly have better temperatures with 1 stick of ram compared to 2 (dual channel mode)?
Just by going dual channel mode, my temperatures automatically go up by 20-30C under load and it gets even worse as I raise my vcore. Where as if I go single channel, I can throw a good amount of vcore and the temperatures will slowly progress. For example, if I use 1 stick of ram, I can easily attain 4.5 with 1.2 vcore with temperatures in the low 60's using prime. But if I go dual channel mode, temperatures rise by 20-30C, and goes to 80-90C, but it requires 1.25 vcore in order to be stable. Yes, I know the vcore is higher, but if I raised my vcore to 1.25 using single channel mode, the temperatures would be close as if I were still running 1.2vcore, somewhere in the low 60's. Like I said, raising my vcore in single channel does not raise my temperatures as dramatically as in dual channel mode. Another example, right now I am running at 4.8 with 1.37vcore with temperatures in the 70-80 C using prime. I wouldn't even be able to do this in dual channel because temperatures would hit 100C at 4.6 w/ 1.3vcore and eventually underclock.
I have tested both sticks in single channel and get the same overclock results. So, it has to do something with it being in dual channel.
My setup:
Intel I7 4770K
MSI Z87 Mpower Max
Corsair Dominator Platinums 2133 1.5v C9
EVGA GTX 780 SC
Corsair AX 850
Corsair H100i

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