MSI A88x-G45 Gaming Please HELP!!!

So I just built my first computer with this mother board. When I turn on the computer all the LEDs and Fans turn on. But there is no picture, and no beeps(speaker plugged in). I dont know what to do.

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MSI A88X-G45 Gaming + 16GB G.Skill TridentX 2x8GB 2400mhz... Memory Missing...

Hello,
Im having a problem that i don´t know if it is CPU related or Board related...
I have today recieved the new memories...
The Gskill Trident X 2x8GB 2400mhz 1.65v 10-12-12-31.
So in total is 16gb of ram.
I putted on the board powered up... System recognized memory alterations and ask me to go to bios.
So far so good...
I went on bios an choosed the XMP on the board that correctly detected the timmings and voltage.
Saved and reseted.
I then entered again in bios and started to notice that only 8GB of my 16GB are visible to the system...
The board detect BOTH dimms, and even in board explorer they are marked on the slots, but i don´t understand where is the rest of the memory...
The board is an MSI A88X-G45 Gaming and im using the last bios 1.5.
I went to windows, and in CPU-ID it detects the 16gb of memory, but on task manager it says i only have 8gb available...
I can´t make any sense of this contraditory information...
Can anyone help me????
I have putted the memory on the recomended slot positions (2 and 4)
Please check pictures bellow...
Thanks in advance...
Best Regards,
LPC

Hello!
Well thanks for your interest and reply´s...
Responding...
I have allready done some clear cmos to no avail...
Also this is a KIT of 2. Its paired and its fully functional dimms (i have tested them solo).
This is the memory kit i have purchased...
Now i have some photos i have taken from the POST and inside of the BIOS.
There is a lot of information so bear with me on this please:
After a enter windows i run some aplications to show what i get here...
So.... whats going on here....
Best Regards,
LPC

MSI A88X-G45 GAMING code 11

I got my new setup back in May of this year. Haven't had any issues except just today. While browsing the internet and playing Runescape getting ready to play some Dota2. When my screen kind of went all pixel'ated like all different colors then shut down.
It won't even start now. I can't even force it to post by unplugging everything except cpu/fan and one stick of ram. It won't even post and it displays 11 on the digit display on the board. After looking in the manual that came with it. It says it is a Early CPU initialization. I have no idea what that means.
I had my friend who knows more about hardware come over and look at it. And he said it is most likely a motherboard issue.
So what do you guys think? If it is a motherboard issue how do i send the board back.
Motherboard: MSI A88X-G45 GAMING
Processor: AMD A10-6800K Richland 4.1GHz (4.4GHz Turbo)

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I got my new setup back in May of this year. Haven't had any issues except just today. While browsing the internet and playing Runescape getting ready to play some Dota2. When my screen kind of went all pixel'ated like all different colors then shut down.
It won't even start now. I can't even force it to post by unplugging everything except cpu/fan and one stick of ram. It won't even post and it displays 11 on the digit display on the board.
with this description & history:
try with different video card i suspect that your "VGA: XFX Double Dissipation R7-260X-CDF4 Radeon R7 260X 2GB"
got some failure

Unable to install Win 7 [MSI A88X-G45 GAMING]

The installer does not recognize my win7 ahci driver, and try all folder by folder on the disk msi also DOWNLOAD drivers msi web site and amd chipset and already have 1 week trying to install win7 64 bit but no longer does, and switch to ide mode and not let me install it, but it happens only in win7. When I install win8 & 8.1 I have no problems installing.
What I can do?
I'm already losing my mind

what is your current bios version?
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Re: MSI A88X - G45 GAMING ERROR d5 or P5

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MSI A88x G45 Gaming Motherboard

Hello..
I would like to ask why did MSI revert the power phase of this board to a much lower 4+2 power phase?
on CES launch it is said that it was an 8+2 power phase..
Also does this mother board has 3 slot pcie 3.0 x16 configuration??? and not the traditional 2 slot pcie 3.0 x16 and 1 slot pcie 2.0 x16??

you have to ask MSI for the phase question
For the PCIE part, I checked the msi web and saw below info.
- PCI_E2 supports PCIe 3.0 x16 speed*
- PCI_E5 supports PCIe 3.0 x8 speed*
- PCI_E6 supports PCIe 2.0 x4 speed
• 3 x PCIe 2.0 x1 slots**
* Only FM2+ processors can support PCIe 3.0
In short, only PCI_E2/PCIE_E5 support PCIE 3.0 x16 if you use FM2+ CPU

A88X G45 Gaming losing display signal

I have just rebuilt my computer. I elected to go with the A88X G45 gaming motherboard with an AMD A10-5800K Trinity Quad Core 3.8 GHz. G. Skill Ripjaws X Series 8 GB DDR3 SDRam 2133(PC17000) (2x4 GB).
When I start the computer, I do not hear any beeps at all which I found interesting. I log into the BIOS and it recognizes everything installed and which ports are being used. I am using the onboard graphics card until I get everything set up and then I will add a separate GPU. After installing Windows 7, I log on to update the drivers before doing anything else. I have done this 2 times, once from the DVD provided with the board and once from a flash drive downloading the current ones off the msi website. After installing the chipset drivers and rebooting back into the Windows desktop, the monitor will go blank and state "no signal." This happens between 15 seconds and 5 minutes. I have tried the DVI, VGA, and HDMI ports on the board and get the same result with all of them.
The lights on the board stay on and the fans are still running. The reset button and power button do not do anything and the only way to power down is to turn off the power supply, which I hate to do. The LED table that displays codes does not show anything as if it is off. My mouse and keyboard similarly shut off.
I have tried checking the RAM, updating the BIOS, removing everything except RAM, CPU and PSU and still get the same result. I have 5 fans plugged in including the CPU fan.
I am really at a loss here and cannot figure out why I keep losing display connection and having the board essentially lock up. Any advice is greatly appreciated. First time forum user.
Thank you.

Quote from: Nichrome on 26-September-14, 05:27:07
Hi,
Please follow this >>Posting Guide<< in more detailed way (PSU, OS etc).
Also did you try clearing CMOS? >>Clear CMOS Guide<<
Also when this started to happen? As which parts are new and which old.
Main Board: MSI A88X G45 Gaming
Bios Version: v1.2
Video Card: On board
PSU: Corsair 750W
12v rail Rating of listed PSU: Unsure
CPU: AMD A10-5800K Trinity Quad Core 3.8 GHz
Memory: G. Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB DDR3 2133(PC17000) (2x4GB)
SSD/ HDD: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB SSD
CPU COOLER: Stock cooler that came with CPU
Raid Card:
Sound Card: On board
Any Additional hardware plugged into your system: LG optical
OC: (Yes / No) NO
Operating System: Windows 7 Home 64 bit
I have tried clearing the CMOS with the button on board but have not tried taking out the battery. Everything that is currently installed is brand new (Board, CPU, RAM, Optical, SSD) with the exception of the PSU. I have had the PSU for a few years and have not had any issue with it on my old build. I was using my old build 3 days ago, got the board, CPU, RAM, Optical, and SSD all the same day and installed it. When I am on the BIOS screen, the display connection stays on and I do not have any issues. Similarly, I do not have any issues when I run Windows in Safe Mode. Only when I log into Windows normally will the screen go blank and lock up the board.

A88x-G45 Gaming will not post

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CPU: AMD A8 6600k Quad-Core
RAM: 8 GB of 2x4 GB sticks of Patriot Viper PC3-12800 1600MHz DDR3 PD000368 PVL38G160C9KB
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 500 GB
PSU: VisionTek 650w
BIOS: (Im assuming, since I cant boot into it, but it does give this on the "F1,F2" screen) E7900AMS V1.0
Ive reset the CMOS, Ive tried one stick at a time in every slot, Ive tried numerous keyboards and mice, Ive tried it out of the box, Ive tried it with several HHDs, Ive tried VGA and HDMI monitors.
I get stuck on the "99" error and after CMOS resets, it asks to press F1 or F2 and both freeze it up immediately.
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MSI A88X-G45 Dual mode graphics help

Greetings I bought the A88X-G45 GAMING AC edition with an AMD 7850k APU, the Radeon gamer series 2133 DDR3 and the Sapphire R7 250 2GB
I would love to enable this amazing Dual mode that AMD so proudly shows but i get issues. and yes i googled myself to dealth before coming here.
First of all there is like NO Tutorials anywhere usefull to the MSI brand on how to dual mode your graphics. Heres is what i have done.
(1st) i watched this
(2nd) I installed the card and put my HDMI into the Cards output like shown. When i turned on the computer i got a windows 8 unsigned device error and had the choice to disable the support or run set up.. well you get one choice in the end cause it loops over till you disable windows 8 support.
(3) set the output to IGD and selected dual mode with a 2GB shared memory. save and reboot i also put my HDMI to the onboard output just like the video after reboot the computer shows the boot screen then the rotating circle as windows loads. Then Nothing a black screen. The computer is running but no display. just a black screen there must be a signal going to the monitor as there is no "NO Signal Detected" popping up it's just a black screen nothing more.
So i restarted the computer went to advanced settings and put the output to (PEG) saved and restarted the computer and all i got was "No Signal Detected" on my monitor so after after a while i rebooted the computer and put my HDMI to the card this time. All was good the computer boots and windows loads onscreen. I installed AMD Catatlyst 14.4 and it shows a dual mode option but says for best results i should use the primary graphics port. and the green arrow points to my APU but every time i try all i get is a black screen.
So MSI why do you not have proper detailed instructions on how to make this work. Thanks

I tried MSI R7 250 2GD3 OC and the dual graphic works when output from on-board VGA.
Did you set share memory as default setting?
I set it as default but did not see any issue.
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Help with OCing my MSI Z77a-G45 gaming with i7 2600k

Hi there its been awhile since ive done OC since my old intel e8400 and everything looks different now..i just recently bought a brand new Msi Z77a-G45 gaming MB and i7 2600k for good deal and would like to push my limits on this setup
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intel i7-2600k
8gb ddr3-1600 gskill ripjaw X Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL
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Antec Hcg-750 PSU
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my old rig Corsair H50 for now waiting on my custom built water cooling
i know i tried using the OC genie to test out their OC setting which gave me 4.2ghz with 1.336vcore and friend told me thats kind of high for a 4.2ghz?
any help will be good step by step. my goal for now is to reach like 4.4-4.5ghz until i get a better cooling system

Alrighty, appreciate the info; gonna back down to 4.4Ghz as I can maintain stability with 1.275 vcore in bios = 1.26 in windows = 1.24 under load resulting in hottest core never exceeding 70...was really hoping for 4.7-5.0Ghz overclock when most everyone who reviewed this chip in the early days was claiming such great overclocks with such low voltage. But I'll chalk that up to either misinformation or non stability checked overclocks, I guess I'm old school; cause if it can't hold up to a minimum 24hr pass of Prime 95 small fft's it isn't stable in my book. Might consider delidding it in a year or so once the new wears off, I had my i7 920 for about that long before I lapped it into a mirror shine lol. So based on my new information 3770k's on average overclock between 4.4-4.6Ghz and can require up to 1.4 vcore and higher past 4.6Ghz which is where you start to really become thermally limited on liquid as the Ivy Bridge's 22nm technology puts the cores to closely together in combination with intel's cheap ass thermal compound solution. Maximum recommended voltage for 24/7 shouldn't exceed 1.4 vcore without some kick ass cooling or a combination of delidded processor and kick ass cooling cause ideally you want your cores mid 70's and below...that about sum it all up?

Bios update Fail on MSI A88X-G45

Hello and sorry im in the wrong part but desperatly need help.
Ok did update first one with msi updater in windows and yes it bricked my machine.
now have put bios old one before update on usb, cleared coms by battery and button,inserted in black usb on back and taken grfx,HD,CDrom out oh and left one strip of mem in turned machine on and hey it went to F2 but still black screen canot get signal on monitor have read and tryed most things with no luck so am asking here for help please
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Also try with the latest bios file on the stick you tried to flash: http://www.msi.com/support/mb/A88X-G45-GAMING.html#down-bios
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MSI Z87 G45 GAMING erratic BSOD/freeze @ 2300, stable @1600. Can't solve.

Hi All,
I would welcome some advice. I am about 4 months into a new machine build:
* MSI Z87 G45 GAMING motherboard
* i7-4770K Haswell 3.5 GHz & aftermarket heatpipe cooler
* 4 x 4Gb G.Skill SNIPER DDR3-2133 PC3-1700 (F3-17000CL11D-8GBSR)
* GeForce GTX 650 Ti w/ 2 Gb Video RAM
* Samsung 840 Pro 256 Gb SSD
* Thermaltake 700W Toughpower
* Win 7 Pro 64-bit SP1
The system seems to run fine at the default 1600 MHz RAM speed, however if I implement either of the X.M.P. profiles (which kick the memory speed up to the RAM's advertised speed of 2133 MHz), the system will occasionally (every 8 to 48 hours) freeze or BSOD. The BSOD stop codes are inconsistent in number (0x00, 0x41, 0x1E, 0xC4) and driver. When the system freezes, there is no consistent behavior. I am not doing any other overclocking besides using the X.M.P. profile in the memory.
RAM timing on the 2133 X.M.P. profile is: 11-11-11-30.
I have updated the BIOS to 1.5, including the ME, and updated all drivers in the system. All irrelevant hardware and drivers are disabled. Also I have done the following:
* MemTest+ 5.01 for over 30 hours, all 4 sticks in. No errors.
* Intel BurnTest on 'Very High', 10 passes, no errors
* Prime95 for over day with 90 C CPU temps constantly being hit. No errors.
* Unigine Valley Benchmark for 30 minutes; no issues
I increased V_DRAM from 1.60V (from the XMP profile) to 1.65V, and I also added +0.10V offset to increase the CPU I/O ANALOG , CPU I/O DIGITAL and SYSTEM AGENT voltages. Didn't seem to help. All other CPU voltages are default from [auto].
I rolled the memory speed back to the default 1600 MHz, and the system seems stable as a rock.
I don't really need to have the memory run at 2133 MHz, but it irks me that the system is not stable with the rated components, and I'm befuddled why the stress tests seem to pass just fine, then the system will randomly hang with arguably a far less demanding load than the stress tests.
Note that I have not yet:
* reset the CMOS when changing to X.M.P. Perhaps I should?
* reseated the graphics card or CPU. The latter will require R/R of the thermal grease, which I will do if needed, but it's a pain. Since the system is stable at 1600 MHz, I assumed that all basic systems are working as they should.
* Tried to work my way up in memory speed step by stem from 1600 to 2133 to see where things fall apart.
* Tested the video memory
I suspect main system memory, despite the clean bill of health from MemTest, and based on many of the comments to others with similar problems from the veterans on this board. I don't want to push the CPU voltages too much above the default/auto values, for fear of damage and reduced lifetime.
Also, the power supply is a nice unit from an older high-end gaming rig. It is rated at 700W. The PS does probably have over 30,000 hours on it (24/7 use for 3-4 years), however. Strange that it would work at 1600 MHz fine, and with only slightly more power load at 2133. I suppose stranger things have happened.
I've read the suggestions to run only 2 sticks, rather than 4, but I can't justify dropping $140 on new memory (I don't really need the extra speed benefit, it's more curiosity and just not knowing at this point).
Anyway, perhaps more seasoned souls than I can share their thoughts. The system is perfectly usable at 1600, but I'd really like to know where the lockups are stemming from. Troubleshooting is maddening because of the inconsistency in the long times before failure and lack of repeatability to reproduce the issue.
Thanks in advance for your time.
-Paul

Thank you both for the prompt replies. I'm learning a lot.
Turns out I also found this from G.SKILL in going over reviews of the memory modules I have. Another user had a similar configuration as mine and was having similar problems. G.SKILL replied:
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We are sorry to hear you were unable to get two kits working in the same system. It is not guaranteed two kits can operate at the rated specifications since they were not pre-matched, tested, and guaranteed at factory. With multi-channel motherboards, perfectly matching memory is necessary to achieve high frequency. This is why we must offer high capacity 32GB, 64GB kits, otherwise we can just sell one module at a time and have you purchase as many as you need. Unfortunately, memory does not work that way. If you purchase a 16GB kit rated at DDR3-2133, you should have absolutely no issues. For any further questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us directly for assistance.
Thank you
GSKILL SUPPORT
Not knowing any better, I simply purchased two "kits" of 2x4 GB each and installed them. Perhaps worse, if the modules were matched, I may well have mixed them up so the matched modules don't even sit in the same channels 1/3 or 2/4. G.SKILL seems to have a pretty responsive board, so I'll ask them what they suggest.
Also in the end, I really just want a stable machine. This is a basically an office/engineering machine. My initial thinking was that if the system was unstable at 2133 then there is something wrong with it that needs to be fixed. It sounds instead like getting to 2133 is not guaranteed, and is much more of an art than simply throwing the modules in and powering up the system.
I'm perfectly happy at 1600 knowing the system is stable. Indeed realizing now that 2133 requires overclocking, I may well have backed off to 1600 even if everything had worked just fine at 2300, just to trade extra stability for the (small) performance improvement that I would likely never notice anyway.
I'll put together a post for the G.SKILL forums, and if I get anything useful I'll post what I learn here for completeness.
Thanks again for the fast and informative replies. It's much appreciated.
Best,
-Paul

Msi z87-g45 gaming, no display, no beep.

I am building a gaming computer. When i turn on my computer the cpu fan spins quickly then immediately slows down to a slow spinning state. My Boost audio light is on as well. But i get no display. I have tried the DVI HDMI and VGA outputs. I also accidentally pressed the cmos button while the compute was on. I also removed my mobo battery for 5 mins. Oh and on top of all that i dont have my standoffs. So maybe the board is short circuiting. But if that was the case my is my cpu fan remaining on as well as my boost audio light?
Here are my specs:
Ultra 550w ATX Power Supply
2 DDR3 in slots 2 and 4
Cpu with no bent pins (that i can tell)
Thanks for your help.

Im having exactly the same problem did you manage to get it working in the end?
The board has been tested by aria computing and came back fine they have also replaced the RAM and CPU incase they were the problem. Il list all the things Iv tried so far. Thing that gets me is there is no beep when I turn it on so something is wrong and im banging my head against the wall not being able to figure it out.
Checked both power connections many many times
Check for shorts
Changed power supply
Changed RAM (and tested in all configerations)
Tested 3 monitors on all ports (onboard DVI, VGA and HDMI)
Put 3 GPU's in it as well and tested all ports on them
Tested on a low end CPU
Tried out of case with just power leads and a monitor connected (no HD,USB,frount audio)
Reset COSMOS and checked the battery
Here are the specs
Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor
MSI Z87-G45 GAMING Intel Z87 (Socket 1150)
16GB Mushkin Enhanced Silverline #997018 (2x8GB) 1333 (PC3-10666) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM CAS 9-9-9-24 1.5V
XFX Double D FX-785A-CDJ4 Radeon HD 7850 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express Graphics Card
Antec TP-750w
WD 500GB sata green Hard drive
240GB Crucial M500 2.5" SATA 6GB/s (SATA-III) Solid State Drive
Please help if you have any ideas :(

MSI Z87-G45 Gaming not entering setup or boot menu

Please someone help, I am getting no setup or boot menu, case & CPU fans come on, drives come on, led's come on, but blank screen.
I took out the graphic card & ram sticks, pulled the plug for leds & case fans, took all cables off HDD's, now only cpu & one stick of ram in dimm 2 connected + power switch.
plugged vga cable direct in MB, blank screen, then plugged cable in MB HDMI, blank screen.
tested monitor, ram & power supply in my sons computer which is a x58 LGA1366, all worked well.
I have no means of testing motherboard or cpu.
specs:
MB: MSI Z87-G45 Gaming
CPU: i5-4670k
RAM: Crucial Ballistix Tactical 1866MHz 9-9-9-27 1.5v
PSU: Corsair CS650M
I also tried another PSU a Thermaltake AP850W
P.S.
I have reset all i.e. pulled plug, taken battery out, pressed reset & shorted the two reset pins next to battery.

newer board are different they need at least a CPU to even show a code as they use that to activate the BIOS and if they do not have that it will FAIL to post anything as the board is used as a backbone as nearly all the important stuff is on the CPU itself (Processor, IMC, SATA controller, Network Controller, VRM (on Haswell), GPU and many other things) so it will fail to post as before it was only a processor but now there more of a system on chip really and has most of the important stuff that used to be on the Board itself so without that the Motherboard is just an electrical plane with impressively limited connections as all the good stuff is now on the Processor that you do not have!
There is not much that you can tell till you at least get that CPU as the board has nothing to work with as there is nothing to process the signals from the BIOS so its just a useless item so shows nothing.

I recieved a new faulty MSI Z87 G45 Gaming Motherboard ?!

Hello,
I ordered an MSI Z87 G45 Gaming Motherboard a couple of days ago and received it. 3 Days ago I received my power supply so I could start to build my gaming build. Once I wanted to put my CPU into the CPU slot on my MSI Z87 G45 Gaming motherboard I noticed that the CPU slot had bents on it. I quickly contacted my seller and he told me to contact MSI Support since they have this covered. Please can someone help me sort this out.
Best Regards

Quote from: xmad on 20-December-13, 10:35:10
If you are in the UK, the reseller needs to handle the RMA. I would recommend calling the re-seller back and raising cain with them until they take it back.
As for repairing the pins, it is usually fairly simple. A bright light and eyeglass screwdriver usually does the trick.
Thanks again xmad,
But I think I would rather replace the motherboard since it may have problems later. You never know why the cpu slot was damaged in the first place, maybe other components are also affected..
Regards

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