MSI A88XM Gaming mate with the Athlon X4 860K

Hi MSI Global Forum,
I am the proud owner of a MSI Gaming A88XM, had been an AMD A10-7850K on the base, which I have now sold and ordered an AMD Athlon X4 860K! When can we expect an official BIOS update for the motherboard or is not absolutely necessary?
The german support didn't answered my question since one week!

Hi,
Sadly we get no info about this sort of thing. The only way you can get an answer is to contact MSI.
You've tried MSI-Germany, but I see that your English written language is pretty good, so you can try contacting MSI USA and Canada. Or other country that English or German is in use. Finally you will receive an answer
http://www.msi.com/about/contact-us/

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MSI A88XM GAMING | Can't boot with new PCI-e x1 card plugged in

Hi,
I'm a owner to an MSI A88XM GAMING motherboard and I purchased a AverMedia Live Gamer HD card last week. After unboxing and installing the card to one of my PCI-e x1 slots the computer won't boot. All what happends is what the fans starts and the power LED turns on, but that's all. No beeps or anything.
I know for sure what the AverMedia Live Gamer HD card is working just fine, as I've already tested it on my old computer. I've also tested if it might have been a power issue, by disconnected everything and running it on a towel outside the case, still the same result. Connecting it to any of the other 3 PCI-e ports gives the same result. All the PSU cables are properly connected and the motherboard has the latest BIOS version on it.
Is there any way to get it to work on my computer? I would really like to avoid switching motherboard is possible. Using a 2:nd computer is also not an option, as I want to be able to just take it with me without any issues.
My Computer
Motherboard: MSI A88XM GAMING
CPU: AMD A10-7850K
RAM: Kingston HyperX Beast 2400MHz 2x8GB
GFX: XFX R9 280X 3GB DD Black
SSD: Samsung 840 EVO 500GB
Case: BitFenix Prodigy M Black
PSU: Corsair 760W (don't remember the model)
OS: Win 8.1 Pro x64

Quote from: jfreiman on 15-October-14, 16:54:29
Well, someone is doing something with the BIOS because they sent me 1.2B6 a couple weeks ago for the same 88XM GAMING motherboard -- and it didn't fix my Display Port issues. Maybe the changes were to the PCIe timings?
I didn't want to test any more 1.2 beta builds, due to earlier problem with them. But I'll give the final build of v1.2 a try later today, I didn't notice what it had been released.
Quote from: Alcifer on 18-October-14, 01:47:13
Out of curiosity, have you tried the video output from the motherboard, instead of the 280x, when you have card installed? (Make sure the IGP is enabled in bios)
That was one of the very first things I tried, did so after my 2:nd post on the forum. You can find the results here: https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=183220.msg1315289#msg1315289
I've contacted the AverMedia Support, hopefully they should be able to find the issue. It's possible what it might be a firmware related issue.
I've also searched around on the XSplit forum if there's anyone else what have run into the same problem. But couldn't find anything, so I made a thread and asked directly instead. I got a reply from someone on the Support Staff, but he couldn't find anything either.

Updating BIOS in Linux: MSI A88XM GAMING

Hello Everyone,
I recently purchased MSI A88XM-GAMING motherboard.
Is there anyway for me to apply updates (bios & chipset) to this motherboard under linux? Or is there a how-to guide for linux users?
Also since this is my first MSI motherboard curios as to driver support under linux for this motherboard.

Quote from: mmoh2015 on 17-June-15, 22:36:31
Thanks darkhawk.
Any idea how much support there is for motherboard drivers under linux
I personally do not know. But I would imagine that mostly it should be supported just fine.

MSI A88XM GAMING - DisplayPort

The documentation for the A88XM GAMING board states that the DisplayPort "does not support Hot Plug" and to make sure that the DisplayPort monitor is only connected or removed when the motherboard is turned off.
Ok, I can follow these simple instructions.
However, there are 2 things I am having issues with:
1. Running the latest AMD Catalyst 14.2 driver, the Control Center does not show the typical DisplayPort diagnostics where it shows the DP bandwidth
2. Also, my monitor isn't able to wakeup after the screen goes into power saving mode
The monitor I have is a LG 29EA73-P Ultrawide monitor. Using the HDMI port works alright in this manner, but when the screen comes back on, all open windows/apps will be squished into tiny windows.
This does not generally happen when I have been using the DisplayPort as an input.
Also, I have this issue with both the LG monitor as DP 1.0 and DP 1.2 -- I don't know which, if either is better for a single DP monitor setting.

Well, I was having difficulties with the AMD 14.x drivers as well as the "chipset drivers" supplied on the MSI site.
While I was having better luck with my DisplayPort connection waking from 'sleep' it was not consistently doing so. In the situations where the DP did not wake up, I was able to connect the HDMI cable to a monitor and that would then wake up both the HDMI and DP connections -- and I could then disconnect the HDMI.
So, now I am back on the "chipset drivers" AMD Radeon R7 Series dated 11/1/2013, 13.250.26.0 -- old but the most reliable for me.
There are "no frills" with this driver set. Catalyst Control Center only allows me to change the system's Power Profile and activate HydraVision if I so wish, but none of the other typical and more advanced (yes, I am running Catalyst Control Center in Advanced Mode) features like, setting video preferences, color, refresh rates, and the like.
The AMD 14.4 WHQL drivers do not work as reliably but do give me all the advanced settings you expect from AMD/ATI. That said, it is too often that I can not get my monitor working, not even after a reboot.
Tech support has been helpful, but has since gone silent.

Gaming problems with the K7N420

Hi guys - I need some help
I've been running with my K7N420 board from MSI for over a year now with very few problems - but then I've never really stressed it that much.
Last week, I purchased an "oldish" game - Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine - Oh if I had known how prophetic the title was!
I got help from Lucas Arts initially to check that it would run OK on my W2K OS, and together with info from microsoft on W2K SP1 supporting this game (it was named explicitly) I thought I would have few problems. However ....
Once I got over the initial problems of turning off the virus checker and screensaver, I got into the game and started playing - only to find that on occassions the screen just blanks out as one solid colour - typically the colour of an object I've just picked up. Mostly I can't recover from this and have to CTRL_ALT_DEL out of it.
I am assuming that this may be due to some video incompatiblity with the intergated graphics, but I need some suggestions as to what I should tweak in the nVidia video drivers to get it to work.
Any suggestions (other than to get the latest game The Emperoros Tomb!)
Oh and specs'
MS6373 (K2N420) Bios 2.6
256MB RAM
Windows 2000 SP1
nVidia Unified drivers 2.03
DirectX 8.1
Cheers for your time
Nick

deepknight: Thanks for the suggestions - but it should work with W2K - also, I thought that the unified drivers for Win95/98 weren't up to scratch???
frenchy2K1:
I'll try the detonator - via a different source it has alos been suggested that I try re-installing the unified set 2.03 again, apparently one should remove the old set first before installing the upgrade - this is something I hadn't done...
as for DX9 - it was something I was planning to do, I have been using this game on a Win98 machine (Laptop) with DX8.1, with no problems - so I assumed that DX8.1 was OK???
Games settings - I'll check these tonight (the offending set up is at home, and I'm reading this forum at work...).
What would be sensible settings, could changing these stop it working?
Does this means that changing the driver settings may make a difference? Where do you start trying to sort this??
I've contatced LucasArts tech support, so far I've only got their offiical line which is "This game was not designed with support for Windows 2000...." "Download the latest compatibility updates from microsoft...." "We cannot guarantee it will work...."
I'll try the alt-tab and see what happens
I'm already runnung with SP3
Thanks for helping
Nick
btw
It runs OK on the laptop - but
(a) The screens horrible for gaming
(b) The sounds naff
(c) I got the nForce machine for games, not the Laptop!!!!

Query-blocked Invoices for Quality per mat with the total quantity in QI

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We need to create a query for blocked Invoices in Quality summarized per materialcode together with the total quantity in Quality Inspection blocked stock.
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since ur report is depending on LIV's on block due to quality inspection is pending, better take the quantity from MKPF passing document number (GR number) and year of the document.
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What is the best and most stable kit in each category?
1. 4x8Gb
2. 4x4Gb
3. 2x8Gb

Not really good idea. It's temporary usage, and instead of RAMDisk I suggest you buy SSD of SATA III or M.2 depending on what motherboard you have. Go for 16Gb, and buy 120Gb SSD, it will be more efficient. Also you won't get much difference between starting game like Battlefield 4 on SSD and RAMDisk.
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MSI Core Center Problem with the software

Hello all
Just wanted to let you know about a problem i had the other night. You will see my specs below but i recently installed core center and all was running well until 2 nights ago when the pc would start up into windows load up core center and then re-boot. The problem was core center it's self when windows was starting it up for some reason core center decided to overclock my pc i only realised this when i saw a brief glimpse of the CPU speed as core center started it was over 2.6 GHZ no wonder the machine shutdown i eventually got it to boot up and get into core center where i found that this time it was trying to run my machine at a FSB of 215 i reset this back to 200 and the re-booting stopped i decided to just un-install core center to save any further problem.
Have any of you guys had this problem and how many are having a similiar problem but don't realise it thinking it is the cpu or heat related just thought i would let you know about this in case anyone does have a similiar problem
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I am building a new computer based on the Athlon 64 3000 processor and the mobo MSI K8N Neo-FSR.
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If it's there, it means they at least inserted the card, booted, and installed drivers, as far as what they do from that point is anyones guess. You will see the far right column shows 4x or 8x.
I agree, it is minimal info at best and not my idea of what should be included in a test report.
I don't see any reason why that card would not work, the market is saturated with that type of card.

MSI GAMING Products Awarded the 23rd Taiwan Excellence

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Not noly GT72 but GT80 Titan is another wonderful story MSI tried to share with the world.
check this out!
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Product design and functionality are great

MSI Z97 Gaming 3/Gaming 5 with an i5 4690k

Hi guys, I just registered here and i have a few questions if you dont mind .
I was reading a bunch of articles saying that some MSI cards wont work with the new Devils Canyon without the bios updated.
I was planning on buying the MSI Z97 Gaming 3 or Gaming 5 (whichever is better) with an i5 4690k, my question is will this motherboard accept the CPU right from the start without needing to update the bios?
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Quote from: Nichrome on 12-July-14, 19:52:34
Well if it works out of the box, then it just works. If it doesn't work out of the box, you would have to take the board to someone who has a CPU that should work in 100% and reflash to the latest BIOS.
Yes, you will have to change sequence/prioritisation of the booting in the BIOS. If anything goes wrong, or you want to get default settings back, then here you can have a >>Clear CMOS Guide<<
PS: Make sure you have your USB Stick IN when you change sequence, otherwise it won't be possible to change this. And it's not called UEFI USB, unless you will be installing Win 8 in UEFI mode?
I guess youre right. I talked to the guys at the store im buying the motherboard from and they said they would check on monday what bios version the motherboard has and flash it if its required, even though im betting its the 1.0. Im confused here I never said anything about an UEFI USB. I always intsall my OS from a bootable USB stick that I configure with the win7 tool. Thank you kindly for your response and help.

MSI A88XM BIOS HELP!!!

So I just recently purchased the MSI A88XM Gaming motherboard and I use an AMD Athlon x4 860k CPU. I've hooked everything up correctly and for the life of me I cannot get my R9 270X to display anything. Someone please help!
Board: MSI A88XM
Bios: Version 1.0
VGA: MSI R9 270x
PSU: Thermaltake TR2 600
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So I just recently purchased the MSI A88XM Gaming motherboard and I use an AMD Athlon x4 860k CPU. I've hooked everything up correctly and for the life of me I cannot get my R9 270X to display anything
does this mean if you use another video card you can boot fine?
or entire computer can't boot no matter what you've tried so far?
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Bios: Version 1.0
how do you know this if you can't boot?

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I have been using HDMI audio out for a long time and I have NEVER run into this issue. I have just spent the last 6 hours trying to troubleshoot this issue and I am about to RMA this board and go with an Intel.
I have an MSI R9 270x and used it with an Asrock A88X board and never had an issue. I "upgraded" to the MSI A88XM Gaming motherboard and now this same video card has audio skipping and dropouts over HDMI.
I have done the following:
1. New HDMI Cable.
2. AMD Catalyst uninstall/reinstall/upgrade/rollback - pretty much everything you can possibly do to troubleshoot a driver issue. Went into safe mode to wipe drivers using DDU.
3. Finally resorted to reinstalling Windows 8.1. Did NOT fix issue.
4. Bios is up to date. Drivers are up to date. Have disabled and enabled realtek device in system properties. Nothing changes the sound issues.
I can't for the life of me figure out why I am having audio issues. Video displays perfectly fine, not a single issue. But audio keeps dropping for a split second to my surround receiver, as if the PCM audio stream gets cut. Sometimes there's what seems to be static sounds as well.
It's really annoying. Again, I have had this card for a couple of months and have been using HDMI for a long time, with my 7870 and my 6850 before that. I have never had this issue before. I do not wish to use Digital Optical because it doesn't do 5.1 PCM out to my soundsystem.
Please help me, I am about to give up on this motherboard.

Quote from: Nichrome on 27-August-14, 01:28:55
I would argue about this. Indeed they are a bit more supportive for Intel boards, but let's be fair: Intel has released quite few NEW series, whereas AMD hasn't released anything new yet (FX4-8 were around for years, and still the same socket). That is why MSI releases more BIOSes for Intel based boards, as these are more common. Just about 9 series came out, and now X99 will come out with DDR4 for Intel. Whereas for AMD I still haven't heard anything about plans of releasing boards based on DDR4. So that doesn't surprise me why they support Intel more than AMD. AMD is way behind Intel (and that's not an opinion but the fact). And surely not just MSI is more supportive for Intel, but it depends on popularity of brand's boards, because if Asus AMD boards are more popular than Intel, then obviously they will more likely support AMD based board, rather than Intel.
You don't get what I am saying here. I'm just gonna cherry pick this example:
http://www.msi.com/support/mb/A88XG45_GAMING.html#down-bios
1 Bios update since launch.
http://www.msi.com/support/mb/Z97-GAMING-7.html#down-bios
4 Bios update since launch.
Two of the top high end boards for each respective platform, both released recently. In fact, Intel is more recent. You can clearly see that they are more interested in providing post launch support for Intel vs AMD.
Go to Asus webpage, and just pick any A88X board, even the mid range ones. You can see a bunch of bios updates, same with Asrock, same with Gigabyte.
I can't honestly believe this board has been out since early march and already post launch support is dead. As a motherboard manufacturer, you don't win customers with fancy features and cool looks. You win customers based on post lauch tech support.
Check this thread:
http://www.overclock.net/t/1469169/msi-a88x-g45-gaming-fm2-goodness
People who are mid range enthusiasts ARE in fact interested in this board. But BIOS issues stagnate any interest in it, along with VRM issues.
It's a great board, and MSI has what seems to be good AMD offerings, but they need to get their BIOSes right. Proof is right there on Newegg, pull up any AMD motherboard on Newegg and for every positive review, you have a negative review on issues with BIOSes and random things just not "working", no driver updates, etc.
That's what I don't get. Why bother even releasing enthusiast directed AMD boards, and not bother supporting them after they have been launched?

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I dont think the usb 3.1 drives ready now, but it's nice to see msi moterboard get this new feature.
I think the type-c usb 3.1 will be use on the mobile device for sure!

MSI GTX980 Gaming sometimes not recognized by MSI Z97 Gaming 9 AC

I have been experiencing a very odd problem with my new hardware.
Hardware
Motherboard: MSI Z97 Gaming 9 AC
CPU: Intel Core i7-4790
CPU-cooler: Scythe Mugen 4
RAM: G.Skill RipjawsZ F3-17000CL9Q-16GBZH
Videocard: MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GB GAMING 4G
PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold
SSD: Crucial M550 2,5" 1TB
Monitor#1: LG 34UM95-P
Monitor #2: Eizo Foris FG2421
OS: Windows 7 Professional
Issue description
The thing is that with 2 monitors connected the videocard is not recognized on a cold boot, but boots perfectly most of the time after a restart. In some cases a restart doesn't do the trick. I have even seen a couple of times that the monitor shows that windows starts and then the monitor loses the signal from the videocard before I can see the desktop (rare). With just 1 monitor attached the videocard is recognized. Als the IGP works fine, it's just the videocard that doesn't seem to be recognized when 2 monitors are connected (all combinations of DP, HDMI and DVI). When the computer has booted after one or more restarts and the videocard is recognized the computer works flawlessly, no problems whatever I do with it (desktop work, stressing hardware, playing games, etc.). Not a single sign of instability.
It's just the cold boot and sometimes the soft boot or restart that causes the videocard to not being recognized with 2 monitors connected.
What makes it really weird to me is that when the computer goes into sleep mode I can wake it up normally within say 10 minutes. But if I wait for let's say an hour the videocard is not transmitting a signal through the videocard.
When IGP is enabled the computer boots and windows loads normally (I hear the sound of the Windows login), although the monitors stay black when connected to the videocard. Then switching the connectors from the videocard to the motherboard shows me a normal Windows login screen, but the videocard is not visible in the device list. When the IGP is disabled to bootup sequence just hangs until a restart works and the computer boots normally with the videocard getting recognized and working properly.
Click sounds
I noticed the motherboard makes 4 click sounds when booting, like relays flipping. I think it has to to with distributing power to al the components, since it looks like components respond to the click by turning led lights on. But I have to say I've never come across a motherboard before that makes click sounds. Is this normal?
Tried fixes
- Replaced the RAM with 100% working RAM from my other computer (Corsair Vengeance LP CML8GX3M2A1600C9) -> problem persists
- Disabed XMP -> problem persists
- Replaced the PSU with another one (Cooler Master V550 Semi-Modular) -> problem persists
- Reinstalled the videocard physically -> problem persists
- Tried several combinations of connecting the 2 monitors to the videocard (all DP ports, HDMI and DVI) -> problem persists
- Replaced the videocard with a MSI GTX970 Gaming (connected with 1xDP and 1xHDMI) -> problem persists
Conclusions so far
The cause can be found in the videocard or motherboard (probably BIOS issue).
Who can shed some light on this issue?

Quote from: JLio01 on 14-November-14, 17:02:39
Try all PCIE slots no luck? Does the black screen always happen on one certain monitor or both?
I tried both the first and the second PCIe slot. No difference except for the fact that in the second slot the card only works at x8 bandwidth.
Quote from: jotan.va on 24-November-14, 18:05:51
BTW - Did anybody try to remove the wifi module from the board and then test?
I didn't install the wifi module in the first place.
UPDATE
I returned the motherboard to the webshop I bought it from and sent my cpu, ram, psu and videocard (GTX980) with it so they could test it. They found out that the videocard is the problem. So now I have to send the videocard to the webshop it bought that from. However, I am suspecting that it's just a VBIOS problem and not some fault in the hardware itself. On the other hand, it would be very strange that MSI would release a videocard that cannot work with one of their own top motherboards, wouldn't it?

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