Msi P55 GD 65 boots 3 times even on stock settings, CMOS ISSUE

Hi guys, new member here. Very fond of msi due to its informative reviews and let's not forget that most of my pc's troubleshooting sequences have benefited by reading through several threads posted on this site. However, i am having some trouble with my msi P55-GD 65 MAINBOARD. It keeps giving me the CMOS CHECKSUM ERROR. Msi's boards have this annoying habit of booting 3 times consecutively every time i make changes in BIOS (overclocking). However, now even on stock settings, it has started to boot 3 times which is very frustrating, every time. I have tried:
1: The jumper trick
2: The battery removal trick
3: loading optimized defaults over and over again
4: Replaced it with a new battery
It still posts 3 times, as stated in the manual, so if u guys have any suggestions, they will be highly appreciated
Specs:
I5 750 (at stock, all voltages at stock)
MSI P55 GD65
4GB corsair vengeance at stock as well (1600mhz stock but 1333mhz atm due to this issue)
evga gtx 570 SC (at stock VID and clocks)
Silent pro M 850W CM
WD green 1tb
Plz help me out guys
And yes i have updated my bios using msi live update to v1.11 it still gives me the same issue........plz help me out guys.

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Msi's boards have this annoying habit of booting 3 times consecutively every time i make changes in BIOS (overclocking). However, now even on stock settings, it has started to boot 3 times which is very frustrating, every time.
When in the BIOS, simply enter the Overclocking Profile Section and change 'OC Retry Count' setting to 1.
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4GB corsair vengeance at stock as well (1600mhz stock but 1333mhz atm due to this issue)
As a side note, your RAM may be 'rated' 1600, but that is not 'stock' for the platform, DDR3 1333 is. Increasing the DRAM V. as Bernhard has suggested may help a lot. For attempts for the 'rated' 1600 RAM speed, if the chips have X.M.P. profiles, set the timings and command rate accordingly to the manufacturer's recommended settings. CPUID's utility CPU-Z Memory and SPD Tab's come in handy. Also, if your mainboard BIOS has it, Memory-Z Section can be looked in for information too.

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MSI P55 GD65 Booting issue [SOLVED]

Hello everyone!
I finished a new build two days ago:
Intel i5-750, 2.66GHz
MSI P55-GD65, rev. 1.0, BIOS 1.3, Lotes socket
A-DATA 2x2GB DDR3 1600Mhz CL8 Vitesta Extreme Edition
GIGABYTE ATi R5850 1GB
KINGSTON V-series SSD 64GB SATA
SAMSUNG SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA 7200rpm
Artic Cooling Fusion 550, 550W, dc outputs are mentioned below
and some minor components (optical drives, wifi card etc.)
I started the computer and everything seemed fine. I managed to enter the bios. I was checking H/W monitor and several other options, I didn't change anything. Suddenly (after circa 5mins) the computer shut down and started to turning on and off repeatedly. I stopped the loop by turning off the power supply. I started it again, however it got stuck in the loop imediately. After a while I managed to access the bios again, meanwhile I was trying to find some answers on internet.
I decided to remove all memory sticks (as a lot of topics here in forum which are describing the very same problem sign RAM problem) and started computer. I expected beeps and LED-show. However, the computer didn't start at all! Even fans were not spinning, just nothing (although PSU was giving tension). I put RAM back and computer started. It was like black magic. I tried again, remove RAM - no start, put RAM back - no start too. Mobo went definitely dead. So I RMAed it.
I've obtained a new one, which was:
MSI P55-GD65, rev. 1.0, BIOS 1.2, Foxconn socket
I put all the stuff together and started computer. Everything went fine, I managed to enter the bios. Nevertheless, I decided to check RAMs for sure; I changed booting devices, restarted and booted system rescue cd with some utils. I started memcheck basic test. The basic test was fine with no errors, then I started filling with random pattern test. It ran for almost 24h. I wanted to try another exercise test and... computer shut down and the loop was there once AGAIN!
I don't think the mobo is the issue here anymore. I bet on two things: PSU or RAM (I'm not going to think about CPU!)
I don't recall exact dc ouputs but: AC Fusion has 2 12V rails with 17A each. Mobo needs 18A, but as I understand it, I have to check 2 rails combined against the requirement - 34A > 18A, it's okay, isn't it? I've choosen this one as I wanted silent PSU (it performed really good in tests, f.e.: http://www.anandtech.com/casecoolingpsus/showdoc.aspx?i=3516). I don't have any other similar PSU to swap (neither my friends).
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Any advices on the whole problem?
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And now I have the same problem!! MSI P55 GD-65 bios 1.5, Core i5-750, 2x2 gb Kingston DDR3 1600mhz, Ati Radeon hd 5770v2, Corsair vx550w power. I started to boot up today, first time cpu phase led 4 did not light up, other lights blinked and fans turn on for 1sec. And thats go on and on, until I power off. Then other time: cpu phase led 6 + oc-button and +- -button lights blinked and fans turn on/off for 1sec -untill power off. What's going on.. Tryed everything re-seated cpu and so on. everything worked fine two weeks, until today.. sorry my bad english

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There are more people with the same problem
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Please make a list of the things you are referring to, when you say "everything". Have you tested the board outside the case (on a non-conducting surface) in barebone configuration (CPU, video card, one memory module in the proper slot, keyboard, power connectors) and cleared CMOS (with your PSU disconnected from A/C power) at any point?

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[WTA] MSI P55-GD65 6 phase on all the time? Where's APS?

Hello, First Post here..
I bought a MSI P55-GD65 lately and it runs spectacular and overclocks nicely. the newer BIOS 1.6 is noticably more stable when High VDroop is used than the BIOS 1.5, resulting in more power-efficient system of my own despite overclocking .
But nonetheless, i have some issues i would like to be answered:
1. When I use BIOS 1.5, the core voltage would be dropped to 0.896 (CPU-Z) when i set the core voltage as auto and all the power saving features enabled (C1E & EIST Enabled, C6 state selected, Turbo Mode off). but when i flash into BIOS 1.6, the same setting does not result in decreased voltage, the core clock still slows down though like it used to be. Maybe the next revision of BIOS will fix it?
2. I searched this forum about APS on P55-GD65, i have found that somebody here had testified that the BIOS 1.6 fixes the all-phase-working problem, as i was having the same problem too. Then i decided to flash to 1.6 too (which work flawlessly with your USB Flasher by the way, kudos ). But the problem still persists. APS only works when i apply through Control Center. i wonder about APS statement of "will work regardless of operating system" is a true and automated one. And yeah, i have tried to clear CMOS and run it on nominal mode and still no changes from BIOS 1.5. The 6 phase LED is lit all the time unless i "apply" in Control Center.
My Current system are:
MSI P55-GD65 (Lotes ILM)
I5 750
HD 5770
Silverstone Zeus 750Watt
WDC Black 500GB
Windows 7 Ultimate
Thanks for your attention.

Quote from: chrisjb on 19-January-10, 17:13:56
you have to run the cpu at default settings so (133mhz X multiplier) the slight overclock of the cpu will disable power saving so all the phase leds will constantly be lit up.
Have the multiplier running at 160 because of XPM 1600 memory blocks, and the board runs with 2/3 phases in normal mode.
Are using BIOS 1.3 because of XPM problems with other versions.

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Please post your full system specs and PSU spec amps. >>Posting Guide<<
Have you tried reinstalling Windows?
Do not use Live Update for updating of drivers, go to MSI site to see if you really require the updates, which are not a must most of the time. Also uninstall Live Update from your OS as well.

MSI P55 GD65 registers only 4gb of memory.

To start off here's my system:
CPU: Intel i5 750
Motherboard: MSI P55 GD65
Ram: 4x 2gb G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1600 dual channel memory (8gb total)
Video card: nvidia 9600gt 512mb (temp till new AMD cards)
The bios boot screen states 4gb of DDR3 1333 ram. Going into bios, it does recognize that 4x2gb sticks are in the system, but still states only 4gb of ram available. Booting into Win7 64-bit, the Performance and Information screen states 8gb (3.99gb usable). Task manager/resource monitor also show only 4gb total. Essentially, the system knows there's 8gb but will only use 4gb.
I've been told to check for a memory remapping option in the bios, but I've seen no such option so far.
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I have just recently experienced this problem. I built my machine about 3 weeks ago and everything was working great, booted first try and no errors in memtest+ or LinX or Prime95. I have been running just fine since then. I have MSI P55-GD65, Core i5 750, DDR3 2x2GB GSkill Trident 2000MHz RAM.
This past weekend I decided to mildly overclock, I upped the bclk to 160 and adjusted the DIMM voltage to 1.6 according to the RAM spec. I tested and tested this config and everything seemed stable. I have been using the machine to play games and things with no problems.
I go to resume from hibernate this morning and the machine hangs. I restart and I notice BIOS is only showing 2GB during POST. I check out the BIOS settings and it sees the 2 DIMMS, but still only shows 2GB. I boot into Windows 7 x64 and it shows 4GB (2GB Useable). Previously all 4GB were recognized and useable just fine. This may be relevant, I don't know, but I started a long video transcoding job before bed last night. Presumably this job finished and the machine went into hibernate.
I reset all settings back to default, thinking maybe my overclock wasn't as stable as I thought, but no change. Even before I reset the clocks, I tried upping the DIMM voltage, the VTT voltage, reducing RAM frequency. Nothing.
I figure maybe I need to upgrade the BIOS, as I am currently running v1.5 and latest is 1.8. I download the 1.8 image to a flash drive and try to use M-Flash to boot the BIOS image off the drive, but BIOS hangs with a repeating BEEP when I try that.
Then I noticed something very odd. When I boot up with the flash drive plugged into a USB port, BIOS reports 4GB on POST. Without the drive, 2GB on POST.
As an absolute last resort I will reseat the CPU, but after the flash drive behaviour, I am not sure it is a CPU pin-contact issue. When I get home from work I am going to flash to v1.8 BIOS and see if that helps. If not, I will reseat all DIMMS and try that. If the problem persists, I will try DIMMS individually and in different sockets and see.
Is there anything else I should try before reseating the CPU? What if I just wiggle the heatsink? If it all possible, I would like to avoid having to clean up the TIM and reapply, it was a big pain on my heatsink.
Thanks,
--MrAnt--
EDIT: Forgot to list detailed system specs
MSI P55-GD65 v1.5 BIOS
Intel Core i5 750 @ 2.66GHz
CM Hyper 212+ HSF
GSkill Trident 2x2GB DDR3 2000 - F3-16000CL9D-4GBTD (Running @ 1333MHz 9-9-9-24)
WD Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB HDD
Corsair CMPSU-750TX 750W
Sapphire Radeon 5850 1GB

BSOD when installing Samsung 830SSD (258GB) on MSI-P55-GD85

Dear experts, a question from Belgium,
A few years ago a build a PC around a MSI P55-GD85 (i870) with 8GB Corsair RAM & as main boot disk a Western Digital Velociraptor WD3000HLFS (other hardware is probably not relevant for this topic).
OS: Win 7 Home Premium x64. Everything worked as expected - no problems experienced.
Now I have purchased a Samsung SSD830 (256GB) to replace the WD as the primary boot device, with the intention to link it to the 6Gb/s SATAIII connection for fast boot times & faster program starts.
Step 1: I first connected the SSD to a 3Gb/s SATAII concetor for the cloning with the WD. I also took care of the alignment (Diskpart) and other settings.
Step 2: After the cloning I change the primary boot device in the BIOS to the SSD & disconnected the WD-disk. SSD still connected to SATAII connector -> everything works fine, the PC boots without problem & I can access folders & run programs -> looks like success.
Step 3: I update the Trim function setting, deactivate defragmentation, deactivate indexing etc ...
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Thank you all for the interesting feedback.
After the feedback that my original WD-disk might not have been set up under AHCI and in that case cloning is no option, I decided last Friday to do a full clean install of Win7 on the SSD. Also upgraded the BIOS to level 1.6 and installed the latest drivers. Everything went well, but it is really a time-consuming job (computers are fun if you don't mind waiting .
System now runs without problems on the 6GB/s port, with a read speed of 372GB/s (quite disappointing when you are expecting close to 500GB/s, but acceptable after everything I read in the mean time on the Marvell 88SE9128 chipset).
Now I read on a forum in the Netherlands that this Marvell chipset does not support TRIM and it is better to switch back to the 3GB/s Intel chipset.
Is this correct ?
What are the best options in such case?
1) Stay on the 6GB/s port and perform the TRIM command manually (if that is possible by the Samsung software)
2) Switch back to a 3GB/s port on the Intel chipset that covers TRIM -> do I need to do another fresh install in this case, or can I just move the plug from the 6->3 GB/s port
3) Other options ?

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At times I'll get stuck at B4 or 98 error code for a good 5-15mins plus.
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Is the B4 error just a generic
http://www.xannex.co.kr/doc/ami_aptio_4.x_status_codes_pub.pdf
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It's a B3 with the latest bios.
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ISSUE: msi P55 CD-53, Bios Rev 1.B (2011)
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I'm having an issue however with the JMicron PCI Express to SATAII Host Controller ROM v 1.07.14, it says "Detecting Drives, Please wait..."
...and it takes about 3 minutes, whereas before, it only took a few seconds. This means every time I boot or reboot my PC, 3 minutes is added to that time while the JMicron controller seems to be having a problem.
I'm not happy about adding 3 minutes to my boot time
I would like to know:
- Is this the normal expected behavior?
- Is 1.B a beta BIOS revision?
- Is anyone else having this issue?
- Is there any way to fix it?
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Please supply full system spec. >>Posting Guide<<
We shall assume that you did load all the needed drivers. See here for the last drivers: http://www.msi.com/product/mb/P55-CD53.html#/?div=Driver&os=Win7%2064
You may have to flash back to the previous BIOS to confirm if your BIOS flash was the cause.

MSI KT4V Won't boot @ 152 FBS

Hi,
I have a MSI KT4V and an AMD XP 2200+ (TB A).
And i have a problem @ 151 MHz FBS and 1,65 volts it boots windows stable.
But @ 152 MHz FSB and 1,75 volts it doesn't even boot ;(
One time i bootet @ 158 MHz FSB But it won't do that now.
I don't know whats wrong can you help me ???
( Sorry for my bad english i am from holland )
Specs:
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Originally posted by maesus
Hi,
You are overclocking and that is why. :D
You could either:
1. spend more $$$ to buy higher speed CPU
2. unlock the CPU multiplier and void CPU warranty
3. lower down your (unlocked) multiplier and run at FSB 166Mhz so all PCI and AGP are still in default speed.
Any other speed than 100Mhz, 133Mhz and 166Mhz FSB is NOT recommended!
Please don't quote me further as overclocking is at your own risk and may spoil your hardware.
And you think that i dind not try those 3 points X(
ofcourse i did but my board does not boot @ a multiplyr difrend than 13,5 ( and yes the cpu is unlocked ).
and about overclocking:
that i destroy my hardware i dont care its cheap stuff and i have plenty of cooling so i am not really worryd about that.
Any one else has som info for me ?

MSI P55 GD65 - BSOD - MEMORY_MANAGEMENT

I'm facing a weird issue with my pc:
If I turn on the PC, the system starts up fine, but within 30 secs up to 5 minutes I get a BSOD (usually MEMORY_MANAGEMENT).
If I then restart the system it will run fine..
CPU intensive gaming, memory checks, benchmarks, standby and wakeup, all runs fine... after a first BSOD.
I've tried all kinds of memory settings, but nothing seems to help. Also hard to test if it runs fine after a crash.
It's almost like the system needs to warm-up a bit and then it will run fine
The BSOD message indicates a memory issue, but then I would expect random BSOD, not only right after cold start.
Any suggestions?
MSI P55 GD65 - latest 1.9 bios
i875k
Windows 7 64bit
Geil DDR3-1600 2x2GB Black Dragon GB34GB1600C8DC
This Geil ram is not in the MSI memory list but Geil shows the MSI P55 GD65 in their compatibility list for this memory:
"All motherboards listed on the GeIL Qualified Motherboard List – GQML have been tested with the specified GeIL memory kits for compatibility, stability and
performance by GeILs’ FAE to ensure best quality."
http://www.geil.com.tw/uploads/download_files/c8c397a9533d1896e708e3c106a99cb3.pdf

Status update:
I've reset the bios to safe defaults.
Started up memtest86+ and screen turned red rather then blue, so lots of mem-errors.
Restarted and then memtest ran fine for more then 10 hours.
Passed 20 times all tests no errors with both Dimms inserted.
Then I tested cold start with 1 dimm only:
- with 1 DIMM in slot 3 only system cold-starts fine and memtest runs fine with no errors.
- with 1 DIMM in slot 1 only system cold-starts fine and memtest starts up but then doesn't even start a test. So it seems to be hanging already.
Swapping both dimms showed the same result.
Preliminary conclusion now is a faulty slot 1
Does it indeed sound like a slot 1 issue?
MB is the worst part to RMA, so hopefully I can find a solution.... slot 1 seems not to be completely broken after all.
PS: increasing to 1.6V I had already tried before without success.

MSI P55-GD65 + Corsair XMS3 CM3X2G1333C9 = Random freezes,buzzes,reboots..

Hello..
My system specs are:
Mobo: MSI P55-GD65
CPU: Intel Core i7-860 (with Megahalems heatsink)
RAM: 2x 2x2GB (dual channel = 8GB in total) Corsair XMS3 CM3X2G1333C9
GPU: ATI HD5770
PSU: Corsair HX520W
The problem I face, is that I get random freezes (sometimes this is accompanied by a loud buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz coming out of my speakers), or cold reboots. It's not something that is triggered by some specific action (e.g when I run a specific application or something like that), sometimes there are days that I don't get a single reboot, and other days that I get 4-5 freezes one after another..
I read in another forum, that this specific series of motherboards (GDxx) have some trouble dealing with certain memory brands, especially corsair. I don't know if that's true, just throwing it out there if someone has any similar experience to share..
So far I've tested my memory with memtest (overnight 8 hour test, it completed a few cycles), I've tested my cpu with a several hour prime95 small FFT test, which stressed my CPU in 100% for a few hours but that didn't trigger a freeze or a reboot. My temps are perfectly nice and normal..
Reading from Everest, I still use the AMI v1.0 version of the BIOS, but I don't tend to update things that work (there were a couple of times in the past that this only made things worse). I have set my bios settings to auto, do I don't know if I should play around with anything there, I must say though I've always been a bit skeptical about changing voltages or something (never played with overclocking in my whole life), fearing that I could damage anything, or at least lower its "expiration date"..
I hope someone expert can help me out..
PS. I must say this mobo is the second one I got, my first GD65 was replaced, but it had nothing to do with similar issues, I accidentally damaged the cpu socket. I can't seem to recall though, if I had such problems with my first mobo too..

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So far I've tested my memory with memtest (overnight 8 hour test, it completed a few cycles), I've tested my cpu with a several hour prime95 small FFT test, which stressed my CPU in 100% for a few hours but that didn't trigger a freeze or a reboot.
As gcanuck mentioned, in BIOS Cell Menu, Spread Spectrum should be disabled. If not done so, test each RAM stick individually in the primary black dimm slot. DRAM V. maximum is 1.65v's. It also may be that the CPU IMC refuses to cooperate. With only two sticks in the black slots, does this freeze problem continue? Another possibility is that the two RAM kits are of different chips even though they have the same specs. Are the batch numbers the same? Some may have Elpida chips, & the other kit Samsung.
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Although another guy in another topic suggested even higher voltages, up to 1.79V (!!!!)
Whoever advised that is a moronic idiot!

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