MSI P67A-C43 (B3) Not booting with Corsair TR3X6G1600C8D Dominator RAM

The mobo will boot but will not login it starts to hang in booting the OS, also when i try to update the mobo bios with a live CD (with old ram that was fine)
My first question, is Corsair TR3X6G1600C8D Dominator compatible with MSI P67a-C43 (B3)
and why isn't my bios being updated when i didnt update it ever since i bought it in 2011.

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The mobo will boot but will not login it starts to hang in booting the OS, also when i try to update the mobo bios with a live CD (with old ram that was fine)
Update with what LIVE CD?? Did system boot to Windows with old ram and if so what was the old ram??
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My first question, is Corsair TR3X6G1600C8D Dominator compatible with MSI P67a-C43 (B3)
That is a triple channel kit of three sticks made for X58/socket 1366 systems and not for a 1155 system. Three sticks could stress the mem controler too much and result in it not running the sticks at the timings/speed they are meant for. Try just two of those and see if that helps. If so try relaxing timings and/or change to ddr3-1333 for trying three.
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and why isn't my bios being updated when i didnt update it ever since i bought it in 2011.
What? Are you asking about a missing update offered or what do you mean?

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Code: [Select]
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Code: [Select]
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Edit 09/09/11
Had a few end users quoting disabling TRIM solved BSOD for them...now im not saying it will solve BSOD for all but it may be worth trying. Remember the SandForce controller was originally designed without TRIM in mind, it functions just fine without it so you should see no loss of performance. If you want to help the controller stay fast you could always add some extra over provisioning by reducing the volume on the drive and leaving that space unallocated...totally up to you what you do though....
I like 25% OP on my drives, this means if I have a 120 with 115GB showing in windows I lose 15GB to OP and use 100GB for the volume....
A forum member wrote a little script to enable /disable trim...he wrote in support for wiper for Indilinx drives also...just ignore that part and use the TRIM function only...
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If this doesn't work and I get a BSOD after a week I'll disable TRIM and if that doesn't work I have no idea. OCZ said they're working on a new firmware release so who knows. I just hate feeling like I am a beta tester.
If anyone has any suggestions let me know.

OK, had some time to go test your suggestions here
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Went into the BIOS and changed the voltage applied to the RAM modules from
AUTO to 1.575V. On AUTO it says is applying 1.5V to the 2x 4GB modules.
Installed the full 4x RAM on all slots... and the system just shuts down. Power cycling again.
What do you think here? Bad Motherboard? Can't think of anything else to try... totally stumped!
Thanks!

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I have the MSI P67A-C43 (B3) motherboard with a Core i5 2500K, a 600w OCZ PSU, 1TB WD Black Caviar HDD, Radeon HD 4670, and some Corsair Vengeance RAM.
I just put it together and it turns on, but nothing comes on to my screen. All of the fans start, the LEDs on the MB light up saying the CPU is on, CPU fan spins, and GPU fan spins. I don't know what's wrong with it, I switched the RAM around and also tried only using one stick and it gave me different errors, so I assume the RAM works. The speaker/buzzer made noises that went like this: mid mid high low low low low low
MB:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130571
CPU:
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GPU:
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HDD:
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145348

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i unplugged everything and then reassembled, testing along the way
Have you tested the board outside the case on a non-conducting surface in barebone configuration? Yes or no? If the answer is "no", then that is what you should do next/first. Get rid of the case. It is not needed for troubleshooting.
Also, have you >>Cleares CMOS<<?
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I've done as many tests as I know how to do.
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CPU doesn't even seems to have pins.
Did you check the socket pins? Yes or no? Check the CPU's contact pads for areas of poor, missing or double imprints from the board's socket pins!
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When the board was inside the case when you did that, then the test is useless because a short circuit problem could still be at the bottom of this. Also, you need to check your socket pins and the contact pads. This could be a plain and simple pin-contact problem, caused by broken pins or a heatsink that is fastened to tight.

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Hey everyone. I recently bought a MSI P67A-C43 using a Intel i5 2500K and everything has been working great until recently. I realized it has a post beep every time you turn it on, which is the short beeps followed by a 5th beep and everything starts running after that. Well for some reason recently my computer turns on and the post beeps go 4 times and then it takes a good 3 minutes or more for the 5th beep to go through and everything starts up. I'm not sure what is going on with it and I'm hoping that the mother board doesn't have an issue.
The System has in it:
- MSI P67A-C43 (B3) Mainboard
- Intel Core i5-2500K
- COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus HSF
- XFX Black Edition P1-750B-CAG9 750W ATX12V v2.2 / ESP12V v2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS SILVER PSU
- ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner
- Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" HDD
- AZZA Solano 1000 Black/Black Japanese SECC Steel/Metal mesh in front ATX Full Tower
- EVGA GeForce GTX 560 Ti FPB 1024 MB GDDR5 PCI-Express 2.0 Graphics Card
- Turtle Beach Montego DDL 7.1 Sound card
Any idea what could be wrong?

I'm not sure what it is, I could deal with it but I'm afraid one of these times I will go turn the computer on and it won't start up windows at all.
Anyone have any advice on what might be going on?

MSI P67a-c43 rev B3 temperature problem?

Hi, I've had my MSI P67a-c43 rev b3 since the spring of '11 and I've been very happy with it, haven't had any real problems with it at all actually.
Recently, I did however install a program to monitor the heat of my parts after a odd bluescreen, and I was frightened about what I found.
These temperatures were read after a intense gaming session (full load I guess)
SpeedFan: Temp2: 172 celsius
CPUID HWMonitor: TMPIN1: 127 celsius
None of the other temperatures are hotter than 40-50 celsius
After some googling around I found other users with the same MoBo having this issue, and it seems that the chipset which is located near the PCI-E port gets covered by the graphics card and either gets extremely hot or has a faulty temperature sensor.
As I said I've been using this rig since spring '11 and I haven't had any problems, I have only checked the temperatures the last few days however, so it's either been this hot for every day for almost two years or something bad has happened recently.
Wouldn't my MoBo have melted if a metal piece on it was over 100 degrees celsius, or atleast showed some issues?
Setup:
MSI P67a-c43 rev b3
Intel i5-2500k 3,3 GHz
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 460 1GB OC
Corsair Vengeance 2x4096 1600 MHz CL9
Win7 64-bit
I haven't overclocked or otherwise tampered with anything but installed these RAM's since I originally bought it.
So is there a heat problem or is there a malfunctioning sensor?

Try taking the door off and pointing a fan at the mainboard and see if the temp changes.

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