OverClocking Center, no gui opens (Win7, 870A-G54)

Dear all,
this is my first post in this forum. I have a fresh install of win 7 64 bit on msi 860A-G54, and I downloaded the latest OverClocking center.
It installs fine but when I run it it does not open any window.
Should it not? It is running however (visible in task manager) and if I try to start it again I get a message that is is already running.
Does this ring a bell? Anything I could try, or more info I could give?
I heard other startup-programs could cause problems, but I'm not sure how to investigate.
cheers, ddoobb
more details, 6 core amd. And radeon 6950_DCII-2DI4S-2GD5 with all the drivers and software running.

>>Posting Guide<<
click on your Start menu, in the search field right at the bottom type in: Config sys
The pop up will have a selectable item called "System Configuration", probably the first one at the top. Click on that to open the System Configuration dialog.
Click on the TAB "Startup" and you will see all your startup programs. You can select or deselect whatever you want, but be careful as some may halt your system on start up if they don't start. Only you know what you have loaded on your system and what was selected as auto start.
As far as OverClocking Centre; my advice, forget it, delete it, remove it. Use your BIOS, as Windows based utilities to achieve this without inherent problems, still have to be developed. Sorry if that disappoints you, but thats my honest opinion.

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Processor   AMD    Phenom II X2 560 BE
Video Card   Galaxy     9500 GT     PCIe 2.0 - 512MB DDR3
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Does 870a-G54 NON FX Motherboard now support Vishera CPU's after bios flash?

I have the non fx version of the 870a-g54, I have the latest bios flashed on my motherboard right now and in the description of the bios update it reads "- Update AGESA code for Vishera CPU"
So is this support for FX cpus now ?
Is the 870a-g54 FX board the same as the mainboard non fx with just support for FX out of the box?
I'm confused, I would really love to upgrade my CPU, I know my motherboard has weak power phasing so I won't be overclocking at all if I did upgrade.
THoughts?

Quote from: XFM on 16-February-13, 04:59:38
OK, here's a list from MSI I found that support Vishera, if anyone can prove otherwise then go by this list. There is no sense going back and forth without definite proof, as far as I'm concerned the proof is this list.
List of models that support the new AMD FX “Vishera” CPU
Chipset    Model    BIOS
AMD 900
990FXA-GD80    E7640AMS.BD0
990FXA-GD65    E7640AMS.J90
990XA-GD55    E7640AMS.M50
970A-G46    E7693AMS.1A0
970A-G45    E7693AMS.1A0
AMD 800
890FXA-GD70    Ready
890FXA-GD65    Ready
880GMA-E41 (FX)    Ready
880GMA-E35 (FX)    Ready
870A-G54 (FX)    Ready
870-C45 (FX) V2    Ready
AMD 700
760GA-P43 (FX)    Ready
760GM-P43 (FX)    Ready
760GM-P23 (FX)    Ready
760GM-P21(FX)    Ready
760GM-E51 (FX)    Ready
http://emm.msi.com/display.php?List=75&N=2209
Right there -> 890FXA-GD65 ,white socket , has FX support.So white or black it simply has to be tested and stated to work.
It was stated to work with FX 5 months before the CPU release.And this is just one example
Anyway i would say FX CPU-s SHOULD be used with boards released last year ,just to be safe it doesn t blows up when the CPU reaches some Turbo State.
FX series needs proper VRM stages.

870A-G54 Problems

Ok so i mounted the board, connected everything started running from the cd etc.. the cd drive and winki operating screen worked just fine for a while.
I went out and purchased a new hard drive and windows 7 because i couldn't validate my old version of xp. so the time comes to install windows, i boot up the system, open the cd drive and then i have second thoughts about which disc i needed to use 32b or 64b, so i go look it up for a few minutes on a laptop in another room. Finally when i come back the disc drive has closed itself and wont open again, the screen said to insert disc and then restart to load from cd drive. i power off, turn it back on and my disc drive wont power on and i cant get any visuals.
I dont think it can be my drive or my psu because when i disconnect my cd drive from the MB it turns on just fine, but when i connect them it just shuts down.
Any help you can give would be MUCH appreciated!
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CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 Power Supply
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Ram issue 870A-G54

After flashing latest bios for AM3+ system see only 2gb ram but I have installed 2x2 Mushkin silverline.CPu-Z shows me two stick ram and their timings but bios and win7 see only 2gb.What is the problem any idea?In previus bios everything was fine.
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Quote from: hakunamatata on 04-July-11, 02:45:46
I checked from the MSI usb tool bootable software report in a notepad..
I'm using Corsair gaming series ddr3 1333mhz ram and when i use CPUID it shows 667mhz (max bandwidth) at SPD now. Is it normal?
Quote from: hakunamatata on 04-July-11, 02:45:46
I checked from the MSI usb tool bootable software report in a notepad..
This is after the flash or? Can you paste all info from report?
Quote from: hakunamatata on 04-July-11, 02:45:46
I'm using Corsair gaming series ddr3 1333mhz ram and when i use CPUID it shows 667mhz (max bandwidth) at SPD now. Is it normal?
Yes its normal, 667MHz mean DDR1333 its double date rate

NF980-G65-THE TEMP PF CHIPSET IS VERY HIGH?OVERCLOCK CENTER?HYBRID POWER?

HELLO TO EVERYONE
I HAVE RECENTLY HAVE BUILD A SLI-GEFORCE-NF980 BASED SYSTEM. MY BOARD CAME NEAR HALF THE WORLD . I LIVE IN IRAN AND I PURCHASE IT FROM AMERICA .IT WORKED VERY WELL IN FIRST RUN .AND SLI WORKED BY A CLICK (I STRONGLY RECOMEND USE SLI WITH NVIDIA CHIPSET BASED MOBOS).ALSO THERE ARE SOME ISSUE . A SATA CABLE DIDN,T WORKED AND WITH A CABLE CHANGE EVERY THING WAS OK. IN THE OTHER HAND THE SYSTEM IS NOT QUITE AS I THOUGHT.( ATHLON II 635-2.9 GH-2 9800GT ONE OF THEM IS PASSIVE COOLED( GIGABYTE) OTHER HAS A SMALL FAN( ZOTAC SYNERGY)
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I HOPE OTHER REVISIONS ARE MORE POWERFULL.
5- I WANT USE A HEAVY AFTERMARKET AIR COOLER( WITH WEIGHT ABOUT 800 gr) . IS THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES ALLOW TO DO THAT WITHOUT ANY DAMAGE?
THANKS FOR ANSWER

Give the guy a break. I read the damn thing and it wasn't that bad. He probably had to run it trough a translator program.
100c is a false reading according to a Sr. mod for this board. Ignore that temp sensor.
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=133425.0
Turn off AMD cool n quiet if its bothering you, Get a monitored CPU fan and use the target temp feature that throttles your CPU fan when it is not under load. My system is silent at idle / web surfing and loud as an airplane when I am gaming. Not a bad trade off because I am overclocked quite a bit. I set the temp target to the lowest and then set the fan throttle to 50%. If your CPU fan is still variable when Idle check your CPU fan install, you may need that heavy cooler. I think that you will get a new metal cooler bracket with the new cooler, mine came with one. The board is very strong and should be able to handle the 400gr.
Hybrid SLI is a waste for you if you have a 9800GT. The Hybrid SLI will drop your performance DOWN to the 8300 on board video. Additionally the Hybrid power is overrated IMO. I totally disabled my onboard video and have 2 9800gtx's running in SLI. Win7/Vista gives you the benefit of using two monitors and using SLI at the same time as well as directX11. Other than that your not missing anything. Hybrid SLI is really meant for people that can only afford another 8300 GPU.
The power of the 9800GT is so much better it makes using the 8300 onboard useless as a physicsX proc also. Take my advise and forget about the onboard GPU unless you destroy your 9800s.
I agree, the MSI and the NVIDIA OC tools SUCK for this board. I blame NVIDIA however, its their chipset. The best thing to do is to just use the BIOS. Speedfan is a good tool for fan manipulation, but I have yet to find a good OC tool for windows. The BIOS profile storage is a good tool. Save your basic settings and then tweak and save those profiles, its a great help. I wouldn't expect a windows based OC tool to be released either. This board is kind of a white rhino. Like you said Asus has 1 MSI has 1. I do think it is a great MB though!
Good Luck!

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2.next i have problems with memory i have corsair xms3 2x2gb [email protected] at old bios(AH0) my memory just did'nt want to work on 1.6k in dual channel and 1,2 slot i tried even to use default voltages tested by corsair (1.65V i had to use 1.66) result it dont work. after putting them into 3,4 slot it works even on 1.5V not 1.65V then i used to have them on 3,4 slot do u think that 1,2 slot is damaged ?.
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I though that msi making solid motherboards as u can see i have many problems with this mobo.
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Memory Corsair xms3 2x2gb cl9 1.6kMHz
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The board is a used freebie, condition unknown due to the giver not having an AM3 CPU to test it.
I have no other AM3 CPU or any other DDR3 RAM to try. Is there any way to make it load the latest BIOS off a USB stick? Or am I going to have to dig up some old single core Sempron just to flash the latest BIOS? I've run into this problem many times over the years, pretty much since the first PC boards with flash BIOS.
Or could it be that a 330W supply just isn't enough, even with a piddly little low profile nVidia GT520?
Would be nice to know if the board's just defekt or if it's something fixable. In some searching on this, I've found this same instant FF issue with this exact model MSI board quite a lot.
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Quote from: badboy2k on 13-March-14, 22:55:48
1: what is the boards serial number (leave off the last 3 digits)? (should be on the rear of the board so I can give you an idea of what BIOS version it has)
Only number is by the CPU socket, B316023***
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2: what 330W PSU? (if its a split +12v Rail unit then that could very well be the problem as it will be anaemic to say the least and barely passable)
Ultra ULT-350P label says (+5V 25A +3.3V 18A 150W), (+12V 18A 216W), (-5V 0.6A 7.2W), (-12V 0.6A 7.2W), (+5VSB 2A 10W)
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3: also was the 8pin EPS CPU power Header plugged in?
4 pin plus the other 4 pins connected to two separate drive power wire bundles with a dual molex adapter.
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4: what sticks are those DDR3 units eg: 4x4GB??? and what speed are they rated at?
Patriot PS000562 4GB PC3-10600 1333Mhz. Hmmm, the label lies! Fine print says (2X2GB)Kit. 8 gig will be enough. Got them in an online auction lot from a computer tech school that closed. They're from 2 different batches, T-0009264 and T-0009267. Solder mask is a slightly different shade of green and the PCB material is different color too. Trace layout and chips are the same.
I have an Antec "earthpower" 500W supply ordered. It has an 8 pin connector.

870A-G54 RAM R/W test failed

Hello
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Quote from: Bas on 20-November-10, 22:20:19
Nope.
http://www.amd.com/us/products/desktop/processors/athlon-ii-x2/Pages/AMD-athlon-ii-x2-processor-model-numbers-feature-comparison.aspx
Only X3 and X4 do.
He has an X4 so he's fine
However it's XMS memory; we have seen many more troubles with that.
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He has an X4 so he's fine
Yes, i was talking about his CPU as well.
I miss read Athlon II with Athlon X2
So yes,
Athlon II X2 = 1066
Athlon II X3 = 1333
Athlon II X4 = 1333

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Do Not use the BIOS/UEFI integrated M-Flash Routine.

870A-G54 - Cool'n Quiet not working

Hi folks,
I've just got an 870A-G54 ( http://eu.msi.com/index.php?func=proddesc&maincat_no=1&prod_no=2057 ) and have a Athlon II x3 450 in there. I've tried to get Cool'n Quiet working but it's simply not throttling the CPU. Both AMD Overdrive and windows system-panel show the speed to be 3.2Ghz on all three cores despite the PC idling.
- The power-management is set to minimal.
- Cool'n Quiet is "enabled" in the Bios - also tried "auto" to no avail.
- I've installed the drivers from the website. Whenever I try to install them again I get a message saying they're "already installed". I can't seem to find a way to uninstall them (nothing in add/remove panel). I've even uninstalled all my other AMD processor drivers/utilities (i.e. Overdrive), but it /still/ says I have the drivers installed.
Using Windows XP SP3 32 bit.
Note: I have not, overclocked, nor do I intend to.
Any suggestions on how to remove the driver and re-install it? Or, what else may be wrong?
Thanks.

Ok, fresh install of XP SP3 on a separate partition. Absolutely nothing changed from the base install (apart from the mouse-buttons swapped). I try and install the Cooln'Quiet drivers from the MSI website (bottom of - http://eu.msi.com/index.php?func=downloaddetail&type=driver&maincat_no=1&prod_no=2057 ).
When I try and install it, it gives an error saying:
"The machine does not have a supported AMD Athlon 64 Processor".
This happened with this partition of XP too, but I couldn't replicate it so thought maybe it was my memory or I was going crazy. CPU is still reporting 3.2Ghz.
The download page states: "• AMD Athlon™ 64/Sempron™/Turion™ 64/Opteron™ systems". My processor is an "Athlon II". Looking at the date and the version number, the drivers are very out-dated. The other version I aquired from who-knows-where is XP 1.3.2 for XP and almost a year later. The MSI page has 1.2.2.0. The Athlon II's date from 2009 onwards according to wikipedia.
So where do I get current Cooln'Quiet drivers?
Also, as mentioned I've tried both "Optimized" defaults and "fail-safe" defaults in the BIOS with CoolnQuiet enabled. No change.

MSI 870a-G54 Hard drive problem.

About a week ago i reinstalled Windows because it started to slow down (virusses and what not) And as soon as i reinstalled everything (programs games etc etc) One of my harddrives used for games did not show up at the bios and at My computer.
So this entire week i've been trying to get it to work again and i've narrowed down the problem today to the BIOS and/or motherboard not giving the power to the HDD in order for it to start and be recognized in BIOS and Windows.
What ive done to come to this conclusion:
- Reinstalled Windows twice,
- Replaced CMOS Battery,
- Flashed the BIOS to every BIOS setting the MSI website had to offer. None worked for the HDD to get powered up again.
- Moved CMOS jumper,
- Changed SATA and powercables on harddrive,
- Tried the HDD on another test PC i had and reformatted it there as well,
- Only hooked up the not working HDD to the PC, (HDD did not spin up, and came to the conclusion at this point that motherboard or BIOS is the culprit)
- Unplugged the powercable to the not working HDD and plugged it back in when the PC was running and i could feel it spinning up, after this i restarted the PC so that the HDD would still get power and it was recognized by the BIOS and Windows and i could use it. As soon as i shut down the PC entirely and restarted it the HDD would not spin up. And i had to unplug power to the HDD and plug it in again and restart PC for it to work properly.
- Checked for bad sectors nothing found,
Everything else is working perfectly. Except that one HDD not getting the power when booting up the PC.
The HDD in question is the "Samsung HD502HJ 500gig" used for Steam games.
PC Specs:
CPU: AMD Phenom II x4 955 Black edition. Put on a new CPU cooler last summer (Cooler master Hyper 212 Plus)
Mobo: MSI 870a-G54
PSU: Antec EarthWatts EA650 (650 Watts)
Graphics card: Powercolor PCS+ HD5870 Put on a custom cooler last summer (Arctic Cooling Accelero Xtreme 5870)
RAM: Kingston ValueRam 1333Mhz DDR3 (8gigs 4x 2gig) Bought 4 gigs extra last summer
HDD1: Seagate ST3160812 AS 160gig used for Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit (Works perfectly)
HDD2: Samsung HD204UI 2TB used for Storage / Other games than i have on Steam. (works perfectly) Bought last summer with the cooling/system upgrade
HDD3: Samsung HD502HJ 500gig used for Steam games. (Does not work anymore after reinstal) Bought 2 years ago along with the rest of the PC
I am completely at a loss here as to what the problem is. I do not have the funds to buy a new piece of hardware at this time (i think the entire week of struggle would back that up for me lol...). And ive basically tried everything what i know and what i've found through Google and friends. Might have been better going straight to MSI forum and post my problem here but narrowing it down to this not only helps me but the person that is going to post below in this thread as well lol.
Thanks in advance and i hope to hear from anyone soon.

Quote from: Bas on 09-March-12, 19:16:21
Try drive in different PC, as it looks like it died.
HDD's always spinup as soon as power is applied, ergo I think the drive died.
Ive tried it already in 2 different PC's and i have to apologize here for not mentioning that earlier in the topic.
The drive spins up perfectly in both of those PC's and ive checked for bad sectors on both of those PC's as well and it showed that the drive was 100% healthy on both PC's
The drive was working perfectly fine before the reinstallation of windows. Thats why i dont think the drive has died. Because it would be weird that the drive just suddenly gave up right when im reinstalling windows..
It also doesnt add up when i plug the powercable back into the drive while the PC is running and it spins up then and works perfectly until PC is shut down. Thats why i had it narrowed down to the BIOS and/or Motherboard being the culprit.
My best guess is that its software related because the PC does boot up so its not a hardware problem.
P.S.
A friend of mine said that it could be a powersaving issue. But ive looked into the BIOS and i could not find anything about it.

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