P55m GD45 PCIe Question

I have a P55m GD45 board with a Cooler Master V6 cooler cooling a i7 870 (oc 3.7ghz)
It covers the the top PCIe slot so I have my Ati 6870 in the second PCIe slot.
Does it matter if i have the gfx card in the second PCIe slot?
Reason is that im not getting the kind of performance I sort of expected in games.
I have to run games at medium to high. Bad company2 nets about 55 fps with every thing on high no vsync.
BF3 beta with 11.9 drivers every thing on medium nets about 30 to 60 fps no vsync low AA.
So trying to figure out if I should get a new motherboard or upgrade to a GTX 580.

Ok so with a bit of messing about I managed to squeeze the gfx card into the top slot, wow is all i can say.
PC is running like a monster now.

Similar Messages

P55M-GD45: VCore cannot be decreased

Having this strange issue: vcore can only be increased.
Also strangely when increasing, the next value after "auto" is not the vcore but just the increment amount itself, eg. 0,006 -> 0,012 ...
So for example under default settings (FSB 133), CPU Specifications says vcore is 1.224V. Then moving down to vcore setting and looking to the right, there is a list with actual, min and max vcore and it says 0.000, 0.000 and the normal value for max respectively. And as mentioned, no way to lower the vcore value.
At higher FSB, vcore is raised automatically and again no chance to lower it by myself.
All other voltages are adjustable and shown (on the right side) correctly.
Any suggestions!? - driving me crazy!
Thank you!
P55M-GD45 Bios 1.4

My i7 rig is with a socket 1156 board, an Asus P7P55D mobo, and an 860 CPU. I know the Corsair DDR3 memory @ its stock 1.65v simply doesn't run at 1600mhz like it says on its box - 1333mhz seems to be its stability wall.
I upgraded my Q6600 and Asus P5B deluxe rig because so many people said to never consider overclocking on an editing rig. Was that over-cautious advice?

P55M GD45 experience; only 1.1 bios works, forum usb key boot didn't work, Win 7

My experience. Got board w/ 1.1 BIOS installed, installed Win 7 64-bit. Used LiveUpdate to flash BIOS to 1.5.
Then box froze at "Starting Windows" screen. However it would boot ok to Safe Mode, and also Safe Mode with Networking. It wouldn't boot to Knoppix, Ubuntu LiveCD, ... (In Windows 7, I spent hours trying stuff, did boot logging, turned off startup services, piles of stuff, but didn't seem to be getting anywhere...)
Tried using the Forum USB Key boot for BIOS flashing. Couldn't get it to boot, just got black blank screen with cursor. (Could this be because board doesn't support 98/ME?)
Finally figured out the M-Flash option, and tried 1.4, which gave same results as 1.5. Then went back to 1.1 and that got my Win 7 booting again ok. Then tried 1.2 and that gave same result as 1.4/1.5 (screen freezing), so went back to 1.1.
Later tested out HP USB key booter and that worked for me, though I didn't end up using it for anything, since I went with the M-Flash.
I was hoping that this new board would help me have better eSATA (hot-swappable/recognizable), than my previous setup but it's actually worse. With my old setup, I could plug in an eSATA drive, then Add Hardware, and the drive would be recognized by Win (XP). With this new setup, eSATA drives only get recognized if I have them connected and on before I boot up my box. Not good. Also, the BIOS has a tendency to prioritize the eSATA's before the regular SATA's in boot order, which seems weird.
Anyone else have any experiences like this? Any suggestions on moving towards a BIOS upgrade and more eSATA functionality (ideally without spending another 12 hours on it )
Thanks for reading and in advance for any suggestions!!
MSI P55M GD45
i5-750
2x2gb g.skills ddr3
64GB SSD (Crucial)

I have exactly the same problem and a reinstallation won't solve anything !
You will even not be able to finalize the installation !
Freeze in Windows Seven after several minutes even after having cleared CMOS + loads of optimal mode or fail safe mode...
Here is my computer:
-MSI P55M-GD45
-Intel CoreI5 750
-Noctua NH-D14---> CPU @ 28°
-2 X 1Go Crucial Balistix DDR3
-2 X SAMSUNG SPINPOINT T166 - 500GO SATA II 7200TRS/MN 16MO (HD501LJ)
-2 X Seagate 1.5 To 32 Mo 7200 tpm
-2600XT fanless gigabyte
-Corsair 520VX or HX I forgot it
No problem with the last bios 1.1.
!!!!! Totaly unstable with the last bios 1.5 !!!
I read your solution about reinstalling the OS after a bios update (that's the first
time that I read it and I owned something as 15 motherboards in the last 10 years...but
you have 20k post so I think that you know what you write...)
So I tried to REINSTALL after "upgrade" of the firmware 1.5 of the MSI P55M-GD45.
I did it with a USB KEY....not [email protected] with defaults values !
The only thing to do is downgrade the bios in 1.1 and now no problem @ 3.8 GHz !!!
WHY IS THIS BIOS SO unstable ?
What will MSI do ?
I have never had a so unstable motherboard after a bios upgrade !

OCing won't work - P55M-GD45

Hey, got my new P55M-GD45. Has a bunch of OCing features and has gotten many good reviews. Most every review I have read about it has mentioned that the board overclocked extremely easily and was very stable.
All I want is a very slight to modest OC. The first thing I want to do is at least get my DDR3 1600 to run @ 1600 speed. I know JDEC specs DDR3 up to 1333 and that you have to manually set it for most motherboards. So I try to do it the simple way and try setting the XMP profile. It shows the adjusted speed at 1600 and then I reboot. Doesn't work, have to clear CMOS to get anywhere again.
I have read of people using the EXACT same RAM as me and the EXACT same motherboard and they were able to set the XMP to "enable" and it automatically ran their RAM @ 1600 speed. The stock voltage is 1.5v and it's rated to run 1600 at 1.5v. Everything I read, people are running these stable at 1.5v at the rated 1600 speed.
I have tried messing with the Base Clock. I upped it to 160 (from 133) to have them run @ 1600 (I lowered the CPU multiplier so the CPU would still run at the stock speed of 2.9GHz). Doesn't work. Have to clear CMOS to get back to working condition.
I have disabled "Spread Spectrum" and the "Overdrive Protection" options in the BIOS because it says to in the manual if you plan on OCing. I have also done it with them on.
I don't get why this motherboard won't hold VERY slight and simple overclocks. Overclocks that aren't even really overclocks, just bringing up some RAM to run at the speed it is built to run at, and has run at for many other people on this board.
I am using BIOS v1.5 and Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit. I have read in a few places that BIOS v1.5 doesn't work well with OCing. But when I try to run BIOS v1.4, it won't boot with both sticks of RAM. It will boot with each stick separately so I know it's not the sticks (They both also passed hours of memtest). Would really like to use 1.4 and see if that let's me OC. Would be even better to get XMP to work with 1.5 though.
Thanks in advance if anyone has any tips. My build is in my signature.

Quote from: Jack t.N. on 12-February-10, 04:51:44
I doubt that. What is the the model number of your memory?
1. The memory controller is inside the processor, not part of the board and according to Intel Specifications, it support up to DDR3-1333 memory modules only.
2. The Chips used on your modules are built according to JEDEC Specifications but the ratings G.Skill advertises are most probably not.
So basically you are overclocking both the memory controller/bus and the memory chips. And that causes problems in many cases.
Here is a link to my memory on Newegg --> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231277
Going through the reviews, people mention the P55M-GD45 a few times and mention how easy it was to just set the XMP profile to enable for it to work as advertised. Now most of those people have an i5, I'm pretty sure I have seen this work in an i3 system though too. I have even seen people run this RAM at 1700+ with very minor volt increases. But for my purposes, 1.5v @ 1600 is very very possible with these and this board.
Of course, anything over 1333 is technically an overclock. But it's an extremely common and safe one that any board that supports minor OCing should accept with ease.
Quote
Anyway, can you post a screenshot of the CPU-Z "SPD" view and the "Memory" view?
The reason my RAM is running @ 642.5 MHz is because I tried OCing the Base Clock one after disabling "C-State" in the BIOS, since I read that helps with OCing somewhere, especially since the memory controller is on the CPU itself. Here's a pic of that...
It shows my Base Clock at 160, and that should have put my RAM to 1600 but it didn't. It's running my CPU OC'd to 3.2 from 2.9 though and every thing is smooth so far. Going to try XMP with the C-State turned off now.

P55M-GD45 Memory Help

I5 750 (stock Cooler)
Gskill DDR3 1600 F3-12800CL7D-4GBRH
P55M-GD45 (latest BIOS)
I noticed after enabling XMP in the BIOS so the memory will run at 7-7-7-24 that the CPU frequency went from 133 to 160 I guess to get 1600 for the memory. I turned the Multiplier down to 17 to get 160X17=2.72ghz for the CPU. When it posted I noticed it said 160X17 2.72Ghz then a couple of lines down it said somethng like "OS SYSTEM 3.2Ghz".
I ran a few tests and found that with XMP enabled (CPU-Z) I was getting 3.8Ghz on a single core at 100% and 3.2Ghz whan all 4 cores were at 100%. I would get up to 80C and the VCore would hit 1.314.
With XMP turned off bois set to 133X20=2.66 CPU=Z says 133X21=2.72(four cores at 100% 63C and 1.232 Vcore) and 133X24=3.2(single core 100%)
Why does the system seem to ignore the multiplier with XMP enabled?
Can I change settings in the BIOS so the CPU runs closer to 2.66-2.8 with four cores at 100% and the memory timing at 7-7-7-24?

Quote from: Jack t.N. on 04-November-09, 07:19:32
You cannot overclock individual threads, as these are pretty much virtual entities, not physical cores.
I meant to say, I wish turbo boost could be adjusted so the freq/multiplier would run at 3.8 on a single thread and 4
threads would run 2.8.
I tried several different combinations of XMP and Turbo on and off. In the end I decided XMP off and Turbo on will work best most
of the time. I think I could have saved $30 and just bought DDR3-1333 memory.
At Idle system 32C 60watts.
XMP off/Turbo off (133X20=2.66)
4 cores 100% 61C
1 core 100% 49C
XMP on/Turbo off (160X20=3.2)
4 cores 100% 71C
1 Core 100% 58C
XMP on/Turbo on
160X21=3.37 4 cores 100% 80C 1.352V/183watts(total system)
160X24=3.84 1 core 100% 66C 1.384V/108watts
XMP off/Turbo on
133X21=2.8 4 cores 100% 63C 1.232v/133watts
133X24-3.2 1 core 100% 52C 1.256v/88watts

P55m-GD45 with G.Skill issues

Hi everybody !
I'm looking for help, because I'm actually using a MSI P55M-GD45 motherboad with G.Skill memory. Unfortunately, operating systems I'm trying to run are sometimes unstable. To be more precise, the first boot is frenquently unstable... some various issues may occur... like weird graphical artefacts or crashing applications. OS is sometimes crashing too.
Memory stress tests had not revealed anything wrong, but I'm still thinking of a RAM related problem.
Bios is set to autoconfiguration, since I'm not able to make choices about ram without being sure there are harmless for hardware. I really don't want to brick anything.
Here are screenshots of CPU-Z results concerning my PC : if anyone could be kind enough to help me, I'll be sooooo grateful !
thanx.
blk.

Here are my system specifications. I'm trying to be as precise as possible. If you need more information, please, ask.
Hard drive : Samsung Spinpoint F3 S-ATA - 1000 Gb - 32 Mo (HD103SJ ATA Device)
All ATA devices configured to AHCI mode in bios.
DVD Burner : Sony Optiarc AD-7240S - OEM
Graphic Card : Club 3D GeForce GT 240 1 Gb Noiseless Edition (fanless) ( http://www.club3d.nl/products/pdfs/CGNX-HG2424I.pdf )
CPU : Intel® Core™ i5 760 @ 2.80Ghz
Motherboard : MSI P55M-GD45 - bios V1.7 063010
Cooling device : Zalman CNPS9500 AT
RAM : G.Skill Kit Extreme3 2 x 2 Go PC10600 Ripjaws CAS 7
Power Unit : Antec TruePower New - 550W
Case : Xigmatek Midgard
OS : Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bits.
I hope this can help you to see what could be wrong with this machine.
thanx a lot.
blk.

P55M-GD45 RAM troubles

specs: Intel Core i5 650@ 3.2 GHz
MSI P55M-GD45 BIOS v1.6
4 GB 2x2 DDR3 Dual channel
NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
Whenever i try to use my second stick of RAM the system crashes after about 10-15 min. no idea whats wrong...

What RAM is it? What speed, timings and voltage are currently set? Please post screens shots of the memory and SPD tabs from >>CPU-Z<<.
What power supply do you have too?

P55M-GD45 Memory BIOS Settings Help

I5 750 (stock Cooler)
Gskill DDR3 1600 F3-12800CL7D-4GBRH
P55M-GD45 (latest BIOS)
I noticed after enabling XMP in the BIOS so the memory will run at 7-7-7-24 that the CPU frequency went from 133 to 160 I guess to get 1600 for the memory. I turned the Multiplier down to 17 to get 160X17=2.72ghz for the CPU. When it posted I noticed it said 160X17 2.72Ghz then a couple of lines down it said somethng like "OS SYSTEM 3.2Ghz".
I ran a few tests and found that with XMP enabled (CPU-Z) I was getting 3.8Ghz on a single core at 100% and 3.2Ghz whan all 4 cores were at 100%. I would get up to 80C and the VCore would hit 1.314.
With XMP turned off bois set to 133X20=2.66 CPU=Z says 133X21=2.72(four cores at 100% 63C and 1.232 Vcore) and 133X24=3.2(single core 100%)
Why does the system seem to ignore the multiplier with XMP enabled?
Can I change settings in the BIOS so the CPU runs closer to 2.66-2.8 with four cores at 100% and the memory timing at 7-7-7-24?

The I5 chip doesn't have the same memory multiplier as I7, so when you enable XMP for a 1600 profile the BIOS crank up the CPU multiplier to 160 and overclock the CPU heavily - that's the only way the BIOS can get the I5 to due the job!
There are several ways to get around this, and I have tried to get time to make a tutor about this. For now, just leave the multiplier at 17, or disable turbo mode and set it to 19 or 20, and you are on.
And - disable the OC in the BIOS, as it really can screw everything up.

GD45-8D - Question before bios flash

Hey,
Got a problem where my computer is more slow than it is supposed to be in heavy instances (3D applications) so need to try updating my bios.
I know how but i currently have 7760vA7 Bios installed but latest is 7760vC2 and says in the BIOS update SOP-documentation "Updating System BIOS version with Intel ME 7 to BIOS version with Intel ME 8"..
First it is C instead of A in the update name, does it matter? However the real question would be, is my board compatible with this update? (also regarding intel ME.. not sure if i have it or not and if that might be a problem too)
Better be safe than sorry and ask first.
Link to the drivers: http://www.msi.com/product/mb/X79A-GD45--8D-.html#/?div=BIOS
Specs.
MSI X79A-GD45 8D
intel Core i7 3930K 3.2GHz
Corsair 32GB (4x8192MB) 1600Mhz
Corsair SSD Force 3 Series
Noctua NH-D14 SE2011
Corsair AX 750W 80+ Gold Modular
GTX680 4gb

Been like this since i built the computer about six months ago but it is only something i noticed when using 3D application software or alternatively games i suppose too (havn't tested it too much with games though).
Same result with ATI HD7970 card so don't think it's the graphic card itself but perhaps the new bios (if compatible) could maybe work due to the pci-e performance fix but could be something else too i suppose.
The reason i know it is more slow than it is supposed to be is i have tried scenes on more or less the same sort of a computer (same kind of i7, 32gb ram, same type of graphic card GTX680 but completely different motherboard though)

Z77a-gd65 and evga 660ti pci question

Hey folks,
I have been updating/rebuilding a system and have gone with a z77a-gd65 MB with the evga 660ti graphics card. My question is that when booting on the initial splash screen I can see that the system is using PCI 2.0 instead of PCI 3.0, is there something in the BIOS that I missed?
What are the main benefits of PCI3.0 over PCI2.0.
Rgds

Flash the bios with the attached archive. (Full release version A70 + ME flash)
>>Use the MSI HQ Forum USB flasher<<
Use option 1 and point it at the compressed archive and it will prepare the usb stick for flashing.
When complete, do a full cmos clear, then install the most recent ME 8 Drivers:
http://www.msi.com/product/mb/Z77A-GD65.html#/?div=Driver&os=Win7%2064

Emu 1616M PCI question(take a look,pls)

Hi
I live in Turkey.I want to buy emu 1616M PCI sound card but,it's not available in Turkey.I want to order it from the USA.Do you know any sites ship internationally?
Thanks

Maybe not from USA but directly from E-MU - http://www.emu.com/shop/wtb/welcome.asp
jutapa
Message Edited by jutapa on 11-25-200604:03 PM

P45 Platinum PCIE Question?

Does it matter which pcie slot the HIS ati 4850 video card is in?
Card is too long to go in PCIE 1.
Will PCIE 4 do 16x?
Thanks..
cj

Thanks for the reply..

X79A-GD45 (8D) - question

hello,
is there any way to allow hardware virtualization on the x79a-gd45 (8d) board ?
sorry my english,
thanks for reply
Marian

UEFI > Overclocking > CPU Features > Intel Virtualization Tech > must be [Enabled]
If you want Intel VT-D its the same way to enable it.

PCIe question?

I've got 2 hd-3870 in my MSI-ka9 platinum if I add a PCIe 8x hardware raid controller to another PCIe slot will it bump my Video card bandwidth down from a (16x + 16x) to a (16x + 8x) + 8x raid controller?????

Huh?
The K9A Platinum doesn't have that many slots
You must have some other board.

6088gt pci questions

Hi All!
I've just bought me a new MSI 6800GT PCI-E 256MB
I've seen on this forum people talking about inpropper pipelines on it, so how do i know if i got the right one?
And in 3dMark 05 i get about 4800-4900 pionts, to me thats sound a bit low...?
My comp is totally new 3800+ venice and k8n diamond and so on

Hi
Thanks for the quick answer! and sorry for my bad spelling
Where exactly in RivaTuner do i find these values?

P55m GD45 PCIe Question

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for