P67A-GD65 B3 HDD Priority queries

Hi,
Just checking if it is normal for the HDD boot priority to be reset everytime I plug in a new drive? I've got an external USB HDD that I use for archival purposes and everytime I plug in the drive and do a reboot the first HDD connected to the Marvell controller will become the first drive. My primary boot drive is connected to the Intel SATA III 6Gbps port. This will occur again everytime I remove the same drive from my computer and plug it in again... which is pretty often
Regards,
Vincent

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Just checking if it is normal for the HDD boot priority to be reset everytime I plug in a new drive?
Yup! Best to connect the external after booted into OS. Then use 'Safely Remove Hardware' before shutting down & remove the device.

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P67A-GD65 B3 boot priority keeps changing with USB device plugged in

I just bought this board this week and updated to the latest ( 1.D0 ) bios and still having these issues. First issue is that when in bios, my mouse only moves up and down. Can't move it sideways. I have to use my keyboard to adjust settings. I have Logitech USB keyboard and mouse. Second major issue is that I have 4 drives in a Raid setup and 1 1tb drive for storage. The Raid drives are hooked up to the Intel controller and the 1tb drive is hooked up to the Marvel controller. Everytime I turn the pc on and off or do a reboot the bios keeps changing the hard drive priorities to having the 1tb drive 1st even though I had the Raid drive as being first. One thing I notice is that if I unplug my USB card reader it boots fine and doesn't change the drive priority. It would be a hassle if I have to unplug my card reader each time and plug it in when I use. Kinda defeats the purpose of a front panel card reader. BTw the reason I had to plug my front panel card reader into a passthrough USB is because the board only had one 2.0 USB header and that was already being used by my 2 front panel USB connectors which was also disappointing.

Ok, all testing complete. Installed a USB 3.0 external, & a WD 2TB HDD to the Marvell. Settings, Intel AHCI, Hot Plug enabled. All USB functions enabled. Marvell set for AHCI. Booted to Windows normally. Marvell HDD showed up at POST, but in Windows had to be activated & assigned a drive letter. Full shutdown. At fresh startup, all was normal in the boot sequence with the Intel OS HDD as the #1 Boot Option, & the Marvell HDD was listed in the BBS as available to assign it's boot order. Continued to Windows & did another full shutdown. This time on a fresh restart, the Boot Option Priority was still #1 the OS HDD, but, the BBS boot order was the Marvell HDD listed as first & the Intel OS HDD as the #2. This didn't really cause any problem to boot normally even though the HDD BBS sequence was out of order. Full shutdown. At this restart, the Marvell 'was' #1 in the Boot Option Priority & the Intel OS HDD didn't show in the BBS list. I went ahead & let it boot into Windows which it did without a hitch & then I shutdown right away. At this point I took the USB external out of the picture, & it had no affect one way or another as to the boot order. Full shutdown/fresh startup, but this time, set Marvell to IDE, changed Intel Hot Plug to all disabled, save & exit, next cycle, Marvell was #1 Boot Option Priority again. Set the Intel as #1 Boot Option Priority & also as #1 in the BBS, & at every shutdown & restart since, the Intel OS HDD has held as #1. I went back & changed the Marvell back to AHCI later, & it still held correctly as to what I had set in each fresh startups.
Summary? I believe the Marvell devices are being initiated first in the POST sequence. Disable of Hot Plug seemed to help. Since the Marvell has no way to disable Hot Plug, the HDD always shows up in the Sys Tray. My advice? Unless you have multiple ODD's, I would suggest to disable & not use the Marvell ports or controller at all, or use it for ODD's only. How your card reader fits in to all this, I have no way to test for that. Place the storage HDD in one of the Intel SATA III ports, leave the 4 HDD's in Raid in the 4 black SATA II ports, place the ODD if only one in the other Intel SATA III port. Bottom line; MSI Tech Support needs to be notified & involved with this. By your description, there is an obvious conflict with the card reader & how all the boot order is established. Although I did have the Marvell take over the boot order a couple of times, it never caused the OS to not load as normal or cause any problems while in Windows. http://support.msi.com/

P67a-gd65 new HDD, 2 old... only 1 old shows up?

Here's my computer:
haf 932
core-i5 2500k
corsair tx650
2 gtx460's SLI
asus dvd/burner
HDD's:
new = hitachi 1.5 TB (in white top sata)
old 1 = Maxtor 200gb (black sata)
old 2 = western digital 250gb (black sata)
old drive 2 does not show up after installing the new drive. What I did was formatted the western digital AND the hitachi during windows 7 install. The western digital was my main drive before so I figured I would start fresh with it and remove windows.
it's been a long time since I had so many drives... I have a feeling I made a mistake by formatting the drive, and that's why it no longer shows up. What do I do now to get it to show up?

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it's been a long time since I had so many drives... I have a feeling I made a mistake by formatting the drive, and that's why it no longer shows up. What do I do now to get it to show up?
Probably have to go to Start - Control Panel - Admin. Tools - Disk Management, & activate the drive & select a letter.

Random lock ups with MSI P67A-GD65 (B3). Please help!

Hello all,
I just built a new system with the following components:
MSI P67A-GD65 (B3)
Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz
EVGA 012-P3-1570-AR GeForce GTX 570
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
Thermaltake Black Widow W0319RU 850W ATX 12V PSU
Antec Lanboy air case
2X Western Digital VelociRaptor WD1500HLFS 150GB in RAID0 running Windows 7 Pro 64 bit
This was supposed to be my dream computer, but it has turned into a nightmare! It locks up constantly. Usually the mouse pointer will disappear and the computer will just freeze up. This normally seems to occur after the computer has been idle for a while. I have read that there might be compatibility issues with the MSI P67A-GD65 and the GTX 570 video cards. Can anyone confirm this? Any suggestions on how to troubleshoot this? The only thing event viewer is showing is the unexpected shutdown when I have to power cycle it. Thanks in advance!

Quote from: HU16E on 12-April-11, 11:26:00
That can happen, & it can really mess things up if two kits are attempted to be run together. The platform is DDR3 1333 as to native support by the CPU IMC. If the system can't run on 1333 RAM speed at CR 1, 9 9 9 24 @ 1.50v's, then something is wrong. No system should ever have to use an OC (or X.M.P.) as a workaround to make it work. That's why I recommended the Crucial 1333. Plug one stick in the blue primary dimm slot to get everything loaded & checked out, & go from there.
Exactly which SATA ports are you using for the HDD's & RAID? White Marvell or Intel SATA III, or the black SATA II?
Unfortunately, my local shop didn't have the Crucial, so I grabbed the Corsair instead. The Velociraptors are running from SATA 1 and 2 (the top white connectors). I also have 2X HITACHI Deskstar 2TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s running in RAID0 from SATA 3 and 4 for storage (this computer is intended for HD video editing, compositing in After Effects, etc.). Sorry I forgot to mention that in the original post!

Blank Screen and flashing cursor on new build-P67A GD65 (B3). Help needed.

As per the title, a computer was built for me with the following specs:
CPU: Intel Core i5 2500k
Cpu Cooler: Arctic Freezer xtreme Rev 2.0,
Motherboard: MSI P67A – GD65 (B3)
PSU: Super-Flower Amazon 550W
RAM: 4GB G.Skill RipJaws-X, DDR3, 1600
HDD: 1TB Samsung Spinpoint F3 7200rpm
Graphics Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 Xtreme - 1 GB GDDR5
Disc Drive: Samsung SH-223C DVD+RW
Case: Cooler Master 690 II LITE Midi-Tower
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate
Everything went ok with the build and installation of the OS. Computer was booting ok. When I took the computer home that evening, powered it on and a blank screen with a flashing cursor on top left hand corner appeared. Tried several times but failed to boot up properly. Just to note that I can enter into the BIOS and it recognizes HDD, processor, Disk Drive and RAM. What I have done so far (of course with advice from computer experts as compared to me) are the following:
1. I removed all the parts except cpu and cooler then put them back. When I restarted a message appeared that win7 need to do a repair. It went thro the process and then it stated it can’t do repair. Did this twice. When I restarted the third time, a blank screen with the blinking cursor appeared again.
2. Cleared the BIOS using the button on the outside of the motherboard and also once using the jumpers inside the motherboard. After doing this, I pressed on the “”ON” button several times (with no power on to the computer) to dissipate any current that was left there.
3. Interchanged the RAM on different slots. Also tried using only 1 stick of Ram at a time.
4. Checked the HDD on another machine and it was ok. Formatted the HDD on the other machine, plugged onto new machine and tried to install OS again but no joy.
At this point, I’m now stuck after almost a month when the machine was built. Would it be the motherboard? RAM? etc. Just wondering if I should RMA the motherboard since it is just over a month when it was delivered.
A point to note, there is a message that comes up when it is booting stating no HDD is detected. I googled this but found out it was to do with a marvel adapter that needs to be disabled or something like that. However, it was mentioned that this wasn’t going to affect the performance of the pc as the BIOS can detect all the components.
I also noticed that when I switch on the pc, there is a small pause before it kicks on then there is a long beep followed by 2 small beeps. I presume this is normal.
Any help on this will be highly appreciated?

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I also noticed that when I switch on the pc, there is a small pause before it kicks on then there is a long beep followed by 2 small beeps. I presume this is normal.
Disable EuP 2013 & that should take care of the pause. The beeps are normal at startup. Only time I have observed a blank screen & blinking cursor is if the system wasn't getting enough juice to initialize, or their was insufficient power in an OC attempt. What kind of +12V amps does that PSU you have provide?

P67a-GD65 System Freezes and Recovers During 3D gaming and Online Video

The Problem:
Temporary system freeze with audio stutter. The system recovers 30sec - 2min later.
Key presses made during freeze will execute after system recovers (ctrl+alt+delete for example)
Usually, but not always, I see an error message in the system tray and I do NOT experience bsod.
This happens seemingly at random from 3D accelerated applications, and web browsing. Games such as BF3 (moderate), WoW (seldom), Planetside 2 (frequently), Minecraft (seldom), Hawken (seldom), etc.
Also happens frequently in both Internet Explorer 9/10, Firefox, Chrome, and Steam store browser. Typically when watching steaming video (youtube, HULU, flow player, etc)
but Pandora audio streaming also seems to create the conditions where this happens.
Error Message:
"Display driver stopped responding and has recovered
Display driver NVIDIA Windows Kernal Mode Driver 314.07 stopped
responding and has successfully recovered"
The problem also shows up in the Windows reliability history with the following data:
Source
Windows
Summary
Video hardware error
Date
‎3/‎6/‎2013 9:11 PM
Status
Not reported
Description
A problem with your video hardware caused Windows to stop working correctly.
Problem signature
Problem Event Name:   LiveKernelEvent
OS Version:   6.1.7601.2.1.0.768.3
Locale ID:   1033
Files that help describe the problem
WD-20130306-2010.dmp
sysdata.xml
WERInternalMetadata.xml
Extra information about the problem
BCCode:   117
BCP1:   FFFFFA8011E0C4E0
BCP2:   FFFFF8800654A198
BCP3:   0000000000000000
BCP4:   0000000000000000
OS Version:   6_1_7601
Service Pack:   1_0
Product:   768_1
My System Hardware:
CPU: Intel i7 2600k @ 4.5ghz
Motherboard: MSI p67a-gd65 (B3 stepping)
Memory: G.SKILL Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600
GPU: Originally MSI 6950 2GB. Replaced with EVGA 670 FTW 2GB.
PSU: CORSAIR HX Series HX850 850W
HDD: 3x Western Digital WD RE4 WD5003ABYX 500GB in Raid 0
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 with all updates
Case/Cooling: Silverstone Raven 2E with Thermalright silver arrow cpu heatsink
What I've tried:
Updated all motherboard drivers and bios (4.3) to current versions (no improvement)
Updated display drivers (in safe mode with driver sweeper. No improvement)
Updated Realtek Audio drivers for onboard sound (no improvement)
Updated Intel Rapid Storage drivers (no improvment)
Cleared CMOS and tested system at default settings with no overlock (no improvement)
Flashed 6950 back to 6950 stock bios and removed overclock (no improvement)
Replaced old 6950 with new GTX 670 (problem still occurs in the same exact way)
Tried GPU in 2nd PCIe slot. No improvement.
Checked GPU Temps. GTX 670 fan profile in EVGA Precision X set to keep temp below 70 degrees Celcius. Card maxes at 60 degrees under heavy gaming load.
Complete reformat of raid array with fresh install of Windows (4 different times) Seemed to help for a few days, then freezes came back
Ran OCCT and Prime 95 Torture tests separately for a few hours at stock and OC settings. System stable with core temps of high 50's overclocked, and low 40's stock.
Ran Memtest86 for 10 hours with zero errors.
Used digital multimeter to test 12v rail on PSU. Noted solid 12v reported. Didn't test other rails.
Unplugged PSU cables from motherboard and reattached firmly
Ran HD Tune and Data Life Guard Tools for error checking on hard disks. Zero errors found.
Disabled Windows Aero (no improvement)
Updated Adobe Flash Player to latest setting (no improvement)
Removed Adobe Flash Player (no improvement)
Turned off Adobe Flash hardware acceleration (no improvement)
*EDIT: Forgot that I also adjusted Nvidia driver profiles for apps that have frozen to include power preference to max performance
All of my hardware with the exception of the new 670 was purchased and configured back in February of 2011. This problem first occured in BF3 multiplayer sometime in early 2012,
and has gradually been happening more frequently. Web searches found many individuals with this error, but the solutions are all over the map, and I've tried just about everything that I've found.
I think I've narrowed the problem down to the motherboard, but I just can't find a clear answer or solution. Maybe it's the raid array? I really thought replacing the GPU would solve my trouble here
and I was...NOT happy when it happened again with the new 670 that I scored for $250 after amazon gift cards. I typically get kicked/disconnected during online game play when this happens and I'm ready to be done with it. I was hoping to fix the issue without needing to buy new hardware, but I don't see any other way at this point.
My patience runs thin. Please help!

Quote from: Froggy Gremlin on 11-March-13, 15:28:36
Might want to ask for the special archive to return the mainboard to pre-Ivy support UEFI/BIOS and then test again with everything set to auto/stock/default.
Already tested that before updating to 4.3. I started having the problem on 1.8, then 1.J0, then 4.3.
Quote from: Bernhard on 11-March-13, 15:30:29
Just a shot in the dark.
The length of time that your CPU has been running at the OC could have accelerated the eventual degradation.
Have you tested your CPU in another board or do you have access to a "known good" CPU to test in your system ?
I do not have another 1155 lga board to test the cpu in unfortunately, hence the CPU stress testing. Based upon previous experiences with multiple overclocked systems that I've run at much more aggressive overclocks, I don't believe I'm seeing a processor failure, though I can't rule out the possibility.
Quote from: xmad on 11-March-13, 23:26:01
Quite a few components can cause this.
Do you have a friend that could lend you a psu to test? A weak of failing PSU can often be the cause of something like this?
No I don't have another PSU to test. I did use a digital multimeter to test the 12v rail, as well as the motherboard contacts for testing voltage to the cpu and system They were all right in line with what I'm seeing reported in the bios. I did not test these contacts while the system was under load however, so I may need to do it again.

HELP! My 2011 MSI P67A-GD65 (B3) build suddenly refuses to boot

Hello, I am new to this forum because I hadn't had any troubles yet.
I built my system in July/August 2011. Here's what it has:
MSI P67A-GD65 (B3)
Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge CPU
16GB Corsair Vengeance 240-pin DDR3 1600
650w Corsair Enthusiast PSU
MSI N460GTX Cyclone 1GD5/OC GeForce Graphics Card
1x 2TB Hitachi 7K3000 7200RPM SATA 6 GB/s (With Windows 7 64-bit installed)
2x 3TB Seagate 7200RPM SATA 6 GB/s (For storage)
I have used this computer for graphics and video editing...it has served me faithfully. Yesterday evening while editing a Word document, I got "do you want to save your changes before exiting?" and of course I said yes. Then to my surprise my computer proceeded to shut down and reboot. At first I thought maybe I missed a Windows Update message telling me it would reboot in xxx minutes so I was not alarmed. But then as I watched it reboot, it gave me the POST message that there was no disc drive recognized. I thought that was weird since I never noticed it before. But then after the BIOS screen with the MSI graphics thing I was faced with a blank screen except for a flashing cursor two inches from the top of the screen. When I realized that this wasn't going to leave, I got a bit worried so I did a reset through my tower's button and same thing happened...I unplugged everything and let it sit for a few minutes... restarted 10 minutes later....same thing. Did it again and then went into my BIOS to look around. It showed no HDD's connected and I had 3 hooked up. I was concerned my HDD went bad so I connected it to another pc and accessed it with no trouble as another storage...I was happy my files are all there. So then I reconnected to my original build and got the same POST message, but this time the drives were visible in BIOS....but still no boot.
I have another blank SATA HDD so I removed all my HDD's and connected it by itself along with my SATA DVD drive and I tried to do a clean Win7 install on it. But at the point in the install process where it asks WHERE you want to install Windows, no drives showed up. So that door was closed. I tried the same thing again after swapping SATA port locations, thinking 1 was defective, but I got the same treatment from all of them...nothing recognized during the install process, although the drives are showing up in BIOS....
I think I know why the POST message is saying 'no drives detected,' though...I read it is saying that based on the SATA ports being used...I have 8 SATA's on my MOBO...4 6gb/s; 4 3gb/s. 7-8 are 6gb/s and ONLY when I have a HDD plugged into one of them does it show on the POST screen...which I still think is weird, and seems to have just started happening last night with the rest of the problems...but I could live with that since I could disable the message in BIOS I think.
But I have tried to clear the CMOS...all three ways...jumper, button, battery. I reset BIOS thru BIOS.... Nothing changes. BTW, in BIOS I ran a RAM memory check and it passed. Besides, I am not hearing any weird beeps...related to that....
I don't know why this would happen after working perfectly for 2 years... And why would it politely shut down in the beginning of the process anyways? I mean...I appreciated being asked to save my changes...but I don't know what else to do...PLEASE OFFER SUGGESTIONS...any help is appreciated.
Thank you in advance...I hope someone can help me! I am still covered by warranty...but I want to do this right.
Thanks!
Marie
EDIT: BTW, I have also tried unplugging everything from the pc except for the DVI and power plug in case that was interferring....

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On a slightly different topic...would it work (I have never done this!) to take my OS HDD and boot it on another PC? I am thinking this would not work because of system files and etc., but I have always wondered this and now would be the best time for me to know
It mostly works if the components used aren't too special. As you have no RAID setup it should work. However you will need to reactivate Windows once it made it. Of course you will also need all drivers for the new machine. Be aware that you might not be able to connect to the internet before you installed the proper driver for the ethernet adapter.

P67A-GD65

Hi guys!
I just got some new components for my computer but it seems like I can't use the power or reset buttons anymore (I press power and reset on my case and nothing happens). I am sure I connected them correctly but when I press them nothing happens. HDD LED and Power LED work fine though when I turn my computer on from the power switch on the motherboard so I am kind of confused to what the problem is:
Specs:
i5 2500k
P67A-GD65
2x2 GB G.Skill RAM
NZXT Hale 90 750 Watt PSU
Silverstone RV03
XFX 6950 2 GB
Samsung 1 TB HDD
OCZ Solid 2 SSD
Did anyone else have an issue? Thanks in advance.

Quote from: Jack on 10-November-11, 19:18:06
When you press either of the two buttons on your case, what basically happens is this: you are short-circuiting the two pins that the wires of the case-buttons are connected to.
To rule out any peripheral problem (bad wires, bad connection etc.), please unplug the wires/plugs for both the power button and the reset button from the board's pin header(s).
Then use a screwdriver or something like that to manually short the respecting pins of the board's pin header.
Does it work?
Ok I am willing to try this but how do I go about doing this? Like where should I place the screw driver on the motherboard? Between the + and - pins or somewhere else.
Thanks for the response!

Can I make a hardware raid with the on board Marvell SE9128 chip on p67a-gd65?

Hi,
as you all know the RAID 0/1/10/5/JBOD with the p67 chipset are pure software raids or "fake" raids. I saw some sata-raid pcie 2.0 x1 cards on the sell which have the Marvell SE9128 chip. So my question is: Can I make a hardware raid with the onboard Marvell SE9128 chip on the p67a-gd65?
Thanks
--pepe

Quote from: Stu on 06-November-11, 02:31:26
Hardware RAID explained:
http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/perf/raid/conf/ctrlHardware-c.html
What do you want to say with this? I know what's the difference between a software (fake) and hardware raid? Your post doesn't answer the question. The p67-chipset has integrated software raid. The marvell se9128 is also found on some hardware raid cards. That's why I'm still wondering if it is for a hardware raid on this board or not.

P67A-GD65 Overclocking Help!

Hey everyone - I'm new to the forums and fairly new to overclocking in general, although I understand the basics of it... I've run into a snag, though.
Recently I was redoing my desktop (Intel i5 2500k, MSI P67A-GD65, 16GB DDR3 1600 RAM, yada yada) and decided to update the BIOs, something I hadn't thought of doing since I built the PC over a year and a half ago... So, I updated from 1.9 (I think... it was 1.something) to the latest 4.3, and did a reformat on the HDDs and installed a fresh copy of Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit... So I'm from scratch. I go into the BIOs to tweak the CPU and all, but I can't adjust anything at all. It's all stuck on "AUTO". I can't make the adjustments I need to make to overclock the CPU... I've read through several tutorials and threads on more forums than I care to admit, and my head is starting to hurt from (1) reading so much and (2) banging my head into the desk over this... Am I missing something? I've read that 4.3 has had some issues when it comes to OC'ing... What should I do? I can grab screenshots or more specs if needed. Thanks for the help in advance - I definitely appreciate it!
-Ben

Quote from: Froggy Gremlin on 30-July-13, 04:49:30
Have you tried a full CMOS clear? PSU power cord removed, battery removed, and then a settings reset? My favorite UEFI/BIOS was the v1.C and the v1.H (2700k support). If you want, it is possible to revert back to a Sandy UEFI/BIOS on the primary BIOS chip. An admin or mod can give you the necessary files and information on how to do it.
After the Ivy flash, did you also load the new Management Engine driver required? Also with a fresh OS, newest chipset driver installed, etc.? Here's the link to the MSI Website for your board and all the drivers;
http://msi.com/product/mb/P67A-GD65--B3-.html
I did a CMOS reset with the "Reset CMOS" button on the motherboard... After I did that and restarted the PC, a message came up informing me that the CMOS had been restored to default settings and asked if I wanted to go into setup or boot as normal... I can pop the battery and PSU cable out if needed... At this point, I'd be perfectly happy reverting back to a Sandy Bridge friendly BIOS, lol...
I did install the new drivers after flashing the new BIOS, by the way. Followed all the instructions in the link you posted.

P67A-GD65 major issues

I'm having some major problems with my P67A-GD65. I received this board from an RMA about 2 weeks ago (previous board had the no and/or corrupt ME issue), installed it and have had zero issues until two days ago. I was playing a game when the game crashed. I didn't think anything of it and started up again but the crashes continued from that point on (game has been installed and played without issue for 2 weeks, since new RMA). I did a restart and upon reboot several windows services and other apps all crashed. I checked event viewer and noticed all the crashes are listed under the same event ID (event ID 1000, Exception code: 0xc0000005). At this point I scheduled at disk check (using windows 7, enabled both fix file system errors and scan for bad clusters), I let the scan run it's full course (took several hours) and there were zero errors. I decided to reintall my OS and see if I had any better luck, thinking perhaps the game crash caused some freak, one of kind, system error.
As soon as the OS was running again, I was immediately greeted with more of the same errors. This time searchindexer.exe crashed over 100 times, until I got a BSOD (bad_pool_caller stop 0x000000C2). I rebooted and there were no errors, again checking the event viewer, I saw the same event ID 1000 with same exception code (also, this The Windows Search service terminated unexpectedly. It has done this 138 times, bear in mind this occurred in a 10 minute time period). I tried to install some of my drivers, only to have my sound drivers refuse to install with a CRC error and my video drivers install, then immediately had the catalyst service crash upon reboot. I was afraid perhaps it was my SATA port going bad so I moved my HDD from SATA 8 to SATA 1 (avoiding all the Intel ports) but this didn't help the issue at all. Is it possible I got a bad RMA board from MSI? Any ideas on things I can check out? It's odd it was working fine for the first two weeks.
I mention the problems beginning with the game crash because something odd happened after the crash. I was playing a game within Steam. Right after the crash, steam no longer worked. As soon as I tried to start steam again, it would crash and quit immediately. I had to do a complete reinstall of Steam to get it working again. I do have UAC disabled so is it possible by some freak occurrence the game crash could have damaged my OS install? Again, I did a complete reinstall since then though and had no improvements.

I just wanted to add a few of the errors from event viewer:
Session "Circular Kernel Context Logger" stopped due to the following error: 0xC0000188 (event id 3)
{Registry Hive Recovered} Registry hive (file): '\??\C:\Windows\System32\config\COMPONENTS' was corrupted and it has been recovered. Some data might have been lost. (event id 5)
The file system structure on the disk is corrupt and unusable. Please run the chkdsk utility on the volume \Device\HarddiskVolume2. (event id 55)
Windows (3204) Windows: Database recovery/restore failed with unexpected error -501. (event id 454)
Windows (3204) Windows: Corruption was detected during soft recovery in logfile C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Applications\Windows\MSS.log. The failing checksum record is located at position END. Data not matching the log-file fill pattern first appeared in sector 1417 (0x00000589). This logfile has been damaged and is unusable. (event id 465)
Faulting application name: iexplore.exe, version: 8.0.7600.16385, time stamp: 0x4a5bc69e
Faulting module name: mshtml.dll, version: 8.0.7600.16385, time stamp: 0x4a5bda8a
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x0019ed82
Faulting process id: 0xdb0 (event id 1000)

P67A-GD65 (B3) problem

Here are my specs:
P67A-GD65 B3 (bios v1.8)
i5 2500k
8GB(2x4) DDR3 Corsair XMS3 1600
GTX260 216
Teamgroup Xtreem S1 SSD 60gb (boot drive)
Win 7 64 bit
I have searched for a solution to my problem ,yet didn't find it so thought i'll post it here:
The MB ,CPU ,RAM and SSD where bought about 2 weeks ago brand new.
A few days ago i have experienced bad youtube/vimeo/(virtually all flash player video based sites) video playback (corrupted colors ,see attached image) ,corrupted images in browser (also a screenshot below) and artefact photoshop brushes (when painting in ps ,the brush showed similar to the youtube video playback ,random colors corruption). I thought it's the browser (firefox 4) so i installed chrome ,same problem ,also in opera an IE8 so it's a hardware/driver problem.
At first i suspected a bad memory stick. I've tested them with memtest 3.5 from a bootable CD in dos mode ,in dual-channel ,individual sticks and in all ram slots. ZERO errors. The EFI memory tool also gave me 0 errors and also windows memory manager tool said there are no errors.
Now i suspect the motherboard. Another problem i had with the mb: it kept freezing in idle so i disabled all green-power settings ,speed step ,C1E and EIST which solved it.
I must state that i have no BSoDs ,no hangs/freezes/artefacts in 3d aplications and games, hdd played movies run perfectly fine and the pc runs ok.
I tried reinstalling my graphics drivers ,yet no result. No overclocking was applied to the system.
What can it be? I am out of answers ,google didn't helped me.
Thank you in advance.

Quote from: sjay on 19-April-11, 06:47:43
Did you reset the bios before usage after flashing CMOS?
Obviously something wrong with the USB driver, perhaps the mobo USB driver?
It was already reseted to defaults.
I have never had a usb problem ,this is completely new to me.
Quote from: HU16E on 19-April-11, 06:48:23
Just for clarification sake, the black ports are all SATA II & run by the Intel controller. The two white ports closest to the RAM slots are SATA III & also controlled by Intel controller. The other two white ports, 7 & 8 are the SATA III Marvell controlled.
Ok ,sorry ,i misunderstood then. Strange ,after moving them to the white ports ,they show up at boot ,in the black ports it always said no HDD installed/detected.
Ok ,so what now? it seems i jump from a problem into another ,lucky me...

P67a-GD65/BIOS 1.7 Windows is good loading only after reboot

Hi, I have a trouble with a P67a-GD65(BIOS 1.7)
When I start PC (With Keyboard Razer tarantula plugged) motherboard have this signal: http://rghost.ru/4210405
Without keyboard: http://rghost.ru/4210504
Maybe this is normally signals, but:
When I turn off my pc at night, windows dont loading with the first time
After POST I have black screen with blinking underscore - after reboot, windows loading is good. The same way is good loading, when I reboot PC from Windows, or turn off my pc for 10 minutes and turn on.
In first time Windows loading is normally, but after log in screen i had windows message about new SATA device and searching drivers for it, then BSOD: Quote
SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED 0x1000007e
Dumps - http://rghost.ru/4210562
In BIOS SATA mode is IDE
HDD without BAD sectors
Configuration:
Quote
Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 6.1.7600 (Win7 RTM)
Computer Type ACPI x64-based PC
  Motherboard:
   CPU Type QuadCore Intel Core i7 2600, 3500 MHz (35 x 100)
   Motherboard Chipset Intel Cougar Point P67, Intel Sandy Bridge
   System Memory 4080 MB (DDR3-1333 DDR3 SDRAM)
   DIMM1: Kingston 9905403-171.A00LF 2 GB DDR3-1333 DDR3 SDRAM (8-8-8-22 @ 609 MHz) (7-7-7-20 @ 533 MHz) (6-6-6-17 @ 457 MHz)
   DIMM3: Kingston 9905403-171.A00LF 2 GB DDR3-1333 DDR3 SDRAM (8-8-8-22 @ 609 MHz) (7-7-7-20 @ 533 MHz) (6-6-6-17 @ 457 MHz)
   Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 (1024 MB)
   Disk Drive ST3160815AS ATA Device (160 GB, 7200 RPM, SATA-II)
   Disk Drive ST3400632NS ATA Device (400 GB, 7200 RPM, SATA)
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Sorry for my english, and please help

All time i use only white sata ports for HDD and 1 black for CDROM
Some screens:
Im try for disable EUP 2013 in BIOS Results will be tommorow
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see if that cures it
Now I dont get this message in windows (it was at the first time, as far as I can remember windows had loading without reboots)

P67A-GD65 mouse pointer flickering in bios.

Hey,
So just got this new rig up and running few hours ago and i noticed that when i go to bios/uefi my mouse pointer flickers all the time. Have anyone else noticed same and is there any way to stop that?
P67A-GD65 B3
i5 2500K
4Gb Kingston HyperX 1600MHz
Asus HD6970 DCII 2Gb
Corsair F60 + 1Tb HDD
Corsair AX750
Edit: Mouse is Logitech G500

Quote from: Jack on 21-March-11, 18:24:35
What is your current UEFI/BIOS Version?
According CPU-Z its V1.8 what seems to be newest "stable" one when i taked a look in MSI site, well there might be some beta version thru forums but i never been that much of an fan of those, mostly those just creates new issues. Also few other questions i have is that is it normal that those 6 leds on the top of the cpu socket kinda flashes randomly, almost acts like hdd led LOL? And then what is that Intel MEI software under downloads and do i need it? Atm i only have chipset,network,sound and gfx drivers installed.

P67A-GD65 (b3) Answers maybe?

I'd like to give a little information to those having problems with this board :o
My first response to the bored was UH OH not another bad one.. But, luckily after a few tweaks I got it going nice and stable
My mobo came with the 1.8 bios when it was sent to me. I messed up and didn't even bother reading the installation guide.
I had a brand new system except for my hard drive. Powercolor 6950 2gb *flashed to 6970*, P67A-GD65 (b3), Corsair 750w, Asus blu-ray/dvd, ThermalTake Frio, G.Skill p67 ram 1600mhz 8-8-8-24 1.5v. I messed up my first boot by having the 2 dimms in the black slots because my heat sink fan was in the the way. (NOTE: Only use 1 dimm in the BLUE slot on first initial boot). I kept getting a black screen after the bios screen with a white underscore blinking! WOULD NOT POST! I would recommend completely cleaning your HD out completely before initial boot! I also didn't load optimized settings on initial boot... After some time of reading online instructions I got my PC running, but not stable. I would shut down my computer and have a constant power cycle(kept turning itself on), or get a BSOD with voltage code errors. JPWR2 was installed with the correct power pin connector; all LED lights lit up...(DIDN"T MAKE ANY SENSE!). So I cleared the CMOS with the handy button and then loaded optimized defaults. I then updated the bios using the USB flash tool to 1.91b. On initial boot I loaded optimized settings with just 1 Dimm in the blue slot(HAD TO TAKE OFF MY FAN TEMPORARILY), formatted my HD, and followed with a clean install of Windows 7 64bit. Everything seemed fine! I now have my system overclocked to 4.5GHZ only changing the multiplier to x45. After windows loaded I installed my 2nd memory stick now both allocated in the blue dimm slots and manually set the timings to 1600mhz 1-8-8-8-24. I have to say I'm suprised so many people are having problems. Another thing I did my HD is a 3GBS blue cavier WD 640gb 7200rpm 32mb cache... At first boot even after the update I was getting that my HDD was not being detected before the bios screen popped up but I was still able to boot windows... It was installed in the 3gbs sata slot 3 with 3gbs sata chord.. All I did was change it to the white 6gbs slot using the white 6gbs sata chord and it finally detected it before initial bios loading. Everything is stable.. I ran prime95 extreme memory and cpu for 15 hours and the hottest it got was 61c. I hope this helps some of you guys... Forgive my poor english I'm asian and have only learned english for 3 years.
ALSO! almost forgot.. When changing your DRAM voltage *(most memory says 1.5v)* You need to set it high enough so that it gets the stated voltage seen in your bios.. for instance I use 1.565 and my voltage displayed on my mobo is 1.505
Some Images of my Bios OC settings
http://img705.imageshack.us/i/sam0244s.jpg/
My new rig parts
http://img130.imageshack.us/i/sam0216x.jpg/

Quote from: HU16E on 22-March-11, 04:32:44
It is highly recommended for intitial startup, only the primary blue dimm slot be populated. No offense to anyone, but these Gen2 CPU's run very cool. Are these gargantuan CPU coolers really necessary? I got to 5111 on the stock cooler, ambient 20C, with out any overheat problems. Did install a Zalman 9900 later, but makes it able to maintain using the recommended blue dimm slots.
Added: If you move the RAM, or add RAM, it will be sensed by the BIOS as a system change, & custom settings may have to be redone again.
Well, it makes me feel better lol. I'm kinda confused by what initial startup means though. Does that mean the very first time I put everything together and fire the computer up? Succeeding boot ups will then work fine when only using the black dimm slots?

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