P67A-GD65 (B3) SATA 6gb/s controller

Hello,
I'm a newbie here and would like to get some help on configuration of the SATA 6gb/s controller.
I installed a Crucial C300 on SATA 1 and a Western Digital WD1002FAEX (SATA III) hard drive on SATA 2,
and they seem to be working fine, but is there any way to figure out if they are on the proper controller?
I'm not sure if they are, because the Device Manager doesn't say much about the controller.
Do I have to look in BIOS? If so, where should I look?
BTW, I'm using AHCI. I don't really know what that means, but I selected AHCI during the setup.
Thanks in advance

Quote from: dilburt on 13-March-11, 12:51:38
Well there are two different processes involved with this. The first part is how you install Windows 7 which it sounds like you have done. If I recall correctly there isn't a selection for IDE, AHCI or RAID, it just depends on whether you install using the default process or use the "Advanced..." link at the install drive selection screen and which driver you load using this option (the Intel RAID drivers use AHCI). Once you have the correct drivers loaded you select the operating mode for the controllers in BIOS.
I chose the optimum setting option. However, I realized that the system didn't recognize my Western Digital hard drive in BIOS (I installed Win 7 on SSD) after Win 7 was installed,
so I did some research and figured out the way to enable AHCI by following this link. http://www.ithinkdiff.com/how-to-enable-ahci-in-windows-7-rc-after-installation/
Then the hard drive was recognized and fully working.
I wish the manual is more clear on this kind of procedures, for a newbie like me.

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I was talking "elsewhere" on a forum, and the topic of the marvel chip came up. It was argued that the design / implementation of the Marvel controller on these motherboards all were the 91xx series, and they all had a pretty horrifying flaw. They share a 5gb/s bus. For something that is said to support 2 6gb/s devices, that is pretty devastating, so i had to come here, where the knowledge about all things MSI is at its highest density. I mean, if the answer is out there, then it's more likely to be here, then anywhere else.
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Is this issue a part of the P67A-GD65 (B3) motherboard design?
Assuming the first answer is yes, is there anything you can do to minimize the impact of it?
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It's actually not an issue with the mainboard design, it is a problem with the Marvell controller itself. It is an add-on feature to provide SATA III function, but it is not the best. ASMedia controller isn't really a lot better either. At least the Marvell allows RAID for those that desire it. The answer is in the Intel 'native' SATA III controllers which are quite good. A lot depends on the drives used. With spinner HDD's, SATA II or SATA III doesn't make a lot of difference in their performance anyway.
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P67A-GD65 new system bios setting recommendations and sata connections

Hey all,
My old dual core HTPC (after many hours of use) finally gave up the ghost and moved on to the great PC grave yard . I have ordered all the new upgrade parts from Newegg and am looking for recommendations on what bios settings and setup procedures I should use on the initial bootup and Windows load. I'm not looking to overclock I just want a fast stable system for video decoding and playback. It's my understanding from the manual that SATA 1-2 are controlled by the Intel P67 chip and 7-8 are controlled by the Marvell chip but I am unsure of SATA 3-6. Can SATA 3-6 do raid 0? I want to use the Crucial SSD as my primary boot drive and the 2 WD drives on raid 0 as my secondary drive. SATA connection advice (which SATA ports) and Raid Bios setting would be helpful. Should I install the raid 0 drives after I have Windows 7 loaded on the SSD? Any other setup advice is appreciated.
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Bach HTPC case
Ultra LSP 750Pro PSU
Intel i5-2500 3.3G CPU
MSI P67A-GD65 Motherboard
Sapphire HD5570 1G RT Video Card
Crucial CTFDDAC128MAG-1G1 SSD 6.0Gb/s SATAIII (Primary boot drive)
2 WD3200KS Hard Drives SATA 3.0Gb/s (Raid 0)
Lite-on 12X Blu-Ray Burner SATA
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600

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[BUG] Marvell SATA drivers v1051 on P67A-GD65 (B3)

Hi folks,
NOTE: After further testing, drivers 1.0.0.1047 (the ones found on the MSI website) do NOT have this issue, only the driver version 1.0.0.1051 (See post #4).
Discovered a bug on the Marvell controller drivers version 1.0.0.1051 (the ones found on the DVD that comes with the MB). MB is the P67A-GD65(B3) with BIOS 1.9
When I wake up from suspend, 4 times out of 5, my cpu will show 10%-13% of usage caused by Interrupts (shown in Process Explorer). When I open the SysInfo window of PE, I see that ~80% of the core0 is being used just for said interrupts.
This only happens when you resume from suspend (haven't tried hibernation since I won't use that). It never happens if you just boot normally.
After debugging this for a few hours (xperf traces, performance analyses, latencymon.exe), I finally figured out which driver was causing this and it turns out it's the Marvell Controller one.
1) When I disable this controller (only this one), this issue *never* happens.
2) if I uninstall this driver *while* the interrupts are going bonzo, the interrupts go back to normal.
3) when Using the default Microsoft Drivers for this controller, the issue never happens.
- To recreate, just install the drivers (and perhaps do *not* connect any drives to connectors 6-7 (or 7-8) on the mb).
- Go to sleep mode (I suspend to memory here.. not sure what happens on hibernation), then resume a few times, and you'll have the interrupts start going crazy.
Hope this is the right forum for this.. if not, I apologize in advance...
Regards,
M
P.S. This happens whether I overclock or not (currently not OCing and it happens just as frequently)

Bah! I couldn't let it go when I saw that the drivers on the MSI site were version 1.0.0.1047 instead of 1051 ( hate leaving a job unfinished).
So I decided to install the ones on the website, and they work perfectly (in regards to the interrupt after resume issue).
So, thanks for the pointer Jack . I now know that I'll be able to use the 6GB sata ports if I ever need them with the proper drivers (Microsoft's only support 3GB I believe).
/cheers
Regards,
M
P.S. Makes you wonder what they changed in 1051 though.

P67a-gd65 - how to enable marvel sata ports 7-8?

built my first pc.
using p67a-gd65.
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ports 7-8 are managed by marvel code, if I understand correctly. They do not work and I cannot see them in the bios, but I do see a reference to marvel at boot-up.
is there something special I have to do to enable ports 7-8?
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sata port3
sata port4
sata port5
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P67A-GD65 freezing up

I've never seen a "Forum" that wants new topics for the exact same problems (spreading potential fixes for the same issue all over the place instead of in one thread), but apparently if I post to another topic from someone with identical problems (the one right below this one with the same issue) I'm called a thread hijacker.
Seems like a ton of people are having these issues with lockups with the P67A-GD65
My setup - all new components
P67A-GD65
I7 2600k SandyBridge 3.4Ghz
G.SKILL F3-14900CL9D-8GBXL (2 x 4GB sticks in slot 1 and 3)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 460
two WD Black sata III 1TB drives in a RAID0 in sata ports 1 and 2 (SATA 6Gb)
two WD Green sata II 1TB drives in a RAID0 in sata ports 3 and 4 (SATA 3Gb)
one WD Black sata III 1TB drive in sata port 5 (system resides on this non raid drive)
Bluray drives in sata ports 6 and 7
Corsair 750W 80 PLUS Power supply
Then go to another machine and RDP to it, no problems. Wait about an hour, RDP and you get "Welcome" and it just hangs.
So if I go to the console, it tells me someone else is trying to login, but no drive activity at all, and won't let me do anything and I have to hard power off.
If I'm at the machine, just doing different "normal" things, browser windows lockup, applications lockup, all requiring a hard shutdown by the button since I can't select the option to reboot normally. No BSOD's, no OC, the OC Genie is OFF
My memory is even certified for this damn board on bios 1.B which I have updated to. But in "auto" doesn't even get the memory timings correct.
http://www.gskill.com/products.php?index=378
I'm Going nutz trying to figure out what the f--k is going on. I even ran the on board memory test and it passed.
I'm thinking that quality control on this production line is crap. I've seen a ton of complaints of BSOD's, rebot loops, and random lockups which can be reproduced easily.
MSI? Are you going to fix this!!!
How about posting the serial numbers of the bad run from manufacturing so users can see if they have a bad board? I've been building systems for 15 years and I've never had so much trouble with a board.
Has anyone had a success story that wasn't from an RMA? I haven't found a post where a user had these issues and made a few bios changes and they came back with "great, that fixed it".
Thanks
Scott

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I've never seen a "Forum" that wants new topics for the exact same problems (spreading potential fixes for the same issue all over the place instead of in one thread), but apparently if I post to another topic from someone with identical problems (the one right below this one with the same issue) I'm called a thread hijacker.
Now you have seen it. Get over it and also please skip this kind of stuff:
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this damn board
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what the f--k
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this production line is crap
... because if you can't, I will close this thread immediately and delete the entire thing a.s.a.p. This latent aggressive attitude is not going to shed one bit of useful light on the problem. >>Please read and comply with the Forum Rules.<<
Also:
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I've been building systems for 15 years and I've never had so much trouble with a board.
I've heard that kind of thing a million times. Be that as it may, it does not really tell us anything about the actual cause of the problem. Furthermore, if you are so sure it is the board, why didn't you simply send it back/RMA it/have it exchanged after you have ruled all other explanations out systematically?
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Seems like a ton of people are having these issues with lockups with the P67A-GD65
There are thousands of freeze issues on all different hardware configurations. However, more important than the symptoms are the precise hardware configuration the freezes occur in and the actual causes for the common symptom. Once the causes are truly found out it makes sense to compare similar issues. It should not be done, however, because of a common symptom. And that is exactly why your problem (and any other problem that is just a symptom at first) deserves its own, seperate thread.
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P67A-GD65
I7 2600k SandyBridge 3.4Ghz
G.SKILL F3-14900CL9D-8GBXL (2 x 4GB sticks in slot 1 and 3)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 460
two WD Black sata III 1TB drives in a RAID0 in sata ports 1 and 2 (SATA 6Gb)
two WD Green sata II 1TB drives in a RAID0 in sata ports 3 and 4 (SATA 3Gb)
one WD Black sata III 1TB drive in sata port 5 (system resides on this non raid drive)
Bluray drives in sata ports 6 and 7
Corsair 750W 80 PLUS Power supply
Please reduce the complexity of your system to the most basic configuration needed to run your operating system. Use one stick of RAM only, make sure it is set to run at a frequency that does not exceed the specifications of the processor's memory controller (DDR3-1333 max.!). Unplug all the hard drives, optical drives, SSDs, card readers, add-on cards, USB devices etc. that are not needed to work with the operating system (you need just mouse, keyboard, video card, processor, one stick of RAM).
Once you have reduced the system complexity and please unplug your PSU from A/C power, >>Clear CMOS<< and then load "Optimized Defaults" in UEFI Setup. Then apply your custom settings (e.g. RAID Mode settings & Memory Speed = DDR3-1333).
Then retest.
In case the freezes still occur, then please disable all CPU related power saving settings in UEFI Setup (C1E, C-States, EIST) and retest. Also, try if setting the phase control mode from "APS" to "Intel SVID" mode.

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.

MSI P67A-GD65 infinite boot/loop problem

installed everything into my case and go to boot into the UEFI and nothing !
i press the power switch, everything starts fine and the fans spin up and the LED's on the board are fine, waits 5 secs then it shuts itself off and tries the exact same process again. it keeps doing this until i cut the power !
i've checked the 24pin etc, KB & mouse r fine, 2 different sets off RAM in every slot, cleared CMOS (i think).
seems like a very common problem with this board after a bit of googling !!
also tried
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this is the 1st time ive used it !
tried the OC genie button on and off.
been sitting in the box unused for about 1.5 months. doubt that means anything tho.
put the stock cooler on securely, and still the same problem !
now tho, it wont start for about 3 secs after i press the power button
and
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disconnected all the SATA's bar 1, and still the problem :/!
all the standoffs etc r fitted correctly and iv re-connected the 8 pin cpu and 24 pin. 1 stick off RAM in the 1st slot also :/!
checked no molex connectors r touching the case metal either
any suggestions?

motherboard: MSI P67A-GD65 (B3) bought on march 31st and used today for 1st time
CPU: intel core i7 2600K
CPU Cooler: tried an alpenfohn matterhorn with Scythe 1850RPM gentle typhoon Push/pull also tried the stock cooler
RAM Corsair CMD4GX3M2A1600C9 (2X2GB kit of 1600Mhz CL9 corsair dominator DDR3) and tried Patriot PSD34G1600KH (2X2GB kit of Patriot signature DDR3)
PSU Corsair TX650 650w psu
GPU XFX radeon 4870 1GB
Case NZXT M59 + mainly scythe fans and a noctua and coolermaster
DVDRW liteon DVDRW
Storage 128GB kinsgton SSDnow V100, 1TB Samsung F3 7200RPM, 1TB Hitachi 7K100 7200RPM all sata 3gb/s
Generic 5.25" fan controller
2 x 12" blue CCFL's
OS windows 7 x64 professional (installed on the SSD, but havent booted it yet as the board doesnt even get to BIOS :()
peripherals Microsoft reclusa keyboard and gigabyte GM-6990 (i think) mouse
monitor Benq g2222hdl connected via DVI
the only things i have changed today are, put the new notcua fan in my case, changed the Motherboard and CPU from and Asus M4A78LT-M & Athlon II X4 640 to MSI P67A-GD65 (b3) & intel core i7 2600k. Also, put the alpenfohn matterhorn on today.
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Freezing/Hanging - Mobo Issue (P67A-GD65)?

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Mobo - MSI P67A-GD65 (B3) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
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CD Drive - Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - OEM
---------------After reading CPU temps--------------
Upgraded CPU Fan - XIGMATEK LOKI SD963 92mm HYPRO Bearing CPU Cooler bracket included I7 i5 775 1155 AMD and dual fan push pull compatible
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Alrighty everyone, so this might end up being a fairly lengthy article, but I want to make sure I give you all of the information so you can correctly assess.
Earlier in the year, I decided that I needed a desktop for college. I had seen people do it before and I was fairly adept at computers, so I put the computer together with the above components from newegg.
Originally, I put the desktop together in about five hours and hooked it up. Worked great, except on startup it gave (and still gives) me an error of saying "No Hard Disk Detected", however the opposite could not be truer as it found my hard drive when I loaded the OS; Windows 7. I then tested it that night with Starcraft II and it worked great; no minor bugs, nothing. The following day, I pull all of my games/programs on it including skype. Here is where things started to get weird. On Borderlands, everything went great and without a hitch, however when I started Civilization V, after playing for about an hour, it froze. And this freeze froze everything; the keyboard, the monitor, the mouse, etc. A buzzing sound came from the speakers and a hard restart was necessary. This freeze also happened again during the Multiplayer for Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2, Starcraft II (after about an hour), League of Legends and even Skype, while using my webcam. Also, in the Windows reliability program and windows events, no freeze is registered.
So I thought "oh, this is obviously overheating or a voltage problem" (the cpu temps were getting between 85-90 C's). So I fixed the RAM's voltage so it fit exactly what it needed (it required 1.65 volts, but the auto detect only gave it 1.5, so it was around .15 off). While waiting for the fan and thermal paste to come, I reinstalled Windows 7, reinstalled the drivers for all of my components and checked event viewer (which I ended up needlessly fixing an event 3011 and 3012 for corrupt performance readers).
My fan and paste came in yesterday and applied both, making my cpu super-cooled leveling off at a max of 50 C's at full load and 25-30 C's idling. The hottest component is now the GPU which usually hits 65-70 C's under full load.
At this point, I figured "great, I have been freeze-free for 2 days, let's retest", so I played two games of league of legends last night (around 1.5 hours) on skype and it froze. Again. Once I restarted my desktop to let everyone know what happened (and loaded skype and rejoined the conversation) I only got in two words before it froze again.
In summary, basically under stress, especially under games/programs requiring the internet, the computer has a full freeze, requiring a hard reset. I tried to fix the voltages (RAM) as well as cool the computer, which seemed to work only for a short while. Further once the computer freezes, whenever I turn it back on, it is more prone to freezing unless I leave it off overnight.
I'm not even necessarily looking for an answer, just an idea of where to start. Thanks again, I would really appreciate some help on this one.
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Update: I used Prime95 to test it as well as Intel Burn Test. No freeze during IBT, and for Prime95 it usually gets hit on the In-Place Large FFT or Blend Test. Hasn't frozen on Small FFT. I also just updated the the mobo's BIOS again to the latest one. Also, with the update, if I put the RAM's voltage at 1.65 (or anything above Auto), it won't boot the OS.
Any ideas welcome.

Quote from: bspeir on 08-August-11, 04:15:04
Right, saw this in my email inbox and thought I would respond, being the OP and all. I asked MSI what the problem was (giving all issues I had) - the response I received was
"We have to suggest you contact your reseller (The place you bought this MB from) and have them test the MB completely for you to check if this MB is faulty or not, then ask for some help.
If the reseller for some reason cannot help, we have to ask you to contact MSI distributor or MSI office near your place to seek further help" about 2-3 weeks ago (took them a month to get back).
The only problem with this, is I am a college student and half about five days left to get back to school and I NEED this desktop for school. So giving back the computer, allowing them to run tests, then waiting to return it seems like an entirely long and not necessary considering the desktop WORKS, but only on 4GB of RAM as opposed to 8GB.
However, I AM willing to check the c-state, but I will need some information first to make sure my desktop won't explode if I do this wrong.
1) What does the C-State do?
2) How do I disable it?
3) Is this really an option I should check into?
Thanks again, this community has honestly been more helpful than MSI's actual customer support.
It won't help you with your problem but I've tested C-state for a while and you can read what it will do in the link HU16E provided. I've noticed that in Idle state the usage of power drops a couple of watts, so when you have your PC in idle a lot of time and you care about power saving it's worth trying. When overclocking it can be unstable however. I have a CPU that handles all cores set to 46 with all energy settings on and auto Vcore completely stable, when going to 47 I have to compensate. The first thing I have to do is disable C-State because it will BSOD when in idle for a while. So I will suggest that if you use stock settings and care about power saving you try it and otherwise disable it.

P67A-GD65 Does not even start

Plugged all the components.
When pressing the power button on the board, this is what happens :
1) Power button lights up
2) Reset button flash once
3) 1-6 Led just above CPU flash once,
MSI P67A-GD65 B3 Intel P67 Motherboard - ATX, Socket H2 (LGA1155), Intel P67 Express, DDR3 2133MHz (O.C.), SATA 6.0 Gb/s, Gigabit LAN, CrossFire/SLI Ready, USB 3.0
Corsair CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 Vengeance 4GB DDR3 RAM - PC12800, 1600MHz, 1x4096MB, Non-ECC, Unbuffered
Crucial CT128M4SSD2 m4 2.5" Solid State Drive - 128GB, SATA 6Gb/s
Cooler Master HAF 922M ATX Black Mid-Tower Case - 5 External 5.25" Drive Bays, 5 Internal 3.5" Drive Bays, 2 200mm Fans, 1 120mm Fan
Intel Core i7-2600K BX80623I72600K Unlocked Processor - Quad Core, 8MB L3 Cache, 3.40 GHz, Socket H2 (LGA1155), Retail
Ultra X4 500-Watt Modular Power Supply - 135mm Fan, ATX, Lifetime Warranty w/ Registration, 80+ Bronze, ATI CrossFire Certification, Vibration Dampener Included
EVGA 012-P3-1570-AR GeForce GTX 570 Video Card - 1280MB GDDR5, PCI-Express 2.0, Dual DVI, Mini HDMI, SLI, DirectX 11
And nothing happens, the computer doesn't start.
I triple checked, and everything looks fine?
Any idea what can be the cause?
Regards

At first glance I see your PSU's maximum amps are 32A on the 12V rail.
Inspecting the power requirements for a typical system with your GPU indicates about 35A. see here https://forum-en.msi.com/faq/article/power-requirements-for-graphics-cards
As a first test can you install a less power hungry GPU ?

P67A-GD65 (B3) Screen show nothing.

Hi.
Spec :
MOBO : MSI P67A-GD65 (B3) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
GPU : MSI N560GTX Twin Frozr II/OC GeForce GTX 560 (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
RAM : Kingston Value 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 Desktop Memory Model KVR1333D3S8N9K2/4G
PSU : Antec EarthWatts EA-650 GREEN 650W ATX12V v2.3 SLI Ready CrossFire Certified 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply
CPU : Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 3000 BX80623I52500K
OP : Windows 7 Home Premium 64bits
So here's my problem.
I've bought this Computer about two week ago, assembled it myself, for the first week i had no problem at all. After that the computer would sometimes, pretty often, crash and restart on it's on. When windows would be open again i would get a message telling me that it was a bluescreen, i was never able to go and look at the minidump cause each time my computer would crash again before i could reach it.
I updated all the driver i could, did as much Windows update i could, the problem persist. Seeing as i even formated and reinstalled windows i think i can say that's not the problem.
Now, i'm at the point where i can't even do anything cause the last time it crashed i lost my screen, it's all black. I can see from the MOBO that all the light for the CPU are On and i can hear the fan, but nothing else seems to happen, i tried to plug-in my speaker so that i could hear the Windows Sound when it's done loading, but nothing.
Now i'm wandering about the next step ? How do i confirm which of my component is the problem ?
Thanks for the help.
What i was doing while it crashed ? Nothing, just browsing.

Thanks for the reply.
Unfortunately i don't have another Computer to test with, i've got to use a friend's laptop to post here.
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When in the OS, uncheck Automatically Restart in the Settings of Startup & Recovery. Then the BSOD will remain visible long enough to get the Stop: error code.
Well i can't reach the OS. If i'm ever able to reach it though i will do it. Is this something that i show Always do, unchecking the Automatic Restart and never checking it again ?
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Clear CMOS and test with just 1 piece of RAM. Run it for a week to see if there is any issues.
Will try this.
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In that message box, there is a button that allows you to expand the dialog to see the detail. That contains the BSOD code.
Yeah i already knew about this, problem is whenever i would expand the window it seemed to me that the Computer would restart faster, not giving me enough time to save that code.
Thanks again everyone.
Strange that you're suspecting the PSU, my 12v Rail should be strong enough, my first guess would have been the MOBO since i crashed in bios.

P67a-gd65 b3 Not powering up but power LED goes on

This computer I built has been running for several months with no problems. Last night I left it on and when I got up it today it was off.
Almost positive its a hardware problem as nothing new has been added or changed. Looking to see if anyone else had the same symptoms to help identify what component may be causing it.
When I unplug the machine from power, and plug it back in no LEDs light up (as expected from what I remember when building it).
When I press the power button on the case, or the power button on the motherboard, that power LED lights up but that is the only thing that seems to happen. None of the LEDs on the top by the CPU light up, the fans never spin, and no post.
First thoughts would be psu, cpu, or motherboard.
The type of psu (seasonic x series) I have would only spin its fans some of the time depending on load. So the lack of psu fan activity isn't abnormal.
Thanks

Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9
ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - OEM
SAPPHIRE 100311SR Radeon HD 6970 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity
MSI P67A-GD65 (B3) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
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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 (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?

[Newb] P67A-GD65 - Cant add another SSD

Ok, I am a total newbie when it comes to hardware. Here is the problem.
My current setup is a MSI Mobo (p67a-gd65). Has 8 SATA ports, 1,2,7,8 are white 6gb ones, 3,4,5,6 are black 3gb ones.
Right now SATA 1 has a 120gb OZC SSD which is the boot drive with windows 7. SATA 2 has a 1TB Normal Samsung drive. SATA 5 has the dvd player.
Was gonna add another Corsair SSD and plugged it into SATA 8.
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I am missing something but what?

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