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.

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First off I'm not that tech informed so bare with me... That said....
I was told by a friend who help me reseach and build my latest PC hardware in late 2010 that my motherboard was recalled by Intel? The Motherboard in question is an MSI P67A-GD65. I was told by my friend that I can contact MSI for a exchange for the new updated B3 chipset revision? So, is this true and if so how do I go about doing this? The only reason I'm asking is my computer has been really slow so I had my friend come look at it.. After he realized I hadn't gotten an exchange for the B3 motherboard he told me to contact MSI and get it replaced.. Thanks for all your help everyone

Quote from: HU16E on 24-July-11, 16:46:16
Replacement procedure will depend on the your location in the world. This thread should cover it; https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=145374.0
I live in the U.S... I read the thread linked above.. Thanks for all the information! I'm going to call up MSI today and get this underway!! Thanks again DOA

P67A-GD65 Overclock Status

The screenshot doesn't show the temps; at 1.450 in the BIOS, max temp running Prime95 was 78C. The system was stable.
I have since dropped the vCore to 1.440, max temp down to 76C. I might try running auto voltages at a 48 multiplier, to see if that works.
Big question: What vCore should try to get down to? I'll sacrifice a multiplier for long term stability; I don't want to hurt the CPU... Note I was overclocking the Twin Frozr at the same time

I've just got done running a a few OCCPT runs for ~2 hours of my i5-2500K [email protected], then another hour at 1.37V successfully (TRUE 120 and Nexus 120mm whites), mostly using Englishman's settings from another thread (I'll edit the post later). Then a bit of Crysis 2 to kill the boredom.
This is my first post - I'll get my account and such filled in with setup info, and hope to contribute to these helpful forums.

MSI P67A-GD65 - Overclock not sticking in Win7

Hi
Am having some confusing problem.
I am using this board with a 2500K and I have set the multiplier to achieve 4.5Ghz. I have disabled EIST, C1E, limit cpuid maximum and overspeed protection.
Here are my settngs:
The BIOS reports that this should be a 4.5Ghz overclock.
However when I boot into Win7 64Bit, CPU-Z shows that my multiplier is bouncing around at only stock levels.
I can see that my v core voltages are sticking but not my multiplier.
Am I missing a setting somewhere?
Many thanks

What is your current BIOS Version?
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P67A-GD65 2600K - Help overklocking with auto Vcore.

Hey!
What I want to do is to reach a stable clock of 4,5ghz while having Vcore set to auto. Why I want to do that is ofcourse for the vcore to be as low as possible during idle, afterall since I leave my computer on 24/7 it spends most of the time in idle.
Right now I'm at 4,3ghz with the settings I will list below. I'm not ready to declare it to be stable just yet, but it finished 9,5h of Prime 95 Blend overnight. Read alot about BSOD's when it's idle though but so far I'm good in that aspect aswell.
When I first tried 4,3ghz I got BSOD with the code 0x124. Read up on it some and took my PLL Voltage off Auto and changed to 1,550000 and it's been fine since then. If I try 4,4ghz though I get the same thing and lowering PLL Voltage again did nothing and obv I can't just increase the Vcore since I want it on auto. Any tips on the matter would be greatly appreciated.
BIOS 1.15B5
Overclocking
CPU Base Frequency [10kHz] [10000]
Adjust CPU Ratio [34]
Adjust CPU Ratio in OS [Disabled]
Internal PLL Overvoltage [Auto]
EIST [Enabled]
Intel Turbo Boost [Enabled]
DRAM Frequency [AUTO]
Extreme Memory Profile (X.M.P) [Enabled]
DRAM Timing Mode [Link]
Spread Spectrum [Disabled]
VDroop Control [Auto]
CPU Core Voltage [AUTO]
CPU I/O Voltage [Auto]
DRAM Voltage [AUTO]
System Agent Voltage (SA) [Auto]
CPU PLL Voltage [1.550000V]
PCH 1.05 [Auto]
DDR_VREF_CA_A [Auto]
DDR_VREF_CA_B [Auto]
DDR_VREF_DA_A [Auto]
DDR_VREF_DA_B [Auto]
Overclocking/Advanced DRAM Configuration
2,9,9,9,24, the rest on Auto
Overclocking/CPU Features
Hyper-threading [Enabled]
Active Processor Cores [All]
Limit CPUID Maximum [Disabled]
Execute Disable Bit [Enabled]
Intel Virtualisation Tech [Enabled]
Intel VT-D Tech [Disabled]
Power Technology [Custom]
C1E Support [Enabled]
Overspeed Protection [Enabled]
Intel C-State [Enabled]
Package C State Limit [No Limit]
Long Duration Power Limit (W) 120
Long Duration Maintained (ms) 1000
Long Duration Power Limit (W) 130
Primary plane turbo power limit 0
1-Core Ratio Limit 43
2-Core Ratio Limit 43
3-Core Ratio Limit 43
4-Core Ratio Limit 43
Screens of settings:
Greenpower - web.comhem.se/tnt/Greenpower.JPG
Overclocking 1 - web.comhem.se/tnt/Overklocking.JPG
Overclocking 2 - web.comhem.se/tnt/Overklocking2.JPG
CPUfeatures - web.comhem.se/tnt/CPUfeatures.JPG

Quote from: Soilworker on 14-September-11, 22:49:36
Tried the settings you recommended and I think they would be stable, but for 4,4ghz my vcore was 1,432 under load and I dont feel comfortable with it that high. Tried turning Vdroop back to auto and then the Vcore under load was 1.298 but that seemed to be too low as I got a BSOD with 0x124 after only ~2mins of Blend in Prime.
Also, when disabling Turbo Boost the options for individual cores and for the "duration limits" 120/1000/130 is no longer there. Changed it to the values you said before turning boost off though but I doubt it did any difference?
Yup! Stop: 124 is not enough CPU V. Your CPU is unfortunately not going to play nice it appears. Just a guess, but have the feeling 4.2 (maybe 4.3) is going to be it's limit & keep around the recommended maximum of 1.400v's at heavy load. To be honest, after the durations disappear after the disable, I don't know if those settings are then still in affect. Recommend to keep the VDroop set to 'Low'.

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?

Overclocking an i7-2700k on P67A-GD65

My specs are:
Intel Core i7-2700K @ stock speeds (Cooled by Hyper 212 Plus)
MSI P67A-GD65 (B3)
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 16GB DDR3 1600
Crucial M4 128GB SATA III
2x 2TB Samsung Spinpoint F4 (Storage)
ATI Radeon 4870x2
Samsung Blue-Ray Combo/DVD Burner
CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX850 V2
LIAN LI Lancool PC-K62
So I tried Overclocking yesterday after watching a guide on YouTube.. It seemed pretty easy on a sandy bridge so I thought I'd give it a try. I went into bios changed the CPU voltage to 1.35, changed the CPU multiplier to 45, and enabled XMP profile, I then saved settings and rebooted. Windows booted up fine, turned on prime 95 and opened up real temp and ran prime 95 to make sure CPU temps stayed below 70C. One core managed to reach 70 but other than that everything was gone so Im assuming everything was stable and good. I reboot my pc and you know how when you install new ram or CPU, while rebooting for the first time it says new CPU installed etc? Well that popped up and I got curious so I went into bios and everything went back to default again. So I set up it up All over again, saved and rebooted and now I'm getting a blue screen. So I reboot go into bios and notice my sata isn't set to AHCI. So I set it and reboot. Widows loads again... I then reboot again and I get a blue screen.. Also noticing my motherboard light is flashing. I check the manual and it told me that one of my bios profiles failed. I looked up how to fix it online and managed to fix it. The light disappeared, went into bios tried to oc it again... Saved.. Rebooted light started flashing.. Windows booted up fine. I then restarted... And the comp restarted on its own a few times during post. I fix the light flashing set everything to default and now I'm clueless as to why this is happening to me. Do any of you have any ideas why??!
I'm sorry for such a long post, I'm just trying to explain what I did the best I could. If you have any questions please ask and I'll try to answer!!!!
Thanks In advance!!!!!!!

Quote from: HU16E on 09-January-12, 15:54:34
I would still recommend what was mentioned in Reply #3. Establish how high you can set the CPU speed with the CPU V. in Auto (default). Then you have a baseline on which to go by when switching to a manual OC. Keep in mind, once CPU V. is taken out of Auto, you lose power saving ability.
Power as in electricity? or power from power supply?
Oh also, after setting the stuff in BIOS and rebooting.... I noticed a FAN ( Don't know which one ) but kept going low rpm & high rpm for like 3-5 seconds... before it was normal again... then booted up to windows normally... is this supposed to happen?
Also, 20 minutes into PRIME 95 and CoreTEMP and RealTEMP... this is what i have so far..... memory has not been modifiied in bios... Only the 1.35 CPU Core Voltage and Multiplier is 45.
I just stopped the Prime95 and the final 4 highest temps were 66 73 74 71. That's too high huh?

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.

Help Configuring Raid 1 & Raid 5 on the P67A-GD65 (B3) motherboard

I just purchased the P67A-GD65 (B3) motherboard for a custom system and have a few questions in regards to setting up RAID.
I have the following HDs
2x 1TB
3x 3TB
I would like to setup RAID 1 with the two 1TB drivers and RADI 5 with the three 3TB drivers. I connected the two 1TB drives to ports 7&8 so it would be using the Marvell SE9128 and the three 3TB drives to ports 1, 2,3 to use the Intel P67 (B3) PCH. The documentation says that SATA ports 1-6 support RAID 0/1/5/10 and SATA port 7-8 support RAID 0/1.
The two 1TB in RAID 1 would be my boot drives (going to run VMWARE ESXi with multiple VMs) and the three 3TB RAID 5 drives are going to be my storage.
I was under the understanding that you could use both the Intel P67 (B3) PCH and the Marvell SE9128 at the same time but it looks like I can only configure one or the other. If I have neither of the two setup I can hit CTRL + I and get to Intel or CTRL + M to get to Marvell but when I set one of them up I can’t boot into the other to setup my second RAID.
At the end of the day I bought this system to run ESXi 5.0 with multiple VMs with a shared storage area. If I can’t utilize both controllers then what’s the point of having two on the motherboard? I made sure in the BIOS settings I enabled RAID for the HDs.
If anyone has configured their systems like this please let me know how.
NOTE: As others have mentioned if you put in all your memory at one time then the system will go into a continuous reboot state. You should only put in one and then the others. Right now I have two 4GB sticks in and will add the others once I figure out is going on with the RAID.

Quote from: Jack on 29-September-11, 16:56:49
Please stop flashing the same version all over again, before something goes wrong.
It's great to have that info now... is it posted anywhere on the website?
Quote from: Jack on 29-September-11, 16:56:49
Please make sure that the memory frequency is manually set to DDR3-1333, the Command Rate to 2T and the memory voltage to 1.575V. Then retest with all modules.
I changed the frequency to DDR-1333 and Voltage but I don't know how to change the Command Rate or where it is located? Any help?
Also,
I'm still having problems getting the system to recognize the Marvell RAID config when I boot with the VMWare ESXi 5.0 CD and try to select where I want to install... When I go into the Marvell settings the system it shows that I have two dirves in RAID 1 Config:
PD 0: ST31000528AS -> PORT ID = 0; PD ID = 0; Type = SATA PD; Status = Configured; Size 953869MD; Feature Support = NCQ 3G 48Bits; Current Speed = 3G
PD 8: ST31000528AS -> PORT ID = 1; PD ID = 8; Type = SATA PD; Status = Configured; Size 953869MD; Feature Support = NCQ 3G 48Bits; Current Speed = 3G
under the HBA 0: Marvell 0 settings it says the following:
VENDOR ID: 1B4B
DEVICE ID: 91A3
REVISION ID: B1
BIOS VERSION: 1.0.0.1027
FIRMWARE VERSION: 2.1.2.1505
PCIe Speed Rate: 5.0Gbps
Configure SATA as: IDE Mode -> In the BIOS I have the settings to RAID
Not sure if it matters but here's how I have the Intel Raid setup...
RAID Volumes
ID = 0; NAME = Storage; LEVEL = RAID5(Parity); STRIP = 64KB; SIZE = 5.4TB; STATUS = Normal (it's in green); BOOTABLE = Yes
Physical Devices:
Port Device Mod Ser Size Type/Status(Vol ID)
0 Hitachi blah blah 2.7TB Member Disk (0)
1 Hitachi blah blah 2.7TB Member Disk (0)
2 Hitachi blah blah 2.7TB Member Disk (0)
Any Thoughts? I'm trying to boot from the two 1TB drivers setup in the Marvell Raid 1 Config and the Raid5 through the Intel for all my storage needs.
Thanks again for helping out.

Help with P67A-GD65

Hi everyone, just wanted some advise please, i have ordered the parts for my new gaming pc (This is my first build)
I have ordered the MSI P67A-GD65 motherboard and after doing some research i getting worried that my CPU cooler won't clear my ram.
I have the coolermaster V6GT CPU cooler and the G.Skill RipJawX 4GB DDR3 kit
I just wanted to know if anyone else has this board RAM and cooler ?
If not could i get some advise on wether i should change my CPU cooler to some thing like the Akasa AK-CCX-4002HP Venom CPU Cooler ?
Or could i move my RAM into slots 2 and 4 ? would this work or would the system not boot properly ? (sorry first build )
Thanks to anyone that helps

Quote from: HU16E on 28-January-11, 06:46:30
Well, that's what I get for not doing the testing myself! The P67A-GD65 'does' boot with a stick in the dimm 2 black slot, & then with a second stick placed in the other black slot. However, the manual is specific about initial startup with a RAM stick in dimm 1, which is of course the first blue slot next to the CPU. Without starting from scratch again, I can't verify initial build startup with a stick in the dimm 2 black slot will work or not. I guess if someone tries it, & it fails, obvious move would be to go to the dimm 1 & give it a go. Trouble is, I can't go back & edit my posts now to correct them.
Ha, it's OK, I read the same thing in the manual. The manual certainly doesn't leave any room for assumption, it flat out states you should use 1 & 3.

P67A-GD65 RAID set-up problem... HELP!

First off I tried the search to find any threads but the search didn't come back with anything relevant.
So here is my problem. Brand new build and can't get the RAID drivers to install. Can't even find the drivers by themselves without a EXE file to run them. I have them on a USB flash drive but Win7 won't recognize them because they are still bundled into the EXE program. I've tried to extract them from the Marvell RAID Drivers given on the MSI support site but still no luck. I have the MSI P67A-GD65 with two Seagate ST32000641AS Barracuda XT HDs plugged into the Marvell SATA III ports 7 & 8. Win7 install sees them as two separate drives so I'm stuck trying to find some drivers that Win7 will recognize and install off the USB drive.
Also I'm reading that the Marvell SATA III controller isn't as fast as the Intel P67 SATA III controller.... should I swap the cables over and avoid the Marvell? If so any help finding the Intel P67 RAID Drivers would be greatly appreciated.

Things have changed since my last build, thank God!
In the old days you had to install the RAID drivers before installing the OS onto the array. Today I just set up the RAID 0 array after installing Windows 7 onto one of the two drives. So all that time I spent looking for drivers that weren't part of an EXE file was a waste. I did swap from the SATA III Marvell ports (7 & 8) to the SATA III ports (1 & 2) that are Intel P67 PCH. I then installed Windows 7, popped in the MSI motherboard disc, and loaded the Intel RAID drivers. After that I opened the Intel Control Panel that was installed with the RAID drivers and set-up the RAID 0 array. Now it seems Windows 7 is migrating itself onto that array. Bad news... because the array is so large. Two 2TB drives... its going to take a long time. Not sure if there is a better/faster way.

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!

P67A-GD65 POST troubleshooting help

Alright. First off System specs:
CPU: i5 2500k http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072&cm_re=2500k-_-19-115-072-_-Product
CPU Cooler: CM 212+ http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103065&Tpk=212p
Mainboard: MSI P67A-GD65 (B3) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130574&cm_re=p67a-gd65-_-13-130-574-_-Product
Power Supply: SeaSonic X750 Gold 750W http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151087&Tpk=x750
Case: CoolerMaster HAF 912 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119233&cm_re=912-_-11-119-233-_-Product
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231314
GPU: MSI N560GTX-TI Twin Frozr II/OC GeForce GTX 560 Ti http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127565
I've checked the beep code list, but can't figure out what the issue is. Here's a video of the problem I'm having:
As you can see in the video, it boots for 1 second then restarts. Then produces that beep code.
I have no idea what the first "boop boop beep" means, and I'm getting mixed signals on what the 5 beeps mean.
1 module of the RAM is seated properly. There's nothing plugged into the back I/O panel. There's no GPU attached. There's no SATA devices attached. I've reseated the CPU and checked for bent pins. Cleared CMOS. I'm running out of ideas.

ORIGINAL POSTER'S SITUATION REPORT
I reattached GPU and that changed the game a bit:
System no longer restarts 1 second after powerup.
5 beeps are gone.
That first "boop boop beep" sequence as shown in the video remains.
Still no video signal. I'm attached using miniHDMI to HDMI.

P67A-GD65(B3) and i5 2300 overclock = 3.3 GHz max ?

Hi,
I've just bought a SB mobo & CPU and try to figure out what can I do with it in terms of o/c. Just for my future reference.
My CPU is i5 2300.
Mobo is MSI P67A-GD65(B3).
PSU is OCZ Z-Series 850W
and cooler is CM Hyper 212 Plus.
I don't touch BCLK so far and I don't touch OC Genie button and I won't touch it (got used to manual driving). As far as I know all SB do have TurboBoost *PLUS* 4-tick addition (or even more with less cores active). So armed with that knowledge I entered MSI UEFI setup and disabled all energy engines (except this max 1W European standby norm.. can't remember name at this moment, sorry), so turbo 3.1 + 4 ticks should be 3.5 GHz.
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/core-i5-2500-2400-2300_11.html
And my problem is I can't reach it ;-) All I can get is 3.3 GHz (x33). CPU-Z shows me stable 3.3 with no falls to 1.6 (as energy managers are off). Even under full load (Prime95) it still shows 3.3, BTW interesting... Intel Turbo Boost Monitor shows raising bar upto 3.3 GHz under stress only, once Prime is disabled = bar falls down.
Bios is the newest (1.E). Temps under full load are about 50 deg. All voltages are auto (except memory which is 1.5 V). It doesn't matter if I set x34 or x35 CPU multiplier both in UEFI setup, and using MSI Control Centre.. as always I've got 3.3 GHz (x33) shown by CPU-Z 1.58. VDrop setting is Auto.
I'd promise once I've seen 3.4, but it was my first shot, rather for observing new cooler and temps.. and it was older BIOS.
Is it everything what can i5-2300 give to me, or is it possible to get more (x35) somehow ? I will try BCLK later, now I'd like to find maximum multiplier.
Thank you for any clues.

Quote from: Henry on 27-July-11, 06:16:05
Bottom line is if you want decent easy OC then get a 'K' series CPU. You're getting frustrated trying to OC a CPU that wasn't designed to OC to begin with. You're not going to get much of a performance increase from the piddly little bit of an OC on that 2300 anyway.
Thanks for answer, but I know those facts very well as I am computer builder & troubleshooter
I was just curious, and far away from frustration, how much is worth my new "baby", let me remind my first sentence:
"I've just bought a SB mobo & CPU and try to figure out what can I do with it in terms of o/c. Just for my future reference."
I don't know why people treat this as newbie stu*id question "OMG, mummy bought me this PC and my brother told me what o/c is and I want to make a rocket now"
I always do such "recko" like maximum o/c after purchase, which allows me to build the future strategy for years, that's all
BTW, I'm happy with it (so far) as it's noticeably faster, cooler and more energy efficient than Q9550 I have had before. And the whole platform doesn't make my soundcard having "cracked", so I'd say it's a fullness of happiness.

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.

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