P67a-gd65 random freezes

Hello,
I am having issues with my new system that i have built.
MSI P67a-gd65 (B3)
Corsair XMS3 1600
MSI Twin frozr GTX560 TI
Core i7 2600K
Windows 7 64 bit
My system will randomly lockup and i can't get it to work again unless i hard reset the machine. I have set the motherboard to optimized defaults and the memory is running at 1333. I also made sure my RAM timings and voltages were set to their defaults. I have not overclocked the system in any way. These lockups only occur when i am doing leisure things like surfing the web or checking my email. I can play any game i want for several hours on end without a lockup. I have updated my drivers from the MSI website and this also did not help.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Anthony

Quote from: Ethylo on 30-March-11, 05:28:23
I had exact same issue with very close hardware ( only dif is 2500K instead of your 2600K, and B2 motherboard ) and after many test I finally found the solution by changing SPD memory from JEDEC4 to XMP-1600.
JEDEC4 was completely unstable , I got no BSOD but random freeze, especially when idling/low activity.
IMHO Corsair memories are definately not stable with JEDEC4.
Now 10 days with XMP SPD and fully stable !
Hello all,
I've been 24 hour crash free. I also setup my memory as listed above (thanks for that tip).
Thanks to everyone who replied with ideas.

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P67A-GD65 still freezing up

Well I've tried every suggestion and supposed fix (ram timings, etc.) for the feezing up problem to no avail. I still get a total system freeze at least once a day which then requires a manual restart of the PC. Kind of sucks.
Even with everything set to stock unmolested config with no overclocking it still occurs.
Any other ideas?

How is this a thread hijack? Did you have a bad day or something? All I did was comment that I was in the same boat and it seems like there's a LOT of people having this issue.
The topic is "Re: P67A-GD65 still freezing up"
And the original poster said
"Well I've tried every suggestion and supposed fix (ram timings, etc.) for the feezing up problem to no avail. I still get a total system freeze at least once a day which then requires a manual restart of the PC. Kind of sucks.
Even with everything set to stock unmolested config with no overclocking it still occurs.
Any other ideas?"
I've done the exact same, and have the exact same issue. And YES, the bios is updated to 1.B...that's what the memory is qualified with.
I can see if someone was to jump in and say "hey, and my hard drive isn't connecting" or "My rig is constantly rebooting" which is completely off topic. That's a thread hijack.
Never seen a forum that asks people to post identical topics. From what I've read in other related posts it doesn't seem to be a problem with the RAM, and there's a ton of people who are posting on newegg who have similar problems with all different makes of RAM and they get the same "please email me at xxxx@msi to help with your issue." "and include your serial number".
That tells me that MSI has a crap manufacturing run out there but is too lame to admit it so people can check if they have a defective board themselves and get it replaced quickly. Instead customers have to waste their time spending hours or days trying to fix something that is likely a flaw in the hardware that MSI won'd admit to in the open. Been there, done that. I work for a hardware manufacturer and our lame PM's and executives do the same crap when there's a screw up on a large scale. But it doesn't mean it's right.
Quality RAM (especially RAM that's verified) should run with the auto settings. And since the same memory works fine in an ASUS board where I could actually run a memtest on it successfully, tells me that MSI's sweeping things under the rug given the amount of problems customers are experiencing which are either continual reboots or lockups with no errors in the Windows logs.
As for this "user forum", it's not a user forum, this is a helpdesk. What moderator decided that the format is "one user posts and others only post to help that one user"? Or is this the only support MSI offers it's customers?
Thanks for the great help though!
Scott

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.

P67A-GD65 random shut-down

First thing's first, the specs:
MB: P67A-GD65 (MS-7681)
CPU: Intel Core i7-2600k
RAM: DIMM1-3 Corsair dual-channel XMS memory 1.5V CMX4GX3M2B1600C9
DIMM2-4 Corsair dual-channel Vengeance memory 1.5V CMZ4GX3M2A1600C9
HDD: Samsung Spinpoint F3 - HD103SJ
BIOS version: 4.3
VGA: ASUS GTX 560Ti Direct CUII Top
PSU: Xilence Redwing 750W (modular)
The issue is quite simple really: At random times the computer shuts down without a warning - no error prompt or BSOD or anything else; and then it reboots. Scrolling often through videos and using google chrome browser in conjunction with videogames makes it more likely to shut down suddenly.
The hard-drive errorcheck came up with nothing and memory and CPU stress tests were all clear. My main suspect is the memory but the problem re-occurs at random times. Another issue is the fact that I can't set the memory in X.M.P. profile (the option is simply greyed out when all 4 X.M.P. capable sticks are in the MB. It becomes available when only 2 slots are populated by either of the memory kits). If I link the timings and set the option to 1600Mhz manually then it resets to the 1333Mhz default on reboot. Most overclocking options are blocked so I am using OC Genie II. I am not sure what options would work out best for this motherboard (energy-saving, intel turbo boost, enhanced boost etc.).
I need your help and advice.

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At random times the computer shuts down without a warning - no error prompt or BSOD or anything else; and then it reboots.
lastly shutdown or reboot?
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RAM: DIMM1-3 Corsair dual-channel XMS memory 1.5V CMX4GX3M2B1600C9
DIMM2-4 Corsair dual-channel Vengeance memory 1.5V CMZ4GX3M2A1600C9
mixing memory sticks is asking for troubles
leave only matched memory pairs and retest
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Most overclocking options are blocked so I am using OC Genie II.
you have instability issues, but you are overclocking in meantime??
remove any OCing and retest

MSI P67A GD65 System Freezes while Gaming

hey
i m facing system hangs/freezes while gaming. it is all along working fine but suddenly problem arrises outta nowhere. mostly happens in Metro Last Light Game. i did change multiple things like 2 different rams stick, Bios are 4.1v (at default), i tried 2 different GPUs like 290 and 580 but stilll facing same issue. dont know why.
if you can help on it this, it would be alot appreciated.
m PC
MSI p67a GD65
I5 2500K
8GB RAM
800w PSU

What is the actual power supply?
Follow this >>Posting Guide<<
Make sure you run latest BIOS.
PS: Intel ME driver is crucial, without it system won't work properly, and that's why it didn't freeze anymore. Same applies to GPUs: if you have 400W power supply and want to run 2-way SLI, it will be fine until you install drivers, which make the computer and graphic cards recognise how much power they have and so on

3570k, p67a-gd65, random restarts

A couple months ago I swapped my i3-2100 for an i5-3570k. Flashed the latest beta bios (E7681.443) using the MSI HQ forum flasher. Clean installed windows 7, installed latest drivers from the website, except for Intel ME8 from intels site. Everything ran fine for while until I noticed the computer restarting randomly, generally when the computer under little or no load. It can run cpu intensive programs all day long without a hitch. The restarts aren't consistent either, it might happen 2-3 times in a day or might not happen for several days. Ran Mem test, tested the hard drive, and ran prime95 for 9 hours and all came back clean. Followed this thread (https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=103936.0) to try and get it to bsod but after 2 weeks hasn't produced. I finally tried swapping my i3 back in and lo and behold all of the problems went away. Bios settings, Drivers, hardware? Not sure what to try at this point. Don't haves access to a lot of spare hardware to test. Bios settings are currently set to default. Had it overclocked to 4.5ghz at 1.23v before but have since restored to default settings for trouble shooting, problems persist whether o.c. or stock. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for your time!

Test for awhile with just 1 RAM stick in DIMM1. Test with each one individually. All 4 RAM sticks from the same kit? Could be a PSU problem of some kind developing. In case the low end voltage is too low, set VDroop to 'High' or 100%, whichever option is available and see if that helps. If problems continue, it might be helpful to post the BIOS screenshots so as to study them. In the sub menu CPU Features, you can also try raising the Power Limits and Duration up some. Presume Spread Spectrum, EuP 2013 are disabled?

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.

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!

MSI GD65 - Win7 64 Prof. Random freezes

Edit: Setting DRAM Voltage to 1.65V instead of 1.5V seems to help a lot!
Edit: BIOS 1.6 is giving hopeful results for automatic OC (Genie) too.
In an attempt to aggregate the information on this, topics that seem to be related (to me):
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=133870.0
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=133680.0
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=133585.0
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=133626.0
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=132681.0
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=132105.0
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=131535.0
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=131457.0
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=131466.0
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=131162.0
(I only included GD65-topics)
Low voltage memory reading material:
http://www.evga.com/forums/tm.aspx?&m=5080&mpage=1
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Like others I've been plagued by random freezes in using my newly built system, based on the GD65.
What happens:
1/6 times BSOD and restart.
5/6 times a simple freeze, with, if present, (analog) sound output relooping the last second of output or producing a more garbled stream of sound.
When does it happen:
- 1/5 times when doing nothing (save for uTorrent running in the background). I.e. returning to my machine, it won't respond to input, or if the screen has stayed on, shows the machine to be in a frozen state.
- 4/5 times when browsing, and especially when watching flash-based movies (flash 10.1 prerelease). That might be a biased memory, though, as these freezes always produce very _memorable_ sound relooping.
The system can be stable in continuous operation (including uTorrent) from anywhere between 1 hour to 4 days, before the abovementioned occurs.
The system:
- MSI P55-GD65 (Foxconn socket, BIOS 1.5)
- i7 860
- 2x 2GB Corsair Dominator 1600MHz CAS 8 --> CMD4GX3M2A1600C8 (DIMM1 and DIMM3)
- Corsair HX850W
- Intel 80GB Intel X25M 2,5" SATA (IRST 9.5 drivers installed)
- 2x Samsung 1000GB Samsung HD103SJ
- Windows 7 64bit Professional (on SSD)
I've tried the following:
- Reseating the CPU.
As far as I could see there were scuff marks on all pads and in the socket, no pins were bent or seemed abnormal. I must say that during the reseating I was struck by the very shoddy-feeling latching mechanism.
- Varying BIOS settings. Many, from the most default to custom OC, to OC Genie based settings. Interestingly, the non OC'd settings seemed to perform the worst.
Looking back into the various BIOS profiles I stored, I see that I haven't tried (d'oh!) the combination of:
- A higher DRAM voltage
- Relaxed DRAM timings
- Standard base clock
I'm going to try this and see if that will make my system run stable. I'll update somewhere later this week.
In the meanwhile, I'm very interested as to what people think concerning the times at which the freezes occur (for me and for quite a few other accounts I found scattered around). From what I can gather:
- These freezes almost never occur when the machines are stressed.
- They seem to occur more frequently when users are using their browsers.
- Vista and Win7 seem to suffer from more freezes than XP installations (there is an account of a dual-booting guy stating this) with XP installations generating more BSODs instead of freezes.
- Memtesting generally reveals no issues whatsoever, nor does prime95-testing.
I can't get my head around this behaviour. You'd expect that with hardware that is on the edge, when it comes to margins in voltages and timings and what not, stress testing would surely push it over that edge. Are we dealing with voltage fluctuations or certain patterns of memory usage that cause these issues?
Again, very interested what your take is on this.

Hi everyone! Let me contribute in diagnosing the problem.
I've bought P55-GD65 in november'09 (BIOS version 1.0) along with OCZ DDR3-1600 Gold 2*1Gb Kit. Installed Win7 32-bit. Every few hours I was getting BSOD with something like "BUGCODE_USBDRIVER". I thought this was Windows fault, that's why I've tried Vista SP2 (error at first boot) and XP (hang while copying files). In Win7 several times I've seen corrupted screen, Aero switching off and sluggish performance.The error became less frequent when I set memory to 1333Mhz and raised voltage to 1.65v as there was only 1.5v in the SPD. And there wasn't dependency whether one module was used or both two — BSODs were inevitable.
Later I've tested one Rendition 2Gb DDR3-1333 module. 1T or 2T — infrequent BSODs/freezes.
I've upgraded to BIOS v1.4 and installed two ordinary Hynix 1333Mhz CL9 modules. A new BSOD "IRQ NOT LESS OR EQUAL" began to appear along with these weird freezes roughly twice a week. My PC became more usable and I decided to keep Hynix memory.
Two months with BIOS 1.5 were stable - only 2-3 BSODs, but I think that were application errors or faulty ATI driver. Memory was operating 1333@[email protected].
BIOS 1.6 brought back freezes. 3-6 times a week. The only positive aspect: 3.24 Gb was available for Windows against 2.99Gb in previous BIOS versions. 19.02.2010 I updated to v1.7. So far no freezes, errors.
Short resume
Freezes and errors are appearing in Win7 32-bit with BIOS 1-1.4 & 1.6. Memory voltage, frequency can affect the periodicity of errors. I haven't tried OC Genie yet because of unstable PC operation in normal mode.
My observations
Many hardware sites stated that there's no need for any cooling sinks or heatpipes for P55 chipset and any cooling system of tested mainboards were slightly warm. In my case, the heatpipes and sinks are hot most of time. Maybe this is a result of stock Intel cooler (2cm height)?
Also 6 power LEDs are constantly on, slightly blinking when watching HD video.
In 3D games (GTAIV, Mass Effect2, Tropico3, Burnout, Red Alert3) even for many hours playing — no freeze or BSOD.
The computer normally goes to S3 (hibernate) and resumes for several times a day.
The temperature of individual components is within reasonable limits.
I can confirm that after browsing FLASH-rich websites you should expect freeze in 30min. This time shortens while watching fullscreen avi-files afterwards.
My config
Windows 7 32-bit Ultimate
Intel Core i7-860 (stock cooler) /MSI P55-GD65 / Hynix 2×2Gb PC3-10600 / Sapphire Radeon HD4850 512Mb (reference) / Samsung HD501LJ, SP1614C / LG GH20LS15 / K-World TV878RF Pro / Chieftec CFT-560-A12C / CoolerMaster Cosmos S
HP LP2475w / Logitech MX Revolution / Genius KB21e / Canon Pixma iP4000 / Wacom Bamboo Fun A5
It seems to me that there's some electric power issue in P55-GD65. Maybe it's related to MOSFETs overheating? Or weird Vdroop setting? Or, the worst, critical fault in the board design? Or we've got defective samples...

Freezing/Hanging - Mobo Issue (P67A-GD65)?

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Chassis - COOLER MASTER Elite 430 RC-430-KWN1 Black Steel / Plastic Computer Case
Hard Drive - Western Digital Caviar Blue WD10EALX 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
CPU - Intel Core i5-2400 Sandy Bridge 3.1GHz (3.4GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I52400
Mobo - MSI P67A-GD65 (B3) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
PSU - RAIDMAX HYBRID 2 RX-630SS 630W ATX12V V2.2/ EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Modular Modular LED Power Supply
RAM - Patriot Gamer 2 Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model PGD38G1333ELK
GPU - EVGA 02G-P3-1386-KR GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
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.

MSI p67a-GD65 system randomly shutsdown

I'm completely heartbroken about my new build. Everything was running solid for about a month now and I have just started to experience random shutdowns. According to my BIOS, my 2600K is running at stock at around 55 C. I performed a stress test last night using prime95 and the system shut down as well, although speedfan and HWMonitor both only showed an increase from 40-50C to 60-70C. After it shuts down, the system is completely unresponsive and will not start back up until I unplug the system or turn off the power supply, after which it suddenly will start up again. In my opinion, that's an indicator of something as I thought it was completely dead.
I have NO idea what could possibly be causing this issue. It could be heat, it could be my power supply, it could be my motherboard. How do I narrow this down?
Here's my build:
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB)
ADATA S599 AS599S-64GM-C 2.5" 64GB
Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz
Seasonic SS-850HT 850W ATX12V v2.31,EPS12V
2x MSI R6970-2PM2D2GD5 Radeon HD 6970 2GB
MSI P67A-GD65 (B3) LGA 1155 Intel P67
COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus

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One video card should be at around 200W - 210 W, so 400W for video cards.
Make that 250W per card + 100 W for the processor, about 50A @12V.
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I do have a 750W power supply.
You mentioned other figures in your component overview:
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Seasonic SS-850HT 850W ATX12V v2.31,EPS12V
So, what kind of PSU do you have?
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system is completely unresponsive and will not start back up until I unplug the system or turn off the power supply, after which it suddenly will start up again.
Sounds like a PSU problem then. Use a different one and/or test with one video card only.

MSI P55-GD65 + Corsair XMS3 CM3X2G1333C9 = Random freezes,buzzes,reboots..

Hello..
My system specs are:
Mobo: MSI P55-GD65
CPU: Intel Core i7-860 (with Megahalems heatsink)
RAM: 2x 2x2GB (dual channel = 8GB in total) Corsair XMS3 CM3X2G1333C9
GPU: ATI HD5770
PSU: Corsair HX520W
The problem I face, is that I get random freezes (sometimes this is accompanied by a loud buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz coming out of my speakers), or cold reboots. It's not something that is triggered by some specific action (e.g when I run a specific application or something like that), sometimes there are days that I don't get a single reboot, and other days that I get 4-5 freezes one after another..
I read in another forum, that this specific series of motherboards (GDxx) have some trouble dealing with certain memory brands, especially corsair. I don't know if that's true, just throwing it out there if someone has any similar experience to share..
So far I've tested my memory with memtest (overnight 8 hour test, it completed a few cycles), I've tested my cpu with a several hour prime95 small FFT test, which stressed my CPU in 100% for a few hours but that didn't trigger a freeze or a reboot. My temps are perfectly nice and normal..
Reading from Everest, I still use the AMI v1.0 version of the BIOS, but I don't tend to update things that work (there were a couple of times in the past that this only made things worse). I have set my bios settings to auto, do I don't know if I should play around with anything there, I must say though I've always been a bit skeptical about changing voltages or something (never played with overclocking in my whole life), fearing that I could damage anything, or at least lower its "expiration date"..
I hope someone expert can help me out..
PS. I must say this mobo is the second one I got, my first GD65 was replaced, but it had nothing to do with similar issues, I accidentally damaged the cpu socket. I can't seem to recall though, if I had such problems with my first mobo too..

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So far I've tested my memory with memtest (overnight 8 hour test, it completed a few cycles), I've tested my cpu with a several hour prime95 small FFT test, which stressed my CPU in 100% for a few hours but that didn't trigger a freeze or a reboot.
As gcanuck mentioned, in BIOS Cell Menu, Spread Spectrum should be disabled. If not done so, test each RAM stick individually in the primary black dimm slot. DRAM V. maximum is 1.65v's. It also may be that the CPU IMC refuses to cooperate. With only two sticks in the black slots, does this freeze problem continue? Another possibility is that the two RAM kits are of different chips even though they have the same specs. Are the batch numbers the same? Some may have Elpida chips, & the other kit Samsung.
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Although another guy in another topic suggested even higher voltages, up to 1.79V (!!!!)
Whoever advised that is a moronic idiot!

Msi p67a-gd65 mouse and keyboard freeze - blinking caps lock.

As the title says, my mouse and keyboard suddenly froze while I was chatting on Skype and I noticed that my system was still running. In fact, my razer mouse light was also blinking. The caps lock had a sort of sequential blink, although I'm not sure.
Anyway, I had to use the power button to shut down the system and everything seems normal again. Does anyone know what would cause this? Is it a software issue or due to my board?
I'm running 64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate.

p67a-gd65 motherboard
Intel i7 2600K
2x MSI 6970 graphic cards
Seasonic SS-850HT 850W PSU
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB)
ADATA S599 system hard drive
ADESSO keyboard and Razer Deathadder mouse
This was the first time this sort of thing has happened. I did have to replace (RMA) my PSU once before due to a random shut down issue but that was resolved. I'm really curious as to why this would happen and I'm hoping it's a software issue and not something related to the USB ports on the board.

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 Hard Lockups

I recently built a Sandy Bridge system and I am having random sudden hard locks. I will be browsing the net or playing a game and then...everything freezes up suddenly and I cannot do anything, like I'm stuck in a screen shot. I am forced to manually hit the restart button. Sometimes it will happen twice in an hour and sometimes it wont happen for a day. I have updated BIOS to v1.7, turned on and off turbo mode, manually slightly increased my vcore, increased base clock to 101 (MHz), turned on and off power saving settings, tried sata 6 and sata 3 ports, ran MemTest, newest drivers from MSI site. Also from day 1 the OC genie never worked, whenever I would try it it would freeze up at the windows loading screen. I have been able to overclock manually and get it up to 4.7GHz and then got a blue screen while running 3dMark, but that was just for a short time while testing and have since reverted back to stock speeds and it still randomly hard locks. My temps are always fine 32-50 C. This is basically a core upgrade with some reused parts from last setup (which was rock solid always).
Hardware:
MSI P67A-GD65 (Flashed to V1.7)
Intel i7-2600k
COOLER MASTER Hyper N 520
EVGA GTX 570
4Gigs Patriot DDR3-1066 CAS 7-7-7-20 (from last pc)
Zalman ZM850-HP PSU (from last pc)
Western Digital Caviar Blue WD6400AAKS HD (from last pc)
Windows 7 Pro 64bit
Anyone have any ideas about how I could isolate what exactly the issue is? Bad mobo maybe? The lack of a stable system is really killing me. Making this post from my laptop

I am having the same problems as you. Have not done all those tests that you have done tho. I have not overclocked or changed anything, its all default settings for me. I still run the default BIOS version. Was thinking of updating now but it seems like MSI has removed the v1.7 update.
Normally it happens like this. Im in a game and suddenly all gets frozen. Then I am disconnected from the game server (I run online games) and then the game hangs. Still I can alt-tab in to windows. Then I try to open task manager to see whats going on but it never shows... computer starts running slowly. Mouse and keyboard input work for 4 seconds at a time, and then stops working for 4 seconds, then works for 4 seconds... after a while the computer comes to a complete halt.
I have run chkdsk on my disks. I have checked all temperatures, all ok. I have a Corsair 850W which gives power to my:
MSI P67A-GD65
Intel i7-2600k
ASUS GTX 570
Noctua U-14
8 GB Corsair memory CAS 9
Intel SSD 80GB Gen2
WD 2TB Storagedisk
2xseagate 500GB disks in RAID1
2xsamsung 1TB disks in RAID1.
Currently I have removed all disks from port 2-5 in order to see if that is the issue, considering Intels pressrelease.

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