P67A-GD80 (b3) to R9 290

Hello forum and MSi people. I've got a P67A-GD80 (b3) for 2 years now. It's okay with the once in a while failed usb drivers for some reason. Anyway, I'm running an MSi HD6970 video card in it and looking to over this weekend to move to a R9 290 by AMD from an undecided company yet. So I hear horror stories that for whatever reason I can not get newer video cards with this motherboard? is this true? Would make no sense. It's barely been two generations of graphics cards. Some people have to do something with their bios? I'm not computer illiterate but updating the bios scares me. I would rather duel a hungry bear than deal with bios flashing and fiddling. I'm pretty sure I'll just break my PC. Will this mobo plug and play a XFX R9 290 for example I guess is my question.
Oops, sorry. I did not notice the AMD part. This is a socket 1155 intel.

As Seadog said latest bios for P67A-GD80 (B3) is 11.2 which I will help you flash. Don't try it any other way! This way no luck is required.
>>Use the MSI HQ Forum USB flasher<<
A.) Download the attached archive and place it on your desktop. Do not decompress.
B.) Download and install the Forum flash tool.
C.) Insert your FAT32 formatted usb stick.
D.) Make sure that all win 8 options are disabled. (Fast Boot etc) Also make sure the legacy USB is enabled.
E.) Start the forum flash tool and select option 1. Then point the tool at the compressed archive we downloaded earlier. Then to your USB Flash Drive.
F.) Boot to the USB
G.) Now follow the directions and let the tool flash
H.) After flashing reinstall ME drivers in Windows: http://download.msi.com/dvr_exe/intel_amt81_win78_xp.zip

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MOVED: P67A-GD80 (b3) to R9 290

This topic has been moved to MSI Intel boards.
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=182786.0

As Seadog said latest bios for P67A-GD80 (B3) is 11.2 which I will help you flash. Don't try it any other way! This way no luck is required.
>>Use the MSI HQ Forum USB flasher<<
A.) Download the attached archive and place it on your desktop. Do not decompress.
B.) Download and install the Forum flash tool.
C.) Insert your FAT32 formatted usb stick.
D.) Make sure that all win 8 options are disabled. (Fast Boot etc) Also make sure the legacy USB is enabled.
E.) Start the forum flash tool and select option 1. Then point the tool at the compressed archive we downloaded earlier. Then to your USB Flash Drive.
F.) Boot to the USB
G.) Now follow the directions and let the tool flash
H.) After flashing reinstall ME drivers in Windows: http://download.msi.com/dvr_exe/intel_amt81_win78_xp.zip

P67A-GD80 (B3) compatible RAM PSU

I'm currently working on a build of a multi-monitor trading workstation based upon a Sapphire Model 100290SR Radeon HD 5870 (Cypress XT) 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Eyefinity 6 Edition Video Card installed on an MSI P67 mainboard with an Intel Core i7-2600K 3.4 GHz, 8MB Cache, LGA1155, 95W Sandy Bridge Processor. I already have the CPU, GPU, and other components. At this point I'm trying to confirm the proposed choice of the mainboard: P67A-GD80 (B3) versus the P67A-GD65 (B3) or Z68-GD80 (B3); Crucial DDR3 RAM, and Thermaltake W0132RU 1000W PSU. Some of the concerns I have for the current specifications are:
RAM. Other threads in the forum have emphasized the preference for 1333 RAM versus the 1600 RAM (G.Skill Ripjaws 1600, Corsair Vengeance) being pushed by many retailers for their OC capability. Since I am not interested in overclocking and want rock solid stability and reliability, I first looked at the recommendations from Crucial for their 1333 modules. Does anyone have any experience with the Crucial memory modules in the below specification? Is there any reason to suspect the proposed Crucial module and its timings are not suitable for the proposed build based upon your experience?
PSU. The AMD/ATI Eyefinity 6 Edition graphics controller requires a system power supply of at least 600W for one card, and it requires a minimum of 900W to support two such cards. Calculations appear to indicate at least 514W are needed for the minimum configuration of one card and as much as 845W when the ports and devices are fully utilized. So, I'm thinking this build will need at least a 900W PSU, and the Thermaltake W0132RU 1000W supply appears to be the one PSU they offer with the capacity and connectors that are needed. Does anyone have experience with the Thermaltake W0132RU and/or its reliability with this and/or other MSI P67 mainboards and/or Eyefinity 6 Edition graphics cards?
MAINBOARD. Does the P67A-GD80 (B3) or do the other P67 Express or Z68 Express mainboards offer better support for this graphics card?
[Proposed] MSI P67A-GD80 (B3) (MS-7672 v2.X) ATX mainboard
[Procured] Intel® Core™ i7-2600K 3.4 GHz, 8MB Cache, LGA1155, 95W Processor, BX80623172600K, S-SPEC: SR-00C
[Proposed] Crucial® 8GB Kit (4GBx2), 240-pin DIMM, DDR3 PC3-10600 memory module DDR3 Upgrade for the MSI (Micro Star) P67A-GD80 (B3) Motherboard, Part Number: CT2KIT51264BA1339, Module Size: 8GB Kit (4GBx2), Package: 240-pin DIMM, Feature: DDR3 PC3-10600; Specs: DDR3 PC3-10600, CL=9, Unbuffered, NON-ECC, DDR3-1333, 1.5V, 512Meg x 64
[Procured] Sapphire Model 100290SR Radeon HD 5870 (Cypress XT) 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Eyefinity 6 Edition Video Card; PCI-Express × 16, 8-pin 150W, 6-pin 75W, 600W PSU for one GPU and 900W PSU for two GPU; CrossFireX™ not utilized in configuration
[Procured] Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" 7200.12 ST31000528AS Internal Hard Drive
[Proposed] SONY BWU-500S Blu-ray Burner Internal Black 12X BD-R 2X BD-RE 8X DVD+R 5X DVD-RAM 8X BD-ROM 8MB Cache SATA
[Proposed] Thermaltake Toughpower Cable Management W0132RU 1000W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Certified 80 PLUS Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply GeForce GTX 470 Certified
[Procured] Lian Li Armorsuit PC-P50 computer case
[Future option] Icy Dock MB971SP-B 5.25” Hot Swap drive Caddy for 2.5” & 3.5” SATA III SSD & Hard Drive device bay; installed in primary external device bay as swappable OS boot drive
[Future option] SATA III SSD
[Future option] move the Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" 7200.12 ST31000528AS Internal Hard Drive to the Icy Dock Caddy 3.5” device bay
[Future option] Icy Dock MB971SP-B 5.25” Hot Swap drive Caddy for 2.5” & 3.5” SATA III SSD & Hard Drive device bay; installed in secondary external device bay as swappable scratch data drive
[Future option] SATA III SSD
[Procured] Set of six Dell U2410 24 inch DisplayPort monitors, IPS panel, high resolution

Quote from: HU16E on 30-June-11, 03:59:02
Corsair AX1200.
Don't exclude the Z68A-GD65.
Given the choice, I would pick the Z68 GD80 over the P67 model anyday. Also, rumor is it may support the future Ivy Bridge CPU's. Z68's provide the best of both worlds, P/H series. Between the GD65 & the GD80? GD80 provides for an extra 4 PCI-E lanes thru the Z68 chipset. Suggest in advance to download the pdf manuals for both GD65 & GD80 & study them. With three devices installed in all of the PCI-E 16X slots in the GD80, because of the PCI-E limitations with the Sandy Bridge platform, you will lose PCI slot function & some USB ports, etc. Here again, the GD65 has only two PCI-E 16X slots & only 16 PCI-E lanes. IMO, this PCI-E lane limitation is a major drawback. The X58 MSI mainboards have a clear advantage in that regard having 36 PCI-E lanes.
The Z68 Express mainboards were a concern because of their unknown compatibilty with the already exotic AMD/ATI HD Radeon 5870 Eyefinity 6 edition drivers for six DisplayPort monitors. I was hoping someone in this forum might have already have some experience with the Eyefinity 6 edition on one of these mainboards and shed some light on the compatibility concerns. The P67 Express mainboards seemed like an opportunity to dodge any inforseen compatibility issues arising from the hybrid video architecture of the video enabled Sandy Bridge processors and the Z68 designs. I wonder.
The PCI-E x 16 lane restriction is another concern. Although using two Eyefinity 6 Edition cards is not planned, it would be a plus to know the capability was in reserve. Unfortunately, the P67A-GD80 (B3) appears to support only one PCI-express x 16 lane at a time. The PG7A-GD65 (B3) specifications don't seem to mention whether it does or does not support two PCI-Express x 16 lane cards at the same time. Does it or not? The Big Bang Marshall appears to support two 16 lane cards at the same time, but only by disabling all of the other PCI slots. The P67A-GD80 (B3) offers more USB 3.0 ports, but you have to make sure the PCI-E does not disable some of them.

P67A-GD80 Temperature sensors

Hi,
Where are the temperature sensors located in the mb (P67A-GD80)?, in particular the "Local" in this speedfan screenshot:
The name and the chip by themselves dont say much :(.

You might also want to use MSI Control Center for reading the temperatures.
http://www.msi.com/product/mb/P67A-GD80--B3-.html#/?div=Utility&os=Win7%2064
This utility is written and tested for the sensors on the mianboard.
If you are lucky one of the temperatures displayed in Control Center may correspond to the temperature you are looking for in Speedfan but that is not guaranteed.
There might be some offset to consider.

P67a-gd80 b3 dead

Hello everybody,
I've got a p67a-gd80 b3 that never had problems until now.
The day before yesterday I changed the cpu 2600k with a celeron g540 in order to test its functioning, but the MB began to reboot again and again, then the dual bios led flashed, indicating that the first bios was damaged. Then after another reboot, the led went off. Now it doesn't work neither with celeron g540 nor with 2600k. I tried with other RAMs, other vga and other psu, all of which work properly. Is ther anybody who can give me a piece of advice?

Pretty much a fish out of water if you can't get back into the UEFI/BIOS. The primary is most likely corrupt in some way, but not enough to trigger the secondary in taking it's place. I'm not sure how to force a full failure of the primary. Only a few options, try to force a full primary failure, RMA the board, or obtain & solder in a new replacement BIOS chip.
Added: Here is a great example of how important it would be to have the capability of flashing the secondary (backup) BIOS chip with the most current stable UEFI/BIOS. In the OP's case, even if he updates the BIOS using a supported CPU to then run his Celeron g540, if the primary fails, it will revert back to the unsupported version & make his rig inoperative. Other than obtaining an updated BIOS chip from MSI & soldering it in at the secondary (backup) spot, is the only way I know of to ensure this supported/non supported scenario doesn't happen.
An open request of readers of this thread. Please contact MSI & ask them about incorporating a feature allowing the update of the secondary (backup) BIOS.
http://support.msi.com

MSI P67A GD80 (B3) mic problem

gonna post machine first and then get to the point
Mobo: MSI P67A GD80 (B3)
RAM: Apacer 4GBx2 1333mhz
CPU: Intel Core I5 2500
GFX: 2x SLI MSI 560GTX Twin Frozr II OC edition
PSU: Cougar CM1000
Headset: Razer Piranha
Speakers: Logitech X530 5.1
Keyboard: Logtech G110
OS: Windows 7 64 Bit Ultimate v.7200
Every time i try to use the rear port on my motherboard for my Mic the sound volume is VERY low. I've checked all my settings and mic volume is maxed out so i have to resort to use the mic port on my Logitech G110 keyboard which works fine so there's nothing wrong with the mic itself, I'am pretty sure this is Windows issue and yes i know this should probably be posted on some Microsoft forum but I've tried that to no avail just trying to get MSI's point of view of the issue I've uninstalled and re installed my sound card drivers and download the latest ones which came out this month which also don't help the problem. Is anyone else experiencing a similar issue?
Any help would be appreciated

got a cheapo Logitech headset from work to test and it seems to work now so it seems that my old headset is the problem weird thing is that i still worked in keyboard but not my motherboard slot its probably the wiring on my razer headset. Thanks for you help anyways jack

Msi p67a gd65 with p67a gd80 beta bios

hi to everyone here,
i have purchased a pc and have a msi p67a gd65 mobo
i noticed that on the actual mobo it clearly states its a p67a gd65 i have verified this , its defnately a gd65
how ever, cpu z detects it as a p67a gd80, also command centre detects a p67a gd80, bios version is : P67A GD80 10.3b2
so my mobo has a gd80 beta bios...
i do not know how it came about as im not owner from new
question 1 : all i need help with is flashing back to gd65 bios (bios 1.19 ] , do i need to do a blind flash to force update ? and how do i do it ? because its gd65 not gd80
question 2 : and also how do i check if both bios chips were flashed to this beta bios ?
question 3 : do i flash both bios chips when i do the bios flash ?
question 4 : how do i switch between the 2 bios chips ?
sorry for all the questions, the main question is question 1
thnx guys

Quote from: PirateDog on 17-November-13, 03:50:12
In my experience, for a 2700k, UEFI/BIOS v1.H proved to be the very best one.
I would go ahead and use what P D says there, he did a lot of testing on his many builds the past few years and knows more about it that most other people.
What I had in my last reply was just the basic required info you needed to answer question about 2700K support after going through 1/2 dozen lists needed to find my info.

P67A-GD80 uEFI 'BIOS' temperatures reading...

Hello,
Few weeks ago I finished my PC build, this time I took my time and planned everything to the last screw and nut. My specification is: Sandy Bridge i7 2600K on P67A-GD80, N580GTX Lightning XE and so on (full specs here http://cauldron.net.tvtrinec.cz/PC_prices.txt , do not mind irrelevant items there, this list was in the first place made for me to track the progress, spendings and my budged to the last penny). It went outstandingly well, but there is one thing, that still bounces in my head. Prior to Windows installation, I was fiddling a little bit in the motherboards uEFI BIOS, and noticed significant overheating according to the BIOS readings. With everything set, good aftermarket cooler - Cooler Master V6GT nicely sitting on top of the brilliant piece of 32nm technology - i7 2600K and "sticked" with one of the best thermal compound in the world - Shin-Etsu X23-7783D.
EDIT: Aaah, sorry, I sent it accidentally before completing it... continued
So with this setting, my readings in the BIOS (I flashed the latest BIOS version 10.4) were over 50°C on the CPU, I thought that it was really high, so maybe I did not apply thermal paste properly (Shin-Etsu is known for being really thick and dense), unmounted heatsink, cleaned everything with ArctiClean 1/2 and applied again, this time really perfectly thin layer. This knocked temperatures about 5-8°C down (with 40°C on start building up over time to about 48°C), but still quite high for idling Sandy Bridge on stock clocks and voltages with this setting :| . I was sad, so I ordered many different high performance thermal compounds (as you can see in a link of the specification list above) and solutions, and prepared myself for looong testing session.
Meanwhile I just installed OS Windows 7 Ultimate, and started playing with settings and installing drivers and so. Then I noticed, it was in MSI Control Center, that core temperatures are not that bad (ranging from 26 to 33°C on all cores idle), and the CPU temperature reading in Green Power card there (Control Center) is even 23°C! I started reading and googling, and people often said that BIOS temperatures are somehow faulty, that CPU in BIOS is not really idling and so...
I downloaded some other third party utilities and software (CPUID HWMonitor, SpeedFan, Real Temp...) and temperatures there were similar with MSI Control Center, around 30°C on all cores idle. I just do not know how many sensors there are on the motherboard, and which software I can trust. Temperatures are similar but not exactly the same, and redings from BIOS are completely off.
If you have anything to this topic, share it with me please.
Jan

Well yeah, that's what people say everywhere, that BIOS puts some load on CPU. But now, in Windows, what software should I trust in showing real temperatures? Or what are people using most? In what software for example you are checking temperatures? And what are "normal" values for each core, motherboard or CPU as a whole?
And one related query, what about those power saving settings in BIOS? Can they change CPU temperature by that many °C? I mean items like EuP 2013, CPU Phase Control, C1E and Intel C-States, EIST or Power Technology. I know that I will probably need to disable them, since I am going to overclock that Sandy Bridge, but I will appreciate some more info on those. Again, I was googling, found some inconsistent info and opinions about "green power" settings and OC, but the more info from more sources, the better... Thank you

[P67A-GD80] Optimizing with i7 2600K

Hi,
Last friday I got the following to replacing my old C2D 3Ghz (running at 3.6Ghz) on a Asus P5QL Pro with Corsair Dominator 4x2GB DDR2:
MSI P67A-GD80
Corsair Vengeance DDR3-1600 C8 2x4GB
Intel i7 2600K
Scythe Mugen 2
The rest of my current system:
Asus HD6950 2GB DirectCU II
Intel 80GB SSD X25-M
2 x 1,5TB Seagate 7200RPM
1 x ancient 500GB for Temp Storage
Some DVD burner - Its a black one
Antec P183 with Antec CP-850 PSU
Obviously the CPU is much faster than my old C2D, but generally speaking I think the system is too slow.
When I run Passmark performance tests, ASS Crystal Disk SSD Benchmark and SiSoft 2010, all scores are lower than I would expect and compared to online results always one of the lowest.
For instance, in CPU Mark a Core i7 980 @ 3.7Ghz scores 44% higher than me, a Core i7 920 @ 3.4Ghz is only 15% lower than me.
In Memory Mark, the 920 scores 52% higher, the 980 10%.
The SSD scores slightly lower in this system than it did on my old board, but only marginal.
Copying large folders between disks feels slower than it did before, while copying a single large file is definitely faster - nearly 100MB/s. Harddisk benchmarks show good results.
I've cleared the CMOS of this system, I left everything default except AHCI and boot order. I've completely wiped the SSD and reinstalled Windows 7 x64 (same as on the C2D).
The system is stable, I've ran several passes of Memtest86+ 4.2 and I've ran Prime95 x64 for a few hours. Temperatures stay at or below 65 degrees with all fans <1000RPM.
I can see no obvious flaws in BIOS settings. I've installed all the latest drivers, INF updates, Intel Storage Matrix etc. According to CPUID and CoreTemp the system is running at 100x34 and memory is at 665. The memory timings are slightly lower than what SPD is showing for 665Mhz, but that wouldn't make a noticable difference, if it makes a difference at all.
Overall I'm happy with the system, I value stability over speed any day and overclocking is not my game anyways. Once a system is stable and running flawless in every respect, I may overclock some but under no circumstance should it cause crashes, weird behaviour etc. My old system had a 20% overclock and it ran flawless - except that is was just too slow and CPU was becoming a noticable bottleneck.
Is there anything I can do/check, any tips to see if I'm missing anything?
Thanks in advance!

Only Comodo Antivirus, which I've been using for a long time and never had an issue with. I will try disabling it though, it's easy to take things for granted that you have been using for a long time, it's best to rule it out at this point.
Last night I was copying a 22GB folder from one drive to another, the only process taking resources was system but my pc became unusable. When I tried to start even a simple program it took nearly 30 seconds for the window to appear. Clicking the menu took another 10 seconds to respond.
In the mean time the copy job dropped to ~30MB/s and I noticed disk queue length to rise above 10, but only on the drive being copied to. The disk I was reading from remained responsive with a disk queue length <0.
Another thing I noticed with Passmark is the Small Block Allocation test was extremely slow compared to other similar systems. The rest of the memory tests are slower too but not as extreme as that test. I've found some similar issues but never with a solution. I was able to get it a bit better by setting the memory timings from default (auto) to the manufacturers' specified settings and I set the command rate from T2 to T1. A quick test didn't show any problems but I have yet to do a few hour test to make sure its stable.
Anyways, I'll let you know if the disabling of Comodo solves anything. In the meantime, if anyone has any bright ideas I'd appreciate it.
Thanks.

P67A-GD80 B3 "cold boot" (RAM issues?)

Hello everyone,
First of all, my native langage is not english, so please excuse my grammatical mistakes.
Second point, i'm a noob, so if you could try to vulgarize your answer, would be really appreciated !
So, there is my problem :
I bought a computer with a P67A-GD80 B3 motherboard. It worked very well since the beginning, but I noticed sometimes it takes me one, two or several attempts to boot my computer (it turns on, immediately turns off with a "click", turns on, etc. And when it turns on, all the led and fans are ok).
And recently, I started having windows warning messages : "please close X programmes, not enough memory".
note : my RAM is G.SKILL Ripjaws X F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL 8GB 2X4GB DDR3-1600 CL9-9-9-24 Memory
and finally one night I made the mistake to put my computer on sleep mode. Since I am unable to start it again (always that loop : turns on, turns off, turns on, ...)
I looked on several forums and saw the cold boot issue, so I tried different things :
- clear the cmos
- move my RAM, tried with one stick, changed the plot
nothing. And i'm uncomfortable taking off the components to test them or other stuffs since I don't want to break anything.
So my question is : can it be my RAM which is dead (weird, because it doesn't work even with one stick and the other removed)
I ordered a new RAM, but is there something else I should do, i'm quite lost actually.
Thank you very much.

Regarding your last post,you should pull out the battery for a few minutes.Cannot help any further as I'm new here and just beginning to understand hardware troubleshooting.
Don't worry! Users here are very active and smart too! They will definitely help you with your problem.
One thing I can make out with your problem is that as it is a memory issue then either your RAMs have gone wrong or its the CPU/Socket.
I wrote CPU because the CPU has memory controller.So,check for some bent pins on the motherboard socket maybe?
P.S. : Always keep a 2 GB DDR3 spare RAM (normal ones : 1333 Mhz) as it helps to troubleshoot the PC much easily.It just takes one component out of the suspected hardware failure :P(This was suggested to me by one of the moderators in here)

P67A-GD80 (B3) update bios v 11.0 for IB

Hi, i think that i make little bit stupid think - my fault (hands was faster than reading.. .... i have I7 2600K and i flash for new bios and me firmware .....://www.msi.com/product/mb/P67A-GD80--B3-.html#/?div=BIOS, bios update was succesfull, me firmware update was also ok. after this board is turn on, reset, and same and same... led of dual bios isnt blink, is off..its mean, that all is ok and problem is, that i have SB cpu and not IB cpu, thats right? if i buy Intel Core i7-3770K BOX will by all right? thanks for your opinoin or advice.. in the official cpu support list for this motherboard isnt any ivy bridge cpu.....

After the flash, did you do a full battery removed CMOS clear?
Added: Your Sandy CPU should still work. After the CMOS clear and it still doesn't work, please notify MSI Technical about this;
>> How To Contact MSI <<

Dual BIOS LED disco, P67A-GD80 (B3)

I've just set up a new system, exercising extreme caution, reading manuals, checking forums, and taking all measures not to mess things up.
When I finally buckled up and hit the start button, things seemed fine, the fans were running and I was greeted by the BIOS setup interface. A couple of minutes after browsing the menues, checking temperature and stuff, but without actually making any changes, screen froze and the system ceased to respond to mouse or keyboard input, even ignoring my desperate efforts to restart or turn off the machine using the front panel buttons.
After turning off, using the PSU-switch, I found that at least it did NOT smell burnt, so I gave it another try. This time the fans started again and the GPU-fan sounded considerably louder than before, actually noisier than the average vacuum cleaner, but nothing showed up on screen at all. Just darkness and the terrible howling from the GPU. Again, the front panel switches wouldn't kill it, so I started to think about what could have gone wrong. After thinking for a minute or two the system just died by itself.
I couldn't restart it immediately, but after a few minutes I could turn it on. Still nothing on the screen though.
I've reassembled the machine, checking cables and stuff, trying different RAM setups, cleared CMOS, removed and reinserted CMOS battery, but still just get one beep and eternal darkness on the screen. The motherboard buttons for on/off and reset won't turn off/restart the system. I notice two solid lights on the CPU Phase LEDs, telling me that "CPU is in 2 phase power mood", but I really don't know what that means.
Also, the Dual BIOS LED goes disco on startup, altering between fast blinking and slow (1 sec) blinking to finally end up with a solid light, telling me the primary and secondary BIOS failed.
Have also tried to start the motherboard with everything disconnected except PSU and a RAM-card, even without GPU, just to see if the moderboard's on/off and reset buttons responds after being turned on, but everything except the fans and leds seem dead.
Anyone got any idea of what's causing these problems, or what I should do to get wiser or even make things work?
Is the CPU just dead? Motherboard short circuit? Some kind of BIOS-black out?
Is the non-responsive (well, it responds to on, but not off) on/off and reset buttons on the motherboard a sign of something?
This is my brand new, not-working-at-all system:
Corsair Graphite 600T Midi Tower
Corsair TX V2 850W PSU
MSI P67A-GD80 B3, Socket-1155
Intel® Core™ i7-2600K
Antec Kuhler H2O 920
Kingston DDR3 HyperX 1600MHz 16GB
Sapphire Radeon HD 6970 2GB GDDR5 (x2, have tried with just 1)
Corsair SSD Force Series™ 3, 240GB
Sony Optiarc DVD±RW Writer, AD-5280S

Yeah, I tried that, but I'm not 100% sure I properly cleared CMOS. Did change the pin from save to clear data and removed battery, but the battery might have been removed too short time (20 sec). Also, the power cable to the mother board was still connected (the PSU was shitched off though) which I later read it shouldn't be while clearing CMOS.
Still, the Dual BIOS LED goes solid, so I guess the mother board is bricked.
I'm really not sure what to do now. Let's say I buy a new mother board and it works outside the chassi, it could mean that the old mother board was defect from start, or
it can mean that the chassi is defect. To be sure I have to try the new mother board in the chassi, and possibly destroy it. Feels like this trial and error method is going to cost me a few mother boards.
I do hear the single beep when I start the computer, so it POSTs I guess. Does that mean the CPU is NOT broken? I've heard that the CPU is needed for the POST.

LSISAS1068 in P67A-GD80 (B3)

Hi,
I have just built a PC with the following hardware:
P67A-GD80 (B3)
i7 2600
2 x 8GB G Skill RAM (F3-12800CL10D-16GBXL) + 2 x 4GB Strontium RAM (DDR3 1600MHZ DIMM CL8)
Thermaltake 600W PSU
Samsung 1TB F3 HDD
It installs and runs everything fine, and now I wanted to add a SAS RAID card with 4 x 70GB SAS drives, configured as 2 x RAID0 partitions.
When I added the card and the drives, it booted for a bit, then reset itself as the light on the card lit up. Initially, I thought the PSU was not up to it, but found that when I removed all the drives (so it was only connected to the Raid card) it has the same issue. When the Raid card is removed, it boots up to BIOS.
The card is fairly old, and is a Dell branded LSI SAS 1068 (http://www.lsi.com/support/products/Pages/LSISAS1068.aspx).
I can test the card again in another machine, but I can confirm it was working in another PC about 1 month ago.
Any suggestions would be welcomed, please be gentle as I am not too experienced at fixing motherboard issues.
Cheers,
Martin

Quote
2 x 8GB G Skill RAM (F3-12800CL10D-16GBXL) + 2 x 4GB Strontium RAM (DDR3 1600MHZ DIMM CL8)
Your fortunate it gets to the UEFI/BIOS at all with that combination.
Try with one kit or the other. The add-on card may not be compatible with the mainboard. Possibly compatibility can be confirmed by contacting MSI Tech Support about it;
http://support.msi.com

My P67A-GD80 (B3) - Asking about MSI Support

Hello, Sorry if i'm posting this in the wrong section but i don't know where else to go..
I had a technical problem with my P67A-GD80 (B3) board.. so i tried to contact msi support 40 days ago by sending the the problem details on the main world wide website but they didn't answer me until now.. I can find my question in my support history.. but no answer.. so am i doing it right??! what shall i do to get an answer from them? I just want to know if i have to get a new board or not :\
Thank you for your time

and this is the problem as i described to them:
"First I want to thank you regarding your all good quality product. I have a small question to ask; Last year (20th March 2012) I bought a MSI motherboard from Amazon.com this is the link of the product and buyer info: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004QGJV8Q/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i01?ie=UTF8&psc=1 So 2 days ago i had a problem with the board, i tried to power it on, but i couldn't, i kept trying then i heard something exploded behind the processor socket and smoke went out of it... I don't know what caused that.. I'm using water cooling system for the cpu, so it is possible that it leaked water into the board? and is it a fixable problem? I'm not sure if i can ask about any warranty but if there is please tell me.. I don't want to loose my board.. its the best board !"

[P67A-GD80 (B3)] BETA UEFI Versions [ E7672IMS.Axx releases]

hey every one
so msi sent me a p67a-gd80 to review
problem is i installed 4gb of ram from 2gb the mobo had a fit oc recoverd then gave me the flashing bois 1 faild led so i auto recoverd it with the 2nd bios it works again but now i cant save any settings in the bois as soon as save is clicked it locks up
i cant find the bios on the web site and was hoping some one had a copy so i can finish the review and get it posted up
thanks carl...

Changelog synopsis:
E7672IMS.A40 ---> E7672IMS.A52
- Support Linear auto mode & modify CPUSmartFAN and SystemSmartFAN.
- Remove system FAN control item.
- Set CpuMinFanSpeed as 12.5%
- Modify CPU current limit value to fix CPU ratio drop issue when adjust CPU ratio to 50 and run CPU loading test.
E7672IMS.A52 ---> E7672IMS.A53
- Modify MRC check SPD address mapping code to avoid memory write leveling training fail.
- Force memory address mapping to mirrored to fix system hang on 2Eh issue when use ELPIDA 1G1333D1093 memory.
- Fix the system will hang 19 issue when adjust CPU voltage and then restart system under Windows.
- Support XMP 1.3 memory.
E7672IMS.A53 ---> [E7672IMS.A54] ---> E7672IMS.A50
- Fixed System RomID would change and failed to update bios.
Latest BETA Release: E7672IMS.A62
E7672IMS.A50 ---> E7672IMS.A62
- Fix use Mflash to update with empty flash drive system will hang.
- Fix the issue that when use MFlah update or boot it will show some error.
- Implement M-FLASH solution for NTFS file support. (Now only support update BIOS Function.Support Read-only. No writes to media of any kind are supported. Compressed, Encrypted, and Sparce files are not supported).
- Fixed the pcb version
- Update USB Module to 4.6.3_USB_08.10.16 to fix the issue that Microsoft
- Fixed Mflash boot and Recovery support USB 3.0 port.
- Try to fix WHQL S3 resume time too long.
- Combining the CPUSmartFAN and SystemSmartFAN function, and the system fan can support Auto/Manual mode by user option.
Please note that flashing this release occurs entirely at your own risk!
>>Use the MSI HQ Forum USB flasher<<, Method II for best results.
Do not use the BIOS/UEFI integrated M-Flash Routine.
Unfortunately, I do not have the actual BIOS File yet, so I can't upload it. I will attach it as soon as I have it.

P67A-GD80 (b3) to R9 290

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