Questions on the Big Bang xpower x58

Got a question on this board.
Is there a way to keep the "Intel Turbo Boost" enabled without having the "EIST" on auto or enabled?
Or does the "auto" default to disabled?
I have bios ver. 1.4

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Is there a way to keep the "Intel Turbo Boost" enabled without having the "EIST" on auto or enabled?
No.

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Big Bang-XPower II - how to prevent ARCING?

Hello everyone,
1st post, hopefully have placed this in the appropriate section.
Any day now the Big Bang XPower II should arrive. My primary concern stems from multiple reviews claiming that the gatling style heatsink arcs with the MOSFETs, causing potentially not only complete motherboard failure, but sparks, smoke and (apparently even) fire.
My question is what would be the best course of action to take in order to prevent this from happening? Would coating the heatsink with some sort of insulation be a good idea? This board looks fantastic; I just don't want it to sizzle and fry >_>

For starters, it seems from comments of various different people all over the internet that this is indeed a problem and not something made up. I'm not sure that the cause is certainly the heat-sink.
Knowing MSI, they shall indeed replace the board if it dies because of this. There are however MSI support people across various countries that lack what it takes to realize that the board is to blame here and not a user error, thus declining any RMA request (at least locally). Being a bit more aggressive, or even better, contacting MSI support from the internet will make things easier (RMA will most likely be accepted in that case).
If you use DIY water-cooling on your system then the best approach is to change the heat-sinks with water-cooling blocks and be done with it.
If you use air cooling or a CPU-only water-cooling solution then your only choices are two. You either use another heat-sink (possibly a 3rd party one... too bad that I don't think any exist for the XPOWER II) or you don't use a heatsink at all (you remove the existing one).
All that while assuming that the cause is the heat-sink of course.
Now, not using a heat-sink (if it is the cause of the problem) sounds like a bad choice by people not familiar with the components of the board. However, the transistors on the VRM have integrated over-temperature protection in them that always kicks in by design (it even kicks is if there is an over-temperature condition on something next to them, but they don't turn the system off in that case cause they don't reach their internal OTP limit). The board also uses a vast amount of phases.
The things above mean that you can take off the heat-sink without making the system kill itself. Worst case scenario is hitting the OTP limit of the transistors and making the system turn off (or under-clock) under overclocking conditions.
Now, you might be wondering why the transistors (the driver MOSFETs) with the integrated OTP did not save those boards since the problem is related to them. Well... it's not. The arc sort of creates a short circuit between the input and the output of the power supply (the VRM is essentially a power supply). No protection of any kind can exist there due to the severe lack of space it would need compared to the available space.
From the 4 screenshots I've seen so far from boards having this problem the arc seems to happen next to the tantalum input capacitors, before the MOSFETs so the MOSFETs can't offer any kind of protection (PWMs aren't able to offer any help either in that case, no matter the protections the have).
Something final regarding this problem is that the temperature on the affected area (which is close to some of the MOSFETs) is way above 100 degrees Celsius whenever signs of the problem are observed, since it manages to trigger the OTP indicator of MOSFETs placed quite some millimeters away. All that while the system is not stressed at all.
This is literally THE clue to the fact that something is not right. If the VRM over-temperature LED on the board lights up (or the MSI software shows a VRM over-temperature warning) while the CPU runs at stock settings then your board is affected and you should take measurements before it dies (be it heatsink removal/replacement of board RMA).

MSI Big Bang Xpower II SLI slowness

Hello.
I just purchased the big bang xpower ii to change from Asus RIVE.
Had trouble with bios 2.5 (no sound) and reverted to 2.4.
In both bios, using a 4930k and a SLI of 780ti, I am seeing slowness in certain games like Crysis 3 in some scenes. In these scenes (for example in Crysis 3 where there are open fields or grass moving), the performance in sli is similar to use only one card...
This slowness was not in other x79 motherboards, like Asrock x79 Champion or Asus RIVE (I had both of them). I tried modifying latency in bios, but got worst as I had previously the shortest 32... I have gen3 activated too...
Anyone seeing slowness in sli using a 4930k???
Thanks in advance..

Don't expect amazing results for SLI configs in ANY condition.
I didn't perform all the GTX 7xx SLI benchmarks, but the results are similar with the GTX 6xx ones.
There is a 50% performances boost, but that's for rendering only!
In a complex 3D games (such as Crysis 3) there are many other things involved.
"Grass moving" and "open fields" are processor killer tasks.
Also, the CPU is performing all the physics tasks.
To conclude: in a complex 3D application, the CPU is responsible for 40-50% of the FPS value.
In other words, "Core i7 + GTX 650" gives better FPS value than "Celeron + GTX 780".
However, your config (i7 4930K + 2 x GTX780) should be more than enough for any current 3D game.
If you have "unexpected" FPS drops, double check the OS/drivers and the PSU.
With a messed up OS and/or a weak PSU don't expect great performances.

Z77A-GD65 vs Big Bang-XPower II

Hello all,
i am curious can anyone tell me if the Big Bang-XPower II has KILLER™ E2200 GAME NETWORKING
and which one of them is better?!?!?
I am building a desktop for all purposes, but mostly gaming.
Thanks in advance...

As Z77A-Gd65 is a socket 1155 board and BB XPower II is a high-end socket 2011 board you can't compare them. If you are into multi gpu and benchmarking records or pro overclocking a socket 2011 board might be the better but way more expensive choice. Z77A-GD65 is good for a way cheaper gaming machine.
None of these boards offers Killer Lan. It is anyway mostly known for issues rather than for a better gaming experience. The board with Killer Lan is Z77A-GD65 Gaming which is a different board based on Z77A-GD65 but with Killer Lan, Sound Blaster audio and a different color scheme. All the rest is identical with Z77A-GD65.

Seeking help with Big Bang XPower board, please.

Hi Guys,
I'm a noob to upgrading computers and am hoping somebody can help me. I have never overclocked anything before or changed BIOS settings. However I just installed the Big Bang XPower Board, into my old Dell XPS 730x and added an Intel 980X chip running Win 7 64bit. I have read about the BIOS settings on the MSI site but I am still not sure about some things. I have listed my hardware below and am trying to figure out how to get the best performance out of my system. I would like to know what other BIOS settings to change to get the most out of my 980X CPU and RAM without completely stressing my system. I want to utilize this board and the components but I also don’t want it running at max non stop... so somewhere in the middle. I’m in the USA if that matters as well. If anybody could guide me as to what I what I should change in the BIOS for this id really appreciate it. Here is what my system consists of:
5 HARD DRIVES:
(1) SATA II WD 3gb Hard Drive @ 1.5TB
(2) OCZ SATA II SSD drives @120GB: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227543
(2) Hitachi 6gb SATA III drives @2TB: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822145473
3 DVD/CD/BLUERAY DRIVES:
1 SATA DVD DRIVE
1 SATA BlueRay Drive
1 SATA CD Drive
(So 8 SATA Devices Total)
24GIGs of this ram: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145321
1 NVida Geforce GTX 470
1 Soundblaster X-Fi Titanum Card
I have all my hard drives on the SATA II ports as suggested by a forum member. I have my Blurray on a SATA II port as well, and my other two disk drives on the SATA III ports.
I do have the system up and running, its just not that fast, and I expected with this setup for it to be BLAZING. Hence why Im looking to you guys. I currently have the BIOS set to “failsafe” mode, b/c if I don’t when I turn the system on, it runs for 5 seconds, then reboots, the comes back on and loads windows... that seems odd… yet it doesn’t do it in failsafe mode or if the Genie button is pushed.
I also don’t want a RAID setup, just each drive acting alone. Yet, the Maxell software still runs before Windows starts. Is there a way to stop that since Im not using raid?
Any info, advice, or a point in the right direction would be greatly appreciated.
Best!

Hi guys,
Ok, so Im not really making any progress with this. I havent done anything with the memory yet b/c I trying to solve the booting issue first. Here is what I have tried, but nothing worked:
Set BIOS to optimal settings which causes booting issue (turns on, then instantly turns off, then boots win 7 successfully). I shut down and restarted 2 times, but both time I still had the booting issues.
I disabled EuP 2013, and still had the booting issues.
I disabled EuP 2013 and Spread Spectrum, but still had the booting issues.
So I reloaded failsafe settings and it was fine.
STARTING OVER I loaded optimal settings again, and disabled everything in the CPU Features menu except for Hyperthreading, Execute Bit Support and Intel Virtualization Technology. This also did not solve the booting issues.
I added the disabling of EuP 2013 to the above, and still had the booting issues.
Then I added the disabling of the Spread Spectrum to the above, but still had the booting issues.
So now I am back to the failsafe settings. Could this be a hardware problem, or not since it works in failsafe mode.
I also wanted to point out I only added they extra 3 stick of memory a week after I started having this problem. So while there are 6 sticks of memory in now, I have had this booting issue since the first time I booted the new mobo, and for a week of only have 3 memory sticks.
So any idea what I should do now? It just seems odd that failsafe works, and turning OC Genie on to max it out works, but nothing in the middle.
I look forward to hearing back from you guys.
Best,
moxy
P.s. Dilburt you asked about the power supply im using previosuly. Heres the info i got: "The Dell 1000 watt power suplly 12 volt rails are rated at 18 amps each. That's why only 2 x 6 pin PCIE power connectors vs the 8 pin PCIE connectors."

MSI Big Bang-XPower II SLI question

Hello. I have a MSI Big Bang-XPower II with two cards in SLI. The cards are cooled using AIO water cooling brackets which makes them take up three slots each instead of two. I would like to add a third card with the same cooling. The manual says that for 3-way sli I should use slots 1,3 and 5 or 7 as they are all PCIe 3. My processor doesn't do PCIe 3 so I leave it in PCIe 2 mode. My question is, could I set up the SLI configuration using slots 1, 4 and 7? Would it run at 16/8/8 in pcie 2? Or would the 4th slot not be usable for sli?
Thanks

No, that is not possible. PCI_E4 is a gen2 slot limited to x4. SLI is disabled once a slot used is at less than 8 lanes. Follow the Multi GPU support table on 1-21 of your manual.

MSI Big Bang-XPower II More MB RAM than the CPU can handle...

I understand reading in a few forum post :" By making more memory available to the system more data can be cached in RAM, so there will be less hard drive activity, and less swapping to memory so your system will perform better." But what happen when motherboard for a desktop that supports( and had install) more RAM than the processor can handle?(aka:processor Max Memory Size).
Please comment in this configuration.as I 'm looking for a MB than offer me the more SATA6 connection i found a few available using LGA2011 socket (MSI Big Bang-XPower II LGA 2011 Intel X79 SATA 6GB/s USB 3.0 XL ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS) than support 128GB. As I understand the processor Intel® Core™ i7-3930K Processor only work with 64GB.
Is there any advantage to have a MB that hold a bigger RAM capacity than the CPU? If so, how can this be translate using in a program like Adobe After Effects, RAM preview? thank

More Memory doe's not make it faster as its Volatile Memory (more RAM but it has to be run at much slower speeds) that is very short term and is just a buffer for active Programs and files it Caches there while its active but in no way improves system speed (as it has to be clocked slower to allow the IMC on the CPU to cope with it)! more memory just allows more Active Large programs and files open at the same time and huge amount of ram will only really be of benefit for things like Video Editing, photo editing and 3D rendering as those take alot of ram to allow all the computations that the CPU does to be held for quick access but only when they are active!
having more RAM then your CPU can Handel is a VERY BAD IDEA as it will just refuse to even post or in very rare cases damage the CPU's IMC leading to a dead CPU!
why MSI have done that is for possible later 2011 CPU's that may allow the 128GB of RAM limit to be used but currently they do not exist currently as X79 is a more professional grade Platform that will probably be around for years to come (may be used for many upgrade cycles and may eventually have a cpu that can use 128GB or ram) and who knows what will happen with Intel CPU's in that time frame! (more of a possible forward compatibility thing as its a very high end platform)
as for after effects it uses RAM for holding Render Files so in theory more ram will just allow it to render Larger files that are more complex without hitting the Available Ram ceiling that your computer has but it will not render any faster as a result it just gives it more headroom to work in!
so overall more ram = more Active space available & no increase in speed (actually maybe a drop in speed as it needs to run slower causing LAG/Latency) so it all depends what is important to you here to whether more ram is of any benefit or just a hindrance but that is down to your own use case scenario!

Big Bang Xpower PSU question

I have a Corsair 750W PSU which only has one 8pin connector for the board. There are 2 of them on the board, is it ok to only have 1 of them plugged in? Will I still be able to overclock using the OC genie? If i can get around 3.2ghz with my i7920 that will keep me happy for now until I can throw down on a 1000w psu.
MSI big bang Xpower
i7920
Kingston HyperX DDR3 pc2000
GTX 480
Corsair 750w PSU
Corsair H50 CPU cooler

As HU16E states and the manual shows when you intend to use OC Genie Cell Menu settings must be at factory defaults, the only thing you should change is Spread Spectrum to 'disable'. Best thing to do if you intend to use OC Genie would be to clear CMOS prior to using it. Better is to disable it and manually OC anyway since you can get a pretty good OC with very little trouble on the ix MB's leaving most settings on auto.
Corsair TX750 is probably more power than you would ever need, buying a more powerful PSU just to have a power connector you don't need is certainly a waste of money.

MSI Big Bang-XPower New Build Compatibility Questons

I am doing my first build, and do not see several components I have selected (some already purchased) for my new system in the MSI compatibility literature for the Motherboard. Can someone please advise if any of the below components will cause issues? I have done much research and believe I am OK, but would like to have confirmation before proceeding. As an FYI, I will be doing video editing with the new system:
1.) Motherboard: MSI Big Bang-XPower LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard (purchased)
2.) Video Card: MSI N470GTX Twin Frozr II GeForce GTX 470 (Fermi) 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card (purchased)
3.) OS Drive: Western Digital VelociRaptor WD6000HLHX 600GB 10000 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive (purchased)
(I will also have four 1TB drives in raid "10" - 7200 RPM Western Digital SATA 3.0 Gb/s for data storage, working files, etc.) (to be purchased)
4.) CPU: Intel Core i7-950 Bloomfield 3.06GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor BX80601950 (purchased)
5.) Memory: This one I would like confirmation on but I believe it will work (I like that it is Cas Latency 7 and know I will pay a few more $ for this):
G.SKILL Trident+ Turbulence II 12GB (3 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL7T-12GBTDD
DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Timing 7-8-7-24 Cas Latency 7
Voltage: 1.65V
Multi-channel Kit: Triple Channel Kit
Timing: 7-8-7-24
Model #: F3-12800CL7T-12GBTDD
Item #: N82E16820231381
6.) OS: Windows 7 Ultimate (purchased)
7.) The other items are fairly straight forward.
Any feedback on the above will be greatly appreciated, especially the memory.

I have two follow-up items from the above (one power supply and one RAM):
1.) I Am between the following 2 power supplies:
- CORSAIR HX Series CMPSU-850HX 850W ATX12V 2.3 / EPS12V 2.91 80 PLUS SILVER Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply ($169.99)
- CORSAIR Professional Series AX850 850W ATX12V v2.31 / EPS12V v2.92 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply ($194.99)
I am leaning toward the first one, I do not believe the second is worth $25 more - comments???
2.) I spent another few hours on RAM selection today. This is driving my crazy...
I spent time today with Intel concerning RAM for the Intel Core i7-950 Bloomfield - here is a cc of my log (they obviously have only one recommendation):
You are now chatting with 'Allan'
Allan: Hello. Thank you for using the Intel Customer Support chat service. We are glad to be of service. How can I help you today?
sldwaa: I just purchased in i7-950 Bloomfield and am in the process of purchasing the RAM. I have an MSI Big Bang X-Power MOBO and am running Windows 7 ultimate 64 bit. I have read many posts and Intel spec sheets and I understand Intel does not recommend anything other than 1066 / 1.5v VDIMM. Now for my question as I am new to purchasing ram and building PCs. Here are my questions:
1.) I am deciding between 1066 and 1600. The most posts recommend 1600. The obvious alternative is the Intel recommended 1066. I believe if I do not over clock, 1066 will be the ticket. If I buy the 1600, then I can only achieve this by over clocking - correct?
2.) If I buy 1600 and do not over clock, it will perform at 1066 without any negative effects - is this correct? This is assuming XMP is not enabled. I will not be a heavy over clocker, but want the capability just in case.
Allan: the processor supports DDR3-800/1066 at 1.5V
Allan: no other memory is supported... no matter if the board supports 1600 or even 2000mhz
Allan: I remind you that the memory controller is on the processor, this is not integrated on the board
sldwaa: Understood. Follow up question - If I purchase 1066 with the fastest CAS Latency I can find (possibly 7), can I over clock the 1066 (understanding the negative potential effects) or would I still need the 1600 to achieve any over clocking capability?
Allan: I am afraid I cannot answer that... I cannot comment anything about over clocking
Allan: you will need to search this information on Internet
sldwaa: OK - to summarize you only recommend 1066 at 1.5VDIMM. Anything else, I am on my own, including risks of overheating and instability = correct?
Allan: that is exactly correct
Allan: Intel recommends DDR3-800/1066 at 1.5V
That being said, I guess I am between 1066 with the lowest CAS Letency I can find at 3x4GB, or go with the 1600 (I researched and agree 3x4GB is better than 6x2GB). As intel is against the second, based on what I am reading, I am leaning toward 1066. If so, can I overclock the 1066 to something higher or is this the max speed? Help!

Big Bang-Xpower ll - SSD issue

hello
I'm putting together a new computer-based Big Bang XPower II CPU intel 7960. 2 x Asus HD7970 and memories 4x4 Gskill 2133 MHz. power supply thermaltake 80gold 1475. but I doub the choice SSD, I am thinking of intel 520x2 in raid 0 or 3 OCZ RevoDrive X2 PCI-Express SSDbut I'm afraid that there are incompatibility issues. I need your advice on this subject. can you help me?
Yours sincerely
Miguel Moreira
Portugal
Edited topic title
Henry

Topic split.
Please do not hijack other peoples topics, for one thing B B-XPower ll is no where near the same as the B B X-Power X58. In the future please start your own new topic if you have any questions/problems.
>> Please read and comply with the Forum Rules <<

MSI Big Bang-XPower, Corsair AX1200W and 6-pin motherboard connector

Hello, I apologize if this has been answered but I didn't seem to find it on the forums. I have the Corsair AX1200 power supply and the MSI Big Bang-XPower motherboard. The board has two ATX 8-pin connectors. I know that the second one is only needed if you are doing serious overcloking. But I assume it's ok to plug both in whether or not I'm overclocking?? I see the AX1200 has two EPS/ATX 8-4 pin connectors so I am fine there.
My real question is that the mother board also has an ATX 6-pin connector for the graphics card. Firstly, is this needed since the graphics card has it's own power connector (I have the EVGA SuperClocked 015-P3-1582-AR GeForce GTX 580). The card needs a PCI-E 6 pin and an 8 pin connector. I see the AX1200 has six 6+2 pin connectors so I believe I'm fine there.
But for the motherboard connector, can i use one of the PCE-E 6+2 pin connectors (just 6 pins obviously), or is this not good sine the connector is not labeled as an ATX connector?
Thank you.

Quote from: magicant on 03-December-10, 14:38:02
Hello, I apologize if this has been answered but I didn't seem to find it on the forums. I have the Corsair AX1200 power supply and the MSI Big Bang-XPower motherboard. The board has two ATX 8-pin connectors. I know that the second one is only needed if you are doing serious overcloking. But I assume it's ok to plug both in whether or not I'm overclocking?? I see the AX1200 has two EPS/ATX 8-4 pin connectors so I am fine there.
M
Hi,
Bumping this as it is the question I have. How does the motherboard access this power from the EPS? It is constantly available to the cpu? Would it not be better to plug in the 2x8 pin EPS anyway as it gives a greater redundancy?
I am sorry if this is a stupid question but I recently got flamed on a forum for carrying on about connecting the EPS cables up to my Corsair Ax850. The flamers carried on and on about how I would never need to use the EPS unless it was LN2 cooling.
I cannot see the harm in it but I would like to understand computer power supplies a bit more and how exactly they work. For example why do some vid cards have 6 pin and other 8 pin when it looks as if both plugs just have a 12 volt lead on one row and the other row a ground lead?
Anyhoo.
Happy first post to me.

MSI Big Bang XPower II X79 release date

Whats the release date for this motherboard to the UNITED STATES?
MSI Big Bang XPower II X79 LGA 2011

We don't know, we have nothing to do with MSI marketing. We are MSI product users the same as you helping each other with problems and have nothing to do directly with MSI. You would need to ask MSI. Question like that my typical answer is that you will know the release date after you see it for sale in the stores.
>> How to contact MSI <<
http://us.msi.com/service/PreSaleForm/
As a matter of fact if we knew the release dates of products like that we would post it in the forum to avoid those kind of questions all of the time.

MSI Big Bang-XPower quesiton on connectors

I have the MSI Big Bang-XPower and have a few questions that I couldn't answer by looking in the manual or searching the internet.
1. What is the TPM connector/module exactly used for?
2. What is the jspI1 connector for? It's not listed in the manual.
3. The JFP1 cnonector has 2 pins for POWER LED and the JFP2 connector has 1 pin labeled POWER LED. Should the case power LED be hooked to JFP1? What is the POWER LED on JFP2 for?
Thank you very much.

Google still works. TPM: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trusted_Platform_Module
JSPI1: http://www.google.com/search?q=jspi1&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a
JFP1/JFP2: You would connect power LED to JFP1 if LED doesn't light up connected one way just reverse the wires and it will work, nothing will be damaged no matter which way they are connected. I'm not sure anymore what it's for on JFP2 except that some cases have different plugs for such things.

MSI Big Bang XPower Power won't post (d4 debug) (again!)

Specifications:
MSI Big Bang XPower Mainboard
Rosewill 1100W Bronze Edition
GeForce 465 Fermi
Corsair Dominator DDR3 1886 6 x 2GB RAM
Intel i7-930 processr
Issue: System powers up for about 30 seconds, the debug indicator gets to d4 (indicating problem initializing the memory per the handbook) and doesn't post. System will remain running however (different from another guy on the forum having a nearly identical problem.)
I've tried rearranging the RAM. If I put a stick in the first blue slot the debug reads E8. I've tried using various single sticks in the first black slot closest to the CPU (all produce D4). I've checked the CPU socket pins to make sure they aren't bent, and I've tried reseating the CPU. I've checked that both 8-pin 12Vs are connected and secure as well as the 24-pin connection. I've tried using three sticks of ram at once in the black slots with no success either. In another thread user HU16E verified on Corsair's webpage that this RAM should be working with this board.
Finally, in another thread a user with an identical processor, mobo, and RAM (only difference on the ram being he has 1600 and mine is 18XX, I think 1886) demonstrates the same exact problem. Our video cards and PSUs differ.
Looking for the next step in determining a likely culprit. It seems odd to me that this set of corsair ram might be incompatible, but that's my current hypothesis because it seems even stranger to me that another user would be having the same problem. The chance of both of us getting faulty motherboards, faulty processors, or a full set of faulty ram seems remote.
Edit: Also did a benchtop test with just the PSU/CPU/CPU Fan/1 Stick of ram in the first black slot, D4 error.

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but if you think its worthwhile to check using the stock heatsink I'm more then willing to give it a shot.
Yes, please give that a try. Use just one stick in the primary black DIMM 1 slot.
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With the one sided clasp for the ram I was very liberal about pushing it down into the slot and applying a fair bit of force to make sure it sat correctly.
I found it to be rather tricky too.
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If its a BIOS problem can I fix this without having a 'working' stick of RAM?
Unfortunately, no. If your board is a version 1.1, it should have a current enough bios to at least allow it to fire up with your RAM. Do any of your friends have a DDR3 rig to test your RAM in to make sure all the sticks are good?
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The odds of getting two bad boards (and the other user getting a bad board and having the same problem too) seems really remote to me, but I haven't built enough PCs to say that with any confidance. What do you think?
If they are from the same manufacturing batch....... hmmm! Possible.
Added: One of the forum users, Aaron, had 4 bad boards in a row. X58 Pro-E I believe they were. Same batch. MSI needs to know right away if a certain batch is having these problems. Have you got a ticket in with them yet explaining your difficulties?

MSI big bang xpower ii memory problems

Hello! I wasn't sure where to post this question, so If it is in a wrong subforum please forgive and transfer it to the correct one.
Story is, I have msi big bang xpower ii motherboard, runnig 3930k, c1 cpu. I have two memory sets, both tested extensively, 1) gskill ripjaws 2133 32gb 4x8 (one matched set), 9/11/10/28 1.65v and 2) gskill ripjaws 1600 16gb 4x4gb 9/9/9/24 1.5v, also one matched set.
I updated bios to 1.2 (i think that's the latest official one).
Problem is, in 2133 mode, i can only post with 1 stick. With set 1) in 1600 mode I can post with 2 sticks (any slots as shown in manual). With set 2) in 1600 mode, I an post with 3 sticks (also any slots as shown in manual). That's it. Any other configuration (for example quad channel or 8 sticks) will not post, I get error 67.
I tried manual mode as well as XMP. It seems in XMP mode i don't even get to error 67, it just keeps rebooting and rebooting, rebooting on error code 19.
Does anyone run this 2133 set at 4x4gb ? If so could you please possibly give me your OC settings? I tweaked vccsa, pll and dram voltage, but no luck.
Thanks in advance.

It won't boot in quad channel even in 1333. Manual says, if you number slots A B C D | E F G H, quad channel is A _ C _ | _ F _ H . It will not post in this configuration. Neither of my two sets (even 2133 running in 1600 or 1333). However, A B C D | _ _ _ _ will post in 1600! I tried this out of curiosity and this is technically an invalid configuration? It's not even mentioned in the manual. It also seems to me the system will never post if I have something in slot G.
I also must add both of my kits are tested, additionally my asus rive can run quad set in 2133 just fine.
I set 1.5v kit at 1.5, then tried 1.520. For 1.65v kit, i tried 1.5, 1.520 and 1.65 and next one I don't remember i think 1.68. I tried vccsa (system agent) 1.15 - 1.30, also, why is PLL so high on this board? I am seeing ~ 1.77 (I did set it at 1.8 later).
Also what are the modes 1-7? Where can I find more information about those?
Should I RMA this board? I can probably get it replaced within a day or two.
I also must note, I have the worst luck ever with lga 2011 boards. It took me 3 tries to get normal rive, and now this. Sigh.

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