X58 Pro-E i7 system dont boot. Urgent

I build a system with MSI X58 Pro-E mobo, i7 930 cpu, 6 gigs of Patriot ram and nvidia quadro 5000 when i tried to boot all the lights and fans run for less than a second and only the mobo energy led and the mobo starting button stay on and nothing more happened. Please help.

Try with only one RAM stick in the black A0 DIMM slot. Clear CMOS (with power cord removed), reset settings (presuming it will post). Take a look at the bios chip on the board & post what it reads. It may be an issue with the bios version not fully supporting the i7 930.

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Upgrading the BIOS on an MSI x58 Pro

My Mum's Cyberpower i7-920 machine with MSI x58 Pro motherboard periodically fails to boot with the error that there is no boot device.
I figured out a few hacks/workarounds for this, but as it is my Mum's machine, and I'm not always around to help out, I need a better solution.
I posted on the Cyberpower forums and they said: 'Upgrading to the latest BIOS can sometime cure niggly problems lke this on MSI boards.'
As I have never needed to mess around much with the BIOS before, I would like to get some input here as to what people think of this suggestion. Also what is the latest version of the BIOS for the MSI x58 Pro? Any recommendations on the easiest way to do this?
Thanks very much.

Okay, in that case a BIOS Update is probably worth a shot. As said before, >>Use the MSI HQ Forum USB flasher<< and take the latest BIOS Version from this site: http://eu.msi.com/index.php?func=downloaddetail&type=bios&maincat_no=1&prod_no=1744 [v8.D].

Unable to boot with MSI X58 PRO-E and OCZ3P1333LV6GK

Hi,
This is my first post in this forum.
I've had this system for about 6 months, and from time to time I kept having instant reboots and once the PC would never start, I think I've sorted that by first flashing an old MB BIOS and then the most recent.
Tree days ago I've had another instant reboot, but now the system stops/reboots when the coloured animation starts to appear above the "Loading windows" message. This happens with both Win7 32 & 64 bits and even with the windows 7 installation DVD !!!
I think I've tried all combinations of the other posts where the MB+memory was the same as mine.
Another strange issue is: the memory PN shown inside the BIOS (OCZ3G1333LV2G) is different from the label on the memory (OCZ3G1333LV6GK)!!
I've already tested with only one memory chip at a time, the result is still the same.
I've only got connected the following: Video board, 1 RAM chip, USB Keyboard & one SATA HD. No over clocking whatsoever !
What else do I need to do to finally boot to windows ?
Thanks in advance for any help.
Paulo
My System:
Mobo: MSI X58 Pro-E, model MS-7522, version 3.1
BIOS: 8.B
CPU: Intel i7 920
RAM: OCZ3G1333LV6GK (6GB)
Video: Sapphire Vapor-X ATI RAdeon HD 4870 2GB
PSU: Combat Power CP 750W
OS: Windows 7 32 & 64 bits

Hi Henry,
Thanks for the help.
"What are your RAM timings? Screenshot of CPU-Z Memory tab and SPD tab."
I've added a few screenshots of the memory, the SPD & CPU-Z tab, plus a MEM86 test with only on memory stick installed. It appears that the memory is OK... or not ?
"Do you have another video card you can try? Those Sapphire Vapor-X cards have been a problem for others in the past."
I wasn't aware of any problems with this video card, I use it mainly to send movies to my big LCD TV through the HDMI port. I don't have access to another video card, sorry...
I don't know what else to do, do you think it's the PSU ?
Regards,
Paulo
--I made it so your images show and are clickable
--Mike

X58 pro won't boot sometimes

I've got the X58 Pro Motherboard- the original one.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130221
Rest of the system specs are as follows:
Core I7 CPU
ATI 5770 video card
Antect 750 watt power supply
6 GB ram (I forget the brand)
2 WD hard drives
From time to time it will not boot. The On/off button on the motherboard is lit, so I know it's getting power. But there's another light on the motherboard that is off when it won't boot- an orange light- presumably the network connection? If I jiggle the power connection to the motherboard, eventually it lights up and the computer will boot. I know the issue isn't the power supply because I've used two, with the same issues.
I thought it might be a short circuit from the case. But a friend more knowledgeable than I suggested that it might be the motherboard power save feature putting it into sleep mode or something. He said a BIOS update would fix it.
I have the 7.3 BIOS version, which I understand is the latest one for this mobo. I hear that people have used the 8.0 and later for other MSI X58 boards with this board with success.
So I have two questions for the gurus here
1) What is causing the computer to not boot?
2) Will a BIOS update fix it, and if so, should I attempt it?
Any helpful advice would be...helpful. Thanks in advance.

Quote from: Bernhard on 02-November-11, 23:59:59
>>Posting Guide<<
To answer that you will need to be more specific on the CPU and memory.
Gotya.
CPU is I7 920.
Memory is Kingston 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1066 (PC3 8500) Triple Channel
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820134829

X58 Pro BIOS Crash during Boot

Hi All,
I have recently assembled a system with X58 Pro board and Core i7 920. It was working fine for 3 months except that it started having BIOS crashes since last night. The issue is that the mainbaord lights would be on without the POST screen and within few seconds the system resets automatically. The same procedure happens for about 4-6 cycles and on the 7th cycle i get a message on screen saying the previous overclocking has failed and the BIOS is reset to default settings. Post then the system boots up normal and works just fine. But once the system is shut down and when the system is switched on(cold boot) I get the same problem. I have also noticed that a month back the CPU clock had jumped from default 2.66 to 2.67 automatically without any overclocking and just couple of weeks after that the clock rose up to 2.87. It has remained like that until the BIOS crash issue. All these happened without any manual overclocking. I was wondering how can this happen automatically unless the clock speeds are adjusted manually. That was quiet strange though. Neways after this issue(BIOS Crash) popped up the clock speed is back to 2.67 than the default 2.66. Weird again. The BIOS version is the default one(V7.0) that was shipped with the mainboard. I tried to M-Flash the BIOS to V7.3(after reading couple of postings from the forum) but without success. The same problem still persists. I have done the following things after going through the forums regarding the issue.
1. Cleared CMOS using the clear CMOS button(With power chord unplugged)
2. Tried M-Flashing to V7.3 (Not sure whether the BIOS was updated during the process)
I kindly request all of you so provide some solutions so as to get my system back to normalcy. Your worthwhile suggestions would be really appreciated. The system config is mentioned below
Core i7 920 @ 2.66 GHz
MSI X 58 Pro - BIOS Version 7.0
Corsair 6 GB(3 x 2 Gigs) DDR3 @ 1066 MHz (installed on the black slots currently)
EVGA GeForce GTX 295 1.7 GB GDDR3
Tagan 1100 W PSU
2 x 1 TB Seagate Sata HDD @ 7200 RPM w 32 MB cache
Sony Optiarc DVD-RW Drive
Windows XP 64Bit SP2
Looking forward for some positive solutions

Hey NovJoe,
Thanks a lot for your reply. I have done as per your suggestion and the system works fine now. Pretty interesting though. During the individual RAM tests i did not face any BIOS crashes and i thought the MOBO DIMM SLOTS would be faulty. So i installed the second RAM strip on the second slot worked fine and finally the third one and works fine too. I am really wondering wht had happened in the first place. Was that due to any dirt or dust in the memory and DIMM contacts? Well neways i am kinda relieved now. But i wanna make sure that everything works fine. What types of tests do you suggest to make sure that the system is working almost fine??
Thanks a lots
Regards
Rahul

X58 PRO NO BOOT AFTER IOH HEAT FIX.

Hello everyone, I have a strange problem with my x58 platinum setup after fixing the heat issue with the ioh.
My board says ms 7522 rev 3.1. My booklet and package says x58 pro but greenpower says platinum.
Running core i7 920 with 3 gigs of ocz 1066 ddr3 all in black slots, vista home premium sp1, msi ati 3450 hd graphics card, thermaltake v1 cooler, antec 680w iceburg psu,3x320 seagate barracuda 7200.11 harddrives,nzxt
sentry 5 fan cooler control and lg dvd/lightscribe writer.
I had ioh idle temps in the 70c range and near 80c at load so I read the threads in the forum and carefully removed
the heatsinks. cleaned off the hard white and dry tmi. Reapplied correct thermal compound. Plugged everything back in and when I turned it on all I got was a quick hdd light blink and no post,no display. I might have mixed up the order of the sata drives on the board so i've tried to switch them all to other ports and to no avail.
I cleared cmos with power off and unplugged several times with each sata port change and it's the same thing.
Power on just the fans and all leds come on but no hdd light and no boot. Leds on my graphics card slot are on and the cpu leds are all on and green light on board is on. Maybee it's my boot sequence from the drives that are
out of order. The system was a little touchy but for the most part stable and working fine before fixed the ioh.
I am an electronics guy and repair amplifiers and radios and I deal with Blown voltage regulators and output chips
all the time so I'm not unfamilliar with this kind of repair. I wore a static strap and had the board on a non conductive surface. Sorry so long but I wanted to give as much info as poss. Thanks in advance for the advice.

Well, tried all sata combos that I could out of the drives and no results. To answer your question earlier. the black ring is in tact under the heatsink and I did not see any tim overflow to the surrounding area. Also it doesn't even
trigger the monitor to come on and no beeps from system speaker. Checked all connections and everything seems to be solid. Is there a way to wipe bios and harrdrives and basically start over? I unplugged all hdds to see if I would get a screen and nothing. I've turned the thing off and on so much in different combos that I'm worried about it totally fragmenting the drives with bad sectors that it wouldn't boot even if I found the right order.
The way my luck goes I probably fried it. Thanks again.

X58 Pro-e unstable or won't boot

Hi all,
I'm having some trouble getting my new board and memory to cooperate. My system is quite unstable. It boots, and it runs fine, but it already froze up a couple of times, and Prime95 gives errors within the minute on almost all 8 threads when trying a blend test.
I tried some settings, preferred (from OCZ forums) are:
Spread Spectrum: Disabled
1N/2N: 2N
I set the timings to (9-9-9-20)
I forced speed to 1333Mhz
DRAM voltage: 1.65v
QPI voltage: 1.35v
But when i try to boot with these settings, it will freeze upon the moment the Windows 7 flag is there and it tries to go into the OS. After that i ran Memtest (4.0), and that came out flawlessly, no errors, with the settings used that are displayed above.
Is there any way to rule out the memory, motherboard or CPU? I really don't know what to do next.
Mobo: MSI X58 PRO-E
BIOS: 8.8
CPU: Intel i7-920
RAM: OCZ3G1333LV6GK
Vid: MSI NX8800GT
PSU: Sharkoon SilentStorm 660W
HDD: 2x502HJ RAID0
OS: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
Thanks in advance..!

Quote from: Uittenbogaard on 24-March-10, 19:41:06
I think i'm going to try and get other RAM for my computer. I tried with the 1066 @ 7-7-7-20 and 7-7-7-24 but nothing helps, i also tried with different voltages. I just hear from everywhere that people are having trouble with OCZ memory on the X58 Pro-e.
I'll post again as soon as i have new memory
Yes, I've read here about many peoples troubles with OCZ and was astonished. Guess I'm lucky: When I was chosing the parts for my Eclipse SLI I also was very close to buying OCZ memory as I've got a SSD from them (quite old one, now) which is simply great and exceeding everything I would expect from an SSD of that time...but somehow for the memory I sticked to Corsair, as I've had some good experience with their products in the past. Turns out that this was quite a good idea concerning X58 boards and those memory sticks also work much better than advertised. For example, in 1333 mode I could use drastically reduced timings without a problem, and in 1600 mode the sticks say that they require 1.65v (1.5 for everything else) but they'd even run for hours on 1.5v and have been perfectly stable at 1.55v (probably 1.52v is enough, but I've currently got another problem to figure out, so I'll reduce further when that's solved). I'm using the Corsair CM3x2G1600C7D kit and can really recommend it for appropriate configurations.
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X58 PRO won't boot (memory or video card issue???)

Hi all,
this is my first message here.
I have recently bought a X58 PRO motherboard to which I have connected the following devices: one HD, one DVD, the CPU (i7 950), one Video Card (GeForce 6600 pci-express) and three DDR3 modules from Corsair (named CMT6GX3M3A2000C8). According to Corsair website the modules CMT6GX3M3A2000C8 run on thie X58 PRO.
I have turned on the system, but the screen remains black and the motherboard issues an intermittent buzz sound.
Besides:
The led close to the pci-express (where the video card is connected) is on.
The 5 CPU leds are all turned on.
The led close to the memory socket is off.
As far as I know, usually the intermittent buzz means that the motherboard doesn't recognize either the RAM or the video card, but I don't know if the buzz is different case by case (can be buzz be different according to the issue?) and in the manual I didn't find a troubleshotting chapter.
Is there a way which allow me to better identify where the issue would be (in memory or in Video Card... or something else)?
I have not tested neither the memory nor the video card on another system, thus I don't know if one of them is faulty.
Can anyone please help me?
many thanks in advance!
Lorenzo

Quote from: Bernhard on 27-April-11, 16:06:04
Do a CMOS clear>>Clear CMOS Guide<<
Only insert one mem module. Check all your power connections to the board/s again that they are secure. You may want to reseat your CPU and check carefully that all the contact pads on the CPU do have imprints.
Ok, I'll try it this evening!
In the meanwhile, I thank you.

Boot error, 1short beep pause 2 short beeps, X58 pro-e

Hi Guys,
My pc is not booting up, all I recieve is a blank screen with 1 (normal) boot beep which are then followed by 2 short beeps after 2 secs or so.
(something thats quite weird, my numlock key is light up and toggle when I press it)
Did cmos reset, same thing.
It is not my gfx card because when I remove it i get the "1long 2 short" beep sound.
Please any sugestions?
I7 930 2.8 ghz
X58 pro e mb
Kingston HyperX 1600mhz 6GB
Evga gtx 470
Seagate 500gb sata
W7 ult x64
Coolermaster silent pro 600

I am having a similar issue to this and I'm not sure what the beep codes are for this mobo.
Anyway, I just installed a brand new kingston hyperx 120gb SSD into my desktop which already had a 1tera SATA HD in it. Fresh install of windows, but the data from my old HD was never erased so I can still access all of that data. Everything seemed fine for about a day but now when I boot up my PC after a few minutes on the desktop screen whether I am actively opening/closing programs or leave it idle. My computer begins to beep repeatedly and continuously until I shut down my CPU.
Any ideas on where to begin? I've no idea where to begin other than uninstalling the new SSD but obviously I just don't understand how the install could have gone wrong in the first place. As far as CPU overheating the temperature controller display on the front of my desktop never goes over 50 degrees C.
Did not want to create a brand new topic as this one was already which was pretty much the same thing, just maybe a different beep code associated with it from the sounds of it.
Thanks in advance for your help! Really would like to use my desktop again without being barked at by it.

Building new system, MSI X58 Pro-E, i7 920, GTX 295, 6gb, Thermalright e-120

Hello, I was hoping for some advice on this rig, to overclock or not, etc; Im a bug gamer, so its really about gaming to the max 1st,
Heres the brand new parts;
MSI X58 Pro-E (In the box, just arrived, do not know bios yet)
i7 920
Patriot Extreme Viper PVT36G1600ELK 6GB DDR3 9-9-9-24
eVGA GTX295 1792mb CO-OP edition
Thermalright extreme e-120 cpu cooler (Jesus that thing is huge)
Im going to re-use this stuff:
2x500gb seagate HDD sata raid 0 for performance
Antec 900 case Lots of fans...nice
DVD RW
Corsair TX750W Says 60A on a single +12v rail (I think its good, only @ a year or so old)
SB X-FI Fatality gamer sound card
So, basically should I look to OC this setup a bit? maybe to like 3 GHz or so? If so, whats the "safest" method to OC? I have an excellent cpu cooler and a case that has a ton of fans in it so hopefully I should be good for cooling.
Do I just OC the CPU? Will the memory run at its top speeds with this chip? or do I need to do something for the memory also, I recally for some reason on my current PC with a 780i SLI evga mobo I had to set the ram timins manually, they were never picked up properly on "auto", will I have that also on the MSI board?
I hope Ive provided enough information to get started.
Thank you for any help!
Oh, I plan to build this baby the following weekend as I am working the next 2 weeks straight...meh

Quote from: Rebel230 on 08-July-09, 08:29:48
So, basically should I look to OC this setup a bit? maybe to like 3 GHz or so?
Yes, why not?
Do not be aiming for 3 GHz, you can run that on stock voltage. 4 GHz is more within the grasp of the TRUE 120.
Quote from: Rebel230 on 08-July-09, 08:29:48
If so, whats the "safest" method to OC? I have an excellent cpu cooler and a case that has a ton of fans in it so hopefully I should be good for cooling.
There's only one way to overclock - overclock... There is no safe way of doing it...
Quote from: Rebel230 on 08-July-09, 08:29:48
Do I just OC the CPU? Will the memory run at its top speeds with this chip? or do I need to do something for the memory also,
The only way you can overclock a CPU without overclocking anything else is with an extreme edition CPU. (The i7 965, for example.) It's overclocked by raising the CPU multiplier, not the baseclock frequency.
With regular CPUs, you overclock the baseclock, which overclocks the CPU core, CPU uncore, memory, and QPI frequency.
Quote from: Rebel230 on 08-July-09, 08:29:48
I recally for some reason on my current PC with a 780i SLI evga mobo I had to set the ram timins manually, they were never picked up properly on "auto", will I have that also on the MSI board?
Extremely doubtful.
I hope I've answered your questions. I can be more thorough if you wish to know more. Of course, Google can tell you more than I ever could.

MSI x58 ProE and Corsair 12GB (3x4GB) RAM Issues

Greetings!
New poster here with a question that I cannot seem to find an answer to anywhere. I've looked over the forums but have had no luck figuring it out. My goal is to identify the culprit and replace the appropriate parts.
I built this computer in 2009 with the intention of doing OpenCL/CUDA computing and handle all my multimedia. At the time, 6GB DDR3 RAM (3x2GB) was about all I could afford. The machine works great, but lately, attempting to do some video and image processing has been hitting limits on my available RAM. I also want to run a linux VM or two. I thought I would order the Corsair 3x4GB DDR3 kit from NewEgg and not have any problems upgrading. I didn't have any plans of running the 6 and 12 GB sets simultaneously because I thought there would be some sort of memory density/timing issues.
New RAM desired: Corsair Dominator with DHX Pro Connector and Airflow II Fan - DDR3 Memory Kit (CMP12GX3M3A1600C9)
Old RAM in system: Corsair Dominator with DHX Pro Connector - 6GB Triple Channel (CMP6GX3M3A1600C8)
Request 1: Can I mix the 6 and 12 GB sets (for a total of 18GB) if I keep the density the same across each set of slots? There are 3 black (primary) and 3 blue (secondary). I was thinking of putting the 12GB in black, and 6GB in Blue.
I placed the order, received it, and went to install it yesterday. Took the existing 6GB out and dropped the 12GB in, saw that BIOS recogized it with the right timings, and proceeded to boot Windows up. Blue-screen at the very first Windows logo. I thought "well that stinks, let's check to see if the RAM is defective through MemTest." Downloaded an ISO of 4.2, fired it up, and it hung right away. Hung in the "Address Test, Own Address" test. Big fat A note: BIOS and MemTest both recognized the full capacity of the sticks.
My next thought was "Well, one of them might be bad, let's try to find out which one." I individually put each one in the first slot on the board, ran MemTest, and showed 0 problems on any tests with each of them.
Summary thus far: Individually, each 4GB stick works perfectly. In combination, they fail. The full 3x2GB set works perfectly.
My next theory was that my board might be bad (even though the 3x2GB set in the same slots has no issues). Knowing that the first slot was good with every bit of memory I put in there, I left a 4GB stick in slot 1, and dropped a 4GB stick in slot 2. MemTest hung again. Thinking it might have been that one stick, I put the other one in there, and it hung also. So, slot 2 looks suspect. Move the sticks to 1&3, and they look fine, but that still leaves me missing 4GB of RAM.
I've followed advice and re-seated the CPU, looked for bent pins (none found), and tried manually setting the timings to the 9-9-9-24 that is printed on the sticks. No luck with any of that.
Request 2: So, my question to you is what am I missing? I feel like the board is the problem, due to the slot 2 problem with the 4GB sticks. However, my 2GB sticks don't have any problems at all in the same slots. Could the 4GB sticks require a little more power that my board might not be pushing out (the board is labeled at 1.5V, the sticks are labeled 9-9-9-24, 1.65V)? Would a bent pin be causing this that my eyes just cannot see? I read somewhere that a guy had a pin that was 0.25mm off that was causing his problems.
Or should I be looking at the memory? The 3x2GB set works fine, but the 3x4GB does not.
I'm not sure what my next step should be other than replace the RAM first, motherboard second. The RAM I just got, so I could RMA it if I knew exactly what the problem was. The motherboard is approaching 3 years old and presumably is out of warranty. I wouldn't mind replacing it, but I don't want to spend money right now if I don't have to.
I don't have a second machine to test on, although I'm trying to locate one (most of my friends don't build custom PCs). I have also tried putting the 6GB in the black slots and 12GB in the blue, but the machine doesn't work with that configuration either.
Request 3: Could someone explain how I could aim for 1066MHz on my RAM? I read that on the X58 Pro-E that this resolves most problems with random bluescreens. When I try to do this, I get lost in the numbers/options within the BIOS.
Anything else I might be missing? I'm out of ideas
Thank you all so much for the help!

Hi and welcome,
You have 2 "bottlenecks": the processor and the mainboard.
http://ark.intel.com/products/37147/Intel-Core-i7-920-Processor-8M-Cache-2_66-GHz-4_80-GTs-Intel-QPI
Max Memory Size (dependent on memory type) : 24 GB
Memory Types : DDR3-800/1066
Memory Channels : 3
Max Memory Bandwidth : 25.6 GB/s
http://www.msi.com/product/mb/X58-Pro-E.html#/?div=Detail
• Supports six unbuffered DIMM of 1.5 Volt DDR3 800/1066/1333*/1600* (OC) DRAM, 24GB Max
As you can see, above 1066MHz you need to overclock both the processor and the mainboard.
I think for your config the best shot is 3 x 4GB DDR3-1333 (9-9-9-24 at 1.55-1.60V)

MSI X58 Pro - I'm having trouble setting up my first Raid 0 Array

Hey guys! I have an i7 920, X58 Pro, 3x2GB DDR3, Radeon 5850, 640GB WD Black (Windows 7 64 bit + applications) and 1TB Samsung F3 (backup) system and I'm having trouble setting up a raid 0 array. I recently decided to purchase two additional 1TB Samsung F3 harddrives in order to create a raid 0 array, while still keeping my original two harddrives separate. I installed the new harddrives today, installed the JMicron drivers that were on the drivers disk that came with my motherboard, went into the bios, and changed it from IDE to RAID. I then went into the raid bios, selected the two new harddrives and selected raid 0, saved everything and tried to load Windows and Windows refuses to boot up. I got an option to try fixing Windows but that didn't end up fixing anything. Finally, I was forced to go back into the bios and switch it from RAID back to IDE just to get Windows to boot up again. Does anyone know what I need to do in order to get this raid 0 to work? Thanks a lot in advance for your help!

Perhaps create a software RAID? You can do it in Windows through Control Panel --> Administrative Tools --> Computer Management --> Disk Management.
A quick guide: http://www.softwaresecretweapons.com/jspwiki/windows-7-software-raid-disk-partition-and-volume-context-menus

X58 pro-e trying to understand a few things please help me out.

first of all hi
im trying to overclock my cpu to a nice place and in my mind its 4ghz and in my mind its like use 22X200=4ghz=happy me
now realty is when i do that and leave every thing on auto the MB puts too much volts on the V.core like 1.4+ and thats bad for me i do have a good cooler thermaltake frio 220w
so i tried lowering Blck and stuff and i googled stuff and ended up with a good 21X175 with 0 on the V.core only to download a program named cpu-tweaker and nehalemcalc so bare with me the question is coming so i setup the nehalemcalc to 225X21 qpi multi X18 Uncore multi X12 mem multi X6
only to get a warning saying (instability may occur when QPI clock is greater than 4000MHz) and it got me wondering how much did i set my Multi`s so i went and checked but i did not find them in the cell menu so i opened the cop-twaeker to look some stuff up and i found
21X175=good i put that there
7x7x7x19=ram timing good too i put them my self
Uncore X16= bad read under
QPI X18= good after i read in 4.8 mode its set to X18
RAM X3 = i guess its good i put it there too
so i opened up the nehalemcalc 1.3 and used these numbers i found only to read some thing i did not find in cell menu mem multi witch was 6 as minimal
number in the program so whats wrong here how come its giving me deferent numbers in the 2 programs and in cpu-z its showing FSB:Dram 2:6
so where do i find adjust that ratio found in the cpu-z or the uncore multi for that matter !
sorry i know its crazy but i really think thats why i cant go pass the 4Ghz dream BTW i need to add Volts to the cpu as from 3.8 :( so it just might help
out to know every thing to know about this motherboard
my system specc`s are :
core i7 920 d0
X58 pro-e
gtx260
1TBx2 wd
2x3 transcend jetram 1333
thremaltake frio
custom cooler for the IOH(cheap fan on the heatsink :P )

Quote from: HU16E on 10-March-11, 08:41:31
Everything should be fine as long as the recommended max. voltages aren't exceeded. Lots of trial & error involved, within safe limits of course.
Added:I hope that 4.00 is the CPU speed & not the volts applied.
stop loling @ me come please i have a dead time on the rams if i dont like them i can return them
so it is the cpu speed the 4k yes so pleaseeeeeee tell me what kind of volts i should use with this setup lets say 3.8ghz and i know every cpu has its own vlots and all but i need like a refrance that i can work on lets say 3.8ghz needs 1.2v on the v,core 1.5v on ram 1.2 on qpi and so on .. so for 4ghz i need 1.3v,ram1.5,qpi...... some thing easy like that and if it works i will for you sir

X58 Pro a Lemon? IOH cooling insufficient.

Is the X58 Pro motherboard a Lemon? The x58 cooling solution on the board is inadequate by far. Very soon, MSI will introduce a replacement board called the X58 Pro-E which has a different heat sync on the Dr. MOS and X58 chipset. They will no doubt ignore all of us with the Lemon. Which is totally unacceptable and enough to make me not want buy any MSI products ever in the future!
The only solution to cooling your IOH on the X58 Pro is to replace the useless MSI heat sync or run a small fast fan on to them.
Here are the possibilities;
1) with stock cooler IOH is 72C at idle
2) Running a 40mm 4000RPM fan ($12.00) directly onto the chips set from above the chipset, the IOH drops to 55C.
3) Replacing the sock solution with 2 Thermalright HR-05-IFX (23.00 each) the IOH drops to 38C*
*note: In my Antec Sonata case the HR-05-IFX are directly in the path of the 120mm fan exhaust that is mounted to the hard drive cage. This fan, draws air through the bottom of the case, over the hard drives and out over the motherboard. This is a Noctuna 120M fan that is running at 900 RMP (Ultra Quiet Mode). This fan blows directly onto the HR-05-IFX and helps dissipate the heat build up on the fins of the HR-05-IFX. With this fan turned off, the IOH temp starts out at 39C but quickly climbs into the 45C range with heavy use.
Using the 3rd solution, I can go up to a 190 MHz base CPU clock rate which makes the 2.6GHz i970 a 3.8Ghz CPU. The max I can go with memory is 1500MHz using OCZ Gold 6GB (3 x 2GB) rated at 1600 (OCZ3G1600LV6GK). Anything above that the board is not stable. At a base clock of 210 MHz, the board hangs-up in boot. It goes through the BIOS POS T and the screen says "WAIT..." and nothing happens.
I'm using BIOS 7.3. see https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=126768.0
by the way, be careful when you remove the stock IOH cooler. Mine was pretty much stuck to the board. I had to yank it off with a set of pliers. Upon taking it off, part of the problem was clearly apparent. There was enough silicon grease (or should I say hardened cement) to drown an elephant. The grease must be the cheapest kind you can find because it had caked up into a thick layer of plastic and I had to scrape off heavy scabs. I wish I had taken a picture.
Once you do this upgrade, all of us should send the $50 bill to MSI. They should give all of us MSI X58 Pro uses a $50 rebate for selling us a Lemon.

So far, not any X58 Pro boards have burned up an X58 (IOH) that I've read about. 72c is well below the 100c limit, so those that choose not to redo the heatsinks need not panic as long as sustained full loads are below 100c.
Out of the 3 X58 Pros I've helped build, no 'Lemons' noted among them. Just started build #4. I would say your 3.8 on the CPU & 1500 on the mem. is pretty decent. The CPU only natively supports 800/1066 memory, so what's the complaint? 1333 & 1600 are 'OC' speeds. Your mem. sticks may be rated 1600, but doubt they are chipped more than 1333.
What was your specific system issue that required a bios update?
Is the X58 Pro-E a 'replacement' board as you call it, or a new introduction board to the line-up? Have you been ignored so far over your 'self proclaimed' lemon?

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