Z68A-GD55 (G3) AMD ASUS R9 280x

just a quick post to say i have the above board and have just installed an "Asus Radeon R9 280X DirectCUII TOP 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card"
was not posting , no beeps and monitor and mouse doing nothing
i had the 23.7 bios version from feb 2012
i updated to v23.8b8 (N88) and now working fine
might be useful information for someone

Quote from: say0n on 07-November-13, 04:19:18
I just got an ASUS R9280X-DC2T-3GD5 but i doesn't give me any signal in my monitor. Im using the DVI port and the Motherboard is Z68A-GD65 (B3)
Im running an old HD6870 with no issues but in the moment o switch the cards it doesn't give me any image and there's no POST.
i5 2500k at 4.3ghz
Z68A-GD65 (B3)
The card was already tested with the seller and it works fine so is not the card... please help i don't want to spend more money to change my platform to 1150 socket.
I bet the seller didn't test the card in a PCI-E 2.0 "environment".
Z68, i5-2500K are PCI-E 2.0 (HD6870 is PCI-E 2.1)
AMD Radeon R9 280X is PCI-E 3.0
Many AMD PCI-E 3.0 graphic cards have backward compatibility issues.
That's why I always recommend Nvidia cards for older motherboards and processors.
If your motherboard BIOS is up to date, the next thing to try is to update the VBIOS
(ask the seller if you cannot do it by yourself).
If that doesn't fix the problem, you have 2 options:
- replace the card with a Nvidia one
- keep the card, but replace the processor with a Gen3 one (3770K, 3570K, etc)

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MOVED: Z68A-GD65 (B3) and Asus r9 280x

This topic has been moved to Intel Core-iX boards.
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=174418.0

Quote from: say0n on 07-November-13, 04:19:18
I just got an ASUS R9280X-DC2T-3GD5 but i doesn't give me any signal in my monitor. Im using the DVI port and the Motherboard is Z68A-GD65 (B3)
Im running an old HD6870 with no issues but in the moment o switch the cards it doesn't give me any image and there's no POST.
i5 2500k at 4.3ghz
Z68A-GD65 (B3)
The card was already tested with the seller and it works fine so is not the card... please help i don't want to spend more money to change my platform to 1150 socket.
I bet the seller didn't test the card in a PCI-E 2.0 "environment".
Z68, i5-2500K are PCI-E 2.0 (HD6870 is PCI-E 2.1)
AMD Radeon R9 280X is PCI-E 3.0
Many AMD PCI-E 3.0 graphic cards have backward compatibility issues.
That's why I always recommend Nvidia cards for older motherboards and processors.
If your motherboard BIOS is up to date, the next thing to try is to update the VBIOS
(ask the seller if you cannot do it by yourself).
If that doesn't fix the problem, you have 2 options:
- replace the card with a Nvidia one
- keep the card, but replace the processor with a Gen3 one (3770K, 3570K, etc)

Z68a-GD55 Overclocking issues (OC settings not working on reboot)

Hi all;
Quick synopsis of my issue - Z68A-GD55 board, I5-2500k chip; overclocking the CPU to 4.2 Ghz, bios version .50 according to Live Update 5 scans. Whenever I reboot my machine, the CPU returns to default settings (Intel quick boost, chip running at 16x multiplier idle, 33x under load instead of 42x constantly). I don't know why the overclocking settings won't affect my machine after reboot. I've tried updating the bios to .60 via Live Update, but it doesn't seem to take. When I look in the BIOS settings, it still looks like my OC settings are there, but the CPU still only runs at 33x. Any hints / help?

Sorry about that; let me try again.
Heatsink : Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus 120mm Sleeve CPU Cooler, RR-B10-212P-G1
OS : Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64bit (Full) System Builder DVD 1 Pack
HD : OCZ 60 GB SATA 6.0 Gb-s 2.5-Inch Solid 3 SSD Series (SLD3-25SAT3-60G)
RAM : Corsair Vengeance 8 GB ( 2 x 4 GB ) DDR3 1600 MHz (PC3 12800) 240-Pin DDR3
MOBO : MSI Z68A-GD55 (G3) LGA 1155, ATX DDR3 2133 Intel Z68, HDMI, SATA 6Gb/s, USB 3.0, Gen3 PCI-E, ATX Motherboard BIOS N.50
CPU : Core i5-2500k, @3.3 base, 4.2 in OC settings
Graphics : BFG 9800 GTX + 1GB
PSU : CORSAIR HX Series CMPSU-620HX 620W ATX12V v2.2 and EPS12V 2.91 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Modular Active ...
Output : +3.3@24A,+5V@30A,+12V1@18A,+12V2@18A,+12V3@18A,[email protected],+5VSB@3A
Case : Antec Performance One P180B Black 0.8mm cold rolled steel for durability through the majority of chassis 1.0mm cold rolled ...
DVD : Asus SATA DVD/CD RW
This is what I've tried so far for overclocking settings :
1) Set the multiplier to something close to the base setting; say x38. No Voltage changes. Boot into windows, stress test with prime 95; everything looks ok. Reboot the machine, and the system acts as if the multiplier is still x33, even though the BIOS reads x38.
2) Using the OC Genie to test; this sets the multiplier to x42, CPU Voltage to 1.350 (and a few other settings I don't have access to at work, at the moment). Boots fine into windows, passes prime 95 tests; I've played BF3 for hours at this setting. I reboot, system runs as if the BIOS were back at default.

Z68A-GD55 G3 will not run memory at recommended settings

I have been trying to run my Mushkin 996782 2*2GB kit at the recommend settings of 1600 7-9-7-24 1T and cannot get my system to post. I can set the timings to 7-9-7-24 1T at 1333. If I set the XMP profile, manually set to 1600 or press the OC Genie button, I get " The previous overclock has failed" message.
I had been previously running this kit in an AMD system at the recommended speed and timings without a problem for over a year and this kit is supposed to be designed for Intel systems.
Mushkin thinks the issue is with the BIOS because the system is stable at 1333.
My current system:
MSI Z68A-GD55 G3 (23.6)BIOS
Intel i3-2100
Mushkin 996782 (2*2GB)
Seasonic X750 Gold
Sapphire 5870
Windows 7 64 bit
Any help would be appreciated.

Quote from: dtp_jr on 25-January-12, 11:14:01
. If I set the XMP profile, manually set to 1600 or press the OC Genie button, I get " The previous overclock has failed" message.
Do you get the overclock message has failed if you try and overclock the cpu at all when just leaving the ram at the default settings? and also what happens when you try to disable spread spectrum? as you may of read in my thread my system freezes when i try to disable it.

MSI GeForce GTX 970 with MSI Z68A-GD55 (G3) motherboard

Hi!
I have seen a similar issue here that was resolved with the help of this forum. (https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=251322.0). I still want to ask my questons however, since I have a slightly different situation.
I recently bought a new Graphics card, a MSI GTX 970, to replace my older EVGA GTX 570. After installing it, the time it takes to startup the computer is quite a bit longer. The very begninning of the startup process is the part that takes longer, I see a black screen and "B2" in the lower right hand corner, with the older GPU this was seen for a few seconds but now it stays that way for about a minute. After that I see some random colors in stead of the MSI logo and then the regular "Starting Windows" image appears, from there the startup is as fast as before.
When the computer has started it seems to work perfectly, and the new graphics card is great, everything on "ultra" in games etc.
I guess the way to resolve this issue is to update BIOS. I am a bit afraid of this however, of the risk of destroying something.
What would be your suggestions? Is it better to update bios or to leave it as it is, since the computer works? Are the any risks with keeping this bios version, that seems to have some issue with the graphics card?
Any help would be greately appreciated!
/Johan
Board: MSI Z68A-GD55 (G3)
Bios: Version 23.7
VGA: MSI GeForce GTX 970 Gaming 4GB
PSU: Corsair TX 750W Modular
MEM: G.Skill Ripjaws X Performance 2x4GB
CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz – not overclocked
System Harddrive: SSD 120GB Corsair SATA 2.5", Force 3 Series
Extra Harddrive: 1TB Samsung SP SATA-2* 7200RPM Spinpoint F3
OS: Windows®7 Home 64-bit
Cooling: Standard fans from the case (Fractal Design Define R3) and for the CPU plus one Scythe Slip Stream 140mm (1200rpm)

Ok, thanks for the advice.
I have started looking at the instructions and have downloaded the installer and the bios file. It seems Norton Internet Security has some problem with the installer. When I start the installer it reaches the point when it shows the current bios version, after that it is interupted by Norton. The reason that Norton gives is that it has found something called "Suspicious.Cloud.9.B" in the file b4.bks. How should I react to this?

Z68A-GD55 G3 -- how do you get it to boot with 4 DIMMs installed?

Howdy folks,
I am really hoping that someone here can enlighten me on this magical BIOS setting that allows you to boot this unit up with all 4 DIMM slots populated? I have scoured the dark corners of the interwebz trying to figure this out and it completely eludes me, I even read the manual cover to cover... all I can find is a couple posts where people have updated the bios or went into the bios and changed a setting allowing them to escape the reboot loop that I get with all four memory slots filled.... the unit boots just fine with two DIMMs installed and it doesn't matter which two... I found this on a post but nothing else:
"One more thing, it wouldn't boot with four RAM-sticks out of the box, but it worked fine to start with only 2 RAM-sticks and use F1 to change bios-settings. After doing it that it had no problem with 4 RAM-sticks."
Take from: Google search "Z68A-GD55 megathread" since I can't post external links, the author of the article is "the Squonk"
Any one encounter this before?
Thanks in advance,
TF

That is a handy tool, thanks for pointing me to that.
Way more information but doesn't even show what you asked for?
Better printout:
Memory SPD
DIMM #            1
   SMBus address      0x50
   Memory type      DDR3
   Module format      UDIMM
   Manufacturer (ID)   Corsair (7F7F9E0000000000)
   Size         8192 MBytes
   Max bandwidth      PC3-10700 (667 MHz)
   Part number      CMX8GX3M1A1333C9
   Number of banks      8
   Nominal Voltage      1.50 Volts
   EPP         no
   XMP         no
JEDEC timings table      CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS-tRC @ frequency
   JEDEC #1      6.0-6-6-17-22 @ 457 MHz
   JEDEC #2      7.0-7-7-20-26 @ 533 MHz
   JEDEC #3      9.0-9-9-25-33 @ 685 MHz
DIMM #            2
   SMBus address      0x51
   Memory type      DDR3
   Module format      UDIMM
   Manufacturer (ID)   Corsair (7F7F9E0000000000)
   Size         8192 MBytes
   Max bandwidth      PC3-10700 (667 MHz)
   Part number      CMX8GX3M1A1333C9
   Number of banks      8
   Nominal Voltage      1.50 Volts
   EPP         no
   XMP         no
JEDEC timings table      CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS-tRC @ frequency
   JEDEC #1      6.0-6-6-17-22 @ 457 MHz
   JEDEC #2      7.0-7-7-20-26 @ 533 MHz
   JEDEC #3      9.0-9-9-25-33 @ 685 MHz

Help!!! with 970A-G46 Bios Update / Asus R9 280x Dcu II

Ok so i recently got the Asus r9 280x dcu II card for ugrading and when i installed it, i started the computer, but i was not getting anything on my monitor. The computer works fine with my old gpu Radeon HD 7770, but when i installed this one, the computer would not post.
Im wondering if it is my motherboard bios that i need to update in order for it to post because i have not updated my bios yet and maybe the card only works if my motherboard is on the latest bios.
Also about the bios update. Last night i tried to update and i got to update to version 1.B0 (1.11). But i checked for new bios at the support download page for this board and saw that new versions were at the 2.0 level and the latest bios is version 2.6.
I tried to update the bios with the version 2.6 .exe file in a formatted flash drive but everytime the pc restarted, it would not go to the bios update screen. And also on the bios menu when i click on m fash it did not work it gave me a message which i cant remember right now.
I would appreciate the help.
Thanks

Yesss!!!! I got it to work. All i had to do was clear my cmos and it worked

Core i7 2600k and msi z68a-gd55 b3 acting up and lagging on me

HI, I just built a new gaming rig and for the life of me, I can't figure out why im getting lag and im not impressed coming from a P4 Dual core.. OK here's my setup
Core 17 2600k with CoolMaster Heat Sink
MSI Z68A-GD55 B3 mobo
4x4gb DDR3 1600 Corsair Vengeance Ram 9-9-9-24 Total 16Gbs
EVGA GTX 560TI 2Gb Video Card
CORSAIR GAMING SERIES 800 Watt 65a on the 12v Rail
(ONLY USING ONE HDD GOT 2 HDD'S TO TROUBLESHOOT TO SEE IF ITS THE HDD)
CURRENTLY IN USE FOR MAIN HDD 1 Seagate Barracuda 7200 rpm 1TB HDD
1 Western Digital Cavier Black 7200 rpm 2TB HDD
Running on Windows 7 Ultimate x64
So i install the OS and updated all my drivers and for all hardware and updated the BIOS and i got everything stock in the BIOS, No overclocking yet and when im just surfing the web or open up an app, I get this annoying lag and my CPU load and Memeory load will be at 0-5% and it will effing lag... Now i changed out everything thinking it was the problems, down to the Ram 3x's, CPU 1x, Motherboard 3x's (I'm even coming from a different board thinking, that was the the problem. Since i read alot of bad reviews on it.. AN INTEL DP67BG Extreme Series board and come over to the MSI im currently using ) and my PSU 1x.. and nothing fixed it.. When i run a CPU Stress test it comes back with no ERRORS... Now when i do a Memory Test in the BIOS of the mobo.. It will PASS, no problem.. but if i run it in MEMTEST86 it will FAIL right away.. Then when i test each stick 1 by 1 in BIOS they PASS, NO PROBLEM, But not in Memtest86... So i bought 2 Pairs of 4 new sticks 2 different times.. the same kind of Ram, "which are compatible with this board" and the same thing happens with the lastest MSI BIOS i'll test them with the Memory Tester From BIOS, all 4 sticks and 1 by 1 and then 2 sticks for dual channel in slot 1 nearest CPU and slot 3 and they will PASS but when i try with Memtest86 they FAIL... So i dont think its the Ram cuz 3 different sets are Failing... i highly doubt it's hardware anymore... Agree?
Can someone PLEASE HELP ME..! I've been working on this build for 2 straight weeks day and night and i have a bad taste in my mouth over this build. this isnt my first one either and i never, never, ever had theses problems before... i'm about to quit and go back to a p4 dual.. But i don't like to quit and want to feel the power of a i7 2600k that everyone swears by...
please lead me to fixing this... if you can email me for one on one support id compensate you for your time.. [email protected]
BTW i brought it by geek squad and they couldnt figure it out either... but he didnt know his from his elbow lol
Thank you, Marco

ok so the WD is still doing it but not as bad as the seagate was! as for UEFI/BIOS im on 22.8 loaded with default setting except for the dram voltage now, and it was set at 1.4 something i changed it to 1.5 like you said and that help some but i still get lag here and there showing up when moving the mouse with is a microsoft wireless 4000
update so after setting it to 1.52v in bios im noticing when typing i get freeze up with the cursor and when i open apps the hour glass is appearing at longer then normal even for a p4 chip
any other ideas why is this becoming a nightmare with my hardware can you give me a run down on what everything should be set to in bios.. cuz it looks like default settings are off and im having video card issues but that's for another forum but im thinking they all tie in together..
thank you so much for helping me looks like no one cares to help a fellow builder out.. but when its them in my shoes there quick to beat dowm the door for answers... sorry im just frustated that over a grand invest and my smartphone feels snappier and responsive then this build.. oh i ya check cpu and the board for mis seated chip and bent pins and correct amount of good paste and heat sink seated and torqued down correctly.. so im not sure anymore im sooo i just want to

Faulty Z68A-GD55?

I have a MSI Z68A-GD55 (G3) that I think is unstable.
Woke up on Sunday morning, computer was hanging(only the mouse moving) with 1 core@100%
Various different bluescreens, all with different faults each time.
The PC when it works, will hit 1hr in idle, browsing then hang.
Everytime it hits 1hr, it hangs.
Will play games as long as it's less than an hour, but if you try a second game, it hangs.
Trying to save any settings in the bios(actual), it hangs.
In windows, it will let you change bios settings, sometimes.
2500K @ 4.5GHz- now at stock
16Gb- now 1 4Gb stick
Everything removed from USB's, booted with just a PS2 mouse(brought in to test, never used before)
All HD's removed bar Windows HD(sweparate backup HD used, still same result)
Internal USB headers removed
GPU's removed
Sound card removed
PSU swapped out
Latest bios installed and attempted to clear the cmos, but settings look to be the same after clearing cmos.
Tried running in 1 core, same result.
It can only be the cpu or MB, but as it hangs in the actual mb bios when you try to save any settings, I would tend to think it's the MB.
Any help or ideas.
Must add that this systems been up and running since September and never skipped a beat, 100% stable until Sunday morning.

From your comments I see you did run it at 4,5GHz previously. Any recollction of the applied voltages at that time ? What cooling did you use ?
It could very well be that either your CPU or your MB may have suffered deterioration because of the OC.
The best would be to test the CPU on another known working system and see what happens.
Alternatively, test a known good CPU on your MB and check the results.
You don't state all your components, like GPUs and so on and the PSU. >>Posting Guide<< It could also be your PSU that may have developed a fault and is not supplying clean power anymore.
With just one mem stick, do a full CMOS clear with PSU power cord removed and retest in bare bones condition. >>Clear CMOS Guide<<

Z68A GD55 Won't start

Hi all I just bought myself a new system..
MB: Z68A GD55
CPU: Intel i5 2500k 3.3ghz
GPU: GTZ 570 HD
Memory: 8GB DDR3
Akasa colling fan
And a new 800 watt PSU
I have put together my last three PC's with no problems but I can't get this one to work, here is the problem..
When I plug my CPU power cable in and turn the system on nothing happens apart from 1 single blue light from the CPU monitor thing (sorry forgot name)
I stripped everything out of the Motherboard and the same happened, now here is the weird part I decided not to plug the CPU cable in and the fan turned for 5 seconds then stopped and I got the same single blue light from the CPU indicator.
I even tried using the Intel colling fan but it didn't help, the motherboard is not touching the case as I have clips for it and it powers up.

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Time to send her back.
Thats one option.
With a strong light and a magnifier, a bit of patience, good eyes and a very small flat screw driver, you could probably bend them back into position.

MSI Z68A-GD55 (G3) and Corsair 2133Mhz doesnt boot! Please make a BIOS update!

Just bought a new MSI Z68A-GD55 (G3) and flashed to latest official BIOS 23.6. This mobo supports 2133Mhz but my new Corsair 2133Mhz doesnt work no mater what i set it up in bios except 1333Mhz??
MSI please make a BIOS update for Corsair memory CMZ16GX3M4X2133C11R
My new PC works in default state/1333Mhz but not in 2133Mhz. Any tips?
I live in Sweden and bought this quad memory: http://www.webhallen.com/hardvara/147837-corsair_xms3_vengeance_quad_16gb_ddr3_pc3-17066_2133mhz

This is a user-to-user forum, not MSI Technical Support. We don't make BIOS Fixes here, sorry.
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This mobo supports 2133Mhz
Not quite right. The memory controller is inside the processor, not the mainboard. According to Intel specifications, the native supported maximum is DDR3-1333. Everything above that has to be considered overclocking and therefore not necessarely stable.
I am moving this thread to the overclocking section of this forum for further discussion.
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My new PC works in default state/1333Mhz but not in 2133Mhz. Any tips?
Go lower for testing: try DDR3-1600, DDR3-1866 etc, memory voltage 1.65V, command rate = 2T, play around with the other timings to find out what works and what not.
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flashed to latest official BIOS 23.6
FYI: Latest official release is slightly newer: https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=151148.msg1151874#msg1151874

Z68A-GD55 (G3) – massive voltage problem

Greetings,
alright, maybe the title is a bit misleading but, in my opinion, so is ClickBIOS II.
My mainboard is MSI Z68A-GD55 (G3) (MS-7681 VER: 4.0; E7681IMS V23.7), CPU is Intel® Core™ i5-2500K Processor (stock clock), DRAM is Corsair® Vengeance® Low Profile 16GB (1600MHz running @ SPD 1333MHz 9-9-9-24, 1.5V), PSU is Corsair® Professional Series™ Gold AX850, OS is Microsoft® Windows® 7 Ultimate Service Pack 1 64-bit.
Now, if you take a look at this snapshot of my mainboard's UEFI:
you will surely notice that when the CPU I/O Voltage setting is set to [Auto], the mainboard reads the respective voltage as 1.360 V.
Exploring the official 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ Processor Family Desktop, Intel® Pentium® Processor Family Desktop, and Intel® Celeron® Processor Family Desktop Datasheet, Volume 1 (http://intel.ly/AuRtAr), one discovers that the maximum DC Voltage Specification for VCCIO is 1.0815 V.
Now, my questions are as follows:
1a. What is the CPU I/O Voltage?
1b. Is the CPU I/O Voltage VCCIO?
1c. Is my CPU I/O Voltage default value not absurdly high and outside of official Intel® specifications?
2a. What is PCH 1.05?
2b. Is PCH 1.05 VCCIO?
3. Is the CPU Core Voltage VCC?
4. Is the DRAM Voltage VDDQ?
5. Is the GPU Voltage VAXG?
6. Is the System Agent Voltage(SA) VCCSA?
7. Is the CPU PLL Voltage VCCPLL?
Thank you for your input.
Yours faithfully
Termo

PCH 1.05 is not the same as CPU I/O 1.05, and is not Vccio. I set my I/O manually to 1.07 which gives me 1.056v's. 1.360v's for CPU I/O is a bit much for an un OC'd state. Since your mainboard has V-Checkpoints, I highly recommend to invest in a digital multimeter and check the voltages. Takes the guesswork out of it, and settings can be accurately measured and set. If you also notice on your screenshot, DRAM V. is way below what it should be as well. Setting it to 1.521v's usually brings it up at the V-Checkpoint as 1.504v's or so.
Not sure about the graphics recommended voltage range. Never checked on it since I use a discrete VGA and have all that disabled. PCH V. will be in the Cougar Point chipset datasheet, not in the CPU datasheet. My best guess is the 0.93 is the graphics.

Z68A-GD55 Overclock Issues after Bios 25.8

Hi all,
I have a PC I built 2 years ago for my son, which was essentially a Z68a-GD55 motherboard, with a Core i5 2500k CPU and a pair of GTX460s in SLI. It's been lovely for 2 years, until my son opted to upgrade the graphics cards to a single GTX770.
The system would not boot with the card installed, so I removed it, booted using the internal graphics capabilities and after a google showing similar symptoms as mine but with a GTX680 decided the Bios needed a flash to the latest version. I can't recall, but I think I was on N70 or something (I declined to take note of what it was - sorry). Anyway, I successfully flashed to 25.8 which seems to be the latest version (aside, the only thing I ever really did on the machine was occasional run Live Update and update the NVIDIA drivers etc - Live Update insisted I was already on the latest BIOS, and I had to hit the MSI site directly to note there was a newer version - odd).
Anyway, the update was successful, although it did seem to utterly wipe my (modest) overclock settings and store profiles. I don't recall exactly what I had, but essentially it was something like a 45/46 multiplier with XMP enabled and no fiddling of any voltage or timing settings. It worked fine. But since upgrading, I have been unable to replicate it in the same way. Whilst I have managed to get a stable overclock of x44 and XMP, it is not reading right in the OS.
The problem I am having is that the clock settings/multiplier/turbo boost/whatever is not behaving as it was before. Before, it would happily drop down to 16x multiplier without load, and associated temps/voltages/fan speeds etc would correspondently drop. But now I cannot make heads or tails of what it is doing with regards to power saving. if I run CPU-Z (latest version as of today) it shows the CPU with a clock speed or 16-44, and the current speed as either 16, or 44, with nothing in between. The Intel Turbo Boost Monitor tool shows it dropping to the bottom, then turbo boosting to 4200, 4300, or 4400, then back down again when I introduce load. The Control Center utility (which is the only way I know of to view individual core clock speeds) typically shows them running at 44x, although occasionally one or more will drop down into the high 30s etc. The worrying thing is that they *NEVER* agree with each other, and even when CPU-Z is showing 16x, Control Center is showing all cores at 44x etc. In addition, after benchmarking the system with 3DMark11, it is now reporting my CPU with a "stock clock speed" of 4.4Ghz, rather than the proper 3.3Ghz that all my old results presented.
I have tried some messing in the Bios, I turned off "Enhanced Turbo" which was never there on the previous Bios version, but I note that the Turbo Boost values are still showing at 37/36/35/34 for 1/2/3/4 cores respectively, which is seems to be ignoring.
The question is, how can I restore a modest overclock on this machine, that utilises proper power saving, and correctly reports CPU usage and capabilities?
Many thanks

Well the OC is working, in fact after some further fiddling I have a base OC of 44x that Turbo Boost reports as being 16-63, and single core boosts have now gone up to 4.9 occasionally, so the speed is there, I am more worried about whether is actually is essentially running at either 16x or 44x constantly, and if not, which monitoring tool is wrong? What's the definitive way of showing per core clock speeds in real time? As it stands it seems as though when gaming the CPU is going to be clocked at 44x permanently, rather than fluctuate properly with load (i.e. the slightest bit of CPU activity bumps it from 16 to 44 when seen in CPU-Z, Control Center has then barely ever shifting off 44x at all, but the intel Turbo Boost Monitor does seem to show the sort of behaviour power wise that I want, albeit as a simplistic bar graph without labelled axis...
If it's stepping up and down properly and just reporting it wrong, I'm happy. If it's genuinely running at full clock speeds essentially all the time I'm not.
I would happily go back to the latest Sandy Bridge Bios (I don't understand what the ME firmware is, but I updated my ME drivers in Live Update from 7x to 9x to no avail) if someone can provide me with the file and instructions.
Many thanks again.

MSI Z68A-GD55 (G3) Duel Channel Problem

Hi,
Recently i built a new computer using
MSI Z68A-GD55 (G3).
2500k CPU
G.Skill Ripjaws X F3-10666CL9D-8GBXL 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-10666 (1333MHz) DDR3 RAM
Now my computer runs great when i am using 1 stick of ram (either stick) or both sticks single channel (dim 1 & 2) and will easily pass memtest86+, but my computer becomes unstable when in duel channel, crashing and freezing between 1 - 5 times a day in windows and will fail memtest86+ every time.
Now i only know the basics when it comes to ram, but basically I'm wondering what my options are.
The company i bought the ram from says i can return it for a different brand. will this help? i have to pick something from;
http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=186_538_913
I was thinking of getting the kingston value ram 2 x 4 gig 1333mhz. Will this solve my problem? is there an easier fix to this issue? what do you recommend?
Kind Regards
Ben.

The Kingston should work fine. If it doesn't, it may be worth taking a look at the CPU socket for any possible bent pins.

Z68A-GD55-G3 + i5-2500 doesn't recognize my graphic card

Hello Gentlemen,
I've upgraded my MB and CPU to Z68A-GD55-G3 and Core i5-2500 recently and faced with big problem.
My Radeon 6950(it's also MSI, BTW) is not recognized by new system. I've connected my monitor to Graphic card and just see a black screen all the time. Graphic card's fan works.
I tried to connect monitor to integrated graphics's output and it works. I don't see my Radeon 6950 recognized in Device manager in windows.
Also, I tried my old Radeon 3870 on this MB. Result is the same, but it works fine on my second PC.
Virtu Technology - Disabled
Initiate Graphics Adapter - PEG
I haven't installed any virtu drivers and bios wasn't updated. Also, I haven't reinstalled my windows, but I don't believe it may cause such problem
I guess that this is due to integrated GPU and it should be disabled somehow.
Gurus, Can you help me?
Thanks in advance.

Quote from: Immortaliz on 31-January-12, 03:53:13
Hello again!
Had a conversation with a guy from service center and he said that most likely there is broken south bridge in my MB and they can't help me with this.
And warranty won't apply for this MB anymore because I had broken socket :(
Just wondering does southbridge somehow responcible for GPU?
I thought that northbridge is responcible for this and it's in CPU. So it seems to me that they don't really know what the problem is.
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance!
I returned a Z68 GD65 G3 because some of the pins were slightly bent. I observed when I did my initial inspection of the MB just a few days after I bought it. Returned it to store withing the 30 day return period.
Since your MB is now out of warranty you may be able to slightly bend that pin to match the others. Just be very careful. (Do at your own risks).
Are you able to get a hold of a a different cpu that has a igpu and see if you can get the display working without the video card?
I have read about problems with the display not working. The latest BIOS should have all that fixed.

Z68A-GD55 (G3) AMD ASUS R9 280x

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