Z77a-G43 with I7 2600K no Video

I have been pulling my hair out, I recently purchased a new Z77a-g43 mother board and an I7 2600K processor. Everything posts fine and I installed win7 64bit and installed the drivers, but when it reboots it starts loading windows and then just shuts down. I have narrowed it down to the on board video driver. If I uinstall it then the system works fine. When I try to re-install the video driver and reboot then it then shutts off while booting. So if I press the F8 key and boot back in to the last known good time it boots up with the standard vga driver. For specifics, I am running 16gig of DDR3 Patriot Sector 5, with the mb and processor and 2 2TB Hitachi drives.
The bios on the board was 2.2e which is not even list on the website yet. Hopefully this is just a bios issue and will be fixxed in the future.

Looking at it with live update it show 2.22 as the current version on the board installed right now. I can't check remotely what is reported in the bios, but on the board I returned, it reported it has 2.22e . The one available online was reported as 2.22 . I backed up the 2.22e then reverted or assumed it was reverting to the 2.22 without any change. I returned the board thinking it was bad, only to have the new board do the same thing. On the new board, I did not check the bios version from the bios as I did with the other. MSI Liveupdate is reporting 2.22 current.
I do have the 2.22e backed up though. Maybe this was a beta released fw.

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Black screen at boot MSI Z77A-G43 with HD7850

Hi,
I've tried everything You suggested in this topic. I've upgrade and downgrade bios (official 2.3, 2.4, 2.8, 2,9 / beta 256, 281,296) few times but still is black screen at boot. Now i'm on the newest beta bios 296 and still same issue on Sapphire HD 7850 with my Z77a-G43 board. I know for sure that sapphire working well because I've checked on other mobo with even worst PSU (400W instead 550W Volcano). Before hd 7850 I had gtx460 and swith those few times and always gtx460 works fine, so I don't understand anything right now.
Tried different slots, also clear cmos.
Board: MSI Z77A-G43
Bios: Version 296
VGA: Sapphire HD7850 1GB
PSU: Modecom Volcano 550W
Intel Core i5-3570k
MEM: Kingston 4GB 1600MHz
HDD: 2xSSD
Without OC
OS: Windows 7 64bit Professional
Can You help me somehow, maybe I did not check something else?

Quote from: The CPU Whisperer on 22-April-13, 16:06:05
Do you see the same problem on bios 2.90?
The Z77A-G43 seems the have difficulties accepting HD7xxx AMD VGA cards lately.
It seems that the problem is gone. I thought of it being an ATI driver issue ~ but not even the latest didn't fix it. But since I flashed to BIOS 2.9 I haven't encountered the problem anymore. So I believe something is fixed between 2.3 to 2.9.
However my problem was a bit different that the OP has.
Oh, and I said this on other thread so I say it here too: MSI and Asus 7xxx cards haven't faced the kind of issues Sapphires are having. I'm so glad to my choice... as I almost picked Sapphire but then read comments on Newegg which weren't in favor for Sapphire.

Overclocking Z77A-G43 with i5 3570k, stuck @ 38x

Hi guys,
First, my configuration:
Intel Core i5 3570K - Unlocked version
MSI Z77A-G43 (BIOS v. 2D)
GSKILL DDR3 1600 Mhz
Windows 8.1
Since 2 days, I flashed my bios and now I have a unsolved problem.
Before it, my O/C was at 4,3 Ghz (100 x 43). Thus, MSI Live Update showed me a update (v. 2D) for my BIOS (MSI Z77A-G43 aka 7758) and I flashed it.
After the first boot, Windows crashed with a BSoD and I went to BIOS. But now, I can't adjust CPU ratio as well, only 38x maximum whereas before 16 to 61. So I look up into this forum and can't find solutions. I have made energy savings changes, Clear CMOS and more, but nothing working.
I note that "Core Ratio Limit" option disappear of my BIOS ...
I downgrade to my former version v. 2.6 and more (2.7, 2.8, 2.A ...) and hope that everything was back to order but ... No.
I don't know what to do, if someone has a idea ... Thank you in advance for your answers

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Z77A-G43 No onboard VGA,HDMI and DVI, No audio

I have a Z77A-G43 with a i5-3350P processor. I connected my monitor (Iiyama) on the on-board VGA port. After installation i started up the computer. I could see the the computer was starting up on the keyboard but i did not see anything on the monitor. My monitor has two inputs, VGA and HDMI, so i tried the on-board HDMI-port. Again no picture.
Then i put in a videocard in the PCIe slot and connected the monitor on the VGA output of the videocard.
I started up the computer and now i could see the start-up on the monitor, so the monitor and VGA cable are oke.
After installation of the software i saw that there where no speakers attached. Tested the speakers on a other the computer and the are oke. So i have allso a problem with the on-board speakeroutput.
It is a new motherboard and i went back the the shop and got another motherboard, installed it and started up the computer. I got the same problems with this new motherboard as with the one i had before.
I checked all the connections seferal times and did not find anything wrong.
With a videocard i could see in the BIOS. All the connected hardware was recognized.
What could be the problem with the on-board VGA, HDMI and the on-board speakeroutput.

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Then i put in a videocard in the PCIe slot and connected the monitor on the VGA output of the videocard.
I started up the computer and now i could see the start-up on the monitor, so the monitor and VGA cable are ok.
How far has the build progressed? Got the OS installed yet? You have to have the audio driver loaded before you get the audio to work.

Z77A-G43 Gaming with CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) Model: CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9

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Quote from: gilad ahyoun on 05-August-13, 05:24:34
is the CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) Model: CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 kit will be fine with this mb or someone can offer me a good ram kit to buy.
CPU: I5 3550 Ivy bridge
The CPU is OK with 2 x 4GB DDR3-1600.
http://ark.intel.com/products/65516
Talking about the motherboard:
http://www.msi.com/product/mb/Z77A-G43.html#/?div=TestReport
Click on the "Memory Modules" button and download the PDF file.
http://www.msi.com/file/test_report/TR10_2540.pdf
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MOVED: Z77A-G43 no SpeedStep with manually set multiplier

This topic has been moved to Overclocking, Undervolting.
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=165305.0

I was told that Z77A-G43 should be just fine for my needs. Couple years ago I bought high end MB and it was a mistake, they are putting there so many useless stuff for which I need to pay ... (like firewire which I never used).
Z77A-G43 is fine for me but I was not aware before buying about all of its limitations. It is quite ok now when I figured out in UEFI where the needed options are hidden. Probably on better board I would be able to get from 200 to 400 Mhz more from CPU but to do that I would need to take off the IHS and pay almost 2 times more for the motherboard. (and pay for useless stuff like two quick PCIE ports (I am not planning to have a SLI/Crossfire), dozens of SATA ports etc.) If there were good board in decent price I would bought it but I do not need a motherboard for a homemade datacenter
Regarding Lucid earlier I had Abit (also the lower end) and I am not used to be virtually limited by having minimazed bios options or lack of software support. Of course this was different vendor with different business approach.
Asus cheap boards like P8B75-M have support for Virtu MVP ... so it's doable and affordable but MSI wants to have an argument over selling more expensive boards. Now I totally get their marketing strategy.
Thank you all for help, this topic can be closed.

Three beeps when booting new computer with MSI Z77A-G43 Mobo

I just built this pc and pressed the power button. Nothing happens for a few seconds and then I hear 3 beeps from the PC speaker. It powers off by itself and opens again, with 3 beeps again, and repeats this until i press the power button to close it down forcefully.
Board: MSI Z77A-G43
Bios: I am not sure, but the box says Click BIOS II
VGA: MSI 7850 Twin Frozr III
PSU: Corsair Builder 600W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply
CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor LGA 1155
MEM: Corsair
HDD: 1 TB Western Digital Caviar Black
COOLER: CoolMaster Hyper 212 EVO
OC: none

3 beeps is a memory failure!
try each stick in slot 2 individually as you may possibly have a bad stick?
if the first suggestion doesn't work remove the CPU and check the socket as you may have a bent pin in there causing the issue?

Z77A-G43 (MS-7758) problem with Win x64 install

Hello,
Motherboard is Z77A-G43 (MS-7758) latest bios v2.7.
I would like to install Windows x64 on 3TB GPT disk.
In accordance with the product description "3TB+ Infinity is not only breaking through the limit of traditional BIOS, but also enhancing the utilization of hard drives efficiently. In addition to supporting the latest 3TB hard drives, MSI 3TB+ Infinity technology can use the 3TB hard drive as boot disk when installing a 64-bit operating system. Compared to competitors, MSI 3TB+ Infinity is an industry-leading technology which substantially presents an advantage of development and application in the future."
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What should I do to make Windows install on this disk?
Thanks.

Quote from: Bas on 03-November-12, 03:04:53
Did you turn Infinity on?
I believe Infinity is always on. At least I don't see such an option in bios.

Z77A-G43 issue with SATA drive

This is wierd
I have 4 Hitachi drives all of 1TB, perfectly working on old PC.
Today have decided to transfer them into new PC:
MB: Z77A-G43
BIOS: 1.20
CPU: Intel g2020
Primary drive is Intel SSD 120G series 330
I have attached 3 HITACHI drives successfully, they are all working fine.
but particular one forces MB to reboot before BIOS screen, last code seen on screen is A2?
Then I have decided to put dedicated controller 1st I took SilImage 3512 SATA/RAID Controller
- no changes computer reboots before post screen
After I took VIA VT6421 SATA/RAID Controller
- no changes computer reboots before post screen
searched web, found nothing useful.
any ideas what might causing this?
EDIT: tested controller SiI3512 on old PC and trouble HDD, everything works just fine :/
read AMIBIOS codes:
0xA0 IDE initialization is started
0xA1 IDE Reset
0xA2 IDE Detect
0xA3 IDE Enable
0xA4 SCSI initialization is started
0xA5 SCSI Reset
0xA6 SCSI Detect
0xA7 SCSI Enable
0xA8 Setup Verifying Password
A2 is ide ? what ide ? I give up.
it seams to me that this board is broken in several ways
- non working DVI
- faulting with valid SATA drive
what else awaits me on this road

Quote from: flobelix on 07-May-13, 04:27:27
using IDE previously and now AHCI might trouble Windows but system would none the less post. At least you should get past IDE detection but hanging at A2 means it doesn't.
I'm wondering about your statement you had been using SilImage 3512 SATA/RAID Controller and VIA VT6421 SATA/RAID Controller. Are these PCI add-on cards? Did you try all SATA ports controlled by the Z77 chipset. Are the drives used are all identical? Is the issue only happening with one particular drive or anytime you attach a fourth hdd no matter which one it is?
About the performance difference from AHCI to IDE the differences are minimal. Should be almost irrelevant for the hdds.
My discoveries:
Using sata mode IDE with windows installed in AHCI mode == windows hangs during loading (BSOD), probably missing drivers or similar.
Also I am unsure what A2 code means but I have noticed it is displayed while bios post screen shows up with the list of installed drives during normal boot.
And is also last code I see when I attach problematic drive resulting in reboot loop.
To be honest I haven't tried all SATA ports on board for sure I haven't tried SATA 1 (1st white) as there is my SSD drive.
But I have tried almost all other ports. I can try them all, but I don't think this will solve the problem.
I don't think problem is in what slot I put my drive, since same behavior is with SATA/RAID controllers.
And whit this SATA/RAID controllers this drive is working perfectly normal on other PC.
No not all drives are identical but I have exactly same drive as this one, and all drives are hitachi:
* HDT721010KLA330 working fine
* HDS721010SLA360 working fine
* HDS721010CLA332 (1) working fine
* HDS721010CLA332 (2) problematic drive == reboot loop (when its single drive or with others).
True I haven't tried to detach Intel SSD and leave problematic drive as only drive in system, I may try this tomorrow)
funny part is that HDS721010CLA332 (2) is working fine when I hot plug it.
Checked firmware version on both drives, and both drives have identical firmwares.
Only difference I know off is that working drive has 1 partition, and problematic drive has 2 partitions.
EDIT: forgot to say it passed SMART test, everything was green (hitachi sw), while hdd sentinel reported 1 bad sector but saying estimated drive working days > 900 days and degree was 98% I am guessing because of that 1 bad sector and too many working days (years) behind him.

Z77A-G43 OC 4.3 with power saving work, thanks xmad

Z77A-G43 OC 4.3 with power saving work , Thanks xmad
Goes up @ 4.3GHz on full load, then come down to 1.6GHz idle( perfect) try with prime95 about a hour, temperature when up to 71c then between 58-65c
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Set the power levels short / long to 255 and the power duration to 2 seconds.
Then increase the turbo speed there to w/er you wish 4.2-4.5 are typical everyday overclock settings.
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Pic attached
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Pll : enabled
Overspeed protection: Disabled
Enhanced Turbo: Enabled
Ok now i'm experimenting a little bit, i try 44 for ratio but crash after prime 95 working
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or other setting? thanks
[img=http://s8.postimage.org/4t8jrurvl/core_ratio_limit.jpg]http://
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Quote from: LimpNoodle on 08-February-13, 18:34:00
Ow hi guys
I just found this while I've been searching and reading up on overclocking and I was wondering if you guys can just help me out? I will continue to read up and learn more, but is it possible to kind of give me a step by step of what to do with this exact board & Bios?
I also have the Z77A-G43 OC & i7-3770k and from the looks of the reading I want to get to 4.4ghz
I've read the posts and see the pics, but where should I start & what exactly should I all change before starting up windows & running prime etc
Any help would be appreciated aimed at a beginner like me would help Overclocking is just something I'm really learning about now.
TY
Mine is running At 4.3GHz with auto vcore, with Antec water cooler 920 no issue so far..
On reboot, click delete to enter bios then do same setting has me but with Vcore auto, save and reboot, in window under click center , check your clock speed under load, it will give your i7-3770k stable clock zone..
Look in here, the last one https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=162043.0
If you don't mind to try overclock genie first in the bios, I sure would like to know if it does anything for you, cause mine it's only capable to OC Genie the GPU only, . I wrote to company about it but no reply yet..
But it might be a cheap board but you can still overclock it anyway..

Problem with Z77A-G43 After bios updating

Hi guys
I purchased my main a week ago, the bus of my rams are 1600 but main detect it 1333. So i updated my bios of 2.7 to 2.10 with live update 5, after the updating progress finished my pc restarted, it doest give any picture and after 20 sec reastart again and again!
I shorted the jumper, i brought out the battery but it didn't have any result. Please tell me a solution. And forgave me for my poor english. My pc:
Msi z77a g43
2*4gb 1600
Core i5 3570k
Sapphire 7790 dualX

RAM defaulting to DDR3 1333 is common as the SPD profile of the chips is set for that. For 1600, either manual setting is required or X.M.P. can be tried if the modules have X.M.P. profile.
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Next time you need to flash, do it the safe way;
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=161593.0

Z77A-G43 no SpeedStep with manually set multiplier

I have bought Z77A-G43 mainboard with i5 3570k. When I put multiplier to Auto then in idle the multiplier goes to 16 but when I put any value (non-Auto, like 34) then it stays that way all the time also in Idle.
Other case is that mainboard have offsets but Vcore is not going down in idle if you do not have enable at once C1E and EIST. Should it work only with EIST option ?
I have Windows 8 Enterprise trial.
I tried many things but it still does not work without having Auto there (I do not want to have auto).
Please inform me how to turn on SpeedStep on this mainboard without loosing the ability to change multiplier.

I was told that Z77A-G43 should be just fine for my needs. Couple years ago I bought high end MB and it was a mistake, they are putting there so many useless stuff for which I need to pay ... (like firewire which I never used).
Z77A-G43 is fine for me but I was not aware before buying about all of its limitations. It is quite ok now when I figured out in UEFI where the needed options are hidden. Probably on better board I would be able to get from 200 to 400 Mhz more from CPU but to do that I would need to take off the IHS and pay almost 2 times more for the motherboard. (and pay for useless stuff like two quick PCIE ports (I am not planning to have a SLI/Crossfire), dozens of SATA ports etc.) If there were good board in decent price I would bought it but I do not need a motherboard for a homemade datacenter
Regarding Lucid earlier I had Abit (also the lower end) and I am not used to be virtually limited by having minimazed bios options or lack of software support. Of course this was different vendor with different business approach.
Asus cheap boards like P8B75-M have support for Virtu MVP ... so it's doable and affordable but MSI wants to have an argument over selling more expensive boards. Now I totally get their marketing strategy.
Thank you all for help, this topic can be closed.

Can i crossfire two radeon 7950's with msi Z77A-G43

Im looking to buy MSI's version of the Radeon 7950 twin Frozr to complete my system but im not sure if i will eventually be able to crossfire two of these cards in the future. I know that this MB only has one PCIe3 slots. Does this matter in crossfire? or will I have to replace the MB in order to corssfire?
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600 Watt Corsair PSU
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Cooler Master hyper EVO 212

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I upgraded my pc this weekend. I have ZH77A-G43 with 3*4GB RAM and ATI HD7850 gfx card.
A new SATA HDD and a fresh windows7 install.
All goes well until I install catalyst drivers. After that, windows will not boot anymore. I can see 'Starting Windows' and after that the screen goes black and pc stops responding.
n safe mode, everything works fine again.
Do the catalyst drivers cause problems on this mobo?

Never mind see the beta bios release notes:
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=161593.msg1197504#msg1197504
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01.Fix VTX3D Radeon HD 7850 1GB X-Edition not display issue.
(Add below solution from E7751IMS.H52 and E7751IMS.H53:
Fix PCIE GEN3 display card issue.
Fix 'Integrated Graphics Share Memory' and 'DVMT Memory' item show incorrect.)
Seems as though that matches up nicely to our problem, so use the beta bios instead.

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hello
I need help, I bought a MSI Z77A-G43 motherboard and a CPU INTEL I7-3770K, I installed everything but when I insert the memory (provided ALL WORKING AND TESTED) the pc does not start, and if I put a model KINGSTON kvr1333d3s8n9 / 2g pC starts, this in any slot of the motherboard if I put 2 equal does not start!.
If we insert the KVR1333D3N9/2G which also is certified in the manual does not start the PC.
I updated the BIOS to the latest version 2.8 but to no avail, the problem persists.
I realized, however, the BIOS reports as the DIMM1 and DIMM2 DIMM3 as DIMM4 and of course the DIMM3 as DIMM1 and DIMM4 as DIMM2.
Can anyone help me?
Thank you very much
Board: MSI Z77A-G43
Bios: Version 2.8
MEM: 2 kingston ddr3 1333 2gb KVR1333D3N9/2G
2 kingston ddr3 1333 2gb KVR1333D3S8N9/2G
Intel Core i7-3770K 3.5GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W

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I realized, however, the BIOS reports as the DIMM1 and DIMM2 DIMM3 as DIMM4 and of course the DIMM3 as DIMM1 and DIMM4 as DIMM2.
This is because DIMMS 2 & 4 are the primary DIMMS. (The ones reported as 1 & 2)
So a matched set of Quote
KINGSTON kvr1333d3s8n9 / 2g
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If we insert the KVR1333D3N9/2G which also is certified in the manual does not start the PC.
This sounds like defective ram.

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