Z77A-GD65 debug LED.

So CPU temp readout doesn't seem to work under UEFI mode?... I thought UEFI was meant to improve BIOS/OS communication?.. The debug LED seems to think it's still waiting for the OS to boot.. ("AD - "Ready to boot") Is this a limitation? Glitch? Is anything being done to correct this? Is it just my board?

Not all UEFI/BIOS versions report CPU temp in the DeBug LED. Report the findings to MSI Tecnical, as they are the only ones that can resolve it if they can duplicate what you describe.
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Z77A-GD65 debug LED codes

Welcome.
Maybe someone knows what is the cause, with the display "debug LED" is "AD" (as the system begins to load)
and all the time so it displays. Do not go to the "AA"
The second thing is how I go from "sleep", the display is "D3"
A.2 latest Bios
CPU I5 2500
Kingston RAM 1333 2x2
Thank you.
Sorry for my English.

Here is a link to codes;
http://www.ami.com/support/doc/AMI_Aptio_4.x_Status_Codes_PUB.pdf

MSI z77a-GD65 debug led 15

Just replaced my mobo and cpu, pulled everything together and when I started it up, nothing on the screen and it starts up and shuts down over and over. It's showing a code 22,15, and 55 on the debug led.
I've put in a i5 2500k with a cooler master Hyper 212 evo, a nvidia gtx 670 , 2 x 4 gb sticks of kingston hyper x 1600mhz ddr3, a plextor m3 128 gb ssd and a corsair hx 650w psu.
I've tried clearing the cmos, and tried using 1 stick of ram with no luck at all.
edit: Now it's not showing error 15, it's just 22 then 55.

Quote from: xmad on 10-September-12, 22:46:35
Sounds like the socket is damaged or there is a short, try building it on a non-conductive surface with just 1 stick of ram, cpu, cooler and psu test like that.
If no good, remove the cpu while the mobo is out in the open and inspect the pins with a magnifying glass and bright light.
8x zoom with a camcorder isn't good enough? I can see individual pins, none of them appear to be bent. Already done the latter. Boxed it and put back in the old mobo/cpu and started RMA with NCIX.

Z77a-GD65 Debug Code 49 (Reboot cycle)

Saw a post about guidelines for posting threads here, lost it though. Sorry.
Mainboard: MSI Z77a-GD65 Rev2.1
BIOS Version: 10.5
CPU: Intel Core i7-3770, 3.4GHz
Memory: 4x4GB Kingston HyperX DDR3-1600 (PC-12600), 1.65v
Graphics: MSI 670GTX
Storage: OCZ Agility3 240GB SSD, Seagate 2TB 7200RPM
PSU: Corsair HX750 (750W)
So the machine runs fine on default settings. I really can't complain about the performance, but there's a small issue. The BIOS reads the ram as 1333MHz and the automatic voltage is 1.5v. The information for the memory says it's rated at 1.65v and 1600MHz. If I change the settings in the BIOS to 1600MHz it will run, usually. If I set it to 1.65v, it doesn't run at all. Last night, after messing with it for a while the 1600MHz tweak worked, but this morning after a cold start up I ran into the problem again.
The actual issue is that it gets into a reboot cycle until the BIOS eventually resets itself. The last code on the debug LED is 49. I can't find documentation about what that specific code means. I've run MemTest86, the memory reads fine.
I've already contacted both MSI and Kingston explaining the issue to see if either side might have an idea, but thought I'd check here to get a broader chance at finding the issue. Any help is appreciated.
To clarify:
1333MHz and 1.5v works fine.
1600MHz and 1.5v works, usually. Doesn't seem to work from a cold start. Debug code 49 if it gets into a boot-loop.
1600MHz and 1.65v never works. Debug code 49.

I'm back again, and with SOME good news.
I just got my RMA'd kit of memory (2x8GB Corsair Vengeance LP, XMP: 10-10-10-27, 1600MHz, 1.5v), installed them into DIMMs 2 and 4. Reset my CMOS and when it started up prompted me about the change in memory. Went in, turned on XMP and changed nothing else - it went back into that code 49 death spiral. Swapping back and forth between the two BIOS and turning on the OC Genie, it's gotten to the desktop now. Without the Genie on though, it just keeps rebooting. I guess I'm cool with it, but I really wanted to do the overclocking myself.
It's currently running (mostly) stable at 4.0GHz on the CPU and the expected XMP values on the memory. So far the only problem I've run into was a red screen (VGA related, might be the MSI After Burner) but that's an issue for another forum I suppose. It still stutters when booting up though, which has me concerned. I'm wondering if maybe it has been the motherboard this whole time - or maybe the CPU. Or maybe I just don't get what the deal is with these settings anymore. It HAS been something like 6 years since I put a computer together from scratch. I feel like an old man with how so much has so much has changed, even knowing it's just details that shouldn't really be crippling me this much.
At this point I guess I just need to break it in to see that it's kosher.
Thanks again for all the quick responses xmad, and for your input as well flobelix and Bernhard. If any of you have any more thoughts, please share.
Current specs:
Mainboard: MSI Z77A-GD65
BIOS: 10.6 (9/21/2012)
CPU: Core i7-3770 @ 3.4GHz (4.09GHz, 99.8MHz x 41.0)
Cooler: Cooler Master TPC-812, 2x120mm fans
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LP 16GB kit - 2x8GB 10-10-10-27 1600MHz 1.5v
VGA: MSI nVidia 670 Power Edition

Z77a-gd65 Debug Code 55 (Reboot cycle)

Hello
MSI Z77A-GD65
i7 3770k
4x CORSAIR CMX8GX3M2A2000C9
coller True Spirit 140
BIOS 10.6
spent three days on the turbo-boost 4.5GGts
Now 55 and a cyclic error reset
tried to take out all the memory (20 debug code), tried to put two bars Geil, tried to Clear CMOS and switch the BIOS, remove the battery - nothing works
voltage at the points:
VCCP - 1.2 V
CPU_VTT - 1.05 V
CPU_GFX - 0.00 V
VCC_DDR - 0.35 V
PCH_1P05 - 1.05 V
Video youtube.com /watch?v=5w_2f2WadV8

Also, have you tried with a single stick of memory? Tried in each dimm
Try building this outside of the case on a non-conductive suface w/ only the cpu , cooler, psu and 1 stick of memory.
Finally, while it is out of the case, remove the cpu and inspect the cpu pins with a bright light and hd zoom or a magnifying glass. Perhaps you bumped the cooler or something and damage occured. (Those pins will bend very easily) Even one just slightly out of line can cause this.

Z77a-gd65 debug 60 - does not output video, keyboard and mouse don't light up

Hello guys!
I've had this motherboard since August 2012. It worked great until my street suffered from a power outage yesterday, and since it came back on I can't figure out what exactly is wrong with my mobo.
The power up process occurs fine until debug code 60 shows up, then nothing else happens. There's no video, my Mouse and Keyboard lights stay off, but all the 8 CPU phase leds are on, DrMos_Alarm led is off, and it doesn't reboot by itself.
I also didn't find debug code 60 on the manual. There's 63-67, 69-6F, but nothing about 60. I know i'm reading it from the correct perspective, because a bunch of other codes such as 4F appear before 60. I can't tell exactly which code comes right before 60 because it flashes at least 3 other codes very quickly.
I've tried the clear CMoS button (with the system off), I've tried removing the CMoS battery and using a jumper on JBAT1 to clear CMoS, I've tried the multi-bios switch. Nothing changed.
All the fans in my rig seem to function fine, including the CPU (connected in the CPU_FAN1) and GPU fans. I've also taken voltage measurements:
VCCP = 1.264V
CPU_VTT = 1.054V
CPU_GFX = 0.03V (this seemed a tad low, should I be worried? This was taken without any dedicated graphics cards in the mobo)
VCC_DDR = 1.513V
PCH_1P05 = 1.056V
Could you guys give me any advice?
Other information:
Mouse - Razer Abyssus 1800
Keyboard - Razer Cyclosa
PSU - Corsair TX v2 750W
CPU - Core i5 3570K
Memory - Patriot Viper 3 @ 1866Mhz (1.5V) (XMP settings)

Quote from: badboy2k on 12-October-14, 00:37:00
both 4F and 60 are DXE error codes (Pre-OS BIOS drivers that allow components to function before it has Software drivers)
if you have more then one memory module in the board try each individually and see if one of the sticks have failed or if you have some other DDR3 RAM try that?
Thanks for your reply. Here's what I did:
1) Removed each stick individually. Both of them caused the system to lock up at debug code 60 again.
2) Removed both sticks and tried two Kingston 1333mhz 2gb sticks from another machine (so, 4gb total, the patriots are 2x8gb). This caused a "loop" in the debug led where a bunch of different codes cycled very quickly, followed by "4F" where it stayed for about 2 seconds, then the cycle would begin again. I let the cycle run about a dozen times, then it moved to 63 and "hanged". The keyboard did not lit up, nor there was any video.
3) Removed the two kingston sticks and inserted them in different slots. The cycle between different codes followed by a pause after 4F happened again, but this time it didn't move on to 63, not even after it repeated for a couple dozen times.
4) Removed the two kingston sticks and tried a third kingston stick (2gb, 1333mhz) that hasn't been in use for a few months. This time, only the first CPU Phase led lit up (not the DrMos alarm led) and the debug led didn't show anything. I powered off the system and put in the Patriots again. No debug code, only 1st CPU phase led is lit up.
Is it safe to assume that the mobo is damaged? Is there anything I can do to make sure at least the CPU is okay? It would suck to buy a new mobo and find out I need a new CPU as well, I'd rather move on to haswell if that's the case.

Z77A-GD65 - Debug 62..19..15..Reboot

I'm back again, and thought better to start a new thread than resurrect my old one that got pretty cluttered.
I experienced this issue briefly after fixing the initial problems I had.
After my PC has been shut down, I am intermittently getting an issue with the system starting up, and before it posts the debug LED goes to 62, then 19, then 15, and reboots. It will do this anywhere from 2-5 times before eventually posting and booting successfully.
I've tried clearing the CMOS with 1 stick of RAM, with a stick in slots 2 and 4, and it initially seems to resolve the issue for a period of time, but eventually it starts doing this again.
I am using BIOS E7751IMS V10.8
On a side note, it also says during boot that it is using PCI-E 2.0 when it should be using PCI-E 3.0 (set to Auto in BIOS menu). I don't know if it is related or not.
I'm guessing it's a RAM issue, and I ran Memtest for maybe 4 or 5 hours the other day and it had no errors, no sure if I need to run it longer.

I updated to the current BETA BIOS and cleared CMOS after and it looks like it's still only ramping up to 8x PCI-E 3.0 in the primary slot.
Here is the copy/paste of my NVFLASH log file:
NVIDIA Firmware Update Utility (Version 5.118)
Adapter: GK1xx (10DE,1189,10DE,097A) H:--:NRM B:01,PCI,D:00,F:00
The display may go *BLANK* on and off for up to 10 seconds during access to the EEPROM depending on your display adapter and output device.
Identifying EEPROM...
EEPROM ID (C8,4012) : GD GD25Q20 2.7-3.6V 2048Kx1S, page
Reading adapter firmware image...
Image Size : 96768 bytes
Version : 80.04.19.00.26
~CRC32 : E8868F43
OEM String : NVIDIA
Vendor Name : NVIDIA Corporation
Product Name : GK104 Board - 20040005
Product Revision : Chip Rev
Device Name(s) : GK1xx
Board ID : E113
PCI ID : 10DE-1189
Subsystem ID : 10DE-097A
Hierarchy ID : Normal Board
Chip SKU : 325-0
Project : 2004-0005
CDP : N/A
Build Date : 04/02/12
Modification Date : 04/26/12
Sign-On Message : NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 VGA BIOS V4188

Z77a-gd65 debug 62 and ff

I7 3770
8gb vendgence 1600
850power suply
460gtx
Just black screen when I turn it on and goes from debug 62 to ff.
Woundered if anyone knew what the problem is.
Dave

Quote from: DHR on 10-June-12, 05:33:49
shadowmax, you see my problem??
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=159514.0
I have the same motherboard, same CPU and same GPU (maybe the brands are different).....i have Black Screen after windows start screen. do you have the same problem??
Hi DHR, it turned out to be outdated bios, so it was incompatible with the new ivys till you update it.

Z77A-GD65 power led on sleep mode issue

Hello,
Just finished putting up my new gaming system. It's my second MSI mobo build. Everything works just fine except for one thing - power led won't blink on sleep mode, it stays lit up. I'm not sure if this is an OS issue. I've tried installing Win7 on two HDDs, one's IDE sata mode, and AHCI for the other one. Didn't make any difference. Computer will turn off and go to "sleep mode" but the power led will stay on. My MSI P67 mobo blinks when on sleep mode. Also, for the Z77 mobo, the ACPI setting on the BIOS has S3 mode, and it has "blinking" and "dual light" option for the sleep indicator, neither of these function properly. Even on BIOS v10.3, power led is still lit up on sleep mode. Flashed it to 10.5, still the same result. Overclocked or default, still the same result.
I really need an expert to tell me what is wrong with it. Is it a BIOS glitch? Or a defect?
Thanks in advance.
Jon

the power logix thing was really sad. apple changed so much after 10.4.8 that there wasn't a viable way to patch the software.
That statement is precisely why I don't believe in blindly updating the OS, especially in a non-standard machine.
We can't expect third parties to support us forever, and it is shameful to break something that works fine, except that we updated the OS....
I think that any upgrade or modification to a machine or the OS greatly increases the risk of trouble or incompatibility with current configuration and "new" system files.
After all, the component or software could only be tested as far as the current OS version when the component or software was released.
Beyond that, we are all "beta testing".
Following a beta tester protocol, and applying updates to a cloned system drive first, is a prudent way to approach updates, and not only for older, heavily modified machines.
After 10.4.8 and moreso with Leopard, the focus is primarily on Intel architecture, not PPC architecture.
Like it or not, we are all updating to the abyss of the extinction of our machines, unless we can be satisfied with the last stable version of OS that works well with our hardware and software.
I wish they would include the latest pkgs at least with software update.
Yes, having individual packages, rather than lump "OS X 10.x.x" updates would be nice.
This way, one could update as one sees fit. That is to say, for example, fix the Quicktime, but leave my Network alone, etc., etc.
In all fairness, Apple does provide for some breakdown of updates, but I believe there is much room for improvement, especially, as you point out, with regard to the core services portion of the OS.
Until then, I'll leave Software Update disabled.......

Help! Z77A-GD65 mobo won't post - Debug LED says dE - no beeps

I'm not sure where to start. I came home to find my computer off. Turning it back on results in all the lights and fans coming back on. No post and no beeps. Screens are just blank.
The 8 blue CPU phase LED lights above the CPU are all on. Nothing unusual there.
The Debug LED lights show "dE" which isn't documented at all in the manual. Does anyone know what this error code means?
Z77A GD65 mobo with corei7 3770 - SSD - 4x4GB Corsair RAM - No GPU. Otherwise nothing special.
Where's a good place to start? Reset the CMOS/BIOS? Swap out memory sticks?

http://www.ami.com/support/doc/AMI_Aptio_4.x_Status_Codes_PUB.pdf
D3 or DE?
0xD0 – 0xDF DXE errors
0xD3 Some of the Architectural Protocols are not available
Power off, battery removed, CMOS clear may be worth trying. Yes, test each stick individually in the DIMM2 slot.
Added: Might want to hold off swapping BIOS chips until some more investigation is completed. Don't want to take the chance of possibly corrupting the backup BIOS chip at this point.

Led error codes z77a-gd65

hey guys
just got my z77a-gd65 and whenever i turn it on i have it flash a bunch of numbers on the led indicator at the bottom of the board, after a few seconds it ends up on dE and nothing happens
also the motherboard will not connnect ot the monitor, i have the DVI cable plugged in to my GPU (have also tried HDMI)
system specs are:
MSI Z77a-gd65 motherboard
Intel i5-2550k cpu (no igp so i have the hdmi/dvi cable plugged into gpu)
Saphire radeon 7950 11196-00-40G GPU
Asus Dvd burner DRW-24B1st
Seagate Barracuda 500gb 7200rpm hdd
Crucial M4 64GB SSD
2x4gb Mushkin enchanced blackline Memory (have tried 1 stick/2sticks in the different slots, 1+3, 1, 2, 2+4)
Rosewill Hive 650W PSU
Rosewill Blackhawk case
ASUS VH236H Black 23" 2ms Full HD Widescreen LCD Monitor
Havent even installed W7 yet, cant get a connection to the monitor anyway
all fans spin when i start it up
PSU is installed in case already but all others are not
thanks in advance for the help

Quote from: Noway77 on 29-April-12, 06:32:37
Hi
Did you already try to clear cmos, and an usual fix is also change to gpu to another slot, in your case the middle one.
just tried that didnt work :(

Z77A-GD65 won't post

My newly built PC wouldn't start the other day:
Z77A-GD65 motherboard
Core i5 3570K
8GB Corsair Vengeance RAM
GTX 660
Corsair TX 750W PSU
Corsair Hydro 100i CPU Cooler
Corsair Obsidian 650D tower
It sort of tried to power up, fans would start spinning and then 1 second later it would all power down. This cycle would continue until I switched it off at the PSU. I took a look inside and noticed that the DRMOS red LED was lighting up. The LED 1 was also flashing blue.
All the reading I did on the problem suggested either the PSU or the motherboard was on the blink, so before I RMAed the motherboard I bought a new Corsair CX 750M PSU and set the motherboard on a wooden table top with just the RAM, CPU and standard Intel cooler inserted.
Now the DRMOS light no longer comes on but the LED 1 light flashes and goes out, the system "reboots", this cycle continuing until I switch off the power. The CPU fan isn't even spinning up now though.
Now 2 things:
1. The motherboard I got cheap as an "open box" item from Aria PC, so I have a feeling it may have been dodgy to begin with.
2. My old PSU didn't have an 8-pin EPS connector so I bought an adapter than plugged into the old style standard 4-pin IDE drive power connector. I hope this hasn't somehow fried the motherboard!
I can't find anything that tells me what the LED 1 light flashing on its own in this way means. Does anyone know?
Please tell me it's just the motherboard that's fried and not my beloved 3570K!
Should also say the debug LED panel doesn't even light up with any values and I've also tried switching the BIOS to A (it was set to B for some reason). I've also tried clearing the CMOS. Didn't help.

Quote from: badboy2k on 26-June-13, 06:49:52
A0 is IDE Detect if its stopping there your drive mode sounds like its not set correctly as its not seeing your OS drive if its hanging! and AD is Ready to Boot Event (loading OS) this is either a OS from a different chipset or a bad drive mode or both happening!
Agree. It sounds so close to working. Maybe the onboard graphics will work to try and figure out how to get it set up right.
Also sounds like he may need a clean formatted HDD/SSD to place a fresh OS install on.

MSI's Latest Dragoon Equipment Z77A-GD65 Gaming!!!

As PC Gaming is becoming more and more popular, MSI formed a gaming community named “Dragoon Army”. This division is composed of international gaming teams sponsored by MSI and is equipped with G-Series notebooks and as well as Gaming desktop hardware.
The latest gaming equipment that MSI has to offer is the “Z77A-GD65 Gaming “motherboard. Now in black and red color theme and with the new MSI Dragon look, it is a new masterpiece tailored for gaming perfection.
Below are the highlights of the board:
• Killer E2200 Game Network – Is built for maximum networking performance for online games and high-quality streaming media. Featuring Advanced Stream Detect, Killer E2200 automatically detects and accelerates game traffic ahead of other network traffic for smoother, stutter-free in-game performance and the competitive edge. With this exclusive, automatic traffic prioritization, games and real-time chat get priority over low-level system chatter, giving you the lowest latency for game data on the most controllable network hardware available.
•Gaming Device Port – Optimized for high polling rate (500 to 1000 Hz) which lower’s your mouse’s response time from 8 milliseconds to 1 millisecond. Additional gold plating on the ports enhances the durability drastically and ensures your PS/2 and USB ports are always working when you ship out to a LAN party.
•Sound Blaster Cinema – Get amazing surround sound with just stereo headphones. The most important gaming sound effects are reproduced crystal clear allowing to focus on your game even during extremely long gaming sessions.
•Military Class III Components – High quality components ensuring your PC’s stability and efficiency under extreme gaming conditions.
•Optimized for Multi-Graphic Cards – Provides enough space for optimal airflow when using multi-graphic configuration (SLI, Tri-SLI & Crossfire). No worries about PC overheating.
•OC Genie II – Automatically overclocks your CPU and Memory for a faster and smoother gaming experience.
•Supports DDR3 3000 Memory for faster response
Let’s open up the package
Black interior and the bundles are all placed underneath the motherboard.
Specifically there are new bundles for this gaming kit. First one is the Door Label with the message “I’m Sorry Busy Gaming / I’m Not Here” and the Dragoon Army badge which I think is cool hehehe.
• User’s Guide
•Quick Installation Guide
•Reviewer’s Guide - Gives a good understanding how you can fully maximize the Killer E2200 Game Network and the Sound Blaster Cinema Audio Features.
• DVD Software Utility Disc
• 2x SATA 6GB/s Cables
• M-Connectors
• V-Check Points
• I/O Back plate
Here is the board. New heatsink design for the VRM and the most noticeable of all is the Southbridge heatsink with the Dragon design ~~ Wicked!! .
12 CPU Power Phase design. Super Ferrite Choke and Hi-C Caps of Military Class III components around the CPU socket providing the best electric current capacity and at the same time power efficiency. Heatpipe design in VRM heatsinks for faster heat dissipation.
At the upper right area of the board are the Easy buttons which consists of OC Genie, Power and Reset. Then just below it is the V-Check points which provides exact and actual voltage readings of your Processor, Memory and Chipset and usually being use during overclocking.
8-Pin processor power connector which helps to gain higher overclocks instead of the usual 4pin. 4x DIMM slots with a max of 32GB and when paired up with a 22nm CPU it can handle speeds up to 3000MHz.
Clean layout for the bottom part of the board. 3x Gen3 PCIE VC Slots capable of running video cards at bandwidth speed of 16x/8x/4x.
Carved Dragon!!! Such masterpiece  . Below is the Debug LED indicator which helps isolating problems during system boot up and also serves as temperature indicator of the processor during system operation.
Left to Right: 2x SATA 6GB/s Asmedia Controller, 4x SATA 3GB/s Intel, 2x SATA 6GB/s Intel and Intel USB 3.0 header.
Just want to take photo of the labels hehehe 
Well I hope MSI included a Bluetooth and Wifi Connectivity for the board like what they did with the MSI Z77 MPower.
• 1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse port
• 1 x Clear CMOS button
• 1 x Coaxial S/PDIF-out port
• x Optical S/PDIF-out port
• 4 x USB 2.0 ports
• 2 x USB 3.0 ports
• 1 x RJ45 LAN jack
• 1 x 6 in 1 audio jack
• 1 x HDMI®
• 1 x DVI-D
• 1 x VGA
Moving on, I will be showing you screenshots of Click Bios II, Control Center in Windows, Sound Blaster Cinema, Killer E2200 and the UEFI Bios.
These are the two windows you will be using to configure your Killer Network. You can assign network priorities with certain softwares. So if you are an online gamer. Ofcourse you will prioritize your games to lower the latency and smoothen out your gameplay.
Now we look into the control panel of the Sound Blaster Cinema. This is an improved version of the previous THX Audio software. You can adjust the bass from here, make audio surround, crystallize the audio to make the sound more clearer and many more…
Control Center configurations and tabs are all the same but the color is changed to black and red and ofcourse the addition of the Dragon logo. Same goes for the Click Bios II Gaming version.
The response of the BIOS is much faster. Tabs are all the same though.
Another set of UEFI screenshots.
That’s it for now and will be updating this with benchmarks stay tuned….

Now available in the U.S.A. market;
>> Z77A-GD65 Gaming <<

Msi Z77A-GD65 Does't start at all

hello !
I got my msi Z77a-GD65 yesterday and a I5 2500k;I tried to see if they work.
1- i Discharged my self.
2-got the MB out of the box put it on the electrostatique bag and on the box.
3- i installed the cpu carefully and successfully.
4-installed the RAM (1 stick of g skill ripjaws x 1600mhz 2 gb) on DIMM1.
5-installed the intel heatsink
6-and an old power supply that used to perfectly power my old pc(PENTiUM4)
After that i turned on the power supply.Waited a few second and pressed the power onboard button.
the motherboard did not start the fan start to spin for1-2 seconds and turned off,the cpu phase led 1 was luminated for 1 second and then all 8 phases have just flashed and the motherboards retarted and heve been like thet ever since.also the LED debug just flashed and didn't write anything.
please help.
Also there is a julper named JSVID1 right by the VRM heatsink it is not mentionned on the manual what does it do?

Quote from: HU16E on 30-April-12, 06:17:28
Also recommend to get a quality +12V single rail PSU.
Get at least a 80 plus certificated power supply, that is for energy efficiency certification but also means quality (not always by some unreliable brands).
Dint knew that i could advice brands, some support forums are quite picky even if that isn't write in the rules. So here it goes, Corsair, Antec, CoolerMaster, Silverstone, Enermax, Seasonic, NZXT, XFX, Super Flower, FSP. All these are good and reliable Power Supply brands.
Now you only need to see how much watts you need for your system, this one is simpler to use http://www.corsair.com/learn_n_explore/?psu=yes, next one more accurate but a little more complex http://extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp

Sneak Peek of MSI's Z77A-GD65 Motherboard :)

Here is a quick sneak peek of MSI's Z77A-GD65 motherboard. The board is intended for the upcoming Ivybridge 22nm processor which I think will be out this end of April. CPU socket is based on LGA 1155, so current Sandybridge Processors such as 2600k, 2500, 2300, etc… are still compatible. Other than this, the chipset natively supports USB 3.0 and PCI Express GEN3 lanes which can do both NVIDIA SLI and AMD CrossFireX. Running one video card is at x16, two at x8/x8 and three at x8/x4/x4.
With the release of MSI X79 motherboards a month ago. MSI introduced Military Class III Components. This consists of Solid Capacitors, Super Ferrite Chokes (better overclocking and power stability), Hi-C Caps and DrMOS II (higher power efficiency, double thermal protection). All these components have passed the MIL-STD-810G Standards giving the best durability, efficiency and overclock on MSI motherboards.
Moving on, here is the Z77 of MSI looks like. Black and Blue color themed motherboard and I pretty like what they have done with the heatsinks. The layout is clean and finally they moved the OC Genie, Reset and Power buttons on the upper right portion of the board. Much accessible especially when you are in a TRI-SLI video card configuration.
Some basic information on MSI Z77A-GD65:
•Memory Support – 4x DDR3 DIMMs Support DDR3 2667/2400/2133/1866/1600/1333/1066 DRAM 32GB Max
•LAN – 10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet by Intel 82579V
•Audio – Integrated HD Audio Codec by Realtek ALC898. 8-Channel audio with jack sensing. Compliant with Azalia 1.0 Spec
•SATA – 4x SATA 6GB/s Ports (SATA 1-2 Intel Z77 / SATA 7-8 ASMedia ASM1061), 4x SATA 3Gb/s ports (SATA 3-6 Intel Z77)
•RAID – SATA 1-6 Support Intel Rapid Storage Technology (0/1/5/10)
•USB 3.0 – 2x USB 3.0 Rear I/O by intel Z77 / 1x USB 3.0 Internal Connector by Intel Z77
Rear IO Ports
•1x PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse Port
•1x Clear CMOS Button
•1x Coaxial SPDIF-out Port
•1x Optical SPDIF-out Port
•4x USB 2.0 Ports
•2x USB 3.0 Ports
•1x LAN Port
•6x Audio Ports
•1x HDMI port
•1xDVI-D Port
•1x VGA Port
Let’s check out the lower portion of the board. Just below the South Chipset Heatsink. You will find the Debug LED Code and beside it is the MULTI Bios Switch.
The white SATA ports on the right side are the one being controlled by the Intel Z77 Chipset while on the other side are by ASMedia. You will also find the USB 3.0 L-Type Oriented Header for better cable management.
Bundled Accessories
•1x Certificate of Quality and Stability
•1x Manual and Software Application Guide
•1x Drivers & Utilities DVD (Winki III)
•1xSLI Bridge
•1xEasyConnector Header Guide
•1xIO Back Panel Plate
•4x SATA 6GB/s Cables
•1xV-Check Cables
I was able to test the motherboard using an Intel Core i7 2600K. Well it seems for me that the Z77 is more better in overclocking compared than the previous P67 and Z68 MSI models. Voltages are quite accurate too. It wasn’t hard for me reaching a 4.8GHz overclock on the said motherboard.
Below are two benchmark results using MSI Z77A-GD65 and the 2600k.
So that’s it for my share Hope you liked it guys

Quote from: xmad on 30-November-12, 09:49:07
I wouldn't get too tied up in benchmarking unless that is what you are going to be doing with your computer. The -gd65 is MSI's 3rd best z77 motherboard, but it is also a bit older and has more bugs worked out.
One big strike against the gd65 is it's lack of a true hardware switch for it's multi bios. The -gd80 and mpower both have multi bios's with a true hardware switch, this come in very handy if you like to tinker and end up flashing bios allot or overclocking often where a corrupted bios is a possibility.
Just out of curiosity, what are the first and second best ?
So you say you never had issue of slow sata transfers ?

Z77A-GD65 debug LED.

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