Z87 MPower - msata as OS boot drive?

Hi, I am wondering if it is possible to use an ssd in the onboard msata port as the OS/boot drive. The manual doesn't seem to specify that the msata port is for caching drives only, so I figured it would not have any restrictions since it shares SATA5 port.
However, when I try to install the OS to the msata drive with no other drives connected, I receive an error saying that there is no drive eligible for install. If I plug in a second drive and set the msata drive as drive 0, the system reserved partition will install to the msata drive, but the actual windows files will install to the second SATA drive.

Quote from: xmad on 17-January-14, 04:32:28
If this is win 8, you may need to make sure you have the latest UEFI/ GOP vbios for each card.
How would Windows 8 influence not even being able to get to the BIOS out of the box before any OS is installed? The OS doesn't come into play until after POST, and I don't get to see that :(
The Win 8 settings are disabled in the BIOS, which is set to UEFI+Legacy.
The R9 cards are very new and most of them have not had any BIOS updates yet.
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Did you try a single card in each slot to make sure each slot was working fine?
Yes, I can run a single card in each x16 slot. It just doesn't give me any video until Windows loads the driver.
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Cross flashing can be quite dangerous, I would suggest getting the latest GOP vbios for eachs specific card.
The 290s I have are all reference models. Out of the same factory. Any brand BIOS works on any of them. I flashed the ASUS PT1 BIOS to the one I use, it's a widely used BIOS which works well.
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Have you tried clearing the cmos after installing the cards as you wish and making sure all win 8 options were disabled?
Yes, clearing the CMOS unfortunately changes nothing with regards to actually seeing the POST screen. It simply does not happen with ANY graphics card plugged in. Only via onboard graphics can I access the BIOS, and I only get picture on the onboard graphics if I remove the GPU from the board. When I set up the BIOS via onboard graphics, save settings, and reboot with a GPU on the board it does not get past POST and resets itself continuously until I clear the CMOS.

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Will MSI Z87 MPOWER Motherboard boot into Bios with Devils Canyon?

Hey guys !
I decided to take the plunge and update to a Devils Canyon i5 4690k and purchased a MSI Z87 MPOWER motherboard which was on special. I know I need to update the bios for this cpu.
I forgot to check something crucial !
Will i be able to boot into UEFI Bios and update the Bios with this CPU ???? I have only used ASUS Mobo's and they have the bios flashback feature. I'm worried i'll have this great mobo and cpu and not be able to update !!! I don't have a standard haswell cpu to use just to update the bios to support Devils Canyon.
Could someone confirm if it will boot allowing me to update via the MSI Bios flash method.
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Hi guys,
I accidentally did a failed flashing and caused my board doesn't wanna boot to post but all LEDs, fans on CPU and card are working only blackscreen on monitor and there is no LED show up on Debug LED. I use MSI Z87 Mpower SP with BIOS A (damaged) and BIOS B (working normal).
I already did a recovery way that xmad have said before while I used MSI Z77A-GD80 (dual BIOS) and it was working at that time but now with Z87 Mpower SP (dual BIOS) it won't work, I use MSI HQ Forum USB flasher btw when I did failed flashing I was using M-flash after finished mainboard was turn off it self, then I did CLEAR CMOS ... after that I powered up PC and it turned out to begin flashing ME .
The process with MSI HQ Forum USB flashing Tool is normal but when it is done I do a clear-CMOS and power up PC still debug LED is not showing anything although mainboard is power up (all fans, card, LEDs are on)
So is the BIOS A dead?? Or can be saved?
Btw I use i5 4430, Gskill ARES 2x4G GBA 2133MHz CL9 1.64v, WD Black 500G SATA3, Corsair HX750 & MSI GTX780 Lightning with windows 7 x64 SP1.
Note : Now I use BIOS V1.6 on BIOS B, before this BIOS A is V1.7 and I wanna tried to downgrade BIOS to V1.5.
One last thing I did flash with 4G USB FD with FAT formatted, is it OK? Next I will try to use FAT32 on my TOSHIBA 16G USB3.0.

You needed special archives to allow fpt flashing, else forum tool won't work.
>>Use the MSI HQ Forum USB flasher<<
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B.) Download and install the Forum flash tool.
C.) Insert your FAT32 formatted usb stick.
D.) Make sure that all win 8 options are disabled. (Fast Boot etc) Also make sure the legacy USB is enabled.
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Swapped power supplies with a good supply... Still froze.
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Hi
Almost same story happened to me.
I have now 2 pieces of Z87 MPOWER boards and both have the same issues.
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I hit del key: "Entering setup" message came up. Nothing more. Several times. Dead.
I plugged out the Intel ethernetboard. Bios came up. I put the ethernet board to another PCI slot. 2 days of working. later on, same story.
Then I switched back to BIOS B and no problems at all.
So what's up here with my 2 MPOWER boards, showing the same issues with BIOS 1.7? What I did wrong?
- MFLASH? May be. But I don't use it anymore. I use the MSIHQ USB Flashing Tool from this forum now which was also spread in the German forum.
- I never flashed BIOS beta versions, I always red articals how to flash and I think I did nothing wrong here.
- Overclocking? No. Unfortunatelly I bought an Intel i4770 CPU without K. Funny. So no overclock issues at all.
- Memory? I have fully equipped 32GB (G.Skill F3-2400C10Q-32GTX) and did the MEM86+ test successfully.
Day before yesterday I flashed BIOS 1.6 to BIOS A. All looks good until now. The intel ethernet board behaves well. No B2 messages.
I will further comment as soon there is anything new.
Do we have some issues with BIOS 1.7? I strongly belief....
I have seen BIOS V1.81 beta is out. But where is V1.8 official release? Anyway, I am tired of testing. If I do not have issues with 1.6 then I will use it.
Unfortunately the MSI Z87 MPOWER board is not yet widely spread. Otherwise we would have more user experiences.
Ok, any comments are highly appreciate it.
@ Corellon: Sometime I got A2 messages with black screen with BIOS V1.7
Which bios version had you installed when you experienced severe problems?
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[Z87 MPOWER] UEFI Bios [E7818IMS.1xx]

E7818IMS.120 [Full Release Bios]
Me Version: 9.0.2.1345
VGA ROM: 2170
Raid ROM: 12.0.0.1783
Lan ROM: 2.1.1.5 (UEFI v1.1.0.4)
AS Media Raid Rom: .951
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A.) Download the attached archive and place it on your desktop. Do not decompress.
B.) Download and install the Forum flash tool.
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E.) Start the forum flash tool and select option 1. Then point the tool at the compressed archive we downloaded earlier. Then to your USB Flash Drive.
F.) Boot to the USB and follow the directions. MEMTEST is included with the forum flash tool and it is recommended to run this prior to any flash.
2.) Extract the attached files and place the bios file onto a fat32 formatted USB stick and use M-FLASH.
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http://www.msi.com/product/mb/Z87-MPOWER.html
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VGA BIOS : 2177
GOP       : 5.0.1035
ME Version    : ME9_1.5M_9.0.21.1462
RAID ROM    : 12.7.0.1936
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c. Auto adjust some voltage for non K sku CPU.
d. Modify some OC memory patch solution.
e. Add more Memory Presets option.
f. Modify some code for GSE Favorites function.
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a. Fix display setup menu path will cover each other when multi-languages.
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a. Hidden some OC item for H81 model to follow H81 BIOS spec.
b. Patch system run Memtest 5.0 test fail issue when use Kingston KH424C11T3K4/32X memory and XMP is Profile 1.
c. Remove current voltage information in DRAM voltage item when model HW design not support sensor DRAM voltage circuit.
d. Fix system hang on 0x55 issue when use G.SKILL F3-2933C12Q-16GTXDG(12-14-14-35) memory and XMP is enabled.
e. Update XTU modify code to private file.
f. Update golden board modify code to private file.
02. Update MSI XTU - SharkBay module to MSI_XTU_SharkBay_m114
& MSI XTU - SharkBay Private module to MSI_XTU_SharkBay_Private_m123
a. Support NCT3933 DRAM Voltage related code.
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a. Remove unnecessary option string when item mode is numeric keyin.
b. Remove unnecessary setup init string code when item mode is numeric keyin.
04. Add NCT3933 module NCT3933_m103
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b. Remove unnecessary setup init string code when item mode is numeric keyin.
05. Update USB modules to 4.6.3_USB_08.10.28
06. Update MSI GSEII module to 4.6.2_TSE_2_15_1236_m072
& GSESetup module to SharkBaySetup_m020
& MSI GSEII Common Private module to MSI_GSEII_Common_Private_m012
& MGSE - ClickBIOSUI module to ClickBIOSUI_m015
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b. Fix mouse cursor will override BIOS setup path when press right button of mouse.
c. Beta function(Fix favorites function).
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j. Add token to change default DRAM voltage setting.
k. Disable some DRAM training improve memory OC ability.
l. Add more memory presets and modify some presets setting.
m. Fix low end model DRAM voltage option range incorrect issue.
n. Grayout DRAM Timing item even though DRAM Timing Mode is Auto.
o. Support auto and numeric keyin function for Rtt Wr and Rtt Nom item.
p. Support display current voltage information in voltage item function.
q. Support double color function for current information in item.
r. Add some DRAM misc item for memory tuning.
s. Fixed Current CPU Frequency display format incorrect when set CPU Base Clock Apply Mode
to Immediate and adjust CPU Base Clock.
t. Finetune tRDRD timing when DRAM frequency at 2600MHz or 2666MHz.
u. Modify CPU Ratio Mode default to Dynamic Mode.
v. Modify CPU PCIE PLL auto setting when use strap 1.00.
w. Fixed Rtt Wr can't set issue.
x. Support Memory Presets function.
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a. Support NCT3933 DRAM Voltage related code.
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c. Update Golden Board modify code.
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b. Modify Phase Control item help string.
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a. Update ME to v9.0.21.1462
14. Update uP1649 module to uP1649_m107
a. Modify Phase Control item help string.
15. Update CPU MicroCode - M32306C3_00000016(Intel(R) Haswell Processor C-0)
16. Fix the OC_switch LED will be power on when system enter S4/S5 with "EUP 2013" being enable
17. Display DMI Type1,type2,type3 information in bios Main menu for CSM bom.
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19. Update VBIOS 2177
. Use is done solely at your risk!Flash Method1.) >>Use the MSI HQ Forum USB flasher<<
A.) Download the attached archive and place it on your desktop. Do not decompress.
B.) Download and install the Forum flash tool.
C.) Insert your FAT32 formatted usb stick.
D.) Make sure that all win 8 options are disabled. (Fast Boot etc) Also make sure the legacy USB is enabled.
E.) Start the forum flash tool and select option 1. Then point the tool at the compressed archive we downloaded earlier. Then to your USB Flash Drive.
F.) Boot to the USB and follow the directions. MEMTEST is included with the forum flash tool and it is recommended to run this prior to any flash.
Once the flash is complete, you must download and install the latest ME drivers.
http://www.msi.com/product/mb/Z87-MPOWER.html

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Recently fresh installed Windows 8.1 UEFI. Noticed that Samsung's software said that it's running only SATA ii. Verfied with Crystaldisk.
Am I missing something to enable SATA iii? I feel like I'm missing something incredibly simple, but I can't find it.
System:
MSI Z87 Mpower
Intel i7-4770k not overclocked
Corsair Dominator Platinum 16 GB 2133 C9
MSI 760 4 GB with hybrid bios
Boot Disk: Samsung 840 pro 256 GB with UEFI Windows 8.1
Also running WD 300 GB Velociraptor, 2 TB WD Black, Intel 80 GB SSD with UEFI Ubuntu install; all hard drives using sata iii cables included with the motherboard; all drives on ports 0-5 (Z87 controller)

As a followup in case it's of any assistance to anyone, the problem solved itself, presumably through one of the many live updates from MSI.
I now have full SATA III.
Thank you flobelix for your time and assistance.

PCI-e wireless card causes lock ups Z87 MPower MAX

I've already asked this question once, but was part of an epic essay that I've decided to break down into smaller more manageable chunks (as unsurprisingly that one got no replies).
I've got an ASUS PCE-A66 wireless ac pci-e card. Had absolutely no issues with it in my old Z77 board, but I seem to be having a lot of issues with it in my new Z87 MPower MAX. System was locking up like mad when I was trying to install the drivers at first. Had to rip out the WiFi/Bluetooth/WiDi module to get the drivers installed but the system randomly hangs on boot up? Don't get the issues with the card unplugged and don't always get it with it plugged in, but there seems to be some form of conflict with it that I can't resolve. Has anyone else had any such issues with any PCI-e add in cards on this motherboard?
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i7 4770k
MSI MPower MAX using .128 bios (will try the .131 later)
2x4GB Corsair Dominator Platinum 2400
Coolermaster Silent Pro Hybrid 1050w
EVGA NVidia GTX 780 SC ACX
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Hi All,
I had previously installed a 250gb Plextor drive in the second mSata slot and upgraded the RAM to 8gb in my Yoga 13 IdeaPad which I purchased early in 2013. I followed the installation instructions and guidance offered by the Community so thanks to all who posted and other than the occasional skipped heartbeat as I removed cables it went well.
As SSD prices are now dropping I decided to try adding a Samsung 840 EVO 500gb. I was a little skeptical about taking the chance after reading the comments posted here and elswhere regarding the 256gb "ceiling" for both slots but decided "no pain, no gain" and went ahead anyhow.
I'm happy to report ( I think) that I was able to install the drive. First, in the secondary slot and then finally, as the boot drive in the primary slot. I had originally installed it in the 2nd slot after removing the Plextor drive and leaving the original 128gb boot in place. I entered the bios and it was recognized, I saved the settings and then initialized and formatted the drive with the disk management tool. No problems.
I then wanted to move the Plextor drive to the primary so that I would have a larger boot drive. Since the old primary was a Samsung I though I might be able to use the Samsung migration utility to clone the old boot drive to the Plextor. Following suggestions from others I put the Plextor into slot one and then put the old boot drive into an external usb3 housing. I tried several times to boot from the old boot drive through the usb but couldn't get it to work so I reinstalled the old boot drive back into slot 1.
Just for kicks I ran the migration utility with the Plextor attached though the usb. It didn't recognize the plextor drive but it did offer the option to clone to the 500gb in the second slot. I figured I had nothing to lose so I went for it. The clone finsihed and I then swapped the 500 gb into slot 1, put the plextor back into slot 2, started the bios, verified the drives were present and that the 500gb was the boot, and saved the changes. Presto, it booted just fine and everything appears to be ok. However...
Went I started the Samsung performance tool it told me that my drive was not connected to a sata III controller. The performance benchmark would back that up as my read/write and iops performance are pretty poor compared to what I was hoping. I've confirmed that the Intel C216 chipset that is installed does indeed support sata III 6gbs rates but the drive doesn't seem to think so.
There doesn't appear to be anything posted on the board about the controller or any similar issue - can anyone offer some guidance?
Thanks,
Paul

Well dont worry as to whether the Tranfer Mode is Reporting you S-ATA Drive at, as the UDMA Modes do NOT apply to S-ATA Drives, so if it is Reporting UDMA-5 or UDMA-6, there is No Difference with the Transfer speeds as far as S-ATA Drives are concerned........And I would Try to Enable the RAID Option in the BIOS, If indeed you are running a RAID Array ...............Sean REILLY875

MSI Z87 MPower - Almost no sound on MIC

Hello all
I just got this amazing looking board and everything works just fine except for the mic :/
I went into teamspeak and people couldn't hear me. If i really screamed or made some very high noises they could hear me a little bit.
In the MSI realtek hd audio the Mic is turned up to 100% ( i tried with the mic boost but waaay to much background noise using that, and it barely helped)
The mic is also turned 100% up in windows settings.
It is a steelseries headset and is connected at the back (pink/mic. Green/sound) it cannot be connected at the front.
Never had this problem before. Hope someone can help me - Best Regards Anders W

Quote from: Bernhard on 17-September-13, 22:56:58
Suggest you follow up with MSI technical and also report this to steelseries. There may be an inherent compatibility issue with the chipset/soundchip and microphone impedance level combination. Numerous reports have surfaced of this problem, both with Steelseries and Razer headsets. I also have to raise the mic boost level on my Razer to make it work at all on Teamspeak. There is an issue that none of thye suppliers will admit to currently, but where I suspect that they may be busy investigating a potential solution.
The best we can do is to report each and every instance to all the suppliers involved.
Well, i have same problem, just bought MPower and looks like driver auto lowering sound recording or somethink like this...
After Z87 Mpower i had MSI Z77MA-G45, no problem, exelent product, good sound recording, but with Z87 MPower with same mic ppl almost cant hear me in RaidCall and TeamSpeack3 and is not our MICs problem, its should be Driver i think, or bad sound chips?
Because now i have 2 Desktop PCs and old one with Z77MA-G45 board record very good with same MIC...
5 years ago im on MSI boards and VGAs... But looks like this was my last purchase, because ill spend now about 100$ for a sound blaster recon3D PCIe sound card, cant wait for a driver fix!

MSI Z87 MPOWER Not displaying through Videocard

I cant seem to get my motherboard to recognize and display through my graphics card. I have a MSI N770 Lightning GeForce GTX 770 which light up and seems to be getting enough power but never displays anything to the monitor. I have tried the card in a friends desktop and it ran just fine which leads me to think its the board causing the issue. My Specs are as follows.
PSU: CORSAIR HX Series HX750 750W
Mobo: MSI Z87 MPOWER
CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K Haswell 3.5GHz LGA 1150
RAM: CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3
OS: Windows 8 Pro 64-bit
SSD: OCZ Vertex 4 VTX4-25SAT3-128G
HD: Western Digital WD Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM
CASE: Corsair Vengeance Series C70
Any help would be greatly appreciated as I have already tried switching out the PSU with a more powerful unit (850w) to no avail. Everything runs fine though while running my friends GeForce GTX 560 Ti .

I don't believe any pins where bent during socketing, and I really don't want to mess with that unless I absolutely have to. It runs perfectly fine with my friends older card. I just installed a higher wattage power supply (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139034. Re-installed the card and attempted to boot up, which sadly it failed to to post and showing d6 on the mobo with the new card installed and hooked up correctly.
Could there be a compatibility error between the card and the board? Like I said the card ran well in my friends rig (comparable to mine just using a different mobo), The machine runs fine with the older (http://us.msi.com/product/vga/N560GTX-Ti-Twin-Frozr-II-OC.html card installed. But Never displays anything or gives signal to the monitor.

MSI Z87 MPower Max Board Not Powering Up

Hi.
I have recently put together a new HTPC / Gaming system build but am having difficulty getting it to start up. System specs below:
Board: MSI Z87 MPower Pro
Bios: Stock (Unsure as at work)
VGA: On Board
PSU: Seasonic X750 KM3
Intel Core i5-4670S Haswell 3.1GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1150 65W
MEM: Corsair Vengeance 2x8gb CML16GX3M2A1600C10
HDD: None at present but will be MSata SSD
COOLER: Scythe Kozuti Low Profile CPU Cooler SCKZT-1000
OC: N/A
OS: Windows 8 64bit
I have read that other people are having simialr issues with previous MPower boards (power for about 0.5 secs) and have followed all of the diagnostics and suggestions that have solved previous issues - To the point where I have removed the Mobo from the case, have only got the 20pin Motherboard connector attached, and 1 stick of RAM (In bay 2) of the board. I have attempted to clear the BIOS via the button on the back of the board as well as the removal of the back up battery. I have flicked between BIOS with no change also.
I am using the on board button for powering up (but the case button when connected has the same effect).
I am running out of ideas - I made doubly sure that all of the components that I purchased were compatible...
Any ideas??
Thanks.
Dan.

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have only got the 20pin Motherboard connector attached
What about JPWR 1 / 2? That is power for the CPU.

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