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[mancat]

Hi Guys

Recently bought a MSI z77a-gd65 motherboard. It seemed to be running fine although I wasn't doing much with it. Bought it on thursday last week with an Intel i7 2700k processor

Problem is that it randomly reboots at any time. While I'm trying to load any software, even while I'm trying to load drivers for the motherboard in Windows 7. It seems to boot into Windows fine but the minute I start playing around it reboots.

So far I've stripped it down, Removed the Nvidia gtx 570 card plus swopped the memory and still the same thing happens. It can't be the memory or PSU as I was previously using them on my i5 that I had on a MSI P55-GD65 motherboard.

The BIOS says that the CPU temp is 40'C, so it doesn't look like it's over heating at all.

Do you think that this motherboard could be faulty?

Thanks in advanced Ryan

[Froggy Gremlin]

If the UEFI/BIOS OC Section has a DRAM V. 'Read Only' column and shows below 1.50v's, try setting it to 1.521v's manually and see if that solves the random reboots. Also, make sure 'Spread Spectrum' is disabled along with 'EuP 2013' in the Eco Section.

[mancat]

Hi,

Sorry for the late reply

I made the changes and that seemed to fix it. Thanks very much

Ryan

[Froggy Gremlin]

I made the changes and that seemed to fix it. Thanks very much

Your welcome. If any more assistance is needed, just ask.

[rarka1]

Hi mancat , i have a question to you or any other user of msi motherboards on z77 chipset ,do they have  cpu offset voltage option ?

[Froggy Gremlin]

Best I can tell, it has the basic LLC settings. Might contact MSI for further confirmation. Also, for convenience, I have linked the pdf manual download page;

http://www.msi.com/product/mb/Z77A-GD65.html#/?div=Manual

http://us.msi.com/Service/PreSaleForm/

[mancat]

Hi All

Back again.

After a few days of everything working perfectly.....it started again.

It gets so bad now that it just reboots even at the BIOS screen. Once I managed to get into the UEFi BIOS and left it there. A few minutes later to went and rebooted.

Any help again, please 

Thanks
Ryan

[Froggy Gremlin]

Recommend to disconnect the SSD and HDD, then see if it will enter UEFI/BIOS. If not, with them still disconnected, remove the RAM stick from the second slot and place it by itself in the primary dimm slot. If still won't get into UEFI/BIOS, remove that RAM stick and try the other one. Looks like it might be a challenge of process of elimination as to the offending component.

[mancat]

Hi,

Thanks for answering.

Just as a matter of interest.

The memory, PSU and HDD were used on my previous P55-gd65 (Intel i5 750) with no problems.

Seems to be heat related. If I let it cool down it goes past the BIOS and will allow me to install windows. At the point were it starts loading files it hangs. If I leave it like that for another 10minutes it will just keep rebooting and the time between reboots gets less and less.

I went and cleaned the CPU now and placed new thermal compound ( Arctic silver Mx-4)
but the problem still persists
Thanks
Ryan

[Froggy Gremlin]

The memory, PSU and HDD were used on my previous P55-gd65 (Intel i5 750) with no problems.

Presume the OS is installed on the SSD? Is this a fresh Windows install or migrated from the old machine? What mode was the OS installed under? IDE or AHCI?

If I let it cool down it goes past the BIOS and will allow me to install windows. At the point were it starts loading files it hangs. If I leave it like that for another 10minutes it will just keep rebooting and the time between reboots gets less and less.

Double check the SATA controller mode setting.
 

[mancat]

Hi,

I've tried installing on both SSD and 2xHDD from fresh. Also tried installing on AHCI and RAID. Does the came.

The heat is definetly a problem. I'm not sure what is getting hot. I turned it on this morning and left it in the BIOS. Came back about 10 minutes later and it was already rebooting constantly. Do you think this Motherboard or CPU is maybe faulty?

Thanks
Ryan

[mancat]

Hi,

Just an update.

Something happened last night and it started booting up into Windows with no problems. I didn't do a thing and it started working????? Not for long though.

I ran 3dmark to push the system just to check that everything is fine. While it was running it froze up. I reset everything and now it won't even start up.

If I push the power button the fans come on for about 2 seconds and then the system dies and resets.....

[Bernhard]

Intermittent short somewhere ? Test the board outside the case on a non-conducting surface.
Does your BIOS version fully support the CPU?
Do a CMOS clear for now and recheck. >>Clear CMOS Guide<<
Failing PSU ?
Test your system with another known working PSU.

[mancat]

Hi Bernhard.

Thanks for answering.

I have the motherboard removed already and it's sitting on the table.

I did do the clear CMOS as per MSI's instructions. I did previously load the A2 version which supports my CPU.

I stripped the motherboard down to just the board, memory, cpu and psu. I also tried another 500w Thermaltake PSU that I'm using on my other PC and it does the same thing.

Regards
Ryan

[dsp4live]

Not trying to sidetrack the thread as I am buying a Z77 board myself, but looking at the Z77A-GD65 it looks exactly like the Z77A-GD80 I have seen at CES 2012 and read about since then.
Is there another Z77 board coming out specifically for the i7 3770k and Ivy Bridge CPUs....?

Thanks.

[Froggy Gremlin]

Not trying to sidetrack the thread as I am buying a Z77 board myself, but looking at the Z77A-GD65 it looks exactly like the Z77A-GD80 I have seen at CES 2012 and read about since then.
Is there another Z77 board coming out specifically for the i7 3770k and Ivy Bridge CPUs....?

Thanks.

You are right. This is not the place for this question, and it is sidetracking it. Short and sweet answer, the GD80 is supposed to have T-Bolt. Release has been withheld most likely (possibly) due to the fact there are no T-Bolt devices available yet to my knowledge. All Z77's are intended for Ivy CPU's. It just so happens Sandy CPU's are compatible, however, a number of features are diminished with a Sandy installed. An example;

[dsp4live]

Sorry and Thanks.