P67A-GD65 (b3) Answers maybe?

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I'd like to give a little information to those having problems with this board :o

My first response to the bored was UH OH not another bad one.. But, luckily after a few tweaks I got it going nice and stable :)

My mobo came with the 1.8 bios when it was sent to me. I messed up and didn't even bother reading the installation guide.
I had a brand new system except for my hard drive. Powercolor 6950 2gb *flashed to 6970*, P67A-GD65 (b3), Corsair 750w, Asus blu-ray/dvd, ThermalTake Frio, G.Skill p67 ram 1600mhz 8-8-8-24 1.5v. I messed up my first boot by having the 2 dimms in the black slots because my heat sink fan was in the the way. (NOTE: Only use 1 dimm in the BLUE slot on first initial boot). I kept getting a black screen after the bios screen with a white underscore blinking! WOULD NOT POST! I would recommend completely cleaning your HD out completely before initial boot! I also didn't load optimized settings on initial boot... After some time of reading online instructions I got my PC running, but not stable. I would shut down my computer and have a constant power cycle(kept turning itself on), or get a BSOD with voltage code errors. JPWR2 was installed with the correct power pin connector; all LED lights lit up...(DIDN"T MAKE ANY SENSE!). So I cleared the CMOS with the handy button and then loaded optimized defaults. I then updated the bios using the USB flash tool to 1.91b. On initial boot  I loaded optimized settings with just 1 Dimm in the blue slot(HAD TO TAKE OFF MY FAN TEMPORARILY), formatted my HD, and followed with a clean install of Windows 7 64bit. Everything seemed fine! I now have my system overclocked to 4.5GHZ only changing the multiplier to x45. After windows loaded I installed my 2nd memory stick now both allocated in the blue dimm slots and manually set the timings to 1600mhz 1-8-8-8-24. I have to say I'm suprised so many people are having problems. Another thing I did my HD is a 3GBS blue cavier WD 640gb 7200rpm 32mb cache... At first boot even after the update I was getting that my HDD was not being detected before the bios screen popped up but I was still able to boot windows... It was installed in the 3gbs sata slot 3 with 3gbs sata chord.. All I did was change it to the white 6gbs slot using the white 6gbs sata chord and it finally detected it before initial bios loading. Everything is stable.. I ran prime95 extreme memory and cpu for 15 hours and the hottest it got was 61c. I hope this helps some of you guys... Forgive my poor english I'm asian and have only learned english for 3 years.

ALSO! almost forgot.. When changing your DRAM voltage *(most memory says 1.5v)* You need to set it high enough so that it gets the stated voltage seen in your bios.. for instance I use 1.565 and my voltage displayed on my mobo is 1.505

Some Images of my Bios OC settings
http://img705.imageshack.us/i/sam0244s.jpg/

My new rig parts :)
http://img130.imageshack.us/i/sam0216x.jpg/
 
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When you say initial boot, can I just plug in a stick on ram slot 1, boot up computer until I see the bios running (this is without any hsf on the cpu), then quickly shutdown and install my hsf and my 2 sticks of ram on slots 2 and 4? I'm almost pretty sure that my v6gt with the fans will cover ram slot 1, but don't have a motherboard yet to verify.
 
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install 1 dimm in the first slot on initial boot after you have loaded optimized settings in the bios and loaded windows then install the 2nd dimm and configure the timings / voltage. the installation guide says the blue dimms 1 and 3 if you are running a duel ram setup... but when i did my system was not stable AT ALL! I now have them in the black dimms 2 and 4 and have clearance for my fan on my heatsink. Everything running good :)
 
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boot up computer until I see the bios running (this is without any hsf on the cpu), then quickly shutdown and install my hsf and my 2 sticks of ram on slots 2 and 4?
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:shocked_anim: That is completely insane! :biggthumbsdown:
 
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Man, I have no idea why I said without the HSF lol. I meant without the fans on the v6 (or more like without the fan on the side that will block the memory slots). So what's important is being able to load optimized settings and adjusting timings and such before ram can be moved to something else other than the first slot?
 
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So what's important is being able to load optimized settings and adjusting timings and such before ram can be moved to something else other than the first slot?
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It is highly recommended for intitial startup, only the primary blue dimm slot be populated. No offense to anyone, but these Gen2 CPU's run very cool. Are these gargantuan CPU coolers really necessary? I got to 5111 on the stock cooler, ambient 20C, with out any overheat problems. Did install a Zalman 9900 later, but makes it able to maintain using the recommended blue dimm slots. :-))

Added: If you move the RAM, or add RAM, it will be sensed by the BIOS as a system change, & custom settings may have to be redone again.
 
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HU16E said:
It is highly recommended for intitial startup, only the primary blue dimm slot be populated. No offense to anyone, but these Gen2 CPU's run very cool. Are these gargantuan CPU coolers really necessary? I got to 5111 on the stock cooler, ambient 20C, with out any overheat problems. Did install a Zalman 9900 later, but makes it able to maintain using the recommended blue dimm slots. :-))

Added: If you move the RAM, or add RAM, it will be sensed by the BIOS as a system change, & custom settings may have to be redone again.
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Well, it makes me feel better lol. I'm kinda confused by what initial startup means though. Does that mean the very first time I put everything together and fire the computer up? Succeeding boot ups will then work fine when only using the black dimm slots?
 
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I'm kinda confused by what initial startup means though.
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The first startup following initial assembly. Barebones configuration preferred, one RAM stick, one VGA, one HDD. one ODD, etc. Load OS & all the drivers, then add the other components after everything has been confirmed to be stable. That way, if things go haywire as things are added, it makes it easier to pinpoint the cause of it or area that needs looking into. :-))
 
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the instructions say blue dimms but... whenever i switched from the blue to black dimms, I actually had stability.
 
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@thorian
Is the updating bios step really necessary? I never tinker with motherboard bioses, always have that fear of having a bad flash  :(
 
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the program i used is MSIHQ USB Bootable Tool and BIOS Helper. you can find the latest version in the forum. all you do is find a flash drive format it fat or fat32 then download the bios you want upgrade :p 1.91b and the 1.10b are pretty good. Make sure you load optimized settings in the bios before you flash and make sure your system is stable. but it's the safest way... another thing if something was to happen on this board you can always reset it back to backup bios or clear cmos. i only recommend updating if it you are having problems with non saving / freezes / bsod that makes no sense. I couldn't post, i was getting random freezes, i couldn't save, was getting a weird power cycle that wasn't related to my jpwr2 power connector... after doing all of the following stated in my previous post everything works beautifully.
 
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thorian said:
the instructions say blue dimms but... whenever i switched from the blue to black dimms, I actually had stability.
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I've just tried using the black slots rather than the blue ones too as an experiment and.... you are right! The SuperPI 32M failure I had consistently running @2133MHz has gone. Can also now run the memory at 1.6V rather than 1.63V with all other settings as they were, all very odd. No apparent difference in performance either.

Any explanations out there?
 
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Any explanations out there?
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That would indeed be very interesting if that was written in error in the manual. The P55's & X58's use the black dimm slots. :lol_anim:
 
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Perhaps a few others could test as well?
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:biggthumbsup: Can do easily. Test board is outside of a case. Will have to run some tests in numerous passes in both configurations to make sure the final average results are valid. It may be a few hours before getting to it. :-))
 
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I don't want to hijack thorian's thread with all the test results, so going to open a thread in the Off Topic Technical section. Short answer, blue slots won the performance battle, barely.
 
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hmmm i've been haveing problems getting my memory up to it's rated 2133, think i'll try moving the dimms to 2 & 4  and see if there's a difference, will post back later
 
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kourgath said:
nope still can't get 2133 stable. shrug, set to 1866 and with fsb at 105 i'm damned close anyway.
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I have this same problem. So I left it at 1866. If you figure it out, would you post bsck?
Thanks
Czander
 
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kourgath and czander make sure the bios version u are using supports that memory. I think the latest 1.10b bios works for that rated memory.
 
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