P67A-GD65 Sometimes gets into a Reboot Cycle

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Aether

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Hi All,

This is a strange one for me, so I thought I'd check the forums for some alternate views. I've recently purchased an almost complete new system (see below), and the system performs fantastic (CPU temp from 23c to 46c). However, sometimes the system will simply refuse to boot. The power light will come on for around 1.5 seconds and then power down again, then around 5 seconds latter it will repeat.

To resolve this, I have to completely reseat the RAM, which appears to trick the BIOS into thinking the memory configuration has been changed. Then the system will boot and I'm back in business for a few days. I have a suspicion this is related to memory compatibility, but I'm open to ideas. The problem appears (so far) to only occur when I've been running the system with XMP memory profile enabled in the BIOS. But the memory passes all the BIOS checks, and runs my games flawlessly, the problem only ever occurs at power up when the system has been left off for a while. The memory is reasonably high grade RAM, and I've applied all the recent BIOS updates (to 1.A), but this hasn't resolved it.

Any ideas?

CPU                i7-2600K
Heatsink        Zalman CNPS9900-MAX Blue
Motherboard    P67A-GD65
RAM                Corsair Memory Dominator 4GB DDR3 (CMP4GX3M2C1600C7)
PSU                Coolermaster RS700-80GAD3-UK
Sound Card      Creative Labs Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium
Graphics Card  EVGA GeForce GTX 570 Superclocked 1280MB

Cheers

Aether
 
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Here is something to test.
Note the settings of your RAM in the BIOS when you use the XMP enabled function.
Then disable XMP and set the memory manually to the same values as it was with XMP. Save and restart. See if it behaves the same.
Also open a ticket with MSI so that they can investigate this. >>How to contact MSI.<<
 
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Thanks for the quick response.

I've made the manual changes and I'm waiting to see what happens. It took a few days before it failed last time before it failed, so I'll report my findings back either way. I've also openned a support case with a reference to this forum post just to keep everything linked.

Thanks

Aether
 
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Just for accuracy's sake, I put the wrong graphics card down with my system spec, it should be an "N570GTX-M2D12D5/OC - 1280MB MSI GTX 570 OC". The EVG card was my plan "B" option if the MSI was out fo stock.

Apologies for any confusion :)

Aether
 
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Just to update my previous post in case anyone else encounters this issue. The problem has now been resolved by the MSI technical support team with a new BIOS image (1.B).

I believe the image is still going through testing at the moment, so if you do have the same issue you may want to contact them or hold out for the official release.

Thanks

Aether
 
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