MSI Big Bang XPower - X58 mothetboard - w/ official support

[OBR]

My friend got himself one today and seems there's a problem detecting his HDD's do you guys know which could be the problem? any response is greatly appreciated!

Thanks,

Blacky

same problem here, in SATA 1,2,3,4 disk not working correctly... usable are only 5 a6 SATA port, weird

Fugger - yeah, uSB OS install is horror, but i have OC panel, CD and sound card ...

[thebanik]

Nothing but the board and disk here, , as far as pure ocing is concerned, this seems to be doing its job pretty well but for 24/7 use, it certainly needs a few BIOS updates

[systemviper]

thanks you saved me 300$

[OBR]

new bios ... 121

http://rapidshare.com/files/40133329...1_rar.zip.html

[Andrea deluxe]

i have a serius dubt about the stability of tath mobo......

watt output problem

usb speed

sata bug

qpi bug 980x



why msi? why?

[Leeghoofd]

Do you have the board Andrea ? Works flatout here with GT over 6Ghz, dunno what the Watt problem is... I Hope Raju get's it out in the open so we can relay it to MSI too , maybe to force them to change it in a new rev...

QPI problem exists also with my UD9 sample,so a bios could be the fix... Did USB3 tests nothing slow there... will have to check the other ports...

[Raja@ASUS]

The input inductor "problem" I stated was for the sample boards only - it has been fixed in retail. It's not good to have an OCP limit set past the maximum value of the input inductor. The other "problem", I have relayed back to MSI and it could be a number of things that add up to it manifesting. It won't affect outright CPU MHz in most instances - but will affect stability in certain scenarios depending upon what you're looking for the board to do.

Later
Raja

[Ramguy]

Official MSI 1.2 BIOS

http://download1.msi.com/files/downl...xe/7666v12.zip

[OBR]

board seems pretty stable under LN2, but i think it must be damned ... Few days of benching, and 2 (yeah two) 980X are dead and one Corsair GT kit too, no extreme voltages, no extreme benching ... will see how many components will survive MOA 2010...

[coo-coo-clocker]

Keep the updates coming guys.
I really want to get a new x58 board and this one looks good - just wanted to give a non-Asus board a chance for a change...

[thebanik]

board seems pretty stable under LN2, but i think it must be damned ... Few days of benching, and 2 (yeah two) 980X are dead and one Corsair GT kit too, no extreme voltages, no extreme benching ... will see how many components will survive MOA 2010...

Disabled cores by any chance??? Without disabling cores it was doing pretty fine here...

[_AntLionBR_]

Doubt:

MSI XPower or Gigabyte X58A-UD7?

Analyzing greater stability, features and technology. What would be better between the two? Both motherboards are the same price. Thanks!

[zsamz_]

Doubt:

MSI XPower or Gigabyte X58A-UD7?

Analyzing greater stability, features and technology. What would be better between the two? Both motherboards are the same price. Thanks!

between them 2 get the gigabut ud7
if you can get the rampage III even better

[_AntLionBR_]

between them 2 get the gigabut ud7
if you can get the rampage III even better

Thanks for the reply. The R3E is more expensive. The UD7 would be much better XPower X58?

[zsamz_]

Thanks for the reply. The R3E is more expensive. The UD7 would be much better XPower X58?

i was thinking of getting the xpower but too many bugs to fix
on x58 i really like the asus boards
i'm gonna get a second rexIII

[thebanik]

i was thinking of getting the xpower but too many bugs to fix
on x58 i really like the asus boards
i'm gonna get a second rexIII

As of now for sure RE3, but I am sure once the bugs are fixed on the XPower its gonna be a pretty good motherboard for Extreme Overclocking at a very cheap price(infact it still is, since once you figure out the minor bugs, they dont bug you during extreme overclocking, :P)

[_AntLionBR_]

i was thinking of getting the xpower but too many bugs to fix
on x58 i really like the asus boards
i'm gonna get a second rexIII

These more serious bugs have already been made a fix? Because I'm leaving a Foxconn Bloodrage just by their bugs. And leave it to another motherboard with bugs, there is not as even. Otherwise, I would buy a UD7 even, or perhaps a R3E.

[zsamz_]

These more serious bugs have already been made a fix? Because I'm leaving a Foxconn Bloodrage just by their bugs. And leave it to another motherboard with bugs, there is not as even. Otherwise, I would buy a UD7 even, or perhaps a R3E.

i honestly dont care for the price
if the xpower was good i woulda paid more for it
i'm not gonna wait 6 months for fixes
they have been fixin the board for months now n still
on paper the xpower is great but i got no faith in msi for bios fixes

if they do fix it one day i'll buy 1 but look like a few months off maybe a newer rev

[_AntLionBR_]

i honestly dont care for the price
if the xpower was good i woulda paid more for it
i'm not gonna wait 6 months for fixes
they have been fixin the board for months now n still
on paper the xpower is great but i got no faith in msi for bios fixes

if they do fix it one day i'll buy 1 but look like a few months off maybe a newer rev

I guess I'll buy another MB then (UD7 or R3E). Thanks for the replies!

[pa9797]

i honestly dont care for the price
if the xpower was good i woulda paid more for it
i'm not gonna wait 6 months for fixes
they have been fixin the board for months now n still
on paper the xpower is great but i got no faith in msi for bios fixes

if they do fix it one day i'll buy 1 but look like a few months off maybe a newer rev

can share what are the bugs that they are fixing now?

[Dahaka]

Excelent MB, much better than my oldie Classified 760.

First run, no tweaks.



1 x SSD Corsair xtreme 64GB
1x 160gb Seagate Sata
1x 250gb W.Digital Sata
1x 500gb Seagate Sata 7200.12
1x 80GB W.Digital Sata

[steponz]

Im having lots of issues with this new board.. this is my second cause the other failed... Everytime I do over 5.4 on GT it gives me memory errors... this has the ocp mod at 40k.. even lowered to 30k... My 760 classy is a way better board then this....

[Leeghoofd]

bugged divider ? We had no issues here with GT over 6Ghz, rams 1000MhzC7 and 4600 uncore speeds...

You need to explain more and show us screenshots etc to get help...

[Raja@ASUS]

Im having lots of issues with this new board.. this is my second cause the other failed... Everytime I do over 5.4 on GT it gives me memory errors... this has the ocp mod at 40k.. even lowered to 30k... My 760 classy is a way better board then this....

You are not the only one. MSI are aware of the problem but it's not fixable via BIOS apparently. I have two boards here with issues (the problem gets worse with increasing IO)

[massman]

Is this a problem all across the line or just board per board?