***{OFFICIAL}*** MSI Z77 MPower Support / Overclocking / Discussion Thread

[TheGoat Eater]

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MSI Z77 Mpower Thread
Support / Overclocking / Discussion


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Video of Alex from MSI going over the features of the board












MPower Product Page


Testing / Reviews / Write-Ups

My MPower Testing thread

reflex99's testing thread



Links:

Newegg promo page

Newegg

MPower Avexir memory kits



Software and Drivers

Nelly's software and driver list @ OverclockersUK



BIOS

SOP for flashing BIOS

Current Release: 17.4 (10/9/2012 )

:Notes:

Version 17.4 Release Date 2012-10-09
Description: Update CPU Micro Code, updated ME firmware, and improved memory compatibility.


Version 17.3 Release Date 2012-09-14
Description: Enhance OC ability.


Version 17.1 Release Date 2012-08-20
Description: New BIOS Release

[Alex-Ro]

Could you post UEFI memory latency setting(all of them)?Thanks you very much,

[TheGoat Eater]

Could you post UEFI memory latency setting(all of them)?Thanks you very much,

I will take screen shots of every memory setting w/ options today and post a gallery for you - It is likely easier than writing them all by had lol

[TheGoat Eater]

Sorry for the delay - here they are

1T-2T-3T 
tCL	5-15
tRCD	4-15
tRP	4-15
tRAS	10-40
tRFC	48-450
tWR	5-16
tWTR	4-15
tRRD	4-15
tRTP	4-15
tFAW	4-63
tWCL	5-15
tCKE	3-7
tRTL24-64
tRRDR	1-8
tRRDD	1-8
tWWDR	1-8
tWWDD	1-8
tRWDRDD	1-8
tWRDRDD	1-8
tRWSR	1-8
tRWSR	1-8
tRRSR	4-7
tWWSR	4-7

[Don_Dan]

The tRFC range looks a bit small to me, the highest setting of 200 might cause problems for guys using the latest 8GB high frequency DIMMs built with Hynix MFR. You might want to look into that!

[Splave]

Interesting board, I will give mine a shot soon just so busy XD ati drivers are killing me softly

[TheGoat Eater]

I used a Windows tool to bring them up, I will double check when I get home... I think it is much higher from my spitty memory Dan

[Don_Dan]

Alright, just thought I'd point that out.

[TheGoat Eater]

I edited the post with double checked numbers from BIOS for accuracy. (See above)

[Don_Dan]

Much better!

[SonDa5]

I have this MB and its alot of fun.


Just over clocked my 3570k with it.

Quick and dirty 5GHZ 3dMarkl11 run with single HD7950 over P1100.


http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/4909584

[TheGoat Eater]

I wonder what people are getting with this board here - I am anxious to see more results here on XS

[MadDias]

I?ve been playing with this board for 3days now.
coming from an amd platform it takes a while to understand all the new things on an intel board.
cpu is a 3570K, ram is g.skill 8gb F3-17000CL9D-8GBXM.
I?ve seen something strange happening, when i change the multiplier of the cpu. when I set the multi to x42 and leave everything else on auto,
the vcore under load is 1.250v. and when I turn off turbo boost, it says the multi is still x34, but the clock is 3.8GHz with 1.25V vcore.
must be something fishy with the bios...
how do i get the cpu to clock down in idle mode, when i changed the multi? doesn?t this work at all?

[TheGoat Eater]

Do you have realtemp open? Also please take screenshots of your bios settings in this configuration - of all the pages and options for me to look at, hope I can help you get it sorted.

[MadDias]

hi TheGoatEater,
the bios settings are pretty much all on auto, except the enabled xmp profile.
i?d love to have a working speedstep, when the system is oc?ed.
here?s a 3dm11 run @4.5GHz

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/5022196

the best i could squeeze out of my 3570K so far.
is 1.35v a little too much for 4.5GHz?

edit: cpu-z seems to not report the correct frequency when c1e and eist is enabled. it only does, when everything is on "auto". as soon as u change the multiplie,r cpu-z only reports the max frequency.
realtemp is showing the correct frequencies.
is that a bios bug, or a cpu-z bug?
i know that msi had some issues with cpu-z in the past, at least with the 790fx gd70 together with a hd5970.

[Jp7]

I am very disappointed with this motherboard, is nearly impossible push memory with Samsung ICs, voltages are a nightmare... overvolt a lot....memory 0.1V , CPU 0.06, IO 0.05V, my 3770K on M5 gene is able to close spi32 with 1.39V on MPower require 1.455V

[Loser777]

Has anyone gotten power saving features (e.g. lowing clock rate during idle)? I can't seem to get this to kick in during an OC with C1E and C-states enabled.

[Gaul]

I am very disappointed with this motherboard, is nearly impossible push memory with Samsung ICs, voltages are a nightmare... overvolt a lot....memory 0.1V , CPU 0.06, IO 0.05V, my 3770K on M5 gene is able to close spi32 with 1.39V on MPower require 1.455V

defect ones ?

[zoomee]

Has anyone gotten power saving features (e.g. lowing clock rate during idle)? I can't seem to get this to kick in during an OC with C1E and C-states enabled.

I believe you have to have cpu volts set to AUTO otherwise this doesn't work as this board doesn't support offset voltage - It's the only reason I'm looking at a different board - such a shame.

[MadDias]

Has anyone gotten power saving features (e.g. lowing clock rate during idle)? I can't seem to get this to kick in during an OC with C1E and C-states enabled.

the board clocks down, if u have c1e and c-states enabled. cpu-z just doesn?t show it. use realtemp and u can see the cpu clocking down when idle. the voltage however will only be lowered if u have it on auto. a manually adjusted voltage will not change.
i don?t know if it?s a cpu-z or a bios bug.

i?ve got a question concerning the cpu-vid shown in coretemp. is the vid given by the cpu, or is there a way to change it? is it only my 3570k that has a vid of 1.3v?
we really need an offset control in the bios...
come on msi, that can?t be hard to implement.

[Gaul]

@^ = we need update BIOS from msi to make offset

[Loser777]

the board clocks down, if u have c1e and c-states enabled. cpu-z just doesn?t show it. use realtemp and u can see the cpu clocking down when idle. the voltage however will only be lowered if u have it on auto. a manually adjusted voltage will not change.
i don?t know if it?s a cpu-z or a bios bug.

i?ve got a question concerning the cpu-vid shown in coretemp. is the vid given by the cpu, or is there a way to change it? is it only my 3570k that has a vid of 1.3v?
we really need an offset control in the bios...
come on msi, that can?t be hard to implement.

Wow, thanks for that catch... that's really strange (I was wondering why I wasn't getting errors when the CPU-z voltage reading was going down to ~0.8v). I don't understand why CPU-z will show the clocks ramping down when the clocks are at stock though.

[Gaul]

try 17.5 BIOS with 26K

[Vladutz20]

I have bought yesterday a Z77 Mpower mainboard. I use 17.6 bios.
I have an i5 3570k with good IMC.
I have tested on Maximus VF ormula my cpu and after that to Mpower , the problem is that I have 2 Hynix CFR kits Kingston Beast and Corsair Platinum Dominator and both are able to do 2666 mhz on Maximus.
On Z77 Mpower with every bios and every setting that I try (dram voltage, CPU I/O, SA Voltage, and timming configuration settings) I can't have more than 2400mhz on memory.
Please help me

[TheGoat Eater]

Can you post up all of your settings? From the memory timings to the voltages an anything else.