MSI 975X Platinum PowerUP Ed..anyone?

[MAGIC-Man]

I was plagued by the boot/reboot problems and how it reset my overclock options in the 7.00 bios. With 7.15 I have gotton one or two, but not eveytime with the older bios.

[cupholder2.0]

Flash to 715 imo. The bios feels a lot smoother now, no more of that lag. Less of the rebooting problems. A little bit better OC for me. It also fixed the max fsb problem I was having in bios.

[RacerX]

Ok just finished setting up my 975X again. Question for those who flashed to the 7.15, how did you flash? I downloaded the 7.15 and tried to flash in dos and get error message "Source file cannot be found"

type awfl865 w7246ims.175 /py/sn/cc/cd/cp/f/r

prompts the flash utility then I get the error message. That is the correct bios file? Same way I've been flashing for years and how I upgraded to the 7.14

[day187]

hi
I was getting reboot problems and still got them after i flashed to the latest biois, just save settings in bios power down wait 3 sces then power back up worked for me.

[NickS]

Ok just finished setting up my 975X again. Question for those who flashed to the 7.15, how did you flash? I downloaded the 7.15 and tried to flash in dos and get error message "Source file cannot be found"

type awfl865 w7246ims.175 /py/sn/cc/cd/cp/f/r

prompts the flash utility then I get the error message. That is the correct bios file? Same way I've been flashing for years and how I upgraded to the 7.14

No.

Type in dos AWFL865.EXE w7246ims.715

Then press enter.

[RacerX]

No.

Type in dos AWFL865.EXE w7246ims.715

Then press enter.

Nope didn't do it for me either. Finally set up a new floppy and all is well. You don't need the .exe, atleast not for me.

Oh and the bios, MSI still needs alot of work to be done. I truely believe the shipped bios was the best for me so far.

[day187]

Hi
after testing my msi yesterday and this morning i cud not get past 400fsb on both e6400 and e6600 so i moved over to the asus alot of drama getting the thing to boot, anyway after all was done i installed windows and nowoverclocking.

I know if is an asus motherboard and this is a msi thread but i thought you might be intrested in the overclock between the 2.

first is e6400 retail
vcore 1.5 vdrop 1.48v
vdim 2.2v

[rodman]

I found out what was holding the board back from rebooting running over 1:1 memory. I had to add some more voltage to my ram. 2.3 volts 902mhz@4-4-4-10. Boots up every time no more memory divider issues.

I have been looking at alot of bench marks from the other 'higher fsb boards' and find the MSI to be faster clock for clock. Anyone else notice this

[RacerX]

I found out what was holding the board back from rebooting running over 1:1 memory. I had to add some more voltage to my ram. 2.3 volts 902mhz@4-4-4-10. Boots up every time no more memory divider issues.

I have been looking at alot of bench marks from the other 'higher fsb boards' and find the MSI to be faster clock for clock. Anyone else notice this

My MSI smokes my DS3 even with 200mhz less OC. Thus why I put the DS3 back in the box, that and the board has heating problems. I've noticed the MSI is real picky about memory that might be why so many are having problems getting to 800mhz. That being said I can run my TeamXtreem 2gb at 4-4-4-8 at 814mhz with only 1.9v completely stable. Raising the vdimm voltage does nothing. Also seems the shipped bios played better with the Micron D9 sticks as well. Might revert back for more testing as before I could bench at 426 as I can't even get into the low 420's with the 7.15 bios.


But yep this MSI board is extremely fast if MSI could just loosen up just alittle so we can run 900mhz would prolly make the best Conroe around.

[Sumanji]

Damn, I hope it isn't too picky with RAM I'm a bit concerned after reading this thread. Lots of problems with my RAM on other boards...

[RacerX]

Well after some more testing it seems the MSI requires much more cpu voltage compared to my DS3. Example, 3.6 on the DS3 needs 1.52v stable, now doing some testing I can now boot into windows at 426x8=3411 but needs 1.48v.

It might just be a 965/975 chipset thing but I would try increasing your vcore if you haven't already.




Again this board at 3.4 smokes my DS3 at 3.6 no comparisons what so ever.

[Sumanji]

Hey,

By chance is anyone running OCZ PC2-6400 Platy EL XTC (Rev. 1) with this board?

Cheers,

Suman

[RacerX]

Guys been playing with my 975X all morning, few things I found out is don't bother with the PCI Xpress voltage, meaningless in my book. But a positive is those have issues reaching 800mhz especially with 6600 and up should be increasing PCI-E frequency, try 110 and leave Xpress voltage at 1.5.

A negative is my GSkill HZ sucks on this board and my TeamXtreem are much better though both have Micron D9 chips. That being said one of my TX sticks boots into windows at 450 while the other is crapping out around 440, timings 4-4-4-8, increasing voltage does little.

All that being said I can boot into windows using 4:5 divider with my ram maxing out around 480fsb or 960mhz, so what does that tell me Unlike Amd where the memory controller is on the cpu I have no idea if my 6400 can handle anything over 426 1:1 or its the board.

Is testing using a divider a good indication that my ram should go higher? Dam ya Intel for making it difficult.

Over 26K hits and still not a sticky. No respect for MSI here.

[RacerX]

Alrighty, just ordered some Patriot PC8000. didn't have the 1x2gb in stock but will test with these. Will report back.

[Sumanji]

Thanks RacerX, lot of good info there

[RacerX]

One more thing. Well I shut down and clear cmos I noticed it doesn't clear the vcore setting. Not sure if this has been discussed but even after I clear cmos and set optimized settings then flashed back to the 7.14 my vcore still read the same as the previous OC. I now just noticed why my OC was going down hill so gotta check your vcore after you clear cmos to see if back at default. If not power down unplug PS/clear cmos should be good to start your new OC.

[hotrodtheman]

Hey everyone, my first post! I've actually been reading this thread since it started, and I finally recieved my board after a DOA+Rma etc. Anyways my chip can clock really well with this board, unfortunatly, my temps are ridiculous. It reads 63c idle at 1.48vcore 3.5ghz! I've used everest, and core temp to monitor. Now i'm scared that I did something wrong, because I set up my first watercooling kit, Bigwater SE. I spread AS5 correctly got all the tubes nice and snug, and the pump feels like its working So whats wrong?

Also very helpful thread! Very little flaming, I think I found a new forum to frequennt!

[Insomniac34]

Hey everyone, first post for me (I joined about a week ago but can only start posting now). It's been great reading this entire thread over the past few weeks. I ordered this board and should be getting it by Wednesday or so, so I can finally start posting results

[IluvIntel]

The 715 bios does'nt do much at all, maybe a little smoother but thats it.

Board has trouble rebooting when O/C settings reassigned in bios. A 5 - 10 second pause after complete power down, fixes that.

[IluvIntel]

Guys been playing with my 975X all morning, few things I found out is don't bother with the PCI Xpress voltage, meaningless in my book. But a positive is those have issues reaching 800mhz especially with 6600 and up should be increasing PCI-E frequency, try 110 and leave Xpress voltage at 1.5.

You should be careful raising PCI-E frequency as it can corrupt windows.

[ScottFern]

OK, I am now having an F-ed up issue. I had 400FSB priming overnight fine, and when I turned my computer on today and it wouldn't boot. I had to reset CMOS and now when I make changes in the Cell Menu it won't stick?

I am running the 714B. No clue how to fix this?

[IluvIntel]

OK, I am now having an F-ed up issue. I had 400FSB priming overnight fine, and when I turned my computer on today and it wouldn't boot. I had to reset CMOS and now when I make changes in the Cell Menu it won't stick?

I am running the 714B. No clue how to fix this?

You remember to press F10 and enter ?

[RacerX]

You should be careful raising PCI-E frequency as it can corrupt windows.

Yup, thanks for correcting me. After some more testing overnite I found out the clearing cmos wasn't setting my vcore back to default was causing all my problems while OCing. So I think the bios was getting confused on which voltage I was trying to set.

Another thing is I have better luck setting my FSB is small increments. Normally I just go for the 410-420 right away but would take 3-4 cold boots to get it but now I've learned if I start fresh at 266-350-400-421 I get there with no booting issues. Something I'm should of known right from the get go. Without a doubt these bios's has issues when making lots of changes within.

[RacerX]

OK, I am now having an F-ed up issue. I had 400FSB priming overnight fine, and when I turned my computer on today and it wouldn't boot. I had to reset CMOS and now when I make changes in the Cell Menu it won't stick?

I am running the 714B. No clue how to fix this?

Follow my post above when raising your FSB. Also I primed for 8hrs at 413x8 no errors. Wake up this morning same as you would not boot. The board as issues remembering bios settings, not sure to blame the board or bios.

[JayG30]

Follow my post above when raising your FSB. Also I primed for 8hrs at 413x8 no errors. Wake up this morning same as you would not boot. The board as issues remembering bios settings, not sure to blame the board or bios.

So is your system still not booting? This concerns me. Stability is something that I need in a board. If it is going to not boot up randomly then thats going to reflect very poorly onthis board.