MSI 890GXM-G65 thread - w/ official support

[TheGoat Eater]

Please sound off on what you think about the board - I will be updating this thread in a little while with BIOS links/ info / and tips as well as some pics






This thread will be monitored and info gathered for feedback to MSI as we will keep track of any found issues and I will work to get them resolved

[ah_khoo]

i think d board is awesome but lack of core unlocking feature is a letdown.

[duron]

it was one of my choices before i got my 890GX but after reading the reviews I had second thoughts, i hope guys here could change that so that it could be tag as an extreme mobo

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/mot...board-review/8

Overclocking was fairly poor, with a lack of CPU-NB multipliers limiting the maximum HTT, not all of which could even be used when we came to overclocking our CPU. When trying to apply our overclock, we could only increase the HTT bus a tiny 35MHz, and therefore had to use the unlocked multiplier of our Black Edition CPU to get any noticeable extra speed. If you don’t have a Black Edition, but still want to overclock, this a poor board to choose

[ah_khoo]

it was one of my choices before i got my 890GX but after reading the reviews I had second thoughts, i hope guys here could change that so that it could be tag as an extreme mobo

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/mot...board-review/8

initial bios is not always d best, i'm pretty sure things will be better after few bios update. but core unlocking mite not be done via bios this time (considering no hardware support in sb850), so i'm a bit concerned.

[charged3800z24]

Will post back once mine returns from RMA.... I did see cooler temps and better NB OCing.

[TheGoat Eater]

Heads up!

Just got a nice e-mail with little treat can anyone say "core unlocker" ? so now to install and get my 555 going with 4 cores

[Glow9]

I thought these new boards needed some sort of chip to unlock things, or is that just an Asus/Asrock gimmick.
P.S. I <3 you MSI feel free to send me a 890GXM-G65

[Sentential]

Since MSI is watching this thread do you/they have a list of Thuban supported MSI motherboards for non 890 chipsets? This will in large part determine what I do video card wise and sorry in advance if I'm thread crapping.

[theoldtimer]

Heads up!

Just got a nice e-mail with little treat can anyone say "core unlocker" ? so now to install and get my 555 going with 4 cores

I'd like to unlock my 555 and test it on my MB also so how about a link or is this new beta bios still a little too green?

[charged3800z24]

I'd like to unlock my 555 and test it on my MB also so how about a link or is this new beta bios still a little too green?

I second that, got a 550 BE that unlocks, would like to test when my board returns...

[TheGoat Eater]

I'd like to unlock my 555 and test it on my MB also so how about a link or is this new beta bios still a little too green?

may still be a little green -gonna test more over the weekend and try to get some options into the bios that would make things a bit better

[theoldtimer]

may still be a little green -gonna test more over the weekend and try to get some options into the bios that would make things a bit better

Thanks, I look forward to giving it a try.

[TheBlueChanell]

I'm gonna be picking this board up to use as a temp while my GD70 is being prepped for watercooling and to be mounted in my case. I'll do what I can to test with the equipment I have. Hopefully find a couple bugs to be squashed.

[Baam]

Latest bios 1.2 on site has Support unlock CPU listed. Going to buy, was the only thing keeping me from buying it.

http://www.msi.com/index.php?func=do...1&prod_no=2012

[ah_khoo]

kudos to msi to include core unlocking feature...

[felix_w]

Latest bios 1.2 on site has Support unlock CPU listed. Going to buy, was the only thing keeping me from buying it.

Same over here...

[theoldtimer]

The 1.2 bios does in deed unlock my 555 but I won't have time to test until tomorrow at the earliest.
Thanks for the bios help.

[theoldtimer]

I don't like to do a double post but I guess I'll have to in this case.

Ok, I didn’t forget about this thread, I just couldn’t get back to testing the 555 until late yesterday. Well it was an B55 X4 when I shut the system down the other day after the first unlock.

Yesterday when I started the system, bios again detected the CPU as a 555 X2 rather than a B55 X4 but the bios setting was still set to unlock. I cleared the cmos with the jumper then set to unlock in the bios and after a couple of resets it again unlocked the 555 to a B55 X4. The problem I’m running into is any time a make a change in the bios HT, multi, voltage, NB and others after the reboot the CPU is always back to a 555 X2.

I’m going to try a few other things in a bit to try and pin down where the problem is but for now default settings in the bios is the only way I can test the 555 unlocked to B55 X4. BTW this 555 unlocks and over clocks on all four cores installed in an Asus Crosshair III.

Do you have any suggestions TheGoat Eater.

[TheGoat Eater]

I have been testing this bios for the past few days as I am tinkering with it more and more - I have found issues as I know my chip unlocks on my 790GX-G65 and its throwing a fit in the 890GXM-G65 as I can get it to show that its a B55 but it always goes into recovery mode then and when I try to proceed it restarts - I am testing more later today and hope to find a work around, though I haven't tested this chip too much so possibly could really be a weak chip - IDK -

[theoldtimer]

When I fired it up today it started as a B55 x4 so I started testing and working my way through the multi up to x22. The I backed the multi off to 21 and increased the HT to 220 and everything ran ok. Then I bumpe the NB up to 3080 and even in Vista everything ran fine. So I tried the 1:4 memory divider again everything was fine so I tightened the timings to 6-6-6 and booted into Windows Vista 32-bit and tried some short tests, again it ran ok with no crashes.

I was testing with the GFX card installed in slot #2 so I shut it down and installed the other 4870X2 into slot #1 for quadfire then booted up. You guessed it the system booted as a 555 x2. I tried several times and in the end removed the GFX card I had just installed but it still booted as a 555 X2.

[CobraXP]

NJ ToT. I might be looking into this board....

[haylui]

Latest bios 1.2 on site has Support unlock CPU listed. Going to buy, was the only thing keeping me from buying it.

http://www.msi.com/index.php?func=do...1&prod_no=2012

get the Phenom II x4 965BE
you won't have this kind of draw back

[Glow9]

NJ ToT. I might be looking into this board....

This board is kinda like Salma Hayek, Short and full of fun features. I love it.

[Baam]

get the Phenom II x4 965BE
you won't have this kind of draw back

Already have a 955 and an extra 555. This would replace my MSI 790gx which died from a crappy bios flash and I only buy mostly MSI boards

[theoldtimer]

NJ ToT. I might be looking into this board....

CobraXP, if you plan to buy this MB with the express reason of unlocking your 555 to quad? It looks like the MSI guys are trying to work the core unlocking bugs out of it.
If you want a MB with many of the latest features at a very reasonable price to use in conjunction with a processor operating on its native core count If at some time the bugs are worked out of the core unlock feature then that’s just another plus. As far as durability, its new so who knows? All I can say is mine is still running

I did manage to get the MB to boot on four cores with both 4870x2’s installed. I tried several different things but in the end this is what worked (at least this time). I removed the GFX cards then booted with the monitor attached to the IGP. I enabled the core unlock feature in the bios and then rebooted several times. After three or more reboots the system detected a different CPU installed (B55). I then shutdown, installed the two GFX cards. When I restarted the system the CPU was still detected as a B55 so I activated my known good overclock profile in the bios. It stuck during the reboot as B55 OC’ed to 4.62GHz running 2X4870X2’s in quadfire.

I ran a few 3D tests, 3DMark05 completed. 3DMark06 and 03 did stop then drop back to the desktop so I rebooted to make adjustments in the bios. After reboot the system identified the CPU as a 555 x2.

I tried a few of my saved bios profiles but the system always booted as a 555 x2. At this time I stopped the testing for the day.