MSI X79-GD65 Issues!!

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Hi, need some help. Boards giving me a headache, cant figure it out

Wont post with 2 sticks of ram at all, constant reboot with error code 67, which from googling appears to be a common issue, "late cpu initialization"

Managed to get it to boot with a different stick of ram, just a single stick of known working ram and updated the bios to the latest version. Managed to install OS with single stick of ram, but is blue screening every 5 minutes, "irql_not_less_or_equal". tried multiple slots, in various order and number but still crashing. Updated firmware on SSD (bought at same time, kingston HyperX), this is all on a fresh install.

i7 3820
16GB - 8GBx2 Corsair vengeance + Known working Crucial 4GB Sticks
MSI X79-GD65 (8D)
GTX 480
HX1000w PSU
Kingston HyperX SSD 120GB 6GB/s

Motherboard was a B grade product from OCUK, probably returned because of problems? Cant think of anything else to do, CPU's are pretty much bulletproof, so doubt its the 3820, corsair ram is new but also have tested with known working ram, so only leaves the board?
 
Code 67 means the system is hanging on memory training. X79 is very picky about memory. You cant just throw in four sticks of any old stuff and expect it to work. Quad channel is very complex and the CPU simply wont train 4 sticks of differing latency's correctly.

You need a decent quad channel kit mate which comprises of 4 sticks tested to work together in quad channel. The best combination for compatibility is 4 x 4gb giving you a total of 16gb.

Just as a side note I assist on the ROG forums and Rampage series owners have had nothing but problems with Vengeance kits. Not sure if this exists on MSI but X79 seems not to like vengeance.
 
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8 Pack said:
Code 67 means the system is hanging on memory training. X79 is very picky about memory. You cant just throw in four sticks of any old stuff and expect it to work. Quad channel is very complex and the CPU simply wont train 4 sticks of differing latency's correctly.

You need a decent quad channel kit mate which comprises of 4 sticks tested to work together in quad channel. The best combination for compatibility is 4 x 4gb giving you a total of 16gb.

Just as a side note I assist on the ROG forums and Rampage series owners have had nothing but problems with Vengeance kits. Not sure if this exists on MSI but X79 seems not to like vengeance.
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Ok now tried it with a quad channel 4 x 4gb vengeance kit, which is known working, pulled from my X79 shuttle system.

Just constant reboots with error 67.

Even when it was booting with 1 stick, would stiull get blue screen.

I think its time to RMA, now have to dismantle loop which took bloody ages :mad:, but saying that didnt fancy the red coolant!
 
pgi947 said:
Could just be the sticks and the board, vengeance barely worked on my UD7 either
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True but ive tried, crucial 1333mhz ram as well on it. It will sometimes boot with it like 1/10 times, but even when it does, would blue screen with anything slightly demanding.

Do you think its worth a shot buying some different memory?
 
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Wouldn't hurt to try, do you know what bios is on the board? Have you also checked the QVL provided by msi?
 
Just ordered a cheapish X79-UD5, hopefully that will solve it. This one going back for a refund.

Never had any issues with gigabyte boards, or even asus boards. Avoiding MSI from now on.
 
i'm using two dual channel samsung green ram kits in quad channel in my gd65 no probs, and was using xms3 before that, i did however have some issues with seating the samsung green but after a bit of fiddling it all worked fine, for some reason it worked when i fitted the bottom end first for each stick lol, although who knows really.
 
The IMC on SB-E hates Vengeance for some reason. Well at least it seems to many on the ROG forums have the same trouble. I am sure if you set subs manually it will work fine though. All RAM can if you avoid training by setting every timing.
 
Its not always the board. Its the IMC and memory training. Each CPU is different.

Also the dimms have different SPD tables for seconds and thirds which some CPU / Boards don't like. With Corsair Dominators are much less likely to cause problems.
 
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just bought 64gb of ram for my gd65 as i need it to continue with my 3d work, i'm guessing i'm going to have to run this at quite low speeds? the imc in my 3930k doesnt seem great as i've had stability issues when overclocking that although the bsod error code points to needing more vcore, the only thing that seems to cure it is downclocking the ram, i do long renders so end up running 1333mhz memory clock to be on the safe side, for all the difference in time it'd make anyway i prefer knowing it wont bomb out 12 hours into a render. getting 8 * 8gb.
 
1600mhz should be perfectly fine.

Use the IMC voltage and a slight bump in Vcore to get it stable. Should not need much at all. Maybe 1.15 VCCSA/VTT or what ever the MSI equivalent is.
 
It would seem the early MSI X79 bioses were riddled with minor issues, currently trying to figure out why my GPU won't power up with debug code dE, so far fingers point to a bios update being required on the Xpower II.
 
Yeah this may be correct Pigi as Bios will programme PCI ex gen 3.0 needed for your card. Your board must have shipped with a very old bios in that case.

Pigi if your still looking for some chilled liquid cooler I am selling my Helea and 30 litre res with D5's etc Sorry about posting this here but I dont have MM.
 
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Yeah this may be correct Pigi as Bios will programme PCI ex gen 3.0 needed for your card. Your board must have shipped with a very old bios in that case.

Pigi if your still looking for some chilled liquid cooler I am selling my Helea and 30 litre res with D5's etc Sorry about posting this here but I dont have MM.
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I'll get you on MSN mate :)

Going to try update the BIOS later today, can get a display using an old 8500GT using lanes 3 5 or 7 but anything in lane 1 just refuses to boot. Worryingly my 7970 doesn't light up at all (I thought dead GPU at first) and I'll have to drain the loop to try it in any other lane.

In theory 8 Pack, if the lane isn't picking anything up would this cause the GPU to 'act' dead? As no signal is passing through the lane (presumably) the card may act like its not plugged in at all? Dead motherboard I can deal with, dead GPU not so much :p

Edit: Shipped bios was v1.2B5 (april 2012) latest is v1.5
 
Try the 7970 in the other slot that gives you full X16 3.0 lanes.

That Bios date should have the correct PCI Ex 3.0 codes added.

Its possible it would not light up yes as it still needs power from the slot to function at all and if your other cards will not boot it certainly looks like a dead slot. Check your cooler mount too and the CPU socket pins as one pin that controls those lanes not making correct contact = NO slot!!!
 
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