MSI Z77 M-Power Big Bang - Testing with CL3P20 - Page 2

moved to 2nd post   ..the madness continues.

Grabbing more DI for another round with the Marksman today 

Roger that. Good to know some have seen the +side of 6.5ghz on this PCB so far. I am trying to work out more info on the 'uP' controller..  Your post gave me idea to update the BIOS and re-check power findings so far..

Interested to see if BIOS update fixes the boot-loop im running into.. have to clear CMOS everytime you set something bad.. board cycles on/.off until you do. As well - BIOS profiles dont save in the OEM BIOS.. except for 'profile #1'.. none of the rest will actually hold a saved setting once CMOS is clear.

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Originally Posted by ScunnyUK 

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Originally Posted by CL3P20 

Interested to see if BIOS update fixes the boot-loop im running into.. have to clear CMOS everytime you set something bad.. board cycles on/.off until you do. As well - BIOS profiles dont save in the OEM BIOS.. except for 'profile #1'.. none of the rest will actually hold a saved setting once CMOS is clear.

Isnt that a Click Bios 2 issue?

Im not sure about the profile save thing but the start up loop has been a problem on all MSI boards since the P67's.

Im really tempted with this board, just cant decide between Maximus Gene, Asrock Extreme 6 and this one.

Well the Gene and the Mpower are the same price at most retailers... with the Mpower you get standard slot spacing [big concern if you are running anything other than Slim-pots for GPU ... as benching 2x GPU's is not possible with Fat's]. As well - you get a third PCI-E slot.. onboard Wifi and Bluetooth.. as well as built-in Display port!! Once you factor in the previous items.. it makes the Gene a hard sale in my opinion. 

 The component and build Q on the Mpower is top-notch.. I have a personal issue with the solid cap cans around the CPU socket on the Gene's too... I know they are really good Q caps.. but still - cant Asus show some love! It sucks to insulate around those! 

New 32mil for 4ghz challenge.. still on OEM BIOS for now. Going to flash and see if new BIOS brings increased scaling to memory beyond 2400mhz..  Currently running 2x4 Team LV 2133 CAS9 kit.. Samsung HCH9's

Ram is not stable regardless of timing or voltage beyond 2430mhz.

3770k

105.3bclk

2316mhz RAM; 9-11-11-26 @ 1.71v **forgot to update in SS

1.01vcore

1.13 vccio

1.11 IMC/SA

1.71 vDIMM

1.066v PCH

1.82v PLL

 **Note 17.1 BIOS has issue with HDD detection; easy fix if benching = power down & move HDD to port#6 on mobo  ... otherwise, HDD would "dissapear" at random on restarts when OC'd. Voltages did not fix or force the issue to return... 

 New BIOS inbound - more testing to resume.

Updated with 17.2b4 BIOS

3770k

105.3bclk

2316mhz RAM; 9-11-11-17 @ 1.71v BIOS = 1.73v Real

1.01vcore

1.13 vccio

Auto- IMC/SA

1.71 vDIMM

1.066v PCH

Auto- v PLL

7m54.843s  

 Subtiming adjustments working much better on newer BIOS. tRFC and tWR were the two major improvements .. all of the subtimings were able to tighten on this BIOS. 

**Two things to note about 17.2b4 BIOS:

1. Leaving bclk at default 100.00 = 100.50 !! You MUST set 100.01 to get actual 100.00 in OS 

2. RAM overvolts more.. +.02v from BIOS setting. ie- 1.71v set = 1.736v real

This run was 2400mhz, 9-11-11-30  1.74v BIOS/1.76v real ; Loop fail @ 20