may i know whats the difference btw, 870s-g45, 870a-g45, 870-g45??
all looks the same to me..

this mobo can unlock cores rite??

according to THIS, does that mean selected mobo just need a simple bios update will make the board AM3+ compatible???

dear msi-my,
i use msi afterburner to OC my ati 6850.. it allows me to change the core speed and mem speed to quite high.. but, during idle, it just stay on the core n mem speed that i set, it wont go down during idle.. why is that?? do i need to do anything in the settings?

oh.. sorry.. i'm OC noob.. never OC before..
i thought it will downclock itself during idle. cos when i use CCC to max out the core n mem speed, it downclocks itself during idle..

when can we see any am3+ mobo in our market?? since asus had already have their 990fx mobo on the market for abt 1 month dy.. wats the date of arrival for am3+ mobo? thankx..

any user of 990fx gd65 here? is it a nice board for OC and unlocking core?? are they stable? thinking of getting this.. fade up waiting for asus m5a97-evo tat have no date of launch in malaysia...

hi.. thanks for the input..

may i know wat ram are you using with that mobo?? is it true that we cant use 1600mhz rams on am3 proc eg. phenomx2 555 even though the mobo supports 1600mhz rams by default..

looks like i got a lot of things to learn from u..

those 2 type of rams are both 1600mhz rams right? from HERE, the 1st few post said that am3 proc only support up to 1333mhz rams.. i'm confuse...

at 1st, i'm thinking of buying this board and paired it with team xtreme 1600mhz ram.. now, i'm not sure what to buy.. and my supplier got limited choice of rams, mainly team and apacer.. my purpose of buying this mobo is to OC and unlock my proc. to around 3.6ghz(hopefully) will be good enough dy cos i'm totally clueless in OCing..

my spec will be the same as my signature except for mobo, rams n cpu cooler which i bought noctua d-14 dy. what do u think..

thanks..

guys.. i've just bought the msi 990fxa-gd65. after using OC genie II to unlock and OC my proc, i cant seem to see the core temperatures using CPUID hw monitor, coretemps and so on.. why is it like tat?

i manage to find the cpu temperature in the bios and it stated there 50+- celcius and i'm actually using noctua nh-d14. is the temp. acceptable for using such cooler??

thanks guys..

appreciate all gurus replies. whats your ambient temp? in a/c room? mine is in non a/c room which sometimes temps are as high as 29-30c.

i've reseat my cooler and the temps are still almost the same.. 40-45c on idle and 50c on games. hvt tried any stress test yet as the middle fan of the nh-d14 was faulty, took it to RMA..

BTW, @MSI-my
whats the highest tdp 990fxa-gd65 can handle? and if crossfire, both lanes running at x16? or x8,x8? or x16,x4? all this details was not written in the website nor the manual.. can you help me check.
thanks..

Hey thanks for the infos..

is it safe to use msi live update software to upgrade bios?? or there are other ways? noob here..

Many thanks..

i guess i will only update it when i get a bulldozer.. the mobo is working fine ATM..

1 more thing.. if i update bios for gd-65 from old version straight to let say in future version 19.9.. will i still get all the updates from 19.1-19.8?? meaning skipping the update..

hi thr..

previously i use MSI OC genie II (if not mistaken) to unlcok and OC my phenom II 555 and it had been working fine for past few weeks.. passed OCCT of an hour and no issues during gaming..

just now when i turned on my pc, all in a sudden, the core change back to 2 cores only.. may i knw why like that?

previously i encounter this, i enable OC genie II and it works nicely for that day. the next day when i turned on my pc, it change back to 2 cores.. in the bios, it still state that OC genie II is enabled..

help.. thanks..

This post has been edited by chaics85: Oct 11 2011, 06:39 PM

after i enabled OC genie, the column for unlock core will gray out and i cant change anything on it.. btw, after enabled OC genie II, oc genie lite & core unlocking will automatically change to enabled.

when i 1st get this mobo, i enabled core unlocking in bios b4 and it keep on crashing once i got into windows for few minutes. surprisingly i enabled OC genie II, everything looks fine, no crash pass an hour OCCT test. and i hvt use the core unlocker in bios since..

one more thing.. everytime i enabled OC genie II and save & reset, it will never boot into windows, the screen will just stayed black until i press the casing reset button baru it boot into windows.. may i know why..

do i need to reset my bios to the default setting before updating the bios?? currently only turned on OC genie..

Dear MSI-MY,
should i change my bios to this?? will this bios solve my problem?? thanks.

btw, did the click bios for windows work on your 990fxa-gd65?? interested to know..

Dear MSI,

may i know how to install driver for USB controller which indicate in the pic attached?
i just installed a fresh window 7 on my new m4 ssd. before install win. 7, i update the bios to latest bios for mobo and m4. and followed few guides HERE. installed driver from the mobo CD and latest driver for my ATI cards as well. but i just couldnt find out how to install the USB controller.
and i also get random network disconnection which never encountered before.


system spec as below siggy.

This post has been edited by chaics85: Mar 9 2012, 10:13 AM