Msi z77a club

So MSI has sent me their latest beta BIOS for the GD65 to see if it would fix my problems, and I've decided to share it with all you nice folk.
Quick Disclaimer: This BIOS is for the MSI Z77A-GD65 board ONLY! Do not flash if you have any other board, including one in the MSI Z77 family. Although I flashed this BIOS just fine, I cannot guarantee you will have the same luck and I am therefore not responsible if anything were to go wrong with your board because of this. Flashing is your descision, I'm just sharing the file!

This BIOS will update you to version 10.6 B11. You can download the BIOS here, and you can find flashing instructions here if you don't know how. So far this BIOS is running fine, I have noticed a couple tweaks here and there in the UEFI itself, but nothing major. I'm hoping most of the changes went into the non-visible part of the BIOS, as that is what I'm relying on to fix my problems! If you have no problems with your board, I wouldn't recommend flashing unless you're an adventurous kind of person like I am. I will need to leave my computer off overnight to see if it fixed the problem I was having, but I'll report back in the morning. Good luck everyone!

Edit 1: Just noticed one thing, the voltages set in the BIOS are more accurate to what happens in the OS. For example, I have had to run my 3570K at 1.2V and 100% Vdroop to get 4.5GHZ, but CPU-Z would never say 1.2V. Now it says 1.2V at idle, and drops to 1.192 at full load. So you might be able to put in less volts then you had to before, as the voltages seem to be more accurate.

Also, MSI have gone ahead and made it so almost none of the settings in the OC portion of the BIOS are selectable, which means you will either have to type in the desired value or use the - and + keys to adjust the value in their lowest increments. Those are the main things I've noticed so far.
 
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Got my rig up and running yesterday, (3570k, GD65, havik 140) and currently sitting at 4.5ghz with 1.25v. Stable for half an hour on prime, i'll probably run a longer test overnight though. Temps stayed below 70 on all cores (core 2 was a little hotter than the rest), and idle temps ranged from 32-40. LLC set to level 4 at the moment, and voltage is dropping from 1.25 to 1.234 (don't really feel the need to alter it). Hopefully it'll stay stable on a longer test, because I'm liking the load temps at the moment :D
 
GigaChunk said:
Got my rig up and running yesterday, (3570k, GD65, havik 140) and currently sitting at 4.5ghz with 1.25v. Stable for half an hour on prime, i'll probably run a longer test overnight though. Temps stayed below 70 on all cores (core 2 was a little hotter than the rest), and idle temps ranged from 32-40. LLC set to level 4 at the moment, and voltage is dropping from 1.25 to 1.234 (don't really feel the need to alter it). Hopefully it'll stay stable on a longer test, because I'm liking the load temps at the moment :D
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congrats dude ...really nice oc !!! :D
 
Ran prime again, and unfortunately crashed after around 40 mins. I've slapped another 0.010v on, and temps haven't really increased much since last time. I'll run prime again for around 10 hours tonight (hopefully) and if it passes I reckon that'll be my final oc :)
 
Another weird but kind of cool thing I've noticed in the beta BIOS is that instead of the debug LEDs showing A0 like they normally do when Windows is booted, they actually fluctuate around by what seems like how much power I'm using. For example, as I type this post the LEDs read 43, but when I start to fold they go to around 65. Not sure if this is a feature or what, but I couldn't find a way to turn it off in the BIOS. Also, not sure what the units are. It could be in watts x 10, but 650 watts seems a little high for a 3570K and a 670 at load right? Or does that seem about right?
 
PapaSmurf6768 said:
Another weird but kind of cool thing I've noticed in the beta BIOS is that instead of the debug LEDs showing A0 like they normally do when Windows is booted, they actually fluctuate around by what seems like how much power I'm using. For example, as I type this post the LEDs read 43, but when I start to fold they go to around 65. Not sure if this is a feature or what, but I couldn't find a way to turn it off in the BIOS. Also, not sure what the units are. It could be in watts x 10, but 650 watts seems a little high for a 3570K and a 670 at load right? Or does that seem about right?
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Could it be monitoring cpu temperature?
 
That new BIOS - I've flashed my mobo for it, but now it seems as though the CPU Voltage is completely locked down again. What a piece of crap :( Just when I learned that the previous version was in fact not locked down, they prevent you from adjusting it from within the UEFI! I can't be bothered dealing with the in-OS options (yup, i'm looking at you, ClickBIOS II) as they're so god damn laggy.
Back to the previous version I go, it seems.
 
You sure Josh? When I had it up and running the voltage adjust worked fine. Are you typing in the voltages / using the + and - keys?
 
Another beta BIOS for all you good people, same disclaimer and what-not as before. So far I've noticed some new options in the settings screen, but nothing mind blowing and from what I can tell still no offset overclocking. Version lists as B13, the old one was B11.

Download it from here.
 
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