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Son_ganon   03-27-2009 at 05:20:07 PM

I am going insane right now. I just did a rma on my msi motherboard and I recieved the new one yesterday. I put everything on and when I press power, everything goes on EXCEPT nothing is posted on the screen. This is the same problem that had happened with the first board they gave me. Here are my specs.

msi x58 platinum motherboard

Core i7 intel cpu "920" 2.66ghz

XIGMATEK Dark Knight-S1283V 120mm Long Life Bearing CPU Cooler

Ultra X3 psu 850 watt

Gskill 4gb ram 1333mhz

NZXT Tempest Case

Segate 640gb HDD

ATI 4870 5122mb graphics card

I have tried everything and nothing is working. Should I rma this board again.....I mean dammit I am going insane please some one help. I really need this to work.

Also my screen recognizes the computer. the light turns yellow. and when I press the buttons on the screen it says in power safe mode. Ugh PLEASE HELP. PLEASE

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Son_ganon   03-27-2009 at 06:10:29 PM
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Is my ram compatible with this motherboard. It should be right?

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Crashman   03-27-2009 at 08:46:49 PM
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Son_ganon wrote :

I am going insane right now. I just did a rma on my msi motherboard and I recieved the new one yesterday. I put everything on and when I press power, everything goes on EXCEPT nothing is posted on the screen. This is the same problem that had happened with the first board they gave me. Here are my specs.

msi x58 platinum motherboard

Core i7 intel cpu "920" 2.66ghz

XIGMATEK Dark Knight-S1283V 120mm Long Life Bearing CPU Cooler

Ultra X3 psu 850 watt

Gskill 4gb ram 1333mhz

NZXT Tempest Case

Segate 640gb HDD

ATI 4870 5122mb graphics card

I have tried everything and nothing is working. Should I rma this board again.....I mean dammit I am going insane please some one help. I really need this to work.

Also my screen recognizes the computer. the light turns yellow. and when I press the buttons on the screen it says in power safe mode. Ugh PLEASE HELP. PLEASE



Please make sure you have the memory in the black slots (reverse of how you would have loaded a previous-generation motherboard). Also check to make sure you have the 8-pin CPU power connector and both PCI-Express power connectors plugged in.

Those are the most common causes of "no POST" at power on.

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Son_ganon   03-27-2009 at 09:35:29 PM
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Crashman wrote :

Please make sure you have the memory in the black slots (reverse of how you would have loaded a previous-generation motherboard). Also check to make sure you have the 8-pin CPU power connector and both PCI-Express power connectors plugged in.

Those are the most common causes of "no POST" at power on.


I did and I already tried that. I even used each stick by its self. And the black slot next to the cpu is slot #1.

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Son_ganon   03-29-2009 at 05:06:27 PM
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I found the problem. I purchased dual channel ddr3 memory instead of triple channel ddr3 memory. Thanks for all your help. I am gonna return the memory.problem is that it says I cant refund it only replace. So how do you get the other memory I want "same company mem" there is a option for bought the wrong item. Do I press that.

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Crashman   03-29-2009 at 11:05:33 PM
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Son_ganon wrote :

I found the problem. I purchased dual channel ddr3 memory instead of triple channel ddr3 memory. Thanks for all your help. I am gonna return the memory.problem is that it says I cant refund it only replace. So how do you get the other memory I want "same company mem" there is a option for bought the wrong item. Do I press that.



Dual-channel memory kits usually require higher voltage levels than the Core i7's on-die memory controller can withstand. See if they'll give you "in store credit" for the right stuff.

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Son_ganon   04-03-2009 at 02:37:19 AM
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Crashman wrote :

Dual-channel memory kits usually require higher voltage levels than the Core i7's on-die memory controller can withstand. See if they'll give you "in store credit" for the right stuff.


I bought the new ram
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820231223

But the computer is doing the same thing again. I tried every stick and I am getting tired and annoyed. Is it the board....DO I need to return the board AGAIN!!!. what should I do......................................................................someone please help me out. I am going crazy

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Crashman   04-03-2009 at 05:01:17 AM
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Son_ganon wrote :

I bought the new ram
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820231223

But the computer is doing the same thing again. I tried every stick and I am getting tired and annoyed. Is it the board....DO I need to return the board AGAIN!!!. what should I do......................................................................someone please help me out. I am going crazy



As long as the RAM is in the 2nd, 4th, and 6th slots (manufacturers use different labels so I'm just counting them), it "should" be running now. Try clearing BIOS (with the system unplugged at least ten seconds) again.

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lankiller   04-03-2009 at 01:27:07 PM
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Wow didnt know dual channel could cause such issues on a tripple channel board. Thank goodness got the tripple channel 3g xms kit.

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Crashman   04-03-2009 at 02:00:50 PM
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lankiller wrote :

Wow didnt know dual channel could cause such issues on a tripple channel board. Thank goodness got the tripple channel 3g xms kit.



Dual Channel memory will not cause such problems on 3-channel boards.

The problem is that most "performance memory" is rated at an overclocked speed and voltage, requiring manual BIOS configuration to reach full speed.

When you first boot a system with "performance" memory, it will boot up with the memory at stock voltage and a low speed. Dual channel or tripple channel shouldn't make a difference at first boot.

But dual-channel kit typically have a higher "recommended" voltage than triple-channel kits. That recommended voltage is the setting that allows the RAM to run stable at its rated settings, and has nothing to do with its default settings.

So it's not about booting, it's about overclocking.

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