New box, memory problem

[rikona]

Hello Ralf,

Saturday, October 1, 2016, 1:16:18 AM, Ralf wrote:

> On Fri, 30 Sep 2016 21:47:42 -0700, rikona wrote:
>>I saw a comment that AMD mem processors are finicky when fully loaded.
>>Is this true and/or a possible cause? If so, would adding ANY second
>>pair, even if smaller mem, still be a problem? I'd settle for a
>>reliable 24G if 32 won't work. Would like more than 16, though...

> Issues could be Linux related, but as soon as it unlikely seems to be a
> Linux related issue, then depending on the kind of hardware issue, I
> usually contact my dealer and/or the vendor's support. Consider to send
> a request to https://www.msi.com/support .

I'm thinking of giving up on this MB...

> You also could seach
> https://www.google.de/#q=msi+mem+issue+970a+g43
> and/or
> https://www.google.de/#q=msi+mem+issue
> to see if there are known issues.

I did some searching before I sent my email - saw many mem problems
but none that matched my no-boot problem. Almost all were Win
problems. I did a lot more searching since and found MANY more mem
problems with this board. A number of folks thought this was NOT a
good MB - some thought it was the worst they had seen. Durability was
a big issue. Multiple people had replaced the MB, some even 3 times.
Seems it has thermal issues long term. Maybe that's why it was on
sale. :-((

AMD CPU seems OK. I'd appreciate any suggestions for another AMD MB
that works well WITH 32G ddr3 mem.

And, would I be better off with Intel and ddr4? More $$, I know, but
does it work more reliably with 32G?

I saw a few suggestions saying to put one stick in #1, and another
pair in 2&4. .This supposedly would let both run at full speed. Many
said this would not damage anything, so I tried it. Now BIOS sees 24g,
memtest sees 24G but crashes on any test. Box will now not boot - AT
ALL. Says "set boot device and reboot", but I can't get it to boot
from the SSD with any combination of BIOS settings, or even telling it
to boot from the SSD. Just before this, it was running rather well
with a 16G pair. That no longer works AT ALL - no SSD boot!

So, all that did is make things worse.

> The issue unlikely is related to the CPU, more likely it's an issue
> caused by the mobo and/or RAM bars. If it should be a brand new
> mobo, then even the latest BIOS update might still need much more
> fixes. Especially when using it with Linux, it might take more than
> a year of BIOS updates, before Linux will run stable on that mobo.

This MB is a few years old, and I did download the latest update.

Now looking for a GOOD MB.... :-(

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 rikona